GMC Sierra 1500 vs Ford Fusion

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	GMC Sierra 1500	Ford Fusion
Complaints on file	11,637	28,788
Model years covered	1994–2026	2006–2020
Worst model year	2019	2010
Best model year	1994	2018
Crashes reported	364	1,138
Fires reported	142	255
Injuries reported	186	563
Deaths reported	3	14
Most complained-about part	Engine & Cooling	Steering
Share of complaints involving harm	6%	6.8%

GMC Sierra 1500 by year

15 3 7 100 68 182 215 171 192 210 253 218 183 313 442 280 217 364 149 147 1,031 933 448 476 426 907 688 774 773 633 491 176 152

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 2,253 19.4%

Brakes 1,781 15.3%

Transmission & Drivetrain 1,314 11.3%

Electrical System 1,197 10.3%

Airbags 948 8.1%

Other & Unspecified 870 7.5%

Steering 610 5.2%

Body & Structure 572 4.9%

Ford Fusion by year

920 1,277 1,533 1,169 7,026 3,656 3,058 2,375 1,766 1,281 2,085 1,392 578 410 262

06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

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%

Transmission & Drivetrain 3,145 10.9%

Brakes 2,724 9.5%

Electrical System 1,660 5.8%

Fuel & Propulsion 1,542 5.4%

Acceleration & Cruise Control 1,416 4.9%