Dodge Caravan Body Problems
111 owner complaints filed with NHTSA across 2 model years.
Complaints by Year
Worst year: 2002. Best year: 2004.
Owner Reports
A representative sample of complaints filed with NHTSA.
THE VIN INFORMATION IN THE DATABASE HAS BEEN CHANGED BY THE AUTO BODY SHOP IN ORDER TO AVOID RETURNING THE VAN TO ITS "PRE ACCIDENT CONDITION".
AS I WENT TO STOP THE FRONT WHEELS SLID LIKE THEY WERE ON ICE. I WAS ON A PUBLIC RD. [BLACK TOP] I HIT THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME.
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 DODGE CARAVAN. WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME VERY DIFFICULT TO TURN. THE VEHICLE ALSO BEGAN TO JERK BACK AND FORTH. THE CONTACT ALSO NOTICED THAT THE DIAL FOR THE OUTSIDE TEMPERATURE GAUGE ...
2002 DODGE CARAVAN CAUGHT ON FIRE AND WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED.*MR THE CONSUMER VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE 11 DAYS PRIOR TO RECEIVING A RECALL NOTICE ON THE RADIO VENT SLOTS (RECALL# 04V531000). *NM
REAR DRIVER'S SIDE SPEAKER CAUGHT ON FIRE WHILE DRIVING. DEALERSHIP INDICATED THAT THIS WAS CAUSED BY A POWER SURGE IN THE SYSTEM. THE SPEAKERS WERE ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT.*AK
THE REASON I'M WRITING THIS IS BECAUSE 'M TRYING TO FIND OUT THE PROPER STEPS TO TAKE TO HAVE AN INVESTIGATION ON THE FAILURE OF THE SEATBELTS AND SEATS. ON THE 16TH OF MARCH 2003 MY FAMILY AND I WERE IN A TERRIBLE ACCIDENT IN CORPUS ...
WHILE SLOWING DOWN CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS REAR ENDED AT ABOUT 40-45 MPH, AND DRIVER /PASSENGER SEATS COLLAPSED ON IMPACT, CAUSING DRIVER TO FALL ON TO CHILD AND INJURING CHILD, THE PASSENGER IN THE FRONT SEAT HIT THE BACK OF HIS HEAD ...
CAR & DRIVER WERE HIT FROM BEHIND WHILE STOPPED AT STOP LIGHT. DRIVERS SEAT BROKE AND NOW RESTS AT 60 DEGREE ANGLE TOWARDS THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. IS THIS COMMON OR IS THIS A SEAT DEFECT?*AK
CHILD HAD THUMB SLAMMED IN VAN DOOR AND FAMILY WAS UNABLE TO OPEN THE DOOR FOR THREE MINUTES. CHILD FRACTURED BONE. A YOUNGER CHILD COULD HAVE LOST A LIMB. PARENT HAD TO GO INSIDE THE CAR AND PULL THE JAMMED LOCK TO FREE CHILD. IF PAREN...
WHILE DRIVING AT 25 MPH LATCH MECHANISM WAS NOT LOCKED PROPERLY. AS A RESULT THE BENCH SEAT MOVED FORWARD, AND CHILD WHO WAS SEATED HIT HIS FACE ON THE BACK OF THE PASSENGER SIDE . MANUFACTURER AND DEALERSHIP HAD BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK
THE VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY. I WAS LEAVING WORK, WHEN I SAT IN THE DRIVER'S SEAT THE SEAT BROKE AND FELL BACK. THE BROKEN PART IS ACTUALLY THE FRAME OF THE SEAT, NOT THE TILT MECHANISM. THE TUBULATION THAT COMPRISED THE SEAT FRAME CATA...
I PURCHASED A 2002 DODGE CARAVAN VAN ON JUNE 9, 2014. ON JULY 11, WHILE IN HOUSTON, TEXAS, MY VEHICLE SUSTAINED A FLAT TIRE. I TOOK IT TO FIRESTONE TO REPAIR THE TIRE. THE TIRE WAS IRREPARABLE. MY SPARE TIRE HAD A HUMP IN IT AND CONSEQU...