Dodge Caravan vs Ford Focus

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	Dodge Caravan	Ford Focus
Complaints on file	14,200	29,786
Model years covered	1984–2017	1999–2018
Worst model year	1997	2000
Best model year	2014	1999
Crashes reported	914	1,631
Fires reported	335	424
Injuries reported	652	979
Deaths reported	35	54
Most complained-about part	Brakes	Transmission & Drivetrain
Share of complaints involving harm	13.6%	10.4%

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%

Ford Focus by year

15 5,152 2,361 1,198 1,224 499 600 270 524 336 323 409 157 4,981 2,919 3,628 1,327 1,568 1,183 1,112

99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18

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

What breaks

Transmission & Drivetrain 6,857 23.0%

Electrical System 4,474 15.0%

Engine & Cooling 3,622 12.2%

Fuel & Propulsion 2,723 9.1%

Steering 2,111 7.1%

Other & Unspecified 1,536 5.2%

Brakes 1,204 4.0%

Acceleration & Cruise Control 1,082 3.6%