2008 DODGE CARAVAN Complaints

2008 GRAND CARAVAN 35,000 KMS FRONT BALL JOINTS AND CONTROL ARMS FALLING OUT. WAS TOLD VEHICLE IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE ALSO HAS OIL LEAK AND HAD WARPING REAR BUMPER WHICH BLOCKED LIFT GATE FROM OPENING. *TR

2008 DODGE CARAVAN BRAKES AND ROTORS REPLACED MULTIPLE TIMES WITH LOW MILEAGE ON VEHICLE. PURCHASED THE VEHICLE IN MARCH OF 2008 AND HAD TO REPLACE THE BREAKS AND ROTORS FOR THE 1ST TIME IN SEPT. 2009. THE 2ND TIME WAS IN APR. 2010. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 DODGE CARAVAN. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 15 MPH WHILE MAKING A U-TURN WHEN ANOTHER VEHICLE CAUSED HER TO APPLY EXTREME PRESSURE TO THE BRAKES. THE SEAT BELT CONNECTED TO THE CHILD SEAT OPENED AND THE CHILD FELL FORWARD. THE CHILD WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL WITH A BLOODY NOSE AND A CUT ON THE LIPS. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN TO THE DEALER TO HAVE THE SEAT BELT INSPECTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE WHEN THE COMPLAINT WAS FILED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 120,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 DODGE CARAVAN. WHENEVER THE CONTACT DROVE THE VEHICLE AT ANY SPEED HE NOTICED A SQUEALING SOUND IN THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO STATED THAT ALL OF THE BRAKING COMPONENTS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 29000.

BRAKE SYSTEM FAILURE. HAD TO HAVE THE BRAKES REBUILT. BRAKE PROBLEM INDICATOR LIGHT KEPT COMING ON. TOOK THE VEHICLE IN FOR CHECK AND WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS JUST A PROBLEM WITH THE COMPUTER. BRAKES GAVE OUT ONE MONTH AFTER THE WARRANTY EXPIRED. TOOK THE VEHICLE TO AN INDEPENDENT (CERTIFIED) SHOP AND WAS TOLD THE BRAKE SYSTEM NEEDED TO BE COMPLETELY REBUILT AND THAT THE BRAKE WARNING SYSTEM APPEARED TO HAVE BEEN COMPROMISED, RENDERING IT USELESS. ALSO EXPERIENCED PROBLEM WITH THE TIRE INFLATION INDICATOR (DEALERSHIP FIXED THIS PROBLEM AND STATED IT WAS A COMPUTER MALFUNCTION) AND SHORTS IN THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM THAT CAUSED PROBLEMS WITH THE HORN TURN SIGNALS, LIGHTS, AND ALARM SYSTEM. DEALERSHIP DID A REPAIR ON THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. *TR

WHEN COMING DOWN AN INCLINE WITH THE CRUISE CONTROL SET, THE MOTOR BEGINS TO REV ACCESSIVELY WITHIN RPM REDLINE AND THE SPEED OF THE VEHICLE STARTS TO DROP. THIS PROBLEM CAN ONLY BE CORRECTED BY PULLING OFF THE ROAD AND TURNING THE VEHICLE OFF. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO TWO DIFFERENT DEALERSHIPS, AND THE PROBLEM WAS REPORTED TO THE BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU. PEOPLE WHO WORK AT THE DEALERSHIP HAVE COMMENTED THAT THEY HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THEIR 2008 DODGE CARAVAN AS WELL, BUT DODGE HAS SAID IT IS ACCEPTABLE. *TR

GRINDING NOISE WHEN BRAKING. KEPT GETTING WORSE. TAKEN TO DEALER AT 16,000 MILES. TOLD FRONT BRAKES WERE WORN OUT. REPLACED FRONT BRAKES. CHARGED OVER $300 - NOT UNDER WARRANTY. TOLD BACK BRAKES WOULD PROBABLY GO ALSO. THIS IS ON A 2008 DODGE CARAVAN. MANY OTHERS HAVE WRITTEN TO COMPLAIN WITH SAME PROBLEM. LOCAL DEALER SAID THEY HAD 4 FRONT AND BACK REPLACEMENTS RECENTLY. ALL ONLY HAD 16-18,000 MILES. THIS IS IN A SMALL TOWN. WITH THAT MANY COMPLAINTS, CHRYSLER WILL RAPIDLY LOSE CUSTOMERS. *TR

I HAVE A 2008 DODGE CARAVAN AND JUST TOUCHED THE TIRE VALVE STEM. THE TOP OF THE CAP CAME OFF AND THE TIRE DEFLATED IN LESS THAN 8 SECONDS. I CALLED THE DEALER AND THEY SAID IT'S NOT COVERED. I ASKED THE REPAIR SHOP AND THEY SAID THE TIRE PRESSURE MONITORING SENSOR STEMS ON THE CHRYSLER/DODGE COMMONLY BREAK OFF AND THEY HAVE HAD MANY. IT'S A COMMON PROBLEM. ON THE DODGE/CHRYSLER FORUMS THIS HAPPENS MANY TIME. IT ENDED UP COSTING ME 82 AND I HAD TO TAKE THE TIRE OFF. JUST BY BRUSHING THE STEM IT CRACKED OFF IS A MAJOR SAFETY CONCERN. WITH SNOW, OR SOMETHING ELSE BRUSHING ACROSS THE STEM THIS COULD LEAD TO AN INSTANT TIRE DEFLATION AND LOS OF CONTROL A LETHAL DESIGN!! *TR

2008 DODGE CARAVAN BRAKE PADS NEED TO BE REPLACED AT 15,000 MILES. I THOUGHT ON AVERAGE, THE BRAKE PADS ARE CHANGED EVERY 50,000 MILES. I AM CONCERNED BECAUSE IF THESE BRAKE PADS NEED TO BE CHANGED EVERY 15,000 MILES, I WILL NEED TO CHANGE MY BRAKE PADS EVERY YEAR AND I THINK THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG WITH THIS. I AM HOPING THAT YOU CAN RESOLVE THIS ISSUE BY SEEING IF DODGE CHRYSLER WILL COVER THE BRAKE PADS AS PART OF THEIR WARRANTY. *CN

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 DODGE CARAVAN. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 TO 40 MPH ON NORMAL ROAD CONDITIONS THERE WAS A STRONG BURNING ODOR AND AN EXCESSIVE HEAT BUILD UP COMING FROM THE BRAKE SYSTEM. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO CONTINUE DRIVING THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER FOR INSPECTION WHICH REQUIRED REPLACEMENT OF THE FRONT AND REAR BRAKES; FRONT AND REAR ROTORS. THE CONTACT WAS DISPLEASED WITH THE COSTLY REPAIR AS A RESULT OF THE EARLY BRAKE SYSTEM FAILURE. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 11,998.