1997 Dodge Grand Caravan engine problems

123 complaints about engine have been filed for the 1997 Dodge Grand Caravan, which is 14% of all its NHTSA complaints. It is the most reported problem area for this model year.

Complaints: 123 14% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage: 100,000 miles 37 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires: 2 and 26
Injuries and deaths: 0 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When engine problems show up

Based on 37 complaints that include mileage. 8% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.

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Mileage	Complaints
0k to 20k miles	0
20k to 40k miles	1
40k to 60k miles	2
60k to 80k miles	8
80k to 100k miles	7
100k to 120k miles	6
120k to 140k miles	8
140k to 160k miles	2
160k to 180k miles	0
180k to 200k miles	2
200k+ miles	1

What the data shows

Of the 37 engine complaints that report mileage, the median is about 100,000 miles, and 8% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 2 crashes, 26 fires.

What owners wrote

While driving consumer could smell smoke, when arriving home, a fire was detected in the engine compartment, claim 42-1396-385. *slc

August 2001 Fire

Tl* the contact owns a 1997 dodge grand caravan. While driving at 62 MPH, the vehicle stalled intermittently. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic who diagnosed that the instrument cluster and the body control module needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 77,000.

Reported at 77,000 miles, June 2015

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