Where each one leads

Ford Freestar

• Against cars of the same year, the Ford Freestar comes out better in New York safety inspections (fails 13% more often than average) than the Toyota Sienna (fails 83% more often than average).

Toyota Sienna

• On Canada's official test the most frugal 2026 Toyota Sienna uses 6.6 l/100 km, the 2007 Ford Freestar 13.6.

Only measures that do not depend on how many cars were sold: pass and failure rates against cars of the same age, ratings, fuel use and CO₂. How we compare

At a glance

	Ford Freestar	Toyota Sienna
Model years in the US safety record	2004–2007	1996–2020

EEA new-car registrations (CC BY 4.0) · DVLA licensed vehicles (OGL v3.0) · RDW (CC0) · Traficom (CC BY 4.0) · generations: Wikidata (CC0).

Reliability and problems

	Ford Freestar	Toyota Sienna
New York safety inspections failed	2.6%	3.1%
… against cars of the same year	+13%	+83%
US owner complaints	2,533	8,552
Most complaints about	Power train	Structure
Model year with most complaints	2004 (1,227)	2004 (2,062)
US recall campaigns	5	50
Manufacturer service bulletins	131	5,314
NHTSA defect investigations	20	32

Complaint, recall and bulletin counts grow with the number of cars sold and are not adjusted for it. UK MOT: DVSA anonymised MOT results (OGL v3.0); New York: DMV inspections; complaints, recalls, bulletins and investigations: NHTSA (public domain); odometer: RDW (CC0).

Safety

	Ford Freestar	Toyota Sienna
NHTSA overall rating	—	5★ (2020)

NHTSA New Car Assessment Program, most recent rated model year (public domain).

Fuel, emissions and price

	Ford Freestar	Toyota Sienna
Official combined fuel use, Canada	13.6 l/100 km (2007)	6.6 l/100 km (2026)

Canada: NRCan Fuel Consumption Ratings, most frugal version of the latest year (OGL Canada). Europe: EEA monitoring of new-car CO₂ and on-board fuel meters (OBFCM), CC BY 4.0. Price: RDW catalogue price (CC0). Finland: Traficom (CC BY 4.0).