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Dodge Grand Caravan 2009

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

0.70 per 1,000

1.1 times this nameplate’s own median · from 75 complaints filed in the first three years, of 661 ever. 95% lower bound 0.54.

Against its own model years

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

Model yearPer 1,000Complaints
20081.87231
20090.7075
20101.68163
20110.4245
20120.6481
20131.38183
20140.90116
20150.3237
20160.6169
20170.4658
20180.4258
20190.4156

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 406 complaints

recall repair20951%
notification campaign20851%
air bags17242%
bags17242%
repair unavailable15939%
bags electrical15137%

Air Bags 163 complaints

campaign13783%
electrical13683%
system13582%
electrical system13482%
bags electrical11671%
however part10463%

Service Brakes 74 complaints

van1520%
chrysler1318%
warped1115%

When it breaks

12% of reported failures happened before 30,000 miles (median 75,000 miles, from 398 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, 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:

10264206 · 10266679 · 10288787 · 10289063 · 10292072 · 10293479

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.