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2010 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN — Complaint #1305535

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NHTSA Complaint about EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS:SWITCH filed August 5, 2016

NHTSA complaint #1305535 (ODI reference 10893602) concerns a 2010 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN and was filed on August 5, 2016. The owner reports the failure occurred on August 6, 2015. The vehicle had 120,000 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to Texas based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as exterior lighting:headlights:switch, one of NHTSA's standardized taxonomy codes used to group defect patterns across make, model, and year.

The filer flagged the following severity indicators: crash: no, fire: no, injuries: 0, fatalities: 0. No crash, fire, or fatality was associated with this report, which places it in the early-warning stream rather than the priority-review stream. Because a VIN was supplied, this complaint is tied to a specific vehicle and not just a model-year cohort.

Individual complaints are consumer-submitted and unverified by NHTSA engineers — the agency's role at this stage is to collect, index, and make them searchable. What matters for federal action is the pattern: when many owners of the same DODGE GRAND CARAVAN cohort independently describe similar exterior lighting:headlights:switch failures, defect investigators have grounds to open a PE and request manufacturer data. Related filings for the same vehicle and component appear below, and the detail page for the full 2010 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.

Vehicle
2010 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN
Component
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS:SWITCH
State
Texas
Mileage
120,000 mi

Complaint Description

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, THE LOW AND HIGH BEAM HEAD LAMPS WERE ACTIVATED, BUT FAILED TO ILLUMINATE. THE FAILURE RECURRED ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE HEADLIGHT SWITCH NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE PERSISTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 120,000.

Complaint Details

NHTSA Complaint ID 1305535
ODI Number 10893602
Date Filed August 5, 2016
Failure Date August 6, 2015
VIN 2D4RN5D18AR

Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.