Dodge RAM 2500 vs Honda Odyssey

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 Odyssey
Complaints on file	8,419	17,279
Model years covered	1991–2012	1990–2026
Worst model year	2003	2007
Best model year	1993	2026
Crashes reported	476	636
Fires reported	198	200
Injuries reported	235	658
Deaths reported	13	8
Most complained-about part	Steering	Transmission & Drivetrain
Share of complaints involving harm	11%	8.7%

Dodge RAM 2500 by year

16 43 55 210 354 365 275 310 422 269 563 210 866 760 541 904 506 405 261 309 389 386

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 23.6%

Suspension 902 10.7%

Transmission & Drivetrain 686 8.1%

Body & Structure 647 7.7%

Brakes 644 7.6%

Airbags 598 7.1%

Electrical System 560 6.7%

Engine & Cooling 467 5.5%

Honda Odyssey by year

2 1 112 88 24 89 664 785 721 1,120 1,095 717 1,046 879 1,039 617 243 340 292 329 276 406 276 360 48 1,691 1,687 942 222 184 161 167 597 59

90 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

Transmission & Drivetrain 3,089 17.9%

Engine & Cooling 1,985 11.5%

Electrical System 1,901 11.0%

Driver Assist & Collision Avoidance 1,840 10.6%

Body & Structure 1,430 8.3%

Brakes 1,199 6.9%

Other & Unspecified 1,019 5.9%

Airbags 835 4.8%