2003 Dodge Grand Caravan seat belts problems
15 complaints about seat belts have been filed for the 2003 Dodge Grand Caravan, which is 5% of all its NHTSA complaints.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 15 5% of this year's complaints
- Typical mileage
- 36,000 miles 10 complaints with mileage
- Crashes and fires
- 4 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 11 and 0
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
When seat belts problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 3 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 2 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 2 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 1 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 1 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 0 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 0 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 0 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 0 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 1 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Of the 10 seat belts complaints that report mileage, the median is about 36,000 miles, and 70% were reported before 60,000 miles.
These complaints mention 4 crashes, 11 injuries.
What owners wrote
Dt*: the contact stated that both the front driver and passenger side seatbealts became unbuckled in a crash. The vehicle experienced both a frontal and rear impact; the crash involved 3 other vehicles. The vehicle was 2nd in the row of vehicles involved in the collision. The vehicle was travelling 70 MPH at the time of the accident. The incident was the first time the consumer encountered the seatbelt becoming unbuckled without depresssing the release button. The buckle was free of dirt and other contaminants.
I have a 2003 dodge grand caravan se with the middle child bench seats. My 4 year old son put his juice cup down between him and the infant seat buckled next to him. The juice cup hit the seat belt release for the infant seat and released it. This is very disturbing that this can happen. If I hadn't heard the click of the release , I would not have known my 4 month old daughter was unprotected. *nlm
Other problems reported for the 2003 Dodge Grand Caravan
- Steering 45 complaints
- Electrical system 32 complaints
- Air bags 24 complaints
- Transmission 23 complaints
- Brakes 21 complaints
- Lighting 20 complaints
- Body & structure 16 complaints
- Engine 15 complaints