Owner-reported complaints naming the body or structure system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming the vehicle structure, frame, body panels, doors, hood and trim. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 2006 Dodge Caravan submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 8 reports on file name it.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed
THE SLIDING DOOR LATCH MALFUNCTION WHERE DOOR COMES OPEN WHILE DRIVING THE AUTO LOCK ALSO MALFUNCTIONING. I'M A MASTER MECHANIC AND THIS ISN'T THE FIRST TIME I HEARD OF THIS PROBLEM ON THESE VEHICLES. MOPAR NEEDS TO HAVE THESE VEHICLES RECALLED BEFORE SOMEONE GETS HURT OR THEIR PET FALLS OUT.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 DODGE CARAVAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, A CORRODED PIECE FELL FROM THE UNDER CARRIAGE AND PUNCTURED THE REAR DRIVER'S SIDE WHEEL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THE FAILURE AS A CORRODED UNDERCARRIAGE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 61,000.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 DODGE CARAVAN. THE CONTACT STATED HE TOOK THE VEHICLE FOR ROUTINE SERVICE WHEN HE WAS ADVISED THAT THE FRAME RAIL WOULD NEED REPLACING BECAUSE IT WAS RUSTED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND STATED THAT THEY WOULD COVER HALF OF THE REPAIR COSTS. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 45,000.
WATER LEAKING ONTO THE PASSENGER FLOOR BOARD AND CARPET OF OUR 2006 DODGE CARAVAN AND IN RESEARCHING REGARDING OUR SITUATION, I FOUND THAT OTHER YEAR MODELS THAT WERE BUILT HAD AN IMPROPERLY INSTALLED PART IN THE HEATING AND COOLING SYSTEM CAUSING THIS MATTER THAT IS APPARENTLY A MANUFACTURER ISSUE AND OTHER YEAR MINIVANS HAD BEEN RECALLED BECAUSE OF THE RISK THAT A WATER LEAK IN THE AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM COULD TRIGGER THE AIRBAGS, RISKING INJURY TO PASSENGERS. I JUST WANT THE VEHICLE FIXED PROPERLY AS WE HAD NOTICED A POTENTIAL ISSUE TWO YEARS AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED, BUT AT THE TIME IT WASN'T LEAKING BAD, WELL IT HAS GOTTEN WORSE, SATURATING THE PASSENGER FLOOR, WHEN THE A/C IS ON AND IN FL WE UTILIZE THE AIR QUITE A BIT. PLEASE LET US KNOW WHERE WE STAND, AS DODGE CORPORATION IS SAYING THERE'S NO RECALL ON OUR 2006 MODEL, BUT THE PROBLEM IS THE SAME AS WHAT OTHERS HAVE BEEN REPORTING. *TR
I HAVE A 2006 DODGE CARAVAN SLX ABOUT A MONTH AFTER I BOUGHT IT THE SLIDING DOOR ON THE DRIVERS SIDE STOPPED WORKING I TOOK IT IN AND THEY FIXED IT RIGHT AWAY. IN JUNE 2010 MY VAN DOOR THE SAME ONE THAT WAS BROKE FROM BEFORE CAME OPEN WHEN I WAS DRIVING THEN IT HAPPENED AGAIN A FEW DAYS LATER. I REPORTED THIS TO DODGE AND CHRYSLER CORP. AND THEY ARE REFUSING TO FIX THIS PROBLEM BECAUSE NO ONE ELSE HAS HAD THIS PROBLEM WITH THERE VAN AND REPORTED IT. I AM WORRIED THAT ONE OF MY FOUR CHILDREN ARE GOING TO FALL OUT THE DOOR AND GET HURT OR EVEN KILLED BECAUSE OF THIS PROBLEM I WOULD LIKE TO SEE DODGE FIX MY VAN BECAUSE IT ISN'T MY FAULT THE DOOR IS BROKE AND IT IS A SAFETY PROBLEM. *TR
POWER SLIDING DOOR FAILURE ON 2006 DODGE CARAVAN. AFTER REGULAR USE OF THE POWER SLIDING DOOR FEATURE IT NO LONGER FUNCTIONS CORRECTLY. IT STOPS AFTER OPENING 6-8 INCHES AND DOES THE SAME WHEN CLOSING. THIS HAPPENS EVERY TIME THE DOOR IS OPERATED AND IS A CONCERN TO ME SINCE I HAVE SMALL CHILDREN THAT COULD BECOME STUCK BETWEEN THE DOOR. THE PART THAT HAS MOST LIKELY FAILED IS THE WIRE HARNESS ASSEMBLY WITH BREAKS IN THE WIRES. I BELIEVE THIS REPAIR WOULD COST AROUND 300 DOLLARS. *TR
I HAD PURCHASED A 2006 DODGE SXT CARAVAN,THE END OF SEPT, 2006. IN FEB DURING THE SNOW AND ICE I HAD NOTICE A CRACK IN THE COWL. THE ICE HAD FROZEN UNDERNEATH AND COMPLETELY DAMADED THE COWL. THE DEALER FAILED TO GET BACK TO ME, AFTER A MONTH I CALLED THEY JUST STATED THEY REFUSE TO REPLACE THIS SAYING "IT WAS DAMAGED DUE TO EXTERNAL FORCE" THOUGH THERE WAS NO EXTERNAL FORCE? THIS IS CHEAP THIN FLEXIBLE PLASTIC THAT SHOULD HAVE NOT CRACKED COMPLETELY ACROSS THIS COWL, NOW. PLEASE HELP. ANY WATER ENTERING ON THE WINDSHIELD DOES NOT HOLD FROM THE LOOSE MOLDING AND BROKEN COWL AROUND THE FRONT WINDSHIELD, THIS IS CONTINUING TO GET WORSE. I ALSO HAVE A CRACK IN THE SLIDING GLASS WINDOW LEFT SIDE DOOR. *TR
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE INSIDE PANELS OF BOTH FRONT DOORS RUBBED AGAINST THE OCCUPANTS LEG AND CAUSED SWELLING. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT CONTACTED.
Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.
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