2016 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN — Complaint #2165344
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NHTSA Complaint about ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION filed January 12, 2026
NHTSA complaint #2165344 (ODI reference 11710326) concerns a 2016 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN and was filed on January 12, 2026. The owner reports the failure occurred on December 31, 2025. The vehicle had 52,000 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to Florida based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as electrical system:ignition, 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:ignition 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 2016 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
The contact owns a 2016 Dodge Grand Caravan. The contact stated that on several occasions, while inserting the key into the ignition, the vehicle failed to start. Additionally, on several occasions while driving at various speeds, the vehicle stalled. The contact stated that during each failure, the key was wiggled in the ignition for approximately 20-30 minutes each time, and the vehicle was able to be restarted. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 52,000.
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 2165344 |
| ODI Number | 11710326 |
| Date Filed | January 12, 2026 |
| Failure Date | December 31, 2025 |
| VIN | 2C4RDGBG4GR |
Similar ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION Complaints for 2016 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN
Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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