Chevrolet Traverse vs Dodge Grand Caravan

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 Traverse	Dodge Grand Caravan
Complaints on file	7,968	18,897
Model years covered	2009–2026	1985–2020
Worst model year	2011	2008
Best model year	2026	1995
Crashes reported	262	575
Fires reported	54	426
Injuries reported	180	475
Deaths reported	3	15
Most complained-about part	Engine & Cooling	Electrical System
Share of complaints involving harm	6.3%	7.9%

Chevrolet Traverse by year

584 923 945 587 296 881 422 382 433 682 577 300 114 140 119 214 330 39

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

Engine & Cooling 1,210 15.2%

Airbags 1,053 13.2%

Steering 956 12.0%

Transmission & Drivetrain 913 11.5%

Electrical System 839 10.5%

Other & Unspecified 599 7.5%

Stability & Traction Control 516 6.5%

Brakes 402 5.0%

Dodge Grand Caravan by year

1 2 12 30 69 150 319 391 248 118 1,860 857 761 599 558 362 417 289 144 1,341 378 273 1,968 798 1,310 821 816 656 480 355 1,266 549 357 315 27

85 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 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

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

What breaks

Electrical System 4,423 23.4%

Engine & Cooling 1,939 10.3%

Airbags 1,707 9.0%

Transmission & Drivetrain 1,672 8.8%

Brakes 1,353 7.2%

Body & Structure 1,059 5.6%

Fuel & Propulsion 974 5.2%

Other & Unspecified 954 5.0%