2006 Dodge Grand Caravan Airbag Problems

Which parts fail

• Frontal
  15
• Frontal › Sensor/control module
  3
• Knee bolster
  1

Components named in complaints (front, side and curtain air bags, sensors and inflators).

Mileage when the problem started

• Under 25k
  612%
• 25k–50k
  1837%
• 50k–75k
  1020%
• 75k–100k
  612%
• 100k–150k
  510%
• 150k+
  48%

Owner reports

Selected complaints filed with NHTSA by 2006 Dodge Grand Caravan owners, lightly cleaned up (personal details are redacted by NHTSA).

The contact owns a 2006 Dodge Grand Caravan. The contact stated that on several occasions, the air bag warning light illuminated for two minutes and then disappeared. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 146,032.

Tl* the contact owned a 2006 Dodge Grand Caravan. While the contact's daughter was driving 35 MPH, she crashed into another vehicle. The air bags did not deploy and the seat belts did not retract. As a result, the contact's daughter struck her head on the steering wheel. A police report was filed. The daughter sustained a head injury and was unconscious. Medical attention was required. The vehicle was destroyed and towed. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 128,000.

I was driving my 2006 Dodge Grand Caravan se on the night of i02/11/2014 when a wrong-way driver hit me (head on collision). She turned right to get gasoline (note: not to avoid us, did not know she was going wrong way until we hit her), and we hit her side door, tire area, and the vehicle bounced backwards. I had to push off the steering wheel to prevent my head from going thru the windshield, my father who was the passenger, hit his arm off the dashboard. The air bags did not deploy, which was the issue. The manufacturer was contacted, they looked at the car and said nothing is wrong with it and that the car would have to be crushed for the air bags to deploy, the air bags have been recalled before, which is a concern to me. When looking at the vehicle dash board, it does not appear that there is even a passenger air bag in place. …

Every time it rains or I take my car to the car wash the airbag light comes on. After a day or two it goes off. I took it to a mechanic who told me that my van had stored codes for ' no right front side impact sensor communication ' and 'right front impact sensor internal 1'. In researching this issue I discovered recall #10V008000 which covers 2005 and 2006 Grand caravans and pretty much describes exactly what is happening to my van. However, when I contacted Dodge I was told that my particular VIN number is not covered under the current recall. I find it very strange that my van fits all of the parameters for the recall but is excluded.

Low speed (around 15 miles per hour) front end collision resulted in deployment of driver side airbags. Knee airbag with hard plastic cover deployed against shins of driver, my wife. Within minutes of the accident she had sever bruising, swelling and pain. Within a few weeks, the skin and tissue on left leg turned black and required surgery to remove. A few days later she had a skin graft done. Six months later she continues to have significant issues with swelling, pain and circulation. Surgeon has now referred her to another specialist.

Lights go out when the rain gets up under the car from splashing on the road. You have to pull over to the side of the road, turn it off and turn it back on several times and it stays on for a short time. Procedure is repeated again. Only in rainy weather and oregon gets a lot of sporadic rain. Also, the ignition tends to turn the airbag lights on and off whenever I turn a corner left or right of hit a bump.

2006 Dodge Grand Caravan rear ended a car parked at the stop light. The airbags didn't deploy. The driver suffered injuries because her head hit the steering wheel. The crash was almost straight on. If the airbags would have deployed there would have not been any injuries like she is suffering now. There has never been any modifications made to the van, it is the same as when we bought it brand new.

Tl contact owns a 2006 Dodge Grand Caravan. While driving 45 MPH, the contact had to make a sudden sharp turn and crashed into a tree head on. None of the air bags deployed. The contact injured her eye, nose, and fractured one of her ribs. The vehicle has not been diagnosed by the dealer. A police report was filed. The VIN was unknown. The current and failure mileages were 17,000.

12-13-06 front car collusion with no air bag deployment. Approximate speed of vehicle less than 40 MPH. Approximately 24 inch intrusion into middle of the front of the car by passenger side fender area of car that caused collusion. Damage to car will require complete replacement of existing air bag sensors.

Car airbag light came on at about 68,000 miles once and then at 78,000 it came on and stays on all the time. This is my second 2006 Dodge Grand Caravan and that one did the same thing. Had to get rid of it because of rust at 192,000 miles. Whenever I start up and drive, it is constantly on now. Never goes out.

Related recalls

NHTSA investigations

Airbag complaints in other Grand Caravan years