1994 Dodge Caravan Body and structure Problems
- Complaints
- 78about this part
- Share
- 12%of 644 total for the year
- Median mileage
- 109,222miles
- Trend
- StableComplaints filed in the last 3 full calendar years are within 25% of the 3 years before.
NHTSA recorded 78 complaints about the body and structure of the 1994 Dodge Caravan, 12% of the 644 complaints for this model year. Where a mileage was given, the median is 109,222 miles. 8 of these say a crash was involved, according to the filers. 1 recall campaign on record is filed under a similar system.
Example complaints
Selected from NHTSA records; personal details are removed. They are consumer reports, not findings.
“As I slowly was turning the car to park in a parking lot in vienna va shopping center, the van suddenly accelerated on its own and stopped when it crashed into handicap parking pole marker ( no damage). Damage to my van which is visable appears to be the front of the hood of the car and a damaged but functioning radiator as best I can see. Note: the air bags were not activeated, and wondered why they didn't.( is this another problem ?)”
NHTSA complaint #10637824, filed 2014-09, 119,444 miles“I and 3 others I know have had our sliding doors become stuck open and /or fall off . It starts with becoming hard to close and then imposible. The slide guide fell off my car . My husband was able to fix it now it's starting to jam again so I am taking it in. Just weeks after my insident my friends door actually fell off in my drive way. Last month my nieghbors door fell off. All 1994 chrysler/ Dodge mini vans.”
NHTSA complaint #712543, filed 1999-09“I was leaving church on 6-11-00 and had 5 other passangers in the car. The last passanger into the car was having difficulty closing the sliding door so I got out to do it. The door was indeed difficult to close and as I managed to get the door almost closed, it fell off of the tracking and landed on my feet. My feet were hurt as well as bad scraping to my arm as I tried to catch the door when it started to fall. I was in total shock at having a door fall off. We couldn't get the door back on and had to drive with the door off. …”
NHTSA complaint #724916, filed 2000-07“Driver side door opened while rounding a bend causing me to almost fall out of the vehicle, if it hadn't been for the seat belt I would have fallen out. After the door opened I swerved losing control however ther wasn't an on coming vehicle at the time.from the force of the door swinging open both of the joints broke off and the service man at our local dealer informed us that he sees many of these problems on the 1994/1995 models. I had all of the recalls done to date including the rear latch, that I never had a problem with . I have also had to replace the 02 sensor. …”
NHTSA complaint #734346, filed 2000-10“The sliding passenger door basically fell off. The door was not abused, just normal wear. My wife went to shut the door and it fell off. (only thing keeping it off the ground was one bent hinge. I took the van to the dealer from which I purchased it. The dealer would not admit to manufacture fault. However, I was able to get them to lower the bill to fix the door from $303 to $133. I still believe that this is a safety hazard, caused by a structural design flaw in the sliding door. There are numerous complaints in the NHTSA database concerning this problem. …”
NHTSA complaint #715886, filed 1999-12Related recalls
- 99V213000Sep 2, 1999Vehicle description: mini vans. The bolts used to attach the strut to the body and the rear liftgate can accumulate fatigue damage if three factors combine…Covers: Dodge Caravan 1991, 1993–1994, Plymouth Voyager 1991, 1993–1994, Chrysler Town And Country 1991, 1993–1994 +2 more
Body and structure: other model years
| Year | Complaints | Share of year |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 3 | 13% |
| 2014 | 3 | 15% |
| 2013 | 2 | 7% |
| 2012 | 2 | 2% |
| 2010 | 4 | 2% |
| 2009 | 1 | 1% |
| 2008 | 8 | 3% |
| 2007 | 6 | 7% |
| 2006 | 8 | 5% |
| 2005 | 15 | 3% |
| 2004 | 4 | 6% |
| 2003 | 4 | 2% |
| 2002 | 12 | 5% |
| 2001 | 12 | 5% |
| 2000 | 30 | 6% |
| 1999 | 27 | 5% |
| 1998 | 26 | 4% |
| 1997 | 21 | 3% |
| 1996 | 58 | 4% |
| 1995 | 41 | 8% |
| 1994 | 78 | 12% |
| 1993 | 82 | 9% |
| 1992 | 81 | 9% |
| 1991 | 80 | 13% |
| 1990 | 57 | 21% |
| 1989 | 41 | 21% |
| 1988 | 20 | 19% |
| 1987 | 10 | 14% |
| 1986 | 14 | 29% |
| 1985 | 13 | 27% |
| 1984 | 5 | 28% |
Other parts of the 1994 Dodge Caravan
111 complaintsAir bags
94 complaintsEngine cooling
66 complaintsBrakes
63 complaintsLatches, locks and linkages
57 complaintsVisibility (wipers, defrost, mirrors)
44 complaintsSteering
38 complaintsElectrical system
36 complaintsEquipment
34 complaintsSeat belts
31 complaintsFuel system
22 complaintsOther or unknown
20 complaints
← All problems reported for the 1994 Dodge Caravan
About this data. Data from NHTSA (ODI) complaints, recalls, TSBs and investigations, updated Oct 27, 2026. Complaints are unverified consumer reports and may be duplicated or inaccurate.
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