Powertrain complaints and recalls from NHTSA
Summary
The 2012 Dodge Grand Caravan has 44 NHTSA powertrain complaints and 0 powertrain-related recalls.
44
Complaints
0
Recalls
0
Injuries Reported
Data source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) · Last updated April 10, 2026
| Date ↓ | Component | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| Nov 9, 2024 | POWER TRAIN,ENGINE,FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | After talking to others and researching and reading reports this seems to be another ghost problem: ... |
| Jul 1, 2024 | POWER TRAIN,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | I bought the car 2 weeks ago with 105k miles on it. The car has died approximately 20 times in the l... |
| Sep 9, 2023 | POWER TRAIN | Vehicle started having rough shifting., code for shift relay (P0760) . Relay was replaced .sometimes... |
| Sep 16, 2022 | POWER TRAIN,UNKNOWN OR OTHER,FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | Sounds like a machine gun when trying to start. Have to turn key completely off to get the sound to ... |
| Jan 20, 2022 | POWER TRAIN,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,ENGINE | 2012 caravan staling/dyng while driving, at take off from stops n issues starting with it just dying... |
| Apr 30, 2021 | POWER TRAIN,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,ENGINE | While driving 55 MPH on the highway all the lights on the dashboard began flashing and the vehicle l... |
| Dec 12, 2020 | POWER TRAIN,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | COLD START ENGINE RATTLE FOR A FEW SECONDS.WHILE DRIVING VIBRATION IS FELT AT 1200 TO 1500 RPM |
| Jul 1, 2020 | POWER TRAIN,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,ENGINE | TOOK MY 2012 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN TO THE TEMPE DEALERSHIP TO HAVE THE RECALLS FIXED. SOON AFTER THEY ... |
| Feb 20, 2020 | POWER TRAIN,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,ENGINE | THE TIPM ON SOME MODEL VEHICLES HAS A RECALL BUT THEY ALL USE THE SAME TIPM. IT WAS SHUTTING DOWN ON... |
| Jan 9, 2020 | POWER TRAIN,FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | ON 1/6/2020 I STARTED MY VAN AND NOTICED IT SPUTTERED A LITTLE DURING STARTUP. ON MY WAY HOME, I STO... |
| Dec 9, 2019 | POWER TRAIN,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE SHUT OFF ... |
| Oct 11, 2019 | POWER TRAIN | NOTICE A NOISE THAT WAS SORT OF LIKE A GRINDING/GROANING NOISE WHEN IDLING AND IT WOULD GET WORSE IF... |
| Sep 25, 2019 | POWER TRAIN,ENGINE | THIS CAR HAVE 131000 MILES ON IT AND GIVES CODE P0304 WHICH SAYS CYLINDER 4 MISFIRE AND P0729 GEAR 6... |
| Sep 23, 2019 | POWER TRAIN,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | WHILE DRIVING 55MPH ON THE FREEWAY MY VAN SHIFT DOWN. ALL ELECTRONICS TURNED OFF, AND THE STEERING ... |
| Jul 1, 2019 | POWER TRAIN | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 DOGE GRAND CARAVAN. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS AND/OR OVER BUMPS IN TH... |
| Jun 7, 2019 | POWER TRAIN,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,ENGINE | I WAS DRIVING VAN TRYING TO MERGE ONTO HIGHWAY WITH MY FAMILY WHEN CHECK ENGINE CAME ON AND VAN JUST... |
| Apr 22, 2019 | POWER TRAIN,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC) | MY CAR WAS IN FOR A RECALL 2 YEARS AGO WHERE MY CAR WOULD NOT SWITCH GEARS WHEN DRIVING. PRIOR I COM... |
| Feb 13, 2019 | POWER TRAIN | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS FAULTY... |
| Feb 10, 2019 | POWER TRAIN,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,ENGINE | DODGE GRAND CARAVAN 2012 STALLED IN MOTION WHILE DRIVING ON AN EXPRESSWAY AT THE 65 MPH SPEED LIMIT.... |
| Feb 9, 2019 | POWER TRAIN | I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE USED FROM CARMAX IN APRIL 2108. IT HAS HAD CONTINUED ROUGH TRANSMISSION ISS... |