Forest River Cherokee vs Ford F250

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	Forest River Cherokee	Ford F250
Complaints on file	198	492
Model years covered	1999–2026	1968–1990
Worst model year	2021	—
Best model year	2019	—
Crashes reported	3	16
Fires reported	17	98
Injuries reported	1	8
Deaths reported	0	1
Most complained-about part	Tires	Electrical System
Share of complaints involving harm	10.6%	25%

Forest River Cherokee by year

1 3 1 2 2 6 1 1 2 2 2 8 6 3 16 18 11 19 57 32 3 1 1

99 00 03 04 05 06 08 09 10 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 26

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

What breaks

Tires 44 22.2%

Body & Structure 36 18.2%

Equipment & Accessories 25 12.6%

Other & Unspecified 24 12.1%

Suspension 23 11.6%

Wheels 18 9.1%

Electrical System 16 8.1%

Brakes 5 2.5%

Ford F250 by year

1 1 2 3 3 1 1 2 11 33 42 51 85 127 129

68 70 74 77 78 79 81 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90

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

What breaks

Electrical System 98 19.9%

Brakes 97 19.7%

Fuel & Propulsion 91 18.5%

Engine & Cooling 42 8.5%

Transmission & Drivetrain 41 8.3%

Tires 34 6.9%

Steering 20 4.1%

Body & Structure 18 3.7%