NHTSA Safety Recalls
2005 Dodge Grand Caravan Recalls
The 2005 Dodge Grand Caravan has 6 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on June 15, 2010.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2005 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
- 995
- Crashes reported
- 28
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
7 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2005 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 2005 Dodge Grand Caravan
Equipment adaptive/mobility
- Campaign
- 10V271000
- Reported
- June 15, 2010
- Vehicles affected
- up to 13
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Same campaign
- also 3 other models
Seats
- Campaign
- 10V261000
- Reported
- June 14, 2010
- Vehicles affected
- up to 2
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Same campaign
- also 2007 Grand Caravan
Air bags: frontal: sensor/control module-inactive
- Campaign
- 10V008000
- Reported
- January 11, 2010
- Vehicles affected
- up to 308,950
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2006 Grand Caravan, 1 other model
Visibility: windshield wiper/washer: motor
- Campaign
- 06V067000
- Reported
- March 8, 2006
- Vehicles affected
- up to 268,800
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2006 Grand Caravan, 2 other models
Seat belts: front: retractor
- Campaign
- 04V047000
- Reported
- February 3, 2004
- Vehicles affected
- up to 3,200
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
Visibility: glass, side/rear
- Campaign
- 07E104000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2000, 2004, 2006–2007 Grand Caravan, 9 other models
2005 Dodge Grand Caravan complaints by year
NHTSA has received 995 owner complaints about the 2005 Dodge Grand Caravan, the newest on April 30, 2024. Of these, 28 describe a crash (3%) and 7 a fire; owners reported 44 injuries.
In complaints about the 2005 Dodge Grand Caravan, the component group named most often is the latches/locks/linkages (34%), followed by the electrical system (26%) and the exterior lighting (15%).
None of the 2005 Dodge Grand Caravan's 6 recalls concerns the latches/locks/linkages.
Where 2005 Dodge Grand Caravan owners gave the mileage (853 complaints), the median was 65,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Latches/Locks/Linkages338
- Electrical System259
- Exterior Lighting150
- Air Bags103
- Steering76
- Structure70
Complaints received, by year
| 2004 | 6 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 29 | |
| 2006 | 57 | |
| 2007 | 76 | |
| 2008 | 141 | |
| 2009 | 109 | |
| 2010 | 173 | |
| 2011 | 122 | |
| 2012 | 69 | |
| 2013 | 62 | |
| 2014 | 61 | |
| 2015 | 39 | |
| 2016 | 17 | |
| 2017 | 10 | |
| 2018 | 9 | |
| 2019 | 5 | |
| 2020 | 3 | |
| 2021 | 2 | |
| 2022 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 3 | |
| 2024 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2005 Dodge Grand Caravan peaked in 2010, when NHTSA received 173. 31% arrived between 2004 and 2008, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2005 vehicles, the 2005 Dodge Grand Caravan drew 3.1× the complaints of the median Dodge Grand Caravan year in the same window: 1st highest of the 20 ranked years.
That makes 2005 one of the Dodge Grand Caravan years to avoid by our method.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
The 995 complaints about the 2005 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 2005 Dodge models
Newest record on this page: April 30, 2024. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted