1999 Dodge Grand Caravan Seats Problems
- Complaints
- 12about this part
- Share
- 3%of 432 total for the year
- Median mileage
- 67,500miles
- Trend
- Not enough dataFewer than 15 complaints, too few for a reliable trend.
NHTSA recorded 12 complaints about the seats of the 1999 Dodge Grand Caravan, 3% of the 432 complaints for this model year. Where a mileage was given, the median is 67,500 miles. 5 of these say a crash was involved, according to the filers.
Fewer than 15 complaints name this part, so treat the figures as a rough indication only.
Example complaints
Selected from NHTSA records; personal details are removed. They are consumer reports, not findings.
“My car was rear ended by a large pickup on the freeway. Immediately on impact the driver's side seat back went into a reclined position. Therefore, the only safety device operational was the lap belt as the shoulder belt and head rest depend on the seat back to be of any use and the airbag only deploys in a front end crash. This LED to my upper body being jerked all over the front of the car. Dodge's response is that the seat back is supposed to do this in a rear end crash. I find this rather incredible as that leaves only the lap belt functional.”
NHTSA complaint #10161384, filed 2006-07, 109,500 miles“Tha passenger seat adjustment bar is broken and the seat will not stay in one position... No one can use the seat because it moves all the time. The driver seat has the same problem, but it does not move, I just can not adjust the seat at all.”
NHTSA complaint #10200048, filed 2007-08, 65,000 miles“Vehicle was stopped in traffic and struck from behind. Both front seat backs broke rearward into a fully reclined position. The drivers seat struck a 4 year old child who was seated in the second row and restrained with the lap-shoulder belt. The child suffered head injuries.”
NHTSA complaint #10058166, filed 2004-02, 70,000 miles“On august 22 our 1999 Dodge Grand Caravan was rear-ended. In the collision, the seat back on 3 of the 4 bucket seats was broken. Because of this failure, the headrest offered no protection against whiplash.”
NHTSA complaint #10036786, filed 2003-08, 47,140 miles“We bought our Dodge Grand Caravan on march 11th 2000, within the following month we took the van back to the leith dealer ship that we bought it from to complain about a very loud popping noise that was comming from the front right wheel well and we were told and I quoite that is a noise that is very common to Dodge vehicles and basiclly told we would have to live with it. It got worse so we took it back again to the same dealership and told them that the problem was deffiantly worse and would you please look at it, again we were told the same thing. …”
NHTSA complaint #10049430, filed 2003-12Related service bulletins
- 10012800Feb 1, 2005The front seat electric heater elements may fatigue and cause localized overheating and/or discoloration of the seat cover surface. Customer satisfaction notification d43…
Seats: other model years
| Year | Complaints | Share of year |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 24 | 10% |
| 2018 | 14 | 5% |
| 2017 | 16 | 4% |
| 2016 | 25 | 3% |
| 2015 | 57 | 20% |
| 2014 | 61 | 17% |
| 2013 | 44 | 9% |
| 2012 | 9 | 2% |
| 2011 | 3 | 1% |
| 2010 | 3 | 0% |
| 2009 | 1 | 0% |
| 2008 | 3 | 0% |
| 2007 | 5 | 3% |
| 2006 | 1 | 0% |
| 2005 | 7 | 1% |
| 2004 | 2 | 2% |
| 2003 | 3 | 1% |
| 2002 | 2 | 1% |
| 2001 | 5 | 2% |
| 2000 | 10 | 2% |
| 1999 | 12 | 3% |
| 1998 | 13 | 2% |
| 1997 | 10 | 2% |
| 1996 | 10 | 1% |
| 1995 | 1 | 1% |
| 1994 | 1 | 1% |
| 1993 | 4 | 1% |
| 1992 | 7 | 3% |
| 1991 | 1 | 1% |
| 1989 | 1 | 4% |
Other parts of the 1999 Dodge Grand Caravan
83 complaintsTransmission and drivetrain
72 complaintsElectrical system
62 complaintsEngine cooling
57 complaintsBrakes
54 complaintsSuspension
37 complaintsVehicle speed control
34 complaintsSteering
29 complaintsSeat belts
19 complaintsBody and structure
16 complaintsFuel system
14 complaintsExterior lighting
13 complaints
← All problems reported for the 1999 Dodge Grand Caravan
About this data. Data from NHTSA (ODI) complaints, recalls, TSBs and investigations, updated Oct 31, 2026. Complaints are unverified consumer reports and may be duplicated or inaccurate.
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