NHTSA Safety Recalls
2001 Dodge Grand Caravan Recalls
The 2001 Dodge Grand Caravan has 5 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on November 2, 2004.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2001 Dodge Grand Caravan. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 5
- Owner complaints
- 298
- Crashes reported
- 9
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
1 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2001 Dodge Grand Caravan, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
5 recalls on the 2001 Dodge Grand Caravan
Equipment: electrical: radio/tape deck/cd etc.
- Campaign
- 04V531000
- Reported
- November 2, 2004
- Vehicles affected
- up to 238,000
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2002 Grand Caravan, 3 other models
Structure
- Campaign
- 03V094000
- Reported
- March 7, 2003
- Vehicles affected
- up to 3,674
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2000, 2002–2003 Grand Caravan, 9 other models
Suspension: front: control arm: lower arm
- Campaign
- 01V152000
- Reported
- May 8, 2001
- Vehicles affected
- up to 41,587
- Same campaign
- also 3 other models
Latches/locks/linkages: doors: latch
- Campaign
- 01I003000
- Same campaign
- also 3 other models
Fuel system, gasoline
- Campaign
- 03E053000
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2000, 2002–2004 Grand Caravan, 3 other models
2001 Dodge Grand Caravan complaints by year
NHTSA has received 298 owner complaints about the 2001 Dodge Grand Caravan, the newest on May 9, 2017. Of these, 9 describe a crash (3%) and 1 a fire; owners reported 10 injuries.
In complaints about the 2001 Dodge Grand Caravan, the component group named most often is the air bags (16%), followed by the exterior lighting (16%) and the electrical system (12%).
None of the 2001 Dodge Grand Caravan's 5 recalls concerns the air bags.
Where 2001 Dodge Grand Caravan owners gave the mileage (200 complaints), the median was 62,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Air Bags48
- Exterior Lighting48
- Electrical System37
- Power Train29
- Visibility29
- Steering25
Complaints received, by year
| 2000 | 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 21 | |
| 2002 | 21 | |
| 2003 | 40 | |
| 2004 | 53 | |
| 2005 | 35 | |
| 2006 | 35 | |
| 2007 | 18 | |
| 2008 | 21 | |
| 2009 | 21 | |
| 2010 | 7 | |
| 2011 | 5 | |
| 2012 | 3 | |
| 2013 | 5 | |
| 2014 | 4 | |
| 2015 | 4 | |
| 2016 | 2 | |
| 2017 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2001 Dodge Grand Caravan peaked in 2004, when NHTSA received 53. 46% arrived between 2000 and 2004, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2001 vehicles, the 2001 Dodge Grand Caravan drew 0.9× the complaints of the median Dodge Grand Caravan year in the same window: 13th highest of the 20 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 5/5
The 298 complaints about the 2001 Dodge Grand Caravan are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Dodge Grand Caravan by model year
Other 2001 Dodge models
Newest record on this page: May 9, 2017. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted