NHTSA Safety Recalls
2008 Dodge Caravan Recalls
The 2008 Dodge Caravan has 2 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on April 23, 2010.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2008 Dodge Caravan. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 2
- Owner complaints
- 302
- Crashes reported
- 8
- NHTSA crash test
- Not rated
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
6 fires
On a 2008 Dodge Caravan, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
2 recalls on the 2008 Dodge Caravan
Suspension: rear
- Campaign
- 10V164000
- Reported
- April 23, 2010
- Vehicles affected
- up to 834
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2009 Caravan
Fuel system, gasoline: storage: tank assembly: filler pipe and cap
- Campaign
- 10V148000
- Reported
- April 13, 2010
- Vehicles affected
- up to 843
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2009 Caravan
2008 Dodge Caravan complaints by year
NHTSA has received 302 owner complaints about the 2008 Dodge Caravan, the newest on June 29, 2023. Of these, 8 describe a crash (3%) and 6 a fire; owners reported 10 injuries.
In complaints about the 2008 Dodge Caravan, the component group named most often is the electrical system (54%), followed by the air bags (14%) and the service brakes, hydraulic (14%).
None of the 2008 Dodge Caravan's 2 recalls concerns the electrical system.
Where 2008 Dodge Caravan owners gave the mileage (222 complaints), the median was 65,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Electrical System162
- Air Bags42
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic41
- Engine24
- Service Brakes16
- Visibility/Wiper16
Complaints received, by year
| 2007 | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 5 | |
| 2009 | 18 | |
| 2010 | 28 | |
| 2011 | 31 | |
| 2012 | 23 | |
| 2013 | 9 | |
| 2014 | 54 | |
| 2015 | 85 | |
| 2016 | 20 | |
| 2017 | 9 | |
| 2018 | 5 | |
| 2019 | 4 | |
| 2020 | 5 | |
| 2021 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 2 | |
| 2023 | 2 |
Complaints about the 2008 Dodge Caravan peaked in 2015, when NHTSA received 85. 27% arrived between 2007 and 2011, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2008 vehicles, the 2008 Dodge Caravan drew 1.4× the complaints of the median Dodge Caravan year in the same window: 6th highest of the 15 ranked years.
The 302 complaints about the 2008 Dodge Caravan are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Dodge Caravan by model year
Other 2008 Dodge models
Newest record on this page: June 29, 2023. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted