GMC Sierra 1500 vs Ford Taurus

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 Taurus
Complaints on file	11,357	23,971
Model years covered	1994–2026	1977–2019
Worst model year	2019	2000
Best model year	1994	2019
Crashes reported	361	1,482
Fires reported	142	685
Injuries reported	186	926
Deaths reported	3	38
Most complained-about part	Engine & Cooling	Engine & Cooling
Share of complaints involving harm	6.1%	13.1%

GMC Sierra 1500 by year

15 3 7 100 68 182 215 171 192 210 253 218 182 313 440 280 216 364 149 147 1,031 928 445 473 420 892 661 741 729 582 461 151 118

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 2,108 18.6%

Brakes 1,775 15.6%

Transmission & Drivetrain 1,274 11.2%

Electrical System 1,178 10.4%

Airbags 947 8.3%

Other & Unspecified 859 7.6%

Steering 605 5.3%

Body & Structure 561 4.9%

Ford Taurus by year

2 2 1 4 2 150 355 462 762 542 946 1,009 2,206 1,284 1,597 1,132 1,003 680 1,100 1,497 1,264 1,759 1,524 482 1,005 415 196 240 77 280 251 100 755 296 353 103 53 65 17

77 81 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

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

What breaks

Engine & Cooling 3,716 15.5%

Suspension 3,366 14.0%

Transmission & Drivetrain 3,035 12.7%

Acceleration & Cruise Control 2,128 8.9%

Electrical System 1,721 7.2%

Brakes 1,501 6.3%

Steering 1,445 6.0%

Body & Structure 1,087 4.5%