2017 Dodge Grand Caravan problems
The 2017 Dodge Grand Caravan has 550 complaints on file with NHTSA. The largest share (26%) concerns electrical system. Next are body & structure (17%) and engine (11%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 550 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Electrical system 26% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 12 and 3
- Injuries and deaths
- 8 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 65,000 miles 239 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 | 7 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 18 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 67 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 77 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 48 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 12 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 8 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 1 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 1 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Of the 239 complaints that include odometer readings, half describe a problem before roughly 65,000 miles. For electrical system specifically, the median reported mileage is about 65,000 miles (55 complaints with mileage).
Safety-related details: 12 complaints mention a crash; 3 complaints mention a fire; 8 injuries reported. Its complaints are less severe on average than those of 89% of model years in our database.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 2017 ranks 11th most-complained-about out of 31 model years of the Dodge Grand Caravan with enough data (390 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 3 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.
Front driver head on collision passenger curtain airbags failed to deploy and passenger front air bag exploded also third row drivers side passenger seat belt failed. Passenger flew to passenger side of seat and head shattered window and sustained head injuries which could've possibly been prevented by curtain air bag deployment 55mph head on collision driverside focused due to veering vehicle hasn't been inspected by insurance company yet only personal mechanic.
On December 29, 2025, my wife put her van in park, turned off the vehicle and proceeded to exit the vehicle. The drive is on an incline after exiting the vehicle it began to roll backwards. She was caught in the door and attempted to press the brake to no effect. She was drug about fifty feet before separating from the vehicle. The vehicle then rolled down a steep embankment and continued another hundred feet or so where it struck a building.
The rear power outlet (between the middle rear set and rear set on driver side) caught fire. We were driving in ocala, fl entering the I75 highway on ramp when we saw smoke and then flames shooting from the rear power outlet. We got the kids out of the van and the fire took over the entire van. I was told an investigation was completed in june by dodge but have not been told the opinion from the investigation.
'chrysler's tipm is a computer run amuck ' owners report that their vehicles act as if possessed and leave them in dangerous situations ' stalled vehicles stranded without warning on the highway, fuel pumps that won't shut off, windows that open and shut, airbags that won't deploy. ' center for auto safety director, clarence ditlow' the fuel pump not turning off and burning out the airbags not deploying or deploying randomly the engine stalling while driving the starter cranks but won't start the horn going off at…
The contact owns a 2017 Dodge Grand Caravan. The contact stated when she attempted to start the vehicle there was no sound of the starter motor and the instrument cluster remained black when she turned the ignition on. The contact had attempted to jump start the vehicle and had to have the vehicle towed to an independent mechanic. The mechanic diagnosed the vehicle and determined that the TIPM panel had failed. The vehicle had not been repaired.