GMC Sierra 2500 vs Ford F-350 SD

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-350 SD
Complaints on file	2,297	5,154
Model years covered	1994–2026	1995–2026
Worst model year	2001	2019
Best model year	1998	2026
Crashes reported	112	166
Fires reported	64	117
Injuries reported	59	89
Deaths reported	4	2
Most complained-about part	Brakes	Steering
Share of complaints involving harm	10.4%	7.3%

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-350 SD by year

5 3 4 169 188 188 145 164 159 269 192 35 146 25 79 63 50 12 12 315 317 854 312 743 244 129 170 59 66 24 13

95 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

Steering 1,100 21.3%

Suspension 874 17.0%

Engine & Cooling 607 11.8%

Fuel & Propulsion 397 7.7%

Electrical System 335 6.5%

Transmission & Drivetrain 295 5.7%

Tires 252 4.9%

Other & Unspecified 242 4.7%