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2012 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN — Complaint #1812903

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NHTSA Complaint about ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:OIL/LUBRICATION:PIPES, HOSES, AND FITTINGS filed May 16, 2022

NHTSA complaint #1812903 (ODI reference 11464798) concerns a 2012 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN and was filed on May 16, 2022. The owner reports the failure occurred on May 15, 2022. The vehicle had 231,000 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to Iowa based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as engine and engine cooling:engine:oil/lubrication:pipes, hoses, and fittings, 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 engine and engine cooling:engine:oil/lubrication:pipes, hoses, and fittings 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 2012 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.

Vehicle
2012 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN
Component
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:OIL/LUBRICATION:PIPES, HOSES, AND FITTINGS
State
Iowa
Mileage
231,000 mi

Complaint Description

The contact owns a 2012 Dodge Grand Caravan. The contact stated while the vehicle was parked at his residence, he lifted the hood and notice that the oil filter housing was cracked and there was a puddle of oil on the transmission casing. There was no warning light illuminated. The vehicle was not taken to a dealer or independent mechanic. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 231,000.

Complaint Details

NHTSA Complaint ID 1812903
ODI Number 11464798
Date Filed May 16, 2022
Failure Date May 15, 2022
VIN 2C4RDGBG8CR

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