KIA Soul 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	KIA Soul	Dodge Grand Caravan
Complaints on file	7,574	18,897
Model years covered	2010–2025	1985–2020
Worst model year	2015	2008
Best model year	2024	1995
Crashes reported	411	575
Fires reported	483	426
Injuries reported	286	475
Deaths reported	15	15
Most complained-about part	Engine & Cooling	Electrical System
Share of complaints involving harm	15.8%	7.9%

KIA Soul by year

195 271 673 869 1,228 1,223 1,155 356 297 198 509 314 133 90 42 21

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

Engine & Cooling 3,527 46.6%

Other & Unspecified 636 8.4%

Electrical System 526 6.9%

Steering 518 6.8%

Transmission & Drivetrain 426 5.6%

Fuel & Propulsion 366 4.8%

Brakes 358 4.7%

Lights 259 3.4%

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 1,968 798 1,310 821 816 656 480 355 1,266 549 357 315 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 4,423 23.4%

Engine & Cooling 1,939 10.3%

Airbags 1,707 9.0%

Transmission & Drivetrain 1,672 8.8%

Brakes 1,353 7.2%

Body & Structure 1,059 5.6%

Fuel & Propulsion 974 5.2%

Other & Unspecified 954 5.0%