Dodge RAM VAN vs Ford Transit Connect

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 VAN	Ford Transit Connect
Complaints on file	304	746
Model years covered	1989–2003	2010–2023
Worst model year	1999	2014
Best model year	1995	2021
Crashes reported	24	27
Fires reported	34	9
Injuries reported	26	16
Deaths reported	0	0
Most complained-about part	Electrical System	Transmission & Drivetrain
Share of complaints involving harm	27.6%	7%

Dodge RAM VAN by year

1 1 3 4 9 17 36 26 38 56 35 40 16 22

89 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03

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

What breaks

Electrical System 40 13.2%

Brakes 37 12.2%

Transmission & Drivetrain 28 9.2%

Body & Structure 27 8.9%

Steering 25 8.2%

Suspension 23 7.6%

Engine & Cooling 21 6.9%

Windows, Mirrors & Wipers 18 5.9%

Ford Transit Connect by year

56 30 35 38 159 79 146 33 32 72 41 14 10 1

10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23

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

What breaks

Transmission & Drivetrain 99 13.3%

Windows, Mirrors & Wipers 76 10.2%

Other & Unspecified 76 10.2%

Brakes 74 9.9%

Electrical System 72 9.7%

Body & Structure 68 9.1%

Engine & Cooling 62 8.3%

Steering 32 4.3%