Dodge Grand Caravan vs Ford Escape

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	Ford Escape
Complaints on file	18,883	36,256
Model years covered	1985–2020	2000–2026
Worst model year	2008	2013
Best model year	1995	2025
Crashes reported	575	1,132
Fires reported	426	754
Injuries reported	474	752
Deaths reported	15	25
Most complained-about part	Electrical System	Engine & Cooling
Share of complaints involving harm	7.9%	7.3%

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%

Ford Escape by year

5 1,389 1,397 736 715 2,030 627 350 2,405 2,349 3,185 1,878 792 3,681 2,662 1,337 1,339 3,273 2,167 734 2,104 455 312 154 139 34 7

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 9,458 26.1%

Transmission & Drivetrain 4,667 12.9%

Steering 3,952 10.9%

Fuel & Propulsion 2,562 7.1%

Electrical System 2,524 7.0%

Body & Structure 2,318 6.4%

Acceleration & Cruise Control 2,307 6.4%

Other & Unspecified 2,079 5.7%