GMC Sierra 2500 vs Ford F-250

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 2500	Ford F-250
Complaints on file	2,297	5,731
Model years covered	1994–2026	1979–2014
Worst model year	2001	1999
Best model year	1998	1998
Crashes reported	112	277
Fires reported	64	246
Injuries reported	59	149
Deaths reported	4	14
Most complained-about part	Brakes	Steering
Share of complaints involving harm	10.4%	12%

GMC Sierra 2500 by year

2 14 19 42 63 171 164 193 175 159 78 98 78 37 11 81 40 57 39 100 77 51 46 40 108 65 54 41 141 38 15

94 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

Brakes 523 22.8%

Electrical System 291 12.7%

Engine & Cooling 208 9.1%

Transmission & Drivetrain 203 8.8%

Airbags 167 7.3%

Fuel & Propulsion 145 6.3%

Other & Unspecified 140 6.1%

Steering 133 5.8%

Ford F-250 by year

1 14 5 145 149 183 156 238 212 348 76 702 417 269 189 151 201 207 332 84 255 92 109 384 423 153 236

79 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

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

What breaks

Steering 846 14.8%

Suspension 808 14.1%

Engine & Cooling 741 12.9%

Brakes 549 9.6%

Tires 516 9.0%

Transmission & Drivetrain 427 7.5%

Fuel & Propulsion 425 7.4%

Electrical System 315 5.5%