NHTSA Safety Recalls
2008 Dodge Grand Caravan Recalls
The 2008 Dodge Grand Caravan has 8 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on July 7, 2020.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2008 Dodge Grand Caravan. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 8
- Owner complaints
- 1,293
- Crashes reported
- 23
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
17 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2008 Dodge Grand Caravan, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
8 recalls on the 2008 Dodge Grand Caravan
Air bags: frontal: driver side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 20V396000
- Reported
- July 7, 2020
- Vehicles affected
- up to 925,239
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2009–2010 Grand Caravan, 1 other model
Air bags: frontal
- Campaign
- 16V047000
- Reported
- January 29, 2016
- Vehicles affected
- up to 110,482
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2009 Grand Caravan, 1 other model
Electrical system: ignition: switch
- Campaign
- 14V373000
- Reported
- June 26, 2014
- Vehicles affected
- up to 722,705
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2009–2010 Grand Caravan, 1 other model
Suspension: rear: axle: non-powered axle assembly
- Campaign
- 14V055000
- Reported
- February 11, 2014
- Vehicles affected
- up to 130
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2009–2010 Grand Caravan, 1 other model
Air bags: frontal
- Campaign
- 11V394000
- Reported
- August 3, 2011
- Vehicles affected
- up to 298,949
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
Equipment: appliance: air conditioner
- Campaign
- 10V611000
- Reported
- December 8, 2010
- Vehicles affected
- up to 299,635
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- only the 2008 Dodge Grand Caravan
Electrical system: wiring
- Campaign
- 10V235000
- Reported
- June 3, 2010
- Vehicles affected
- up to 284,655
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2009 Grand Caravan
Service brakes, hydraulic
- Campaign
- 09V351000
- Reported
- September 11, 2009
- Vehicles affected
- up to 82
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2009 Grand Caravan
2008 Dodge Grand Caravan complaints by year
NHTSA has received 1,293 owner complaints about the 2008 Dodge Grand Caravan, the newest on October 13, 2026. Of these, 23 describe a crash (2%) and 17 a fire; owners reported 20 injuries and 2 deaths.
In complaints about the 2008 Dodge Grand Caravan, the component group named most often is the electrical system (63%), followed by the air bags (23%) and the service brakes, hydraulic (10%).
2 of the 2008 Dodge Grand Caravan's 8 recalls also concern the electrical system.
Where 2008 Dodge Grand Caravan owners gave the mileage (829 complaints), the median was 70,185 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Electrical System815
- Air Bags294
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic133
- Engine117
- Service Brakes74
- Power Train68
Complaints received, by year
| 2008 | 24 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 46 | |
| 2010 | 110 | |
| 2011 | 88 | |
| 2012 | 78 | |
| 2013 | 48 | |
| 2014 | 133 | |
| 2015 | 497 | |
| 2016 | 162 | |
| 2017 | 36 | |
| 2018 | 20 | |
| 2019 | 19 | |
| 2020 | 10 | |
| 2021 | 9 | |
| 2022 | 3 | |
| 2023 | 2 | |
| 2024 | 2 | |
| 2025 | 3 | |
| 2026 | 3 |
Complaints about the 2008 Dodge Grand Caravan peaked in 2015, when NHTSA received 497. 21% 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 Grand Caravan drew 2.5× the complaints of the median Dodge Grand Caravan year in the same window: 2nd highest of the 20 ranked years.
That makes 2008 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 1,293 complaints about the 2008 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 2008 Dodge models
Newest record on this page: October 13, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted