FaultScore

Ford Windstar 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 Windstar Honda Accord
Complaints on file 19,460 32,025
Model years covered 1985–2005 1979–2026
Worst model year 1995 2008
Best model year 2004 1993
Crashes reported 712 2,780
Fires reported 561 316
Injuries reported 457 1,815
Deaths reported 12 59
Most complained-about part Brakes Electrical System
Share of complaints involving harm 9% 15.5%

Ford Windstar by year

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

What breaks

Brakes 3,678 18.9%
Engine & Cooling 3,104 16.0%
Suspension 2,092 10.8%
Electrical System 1,630 8.4%
Body & Structure 1,278 6.6%
Steering 742 3.8%

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 4,144 12.9%
Airbags 4,117 12.9%
Engine & Cooling 3,398 10.6%
Brakes 2,940 9.2%
Other & Unspecified 1,746 5.5%
Steering 1,643 5.1%