Nissan Maxima vs Chrysler Town AND Country

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	Nissan Maxima	Chrysler Town AND Country
Complaints on file	8,853	19,038
Model years covered	1982–2023	1967–2016
Worst model year	2000	1996
Best model year	2013	1993
Crashes reported	466	628
Fires reported	398	441
Injuries reported	330	568
Deaths reported	16	24
Most complained-about part	Transmission & Drivetrain	Electrical System
Share of complaints involving harm	13.7%	8.7%

Nissan Maxima by year

4 8 40 64 74 194 73 78 138 99 140 102 128 195 117 123 133 215 467 225 278 249 1,725 1,152 733 169 99 460 399 138 137 71 126 2 224 155 46 28 33 4 6 2

82 83 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 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

Transmission & Drivetrain 2,465 27.8%

Engine & Cooling 957 10.8%

Electrical System 915 10.3%

Steering 528 6.0%

Airbags 517 5.8%

Fuel & Propulsion 503 5.7%

Brakes 441 5.0%

Body & Structure 355 4.0%

Chrysler Town AND Country by year

1 2 1 3 1 16 33 167 273 198 75 1,411 546 397 485 378 606 518 336 219 1,154 569 294 2,879 1,082 2,425 1,108 868 933 884 509 667

67 83 84 86 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

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

What breaks

Electrical System 5,290 27.8%

Engine & Cooling 2,078 10.9%

Airbags 1,854 9.7%

Brakes 1,443 7.6%

Transmission & Drivetrain 1,297 6.8%

Steering 1,071 5.6%

Fuel & Propulsion 899 4.7%

Other & Unspecified 734 3.9%