2005 Dodge Grand Caravan — reported problems

What owners report: issue areas

Owner complaints are classified by the system they concern: 1,341 classifications in all. One complaint can concern several systems, so these add up to more than the number of complaints.

• Doors, latches & locks339 (25.3%)Official recall records for this system: 4, covering model years 1995–2016.
• Electrical system261 (19.5%)Official recall records for this system: 14, covering model years 2001–2018.
• Lights163 (12.2%)Official recall records for this system: 3, covering model years 1999–2020.
• Air bags (restraint system)107 (8.0%)Official recall records for this system: 22, covering model years 1995–2013.
• Steering78 (5.8%)Official recall records for this system: 7, covering model years 2002–2011.
• Body & structure70 (5.2%)Official recall records for this system: 5, covering model years 1996–2016.

Other / uncategorized: 20 classifications (1.5%) 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 (25,052 records, model years 1995–2020) are most frequently classified under: electrical system, engine and air bags (restraint system).
• Safety recalls (197 records, model years 1995–2020) are most frequently classified under: air bags (restraint system), fuel system and equipment & accessories.
• Transport Canada recalls (184 records, model years 1995–2020) are most frequently classified under: seat belts, air bags (restraint system) and fuel system.
• Manufacturer communications (1,678 records, model years 1995–2020) are most frequently classified under: electrical system, equipment & accessories and engine.
• Investigations (115 records, model years 1995–2019) are most frequently classified under: electrical system, air bags (restraint 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

• 857reports included a mileage
• 81,449average 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 118 records for 1995 118
2. 1996 1,197 records for 1996 1,197
3. 1997 609 records for 1997 609
4. 1998 590 records for 1998 590
5. 1999 458 records for 1999 458
6. 2000 471 records for 2000 471
7. 2001 325 records for 2001 325
8. 2002 319 records for 2002 319
9. 2003 245 records for 2003 245
10. 2004 142 records for 2004 142
11. 2005 1,044 records for 2005 1,044
12. 2006 320 records for 2006 320
13. 2007 208 records for 2007 208
14. 2008 1,361 records for 2008 1,361
15. 2009 601 records for 2009 601
16. 2010 940 records for 2010 940
17. 2011 628 records for 2011 628
18. 2012 698 records for 2012 698
19. 2013 616 records for 2013 616
20. 2014 496 records for 2014 496
21. 2015 406 records for 2015 406
22. 2016 1,130 records for 2016 1,130
23. 2017 521 records for 2017 521
24. 2018 373 records for 2018 373
25. 2019 333 records for 2019 333
26. 2020 71 records for 2020 71

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

• 28mention a crash
• 7mention a fire
• 44mention an injury

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 6
• Manufacturer communications NHTSA 32
• Investigations NHTSA 7
• Transport Canada recalls Transport Canada 4
• Owner complaints NHTSA 995

Explore the underlying evidence records