2011 Dodge Caravan electrical system problems
Owners reported electrical system problems in 54 complaints for the 2011 Dodge Caravan, 48% of the complaints on file. It is the most reported problem area for this model year.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 54 48% of this year's complaints
- Typical mileage
- 64,000 miles 30 complaints with mileage
- Crashes and fires
- 0 and 1
- Injuries and deaths
- 1 and 0
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
When electrical system problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 3 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 1 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 6 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 13 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 3 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 0 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 3 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 0 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 0 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 1 |
What the data shows
Of the 30 electrical system complaints that report mileage, the median is about 64,000 miles, and 33% were reported before 60,000 miles.
These complaints mention 1 fire, 1 injury.
What owners wrote
At 7:40am, thursday 3/5/ 15 I was driving my vehicle to go drop my son off at school the wiper blade started going on and off by themselves and then smoke started coming from underneath the horn on the steering wheel and then the airbag deployed hitting my hand and burning my left hand it filled my van full of smoked where we couldn't see I almost got into an accident I pulled the vehicle over roll the windows down clear it out all the smoke then I dropped my son off at school drove the vehicle to the closest…
The engine would only start after multiple attempts. I took it to the dealer and was advised that the tipm would need to be replaced. The tipm controls many of the systems -including the starting system and other safety systems. We were fortunate not to have the engine/power systems fail while the vehicle was being driven. This is a design/manufacturing issue that should be recalled. The vehicle no longer starts. We are waiting on the tipm to be backordered.