Dodge Grand Caravan vs Jeep Grand Cherokee

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	Jeep Grand Cherokee
Complaints on file	18,883	39,991
Model years covered	1985–2020	1989–2026
Worst model year	2008	2014
Best model year	1995	2026
Crashes reported	575	2,805
Fires reported	426	845
Injuries reported	474	1,674
Deaths reported	15	58
Most complained-about part	Electrical System	Electrical System
Share of complaints involving harm	7.9%	13.5%

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%

Jeep Grand Cherokee by year

7 5 7 4 784 775 983 1,250 1,433 1,349 2,319 1,855 1,128 1,771 890 1,572 2,733 1,754 1,478 990 195 171 2,425 2,327 1,117 3,401 1,766 440 566 1,211 540 353 665 474 675 433 127 18

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 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

Electrical System 7,615 19.0%

Transmission & Drivetrain 4,805 12.0%

Brakes 4,660 11.7%

Engine & Cooling 4,371 10.9%

Fuel & Propulsion 2,570 6.4%

Airbags 2,263 5.7%

Other & Unspecified 2,036 5.1%

Windows, Mirrors & Wipers 1,759 4.4%