2010 Dodge Grand Caravan: engine and transmission complaints
NO ELEVATED SIGNAL
30%
251 of 831 relevant owner complaints are about the engine, transmission or fuel system
No elevated drivetrain complaint concentration in the available NHTSA records for the 2010 Dodge Grand Caravan. Engine, transmission and fuel system account for 30% of relevant complaints.
Better than 69% of the 1,230 model years we track (2010–2023).
Excludes 209 airbag, lighting and seat-belt recall complaints that would otherwise mask the signal (unadjusted: 24%).
Looking at a specific Grand Caravan?Check its VIN: the full report, quotes about its own engine, and whether its recalls are still open. First report free.
Manufacturers fix things mid-generation. A bad year next to a clean one is common; the fix usually arrived in between.
What owners reported
UNKNOWN OR OTHER,ENGINE10/19/20161 INJURED
I WAS WALKING BACK TO MY RUNNING, SET IN PARK VAN, AS I WALKED THROUGH THE FRONT OF MY VAN, AND BACK OF ANOTHER VEHICLE, I TOUCHED MY VAN HOOD, AND MY CAR WENT FORWARD BY ITSELF PINNING ME BETWEEN BOTH CARS CRUSHING MY KNEES! IT WENT UPHILL SET IN PARK WHILE RUNNING IN A DRIVEWAY.
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING03/29/2011CRASH1 INJURED
THE VAN MOTOR CUT OUT WHILE TURNING LEFT AT AN INTERSECTION AND ANOTHER CAR COLLIDED WITH THE VAN. THE FRONT AIR BAGS WENT OFF . THERE WAS CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO THE FRONT END. ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS I COMPLAINED TO THE DEALER THAT THE ENGINE WAS STALLING, CUTTING OUT, MISSING AND LACK OF POWER. THE DEALER COULD NOT FIN…
POWER TRAIN10/18/2010CRASH1 INJURED
VEHICLE STALLED WHILE REVERSING OUT OF A PARKING SPACE. MOMENTS LATER, WHILE VEHICLE WAS IN PARK AND RUNNING, VEHICLE BEGAN TO DRIFT BACKWARDS AND HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE. *TR
Three of 251 drivetrain complaints. The full report shows more, with quotes about the engine in the car you are looking at first.
Recall campaigns on this model year (6)
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:DRIVER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE
Chrysler (FCA US LLC) is recalling certain 2008-2010 Chrysler Town and Country and Dodge Grand Caravan and 2007-2011 Dodge Nitro vehicles. These vehicles may have a loos…
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
Chrysler Group, LLC (Chrysler) is recalling certain model year 2010-2014 Chrysler Town and Country and Dodge Grand Caravan vehicles manufactured August 25, 2010, through …
SUSPENSION:REAR:AXLE:NON-POWERED AXLE ASSEMBLY
Freedom Motors Inc., (Freedom Motors) of Savaria Vehicle Group (formerly The Liberty Motor Company) is recalling one model year 2009 Volkswagen Routan and certain model y…
This does not say whether a particular car has an open, unrepaired recall. That depends on the VIN.
Before you buy a 2010 Dodge Grand Caravan
No elevated drivetrain pattern for this model year. That describes the model, not the car in front of you.
Get an independent pre-purchase inspection from a mechanic you choose.
6 recall campaigns on this model year. Whether a specific car still has one open depends on the VIN; the report checks that.
Ask for service records. A engine already replaced under warranty is a different car from one that was not.
Have the VIN?Paste it and get the full report for that car. First report free, then a 30-day pass covers a whole car search.
Experimental model-level information. This is not a vehicle inspection, vehicle-history
report, financial advice or purchase recommendation. It describes patterns across a model year, not the condition
of any individual vehicle. Combined across 2 body styles NHTSA files separately.
