Jaguar Vanden Plas vs Ford C-Max Energi

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	Jaguar Vanden Plas	Ford C-Max Energi
Complaints on file	74	181
Model years covered	1984–2004	2013–2017
Worst model year	—	2013
Best model year	—	2017
Crashes reported	6	17
Fires reported	1	5
Injuries reported	5	6
Deaths reported	0	0
Most complained-about part	Engine & Cooling	Electrical System
Share of complaints involving harm	16.2%	15.5%

Jaguar Vanden Plas by year

2 1 1 1 4 2 1 5 6 2 19 8 4 1 4 9 4

84 85 88 89 90 91 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04

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

What breaks

Engine & Cooling 17 23.0%

Acceleration & Cruise Control 15 20.3%

Brakes 5 6.8%

Transmission & Drivetrain 4 5.4%

Electrical System 4 5.4%

Seat Belts 4 5.4%

Airbags 3 4.1%

Steering 3 4.1%

Ford C-Max Energi by year

65 39 20 44 13

13 14 15 16 17

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

What breaks

Electrical System 56 30.9%

Transmission & Drivetrain 18 9.9%

Steering 18 9.9%

Driver Assist & Collision Avoidance 13 7.2%

Body & Structure 12 6.6%

Other & Unspecified 12 6.6%

Engine & Cooling 10 5.5%

Fuel & Propulsion 10 5.5%