GMC Terrain vs Ford Ranger

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 Terrain	Ford Ranger
Complaints on file	4,388	10,532
Model years covered	2010–2026	1978–2026
Worst model year	2012	2000
Best model year	2022	2022
Crashes reported	192	977
Fires reported	48	386
Injuries reported	156	598
Deaths reported	1	35
Most complained-about part	Engine & Cooling	Airbags
Share of complaints involving harm	9%	19%

GMC Terrain by year

426 557 500 485 385 384 183 181 330 301 304 54 81 70 75 29 43

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 1,273 29.0%

Windows, Mirrors & Wipers 505 11.5%

Transmission & Drivetrain 467 10.6%

Electrical System 349 8.0%

Other & Unspecified 307 7.0%

Brakes 292 6.7%

Fuel & Propulsion 278 6.3%

Airbags 168 3.8%

Ford Ranger by year

1 1 13 12 33 50 58 117 88 141 145 231 272 531 451 533 536 744 966 849 687 449 310 462 353 316 286 344 179 171 260 1 1 1 352 158 160 52 21 122 66 9

78 79 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 14 16 17 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

Airbags 1,899 18.0%

Brakes 989 9.4%

Transmission & Drivetrain 908 8.6%

Tires 900 8.5%

Body & Structure 754 7.2%

Electrical System 679 6.4%

Engine & Cooling 654 6.2%

Suspension 653 6.2%