Honda Pilot 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	Honda Pilot	Ford Taurus
Complaints on file	13,244	23,982
Model years covered	2003–2026	1977–2019
Worst model year	2019	2000
Best model year	2026	2019
Crashes reported	522	1,482
Fires reported	150	685
Injuries reported	347	926
Deaths reported	9	38
Most complained-about part	Engine & Cooling	Engine & Cooling
Share of complaints involving harm	7.8%	13.1%

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 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 77 280 251 100 755 297 358 104 53 67 19

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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 3,718 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 1,088 4.5%