Model years Dodge Grand Caravan
2016 Dodge Grand Caravan
Complaints about this year name door far more often than the other years of this generation — 49% of them, about 4× the usual rate of 11.6%.
Generation 1 of the Dodge Grand Caravan, which began in 2008. Everything below compares this year against the others in that generation, not against a different car wearing the same name.
NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.
| Complaints filed | 1,155 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 411 |
| Involving a crash | 37 |
| Involving a fire | 8 |
| Recalls | 6 |
| NHTSA crash rating | 4/5 |
| EPA combined | 20 mpg |
What the complaints were about
- door — 49.4% of this year's complaints, against 10.7% across the other years of this generation (4.6×).
- sliding — 40.2% of this year's complaints, against 6.4% across the other years of this generation (6.2×).
- lock — 24% of this year's complaints, against 3.9% across the other years of this generation (6.1×). Owners wrote it as: lock, door lock, lock unlock, lock actuator.
Words owners used for the same problem are counted together, so a fault written four different ways is measured once. Grouped by which complaints they appear in, not by a list anyone wrote in advance.
Also unusual this year
- sliding door — 33% of complaints, 6× usual
- lock — 23% of complaints, 7× usual
- unlock — 21% of complaints, 7× usual
What owners wrote
my passenger side, sliding door lock is making a loud buzzing noise when unlocking.
THE SLIDING DOOR ON THE RIGHT SIDE MAKES A LOUD BUZZING NOISE WHEN YOU UNLOCK THE DOOR.
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 17V824000 EQUIPMENT Fixed free of charge.
- 16V461000 POWER TRAIN Fixed free of charge.
- 16V300000 SEATS Fixed free of charge.
- 15V595000 LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES Fixed free of charge.
- 20V278000 FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE Fixed free of charge.
- 25V876000 EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY Fixed free of charge.
How this was worked out
Every year of the Dodge Grand Caravan was compared against its own history rather than against other cars, which removes popularity and age from the answer — a common car draws more complaints at equal reliability, and an older one has had longer to accumulate them. A year is flagged when it drew at least 2.5× this model's median and at least 50 complaints.
This is a fault record, not a review. Nobody files a federal complaint to say the car was fine, so it shows what tends to go wrong — not whether owners liked it, and not whether it is a good car.
Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls and investigations, retrieved . Look this vehicle up directly on NHTSA's site to check anything here.
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