Other fuel system problem on the 2010 Dodge Grand Caravan
1 crash 1 of the 16 reports for this failure mention a crash, a fire, an injury or a death. Those are the owner's words on the complaint form, not a verified finding, and one report can mention more than one.
When other fuel system problem gets reported
Owners of the 2010 Dodge Grand Caravan report other fuel system problem at a median of 70,000 miles. A quarter of the reports come in before 40,000 miles and a quarter after 105,000 miles, from 14 reports that carried an odometer reading.
A part like this is normally expected to survive 90,000 miles. It is the 13th most-reported problem on this model year.
The mileage distribution
The reported range runs from 30,000 miles at the tenth percentile to 115,000 miles at the ninetieth, a spread of 81,587 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.
14% of the dated reports were filed under 36,000 miles.
The whole distribution
| 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31,800 miles | 41,625 miles | 71,000 miles | 104,755 miles | 113,387 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
Of these reports, 1 a crash is mentioned. Owners write their own complaints and the agency does not verify them, so read this as what the reports say happened rather than as a confirmed count.
Putting it right typically runs $300–$2,200 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 21 model years of this car. It shows up earliest on the 2019, at a median of 4 miles, and latest on the 1999 at 210,000 miles.
By volume the 1996 carries the most reports, with 55; the 2010 has 16. 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.
Bought brand new dodge caravan mar 23 2010 and june it killed while driving 40-45 MPH and took 45 minutes to start again. Brought it to benson in greer sc where we bought the car and because the computer did not show anything they did nothing. Killed again and brought to dealership. Said they would hook it to computer but could only fix it if it showed something. Luckily it killed on them and they had to push it into shop. The car killed again for the third time of us, and barely missed having an accident. They told us that it was one of two parts and they had only replaced one previously. When asked why they told us they would have to pay for parts if turned them into gmac and they were good. They obviously had no concern for our safety or others on the road when the vehicle just suddenly stops when driving accelerated speed. It was considered a lemon by there arbitration board however, they just tell us to drive it till it kills again or kills us or someone else. Benson dealership, greer sc
Tl* the contact owns a 2010 dodge grand caravan. The contact stated that when driving approximately 5-30 MPH, the vehicle would stall and the steering wheel would seize without warning. The contact would restart the vehicle without any issues. The failure recurred on an intermittent basis. The vehicle was later taken to a dealer for diagnosis. After test driving the vehicle, the contact was advised that the fuel injection system could have caused the failure. The vehicle was repaired by cleaning the fuel injectors. The manufacturer was contacted and offered no assistance. The failure mileage was approximately 36,500. The current mileage was approximately 40,000. Updated 12/14/12 *bf the consumer stated when the engine died, the steering and brakes would die as well. The engine had while half through making a left turn, twice backing out of the driveway, and twice going over a speed bump at 12-15 MPH. Updated 12/19/2012 *js
Tl* the contact owns a 2010 dodge grand caravan. The contact stated that while refueling, a passenger opened the rear driver's side door and it struck the contact's hand, causing him to release the fuel nozzle. The contact felt it was a most disastrous design flaw. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure and current mileage was 64,000.
Also reported on the 2010 Dodge Grand Caravan
Other electrical problem
Other engine problem
Ignition switch, key fob or immobilizer failure
Other brake problem
No-start or intermittent start failure
Stalling while driving
How far this goes
Complaints are voluntary, so 16 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 fuel system problem happen on the 2010 Dodge Grand Caravan?
Across 14 owner reports that included an odometer reading, half were filed by 70,000 miles. A quarter were filed before 40,000 miles and a quarter after 105,000 miles. These are the mileages owners reported when they complained, not a prediction for any individual car.
How common is other fuel system problem on the 2010 Dodge Grand Caravan?
16 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