Chrysler 300 vs Dodge 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	Chrysler 300	Dodge Caravan
Complaints on file	6,476	14,200
Model years covered	1970–2023	1984–2017
Worst model year	2005	1997
Best model year	2021	2014
Crashes reported	355	914
Fires reported	191	335
Injuries reported	207	652
Deaths reported	9	35
Most complained-about part	Electrical System	Brakes
Share of complaints involving harm	11.8%	13.6%

Chrysler 300 by year

1 4 1,062 1,267 620 956 114 150 266 621 403 321 142 102 102 207 86 10 27 6 9

70 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23

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

What breaks

Electrical System 1,496 23.1%

Airbags 1,168 18.0%

Transmission & Drivetrain 966 14.9%

Engine & Cooling 641 9.9%

Fuel & Propulsion 369 5.7%

Other & Unspecified 367 5.7%

Brakes 230 3.6%

Steering 211 3.3%

Dodge Caravan by year

26 85 55 83 135 236 341 773 1,126 1,229 836 656 2,178 1,028 840 745 613 341 326 252 83 691 231 115 421 175 257 112 116 34 27 29 2 3

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 11 12 13 14 15 16 17

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

What breaks

Brakes 1,819 12.8%

Engine & Cooling 1,502 10.6%

Electrical System 1,470 10.4%

Transmission & Drivetrain 1,467 10.3%

Airbags 1,269 8.9%

Body & Structure 816 5.7%

Steering 762 5.4%

Seat Belts 695 4.9%