Dodge Dodge Truck vs Chrysler 300M

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 Dodge Truck	Chrysler 300M
Complaints on file	454	1,130
Model years covered	1973–2003	1993–2004
Worst model year	2003	1999
Best model year	1995	2003
Crashes reported	28	93
Fires reported	14	21
Injuries reported	21	57
Deaths reported	0	2
Most complained-about part	Suspension	Steering
Share of complaints involving harm	13.9%	15.3%

Dodge Dodge Truck by year

1 2 3 1 1 3 5 4 2 14 20 18 7 32 26 49 29 42 70 26 48 25 26

73 76 80 81 84 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03

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

What breaks

Suspension 62 13.7%

Transmission & Drivetrain 53 11.7%

Brakes 47 10.4%

Engine & Cooling 42 9.3%

Steering 37 8.1%

Body & Structure 30 6.6%

Fuel & Propulsion 30 6.6%

Electrical System 24 5.3%

Chrysler 300M by year

5 4 440 294 122 104 44 117

93 94 99 00 01 02 03 04

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

What breaks

Steering 161 14.2%

Airbags 117 10.4%

Body & Structure 108 9.6%

Engine & Cooling 106 9.4%

Transmission & Drivetrain 86 7.6%

Electrical System 76 6.7%

Brakes 65 5.8%

Wheels 53 4.7%