GMC Acadia vs Dodge Grand Caravan

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	GMC Acadia	Dodge Grand Caravan
Complaints on file	7,767	18,883
Model years covered	2007–2026	1985–2020
Worst model year	2017	2008
Best model year	2025	1995
Crashes reported	219	575
Fires reported	109	426
Injuries reported	207	474
Deaths reported	1	15
Most complained-about part	Transmission & Drivetrain	Electrical System
Share of complaints involving harm	6.9%	7.9%

GMC Acadia by year

641 1,297 486 436 373 401 196 603 313 280 954 529 539 163 215 74 67 80 107 13

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 1,373 17.7%

Electrical System 1,081 13.9%

Airbags 907 11.7%

Steering 810 10.4%

Engine & Cooling 804 10.4%

Other & Unspecified 723 9.3%

Lights 280 3.6%

Brakes 257 3.3%

Dodge Grand Caravan by year

1 2 12 30 69 150 319 391 248 118 1,860 857 761 599 558 362 417 289 144 1,341 378 273 1,965 798 1,310 821 816 656 480 352 1,264 546 356 313 27

85 87 88 89 90 91 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

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

What breaks

Electrical System 4,420 23.4%

Engine & Cooling 1,938 10.3%

Airbags 1,705 9.0%

Transmission & Drivetrain 1,670 8.8%

Brakes 1,353 7.2%

Body & Structure 1,058 5.6%

Fuel & Propulsion 974 5.2%

Other & Unspecified 952 5.0%