2012 Dodge Grand Caravan Air bags Problems
- Complaints
- 18about this part
- Share
- 3%of 584 total for the year
- Median mileage
- 96,100miles
- Trend
- FallingComplaints filed in the last 3 full calendar years are at least 25% lower than in the 3 years before.
NHTSA recorded 18 complaints about the air bags of the 2012 Dodge Grand Caravan, 3% of the 584 complaints for this model year. Where a mileage was given, the median is 96,100 miles. 1 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.
“I send my vehicle to freehold Dodge dealer after many days the dealer didn't do anything because my vehicle under warranty and the corporate doesn't pay well to the dealer I don't know where I can file complain”
NHTSA complaint #11032199, filed 2017-10, 97,200 miles“We were driving down a crowded highway when everything on the vehicle shut down. All the lights shut off and we lost power steering. I had to fight my way over three lanes of traffic with no turn signals and had no power steering. When this happened we were going uphill and an 18 wheeler was behind us. We were rapidly slowing down and could have been hit by another vehicle. We came to a stop and put the vehicle in park and it started right back up. A few days later my wife had the same thing happen to her while driving on a dark roadway. …”
NHTSA complaint #11315390, filed 2020-03, 70,000 miles“Every time we start to vehicle and drive it for a little bit the airbag light comes on dings must be a malfunction usually comes on low speed soon after we start”
NHTSA complaint #11267183, filed 2019-10, 95,000 miles“The air bag light would go on and off as I turned the wheel started in 2016 and now dec 2019 its on all the time and my horn doesn't work and theres a crack in the interior where the horn is.my fear is what could happen next could the airbag go off while im driving also I need my horn where I was out driving 35 mins ago in my city a car almost side sweep me I tried to honk the horn and notice I had no horn I had to think fast and went half ways into the on coming trafic lane thankfuly the lane was empty I dont believe that this shouldnt have broken”
NHTSA complaint #11291562, filed 2019-12, 118,000 miles“My family and I were involved in a side impact collision after sliding on black ice on a highway. We were traveling at approximately 60-65 MPH and slid into the guard rail, impacting the passenger front quarter panel, and bounced off. The passenger front tire came off of the rim forcing us into the guard rail a second time impacting the rear passenger quarter panel of the vehicle. We ricocheted off, crossed traffic and came to rest in the passing lane berm of the road near the median. We did not roll over, but because of the force of impact, shouldn't the air bags have deployed? …”
NHTSA complaint #11171206, filed 2019-01, 83,000 milesRelated recalls
- 17V376000Jun 13, 2017Chrysler (FCA US LLC) is recalling certain 2011-2012 Dodge Grand Caravan vehicles. In the affected vehicles, the driver's frontal air bag may unexpectedly…Covers: Dodge Grand Caravan 2011–2012
Air bags: other model years
| Year | Complaints | Share of year |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 5 | 25% |
| 2019 | 13 | 5% |
| 2018 | 13 | 5% |
| 2017 | 21 | 5% |
| 2016 | 22 | 2% |
| 2015 | 24 | 9% |
| 2014 | 48 | 13% |
| 2013 | 35 | 7% |
| 2012 | 18 | 3% |
| 2011 | 19 | 4% |
| 2010 | 144 | 17% |
| 2009 | 137 | 25% |
| 2008 | 294 | 23% |
| 2007 | 16 | 9% |
| 2006 | 54 | 19% |
| 2005 | 103 | 10% |
| 2004 | 5 | 4% |
| 2003 | 24 | 11% |
| 2002 | 59 | 20% |
| 2001 | 48 | 16% |
| 2000 | 29 | 7% |
| 1999 | 83 | 19% |
| 1998 | 104 | 19% |
| 1997 | 107 | 18% |
| 1996 | 211 | 18% |
| 1995 | 7 | 6% |
| 1994 | 18 | 9% |
| 1993 | 13 | 5% |
| 1992 | 10 | 4% |
| 1991 | 1 | 1% |
Other parts of the 2012 Dodge Grand Caravan
337 complaintsEngine
119 complaintsFuel system
74 complaintsOther or unknown
60 complaintsTransmission and drivetrain
48 complaintsBrakes
38 complaintsVehicle speed control
24 complaintsBody and structure
19 complaintsElectronic stability control
18 complaintsSteering
14 complaintsVisibility (wipers, defrost, mirrors)
13 complaintsSeats
9 complaints
← All problems reported for the 2012 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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