Ford Ford Truck vs Mazda B-Series Truck

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	Mazda B-Series Truck
Complaints on file	365	888
Model years covered	1968–2003	1990–2009
Worst model year	1997	2000
Best model year	1996	2006
Crashes reported	27	89
Fires reported	21	21
Injuries reported	29	64
Deaths reported	1	10
Most complained-about part	Tires	Airbags
Share of complaints involving harm	21.4%	20.7%

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%

Mazda B-Series Truck by year

22 15 14 18 157 54 73 64 81 96 74 55 31 25 26 17 14 37 11 4

90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09

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

What breaks

Airbags 135 15.2%

Brakes 108 12.2%

Tires 97 10.9%

Transmission & Drivetrain 70 7.9%

Acceleration & Cruise Control 58 6.5%

Engine & Cooling 52 5.9%

Windows, Mirrors & Wipers 50 5.6%

Fuel & Propulsion 47 5.3%