KIA Soul vs Honda Odyssey

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	Honda Odyssey
Complaints on file	7,574	17,279
Model years covered	2010–2025	1990–2026
Worst model year	2015	2007
Best model year	2024	2026
Crashes reported	411	636
Fires reported	483	200
Injuries reported	286	658
Deaths reported	15	8
Most complained-about part	Engine & Cooling	Transmission & Drivetrain
Share of complaints involving harm	15.8%	8.7%

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%

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%