Dodge Durango 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 Durango	Ford Focus
Complaints on file	19,338	29,786
Model years covered	1997–2026	1999–2018
Worst model year	2000	2000
Best model year	2025	1999
Crashes reported	941	1,631
Fires reported	512	424
Injuries reported	615	979
Deaths reported	16	54
Most complained-about part	Suspension	Transmission & Drivetrain
Share of complaints involving harm	10.8%	10.4%

Dodge Durango by year

5 1,553 3,172 1,471 964 556 485 1,420 2,001 1,039 241 127 13 1,185 919 905 1,030 667 222 305 330 207 71 261 86 46 26 12 19

97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 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

Suspension 3,854 19.9%

Electrical System 2,760 14.3%

Engine & Cooling 2,475 12.8%

Fuel & Propulsion 2,077 10.7%

Transmission & Drivetrain 1,365 7.1%

Lights 1,118 5.8%

Brakes 1,024 5.3%

Airbags 856 4.4%

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%