FaultScore

Dodge RAM 2500 vs Honda Civic

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 Honda Civic
Complaints on file 8,415 20,273
Model years covered 1991–2012 1979–2026
Worst model year 2003 2001
Best model year 1993 1994
Crashes reported 476 2,375
Fires reported 198 247
Injuries reported 235 1,473
Deaths reported 13 37
Most complained-about part Steering Airbags
Share of complaints involving harm 11% 20.4%

Dodge RAM 2500 by year

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%
Body & Structure 647 7.7%
Brakes 644 7.7%
Airbags 595 7.1%
Engine & Cooling 467 5.5%

Honda Civic by year

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

What breaks

Airbags 2,926 14.4%
Steering 2,536 12.5%
Engine & Cooling 1,881 9.3%
Electrical System 1,562 7.7%
Other & Unspecified 1,343 6.6%
Brakes 1,072 5.3%