KIA Sportage vs Dodge 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 Sportage	Dodge Caravan
Complaints on file	6,792	14,200
Model years covered	1995–2026	1984–2017
Worst model year	2017	1997
Best model year	1995	2014
Crashes reported	464	914
Fires reported	314	335
Injuries reported	303	652
Deaths reported	3	35
Most complained-about part	Engine & Cooling	Brakes
Share of complaints involving harm	16%	13.6%

KIA Sportage by year

88 98 299 558 493 462 354 321 4 93 169 113 138 120 28 264 454 449 154 195 183 560 226 102 205 62 67 310 97 86 40

95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 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

Engine & Cooling 2,024 29.8%

Electrical System 653 9.6%

Brakes 632 9.3%

Fuel & Propulsion 485 7.1%

Transmission & Drivetrain 483 7.1%

Other & Unspecified 478 7.0%

Airbags 297 4.4%

Body & Structure 285 4.2%

Dodge Caravan by year

26 85 55 83 135 236 341 773 1,126 1,229 836 656 2,178 1,028 840 745 613 341 326 252 83 691 231 115 421 175 257 112 116 34 27 29 2 3

84 85 86 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

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

What breaks

Brakes 1,819 12.8%

Engine & Cooling 1,502 10.6%

Electrical System 1,470 10.4%

Transmission & Drivetrain 1,467 10.3%

Airbags 1,269 8.9%

Body & Structure 816 5.7%

Steering 762 5.4%

Seat Belts 695 4.9%