The Lemon Index$3,000 middle bill · most between $2,600 and $4,000
Lower than the $4,500 middle bill owners of all 175 models reported.
Owners who gave their mileage: a middle of 64,000 miles (11 reports).
Dodge Grand Caravan owners reported paying a median of $3,000 for a transmission replacement, with the middle half of bills between $2,600 and $4,000. That's from 14 owner reports (14 complaints to NHTSA). Costs vary by shop and region.
What owners paid
- Under $5000%
- $500–$1,0000%
- $1,000–$2,50021%
- $2,500–$5,00057%
- $5,000 and up21%
Share of the 14 owner reports in each price band.
By model year
- 2000 Dodge Grand Caravan2too few for a middle
- 2001 Dodge Grand Caravan3$3,300 middle bill
- 2002 Dodge Grand Caravan2too few for a middle
- 2003 Dodge Grand Caravan1too few for a middle
- 2005 Dodge Grand Caravan1too few for a middle
- 2011 Dodge Grand Caravan1too few for a middle
- 2013 Dodge Grand Caravan1too few for a middle
- 2016 Dodge Grand Caravan2too few for a middle
- 2019 Dodge Grand Caravan1too few for a middle
Reports per model year, with the middle bill where there are 3 or more. YouTube amounts count for the generation the video covers.
How often owners report the failure
- 2016 Dodge Grand Caravan48 complaints name it5% of that year's complaints
- 2000 Dodge Grand Caravan33 complaints name it4% of that year's complaints
- 2015 Dodge Grand Caravan19 complaints name it6% of that year's complaints
- 2002 Dodge Grand Caravan17 complaints name it3% of that year's complaints
- 2019 Dodge Grand Caravan16 complaints name it7% of that year's complaints
- 2001 Dodge Grand Caravan14 complaints name it3% of that year's complaints
Owner complaints to NHTSA whose own words name a transmission failure. Raw counts: popular years get more complaints. A complaint is a report, not proof of a defect.
Engines in these years
Engines with a page of their own that this model was sold with in the years above. Owners don't always say which engine they had.
Engine codes that can lead here: P0700 P0730 P0715 P0720 P0731 P0732 P0733 P0734. A code is where a shop starts, not proof the part failed.
Keep going
- Dodge Grand Caravan reliability by year
- Transmission replacement cost on every car
- Car symptoms and what they can mean
Other repairs Dodge Grand Caravan owners reported
TIPM replacement (61) · Brake repair (42) · Steering rack replacement (15) · Airbag module and clock spring replacement (12) · Fuel pump replacement (12) · BCM replacement (11) · Wiring harness repair (9) · Alternator replacement (6) · Door lock actuator replacement (5)
The details
How we count
Every number here is a repair bill an owner reported, never a shop's price list. Two sources: the bills owners wrote in their own complaints to the U.S. government (NHTSA), and the dollar amounts owners said out loud in YouTube repair and ownership videos. A figure counts for a repair when that repair is the part named nearest to it. Left out: purchase prices, payments, rentals, towing, warranties and deductibles, amounts under $50 or over $15,000, parts-only prices ("the part was $80 on Amazon"), bills for two different repairs named together, and money someone else paid. One number per complaint (or video) and repair: the biggest, so it's the bill, not the diagnosis fee.
The range is the middle half of the bills (the 25th to the 75th percentile), so one wild number can't swing it. Owners who complain to the government often had expensive repairs, so a typical bill can be lower. Costs vary by shop and region, by dealer vs independent shop, by parts and by miles. This is what owners reported, not a quote for your car.
Check the bills yourself
NHTSA complaint numbers (search them at nhtsa.gov): 11682250, 11633430, 11414812, 11321172, 11161242, 11063819, 10344788, 10158803, 10157783, 10095589, 10088723, 10088456 and more.
Quick answers
How much does transmission replacement cost on a Dodge Grand Caravan?
Dodge Grand Caravan owners reported a median of $3,000, and the middle half paid $2,600 to $4,000, from 14 owner reports. Costs vary by shop and region.
Is a Dodge Grand Caravan transmission replacement more expensive than on other cars?
The Dodge Grand Caravan middle bill of $3,000 is lower than the $4,500 owners of all 175 models we have reports for paid.
Where do these Dodge Grand Caravan repair costs come from?
From 14 complaints to NHTSA: what owners themselves said they paid. They aren't verified bills or a shop's quote.
Which Dodge Grand Caravan years report this failure most?
In complaints to NHTSA, owners of the 2016 (48), 2000 (33), 2015 (19) Dodge Grand Caravan named it most. Raw counts, not a failure rate.
Sources: NHTSA owner complaints and YouTube videos (amounts said out loud), sorted by The Lemon Index. Owner reports, not a price quote. Costs vary by shop and region.