Dodge · NHTSA safety record
Every safety complaint, recall and defect investigation the US government holds on this vehicle.
Owners have filed 30 safety complaints about the 2013 Dodge Caravan with the US government. Of those, 1 describes a crash, 1 mentions a fire, 3 people were injured and no death is recorded. No recall campaign has been matched to this year, make and model.
The most complained-about system is the electrical system, named in 15 complaints, 50% of the total. The typical failure was reported at 48,850 miles, the median across the 18 complaints that gave an odometer reading.
Compiled from NHTSA's complaint, recall and investigation files · Covers February 2015 to May 2019 · How this is counted
30
Complaints
1
Describe a crash
1
Mention fire
3
People injured
0
Deaths
A complaint is an unverified account by the person who filed it, not a finding of fault. One complaint is one ODI number, which is how NHTSA counts them.
No recall campaign was matched to this year, make and model. That is not the same as a clean vehicle: recalls are issued against production ranges, and the only reliable check is your own VIN.
One complaint can name several systems, so these add up to more than 30.
By the year NHTSA received them, which is not the year the failures happened. They peaked in 2015 at 14.
This is the year the complaint was filed, not the year the failure happened. The range runs from 2015 to 2019.
NHTSA has not crash tested the 2013 Dodge Caravan. Its New Car Assessment Program tests a selection of each year's vehicles and does not reach motorcycles, heavy trucks, motorhomes or most low-volume models, so an absence here says nothing about how the vehicle would perform. It is not a low score.
What owners have reported about this vehicle is below, and it is a different question: a crash test measures what happens to the people inside in a controlled impact, while a complaint records what broke during ordinary use.
Quoted from NHTSA's complaint file. These are unverified accounts by the people who filed them, not findings of fault.
3 injured · crash · towed · 1 mile
THIS PAST FRIDAY THE 22ND I WAS INVOLVE IN A ACCIDENT, IT WAS A BIG IMPACT FRONT DRIVER FENDER ,NONE OF THE AIR BAG WORKS ,MY WIFE GOT HURT IN THE HEAD ,NECK AND LEFT HAND WE WAS LEAVING GAS STATION GETTING TO THE ROAND WHEN CAR STRUCK MI MINIVAN...
NHTSA complaint 11103666. Filed by an owner and not verified by NHTSA or by us.
fire · towed · 78,000 miles
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 DODGE CARAVAN. WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAYS SPEEDS OF 70 MPH, THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY SWERVED TO THE RIGHT AND THE CONTACT LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO REGAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE HOWEVER 4 MILES DOWN THE ROAD, THE VEHICLE OVERHEATED. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT A WEEK PRIOR TO THE FAILURE, THE THERMOSTAT WAS REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN CAUTIOUSLY TO A NEARBY ADVANCE AUTO PARTS WHERE ANTI-COOLANT WAS ADDED TO THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT THEN DROVE APPROXIMATELY 2 MORE MILES AND POWERED OFF AND PARKED THE VEHICLE. AFTER THE VEHICLE BEING OFF FOR APPROXIMATELY 8-9 HOURS, THE VEHICLE WAS STARTED AND DRIVEN WHERE IT BEGAN TO OVERHEAT
NHTSA complaint 11191583, quoted in part. Filed by an owner and not verified by NHTSA or by us.
890,000 miles
FOOT GAS PEDAL IS LOCKED IN ONE SPEED.AT ENGINE RPM OF 1200. RPM DROPS TO 500 WHEN STEPPED ON BRAKE PEDAL. I .HAD TO PULL OVER AND HAVE IT TOWED.. NO RESPONSE USING GAS PEDAL.
NHTSA complaint 11207977. Filed by an owner and not verified by NHTSA or by us.
48,000 miles
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 DODGE CARAVAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DRIVER'S SIDE SLIDING DOOR SEIZED AND REMAINED STUCK. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. WHEN THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO OPEN THE DOOR, "UNLOCK DOOR TO OPEN" APPEARED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED, BUT THE CONTACT PLANNED TO TAKE THE VEHICLE TO A DEALER THIS WEEK. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 48,000. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN.
NHTSA complaint 11192366. Filed by an owner and not verified by NHTSA or by us.
TAKATA RECALL I'M NOT SURE IF MY AIR BAGS HAVE BEEN MADE BY THIS MANUFACTURER BUT LAST WEEK THE PASSENGER AIR BAG LIGHT POPPED ON AND WE HAVE NOT BEEN IN ANY ACCIDENTS LATELY I'M WORRIED THAT THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANYTHING INTERESTING HE MAIL ABOUT A RECALL BUT I AM WORRIED THAT THIS MAY DEPLOY AT ANY MOMENT
NHTSA complaint 11189863. Filed by an owner and not verified by NHTSA or by us.
72,000 miles
THE FUEL RELAY FAILED AND THE ONLY WAY TO REPLACE IT IS TO REPLACE THE ENTIRE FUSE CIRCUIT BOARD ( TIPMS ) , AS IT IS SOLDERED INTO THE BOARD , SO INSTEAD OF COSTING $8 FOR A RELAY IT WILL COST $1500 TO $2000 ACCORDING TO DEALER QUOTES
NHTSA complaint 11180678. Filed by an owner and not verified by NHTSA or by us.
167,000 miles
VEHICLE ENGINE STOPS ABRUPTLY, RANDOMLY, AND UNEXPECTEDLY DURING DRIVING, SOMETIMES ON THE HIGHWAY WHILE IN MOTION ON AN ALMOST DAILY BASIS. THE COMPONENT THAT IS CAUSING THIS PROBLEM IS UNKNOWN AND HAS BEEN TROUBLESHOOTED BY CHRYSLER DODGE MECHANICS.THE PROBLEM IS VERY DANGEROUS AS THE DRIVER LOSES CONTROL OF STEERING, BRAKING, ACCELERATION, AND INSTRUMENT CLUSTER DURING EVERY OCCURRENCE OF THIS FAILURE.
NHTSA complaint 11161145. Filed by an owner and not verified by NHTSA or by us.
Complaints on file, same model year.
Every Dodge on this site — 105 vehicles.
If this is your car and a dealer keeps failing to fix it, your state's lemon law may require the manufacturer to replace it or buy it back. How many repair attempts it takes, and how long you have to file, is set by the state you bought in and by nothing on this page.
A complaint is one owner's account and has not been verified by NHTSA or by us. A vehicle with more complaints is not necessarily worse: models that sold in larger numbers collect more of them. How this is counted.
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