Mini Cooper S vs Ford F-350 SD

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	Mini Cooper S	Ford F-350 SD
Complaints on file	2,181	5,142
Model years covered	2002–2025	1995–2026
Worst model year	2003	2019
Best model year	2012	2026
Crashes reported	57	166
Fires reported	152	113
Injuries reported	54	89
Deaths reported	4	2
Most complained-about part	Steering	Steering
Share of complaints involving harm	12.2%	7.2%

Mini Cooper S by year

105 258 279 383 243 300 197 151 78 46 30 32 17 20 10 8 7 8 1 2 6

02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 19 20 22 24 25

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

What breaks

Steering 682 31.3%

Engine & Cooling 528 24.2%

Airbags 281 12.9%

Electrical System 174 8.0%

Transmission & Drivetrain 114 5.2%

Windows, Mirrors & Wipers 70 3.2%

Fuel & Propulsion 55 2.5%

Other & Unspecified 52 2.4%

Ford F-350 SD by year

5 3 4 169 188 188 145 164 159 269 192 35 146 25 79 63 50 12 12 315 317 854 311 740 243 128 165 58 66 24 13

95 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

Steering 1,100 21.4%

Suspension 874 17.0%

Engine & Cooling 603 11.7%

Fuel & Propulsion 393 7.6%

Electrical System 334 6.5%

Transmission & Drivetrain 293 5.7%

Tires 251 4.9%

Other & Unspecified 242 4.7%