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Dodge Grand Caravan 2008

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

1.87 per 1,000

2.9 times this nameplate’s own median · from 231 complaints filed in the first three years, of 1591 ever. 95% lower bound 1.63.

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 977 complaints

reasonable	415	42%
exceeded reasonable	390	39%
reasonable amount	390	39%
air bags	363	37%
bags	363	37%
however part	360	36%

Air Bags 336 complaints

campaign	271	80%
system	263	78%
electrical	259	76%
electrical system	256	75%
bags electrical	234	69%
however part	194	57%

Service Brakes 270 complaints

rotors	135	49%
pads	117	43%
brake pads	75	27%
chrysler	63	23%
van	62	23%
pads rotors	49	18%

When it breaks

21% of reported failures happened before 30,000 miles (median 70,000 miles, from 1048 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:

10208215 · 10216619 · 10216935 · 10223891 · 10231687 · 10231698

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.