Ford Ranger vs Toyota Camry

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	Toyota Camry
Complaints on file	10,532	23,397
Model years covered	1978–2026	1983–2024
Worst model year	2000	2009
Best model year	2022	1993
Crashes reported	977	3,872
Fires reported	386	560
Injuries reported	598	2,077
Deaths reported	35	77
Most complained-about part	Airbags	Acceleration & Cruise Control
Share of complaints involving harm	19%	28.1%

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 1 352 158 160 52 21 122 66 9

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 18.0%

Brakes 989 9.4%

Transmission & Drivetrain 908 8.6%

Tires 900 8.5%

Body & Structure 754 7.2%

Electrical System 679 6.4%

Engine & Cooling 654 6.2%

Suspension 653 6.2%

Toyota Camry by year

6 10 19 35 70 88 138 160 186 646 334 364 373 567 685 751 661 577 356 1,183 946 799 905 393 3,670 1,141 1,616 766 781 810 377 640 365 256 206 1,097 568 393 197 90 97 75

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 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24

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

What breaks

Acceleration & Cruise Control 3,184 13.6%

Engine & Cooling 2,787 11.9%

Brakes 2,311 9.9%

Body & Structure 1,803 7.7%

Transmission & Drivetrain 1,765 7.5%

Airbags 1,698 7.3%

Windows, Mirrors & Wipers 1,548 6.6%

Other & Unspecified 1,490 6.4%