The Caravan ranks 14th in reliability out of 30 Dodge models. Its overall PainRank™ of 17.16 is based on relative complaint analysis from 1024 owner complaints sent to CarComplaints.com over 17 model years.
The Caravan has 4 generations and we'd recommend avoiding the 4th generation which runs from 2001–2007.
We've pulled together a list of the most widespread problems that Caravan owners have to deal with.
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Sometimes it helps just to tally up the complaints and see where the biggest stacks are. Use this information to learn about troublespots or to run for the hills.
Generations are groups of model years where few, if any, changes were made to the vehicle which means their model years tend to break in similar ways. The Caravan has 4 generations available in North American markets.
Running tally of owner grievances filed to CarComplaints.com.
Documenting the process of troubleshooting common problems.
Time-sensitive, free repairs for widespread safety problems.