Toyota Tundra vs Ford F-150

The Toyota Tundra and Ford F-150 were both sold for 18 model years (2010–2027). Among the Tundra's own years, its best bet is 2021; years to avoid: 2022–2025; the newest year rated a good buy is 2021. Among the F-150's own years, its best bet is 2024; no year to avoid; the newest year rated a good buy is 2025.

How to read this: each model's verdicts compare that model's own years with each other (serious owner complaints per car on the road against that model's usual year, using New York registrations). They are not a reliability ranking of one model against the other, so a good-buy Tundra year says nothing about whether it beats a F-150. (How we judge.)

Year by year, side by side

Each chip rates that year against the same model's other years. Tap a chip for the year's details; "Side by side" compares both models that year, trim by trim.

Compare any year, trim by trim

2026: the newest shared year with full data, at a glance

Newer years (up to 2027) have thinner price and equipment data for one or both models, so this table uses 2026. Use "Compare any year" above for the others.

Sources: OpenSpec and the makers' equipment guides, NHTSA vPIC, EPA and NHTSA ratings. Cargo, towing and bed length rows appear when we have them. "—": not in our data. Compare every 2026 trim →

Key features: base trim vs top trim

"Standard" and "Optional" are for that trim as the 2026 data lists it (a package or option adds an "Optional" item); "—": not verified in our sources, never a guess. The cheapest and most expensive trim of each model; every trim is on the model's 2026 page (Tundra, F-150).

Known fixes and extended coverage

From manufacturer bulletins filed with NHTSA, counted per program. A count is how many programs exist, not how good or bad a model is: a maker that extends coverage is paying for a known problem. A dealer can look up whether a car has had the work done or is still covered.

Which should you buy?

• Buying used, years both are rated a good buy: 2010, 2013–2020. In those years, choose on price, size and features.
• Shopping around 2025: the F-150 is rated good buy (serious complaints 0.7× usual), while the Tundra is rated avoid (serious complaints 7.9× usual, mostly engine and power train). Each against its own other years.
• Shopping around 2024: the F-150 is rated best buy (serious complaints 0.6× usual), while the Tundra is rated avoid (serious complaints 10.0× usual, mostly engine and power train). Each against its own other years.
• Shopping around 2023: the F-150 is rated good buy (serious complaints 0.8× usual), while the Tundra is rated avoid (serious complaints 10.7× usual, mostly engine and power train). Each against its own other years.
• Years to skip: Tundra 2022–2025.
• Newest year rated a good buy: Tundra 2021; F-150 2025.
• Lower starting price in 2026: the F-150, from $37,290 against $41,260. Prices are the maker's listed base prices, not what dealers charge.
• Best EPA combined rating in 2026: F-150 at 24 mpg (Tundra: 22), for the most efficient version of each.
• Towing: up to 12,000 lb for the Tundra in 2026, against 11,200 lb for the F-150.
• Before you buy either: run the VIN for open recalls and ask the dealer whether the extended-coverage repairs above were done.

Rules applied to the data on this page: no overall winner is declared, because our verdicts compare each model with itself.

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