Ford Fusion vs Honda Accord

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 Fusion Honda Accord
Complaints on file 28,788 32,167
Model years covered 2006–2020 1979–2026
Worst model year 2010 2008
Best model year 2018 1993
Crashes reported 1,138 2,784
Fires reported 255 316
Injuries reported 563 1,818
Deaths reported 14 59
Most complained-about part Steering Electrical System
Share of complaints involving harm 6.8% 15.5%

Ford Fusion by year

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

What breaks

Steering 5,788 20.1%
Engine & Cooling 4,053 14.1%
Airbags 3,537 12.3%
Brakes 2,724 9.5%
Electrical System 1,660 5.8%
Fuel & Propulsion 1,542 5.4%

Honda Accord by year

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

What breaks

Electrical System 4,171 13.0%
Airbags 4,119 12.8%
Engine & Cooling 3,431 10.7%
Brakes 2,949 9.2%
Other & Unspecified 1,762 5.5%
Steering 1,653 5.1%