Subaru Baja vs Ford Ford Truck

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	Subaru Baja	Ford Ford Truck
Complaints on file	146	365
Model years covered	2003–2006	1968–2003
Worst model year	2003	1997
Best model year	2004	1996
Crashes reported	13	27
Fires reported	3	21
Injuries reported	8	29
Deaths reported	0	1
Most complained-about part	Fuel & Propulsion	Tires
Share of complaints involving harm	16.4%	21.4%

Subaru Baja by year

47 22 44 33

03 04 05 06

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

What breaks

Fuel & Propulsion 29 19.9%

Engine & Cooling 22 15.1%

Airbags 17 11.6%

Brakes 17 11.6%

Transmission & Drivetrain 13 8.9%

Suspension 11 7.5%

Body & Structure 8 5.5%

Steering 7 4.8%

Ford Ford Truck by year

1 2 1 1 1 2 2 2 7 6 8 9 11 8 21 28 22 47 29 37 30 22 54 14

68 74 77 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03

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

What breaks

Tires 66 18.1%

Engine & Cooling 53 14.5%

Transmission & Drivetrain 49 13.4%

Electrical System 26 7.1%

Brakes 21 5.8%

Fuel & Propulsion 18 4.9%

Suspension 17 4.7%

Steering 16 4.4%