FaultScore

Keystone Cougar vs Ford F250

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 Keystone Cougar Ford F250
Complaints on file 201 492
Model years covered 2000–2026 1968–1990
Worst model year 2004
Best model year 2007
Crashes reported 3 16
Fires reported 8 98
Injuries reported 3 8
Deaths reported 0 1
Most complained-about part Tires Electrical System
Share of complaints involving harm 7% 25%

Keystone Cougar by year

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

What breaks

Tires 52 25.9%
Body & Structure 42 20.9%
Suspension 22 10.9%
Electrical System 12 6.0%
Other & Unspecified 11 5.5%
Brakes 9 4.5%
Wheels 9 4.5%

Ford F250 by year

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

What breaks

Brakes 97 19.7%
Tires 34 6.9%
Steering 20 4.1%
Body & Structure 18 3.7%