2006 Dodge Caravan problems
Owners have filed 231 complaints with NHTSA about the 2006 Dodge Caravan. Electrical system is the most reported problem area, at 13% of complaints. After that come air bags (12%) and steering (12%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 231 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Electrical system 13% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 13 and 4
- Injuries and deaths
- 21 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 60,000 miles 197 complaints with mileage
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Where the complaints are
Share of this model year's complaints by the part of the car involved. One complaint can name more than one part, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.
When problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 20 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 30 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 41 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 40 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 28 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 9 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 11 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 5 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 6 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 6 |
| 200k+ miles | 1 |
What the data shows
Among the 197 complaints that report mileage, the typical (median) problem appeared at about 60,000 miles. For electrical system specifically, the median reported mileage is about 74,000 miles (27 complaints with mileage).
Safety-related details: 13 complaints mention a crash; 4 complaints mention a fire; 21 injuries reported.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 2006 ranks 18th most-complained-about out of 26 model years of the Dodge Caravan with enough data (143 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 2 safety recall campaigns.
What owners wrote
A few complaints as filed, shortened and with personal details removed. The first ones are among the most serious reports for this model year; the rest are typical.
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 dodge caravan. While sitting idle at a traffic stop, he was rear-ended by another vehicle. The seat belts did not lock or catch upon impact. Five vehicle occupants suffered neck injuries. The vehicle sustained moderate rear end damage and the rear doors would not close. The police arrived to the scene and a police report was filed accordingly. The dealer had not yet been contacted and there were no further inspections made to the vehicle. The failure and current mileages were 58,000.
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 dodge caravan. While driving at 40 MPH, the brake pedal was depressed and failed to respond. As a result, the contact crashed into the rear of another vehicle and the air bags failed to deploy. The contact sustained shoulder, wrist, and foot injuries that did not require medical attention. A police report was filed. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 83,300.
Changing tire, vehicle jack failed and came crashing down almost killing the driver. Upon review found jack failed. Main bolt appears to have some kind of metal failure bolt bent and jack fall down. 2006 7 passenger caravan sxt model 3.3 engine. Half tank of gas. This can be an issue if these jacks were made out of poor metal and now 8 years later they start to fail.
Driving in the early morning, road conditions were wet, slight drizzle, misty, very humid. Radio began flickering along with air conditioner and winshield wipers. After a few minutes, front dashboard went dark. The following systems stopped functioning: fan (including air conditioner) windshield wipers radio 12v outlet forced to pull over into a hotel for the remainder of the morning until sensor/fuse box was able to dry out. Once dry, all systems operated normally.