Ford Excursion vs Plymouth Grand Voyager

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 Excursion	Plymouth Grand Voyager
Complaints on file	1,385	3,388
Model years covered	1997–2010	1984–2002
Worst model year	2000	1996
Best model year	2005	1999
Crashes reported	97	142
Fires reported	102	134
Injuries reported	52	107
Deaths reported	6	7
Most complained-about part	Tires	Transmission & Drivetrain
Share of complaints involving harm	18.6%	11.5%

Ford Excursion by year

1 10 635 240 150 139 125 84 1

97 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 10

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

What breaks

Tires 296 21.4%

Engine & Cooling 246 17.8%

Electrical System 157 11.3%

Brakes 129 9.3%

Acceleration & Cruise Control 78 5.6%

Suspension 77 5.6%

Transmission & Drivetrain 63 4.5%

Fuel & Propulsion 52 3.8%

Plymouth Grand Voyager by year

2 1 1 2 10 23 60 199 300 342 247 92 922 366 378 289 144 6 4

84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02

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

What breaks

Transmission & Drivetrain 492 14.5%

Engine & Cooling 385 11.4%

Brakes 363 10.7%

Electrical System 319 9.4%

Airbags 309 9.1%

Body & Structure 229 6.8%

Fuel & Propulsion 219 6.5%

Seat Belts 180 5.3%