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2005 Dodge Grand Caravan body & structure problems

Owners reported body & structure problems in 70 complaints for the 2005 Dodge Grand Caravan, 5% of the complaints on file.

At a glance

Complaints
70 5% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
75,000 miles 62 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
0 and 1
Injuries and deaths
1 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When body & structure problems show up

Body & structure complaints by mileage, 2005 Dodge Grand Caravan Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 75,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 5 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 6 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 13 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 11 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 11 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 6 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 3 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 4 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 2 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 0 complaints 200k+ miles: 1 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 75,000 miles
Based on 62 complaints that include mileage. 39% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.
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MileageComplaints
0k to 20k miles5
20k to 40k miles6
40k to 60k miles13
60k to 80k miles11
80k to 100k miles11
100k to 120k miles6
120k to 140k miles3
140k to 160k miles4
160k to 180k miles2
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles1

What the data shows

Of the 62 body & structure complaints that report mileage, the median is about 75,000 miles, and 39% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 1 fire, 1 injury.

What owners wrote

We own a 2005 dodge grand caravan with no automatic back door. After purchasing it in nov 2004 and upon periodic operation of the door, my back started getting sore and painful. One day in feb of 2005 after closing the back door manually within 2 days I reached over for an apple that fell on the floor and fell to the floor in terrible pain and had to be rushed to the doctor. I still have problems until this day and now have protruding disks in my lower back.

February 2005 Injury

2005 dodge grand caravan sliding door opening / closing problems. Is it the wiring harness? I have seen hundreds if not thousands of individuals with this problem. Door opens slightly then stops. Most dangerous part is that it will not cycle to fully pull the door in and close completely. I found broken wire in the track and replaced. But the problem still persists. It is a daily problem and the great engineers at chrysler should be held accountable for this faulty design!!!

Reported at 78,000 miles, June 2009

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