Honda Odyssey vs Ford Focus

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	Ford Focus
Complaints on file	17,040	29,786
Model years covered	1990–2026	1999–2018
Worst model year	2007	2000
Best model year	2026	1999
Crashes reported	634	1,631
Fires reported	200	424
Injuries reported	655	979
Deaths reported	8	54
Most complained-about part	Transmission & Drivetrain	Transmission & Drivetrain
Share of complaints involving harm	8.8%	10.4%

Honda Odyssey by year

2 1 112 88 24 89 664 785 721 1,120 1,095 715 1,046 879 1,039 617 243 340 291 326 276 406 273 356 48 1,658 1,624 923 212 183 158 152 533 41

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 3,076 18.1%

Engine & Cooling 1,944 11.4%

Electrical System 1,849 10.9%

Driver Assist & Collision Avoidance 1,775 10.4%

Body & Structure 1,426 8.4%

Brakes 1,195 7.0%

Other & Unspecified 990 5.8%

Airbags 830 4.9%

Ford Focus by year

15 5,152 2,361 1,198 1,224 499 600 270 524 336 323 409 157 4,981 2,919 3,628 1,327 1,568 1,183 1,112

99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18

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

What breaks

Transmission & Drivetrain 6,857 23.0%

Electrical System 4,474 15.0%

Engine & Cooling 3,622 12.2%

Fuel & Propulsion 2,723 9.1%

Steering 2,111 7.1%

Other & Unspecified 1,536 5.2%

Brakes 1,204 4.0%

Acceleration & Cruise Control 1,082 3.6%