Ford Ford Truck vs Nissan Kicks

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	Nissan Kicks
Complaints on file	365	898
Model years covered	1968–2003	2018–2026
Worst model year	1997	2020
Best model year	1996	2026
Crashes reported	27	46
Fires reported	21	1
Injuries reported	29	17
Deaths reported	1	0
Most complained-about part	Tires	Driver Assist & Collision Avoidance
Share of complaints involving harm	21.4%	7.1%

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%

Nissan Kicks by year

157 258 187 108 37 34 53 49 15

18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26

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

What breaks

Driver Assist & Collision Avoidance 203 22.6%

Electrical System 116 12.9%

Other & Unspecified 112 12.5%

Engine & Cooling 98 10.9%

Transmission & Drivetrain 68 7.6%

Brakes 59 6.6%

Fuel & Propulsion 37 4.1%

Body & Structure 35 3.9%