Ford Ranger vs Hyundai Sonata

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 Ranger	Hyundai Sonata
Complaints on file	10,502	22,259
Model years covered	1978–2026	1987–2026
Worst model year	2000	2013
Best model year	2022	2025
Crashes reported	977	1,148
Fires reported	386	850
Injuries reported	598	740
Deaths reported	35	21
Most complained-about part	Airbags	Engine & Cooling
Share of complaints involving harm	19%	12.4%

Ford Ranger by year

1 1 13 12 33 50 58 117 88 141 145 231 272 531 451 533 536 744 966 849 687 449 310 462 353 316 286 344 179 171 260 1 1 1 350 156 158 52 21 109 58 6

78 79 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 14 16 17 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

Airbags 1,899 18.1%

Brakes 988 9.4%

Tires 900 8.6%

Transmission & Drivetrain 898 8.6%

Body & Structure 753 7.2%

Electrical System 672 6.4%

Engine & Cooling 652 6.2%

Suspension 651 6.2%

Hyundai Sonata by year

4 18 25 41 43 46 7 93 37 74 68 187 378 293 407 249 288 217 1,422 906 554 612 415 4,621 2,280 2,651 1,080 1,660 996 1,000 548 212 268 180 142 140 74 21 2

87 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 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

Engine & Cooling 5,099 22.9%

Steering 2,377 10.7%

Airbags 2,068 9.3%

Electrical System 2,003 9.0%

Other & Unspecified 1,327 6.0%

Brakes 1,258 5.7%

Body & Structure 1,087 4.9%

Fuel & Propulsion 1,087 4.9%