Dodge Nitro vs Ford Crown Victoria

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 Nitro	Ford Crown Victoria
Complaints on file	1,635	3,978
Model years covered	2005–2012	1980–2011
Worst model year	2007	1996
Best model year	2009	2010
Crashes reported	57	280
Fires reported	37	259
Injuries reported	59	178
Deaths reported	0	27
Most complained-about part	Electrical System	Engine & Cooling
Share of complaints involving harm	9.4%	18.7%

Dodge Nitro by year

1 676 611 36 111 197 3

05 07 08 09 10 11 12

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

What breaks

Electrical System 426 26.1%

Fuel & Propulsion 290 17.7%

Engine & Cooling 122 7.5%

Airbags 105 6.4%

Transmission & Drivetrain 103 6.3%

Windows, Mirrors & Wipers 89 5.4%

Other & Unspecified 80 4.9%

Brakes 78 4.8%

Ford Crown Victoria by year

2 2 4 8 8 24 35 48 49 86 58 70 482 247 252 318 358 340 138 174 103 70 71 303 175 240 68 76 64 59 14 32

80 81 82 83 84 85 86 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

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

What breaks

Engine & Cooling 469 11.8%

Steering 440 11.1%

Lights 400 10.1%

Electrical System 393 9.9%

Brakes 376 9.5%

Suspension 320 8.0%

Acceleration & Cruise Control 291 7.3%

Fuel & Propulsion 267 6.7%