Porsche Boxster vs Ford F Super Duty

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	Porsche Boxster	Ford F Super Duty
Complaints on file	221	552
Model years covered	1989–2015	1981–2008
Worst model year	2003	2000
Best model year	2005	1998
Crashes reported	10	22
Fires reported	4	18
Injuries reported	5	15
Deaths reported	0	1
Most complained-about part	Engine & Cooling	Engine & Cooling
Share of complaints involving harm	8.6%	10.1%

Porsche Boxster by year

1 30 44 35 5 24 12 13 5 21 7 1 13 3 7

89 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 12 13 14 15

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

What breaks

Engine & Cooling 59 26.7%

Airbags 31 14.0%

Electrical System 26 11.8%

Transmission & Drivetrain 20 9.0%

Body & Structure 20 9.0%

Seat Belts 11 5.0%

Brakes 9 4.1%

Suspension 9 4.1%

Ford F Super Duty by year

1 1 2 1 1 10 4 27 13 12 28 20 115 78 38 50 33 23 49 46

81 87 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 08

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

What breaks

Engine & Cooling 106 19.2%

Brakes 78 14.1%

Tires 66 12.0%

Fuel & Propulsion 50 9.1%

Transmission & Drivetrain 49 8.9%

Steering 47 8.5%

Electrical System 36 6.5%

Suspension 31 5.6%