2019 Dodge Grand Caravan · symptom sheet
Seat belt or seat problems
- 28owner reports
- 65,000median miles
- $235median quote
- 0involved a crash
Newest report Jun 23, 2026 · checked Oct 2, 2026
28 of the 242 complaints on this car describe seat belt.
Tick what matches of 28 reports
Seat belt on other Grand Caravan years
Report counts are for each model year on its own, so a newer car has had less time to collect them. Model years with too few reports of it for a sheet: 2017, 2018.
What this problem usually is
This group covers the belt and the seat it's bolted to: buckles that won't latch or won't let go, belts that lock up and won't pull out, and seats that shift or rock in their tracks. It's a wide bucket, with over 9,000 complaints across the vehicles on this site, and a quarter of them mention a recall.
What got replaced
Few of these reports name the part that was replaced.
Recalls and investigations
One recall on the seats covers the 2019 model year. A recall on the same system isn't always the same failure, so read the defect text.
The welds on the outboard rear seat strikers for the second row bench and second row bucket seats may fail during a front impact crash.
All 4 recalls on the 2019 Dodge Grand Caravan, with the owner complaints on each recalled system
NHTSA investigations into the seats on the Grand Caravan
Active head rest inadvertent deployment. Closed feb 25, 2026.
Safety belt anchorage failures. Closed dec 23, 1997, led to recall 97V-149.
Integrated child seat belt lockup. Closed aug 19, 1998, led to recall 97I-001.
Integrated child seat belt lockup. Closed feb 4, 1997.
Safety blt latch operation. Closed jun 28, 1996.
What owners paid
5 of the 28 reports quote a price. Each dot is one quote. The middle half runs $225 to $500.
When it happens
The middle half of failures fell between 47,000 and 105,535 miles, from the 12 reports that gave a mileage.
What owners wrote
“I went to lower the 2 bucket seats to load an item on the van and the seats wonât go down to stow.”
Filed Jan 11, 2026
“The back seats still rattle .. if it was already repaired ... has apparently broken loose again”
Filed Jul 14, 2024
“I was trying to roll the 3rd row seats in my van into the storage area, when trying to get the headrest to be in a lower position (in order to stow) the headrest snapped forward quickly and hit my niece in the face. She was inside the vehicle trying to put the 3rd row seats down. Thankfully her nose is not broke, but she hurt it pretty bad. There is no warning that this could happen and I think it is a safety issue.”
Filed Dec 11, 2023
“We had just returned from the grocery store parked the car in the driveway and were proceeding to exit the car. My 17 yr old daughter was sitting in the passenger seat when we heard a loud bang and her head was jolted foward by the headrest, upon examination and a quick Google search we learned that it was a safety feature for when rear-ended which had not happened.”
Filed Jun 17, 2023
Should you keep driving it?
This page can't tell you that. 0 of 28 reports involved a crash and 9 people were hurt. Owners who file are the ones who had a bad experience, and nobody checks their reports. If the problem affects steering, braking, power or a fire risk, treat it as a safety fault and have it inspected before a long or high-speed drive.
File your own report with NHTSA. Complaint counts are how a problem gets an investigation. How reports land on this sheet.
Guide Paid for this repair before a recall covered it? How recall reimbursement works
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