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 Caravan1,965 complaints — the highest FaultScore of any year, mostly electrical system.
Cleanest on record
1995 Dodge Grand Caravan118 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.
| 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.
Exactly what failed on a Dodge Grand Caravan
The named sub-assemblies behind those complaints, across every model year.
Complaints filed over time
Every complaint about every Dodge Grand Caravan, by the month it reached NHTSA.
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.