Other lighting problem on the 2001 Dodge Grand Caravan
When other lighting problem gets reported
Owners of the 2001 Dodge Grand Caravan report other lighting problem at a median of 80,000 miles. A quarter of the reports come in before 50,000 miles and a quarter after 100,000 miles, from 12 reports that carried an odometer reading.
A part like this is normally expected to survive 86,000 miles. It is the 4th most-reported problem on this model year.
The mileage distribution
The reported range runs from 40,000 miles at the tenth percentile to 110,000 miles at the ninetieth, a spread of 69,447 miles across the middle 80% of reports.
A spread this wide points at use rather than design. Towing, climate, service history and city mileage all move a failure like this, so the median is a weak guide to any individual car.
8% of the dated reports were filed under 36,000 miles.
The whole distribution
| 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 39,200 miles | 51,763 miles | 78,799 miles | 100,500 miles | 108,647 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 $120–$1,200 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 16 model years of this car. It shows up earliest on the 2016, at a median of 5,000 miles, and latest on the 1999 at 120,000 miles.
By volume the 2005 carries the most reports, with 96; the 2001 has 20. 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.
Headlights will go off and flicker. Sometimes stay out for about 2 seconds, and then will eventually come back on. Nothing I do will make them come back on. I have to wait for them to come back on on their own accord. It happens at varying speeds - any where from 15 MPH to 65 MPH. It doesn't matter if the road is smooth or not, or what the weather conditions are. I've reported it to diamler/chrysler with no results. They simply stated there have been no outstanding recalls on my vehicle. Headlights going out on their own in the middle of the night while driving is an extreme safety hazard, not to mention I could get a ticket for driving without my headlights. I would like this situation looked into. Thank you.*ak
I have a 2001 dodge grand caravan that has a problem with the headlights flickering and go off while the minivan is moving. I noticed you are investigating this same matter with chrysler and that many others are having the same problem. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks. *jb
2001 dodge grand caravan. Similar to other complaints in the database about headlights going off while driving and then after 1 or 2 seconds coming back on again. Happens while driving at any speed, also sometimes while stopped. Took to dealer and was told that they could not find anything wrong. This has happened approximately 5 times over the past 2 months, the date I entered is the most recent occurrence. *jb
Also reported on the 2001 Dodge Grand Caravan
Headlight failure or clouding
Airbag warning light or occupant sensor fault
Control module (ECM/PCM/BCM) failure
Other visibility problem
Other electrical problem
Other body or interior problem
How far this goes
Complaints are voluntary, so 20 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 lighting problem happen on the 2001 Dodge Grand Caravan?
Across 12 owner reports that included an odometer reading, half were filed by 80,000 miles. A quarter were filed before 50,000 miles and a quarter after 100,000 miles. These are the mileages owners reported when they complained, not a prediction for any individual car.
How common is other lighting problem on the 2001 Dodge Grand Caravan?
20 reports have been filed with NHTSA, about 0.7 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