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Dodge latches & locks problems

Across all Dodge models in NHTSA's complaint database, 1,926 complaints involve latches & locks. The Grand Caravan accounts for the largest share (31%). The single worst model year is the 2005 Grand Caravan with 339 latches & locks complaints.

At a glance

Complaints
1,926 about latches & locks, all Dodge models
Most affected
Grand Caravan 31% of these complaints
Typical mileage
63,000 miles 1,097 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
50 and 6

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

Which Dodge models

ModelComplaintsShare
Grand Caravan59531%
Caravan57530%
Ram 15001458%
Ram1005%
Durango995%
Intrepid674%
Dakota603%
Ram 2500442%
Nitro342%
Avenger322%

Worst model years for latches & locks

  1. 2005 Dodge Grand Caravan339 complaints
  2. 2005 Dodge Caravan203 complaints
  3. 1996 Dodge Caravan64 complaints
  4. 1994 Dodge Caravan58 complaints
  5. 1990 Dodge Caravan49 complaints

Latches & locks complaints by model year

Dodge latches & locks complaints by model year 0 300 600 1990: 50 '90 1991: 46 1992: 51 1993: 54 '93 1994: 111 1995: 95 1996: 139 '96 1997: 47 1998: 53 1999: 63 '99 2000: 123 2001: 75 2002: 41 '02 2003: 35 2004: 36 2005: 577 '05 2006: 46 2007: 58 2008: 52 '08 2009: 29 2010: 13 2011: 15 '11 2012: 5 2013: 11 2014: 10 '14 2015: 4 2016: 27 2017: 31 '17 2018: 17 2019: 10 2020: 1 '20 2025: 1
Totals across all models of the brand. Older model years have had longer to collect complaints.
View the numbers
Model yearComplaints
199050
199146
199251
199354
1994111
199595
1996139
199747
199853
199963
2000123
200175
200241
200335
200436
2005577
200646
200758
200852
200929
201013
201115
20125
201311
201410
20154
201627
201731
201817
201910
20201
20251

Among the 1,097 of these complaints that report mileage, the median is about 63,000 miles.

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