Chevrolet Avalanche vs Dodge RAM

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	Chevrolet Avalanche	Dodge RAM
Complaints on file	2,473	5,489
Model years covered	2000–2013	1976–2010
Worst model year	2002	1995
Best model year	2006	2009
Crashes reported	110	605
Fires reported	21	196
Injuries reported	79	335
Deaths reported	4	18
Most complained-about part	Airbags	Brakes
Share of complaints involving harm	8.7%	21%

Chevrolet Avalanche by year

2 2 562 238 202 85 14 493 323 96 147 161 43 105

00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13

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

What breaks

Airbags 593 24.0%

Brakes 373 15.1%

Other & Unspecified 312 12.6%

Body & Structure 275 11.1%

Electrical System 209 8.5%

Engine & Cooling 136 5.5%

Transmission & Drivetrain 108 4.4%

Fuel & Propulsion 65 2.6%

Dodge RAM by year

2 2 4 2 1 2 14 20 21 27 35 23 63 75 66 623 852 905 513 644 496 212 417 152 65 71 47 36 20 33 13 33

76 77 79 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

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

What breaks

Brakes 995 18.1%

Transmission & Drivetrain 730 13.3%

Steering 413 7.5%

Engine & Cooling 411 7.5%

Electrical System 399 7.3%

Suspension 380 6.9%

Airbags 354 6.4%

Fuel & Propulsion 268 4.9%