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2006 Dodge Grand Caravan electrical system problems

Owners reported electrical system problems in 38 complaints for the 2006 Dodge Grand Caravan, 10% of the complaints on file. It is the 3rd most reported problem area for this model year.

At a glance

Complaints
38 10% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
84,000 miles 35 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
1 and 3
Injuries and deaths
3 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When electrical system problems show up

Electrical system complaints by mileage, 2006 Dodge Grand Caravan Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 84,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 1 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 2 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 3 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 9 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 8 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 2 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 4 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 2 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 3 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 0 complaints 200k+ miles: 1 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 84,000 miles
Based on 35 complaints that include mileage. 17% 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 miles1
20k to 40k miles2
40k to 60k miles3
60k to 80k miles9
80k to 100k miles8
100k to 120k miles2
120k to 140k miles4
140k to 160k miles2
160k to 180k miles3
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles1

What the data shows

Of the 35 electrical system complaints that report mileage, the median is about 84,000 miles, and 17% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 1 crash, 3 fires, 3 injuries.

What owners wrote

Tl* the contact owns a 2006 dodge grand caravan. While driving at an unknown speed, both rear sliding doors opened independently. The contact stopped the vehicle and manually closed the doors. While parked, the rear sliding doors closed independently and had to be forced open. The vehicle was taken to a dealer and diagnosed the cause of failure as electrical. The vehicle was repaired, but the failure recurred. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 130,000.

Reported at 130,000 miles, March 2014 Injury

The parking lights turn on and off randomly when the vehicle is off. When the vehicle is running, the parking lights don't operate properly using the light switch--e.g. The parking lights stay on when turned off. Cycling the switch several times can turn the parking lights off. Our car was manufactured late in december 2005 according to dodge. This appears to be related to NHTSA action # ea11010. Dodge has refused to cover the headlight switch assembly (hsa) under what should be a lifetime warranty.

Reported at 135,000 miles, October 2013

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