2012 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN — Complaint #2056706
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NHTSA Complaint about ENGINE filed January 17, 2025
NHTSA complaint #2056706 (ODI reference 11636519) concerns a 2012 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN and was filed on January 17, 2025. The owner reports the failure occurred on January 17, 2025. The report was geocoded to California based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as engine, 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 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.
Complaint Description
Smoke comes out from the corner of the hood by the antenna and fumes come from the vents it makes my eyes burn and my throat sore. I'm afraid it might catch on fire. I have had the oil changed the power steering fluid changed I had the radiator changed. I don't know where it's coming from but I do know it is not safe.
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 2056706 |
| ODI Number | 11636519 |
| Date Filed | January 17, 2025 |
| Failure Date | January 17, 2025 |
| VIN | 2C4RDGCG5CR |
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