Chrysler Town AND Country vs Chevrolet Malibu

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 Town AND Country	Chevrolet Malibu
Complaints on file	19,038	29,413
Model years covered	1967–2016	1964–2025
Worst model year	1996	2010
Best model year	1993	2022
Crashes reported	628	1,224
Fires reported	441	234
Injuries reported	568	743
Deaths reported	24	38
Most complained-about part	Electrical System	Steering
Share of complaints involving harm	8.7%	7.6%

Chrysler Town AND Country by year

1 2 1 3 1 16 33 167 273 198 75 1,411 546 397 485 378 606 518 336 219 1,154 569 294 2,879 1,082 2,425 1,108 868 933 884 509 667

67 83 84 86 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

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

What breaks

Electrical System 5,290 27.8%

Engine & Cooling 2,078 10.9%

Airbags 1,854 9.7%

Brakes 1,443 7.6%

Transmission & Drivetrain 1,297 6.8%

Steering 1,071 5.6%

Fuel & Propulsion 899 4.7%

Other & Unspecified 734 3.9%

Chevrolet Malibu by year

1 1 2 2 4 6 3 3 1 1 3 693 1,480 1,227 1,379 1,005 755 773 1,639 1,386 1,475 1,253 1,489 2,356 2,204 1,526 1,472 1,383 563 399 1,443 1,174 1,215 307 332 132 149 103 59 15

64 74 75 78 79 80 81 82 83 86 89 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

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

What breaks

Steering 5,713 19.4%

Electrical System 4,816 16.4%

Engine & Cooling 3,161 10.7%

Brakes 2,824 9.6%

Lights 2,060 7.0%

Transmission & Drivetrain 1,682 5.7%

Stability & Traction Control 1,330 4.5%

Other & Unspecified 1,290 4.4%