Ford Ford Truck vs Chevrolet Caprice

Both cars' complete complaint records, side by side.

Read the totals carefully. NHTSA publishes no sales figures, so the car that sold more collects more complaints regardless of quality. The rows worth weighing are the proportions — the share of complaints that involved harm, and which part dominates.

Measure	Ford Ford Truck	Chevrolet Caprice
Complaints on file	365	912
Model years covered	1968–2003	1977–2014
Worst model year	1997	1994
Best model year	1996	2014
Crashes reported	27	100
Fires reported	21	37
Injuries reported	29	58
Deaths reported	1	3
Most complained-about part	Tires	Brakes
Share of complaints involving harm	21.4%	21.7%

Ford Ford Truck by year

1 2 1 1 1 2 2 2 7 6 8 9 11 8 21 28 22 47 29 37 30 22 54 14

68 74 77 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded

What breaks

Tires 66 18.1%

Engine & Cooling 53 14.5%

Transmission & Drivetrain 49 13.4%

Electrical System 26 7.1%

Brakes 21 5.8%

Fuel & Propulsion 18 4.9%

Suspension 17 4.7%

Steering 16 4.4%

Chevrolet Caprice by year

2 6 8 8 8 41 20 16 19 6 170 133 63 185 111 87 3 1 2 9 14

77 79 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 03 11 13 14

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded

What breaks

Brakes 151 16.6%

Electrical System 120 13.2%

Acceleration & Cruise Control 70 7.7%

Engine & Cooling 66 7.2%

Suspension 64 7.0%

Steering 55 6.0%

Seat Belts 53 5.8%

Transmission & Drivetrain 44 4.8%