Where each one leads
Chrysler Town And Country
- Against cars of the same year, the Chrysler Town And Country comes out better in New York safety inspections (fails 5% less often than average) than the Ford Windstar (fails 33% more often than average).
Ford Windstar
Ahead on none of the like-for-like measures.
Only measures that do not depend on how many cars were sold: pass and failure rates against cars of the same age, ratings, fuel use and CO₂. How we compare
At a glance
| Chrysler Town And Country | Ford Windstar | |
|---|---|---|
| Model years in the US safety record | 1982–2020 | 1985–2005 |
EEA new-car registrations (CC BY 4.0) · DVLA licensed vehicles (OGL v3.0) · RDW (CC0) · Traficom (CC BY 4.0) · generations: Wikidata (CC0).
Reliability and problems
| Chrysler Town And Country | Ford Windstar | |
|---|---|---|
| New York safety inspections failed | 2.2% | 2.6% |
| … against cars of the same year | −5% | +33% |
| US owner complaints | 13,517 | 14,158 |
| Most complaints about | Electrical system | Engine and engine cooling |
| Model year with most complaints | 2008 (1,939) | 1995 (3,326) |
| US recall campaigns | 64 | 33 |
| Manufacturer service bulletins | 3,379 | 1,693 |
| NHTSA defect investigations | 134 | 81 |
Complaint, recall and bulletin counts grow with the number of cars sold and are not adjusted for it. UK MOT: DVSA anonymised MOT results (OGL v3.0); New York: DMV inspections; complaints, recalls, bulletins and investigations: NHTSA (public domain); odometer: RDW (CC0).
Safety
| Chrysler Town And Country | Ford Windstar | |
|---|---|---|
| NHTSA overall rating | 4★ (2016) | — |
NHTSA New Car Assessment Program, most recent rated model year (public domain).
Fuel, emissions and price
| Chrysler Town And Country | Ford Windstar | |
|---|---|---|
| Official combined fuel use, Canada | — | 12.9 l/100 km (2003) |
Canada: NRCan Fuel Consumption Ratings, most frugal version of the latest year (OGL Canada). Europe: EEA monitoring of new-car CO₂ and on-board fuel meters (OBFCM), CC BY 4.0. Price: RDW catalogue price (CC0). Finland: Traficom (CC BY 4.0).