Model-year matrix

Dodge Grand Caravan
which year?

Compare every Dodge Grand Caravan model year the EPA recorded, 2010 to 2020. See complaint patterns, fuel economy and configurations side by side, then open any year for recall campaigns and the full dossier. Confirm against the official NHTSA recall search.

Evidence-led answer

Looking for the best Dodge Grand Caravan year—or years to avoid?

The official records cannot honestly name a best, worst or most reliable year. Complaint totals have no sales, mileage or age denominator. They can show where more reports were filed and which components were named, giving you years to investigate more closely before checking the exact car and its VIN.

What is the best year for the Dodge Grand Caravan?

No official dataset can support one universal best year. Use the table to compare complaint patterns and EPA figures, then open the shortlisted years for recall campaigns and exact specifications.

Which Dodge Grand Caravan years should you avoid?

The records cannot justify a blanket avoid label. Years with more reports are surfaced below as research priorities, not predictions about every car from that year.

01 · More reports to inspect2016

998 indexed complaint reports; electrical system is the most-reported component label.

Open the 2016 dossier →02 · More reports to inspect2010

867 indexed complaint reports; electrical system is the most-reported component label.

Open the 2010 dossier →03 · More reports to inspect2012

583 indexed complaint reports; electrical system is the most-reported component label.

Open the 2012 dossier →

Do not read this as an avoid list. Older and higher-selling model years usually accumulate more reports. A low count can also mean a newer, rarer or poorly matched vehicle—not a safer one.

Read this as evidence, not a ranking.

Complaint totals are counts of owner-submitted allegations, not confirmed defects, and they carry no denominator: they are not adjusted for how many cars were sold, how old they are, how far they are driven, or how much publicity a fault received. A high-volume or older year will usually show more reports than a rare or recent one. The site does not convert these into a reliability score, because the data needed to do that honestly is not in the public record.

Direct comparison

Compare two Dodge Grand Caravan model years.

Choose any two years. The URL keeps the pair so you can return to the same comparison. Every figure below is an observed official record or EPA estimate—not a reliability score.

First model year

2019 Dodge Grand Caravan

NHTSA complaint allegations: 238
Combined EPA economy: 20 mpg/MPGe
EPA configurations: 2
Annual EPA fuel-cost estimate: $3,100
Fuel labels: Regular Gasoline

Most-reported component labelselectrical system 56unknown or other 51power train 49

Open the 2019 evidence dossier →

Second model year

2020 Dodge Grand Caravan

NHTSA complaint allegations: 19
Combined EPA economy: 20 mpg/MPGe
EPA configurations: 1
Annual EPA fuel-cost estimate: $3,100
Fuel labels: Regular Gasoline

Most-reported component labelspower train 8air bags 5electrical system 4

Open the 2020 evidence dossier →

Observed complaint-record difference

2020 has 219 fewer indexed complaint allegations than 2019.

This is not a rate or reliability finding. The counts have no sales, mileage, age or exposure denominator, and newer years have had less time to accumulate reports.

Side by side

Dodge Grand Caravan by year.

Complaint bars are scaled against this model’s own highest year, so they compare years with each other and with nothing else.

Dodge Grand Caravan model years with NHTSA complaint totals, most-reported components, EPA fuel economy and configuration counts
Year	Complaints	Most-reported components	Combined MPG	EPA configs	Annual fuel cost	Dossier
2020	19	power train 8air bags 5electrical system 4	20	1	$3,100	Dossier →
2019	238	electrical system 56unknown or other 51power train 49	20	2	$3,100	Dossier →
2018	269	electrical system 92unknown or other 66structure 59	20	2	$3,100	Dossier →
2017	411	electrical system 142unknown or other 97structure 95	20	2	$3,100	Dossier →
2016	998	electrical system 314unknown or other 240structure 229	20	2	$3,100	Dossier →
2015	278	power train 77seats 56unknown or other 40	20	2	$3,100	Dossier →
2014	357	electrical system 129engine 80seats 61	20	2	$3,100	Dossier →
2013	470	electrical system 254engine 70unknown or other 59	20	2	$3,100	Dossier →
2012	583	electrical system 336engine 118fuel/propulsion system 68	20	1	$3,100	Dossier →
2011	530	electrical system 332fuel/propulsion system 127engine 92	20	1	$3,100	Dossier →
2010	867	electrical system 557air bags 144engine 137	18–20	3	$3,100–3,400	Dossier →

Evidence snapshot generated August 25, 2026. “Not indexed” means NHTSA holds no complaint record matching this exact year, make and model — not that no fault occurred. Recall campaigns are not summarised here: NHTSA publishes no bulk recall dataset, and fetching them per year would take longer than the page should. Each year’s dossier shows its recalls in full, live from NHTSA.