Dodge RAM 2500 vs Chrysler Town AND Country

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 RAM 2500	Chrysler Town AND Country
Complaints on file	8,415	19,038
Model years covered	1991–2012	1967–2016
Worst model year	2003	1996
Best model year	1993	1993
Crashes reported	476	628
Fires reported	198	441
Injuries reported	235	568
Deaths reported	13	24
Most complained-about part	Steering	Electrical System
Share of complaints involving harm	11%	8.7%

Dodge RAM 2500 by year

16 43 55 210 354 365 275 310 422 269 561 210 866 759 541 903 506 405 261 309 389 386

91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 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

Steering 1,991 23.7%

Suspension 902 10.7%

Transmission & Drivetrain 686 8.2%

Body & Structure 647 7.7%

Brakes 644 7.7%

Airbags 595 7.1%

Electrical System 560 6.7%

Engine & Cooling 467 5.5%

Chrysler Town AND Country by year

1 2 1 3 1 16 33 167 273 198 75 1,411 546 397 485 378 606 518 336 219 1,154 569 294 2,879 1,082 2,425 1,108 868 933 884 509 667

67 83 84 86 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

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

What breaks

Electrical System 5,290 27.8%

Engine & Cooling 2,078 10.9%

Airbags 1,854 9.7%

Brakes 1,443 7.6%

Transmission & Drivetrain 1,297 6.8%

Steering 1,071 5.6%

Fuel & Propulsion 899 4.7%

Other & Unspecified 734 3.9%