Jeep Liberty 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	Jeep Liberty	Ford Taurus
Complaints on file	11,711	23,971
Model years covered	2000–2012	1977–2019
Worst model year	2002	2000
Best model year	2009	2019
Crashes reported	820	1,482
Fires reported	218	685
Injuries reported	631	926
Deaths reported	19	38
Most complained-about part	Suspension	Engine & Cooling
Share of complaints involving harm	14.4%	13.1%

Jeep Liberty by year

7 12 2,330 1,732 1,440 1,461 1,812 941 766 146 271 241 552

00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12

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

What breaks

Suspension 2,062 17.6%

Fuel & Propulsion 1,786 15.3%

Airbags 1,356 11.6%

Windows, Mirrors & Wipers 1,213 10.4%

Electrical System 901 7.7%

Body & Structure 895 7.6%

Engine & Cooling 605 5.2%

Transmission & Drivetrain 516 4.4%

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 77 280 251 100 755 296 353 103 53 65 17

77 81 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 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19

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

What breaks

Engine & Cooling 3,716 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 1,087 4.5%