Ford Club Wagon vs KIA Carnival

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	Ford Club Wagon	KIA Carnival
Complaints on file	220	550
Model years covered	1985–2001	2022–2026
Worst model year	1997	2022
Best model year	1993	2026
Crashes reported	16	14
Fires reported	14	0
Injuries reported	8	66
Deaths reported	1	0
Most complained-about part	Brakes	Electrical System
Share of complaints involving harm	17.7%	14.5%

Ford Club Wagon by year

1 2 1 1 9 5 5 18 15 24 23 24 40 35 9 6 2

85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01

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

What breaks

Brakes 59 26.8%

Engine & Cooling 29 13.2%

Tires 18 8.2%

Electrical System 17 7.7%

Fuel & Propulsion 13 5.9%

Steering 12 5.5%

Acceleration & Cruise Control 12 5.5%

Transmission & Drivetrain 10 4.5%

KIA Carnival by year

180 65 99 170 36

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

Electrical System 133 24.2%

Other & Unspecified 110 20.0%

Body & Structure 56 10.2%

Engine & Cooling 47 8.5%

Fuel & Propulsion 36 6.5%

Driver Assist & Collision Avoidance 28 5.1%

Windows, Mirrors & Wipers 26 4.7%

Transmission & Drivetrain 19 3.5%