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Dodge Caravan

Every Dodge Caravan model year on file, 1984 to 2020. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years10,5261,084 involved a crash, fire, injury or death

Model years371984 to 2020

Recall campaigns79Distinct campaigns listing it

Service bulletins2,795Summed across model years

By model year

The 1996 model year drew the most complaints, 1,403

Owner complaints filed with NHTSA, all years filed, by model year.

Source: NHTSA ODI. Complaints are not verified by NHTSA, and NHTSA publishes no sales volumes, so counts are not rates.

Components

Brakes leads the Dodge Caravan complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Brakes

1,610

Electrical system

1,403

Powertrain

1,378

Engine and cooling

1,322

Airbags

1,234

Structure

769

Steering

710

Seat belts

672

Latches and locks

656

Fuel system

645

Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.

Model years

The record for each Dodge Caravan model year

Peer index compares complaints with the median vehicle of the same model year and body class (100 is the median). It corrects for age, not for how many were sold.

Dodge Caravan by model year
Year	Body	Complaints	Severity index	Peer index	Recalls	Investigations	Bulletins
2020	Not decoded	0	None	None	0	0	71
2019	Not decoded	0	None	None	0	0	81
2018	Not decoded	0	None	None	0	0	79
2017	Not decoded	1	100.0	100	1	0	110
2016	Minivan	2	0.0	15	0	0	139
2015	Minivan	23	13.0	28	0	0	149
2014	Minivan	20	5.0	68	0	0	158
2013	Minivan	30	6.7	28	0	0	153
2012	Minivan	87	8.0	87	0	1	150
2011	Minivan	78	2.6	100	0	1	117
2010	Minivan	172	9.9	100	2	1	62
2009	Minivan	118	5.1	60	2	1	50
2008	Minivan	302	5.6	226	2	1	63
2007	Van	81	8.6	1,350	4	1	33
2006	Van	173	9.8	1,821	6	5	42
2005	Van	537	4.1	5,967	9	7	83
2004	Van	65	9.2	1,000	8	1	69
2003	Van	195	12.3	1,773	9	1	70
2002	Minivan	245	10.2	230	10	5	101
2001	Minivan	257	7.0	612	10	2	134
2000	Minivan	470	16.4	540	13	3	71
1999	Minivan	555	11.9	822	14	6	104
1998	Minivan	629	11.0	3,311	14	7	118
1997	Minivan	714	13.0	3,400	15	7	136
1996	Minivan	1,403	7.9	2,300	18	14	138
1995	Van	489	13.5	6,986	4	6	63
1994	Van	644	16.9	8,050	5	8	56
1993	Minivan	949	9.5	1,861	10	13	54
1992	Van	913	7.6	22,825	11	14	46
1991	Van	617	9.2	20,567	11	16	40
1990	Van	278	7.6	6,950	6	6	29
1989	Van	191	14.7	6,367	5	10	24
1988	Van	103	11.7	5,150	5	8	1
1987	Van	69	21.7	1,725	3	8	1
1986	Van	49	22.4	1,400	4	8	0
1985	Van	49	22.4	2,450	6	7	0
1984	Not decoded	18	22.2	1,800	6	7	0

Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.

Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the Dodge Caravan

18V-098 Feb 8, 2018
Brake switches on these vehicles may malfunction, keeping the brake lights illuminated and/or allowing the vehicle to be shifted out of the PARK…
Lighting · 39k vehicles
10E-034 Aug 10, 2010
When the hitch is loaded to the maximum rating, the hitch may fracture or break at the bend location where the main body of the hitch meets the…
Equipment · 6,686 vehicles
10V-164 Apr 23, 2010
During conversion, the chassis was raised and the floor was lowered to accommodate wheelchair accessibility features
Suspension · 834 vehicles
10V-148 Apr 13, 2010
During conversion, the chassis was raised and the floor was lowered to accommodate wheelchair accessibility features
Fuel system · 843 vehicles
10V-008 Jan 11, 2010
Front crash sensors may crack under certain environmental conditions and allow water to enter into the sensor
Airbags · 309k vehicles
09E-025 May 11, 2009
These headlamps fail to conform to the requirements of federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 108, "lamps, reflective devices, and associated…
Lighting · 43k vehicles
09E-012 Apr 7, 2009
These headlamps fail to conform to the requirements of federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 108, "lamps, reflective devices, and associated…
Lighting · 16k vehicles
08E-048 Aug 8, 2008
These headlamps fail to conform to the lower beam photometry requirements of federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 108, "lamps, reflective…
Lighting · 12k vehicles
08E-039 Jun 10, 2008
These headlamps fail to conform to the requirements of federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 108, lamps, reflective devices, and associated…
Lighting · 2,520 vehicles
08E-033 Apr 14, 2008
Part numbers packaged with incorrect nuts are: k7147, k7329, k8683, and 104353
Suspension · 6,903 vehicles

Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.