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2012 Dodge Grand Caravan electrical system problems

Owners reported electrical system problems in 337 complaints for the 2012 Dodge Grand Caravan, 41% of the complaints on file. It is the most reported problem area for this model year.

At a glance

Complaints
337 41% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
100,000 miles 179 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
0 and 11
Injuries and deaths
0 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When electrical system problems show up

Electrical system complaints by mileage, 2012 Dodge Grand Caravan Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 100,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 8 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 8 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 20 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 16 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 32 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 33 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 30 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 17 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 8 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 3 complaints 200k+ miles: 4 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 100,000 miles
Based on 179 complaints that include mileage. 20% 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 miles8
20k to 40k miles8
40k to 60k miles20
60k to 80k miles16
80k to 100k miles32
100k to 120k miles33
120k to 140k miles30
140k to 160k miles17
160k to 180k miles8
180k to 200k miles3
200k+ miles4

What the data shows

Of the 179 electrical system complaints that report mileage, the median is about 100,000 miles, and 20% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 11 fires.

What owners wrote

I was driving from one destination to the other and when I got to my other destination I smelled smoke. I looked down and notice the cigarette port which was empty was smoking, I pulled my gerber out and pulled the port out and there was a fire. I alerted a co worker and they got a fire extinguisher. We managed to put the fire out. But console is completely gone. This all happened within 15 minutes.

Reported at 48,000 miles, March 2014 Fire

Bad ingnition module. Van turns randomly off by it self while driving. If you push on the fob in the ingnition it will start to run again. When van turns off you lose control of the power steering and brakes making it difficult to come to a safe stop. Same issues that dodge recalled other model years for but not the grand caravan. It has occured numerous times to us in this van.

Reported at 93,000 miles, May 2018

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Electrical system problems in other years

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