Mini Cooper vs Chrysler 300

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	Mini Cooper	Chrysler 300
Complaints on file	2,854	6,476
Model years covered	2001–2026	1970–2023
Worst model year	2003	2005
Best model year	2019	2021
Crashes reported	94	355
Fires reported	163	191
Injuries reported	72	207
Deaths reported	1	9
Most complained-about part	Steering	Electrical System
Share of complaints involving harm	11.6%	11.8%

Mini Cooper by year

7 220 388 330 440 247 159 155 193 142 130 98 72 45 76 43 42 10 17 11 7 7 9 1 1 4

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

Steering 835 29.3%

Airbags 444 15.6%

Engine & Cooling 357 12.5%

Electrical System 312 10.9%

Transmission & Drivetrain 284 10.0%

Windows, Mirrors & Wipers 86 3.0%

Other & Unspecified 82 2.9%

Seats 65 2.3%

Chrysler 300 by year

1 4 1,062 1,267 620 956 114 150 266 621 403 321 142 102 102 207 86 10 27 6 9

70 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23

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

What breaks

Electrical System 1,496 23.1%

Airbags 1,168 18.0%

Transmission & Drivetrain 966 14.9%

Engine & Cooling 641 9.9%

Fuel & Propulsion 369 5.7%

Other & Unspecified 367 5.7%

Brakes 230 3.6%

Steering 211 3.3%