Toyota Tacoma vs Ford Taurus

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	Toyota Tacoma	Ford Taurus
Complaints on file	10,773	23,982
Model years covered	1995–2026	1977–2019
Worst model year	2007	2000
Best model year	2026	2019
Crashes reported	930	1,482
Fires reported	133	685
Injuries reported	447	926
Deaths reported	23	38
Most complained-about part	Body & Structure	Engine & Cooling
Share of complaints involving harm	14.2%	13.1%

Toyota Tacoma by year

214 321 148 358 303 274 504 443 479 545 871 977 676 558 613 348 231 407 170 134 143 417 320 282 311 126 118 79 76 194 122 11

95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 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

Body & Structure 2,229 20.7%

Suspension 1,580 14.7%

Transmission & Drivetrain 952 8.8%

Acceleration & Cruise Control 782 7.3%

Other & Unspecified 722 6.7%

Brakes 675 6.3%

Engine & Cooling 604 5.6%

Airbags 563 5.2%

Ford Taurus by year

2 2 1 4 2 150 355 462 762 542 946 1,009 2,206 1,284 1,597 1,132 1,003 680 1,100 1,497 1,264 1,759 1,524 482 1,005 415 196 240 77 280 251 100 755 297 358 104 53 67 19

77 81 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 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 15 16 17 18 19

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

What breaks

Engine & Cooling 3,718 15.5%

Suspension 3,366 14.0%

Transmission & Drivetrain 3,035 12.7%

Acceleration & Cruise Control 2,128 8.9%

Electrical System 1,721 7.2%

Brakes 1,501 6.3%

Steering 1,445 6.0%

Body & Structure 1,088 4.5%