Pontiac Lemans vs Ford E-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	Pontiac Lemans	Ford E-250
Complaints on file	172	421
Model years covered	1977–1993	1990–2022
Worst model year	—	1999
Best model year	—	2013
Crashes reported	16	47
Fires reported	6	24
Injuries reported	12	38
Deaths reported	0	2
Most complained-about part	Seat Belts	Engine & Cooling
Share of complaints involving harm	19.8%	26.4%

Pontiac Lemans by year

2 24 20 31 35 28 32

77 88 89 90 91 92 93

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

What breaks

Seat Belts 56 32.6%

Brakes 32 18.6%

Transmission & Drivetrain 15 8.7%

Electrical System 13 7.6%

Engine & Cooling 11 6.4%

Suspension 6 3.5%

Lights 6 3.5%

Acceleration & Cruise Control 5 2.9%

Ford E-250 by year

1 11 30 7 14 19 24 31 30 56 21 18 18 22 14 12 14 7 10 2 12 9 13 13 7 2 3 1

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 16 17 22

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

What breaks

Engine & Cooling 63 15.0%

Brakes 61 14.5%

Tires 43 10.2%

Suspension 37 8.8%

Transmission & Drivetrain 33 7.8%

Electrical System 32 7.6%

Fuel & Propulsion 24 5.7%

Steering 23 5.5%