Oldsmobile Alero 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	Oldsmobile Alero	Plymouth Voyager
Complaints on file	2,939	6,848
Model years covered	1998–2004	1978–2000
Worst model year	2000	1996
Best model year	2002	1998
Crashes reported	126	502
Fires reported	43	190
Injuries reported	90	343
Deaths reported	7	18
Most complained-about part	Electrical System	Brakes
Share of complaints involving harm	9.1%	15.4%

Oldsmobile Alero by year

2 702 810 549 407 294 175

98 99 00 01 02 03 04

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

What breaks

Electrical System 630 21.4%

Lights 427 14.5%

Brakes 412 14.0%

Engine & Cooling 335 11.4%

Windows, Mirrors & Wipers 181 6.2%

Fuel & Propulsion 148 5.0%

Suspension 112 3.8%

Airbags 103 3.5%

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%