1996 Dodge Caravan — reported problems

What owners report: issue areas

Owner complaints are classified by the system they concern: 2,078 classifications in all. One complaint can concern several systems, so these add up to more than the number of complaints.

• Air bags (restraint system)251 (12.1%)Official recall records for this system: 8, covering model years 1995–2006.
• Fuel system237 (11.4%)Official recall records for this system: 11, covering model years 1996–2009.
• Electrical system228 (11.0%)Official recall records for this system: 2, covering model years 1996–2002.
• Powertrain (transmission & drivetrain)195 (9.4%)
• Engine188 (9.0%)Official recall records for this system: 2, covering model years 1996.
• Brakes177 (8.5%)Official recall records for this system: 4, covering model years 1996–2005.

Other / uncategorized: 40 classifications (1.9%) were not assigned to a specific system by the source. They are counted but not treated as an issue area.

These are counts of records held by CarFaultIQ, not a failure rate. More records can simply mean more vehicles were sold or more owners reported. No vehicles-in-service figure exists in this data, so no reliability or risk score can be derived from it.

What the records are about, by source

Each source is kept separate: owner complaints, recalls, manufacturer communications and investigations are different kinds of record and are never added together. All model years.

• Owner complaints (12,464 records, model years 1995–2009) are most frequently classified under: electrical system, air bags (restraint system) and powertrain (transmission & drivetrain).
• Safety recalls (185 records, model years 1995–2009) are most frequently classified under: fuel system, lights and seat belts.
• Transport Canada recalls (76 records, model years 1995–2007) are most frequently classified under: seat belts, fuel system and air bags (restraint system).
• Manufacturer communications (1,782 records, model years 1995–2009) are most frequently classified under: powertrain (transmission & drivetrain), engine and electrical system.
• Investigations (99 records, model years 1995–2009) are most frequently classified under: air bags (restraint system), electrical system and speed control & accelerator.

"Most frequently classified under" reports how the records are filed by the source. It is not a finding about causes, and a record can be filed under more than one system. Read the individual records

Mileage reported when the issue occurred

• 121reports included a mileage
• 92,745average of those mileages

This is the mileage owners recorded at the time they reported, not an expected failure mileage and not a prediction for any individual vehicle. The lowest and highest figures on record are not shown: they are unverified odometer entries that include zeros and implausibly high readings, so they would not describe a real range. A median is not shown either, because the stored figures are group totals and a median cannot be recovered from them.

Evidence by model year

Records held per model year. Select a year to narrow this page to it.

1. 1995 563 records for 1995 563
2. 1996 1,584 records for 1996 1,584
3. 1997 880 records for 1997 880
4. 1998 773 records for 1998 773
5. 1999 683 records for 1999 683
6. 2000 560 records for 2000 560
7. 2001 406 records for 2001 406
8. 2002 363 records for 2002 363
9. 2003 276 records for 2003 276
10. 2004 144 records for 2004 144
11. 2005 640 records for 2005 640
12. 2006 228 records for 2006 228
13. 2007 120 records for 2007 120
14. 2008 368 records for 2008 368
15. 2009 171 records for 2009 171

Counts are not adjusted for how many vehicles were sold in each year, so a taller year is not necessarily a worse year.

Reports mentioning outcomes

• 57mention a crash
• 47mention a fire
• 67mention an injury
• 9mention a fatality

These are counts of records whose report mentioned the outcome. They are not a severity rating and not a safety assessment of this vehicle.

Official records held

• Safety recalls NHTSA 18
• Manufacturer communications NHTSA 138
• Investigations NHTSA 14
• Transport Canada recalls Transport Canada 11
• Owner complaints NHTSA 1,403

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