Other body or interior problem on the 2004 Dodge Grand Caravan
When other body or interior problem gets reported
Owners of the 2004 Dodge Grand Caravan report other body or interior problem at a median of 85,000 miles. A quarter of the reports come in before 70,000 miles and a quarter after 90,000 miles, from 10 reports that carried an odometer reading.
A part like this is normally expected to survive 88,000 miles. It is the 2nd most-reported problem on this model year.
The mileage distribution
The reported range runs from 30,000 miles at the tenth percentile to 110,000 miles at the ninetieth, a spread of 80,784 miles across the middle 80% of reports.
When the reports scatter this far, the mileage is telling you about how these cars were driven more than about the part itself.
20% of the dated reports were filed under 36,000 miles.
The whole distribution
| 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28,316 miles | 70,760 miles | 85,720 miles | 92,110 miles | 109,100 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–$2,000 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 24 model years of this car. It shows up earliest on the 2003, at a median of 30,000 miles, and latest on the 1997 at 135,000 miles.
By volume the 2005 carries the most reports, with 304; the 2004 has 13. 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.
The sliding door opened without warning while driving . The consumer had to manually close the door. Please provide more information. *jb the consumer stated the the right sliding door has opened several times and tried to close on its own while driving as well as standing still. The motor and the latch have been replaced but the problem still exists. After the repair the door no longer closes electroncally when activated by button. *tc
Both of the slider doors are impossible to open from the inside the vehicle. I have to physically get out of the vehicle and open them from the outside. It seems that this happens after the car has been sitting in the sun all day. I brought it to my dealers attention, but all that could be explained is the latch inside must have swelled. I feel that this is a very dangerous problem, because in the event of an accident how are people supposed to open the doors, if needed. Since I have moved from michigan to florida it is worse than before before, and some of my friends have refused to drive in the vehicle for that reason. I have looked at both of the doors, but I can't tell how the lock mechanism works. *jb
For the second time this year a window has exploded on my 2004 dodge grand caravan. I was driving down the road at posted speed, light traffic, sunny day, windows down, and pop, the passenger slider window shattered. It looked like it popped from the inside of the van. I was fortunate enough to pull over and was able to stop safely. Once I stopped the window just fell out. I called chrysler customer service line and was advised by ms. J to proceed to the dealer that I had purchased the car from to have the vehicle inspected. I went to the dealer the following morning, and the service manager refused to even look at the window. I explained that this was the second incident this year where a window has exploded, and he told me since he didn't see the first one there was nothing he could do. No documentation, not even a drive in the car. Now in addition to the problem with the windows, the van has a front end problem, a rear end problem, and a transmission problem. The front tires feel like they are falling off the van while driving, when turning right the rear end feels like it is tilting and the left tire squeals, and the car…
Also reported on the 2004 Dodge Grand Caravan
Fuel tank, filler or EVAP failure
Fuel pump failure
Steering rack, gear or tie rod failure
Other fuel system problem
Other engine problem
Other brake problem
How far this goes
Complaints are voluntary, so 13 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 body or interior problem happen on the 2004 Dodge Grand Caravan?
Across 10 owner reports that included an odometer reading, half were filed by 85,000 miles. A quarter were filed before 70,000 miles and a quarter after 90,000 miles. These are the mileages owners reported when they complained, not a prediction for any individual car.
How common is other body or interior problem on the 2004 Dodge Grand Caravan?
13 reports have been filed with NHTSA, about 0.2 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