Honda Pilot 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	Honda Pilot	Ford Fusion
Complaints on file	13,244	28,788
Model years covered	2003–2026	2006–2020
Worst model year	2019	2010
Best model year	2026	2018
Crashes reported	522	1,138
Fires reported	150	255
Injuries reported	347	563
Deaths reported	9	14
Most complained-about part	Engine & Cooling	Steering
Share of complaints involving harm	7.8%	6.8%

Honda Pilot by year

877 644 955 332 266 166 174 142 393 229 369 153 140 2,383 1,340 655 1,455 799 732 266 214 174 357 29

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

What breaks

Engine & Cooling 2,556 19.3%

Electrical System 2,039 15.4%

Transmission & Drivetrain 1,323 10.0%

Other & Unspecified 1,162 8.8%

Driver Assist & Collision Avoidance 1,126 8.5%

Fuel & Propulsion 872 6.6%

Airbags 734 5.5%

Brakes 648 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

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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%