Mitsubishi Galant vs Ford F-250

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	Mitsubishi Galant	Ford F-250
Complaints on file	2,429	5,731
Model years covered	1986–2012	1979–2014
Worst model year	1999	1999
Best model year	1998	1998
Crashes reported	334	277
Fires reported	115	246
Injuries reported	198	149
Deaths reported	9	14
Most complained-about part	Brakes	Steering
Share of complaints involving harm	27%	12%

Mitsubishi Galant by year

6 9 7 20 32 78 43 11 284 296 200 110 69 296 183 211 175 167 68 34 37 31 9 23 12 7 11

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

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

What breaks

Brakes 395 16.3%

Transmission & Drivetrain 265 10.9%

Suspension 250 10.3%

Airbags 234 9.6%

Engine & Cooling 221 9.1%

Electrical System 198 8.2%

Body & Structure 175 7.2%

Windows, Mirrors & Wipers 141 5.8%

Ford F-250 by year

1 14 5 145 149 183 156 238 212 348 76 702 417 269 189 151 201 207 332 84 255 92 109 384 423 153 236

79 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

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

What breaks

Steering 846 14.8%

Suspension 808 14.1%

Engine & Cooling 741 12.9%

Brakes 549 9.6%

Tires 516 9.0%

Transmission & Drivetrain 427 7.5%

Fuel & Propulsion 425 7.4%

Electrical System 315 5.5%