Mercury Sable 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	Mercury Sable	Honda Odyssey
Complaints on file	7,190	17,040
Model years covered	1984–2009	1990–2026
Worst model year	2000	2007
Best model year	2005	2026
Crashes reported	406	634
Fires reported	252	200
Injuries reported	264	655
Deaths reported	5	8
Most complained-about part	Engine & Cooling	Transmission & Drivetrain
Share of complaints involving harm	12.9%	8.8%

Mercury Sable by year

1 55 105 189 300 220 346 517 981 534 485 391 326 243 302 578 528 541 251 75 112 2 81 27

84 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 08 09

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

What breaks

Engine & Cooling 1,423 19.8%

Suspension 988 13.7%

Transmission & Drivetrain 844 11.7%

Acceleration & Cruise Control 520 7.2%

Brakes 499 6.9%

Electrical System 472 6.6%

Body & Structure 341 4.7%

Steering 337 4.7%

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%