2011 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN — Complaint #1729397
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NHTSA Complaint about ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:RELAYS/SOLENOIDS filed February 25, 2021
NHTSA complaint #1729397 (ODI reference 11397892) concerns a 2011 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN and was filed on February 25, 2021. The owner reports the failure occurred on February 18, 2021. The vehicle had 199,000 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to Minnesota based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as electrical system:wiring:relays/solenoids, 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 electrical system:wiring:relays/solenoids 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 2011 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THE VEHICLE LOSS MOTIVE POWER AND STALLED. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A CERTIFIED MECHANIC WHO STATED THAT THE FUEL PUMP RELAY FAILED AND THE TIPM MODULE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED HOWEVER, THE FAILURE PERSISTED AND THE VEHICLE FAILED TO START. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE VIN WAS NOT UNDER RECALL. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 199,000.
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 1729397 |
| ODI Number | 11397892 |
| Date Filed | February 25, 2021 |
| Failure Date | February 18, 2021 |
| VIN | 2D4RN3DG7BR |
Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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