2014 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN — Complaint #1444933
Open-data reference.
NHTSA Complaint about VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM:REAR WINDOW:ELECTRICAL HEATING ELEMENT filed February 2, 2018
NHTSA complaint #1444933 (ODI reference 11066250) concerns a 2014 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN and was filed on February 2, 2018. The owner reports the failure occurred on November 15, 2017. The report was geocoded to New York based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as visibility:defroster/defogger/hvac system:rear window:electrical heating element, 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 visibility:defroster/defogger/hvac system:rear window:electrical heating element 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 2014 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
2014 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO REAR WINDOW DEFOGGER SMOKING. *LD THE CONSUMER STATED THE GRIDS ON THE DEFROSTER TO OVERHEAT. THE CONSUMER REQUESTED TO BE REIMBURSED FOR THE REPAIRS. *JS
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 1444933 |
| ODI Number | 11066250 |
| Date Filed | February 2, 2018 |
| Failure Date | November 15, 2017 |
| VIN | 2C4RDGBG1ER |
Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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