Chevrolet S10 vs Honda Odyssey

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 S10	Honda Odyssey
Complaints on file	7,335	17,040
Model years covered	1981–2018	1990–2026
Worst model year	1995	2007
Best model year	2004	2026
Crashes reported	923	634
Fires reported	135	200
Injuries reported	494	655
Deaths reported	16	8
Most complained-about part	Brakes	Transmission & Drivetrain
Share of complaints involving harm	21.4%	8.8%

Chevrolet S10 by year

1 2 7 9 15 32 44 43 55 34 253 221 276 1,225 1,151 875 574 742 298 559 405 246 230 30 1 1 1 5

81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 06 16 17 18

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

What breaks

Brakes 2,126 29.0%

Windows, Mirrors & Wipers 973 13.3%

Engine & Cooling 541 7.4%

Body & Structure 465 6.3%

Transmission & Drivetrain 448 6.1%

Airbags 385 5.2%

Electrical System 345 4.7%

Fuel & Propulsion 343 4.7%

Honda Odyssey by year

2 1 112 88 24 89 664 785 721 1,120 1,095 715 1,046 879 1,039 617 243 340 291 326 276 406 273 356 48 1,658 1,624 923 212 183 158 152 533 41

90 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 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

Transmission & Drivetrain 3,076 18.1%

Engine & Cooling 1,944 11.4%

Electrical System 1,849 10.9%

Driver Assist & Collision Avoidance 1,775 10.4%

Body & Structure 1,426 8.4%

Brakes 1,195 7.0%

Other & Unspecified 990 5.8%

Airbags 830 4.9%