Mazda B-Series Truck vs Ford Bronco

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	Mazda B-Series Truck	Ford Bronco
Complaints on file	888	2,189
Model years covered	1990–2009	1967–2026
Worst model year	2000	2022
Best model year	2006	1993
Crashes reported	89	107
Fires reported	21	200
Injuries reported	64	58
Deaths reported	10	22
Most complained-about part	Airbags	Electrical System
Share of complaints involving harm	20.7%	17.7%

Mazda B-Series Truck by year

22 15 14 18 157 54 73 64 81 96 74 55 31 25 26 17 14 37 11 4

90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09

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

What breaks

Airbags 135 15.2%

Brakes 108 12.2%

Tires 97 10.9%

Transmission & Drivetrain 70 7.9%

Acceleration & Cruise Control 58 6.5%

Engine & Cooling 52 5.9%

Windows, Mirrors & Wipers 50 5.6%

Fuel & Propulsion 47 5.3%

Ford Bronco by year

2 1 1 2 2 1 4 11 24 43 61 68 118 77 37 56 45 114 131 109 1 2 5 303 508 266 111 77 9

67 69 77 79 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 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

Electrical System 309 14.1%

Brakes 279 12.7%

Engine & Cooling 237 10.8%

Windows, Mirrors & Wipers 225 10.3%

Fuel & Propulsion 156 7.1%

Transmission & Drivetrain 140 6.4%

Other & Unspecified 128 5.8%

Driver Assist & Collision Avoidance 125 5.7%