Used Dodge Grand Caravan for Sale in Kansas City, KS

I rate this car highly because it has been dependable. We have had very little mechanically go wrong with the engine, transmission, or drive train. The engine is only 6 cylinder, but it has the power we need for our purposes. We do not pull heavy trailers or do excessive driving on difficult roads. It is a little bit sluggish in the Ozark mountains. It auto shifts down on the steeper inclines, but we make it up. I do have a few problems with body construction. The car is not very quiet. You get a lot of outside noises from tires and traffic. One of the electric side doors does not auto close, like it is supposed to, all of the time. It comes and goes, which can be irritating. There is not a lot of cargo space behind the back bench seat, but the overhead cargo rack on top is strong and sufficient to tie on most of what we need to haul. The top rack accommodates my kayak very well. This car is roomy enough to haul six adults, even though it is rated to haul seven adults. That seventh person has to be quite thin to be comfortable. But, I can haul all six of my grandkids in it with out any problems. It is a little bit awkward to get into the rear most bench seat. There are other make and models of vans which has much easier access to the rear seats without having to climb over the middle seats. The car runs straight and true down the highway, and is fairly easy to drive. The front drivers seat is electronic, and has many subtle adjustments that can be changed while driving to improve comfort on long trips. The stereo system is adequate. It is not a top end system, but it has everything that we need. There is no built in GPS or satellite radio, which I would have liked to have, but both can be added. Installation is limited on where to put these external devices. Overall, I would rate this car an eight on a scale of one to ten.

I like the amount of passenger room in this van. It will seat six people (six if they are larger). It gives me plenty of room to travel with my grandchildren but is just small enough to be able to talk back and forth with the people who are in the very back of the van. This car is fairly good on gas and has a nice size gas tank, about 19 gallons so we can make most of our trips without having to stop for gas on the way. One thing I do not like is that it does not block out road noise very well. I like the radio and speaker system which provides for adjusting the speakers front to back so the kids can enjoy their music without bothering the front passengers. The radio comes with an auxiliary input so I can plug in my MP3 player and have a greater choice of listening options. This van has stow and go seating which is great for hauling items that I could not other wise carry. I very much like the built in luggage rack on the top. The luggage rack is adjustable and makes it easy to hold my kayak on top without any problem at all. We added a trailer hitch and special shocks. It pulls our camper without any problem. The V6 engine is big enough to pull our trailer plus a load of kids and gear for camping. The van has light blue halo lighting inside which gives the kids a night light for traveling after dark and it has a calming effect on them after a busy day.