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Dodge Grand Caravan 2010

Safety complaints filed by owners in the first three years, per 1,000 sold.

1.68 per 1,000

2.6 times this nameplate’s own median · from 163 complaints filed in the first three years, of 1041 ever. 95% lower bound 1.42.

Against its own model years

The model year carries far more information than the badge, so this is the comparison that matters.

Model year	Per 1,000	Complaints
2008	1.87	231
2009	0.70	75
2010	1.68	163
2011	0.42	45
2012	0.64	81
2013	1.38	183
2014	0.90	116
2015	0.32	37
2016	0.61	69
2017	0.46	58
2018	0.42	58
2019	0.41	56

What owners describe

Phrases over-represented in these complaints compared with the same component on every other vehicle. Counts are complaints containing the phrase.

Electrical System 628 complaints

air bags	178	28%
bags	178	28%
bags electrical	151	24%
campaign air	150	24%
unavailable exceeded	128	20%
van	90	14%

Engine 163 complaints

steering	64	39%
van	44	27%
power steering	44	27%
ignition	39	24%
key	29	18%
steering brakes	23	14%

Air Bags 161 complaints

campaign	129	80%
electrical	126	78%
electrical system	125	77%
system	125	77%
bags electrical	113	70%
system however	93	58%

When it breaks

19% of reported failures happened before 30,000 miles (median 72,000 miles, from 746 complaints that recorded one).

Failures arrive late and spread out, which looks like wear. Service history matters more than model year here.

What NHTSA did

3 investigations covering this model year, 1 of which list a recall campaign. Owners had filed 36 complaints about this component over roughly 44 months before an investigation opened.

Totally Integrated Power Module Failure

What owners and forums say

Not built yet. This panel is meant to carry community sentiment beside the filed-complaint data, so the two can be compared. Showing something weaker here would defeat its purpose.

Check this yourself

Example records behind this page:

10303761 · 10310118 · 10315972 · 10328905 · 10330227 · 10330920

Limits of this figure. It counts safety complaints filed with the federal government, which is a floor on failures and not a census: problems that only cost money are under-reported. Complaint rates also reflect how likely a brand’s owners are to file, which cannot be separated from how often the car fails. Sales are calendar-year and the denominator for this nameplate is automated checks only, not verified against an external source.