Honda Odyssey vs Dodge Grand Caravan: which is more reliable?
The Dodge Grand Caravan is clearly ahead of the Honda Odyssey on the federal record: 75/100 against 59/100 across every model year we score.
The record, side by side
Honda Odyssey
- 15 model years scored
- 4,770 owner complaints on record
- about 73 complaints per year on the road
- 98 recall campaigns, 45 safety-critical
- best year 2017 (91/100) · worst 2019 (22/100)
Dodge Grand Caravan
- 10 model years scored
- 4,119 owner complaints on record
- about 37 complaints per year on the road
- 41 recall campaigns, 17 safety-critical
- best year 2020 (95/100) · worst 2016 (38/100)
Mean score is the average across model years from 2013 on, where both records are comparable. How the score works.
Year by year: Odyssey against Grand Caravan
The comparison that decides the purchase. A nameplate is not one car — a redesign can move the record sixty points inside two years, and the two nameplates rarely move together.
| Year | Odyssey | Grand Caravan | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 42 AVOID | — | — |
| 2024 | 59 CAUTION | — | — |
| 2023 | 69 CAUTION | — | — |
| 2022 | 62 CAUTION | — | — |
| 2021 | 66 CAUTION | — | — |
| 2020 | 24 AVOID | 95 BUY | -71 |
| 2019 | 22 AVOID | 86 BUY | -64 |
| 2018 | 22 AVOID | 74 BUY | -52 |
| 2017 | 91 BUY | 68 CAUTION | +23 |
| 2016 | 75 BUY | 38 AVOID | +37 |
| 2015 | 82 BUY | 86 BUY | -4 |
| 2014 | 77 BUY | 80 BUY | -3 |
| 2013 | 82 BUY | 72 BUY | +10 |
| 2012 | 85 BUY | 68 CAUTION | +17 |
| 2011 | 85 BUY | 73 BUY | +12 |
What owners actually complain about
Honda Odyssey
- Electrical System — 1,219 complaints
- Engine — 1,024 complaints
- Unknown Or Other — 690 complaints
Dodge Grand Caravan
- Electrical System — 1,688 complaints
- Unknown Or Other — 671 complaints
- Engine — 596 complaints
Both nameplates have Electrical System as their largest complaint group, so the choice between them is about how often, not about what.
Years to avoid on each
Honda Odyssey — avoid: 2018, 2019, 2020, 2025.
Dodge Grand Caravan — avoid: 2016.
A year scores below 45 on complaints per year of exposure and recall campaigns. Every car’s years to avoid.
What each costs today
A recent used Honda Odyssey prices at about $35,200 and a Dodge Grand Caravan at about $23,000 — the Dodge Grand Caravan is roughly $12,200 less, and they return 22.0 against 20.0 MPG combined.
Class-level estimates re-priced to your country, not a valuation of one car. Method.
FAQ
Is the Honda Odyssey or the Dodge Grand Caravan more reliable?
On the NHTSA record the Dodge Grand Caravan scores 75/100 against the Honda Odyssey's 59/100, averaged across every model year we hold. The Dodge Grand Caravan carries about 37 complaints per year on the road against 73 for the Honda Odyssey.
Which Honda Odyssey and Dodge Grand Caravan years should I avoid?
Honda Odyssey: 2018, 2019, 2020, 2025. Dodge Grand Caravan: 2016. Each of those scores under 45 out of 100 on complaints per year of exposure and recall campaigns.
What goes wrong on the Honda Odyssey and the Dodge Grand Caravan?
The largest complaint group on the Honda Odyssey is Electrical System (1,219 complaints); on the Dodge Grand Caravan it is Electrical System (1,688).
Is the Honda Odyssey or the Dodge Grand Caravan cheaper to own?
A recent used Honda Odyssey prices at about $35,200 and a Dodge Grand Caravan at about $23,000, before insurance and the maintenance band. Both pages carry the five-year running-cost figure.