Pontiac Firebird vs Ford Bronco Sport

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	Pontiac Firebird	Ford Bronco Sport
Complaints on file	802	1,977
Model years covered	1976–2002	2021–2026
Worst model year	1995	2021
Best model year	2001	2024
Crashes reported	86	84
Fires reported	53	73
Injuries reported	52	52
Deaths reported	5	0
Most complained-about part	Brakes	Electrical System
Share of complaints involving harm	24.4%	10.6%

Pontiac Firebird by year

1 1 3 2 2 5 6 20 22 27 11 10 23 10 29 33 18 72 112 50 59 91 76 35 36 48

76 77 78 79 80 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02

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

What breaks

Brakes 148 18.5%

Electrical System 86 10.7%

Fuel & Propulsion 70 8.7%

Seat Belts 68 8.5%

Engine & Cooling 67 8.4%

Transmission & Drivetrain 54 6.7%

Airbags 45 5.6%

Steering 39 4.9%

Ford Bronco Sport by year

1,031 516 221 160 44 5

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 351 17.8%

Engine & Cooling 318 16.1%

Fuel & Propulsion 291 14.7%

Transmission & Drivetrain 286 14.5%

Brakes 197 10.0%

Other & Unspecified 188 9.5%

Driver Assist & Collision Avoidance 81 4.1%

Windows, Mirrors & Wipers 53 2.7%