The quietest file in the whole range — but the two loudest complaints in it are $9,000 transmissions.
Engine flag: this is 3.5L V6 trouble — the 2.5L Hybrid (A25A-FXS) doesn’t share it. Which engine is in yours? →
The quiet runout year — only 39 complaints and two recalls, but the engine and torque-converter stories are the same as 2016's.
One of the quietest Siennas on record — but it's the first year with no help on the doors.
The cleanest fourth-generation year on paper — two recalls, one nagging brake habit, and glass that sometimes lets go.
Engine flag: this is 2.5L Hybrid (A25A-FXS) trouble — the 3.5L V6 doesn’t share it. Which engine is in yours? →
Less than half the noise of 2017, but the eight-speed is still in the file — a late-build 2018 is the one to want.
Engine flag: this is 3.5L V6 trouble — the 2.5L Hybrid (A25A-FXS) doesn’t share it. Which engine is in yours? →
The last of the good six-speed years — buy it for the drivetrain, inspect it for the doors.
The quietest Odyssey we track at 90 complaints — but check the steering-rack recall, because that one can take the steering with it.
A quiet 127 complaints, but two of them keep recurring: rear coil springs snapping, and an engine that won't restart at the lights.
Complaints fall by two-thirds to 130 — the story now is water getting into the electronics, not anything under the hood.
The launch-year gremlins are gone and one complaint is left standing — go and feel the brakes for yourself.
Engine flag: this is 2.5L Hybrid (A25A-FXS) trouble — the 3.5L V6 doesn’t share it. Which engine is in yours? →
183 complaints but fourteen recalls, the most of any Pacifica year. And the plug-in hybrid complaints are alarming for how early they arrive: owners reporting the van shutting off on the motorway at 500, 778 and 2,037 miles.
Engine flag: this is 3.6L Pentastar PHEV trouble — the 3.6L Pentastar V6 doesn’t share it. Which engine is in yours? →
221 complaints and seven recalls, the quietest year in the Pacifica's run. The catch is that the plug-in hybrid is the only model year besides 2021 caught by two separate battery fire recalls at once.
Engine flag: this is 3.6L Pentastar PHEV trouble — the 3.6L Pentastar V6 doesn’t share it. Which engine is in yours? →
313 complaints and ten recalls, including a curtain airbag campaign that was reissued twice, and a battery fire recall on the plug-in hybrid that arrived in 2026. The plug-in hybrid drew 115 of those complaints from a fraction of the sales.
375 complaints and eight recalls on the facelift year, and the complaint file has changed character entirely: most of the recent filings are owners waiting for a rearview camera part that was not available.
377 complaints, a third of what the first two years drew, and the launch-year assembly faults are gone. But the plug-in hybrid picks up its own battery fire recall here, and it tells owners not to charge the van.
Engine flag: this is 3.6L Pentastar PHEV trouble — the 3.6L Pentastar V6 doesn’t share it. Which engine is in yours? →
The eight-speed's first year, and the loudest Sienna in this range — drive the transmission before you sign.
Engine flag: this is 3.5L V6 trouble — the 2.5L Hybrid (A25A-FXS) doesn’t share it. Which engine is in yours? →
A brand-new hybrid-only Sienna built entirely from proven parts — with one brake behaviour Toyota still hasn't fully cured.
Engine flag: this is 2.5L Hybrid (A25A-FXS) trouble — the 3.5L V6 doesn’t share it. Which engine is in yours? →
The engine-misfire year — Honda's own piston-ring program is the safety net, so read the service history before you fall for the paint.
Complaints halve and the engine recalls fall away — but this is the year the camera bill arrives, and one owner puts it at $2,400.
Twenty recall campaigns — the longest list of any Odyssey year — and a windshield camera that no campaign covers.
The loudest Odyssey we track — 946 complaints and sixteen recalls, but the two worst failures are both covered free.
1,050 complaints and fifteen recalls, including one where the fix is a whole new transmission and another where the front halfshaft can come out of the joint. The second year is quieter than the first, which is not the same as quiet.
Engine flag: this is 3.6L Pentastar V6 trouble — the 3.6L Pentastar PHEV doesn’t share it. Which engine is in yours? →
1,563 federal complaints and sixteen recalls, the worst year of the Pacifica by a wide margin. Roughly half of the recent filings describe one thing: a steering wheel that sticks in highway curves, and there is no recall to fix it.
- 1 Stellantis reports one “Pacifica” line that also carries the Chrysler Voyager, the decontented, largely fleet-sold version of the same van sold from the 2020 model year. No Voyager-only figure is published, so the denominator is a little too large and the rate reads a little low.
Rates use published U.S. sales as the denominator — a rate, not a raw count, so best-sellers aren’t punished for selling. It’s imperfect on purpose and we say exactly where (the methodology page): sales aren’t surviving fleet, some makers publish entangled figures, and complaint filing is self-reported.
“The average minivan is fine. You’re not buying the average — you’re buying one specific year of one specific badge.”
Shortlisting from this board? We’ll watch your years.
New recalls, federal investigations, and quiet warranty programs land months after you buy. Tell the canary which years you’re considering — it sings when something changes.
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Heavy-duty pickups, Luxury SUVs, and Subcompact SUVs aren’t ranked yet — each has only one model in our data so far, nothing fair to compare against. They join the Index when their segment-mates ship.