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2016 Dodge Grand Caravan electrical system problems

Owners reported electrical system problems in 314 complaints for the 2016 Dodge Grand Caravan, 25% of the complaints on file. It is the most reported problem area for this model year.

At a glance

Complaints
314 25% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
60,000 miles 180 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
0 and 3
Injuries and deaths
0 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When electrical system problems show up

Electrical system complaints by mileage, 2016 Dodge Grand Caravan Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 60,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 8 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 29 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 51 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 55 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 20 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 9 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 5 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 1 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 2 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 0 complaints 200k+ miles: 0 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 60,000 miles
Based on 180 complaints that include mileage. 49% 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 miles29
40k to 60k miles51
60k to 80k miles55
80k to 100k miles20
100k to 120k miles9
120k to 140k miles5
140k to 160k miles1
160k to 180k miles2
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 180 electrical system complaints that report mileage, the median is about 60,000 miles, and 49% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 3 fires.

What owners wrote

"takata recall the tipm in my brand new dodge grand carvan gave out and caused a fire in my starter which caused smoke to come out of cars engine. Bought car on 4/20 on 4/22 with 71 miles on it while turning a corner the tipm gave out causing the starter to keep turning over and made a horrible screeching noise then we turned car off and car started to shake and shimmy when we tried to turn car back on it was dead nothing would turn over. Had to have car towed to dealership where they tried to charge me for towing.

Reported at 71 miles, April 2016 Fire

The rear driver side door will not unlock. It does not unlock with the key fob, or by manually trying to unlock the mechanism. Therefore, my children cannot exit the car from the drivers' side. This first happened after trying to unlock the door using the key fob, while parked, and trying to re-enter the car. This issue previously happened with the rear passenger side door. This is a known issue with the car and must be recalled.

Reported at 67,415 miles, December 2020

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