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2011 Dodge Grand Caravan electrical system problems

Owners reported electrical system problems in 332 complaints for the 2011 Dodge Grand Caravan, 40% of the complaints on file. It is the most reported problem area for this model year.

At a glance

Complaints
332 40% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
84,000 miles 220 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
0 and 13
Injuries and deaths
4 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When electrical system problems show up

Electrical system complaints by mileage, 2011 Dodge Grand Caravan Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 84,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 10 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 10 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 30 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 44 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 59 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 32 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 11 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 7 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 9 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 5 complaints 200k+ miles: 3 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 84,000 miles
Based on 220 complaints that include mileage. 23% 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 miles10
20k to 40k miles10
40k to 60k miles30
60k to 80k miles44
80k to 100k miles59
100k to 120k miles32
120k to 140k miles11
140k to 160k miles7
160k to 180k miles9
180k to 200k miles5
200k+ miles3

What the data shows

Of the 220 electrical system complaints that report mileage, the median is about 84,000 miles, and 23% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 13 fires, 4 injuries.

What owners wrote

Fuel pump wouldn't disengage causing me to keep taking out fuse which burned my thumbs. Won't start at all now. Shut off two times while driving on street almost causing accidents both times

Reported at 94,000 miles, January 2015 FireInjury

Tl* the contact owns a 2011 dodge grand caravan. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign number: 14v234000 (electrical system) however, the part to do the repair was unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The specifics of the failure were not available. The failure mileage was 93,400. Updated 03/17/15 updated 6/18/2015

Reported at 93,400 miles, September 2014

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