MODELYEARINDEX

Dodge Grand Caravan

2,870 complaints across 11 scored model years and 23 recall campaigns.

Which years to avoid

Ownership label · Dodge Grand Caravan Full report
F
Grade 2010–2020
2016 vs model median 2.0×
Model median3× median
Electrical 169
Body & Interior 169
Drivetrain 71
Avoid

2010 · 2016

Best

2015 · 2020

Year by year

Severity-weighted complaints filed in each model year’s first 60 months on the road, so every year is measured over an identical window.

Year Complaint volume vs median Reports Grade
2010
1.92× 394 F
2011
1.23× 288 C
2012
1.27× 341 D
2013
1.00× 287 C
2014
0.93× 221 C
2015
0.49× 122 B
2016
2.01× 621 F
2017
1.00× 263 C
2018
0.59× 169 B
2019
0.58× 146 B
2020
0.08× 18 A

What it costs to run

EPA figures for the most recent model year on record.

Combined MPG20
City / Highway17 / 25
Engine3.6L, 6 cyl
DriveFront-Wheel Drive
Annual fuel cost$3,100

Recalls

23 campaigns on record.

Campaign Component Model years Units affected
20V396000 AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:DRIVER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE 2010 925,239
14V373000 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH 2010 722,705
14V234000 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM 2010–2014 644,757
13V283000 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM 2013 224,264
17V376000 AIR BAGS:FRONTAL 2011, 2012 209,135
11V139000 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION 2010 195,798
18V523000 SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:CALIPER 2018, 2019 154,335
17V824000 EQUIPMENT 2014–2016 61,791

+ 15 further campaigns

Others in Minivans

Same body and size class. Each grade describes that model against its own history — these are not ranked against each other.

Model Years to avoid Grade
Chrysler Pacifica
20172018
C
Chrysler Pacifica Plug-IN
2018
C
Chrysler Town and Country
none flagged
C
Honda Odyssey
20182019
C
Kia Sedona
20162017
C
Mazda Mazda5
none flagged
B
Nissan Quest
20112012
B
Toyota Sienna
20112015
C

How this was calculated

Every model year is scored over an identical window: complaints filed with NHTSA during the first 60 months after that model year went on sale. Without this, older cars look worse purely because they have had longer to accumulate reports.

Limitations. Complaints are unverified reports submitted voluntarily by owners; they are allegations, not findings, and reporting rates vary between models. Model years with fewer than 60 months on the road are marked provisional and excluded from verdicts. Cross-model comparison is withheld pending production-volume data.

Full methodology · Sources · Data vintage August 9, 2026

Working 2016 Grand Caravan
Complaints in window
621
Severity-weighted
744.5
Model median (weighted)
371
vs model median
2.01×
Recall campaigns (weighted)
6
Open investigations
0
Score 34.8 F