Other wheel or tire problem on the 2009 Dodge Caravan
When other wheel or tire problem gets reported
Owners of the 2009 Dodge Caravan report other wheel or tire problem at a median of 75,000 miles. A quarter of the reports come in before 55,000 miles and a quarter after 80,000 miles, from 9 reports that carried an odometer reading.
A part like this is normally expected to survive 60,000 miles. It is the 5th most-reported problem on this model year.
The mileage distribution
The reported range runs from 45,000 miles at the tenth percentile to 85,000 miles at the ninetieth, a spread of 40,600 miles across the middle 80% of reports.
Reports bunched into a band this tight usually mean the component has a life of its own: it goes at roughly the same mileage regardless of who owns it.
0% of the dated reports were filed under 36,000 miles.
The whole distribution
| 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 43,000 miles | 52,692 miles | 76,500 miles | 80,000 miles | 83,600 miles |
Read the 10th percentile as “one report in ten arrived this early”. Exact figures are shown in this table because it is the table of record; everywhere else on the site they are rounded to the precision the sample can carry.
What a percentile can and cannot tell you here
These five numbers describe the readings owners gave, in order. The median is the middle one: half the reports arrived below it. The 10th and 90th are the edges of the bulk of the distribution, and the distance between them is the part worth reading. A tight spread — say 70,000 to 95,000 miles — points at something that wears out on a schedule, and the schedule is knowable. A wide one, 20,000 to 190,000, points at a fault that hits some cars and never troubles others, which means the mileage on the listing in front of you tells you very little about your odds.
What these figures are not is a survival curve. Every reading here comes from a car whose owner filed a complaint, so the sample contains only failures: it cannot say what share of the fleet made it past 150,000 miles untouched, because those owners had nothing to report. Nor is the mileage the moment of failure — it is the odometer reading as recalled at the time of filing, which may be weeks later and is sometimes rounded to the nearest ten thousand by the person typing it.
Percentiles are shown at all only once 8 readings exist for the vehicle and mode. Below that the middle of a handful of numbers is noise wearing a decimal point, so the figures are withheld rather than dressed up.
What happens, and what it costs
Putting it right typically runs $200–$1,500 at an independent US shop. That range is an editorial estimate held in this site's failure-mode catalogue, not a figure from NHTSA, and it is a repair cost rather than a diagnosis cost.
The same failure on other years
The same failure is reported on 13 model years of this car. It shows up earliest on the 2003, at a median of 5,000 miles, and latest on the 2001 at 150,000 miles.
By volume the 1996 carries the most reports, with 20; the 2009 has 10. A mode that appears across most years of a model is usually a design choice rather than a bad batch.
If one year stands out to the left, that is the year to avoid; if the whole line sits at a similar mileage, this is wear rather than a defect in one production run.
Tick median reported mileage Solid middle half of reports Faint 10th to 90th percentile Colour how bad the failure is when it happens
What owners wrote
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint narratives, trimmed for length. The mileage is the one the owner gave.
Left front tire suddenly lost all air pressure as car was cleaned in a car wash. The carwash has no brushes or any device that can touch the vehicle. Examination afterwards by the dealer revealed the probable cause was part of the tire pressure valve was missing due to the valve stem breaking. This tire was part of a new set of four bought only 2 days before and had approx. 400 miles of usage. They were bridgestone turanza tires. *tr
The valve stems failed.. Nuts for both front valve stems rotted off causing valve stems to fall into tires losing all tire pressure within seconds..this happen with both front tires at different times.the first time I lost pressure the light came on so I stopped at a gas station and went to put air in the tire and the valve stem fell into the tire losing all pressure immediately and I was left with a flat. Aaa came and put on spare and said the nut on the valve stem was gone and said it looked like it corroded and fell off.the second one while I was driving the vehicle...my children and I could have been killed if I didn't pull over immediately! The mechanic said the same thing that the nut was missing and the valve stem actually was broke in half. This should be an immediate recall on these valve stems! The dodge dealership refused to replace them and said I must have done something to them! Please note I still had the original tires on this vehicle from purchasing it brand new at a dealership in 2009. I can't believe the treatment I received from the dodge dealership. *tr
Tl* the contact owns a 2009 dodge caravan. The contact stated that the driver was traveling 70 MPH when the tire pressure monitoring system indicated that the front passenger tire was flat. The vehicle was stopped and the contact noticed that the valve stem was missing from the wheel. The vehicle was then taken to an authorized dealer where the contact was informed that the tire pressure monitoring system for each wheel had become corroded. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 44,000. The VIN was unavailable.
Also reported on the 2009 Dodge Caravan
Other electrical problem
Other engine problem
Stalling while driving
Other brake problem
No-start or intermittent start failure
Tire pressure monitor failure
How far this goes
Complaints are voluntary, so 10 is a floor and not a count of affected cars. Mileages are typed in by owners and cluster on round numbers. And the mode itself is assigned by software reading the complaint text, which is reliable in bulk and fallible one report at a time.
Questions this page answers
At what mileage does other wheel or tire problem happen on the 2009 Dodge Caravan?
Across 9 owner reports that included an odometer reading, half were filed by 75,000 miles. A quarter were filed before 55,000 miles and a quarter after 80,000 miles. These are the mileages owners reported when they complained, not a prediction for any individual car.
How common is other wheel or tire problem on the 2009 Dodge Caravan?
10 reports have been filed with NHTSA, about 71 per 1,000 vehicles. Complaints are voluntary, so this is a floor rather than a count of affected cars.
What this is and is not. These are the mileages at which owners chose to complain to a federal agency, which is not the same as the mileage at which the part fails on every car. It skews toward failures that happened outside warranty, cost real money, or frightened someone. It is still the only public dataset that carries failure mileage at all, and the shape of a few hundred readings is informative even when a single one is not. Methodology · JSON · this failure on other cars
Source Owner complaints and recall records published by the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, model years 1996–2027 Figures rebuilt Published by AtWhatMileage How every figure is computed