Most reliable used pickup trucks by NHTSA complaints per 10,000 built

These 25 model years of used pickup trucks drew the fewest NHTSA owner complaints for every 10,000 cars built. The rate puts models that sell in large and small numbers on the same scale.

How this list is ranked

Complaints per 10,000 built is a model year's NHTSA owner complaints divided by its production, times 10,000.
Production is the number of cars the maker reported building for that model year to NHTSA under Early Warning Reporting (EWR).
Only model years with at least 10,000 built and from 2023 or earlier are ranked. Production for newer model years is not final.
At most 3 model years per model are listed, so one model can't fill the list. Ties are listed by make, model and year.
It covers 10 models of used pickup trucks with a model page on this site: Chevrolet Colorado, Chevrolet Silverado, Chevrolet Silverado 1500, Ford F-150, Ford Ranger, Honda Ridgeline, Nissan Frontier, Ram 1500, Toyota Tacoma and Toyota Tundra.
The ranked model years run from 2012 to 2023.
Source: NHTSA owner complaints and EWR production reports, as of October 26, 2026.

Rank	Model year	Complaints per 10,000 built	Complaints	Built	Model
1	2023 Toyota Tacoma	1.8	54	298,421	All years
2	2021 Toyota Tundra	2.1	24	114,077	All years
3	2022 Toyota Tacoma	2.4	58	240,232	All years
4	2019 Nissan Frontier	2.6	28	108,889	All years
5	2021 Toyota Tacoma	2.8	80	287,716	All years
6	2018 Nissan Frontier	3.7	25	68,452	All years
7	2016 Nissan Frontier	4.3	43	99,763	All years
8	2022 Chevrolet Colorado	4.6	54	117,160	All years
9	2015 Toyota Tundra	4.7	48	101,365	All years
10	2020 Toyota Tundra	4.8	45	94,727	All years
11	2023 Ford Ranger	5.5	18	32,532	All years
12	2022 Ford Ranger	7.2	37	51,482	All years
13	2023 Ford F-150	7.3	408	560,816	All years
14	2021 Chevrolet Colorado	7.5	75	100,605	All years
15	2012 Chevrolet Silverado 1500	8.2	216	262,088	All years
16	2012 Chevrolet Colorado	8.3	42	50,765	All years
17	2023 Ram 1500	9.4	200	213,407	All years
18	2013 Chevrolet Silverado 1500	9.9	301	302,550	All years
19	2018 Chevrolet Silverado 1500	10.1	517	509,535	All years
20	2021 Ford Ranger	12.3	114	92,901	All years
21	2020 Ford F-150	12.5	544	435,031	All years
22	2022 Ford F-150	15.2	590	388,851	All years
23	2022 Ram 1500	16.9	607	359,655	All years
24	2012 Honda Ridgeline	17.7	24	13,541	All years
25	2023 Honda Ridgeline	18.3	126	68,926	All years

What these numbers can't show

Here 'reliable' means few NHTSA complaints per 10,000 built.
Complaints are unverified reports that owners filed with NHTSA. They don't show repair costs, or problems owners never reported.
Older model years have had more time to draw complaints, so the measure favors newer years.
A few model years have no production match in EWR and are left out.