Pontiac Solstice vs Ford Bronco

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 Solstice	Ford Bronco
Complaints on file	874	2,163
Model years covered	2006–2009	1967–2026
Worst model year	2007	2022
Best model year	2009	1993
Crashes reported	38	103
Fires reported	4	200
Injuries reported	26	57
Deaths reported	0	19
Most complained-about part	Airbags	Electrical System
Share of complaints involving harm	7.8%	17.5%

Pontiac Solstice by year

288 352 189 45

06 07 08 09

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

What breaks

Airbags 540 61.8%

Electrical System 76 8.7%

Transmission & Drivetrain 61 7.0%

Brakes 55 6.3%

Seats 39 4.5%

Engine & Cooling 28 3.2%

Body & Structure 16 1.8%

Other & Unspecified 11 1.3%

Ford Bronco by year

2 1 1 2 2 1 4 11 24 43 61 68 118 77 37 56 45 114 131 109 1 2 5 303 496 261 109 72 7

67 69 77 79 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 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 307 14.2%

Brakes 279 12.9%

Engine & Cooling 236 10.9%

Windows, Mirrors & Wipers 222 10.3%

Fuel & Propulsion 153 7.1%

Transmission & Drivetrain 139 6.4%

Driver Assist & Collision Avoidance 125 5.8%

Other & Unspecified 123 5.7%