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1988 Dodge Grand Caravan Owner Complaints

Reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers, shown in full

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Complaints on fileComplaints are reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a complaint does not establish that a defect exists. Volume is influenced by how many of a vehicle were sold, how long it has been on the road, and how much attention an issue has received.
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Latest Oct 27, 2006
Crash or fire reportedComplaints whose submitter recorded that a crash or a fire occurred. These are the reporter's own answers on the NHTSA form, not verified findings.
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Filed in the last 12 monthsReports filed with NHTSA in the trailing 365 days. Recent volume reflects attention and vehicle age as much as anything else.
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Reports on file since Aug 30, 1996

What this page shows

Our database holds 10 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1988 Dodge Grand Caravan. Each one is a report filed by an owner or driver and published by NHTSA without most of them being verified. A complaint is not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. Narratives are shown exactly as filed.

Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.

Complaints, most recent first

Showing 1–10 of 10

Engine
Filed Oct 27, 2006

WHILE DRIVING IN LIGHT RAIN, MY SERPENTINE BELT CAME OFF AGAIN. THIS BELT CONTROLS THE POWER STEERING, ETC. IT ALMOST CAUSED A SEVERE WRECK. THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH DODGE GRAND CARAVANS OF THE LATE 90'S AND EARLY 2000'S. IT IS VERY UNSAFE. WE HAVE HAD THE TENSIONER REPLACED, INSTALLED A SNOW SHIELD, ETC. TO TRY TO FIX THIS PROBLEM, ALL TO NO AVAIL. THE BELT HAS COME OFF 4 TIMES IN THE PAST YEAR, EVEN IN VERY LIGHT RAIN AND VERY SHALLOW PUDDLES. *NM

NHTSA ID
10172008
Incident
Oct 27, 2006
Mileage
126,000 mi
Seat belts
Filed Nov 11, 2001
1 injury reported

WHILE REAR ENDING A VEHICLE THE SEAT BELT RETRACTOR DID NOT CATCH CAUSING CONSUMER TO SUSTAIN INJURIES TO THE HEAD, NECK AND RIGHT KNEE. *JG

NHTSA ID
785783
Incident
Nov 6, 2001
Interior & seats
Filed Nov 13, 2000

THE DOOR LOCKS ON THE VEHICLE DO NOT WORK, CONSUMER CAN NOT GET THE LEFT FRONT DOOR TO LATCH, THE SLIDING DOOR AND PASSENGER FRONT DOOR HANDLES WILL OPEN FROM THE OUTSIDE BUT NOT FROM THE INSIDE. *SLC

NHTSA ID
557299
Fuel system
Filed Mar 5, 1999

THE BAKERSFIELD DODGE DEALER WAS CONTACTED BUT THEY DO NOT PROVIDE ANY REPAIR TO ANY VEHICLE THAT IS MADE BEFORE 1990

NHTSA ID
704092
Incident
Mar 5, 1999
Body & structure
Filed Feb 3, 1998

DRIVERS SIDE RUBBER DOOR SEALS DETERIORATED.

NHTSA ID
607834
EngineTransmission
Filed Nov 25, 1997

TRANSMISSION FAILED. NLM

NHTSA ID
605627
Interior & seats
Filed Jul 9, 1997

95I- 001000; OWNER HAS TAKEN TO DEALER 3 TIMES WITH NO PERMANENT SOLUTION. *AK

NHTSA ID
813977
Brakes
Filed Feb 28, 1997

BOTH FRONT ROTORS BROKE DURING HEAVY BRAKING. *AK

NHTSA ID
809500
Transmission
Filed Feb 7, 1997

TRANSMISSION MOUNT BROKE.

NHTSA ID
546643
Incident
Oct 1, 1996
Brakes
Filed Aug 30, 1996

BRAKE CALIPERS REPLACED TWICE DUE TO SMOKE.

NHTSA ID
508158
Incident
Aug 4, 1996

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.

Data sources

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