Dodge Grand Caravan 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	Dodge Grand Caravan	Chevrolet Malibu
Complaints on file	18,883	29,413
Model years covered	1985–2020	1964–2025
Worst model year	2008	2010
Best model year	1995	2022
Crashes reported	575	1,224
Fires reported	426	234
Injuries reported	474	743
Deaths reported	15	38
Most complained-about part	Electrical System	Steering
Share of complaints involving harm	7.9%	7.6%

Dodge Grand Caravan by year

1 2 12 30 69 150 319 391 248 118 1,860 857 761 599 558 362 417 289 144 1,341 378 273 1,965 798 1,310 821 816 656 480 352 1,264 546 356 313 27

85 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 18 19 20

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

What breaks

Electrical System 4,420 23.4%

Engine & Cooling 1,938 10.3%

Airbags 1,705 9.0%

Transmission & Drivetrain 1,670 8.8%

Brakes 1,353 7.2%

Body & Structure 1,058 5.6%

Fuel & Propulsion 974 5.2%

Other & Unspecified 952 5.0%

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%