Mini Cooper vs Plymouth Voyager

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	Plymouth Voyager
Complaints on file	2,854	6,848
Model years covered	2001–2026	1978–2000
Worst model year	2003	1996
Best model year	2019	1998
Crashes reported	94	502
Fires reported	163	190
Injuries reported	72	343
Deaths reported	1	18
Most complained-about part	Steering	Brakes
Share of complaints involving harm	11.6%	15.4%

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%

Plymouth Voyager by year

1 1 7 23 38 80 99 109 204 270 624 893 749 670 476 1,111 474 443 362 214

78 80 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00

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

What breaks

Brakes 860 12.6%

Engine & Cooling 794 11.6%

Transmission & Drivetrain 783 11.4%

Airbags 594 8.7%

Body & Structure 549 8.0%

Seat Belts 543 7.9%

Electrical System 455 6.6%

Windows, Mirrors & Wipers 343 5.0%