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NHTSA Safety Recalls

2004 Dodge Grand Caravan Recalls

The 2004 Dodge Grand Caravan has 3 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on August 5, 2004.

A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2004 Dodge Grand Caravan. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.

Recalls
3

NHTSA campaigns

Owner complaints
116

filed with NHTSA

Crashes reported
4

1 fires

NHTSA crash test
★★★★☆

frontal crash, no overall star before 2011

On a 2004 Dodge Grand Caravan, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.

3 recalls on the 2004 Dodge Grand Caravan

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 2002–2003 Grand Caravan, 2 other models

04V386000: the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words →

Fuel system, gasoline

Campaign
03E053000
Risk NHTSA names
fire
Same campaign
also 2000–2003 Grand Caravan, 3 other models

03E053000: the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words →

Visibility: glass, side/rear

Campaign
07E104000
Risk NHTSA names
crash and injury
Same campaign
also 2000, 2005–2007 Grand Caravan, 9 other models

07E104000: the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words →

2004 Dodge Grand Caravan complaints by year

NHTSA has received 116 owner complaints about the 2004 Dodge Grand Caravan, the newest on November 22, 2021. Of these, 4 describe a crash (3%) and 1 a fire; owners reported 2 injuries.

In complaints about the 2004 Dodge Grand Caravan, the component group named most often is the fuel/propulsion system (22%), followed by the engine and engine cooling (12%) and the service brakes, hydraulic (12%).

None of the 2004 Dodge Grand Caravan's 3 recalls concerns the fuel/propulsion system.

Where 2004 Dodge Grand Caravan owners gave the mileage (93 complaints), the median was 83,000 miles.

Component groups named in complaints

  • Fuel/Propulsion System25
  • Engine And Engine Cooling14
  • Service Brakes, Hydraulic14
  • Electrical System13
  • Steering13
  • Fuel System, Gasoline11

Complaints received, by year

Complaints about the 2004 Dodge Grand Caravan received by NHTSA, by calendar year
20031
200410
200513
20066
200710
20089
20097
20109
20116
20129
20137
201413
20158
20164
20191
20201
20212

Complaints about the 2004 Dodge Grand Caravan peaked in 2005, when NHTSA received 13. 34% arrived between 2003 and 2007, the model year's first years on the road.

Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2004 vehicles, the 2004 Dodge Grand Caravan drew 0.3× the complaints of the median Dodge Grand Caravan year in the same window: 20th highest of the 20 ranked years.

That makes 2004 one of the three best-measured Dodge Grand Caravan years.

Dodge Grand Caravan years to avoid →

NHTSA crash-test stars

  • Overall: none before 2011
  • Frontal: 4/5
  • Side: 5/5

The 116 complaints about the 2004 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 2004 Dodge models

Newest record on this page: November 22, 2021. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted