Dodge Caravan
Registered from 2002 to 2004.
About this model
The Dodge Caravan is a series of minivans manufactured by Chrysler from the 1984 through 2020 model years. The Dodge version of the Chrysler minivans was marketed as both a passenger van and a cargo van. For 1987, the model line was joined by the long-wheelbase Dodge Grand Caravan. Produced in five generations across 36 model years, the Dodge Caravan is the second longest-lived Dodge nameplate. Initially marketed as the Dodge counterpart of the Plymouth Voyager, the Caravan was later slotted between the Voyager and the Chrysler Town & Country. Following the demise of Plymouth, the model line became the lowest-price Chrysler minivan, ultimately slotted below the Chrysler Pacifica.
From the Wikipedia article Dodge Caravan, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Crash test
| Stability control | No |
| Forward collision warning | No |
| Lane departure warning | No |
Crash-tested by NHTSA, the American road safety agency.
Specification
| Year | Measured |
|---|---|
| 2004 | 1752 kg · 2880 mm wheelbase · 13.1 L/100km (EPA) · 14.7 L/100km city · 10.2 motorway |
| 2002 | 1773 kg · 2880 mm wheelbase · 13.1 L/100km (EPA) · 14.7 L/100km city · 10.7 motorway |
Regulator investigations
Opened by NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation. An investigation is a question the regulator asked about a possible defect, not a fault it found — most end without a recall.
Engine Stall After Refueling
Defect petition, opened September 2014, closed April 2015.
Headlight malfunction
Engineering analysis, opened June 2005, closed May 2006.
Headlight malfunction
Preliminary evaluation, opened February 2005, closed June 2005.
Speaker fire in the rear of the vehicle
Preliminary evaluation, opened July 2004, closed November 2004.
Power steering hose failure
Preliminary evaluation, opened April 2003, closed May 2003.
Fuel tank leak
Preliminary evaluation, opened September 2002, closed October 2002.
What the maker told its dealers
Service bulletins are the manufacturer's own repair guidance to dealers, filed with NHTSA. A bulletin is not a defect finding; the count rises with how many things a maker writes down, not only with how many go wrong.
Dodge filed 69 bulletins about the 2004 Caravan.
- Electrical system: 11
- Engine and engine cooling: 11
- Power train: 10
- Equipment: 7
- Structure: 6
- Steering: 5
- Fuel system, gasoline: 3
- Service brakes, air: 3
- Suspension: 3
- Air bags: 2
- Other: 8
- Security Module Lock Out After Entering the PIN to Unlock The Wireless Control Module (WCM) · January 2023
- KEY, Master If replacing the key/FOBIK on a WJ, KJ, TJ, or PT Cruiser, use the "AC" NIC level part number. The "AB" NIC level will not program to these platforms. For all other platforms, if the "AB"… · January 2023
- Part Description: 5.7L Long Block Issue Description: This 5.7L Long Block Assembly is compatible with both EGR and Non-EGR applications. An EGR Block-Off Plate (53032739AA) must be ordered when… · January 2023
- Radiator If vehicle comes in for transmission fluid leaking from trans-oil cooler fittings on the radiator, please perform the following before replacing the radiator/cooler:~ 1. Remove both of the… · December 2022
- Service - Four Piece Oil Pan Gasket All Cummins Equipped Vehicles ONLY - The replacement oil pan gasket can be a four piece gasket rather than a single piece gasket. This applies to Cummins 5.9L and… · October 2022
- Security Module Lock Out After Entering the PIN to Unlock The Wireless Control Module (WCM) · October 2022
- Part Description: 5.7L Long Block Issue Description: This 5.7L Long Block Assembly is compatible with both EGR and Non-EGR applications. An EGR Block-Off Plate (53032739AA) must be ordered when… · October 2022
- KEY, Master If replacing the key/FOBIK on a WJ, KJ, TJ, or PT Cruiser, use the "AC" NIC level part number. The "AB" NIC level will not program to these platforms. For all other platforms, if the "AB"… · September 2022
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Grouped by NHTSA's top-level system; a bulletin filed under a sub-heading counts toward its system.