NHTSA Safety Recalls
2000 Dodge Caravan Recalls
The 2000 Dodge Caravan has 13 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on October 6, 2004.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2000 Dodge Caravan. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 13
- Owner complaints
- 470
- Crashes reported
- 65
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
5 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2000 Dodge Caravan, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
13 recalls on the 2000 Dodge Caravan
Air bags
- Campaign
- 04V480000
- Reported
- October 6, 2004
- Vehicles affected
- up to 955,344
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
Equipment: other: labels
- Campaign
- 03V505000
- Reported
- December 10, 2003
- Vehicles affected
- up to 35,692
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 120, tire and rim selection for vehicles other than cars
- Same campaign
- also 2 other models
Structure
- Campaign
- 03V094000
- Reported
- March 7, 2003
- Vehicles affected
- up to 3,674
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2001–2003 Caravan, 9 other models
Fuel system, gasoline: fuel injection system
- Campaign
- 00V268000
- Reported
- September 13, 2000
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,163,000
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
Equipment
- Campaign
- 03E045000
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2001–2004 Caravan, 2 other models
Fuel system, gasoline
- Campaign
- 03E053000
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2001–2004 Caravan, 3 other models
Service brakes, hydraulic
- Campaign
- 06E022000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2001–2005 Caravan, 10 other models
Exterior lighting: headlights
- Campaign
- 06E023000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 17 other models
Fuel system, gasoline: delivery: fuel pump
- Campaign
- 06E091000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
Visibility: glass, side/rear
- Campaign
- 07E104000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2004–2007 Caravan, 9 other models
Exterior lighting
- Campaign
- 09E012000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 57 other models
Exterior lighting: headlights
- Campaign
- 09E025000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 46 other models
Equipment
- Campaign
- 10E034000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2001–2007 Caravan, 2 other models
2000 Dodge Caravan complaints by year
NHTSA has received 470 owner complaints about the 2000 Dodge Caravan, the newest on April 8, 2024. Of these, 65 describe a crash (14%) and 5 a fire; owners reported 62 injuries and 4 deaths.
In complaints about the 2000 Dodge Caravan, the component group named most often is the power train (18%), followed by the air bags (15%) and the engine and engine cooling (13%).
1 of the 2000 Dodge Caravan's 13 recalls also concerns the air bags.
Where 2000 Dodge Caravan owners gave the mileage (222 complaints), the median was 75,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Power Train86
- Air Bags69
- Engine And Engine Cooling61
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic49
- Suspension43
- Steering41
Complaints received, by year
| 1999 | 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 26 | |
| 2001 | 41 | |
| 2002 | 64 | |
| 2003 | 74 | |
| 2004 | 70 | |
| 2005 | 32 | |
| 2006 | 31 | |
| 2007 | 13 | |
| 2008 | 23 | |
| 2009 | 16 | |
| 2010 | 19 | |
| 2011 | 15 | |
| 2012 | 13 | |
| 2013 | 6 | |
| 2014 | 4 | |
| 2015 | 7 | |
| 2016 | 4 | |
| 2017 | 3 | |
| 2018 | 3 | |
| 2019 | 1 | |
| 2020 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2000 Dodge Caravan peaked in 2003, when NHTSA received 74. 44% arrived between 1999 and 2003, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2000 vehicles, the 2000 Dodge Caravan drew 2.2× the complaints of the median Dodge Caravan year in the same window: 2nd highest of the 15 ranked years.
That makes 2000 one of the Dodge Caravan years to avoid by our method.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 5/5
The 470 complaints about the 2000 Dodge Caravan are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Dodge Caravan by model year
Other 2000 Dodge models
Newest record on this page: April 8, 2024. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted