Honda Odyssey vs Chevrolet Malibu

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	Honda Odyssey	Chevrolet Malibu
Complaints on file	17,279	29,455
Model years covered	1990–2026	1964–2025
Worst model year	2007	2010
Best model year	2026	2022
Crashes reported	636	1,225
Fires reported	200	234
Injuries reported	658	743
Deaths reported	8	38
Most complained-about part	Transmission & Drivetrain	Steering
Share of complaints involving harm	8.7%	7.6%

Honda Odyssey by year

2 1 112 88 24 89 664 785 721 1,120 1,095 717 1,046 879 1,039 617 243 340 292 329 276 406 276 360 48 1,691 1,687 942 222 184 161 167 597 59

90 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

Transmission & Drivetrain 3,089 17.9%

Engine & Cooling 1,985 11.5%

Electrical System 1,901 11.0%

Driver Assist & Collision Avoidance 1,840 10.6%

Body & Structure 1,430 8.3%

Brakes 1,199 6.9%

Other & Unspecified 1,019 5.9%

Airbags 835 4.8%

Chevrolet Malibu by year

1 1 2 2 4 6 3 3 1 1 3 693 1,480 1,227 1,379 1,005 755 773 1,639 1,386 1,475 1,253 1,489 2,356 2,205 1,529 1,473 1,383 564 402 1,446 1,179 1,217 309 336 134 157 106 62 16

64 74 75 78 79 80 81 82 83 86 89 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

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

What breaks

Steering 5,717 19.4%

Electrical System 4,822 16.4%

Engine & Cooling 3,167 10.8%

Brakes 2,828 9.6%

Lights 2,060 7.0%

Transmission & Drivetrain 1,687 5.7%

Stability & Traction Control 1,330 4.5%

Other & Unspecified 1,297 4.4%