Nissan Sentra vs Ford Windstar

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	Nissan Sentra	Ford Windstar
Complaints on file	8,300	19,460
Model years covered	1982–2026	1985–2005
Worst model year	2015	1995
Best model year	2023	2004
Crashes reported	865	712
Fires reported	167	561
Injuries reported	548	457
Deaths reported	16	12
Most complained-about part	Engine & Cooling	Brakes
Share of complaints involving harm	19.2%	9%

Nissan Sentra by year

1 1 4 6 9 46 40 49 45 77 81 89 130 158 177 138 76 74 236 309 372 240 235 224 155 215 233 81 212 201 260 871 526 501 404 341 286 360 320 214 141 34 59 47 22

82 83 84 85 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 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

Engine & Cooling 1,360 16.4%

Transmission & Drivetrain 1,295 15.6%

Electrical System 847 10.2%

Airbags 796 9.6%

Brakes 621 7.5%

Other & Unspecified 595 7.2%

Acceleration & Cruise Control 426 5.1%

Steering 342 4.1%

Ford Windstar by year

7 11 3 3 12 25 4,799 1,855 249 1,949 2,040 2,191 2,297 1,928 2,057 33 1

85 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05

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

What breaks

Brakes 3,678 18.9%

Engine & Cooling 3,104 16.0%

Transmission & Drivetrain 2,729 14.0%

Suspension 2,092 10.8%

Electrical System 1,630 8.4%

Body & Structure 1,278 6.6%

Acceleration & Cruise Control 907 4.7%

Steering 742 3.8%