Dodge Grand Caravan 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 Grand Caravan	Ford Focus
Complaints on file	18,883	29,786
Model years covered	1985–2020	1999–2018
Worst model year	2008	2000
Best model year	1995	1999
Crashes reported	575	1,631
Fires reported	426	424
Injuries reported	474	979
Deaths reported	15	54
Most complained-about part	Electrical System	Transmission & Drivetrain
Share of complaints involving harm	7.9%	10.4%

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 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%