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Dodge Grand Caravan 2012

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

0.64 per 1,000

1.0 times this nameplate’s own median · from 81 complaints filed in the first three years, of 670 ever. 95% lower bound 0.50.

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 384 complaints

van	81	21%
part needed	56	15%
tipm	55	14%
needed repair	37	10%
vent	28	7%
window switch	27	7%

Engine 138 complaints

van	40	29%
chrysler	20	15%
shuts	19	14%
key	19	14%
shuts off	16	12%
tipm	15	11%

Fuel/Propulsion System 74 complaints

tipm	35	47%
relay	26	35%
van	25	34%
key	14	19%
pump relay	13	18%
switch	10	14%

When it breaks

13% of reported failures happened before 30,000 miles (median 89,865 miles, from 432 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

2 investigations covering this model year, 0 of which list a recall campaign.

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:

10437900 · 10454008 · 10464364 · 10465871 · 10465973 · 10470128

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.