NHTSA Safety Recalls
2012 Dodge Grand Caravan Recalls
The 2012 Dodge Grand Caravan has 6 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on December 17, 2025.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2012 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
- 584
- Crashes reported
- 7
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
14 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2012 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 2012 Dodge Grand Caravan
Equipment adaptive/mobility: wheelchair restraints/securement: latch/anchor:
- Campaign
- 25V876000
- Reported
- December 17, 2025
- Vehicles affected
- up to 86
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Same campaign
- also 2010–2011, 2013–2020 Grand Caravan, 11 other models
Air bags: frontal
- Campaign
- 17V376000
- Reported
- June 13, 2017
- Vehicles affected
- up to 209,135
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2011 Grand Caravan
Electrical system
- Campaign
- 14V234000
- Reported
- May 7, 2014
- Vehicles affected
- up to 644,757
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2010–2011, 2013–2014 Grand Caravan, 1 other model
Equipment
- Campaign
- 12V191000
- Reported
- May 2, 2012
- Vehicles affected
- up to 471
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
Suspension: rear
- Campaign
- 12V141000
- Reported
- April 3, 2012
- Vehicles affected
- up to 289
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
Engine and engine cooling
- Campaign
- 11V487000
- Reported
- September 29, 2011
- Vehicles affected
- up to 667
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 6 other models
2012 Dodge Grand Caravan complaints by year
NHTSA has received 584 owner complaints about the 2012 Dodge Grand Caravan, the newest on October 7, 2026. Of these, 7 describe a crash (1%) and 14 a fire; owners reported 14 injuries.
In complaints about the 2012 Dodge Grand Caravan, the component group named most often is the electrical system (58%), followed by the engine (20%) and the fuel/propulsion system (12%).
1 of the 2012 Dodge Grand Caravan's 6 recalls also concerns the electrical system.
Where 2012 Dodge Grand Caravan owners gave the mileage (374 complaints), the median was 92,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Electrical System337
- Engine119
- Fuel/Propulsion System68
- Unknown Or Other60
- Power Train48
- Service Brakes38
Complaints received, by year
| 2011 | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 4 | |
| 2013 | 11 | |
| 2014 | 41 | |
| 2015 | 144 | |
| 2016 | 40 | |
| 2017 | 48 | |
| 2018 | 38 | |
| 2019 | 81 | |
| 2020 | 72 | |
| 2021 | 43 | |
| 2022 | 26 | |
| 2023 | 14 | |
| 2024 | 10 | |
| 2025 | 8 | |
| 2026 | 3 |
Complaints about the 2012 Dodge Grand Caravan peaked in 2015, when NHTSA received 144. 34% arrived between 2011 and 2015, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2012 vehicles, the 2012 Dodge Grand Caravan drew 1.8× the complaints of the median Dodge Grand Caravan year in the same window: 4th highest of the 20 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★☆
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 584 complaints about the 2012 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 2012 Dodge models
Newest record on this page: October 7, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted