2015 Dodge Grand Caravan problems
The 2015 Dodge Grand Caravan has 355 complaints on file with NHTSA. The largest share (21%) concerns drivetrain & axles. Next are seats (16%) and electrical system (11%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 355 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Drivetrain & axles 21% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 11 and 3
- Injuries and deaths
- 24 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 72,000 miles 226 complaints with mileage
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Where the complaints are
Share of this model year's complaints by the part of the car involved. One complaint can name more than one part, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.
When problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 26 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 21 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 44 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 33 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 42 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 26 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 14 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 14 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 4 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 1 |
| 200k+ miles | 1 |
What the data shows
Of the 226 complaints that include odometer readings, half describe a problem before roughly 72,000 miles. For drivetrain & axles specifically, the median reported mileage is about 94,000 miles (48 complaints with mileage).
Safety-related details: 11 complaints mention a crash; 3 complaints mention a fire; 24 injuries reported.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 2015 ranks 22nd most-complained-about out of 31 model years of the Dodge Grand Caravan with enough data (208 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 4 safety recall campaigns.
What owners wrote
A few complaints as filed, shortened and with personal details removed. The first ones are among the most serious reports for this model year; the rest are typical.
The van was pulled in to a driveway with a slight tilt, put in park, with the key removed from the ignition, in park. The primary driver almost always uses the parking brake, and believes it was on at this time. The sliding door behind the drivers side door was opened, something taken out, and closed. At that point in time, the van started rolling backward, to the point where it actually impacted the house on the other side of the street. Problem has not been reproducible.
I had a minor collision where a car backed into me as I was driving forward at a slow rate of speed. Minor body damage to both cars. However, all of my front air bags deployed. Insurance, the estimator, everyone, is shocked they all deployed, or that any deployed considering how minor the collision was. My van, unbeknownst to me, had a knee airbag. The knee air bag exploded against my shins, causing extensive bruising, cuts, and gouges where the cover and casing shot out onto my legs like shrapnel.
Entering the vehicle I sat down in the seat and the drivers headrest deployed hitting me in the back of the head. The car was not running, the passenger headrest did not deploy. Upon closer examination, part of the plastic headrest broke releasing the pin that is retained by a solenoid. The headrest cannot be reset because the plastic that retains the pin is broken. The dealer says the headrest is not covered under warranty. Is it not part of the safety restraint system? Should it not be covered?
The driver side sliding door is stuck shut! It don't work any more. Huge safety concern!!!!!!! It stopped working after I drove it. I can't even unlock the door or manually open it..