Mercedes Benz C250 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	Mercedes Benz C250	Ford Bronco
Complaints on file	902	2,189
Model years covered	2012–2016	1967–2026
Worst model year	2013	2022
Best model year	2015	1993
Crashes reported	51	107
Fires reported	21	200
Injuries reported	43	58
Deaths reported	0	22
Most complained-about part	Airbags	Electrical System
Share of complaints involving harm	12.7%	17.7%

Mercedes Benz C250 by year

317 346 222 16 1

12 13 14 15 16

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

What breaks

Airbags 437 48.4%

Engine & Cooling 135 15.0%

Fuel & Propulsion 59 6.5%

Steering 44 4.9%

Other & Unspecified 43 4.8%

Electrical System 37 4.1%

Body & Structure 29 3.2%

Transmission & Drivetrain 27 3.0%

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%