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Dodge cooling system problems

Across all Dodge models in NHTSA's complaint database, 841 complaints involve cooling system. The Intrepid accounts for the largest share (23%). The single worst model year is the 1996 Intrepid with 36 cooling system complaints.

At a glance

Complaints
841 about cooling system, all Dodge models
Most affected
Intrepid 23% of these complaints
Typical mileage
68,000 miles 335 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
4 and 23

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

Which Dodge models

ModelComplaintsShare
Intrepid19423%
Caravan11113%
Neon9611%
Grand Caravan8310%
Durango617%
Dakota587%
Ram 1500415%
Stratus344%
Ram314%
Charger202%

Worst model years for cooling system

  1. 1996 Dodge Intrepid36 complaints
  2. 1996 Dodge Caravan28 complaints
  3. 1995 Dodge Neon25 complaints
  4. 1999 Dodge Intrepid22 complaints
  5. 1995 Dodge Intrepid20 complaints

Cooling system complaints by model year

Dodge cooling system complaints by model year 0 75 150 1990: 13 '90 1991: 16 1992: 26 '92 1993: 43 1994: 44 '94 1995: 66 1996: 121 '96 1997: 64 1998: 71 '98 1999: 87 2000: 51 '00 2001: 54 2002: 46 '02 2003: 22 2004: 31 '04 2005: 11 2006: 19 '06 2007: 17 2008: 20 '08 2009: 4 2010: 1 '10 2011: 2 2012: 6 '12 2013: 5 2015: 1 '15
Totals across all models of the brand. Older model years have had longer to collect complaints.
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Model yearComplaints
199013
199116
199226
199343
199444
199566
1996121
199764
199871
199987
200051
200154
200246
200322
200431
200511
200619
200717
200820
20094
20101
20112
20126
20135
20151

Among the 335 of these complaints that report mileage, the median is about 68,000 miles.

Complaint counts are not adjusted for how many vehicles each brand sells, so large brands naturally have more complaints.