NHTSA Safety Recalls
2009 Dodge Grand Caravan Recalls
The 2009 Dodge Grand Caravan has 7 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on July 7, 2020.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2009 Dodge Grand Caravan. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 7
- Owner complaints
- 544
- Crashes reported
- 11
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
6 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2009 Dodge Grand Caravan, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
7 recalls on the 2009 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 2008, 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 2008 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 2008, 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 2008, 2010 Grand Caravan, 1 other model
Electrical system: wiring
- Campaign
- 10V235000
- Reported
- June 3, 2010
- Vehicles affected
- up to 284,655
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2008 Grand Caravan
Service brakes, hydraulic
- Campaign
- 09V351000
- Reported
- September 11, 2009
- Vehicles affected
- up to 82
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2008 Grand Caravan
Electrical system: wiring: fuses and circuit breakers
- Campaign
- 09V046000
- Reported
- February 5, 2009
- Vehicles affected
- up to 6,138
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- only the 2009 Dodge Grand Caravan
2009 Dodge Grand Caravan complaints by year
NHTSA has received 544 owner complaints about the 2009 Dodge Grand Caravan, the newest on September 28, 2026. Of these, 11 describe a crash (2%) and 6 a fire; owners reported 8 injuries.
In complaints about the 2009 Dodge Grand Caravan, the component group named most often is the electrical system (61%), followed by the air bags (25%) and the engine (8%).
3 of the 2009 Dodge Grand Caravan's 7 recalls also concern the electrical system.
Where 2009 Dodge Grand Caravan owners gave the mileage (330 complaints), the median was 75,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Electrical System334
- Air Bags137
- Engine42
- Tires36
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic33
- Service Brakes31
Complaints received, by year
| 2009 | 8 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 13 | |
| 2011 | 42 | |
| 2012 | 21 | |
| 2013 | 26 | |
| 2014 | 64 | |
| 2015 | 218 | |
| 2016 | 82 | |
| 2017 | 9 | |
| 2018 | 15 | |
| 2019 | 15 | |
| 2020 | 13 | |
| 2021 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 8 | |
| 2023 | 4 | |
| 2024 | 2 | |
| 2025 | 1 | |
| 2026 | 2 |
Complaints about the 2009 Dodge Grand Caravan peaked in 2015, when NHTSA received 218. 15% arrived between 2008 and 2012, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2009 vehicles, the 2009 Dodge Grand Caravan drew 1.2× the complaints of the median Dodge Grand Caravan year in the same window: 7th highest of the 20 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
The 544 complaints about the 2009 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 2009 Dodge models
Newest record on this page: September 28, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted