2011 Dodge Caravan

No clear pattern

0% of complaints about the 2011 Dodge Caravan arrived in its first year of service. That is an unusual figure for a 2011 vehicle, but with only 112 complaints on record the sample is too small to call it a pattern — the margin of error covers the range where ordinary vehicles sit. The figures below are reported without a verdict. The most-reported system is electrical system (54 complaints), typically at 4.5 yr or about 64,000 miles.

Complaints: 112
Median age at failure: 4.8 yr
Median mileage: 65,000 n=75
Crash / fire / tow: 6.2% of reports
Safety recalls: 0

In owners’ own words

Electrical system 10,000 mi 2.0 yr in service

STARTING JUST AFTER A YEAR OF HAVING THIS VAN IT WOULD RANDOMLY NOT START. THIS HAS HAPPENED EASILY 50 TIMES. SOMETIMES AFTER 10 MINUTES IT STARTS AND THEN 2 TIMES IT HAS HAD TO BE TOWED. HAVE BROUGHT IT IN TO THE DODGE DEALER WE PURCHASED IT FROM APPROXIMATELY 5 TIMES. BESIDES BEING TOLD THAT THEY WERE FINDING NOTHING WRONG, WE WERE ALSO TOLD IT WAS THE BATTERY. THAT WAS REPLACED AND THE PROBLEM STILL CONTINUED. WE HAVE A 2011 DODGE CARAVAN. *TR

Electrical system mileage not reported 3.8 yr in service

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATIONS FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V234000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM) AND 11V315000 (STEERING). THE CONTACT BELIEVED THAT THE RECALLS HAD EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR REPAIR. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE PARTS WERE UNAVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER HAD NOT BEEN MADE AWARE OF THE DELAY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED THE FAILURE.

Electrical system 65,000 mi 3.9 yr in service

ONLY HAD VAN LESS THAN 2 YEARS WENT TO STORE CAME HOME TURNED VAN OFF BUT THEN DECIDED TO GO OUT AGAIN TRIED TO START VAN WOULD NOT START TRIED 4 TIME THEN IT STARTED . WENT TO DMV WHEN I CAME OUT VAN WOULD NOT START CALLED AAA TOW CAME AND TRIED TO START AFTER 4 TRIES VAN STARTED , WILL BE TAKING IT TO DEALER THIS WEEK WONDER WHAT THEY HAVE TO SAY ABOUT THIS. I'M STILL PAYING A CAR NOTE ON IT. *TR

Other Caravan model years

How to read this

This is what owners reported, not a reliability rating. People file with NHTSA about alarming failures, not routine ones, and complaint volume tracks how many cars were sold.
Failure ages come from the incident date on each complaint, populated on about 83% of records. Mileage is shown where reported — NHTSA’s 2021 system change cut mileage capture to roughly 15%, so it thins out sharply after MY2020.
Every rank compares this vehicle only against others of the same model year. A 2025 car has not had time to accumulate five-year failures, so comparing early-failure share across years is meaningless.
Fourteen make-months distorted by media storms and mass recalls — Toyota in February 2010 ran 11× normal volume across 33 models — are excluded.
Recalls are manufacturer actions and authoritative; complaints are not. A recall listed here may already have been performed on any individual car. Check a specific VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls.

2011 Dodge Caravan

When each system is reported — middle 50% of complaints

In owners’ own words

Other Caravan model years

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