Pontiac Trans AM vs Ford Maverick

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 Trans AM	Ford Maverick
Complaints on file	196	479
Model years covered	1969–2002	1977–2026
Worst model year	2002	2022
Best model year	1998	2023
Crashes reported	18	36
Fires reported	6	9
Injuries reported	9	16
Deaths reported	2	0
Most complained-about part	Brakes	Transmission & Drivetrain
Share of complaints involving harm	17.9%	12.7%

Pontiac Trans AM by year

1 2 1 1 2 10 10 3 1 1 2 10 1 13 5 8 14 22 23 13 10 43

69 77 79 80 82 84 86 87 88 89 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 24 12.2%

Engine & Cooling 23 11.7%

Transmission & Drivetrain 18 9.2%

Body & Structure 17 8.7%

Electrical System 13 6.6%

Steering 13 6.6%

Lights 13 6.6%

Fuel & Propulsion 13 6.6%

Ford Maverick by year

1 212 115 101 41 9

77 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

Transmission & Drivetrain 83 17.3%

Electrical System 78 16.3%

Other & Unspecified 52 10.9%

Driver Assist & Collision Avoidance 49 10.2%

Engine & Cooling 38 7.9%

Brakes 28 5.8%

Body & Structure 27 5.6%

Steering 20 4.2%