NHTSA Safety Recalls
2006 Dodge Grand Caravan Recalls
The 2006 Dodge Grand Caravan has 4 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on July 27, 2010.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2006 Dodge Grand Caravan. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 4
- Owner complaints
- 284
- Crashes reported
- 12
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
3 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2006 Dodge Grand Caravan, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
4 recalls on the 2006 Dodge Grand Caravan
Seats
- Campaign
- 10V338000
- Reported
- July 27, 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 2005 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 2005 Grand Caravan, 2 other models
Visibility: glass, side/rear
- Campaign
- 07E104000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2000, 2004–2005, 2007 Grand Caravan, 9 other models
2006 Dodge Grand Caravan complaints by year
NHTSA has received 284 owner complaints about the 2006 Dodge Grand Caravan, the newest on November 28, 2025. Of these, 12 describe a crash (4%) and 3 a fire; owners reported 21 injuries.
In complaints about the 2006 Dodge Grand Caravan, the component group named most often is the steering (21%), followed by the air bags (19%) and the electrical system (13%).
1 of the 2006 Dodge Grand Caravan's 4 recalls also concerns the air bags.
Where 2006 Dodge Grand Caravan owners gave the mileage (255 complaints), the median was 60,043 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Steering61
- Air Bags54
- Electrical System38
- Structure36
- Exterior Lighting28
- Fuel/Propulsion System28
Complaints received, by year
| 2006 | 7 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 14 | |
| 2008 | 22 | |
| 2009 | 31 | |
| 2010 | 45 | |
| 2011 | 37 | |
| 2012 | 15 | |
| 2013 | 11 | |
| 2014 | 35 | |
| 2015 | 25 | |
| 2016 | 9 | |
| 2017 | 6 | |
| 2018 | 13 | |
| 2019 | 8 | |
| 2020 | 1 | |
| 2021 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 1 | |
| 2025 | 2 |
Complaints about the 2006 Dodge Grand Caravan peaked in 2010, when NHTSA received 45. 26% arrived between 2005 and 2009, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2006 vehicles, the 2006 Dodge Grand Caravan drew 0.7× the complaints of the median Dodge Grand Caravan year in the same window: 16th highest of the 20 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
The 284 complaints about the 2006 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 2006 Dodge models
Newest record on this page: November 28, 2025. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted