Honda Odyssey vs Chrysler Town and Country: Which Years to Avoid
Honda Odyssey owners should avoid 2007, 2008, 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2025; Chrysler Town and Country owners should avoid 2008 through 2011. The Odyssey logs 8,111 total complaints across 21 model years (386/year) versus the Town and Country's 9,340 across 14 years (667/year), but NHTSA does not publish sales data, so totals aren't normalized per vehicle sold.
Head to head
Honda Odyssey
- Model years
- 2005–2025 (21)
- NHTSA complaints
- 8,111
- Per model year
- 386
- Recall campaigns
- 53
- Years to avoid
- 2007, 2008, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2025
- Best years
- 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017
- Top problem area
- Engine
- Avg. EPA combined MPG
- 21.1
- Avg. NHTSA overall rating
- 5.0 ★
Chrysler Town and Country
- Model years
- 2005–2018 (14)
- NHTSA complaints
- 9,340
- Per model year
- 667
- Recall campaigns
- 28
- Years to avoid
- 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
- Best years
- —
- Top problem area
- Electrical System
- Avg. EPA combined MPG
- 19.6
- Avg. NHTSA overall rating
- 4.0 ★
Year by year
Complaint Index is relative within each model (0 = that model’s best year, 100 = its worst). Complaints and recalls are raw counts.
| Year | Odyssey | Town and Country | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Verdict | Complaints | Recalls | MPG | Verdict | Complaints | Recalls | MPG | |
| 2005 | Caution | 830 | 8 | 19.5 | Caution | 857 | 4 | — |
| 2006 | Caution | 703 | 3 | 19.5 | Good | 431 | 2 | 18.5 |
| 2007 | Avoid | 830 | 4 | 18.5 | Good | 219 | 0 | — |
| 2008 | Avoid | 499 | 4 | 19 | Avoid | 1,939 | 7 | — |
| 2009 | Good | 198 | 3 | 19 | Avoid | 707 | 6 | 19 |
| 2010 | Caution | 255 | 1 | 19 | Avoid | 1,556 | 5 | 19 |
| 2011 | Best | 233 | 5 | 21.5 | Avoid | 773 | 3 | 20 |
| 2012 | Caution | 245 | 5 | 21.5 | Caution | 634 | 5 | 20 |
| 2013 | Best | 210 | 6 | 21.5 | Good | 681 | 4 | 20 |
| 2014 | Good | 307 | 5 | 22 | Caution | 636 | 4 | 20 |
| 2015 | Best | 206 | 6 | 22 | Good | 382 | 4 | 20 |
| 2016 | Good | 269 | 6 | 22 | Good | 525 | 5 | 20 |
| 2017 | Best | 39 | 2 | 22 | No verdict | 0 | 1 | — |
| 2018 | Avoid | 990 | 16 | 22 | No verdict | 0 | 1 | — |
| 2019 | Avoid | 966 | 20 | 22 | — | — | — | — |
| 2020 | Avoid | 470 | 14 | 22 | — | — | — | — |
| 2021 | Caution | 141 | 8 | 22 | — | — | — | — |
| 2022 | Caution | 135 | 9 | 22 | — | — | — | — |
| 2023 | Good | 99 | 5 | 22 | — | — | — | — |
| 2024 | Good | 107 | 3 | 22 | — | — | — | — |
| 2025 | Avoid | 379 | 2 | 22 | — | — | — | — |
Complaint Index by year
Honda Odyssey
Chrysler Town and Country
Frequently asked questions
- Which Honda Odyssey years should I avoid?
- NHTSA data points to 2007, 2008, 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2025 as the Odyssey years to avoid, based on complaint index and recall counts relative to other Odyssey model years.
- Which Chrysler Town and Country years should I avoid?
- 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011 stand out as Avoid years for the Town and Country; the 2010 model year has the highest complaint index (100) of any year in either vehicle's dataset.
- Which van has more reported problems overall?
- The Town and Country has more total complaints (9,340 vs 8,111) and a higher complaints-per-model-year rate (667 vs 386), though NHTSA does not adjust these totals for how many of each were sold.
- How do the two compare on fuel economy?
- The Odyssey averages 21.1 mpg combined across its model years versus 19.6 mpg combined for the Town and Country, per EPA figures.
- Does either van have a year with no Good or Best verdict?
- The Town and Country has no Best years at all; its lowest-risk years are 2006, 2007, 2013, 2015 and 2016, though 2006 and 2007 are capped at Good because complaint records for those years are less complete.