NHTSA Safety Recalls
2016 Dodge Grand Caravan Recalls
The 2016 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 2016 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
- 1,002
- Crashes reported
- 14
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
7 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2016 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 2016 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 2010–2015, 2017–2020 Grand Caravan, 11 other models
Fuel system, gasoline: storage: tank assembly
- Campaign
- 20V278000
- Reported
- May 15, 2020
- Vehicles affected
- up to 122
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 301, fuel system integrity
- Same campaign
- also 2017–2019 Grand Caravan
Equipment
- Campaign
- 17V824000
- Reported
- December 21, 2017
- Vehicles affected
- up to 61,791
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2014–2015 Grand Caravan, 18 other models
Power train: automatic transmission
- Campaign
- 16V461000
- Reported
- June 24, 2016
- Vehicles affected
- up to 26,298
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2015 Grand Caravan, 3 other models
Seats: mid/rear assembly
- Campaign
- 16V300000
- Reported
- May 16, 2016
- Vehicles affected
- up to 99
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
Latches/locks/linkages: hood: latch
- Campaign
- 15V595000
- Reported
- September 24, 2015
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,625
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
2016 Dodge Grand Caravan complaints by year
NHTSA has received 1,002 owner complaints about the 2016 Dodge Grand Caravan, the newest on September 30, 2026. Of these, 14 describe a crash (1%) and 7 a fire; owners reported 13 injuries.
In complaints about the 2016 Dodge Grand Caravan, the component group named most often is the electrical system (31%), followed by the structure (23%) and the power train (22%).
1 of the 2016 Dodge Grand Caravan's 6 recalls also concerns the power train.
Where 2016 Dodge Grand Caravan owners gave the mileage (602 complaints), the median was 65,965 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Electrical System314
- Unknown Or Other240
- Structure228
- Power Train221
- Engine83
- Fuel/Propulsion System26
Complaints received, by year
| 2016 | 13 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 17 | |
| 2018 | 40 | |
| 2019 | 245 | |
| 2020 | 236 | |
| 2021 | 167 | |
| 2022 | 90 | |
| 2023 | 79 | |
| 2024 | 49 | |
| 2025 | 45 | |
| 2026 | 21 |
Complaints about the 2016 Dodge Grand Caravan peaked in 2019, when NHTSA received 245. 31% arrived between 2015 and 2019, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2016 vehicles, the 2016 Dodge Grand Caravan drew 2.5× the complaints of the median Dodge Grand Caravan year in the same window: 3rd highest of the 20 ranked years.
That makes 2016 one of the Dodge Grand Caravan years to avoid by our method.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★☆
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 1,002 complaints about the 2016 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 2016 Dodge models
Newest record on this page: September 30, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted