Jeep Cherokee vs Ford F-150

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	Jeep Cherokee	Ford F-150
Complaints on file	20,992	47,801
Model years covered	1973–2026	1984–2026
Worst model year	2015	1997
Best model year	2006	1993
Crashes reported	997	2,179
Fires reported	443	2,300
Injuries reported	562	1,424
Deaths reported	23	56
Most complained-about part	Transmission & Drivetrain	Transmission & Drivetrain
Share of complaints involving harm	9.6%	12.5%

Jeep Cherokee by year

1 1 1 1 8 24 26 72 118 287 368 297 175 571 618 732 584 496 553 516 508 329 18 3,965 2,662 2,046 1,927 992 2,418 382 214 73 4 5

73 78 80 81 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 06 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 26

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

What breaks

Transmission & Drivetrain 5,604 26.7%

Engine & Cooling 2,904 13.8%

Electrical System 2,409 11.5%

Brakes 2,197 10.5%

Other & Unspecified 1,775 8.5%

Acceleration & Cruise Control 967 4.6%

Body & Structure 892 4.2%

Fuel & Propulsion 780 3.7%

Ford F-150 by year

2 2 19 25 357 553 753 908 788 383 3,285 1,624 1,323 1,274 1,451 965 527 2,431 1,364 742 625 455 400 1,136 2,977 2,441 3,950 1,932 2,208 2,565 1,797 2,836 1,693 896 1,304 805 577 253 167 8

84 87 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 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

Transmission & Drivetrain 9,023 18.9%

Engine & Cooling 7,236 15.1%

Brakes 4,074 8.5%

Electrical System 3,902 8.2%

Fuel & Propulsion 3,407 7.1%

Windows, Mirrors & Wipers 3,220 6.7%

Acceleration & Cruise Control 2,832 5.9%

Other & Unspecified 2,425 5.1%