Dodge Grand Caravan — Thermostat Replacement Cost

Based on real repair records · last updated October 2, 2026
$244
typical range $169 – $359 (parts + labor)
typical labor time 1.5 hrs · parts $35 · labor $154 · the rest is shop fees & tax (medians)
Median and middle-half range computed from real Dodge Grand Caravan thermostat replacement repairs.

What owners actually paid

$169
1 in 4 paid less
$244
half paid less, half paid more
$359
3 in 4 paid less

The shaded middle is where half of all these repairs landed: $169 – $359. A quote inside that band is normal. Cheaper or pricier isn't automatically wrong — but it's worth asking why.

Real repair reports

These reports are a recent sample of real, paid Dodge Grand Caravan thermostat replacement visits — quoted the way the owner and the technician actually said it.

Car owners said

“Cel p0128. test and replace coolant thermostat and clear codes”
2012 Dodge Grand Caravan · 174,579 mi · $387 · 2.3 hrs labor · Feb 2026
“Diag cel (thermostat code)”
2017 Dodge Grand Caravan · 120,022 mi · $453 · 2.6 hrs labor · Jan 2026
“Thermostat service per prev diag”
2017 Dodge Grand Caravan · 101,872 mi · $370 · 0.8 hrs labor · Jan 2026

What this repair is

The thermostat is a temperature-controlled valve that lets the engine warm up quickly, then holds it at operating temperature. Stuck closed, the engine overheats; stuck open, you get weak heat and poor fuel economy. It is a routine repair that also gets replaced preventively during major cooling-system work.

Is your quote fair?

If your quote lands between $169 and $359, it's inside the range where half of all real Dodge Grand Caravan repairs of this kind land — and the typical job takes about 1.5 hours of labor. Quotes well below aren't automatically good news (economy parts, or related work skipped) and quotes above aren't automatically gouging (trim variants, premium parts, seized hardware) — but both ends deserve questions.

The symptom behind this repair

This fix most often shows up when owners report Car Heater Not Working or Car Overheating — those pages show how often each complaint actually ends here, and what the alternatives cost.

Other repairs on the Dodge Grand Caravan

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Where these numbers come from. FixDozer computes statistics from a large, continuously updated body of real-world US automotive repair records.