NHTSA Safety Recalls
2002 Dodge Grand Caravan Recalls
The 2002 Dodge Grand Caravan has 6 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on November 2, 2004.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2002 Dodge Grand Caravan. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 6
- Owner complaints
- 290
- Crashes reported
- 12
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
14 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2002 Dodge Grand Caravan, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
6 recalls on the 2002 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 2001 Grand Caravan, 3 other models
Steering: hydraulic power assist: hose, piping, and connections
- Campaign
- 04V386000
- Reported
- August 5, 2004
- Vehicles affected
- up to 681,000
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2003–2004 Grand Caravan, 2 other models
Structure
- Campaign
- 03V094000
- Reported
- March 7, 2003
- Vehicles affected
- up to 3,674
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2001, 2003 Grand Caravan, 9 other models
Fuel system, gasoline: storage: tank assembly
- Campaign
- 02V274000
- Reported
- October 8, 2002
- Vehicles affected
- up to 116,029
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- only the 2002 Dodge Grand Caravan
Child seat
- Campaign
- 01V310000
- Reported
- October 4, 2001
- Vehicles affected
- up to 52,649
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 225, child restraint anchorages
- Same campaign
- also 2 other models
Fuel system, gasoline
- Campaign
- 03E053000
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2001, 2003–2004 Grand Caravan, 3 other models
2002 Dodge Grand Caravan complaints by year
NHTSA has received 290 owner complaints about the 2002 Dodge Grand Caravan, the newest on April 10, 2026. Of these, 12 describe a crash (4%) and 14 a fire; owners reported 18 injuries and 2 deaths.
In complaints about the 2002 Dodge Grand Caravan, the component group named most often is the air bags (20%), followed by the steering (18%) and the power train (14%).
1 of the 2002 Dodge Grand Caravan's 6 recalls also concerns the steering.
Where 2002 Dodge Grand Caravan owners gave the mileage (195 complaints), the median was 48,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Air Bags59
- Steering53
- Power Train42
- Electrical System38
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic32
- Exterior Lighting21
Complaints received, by year
| 2001 | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 20 | |
| 2003 | 52 | |
| 2004 | 57 | |
| 2005 | 32 | |
| 2006 | 24 | |
| 2007 | 23 | |
| 2008 | 23 | |
| 2009 | 7 | |
| 2010 | 12 | |
| 2011 | 6 | |
| 2012 | 8 | |
| 2014 | 4 | |
| 2015 | 6 | |
| 2016 | 1 | |
| 2017 | 5 | |
| 2018 | 2 | |
| 2019 | 3 | |
| 2022 | 2 | |
| 2023 | 1 | |
| 2026 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2002 Dodge Grand Caravan peaked in 2004, when NHTSA received 57. 56% arrived between 2001 and 2005, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2002 vehicles, the 2002 Dodge Grand Caravan drew 1.1× the complaints of the median Dodge Grand Caravan year in the same window: 9th highest of the 20 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 5/5
The 290 complaints about the 2002 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 2002 Dodge models
Newest record on this page: April 10, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted