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2013 Dodge Grand Caravan Problems and Recalls
Owners filed 472 complaints with NHTSA about the 2013 Dodge Grand Caravan, most often about the electrical (54% of complaints, typically around 89,500 miles). It is 8th of 21 Grand Caravan model years by number of complaints and has 4 recalls.
Most common 2013 Dodge Grand Caravan problems
Electrical
256 complaints · 54%Half of these problems showed up before 89,500 miles. Parts named most often: wiring, software, instrument cluster/panel, ignition.
The car engine stopped working while I was driving in the road. Then it would start after I crank the key. I also noted that some days it would not start when cold. Contacted dealer and they said if the engine light is not one they can't diagnose the problem. After searching the internet it looks like my car has a…
Car stalls unexpectedly while driving. The engine stops and there is a complete loss of power. Power steering fails and it is difficult to manouver vehicle. I can successfully restart the vehicle by either stopping the car, shifting into park, and restarting by turning the key, or shifting into neutral while the car…
Engine
73 complaints · 16%Half of these problems showed up before 97,000 miles. Parts named most often: exhaust system.
Catalytic converter went out less than a month after I brought this vehicle at only 98k miles. Check engine light on couldn't get van inspected. Now the flywheel is cracked and that's going to cost me another $530.00. I can't find any recalls but seems like a lot is wrong with this van and everything is so []…
The contact owns a 2013 Dodge Grand Caravan. While driving 40 MPH, there was abnormal grinding noise detected and vehicle failed to accelerate. The check engine warning light was illuminated. The local dealer and manufacturer were not contacted. The failure mileage was 96,000.
Other or unspecified
59 complaints · 13%Half of these problems showed up before 95,000 miles.
Bad tipm module, had my fuel pump replaced and the battery and now the repair shop says the module is bad and it keeps turning the new fuel pump on and off and it will ruin both of those new parts if it is not fixed. All the chrysler and Dodge trucks have had a recall on this, why not the Dodge vans. This is very…
When I was driving my car and coming to a stop the engine would suddenly shut off. All lights would remain on but my power steering would go away and the RPM's would drop to 0. When I would try to start it after pulling over (manually cranking the steering wheel) the car would turn over, start, and then shut off…
Seats
44 complaints · 9%Half of these problems showed up before 91,500 miles. Parts named most often: front assembly.
Both of my front seats' headrests have deployed (at separate times), when the vehicle was unoccupied, sitting parked in my driveway. The plastic clip that holds the mechanism closed wore out and cracked open, releasing the headrest. I called the dealership, because this was clearly a defect. They said the entire seat…
Passenger headrest deployed without impact to vehicle. Inspection of headrest appears the the plastic structure holding retaining pin has failed, deploying headrest. I believe this happened with the vehicle parked in driveway.
Fuel system
41 complaints · 9%Half of these problems showed up before 105,500 miles. Parts named most often: delivery.
The contact owns a 2013 Dodge Grand Caravan. The contact stated while driving 50 MPH, the vehicle lost motive power and stalled without warning. The contact coasted the vehicle off the roadway. The vehicle was restarted after approximately 15 minutes, and operated as intended. The contact however decided to have the…
Within 500 miles of owning this brand new, it started having trouble starting. Long story short, we were told it was a defective fuel pump. Fast forward to approximately 105,000 miles it's having the same symptoms but won't start at all now. Chrysler has issued recall v62 for durango's and cherokee's with the same…
Transmission
36 complaints · 8%Half of these problems showed up before 74,000 miles. Parts named most often: automatic transmission.
The contact owns a 2013 Dodge Grand Caravan. The contact stated that the transmission would not go into gear and the engine would continue to rev. The vehicle was towed to the local dealer who diagnosed that the transmission was faulty and needed to be replaced. After replacing the transmission, the failure recurred…
Transmission on our 2013 Dodge Grand Caravan failed while traveling on the freeway van would no longer accelerate. My wife had to coast to the center of the freeway and call for a tow truck. Luckily neither my wife of the 3 children in our van were injured despite being in a potentially dangerous situation.
Air bags
35 complaints · 7%Half of these problems showed up before 71,000 miles.
The contact owned a 2013 Dodge Grand Caravan. The contact stated while driving at 25-35 MPH with someone in the front passenger seat a semi-truck crashed into the rear of the vehicle. The vehicle spun seven times and continuously hit the concrete barriers on each side of the highway. The contact stated that the body…
The contact owns a 2013 Dodge Grand Caravan. The contact stated that while driving at approximately 30 MPH, another vehicle crashed into the rear driverâs side moving the vehicle approximately 5ft. The air bags failed to deploy. As a result, the contact and his son sustained soreness in the neck. Medical attention…
Body and structure
26 complaints · 6%Half of these problems showed up before 70,000 miles. Parts named most often: body.
The contact owns a 2013 Dodge Grand Caravan. The contact stated that her grandson closed the automatic passenger side sliding door while the contact was leaning through the door. The door failed to retract and struck the contact. The contact sustained bruising to the left forearm that did not require medical…
This vehicle has 61000 miles and check engine light came on. Took to dealer and torque converter lock up is out on the vehicle. Also on fron to hood there is rust deposit under paint. I have seen this on several Dodge grand caravans in same place.
Complaints are owner reports to NHTSA, not verified defects. One complaint can name several components, so shares add up to more than 100%.
2013 Dodge Grand Caravan recalls
Equipment Adaptive/Mobility
Risk: An unsecured wheelchair can move during transit, increasing the risk of injury.
Fix: Rollx will work with q'straint to inspect and replace the retractors as necessary, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed february 5, 2026. Owners may contact rollx's customer service at 1-800-956-6668.
Full defect summary
Rollx vans (rollx) is recalling certain gmc yukon, sierra, chevrolet express 2500, ford transit, e-250, toyota sienna, sienna hybrid, honda odyssey, chrysler town and country, voyager, pacifica, dodge grand caravan, and ram promaster vehicles equipped with qrt-deluxe and qrt-max wheelchair restraints. Please refer to rollx's recall report for specific model year information. The retractors may not lock, preventing the wheelchair from being properly secured.
Electrical: electrical system
Risk: An overheated switch may result in a vehicle fire.
Fix: Chrysler will notify owners, and dealers will replace the vent window switch with a newer version, free of charge. The owner notification letter was issued and the remedy campaign launched on on december 31, 2014. Owners may contact chrysler customer service at 1-800-853-1403. Chrysler's number for this recall is p25.
Full defect summary
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 october 31, 2013. The affected vehicles may experience overheating of the vent window switch in the driver's door armrest.
Air bags
Risk: In the event of a crash, the wrong side airbags could deploy leaving the occupant with no airbag protection at the point of impact, increasing the risk of injury.
Fix: Chrysler will notify owners, and dealers will flash the occupant restraint control module, free of charge. The recall began during september 2013. Owners may contact chrysler at 1-800-247-9753. Chrysler's recall campaign number is n44.
Full defect summary
Chrysler is recalling certain model year 2013 town & country, dodge grand caravan, and ram c/v tradesman vehicles manufactured may 10, 2012, through june 7, 2013. A software error may result in the opposite side airbags deploying from the collision point (a left side impact would deploy the right side airbags and vice versa).
Air bags
Risk: An air bag that does not deploy, or deploys improperly, may increase the risk of injury.
Fix: Chrysler will notify owners, and dealers will replace the orc module, free of charge. The recall began on october 3, 2013. Owners may contact chrysler at 1-800-247-9753. Chrysler's recall campaign number is n48.
Full defect summary
Chrysler is recalling certain model year 2013 town & country and dodge grand caravan vehicles manufactured june 11, 2013, through june 12, 2013. The occupant restraint control module (orc) has incorrect software installed which may adversely affect air bag deployments in collisions. Thus, these vehicles fail to conform to the requirements of federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 208, "occupant crash protection" and no. 214, "side impact protection."
Recall repairs are free at any franchised dealer. Enter your VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls to see which recalls are still open on your car.
NHTSA defect investigations
Active head rest inadvertent deployment
Summary
The office of defects investigation (odi) opened pe19014 on september 9, 2019, to investigate 128 consumer complaints alleging that the active head rest (ahr) inadvertently deployed without the occurrence of a crash or other rear impact event in model year (my) 2014 jeep grand cherokee and dodge durango vehicles.when odi opened the investigation, odi was aware of thirteen alleged injuries.a small number of early warning reports identified driver and/or passenger front seat ahr inadvertent deployments without a rear impact event.reported safety consequences resulting from the ahr deployments include concussions, headaches, soft tissue injuries, disorientation, nausea, vomiting and/or loss of
Totally integrated power module failure
Summary
In a letter dated august 21, 2014, the center for auto safety (cas) petitioned the national highway traffic safety administration (NHTSA) to initiate a defect investigation of alleged failures associated with the totally integrated power module (tipm) installed in chrysler SUV?s, trucks, and vans beginning in the 2007 model year. The petitioner alleges that tipm defects may result in engine stall, airbag non-deployment, failure of fuel pump shutoff resulting in unintended acceleration, fire, and other symptoms. On september 25, 2014, the office of defects investigation (odi) opened dp14-004 to evaluate the petition for a grant or deny decision. Odi analyzed complaint data provided by cas as
Questions about the 2013 Dodge Grand Caravan
- What are the most common problems with the 2013 Dodge Grand Caravan?
- By NHTSA owner complaints: electrical (256 complaints, typically around 89,500 miles); engine (73 complaints, typically around 97,000 miles); other or unspecified (59 complaints, typically around 95,000 miles).
- How many recalls does the 2013 Dodge Grand Caravan have?
- 4 recalls listed by NHTSA, the latest from December 17, 2025 (equipment Adaptive/Mobility). Check your VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls to see which ones are still open on your car.
- Is the 2013 a bad year for the Dodge Grand Caravan?
- It is 8th of 21 Grand Caravan model years by number of complaints, with 472 complaints. Complaint counts are not adjusted for how many cars were sold, so popular years collect more of them, and the newest years have had less time to.