Dodge RAM vs Hyundai Elantra

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	Hyundai Elantra
Complaints on file	5,489	12,072
Model years covered	1976–2010	1992–2026
Worst model year	1995	2013
Best model year	2009	1993
Crashes reported	605	1,282
Fires reported	196	304
Injuries reported	335	748
Deaths reported	18	14
Most complained-about part	Brakes	Engine & Cooling
Share of complaints involving harm	21%	19.4%

Dodge RAM by year

2 2 4 2 1 2 14 20 21 27 35 23 63 75 66 623 852 905 513 644 496 212 417 152 65 71 47 36 20 33 13 33

76 77 79 81 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

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

What breaks

Brakes 995 18.1%

Transmission & Drivetrain 730 13.3%

Steering 413 7.5%

Engine & Cooling 411 7.5%

Electrical System 399 7.3%

Suspension 380 6.9%

Airbags 354 6.4%

Fuel & Propulsion 268 4.9%

Hyundai Elantra by year

46 39 110 179 138 196 75 183 259 445 431 310 209 180 209 365 424 319 504 589 920 1,862 550 356 395 1,074 405 330 333 214 142 156 93 31 1

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 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

Engine & Cooling 1,958 16.2%

Airbags 1,362 11.3%

Steering 1,145 9.5%

Electrical System 1,090 9.0%

Brakes 1,079 8.9%

Other & Unspecified 821 6.8%

Transmission & Drivetrain 679 5.6%

Suspension 618 5.1%