1999 Dodge Grand Caravan problems
The 1999 Dodge Grand Caravan has 599 complaints on file with NHTSA. The largest share (14%) concerns air bags. Next are brakes (11%) and electrical system (11%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 599 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Air bags 14% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 28 and 23
- Injuries and deaths
- 23 and 8
- Typical mileage
- 87,000 miles 239 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 | 6 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 11 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 34 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 46 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 48 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 37 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 20 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 9 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 8 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 9 |
| 200k+ miles | 11 |
What the data shows
Of the 239 complaints that include odometer readings, half describe a problem before roughly 87,000 miles. For air bags specifically, the median reported mileage is about 79,000 miles (48 complaints with mileage).
Safety-related details: 28 complaints mention a crash; 23 complaints mention a fire; 23 injuries reported; 8 deaths reported.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 1999 ranks 10th most-complained-about out of 31 model years of the Dodge Grand Caravan with enough data (396 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 3 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.
S10 appropriate handling- letter to the secretary from constituent re utility trailer safety. *smd the driver of a minivan along with six other people were killed in a head-on collision on a rural road, when it was struck by a trailer loaded with crushed vehicles, that had broken loose from a tractor trailer heading in the opposite direction.
Vehicle engine was running and transmission was in park, when it suddenly changed to reverse, knocking down and running over the driver.
The on-the column gear shift lever may be placed in park and not lock in the recessed park position so that the lever and transmission may dropped into reverse spontaneously or with very little pressure. My insurance adjuster put the vehicle in gear by push it with a tooth pick. He has a signed affidavit. There are in essence 2 park positions that the lever will register "park" on the LED indicator on the dash.
The serpentine belt tensioner has a broken spring there fore not putting tension on the serpentine belt causing water pump and altinator and later battery problems.ive done some research on this and it seems to be a problem all over the country to which belts are falling off etc.....the vehicle has been taken to the dealership before and we were told that all was well.ive heard the belt slipping for a while now usually at start of vehicle.
Automatic transmission locked up in low range while driving on highway. Mechanic found that tranmission was shot after 80,000 miles.