Dodge Dakota vs Honda Cr-V

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 Dakota	Honda Cr-V
Complaints on file	9,236	21,242
Model years covered	1985–2011	1997–2026
Worst model year	2002	2019
Best model year	2009	2001
Crashes reported	691	1,258
Fires reported	178	226
Injuries reported	356	783
Deaths reported	24	27
Most complained-about part	Suspension	Engine & Cooling
Share of complaints involving harm	13.5%	10.8%

Dodge Dakota by year

3 1 21 65 88 88 161 314 159 240 294 250 650 793 1,011 1,096 945 946 419 287 598 385 167 131 23 48 53

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

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

What breaks

Suspension 2,348 25.4%

Brakes 1,449 15.7%

Transmission & Drivetrain 1,060 11.5%

Steering 723 7.8%

Airbags 691 7.5%

Engine & Cooling 597 6.5%

Electrical System 465 5.0%

Fuel & Propulsion 238 2.6%

Honda Cr-V by year

129 136 158 156 159 661 580 603 602 522 1,162 1,221 447 588 648 512 500 798 975 545 2,642 2,994 1,536 464 459 319 656 539 356 175

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

Engine & Cooling 2,751 13.0%

Electrical System 2,522 11.9%

Airbags 2,392 11.3%

Driver Assist & Collision Avoidance 1,934 9.1%

Steering 1,707 8.0%

Other & Unspecified 1,656 7.8%

Fuel & Propulsion 1,633 7.7%

Transmission & Drivetrain 1,019 4.8%