Factory build sheet
2018 Dodge Grand Caravan Crew
Build 2C4RDGDG-J · 3.6L 6cyl · Front-wheel drive · Minivan
VIN positions 1 through 8 read 2C4RDGDG and position 10 reads J. Those nine characters define this build. Position 9 and positions 11 through 17 differ on every car.
Every Grand Caravan whose VIN starts 2C4RDGDG and carries J in position 10 left the plant with the same engine, transmission, drivetrain and equipment listed below. We know of 169 of them.
- Decoded Jul 7, 2026
- 169 known VINs
Factory specification
As filed by Dodge with NHTSA for this build. Fields the filing does not record are left out entirely — a missing row means no recorded value, not a missing feature.
Engine
- Displacement
- 3.6 L
- Cylinders
- 6
- Configuration
- V-Shaped
- Engine manufacturer
- FCA
- Horsepower
- 283 hp
- Fuel type
- Gasoline
Drivetrain
- Drive type
- Front-wheel drive
- Brake system
- Hydraulic
Body & chassis
- Body class
- Minivan
- NHTSA body type
- MULTIPURPOSE PASSENGER VEHICLE (MPV)
- Doors
- 4
- Manufacturer
- FCA CANADA INC.
Weight rating
- GVWR class
- Class 2E
- GVWR
- 6,001–7,000 lb
Gross vehicle weight rating is the loaded ceiling set by the manufacturer, not the car's own weight.
The same build, other model years
Dodge used the VIN pattern 2C4RDGDG for 8 model years. Nothing but the year changes between these pages, so the price gap between them is depreciation on an identical car.
- 2012 Crew 3.6L 6cyl Minivan · 4,447 vehicles code C $5,995
- 2013 Crew 3.6L 6cyl Minivan · 1,815 vehicles code D $7,995
- 2014 Crew 3.6L 6cyl Minivan · 121 vehicles code E
- 2015 Crew 3.6L 6cyl Minivan · 135 vehicles code F
- 2016 Crew 3.6L 6cyl Minivan · 190 vehicles code G
- 2017 Crew 3.6L 6cyl Minivan · 182 vehicles code H
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2018 You are here code J
- 2020 Crew 3.6L 6cyl Minivan · 101 vehicles code L
How this VIN pattern is read
A 17-character VIN carries two kinds of information: what was built, and which one it is. This page is the first kind — the nine highlighted positions.
| Positions | Characters | What they encode |
|---|---|---|
| 1–3 | 2C4 | FCA CANADA INC. · World manufacturer identifier |
| 4–8 | RDGDG | Model, body style, engine and restraint system |
| 9 | × | Check digit — computed per vehicle, not part of the build |
| 10 | J | Model year — 2018 |
| 11 | × | Assembly plant |
| 12–17 | ×××××× | Production sequence number, unique to each vehicle |
NHTSA safety ratings
Crash-test results are published per model year and body style, so they cover the 2018 Dodge Grand Caravan as a whole rather than this build alone.
Overall
★★★★ ★ 4 / 5
Frontal crash
★★★★ ★ 4 / 5
Side crash
★★★★★ 5 / 5
Rollover
★★★★ ★ 4 / 5
4 recall campaigns are recorded for the 2018 Grand Caravan. Recalls are issued per VIN range — check the VIN of the car you are looking at, not the model.
169 vehicles carry this build
Every VIN we have decoded to 2C4RDGDG-J shares the specification above.
- 169 Known VINs
Cars are filed by a fixed rule based on the VIN, so a car never moves between groups.
Neighboring configurations
Other factory configurations of the Grand Caravan, each with its own build sheet. The set is fixed by the VIN patterns themselves, so it does not shuffle as prices or inventory move.
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Where this data comes from
Specification fields are decoded from the manufacturer's filings in the NHTSA vPIC database, keyed on VIN positions 1–8 and 10. We publish the filed values as they stand and leave out anything the filing does not record.
Vehicle counts come from the 169 VINs of this build we have seen in dealer inventory. They are a sample of the road population, not a production figure.