FaultScore

Worst years for a Dodge Grand Caravan

Owners have filed 18,883 complaints about the Dodge Grand Caravan with NHTSA across model years 1985 to 2020. More of them are about the electrical system than anything else.

Avoid

2008 Dodge Grand Caravan

1,965 complaints — the highest FaultScore of any year, mostly electrical system.

Cleanest on record

1995 Dodge Grand Caravan

118 complaints — the lowest FaultScore of the graded years.

Every Dodge Grand Caravan year, graded

The grade compares each year against the rest of this model's own run — never against another car. Click any bar or row to open that year's report.

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded
Year Grade Complaints Crashes Fires Median miles Most reported
2020 C 27 5 0 62,000 Transmission & Drivetrain
2019 B 313 9 5 49,000 Electrical System
2018 B 356 11 0 50,000 Electrical System
2017 B 546 12 3 65,000 Electrical System
2016 C 1,264 20 9 64,000 Electrical System
2015 B 352 11 3 71,500 Transmission & Drivetrain
2014 C 480 19 18 55,000 Electrical System
2013 C 656 20 4 87,090 Electrical System
2012 C 816 8 17 97,200 Electrical System
2011 C 821 9 22 81,000 Electrical System
2010 D 1,310 34 21 78,884 Electrical System
2009 C 798 20 6 75,900 Electrical System
2008 D 1,965 47 25 76,648 Electrical System
2007 C 273 18 11 72,000 Fuel & Propulsion
2006 C 378 18 7 64,155 Steering
2005 D 1,341 33 10 65,000 Doors, Latches & Locks
2004 A 144 4 2 84,000 Fuel & Propulsion
2003 C 289 17 7 50,000 Steering
2002 C 417 16 24 50,000 Airbags
2001 B 362 10 2 64,799 Lights
2000 C 558 30 15 80,000 Transmission & Drivetrain
1999 C 599 28 23 86,800 Airbags
1998 C 761 49 34 90,000 Engine & Cooling
1997 C 857 40 68 104,616 Engine & Cooling
1996 D 1,860 40 68 97,926 Transmission & Drivetrain
1995 A 118 4 1 120,000 Transmission & Drivetrain
1994 B 248 10 7 115,000 Transmission & Drivetrain
1993 B 391 12 0 137,000 Brakes
1992 319 19 4 167,000 Brakes
1991 150 0 8 157,009 Brakes
1990 69 1 2 Transmission & Drivetrain
1989 30 1 0 Transmission & Drivetrain
1988 12 0 0 Engine & Cooling
1987 2 0 0 Body & Structure
1985 1 0 0 Body & Structure

What breaks on a Dodge Grand Caravan

Across every model year on file. Follow a row for that part's complaints and the year it was worst.

Electrical System 4,420 23.4%

Worst in 2008

Engine & Cooling 1,938 10.3%

Worst in 1996

Airbags 1,705 9.0%

Worst in 2008

Worst in 1996

Brakes 1,353 7.2%

Worst in 2008

Body & Structure 1,058 5.6%

Worst in 2016

Worst in 1996

Worst in 2016

Steering 753 4.0%

Worst in 1996

Worst in 2005

Lights 550 2.9%

Worst in 2005

Worst in 1996

Worst in 1996

Suspension 391 2.1%

Worst in 1996

Exactly what failed on a Dodge Grand Caravan

The named sub-assemblies behind those complaints, across every model year.

Automatic Transmission 708 24.1%
Body 565 19.2%
Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip 273 9.3%
Door 256 8.7%
Gasoline 222 7.5%
Horn 222 7.5%
Belts AND Associated Pulleys 198 6.7%
Frontal 193 6.6%
Engine 161 5.5%
Latch 144 4.9%

Complaints filed over time

Every complaint about every Dodge Grand Caravan, by the month it reached NHTSA.

Feb 1996 peak 254 Aug 2026

Dodge Grand Caravan problems by state

Where owners filed from. Heavier states are usually just bigger markets, but a part that fails in heat or salt shows up here first.

Compare the Dodge Grand Caravan

Side by side on complaint history. Remember that raw totals track how many were sold as much as how good they were.