2007 DODGE CARAVAN Complaints

ON THE WAY HOME FROM A NICE VACATION (UNTIL THIS HAPPENED)WITH SON AND GRANDKIDS WE WERE GETTING BACK ONTO THE HIGHWAY (THANK GOD IT HAPPEN BEFORE ENTERING HIGHWAY THE RIGHT FRONT AXLE FELL APART CAUSED A FIRE AS WELL. THERE WAS NO WARNING AT ALL. A LADY THAT SAW THIS HAPPENED WAS BLOWING HORN TO MAKE US STOP. I SAW THE SMOKE WE PULLED OVER GOT THE KIDS OUT CALLED 911. A MAN FROM THE HOTEL GRABBED FIRE EXTINGUISHER AND PUT THE FIRE OUT. VAN HAD TO BE TOWED. IT COST ME 400.00 FOR THE REPAIR AND HAD TO STAY IN A HOTEL FOR 2 MORE NIGHTS. MY SON HAD TO GET A RENTAL CAR TO DRIVE HOME TO GET BACK TO WORK. THE GARAGE SAID HE'S NEVER SAW THIS HAPPEN. I READ THIS HAS HAPPENED ON A 2006 DODGE CARAVAN AS WELL. IS THIS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE DODGE 06 AND 07 CARAVANS? HAS THERE BEEN ANY RECALLS ABOUT THIS OR ARE THEY WAITING UNTIL SOMEONE GETS KILLED!!!!!!!!! THANK GOD WE WERE NOT YET BACK ON THE HIGHWAY. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 DODGE CARAVAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 15 MPH, A LOSS OF POWERING STEERING OCCURRED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT EXPERIENCED DIFFICULTY IN TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL AND CAUTIOUSLY MANEUVERED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE ENGINE WAS TURNED OFF. THERE WAS POWER STEERING FLUID LEAKAGE ON THE GROUND AND STEAM EMITTED FROM UNDERNEATH THE HOOD. AFTER RESTARTING THE ENGINE THE VEHICLE RESUMED WITH THE STEERING MALFUNCTION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THE POWER STEERING LINE WAS REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND A COMPLAINT WAS FILED REGARDING THE ISSUE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 64,251.

DOME LIGHT BULB SOCKET HAD BURN MARKS FORM OVERHEATING AND CONTACTS OVERHEATED AND PLASTIC MELTED MAKING THE BULB INOPERATIVE. APPEARS TO BE A FIRE HAZARD. *TR

DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AT 65MPH THE AUTOMATIC SIDE DOOR ON MY DODGE CARAVAN OPENED UP AUTOMATICALLY. PERSONAL ITEMS FELL OUT OF THE CAR AND WERE DESTROYED. MY SON WAS SEATED NEXT TO THE DOOR. THIS HAS HAPPENED BEFORE AT SLOWER SPEEDS AND WAS SUPPOSEDLY FIXED. *TR

I DRIVE A 2007 DODGE CARAVAN. THE PASSENGER SIDE WINDOW MOTOR HAS GONE OUT. WE HAVE CALLED AROUND FOR A REPLACEMENT AND HAVE FOUNT OUT THAT THESE YEARS ARE VERY WELL KNOWN FOR THIS PROBLEM. MY VAN ONLY HAS 8,797 MILES ON IT. WHY HAS THERE NEVER BEEN A RECALL.. ALL VANS OF THIS MAKE AND MODEL HAVE HAD TO HAVE THERE MOTORS REPLACED.. MY MOM WAS LOOKING AT ONE AND THEY DEALER TOLD HER THE MOTORS HAVE BEEN REPLACED. SO NOW I HAVE TO SPEND 200.00 TO GET A ENTIRE REPLACEMENT PART. [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

I HAVE A 2007 DODGE CARAVAN 2.4 ENGINE I BOUGHT IT NEW ONLY 3 YEARS OLD NOW THE WARRANTY RAN OUT 2 DAYS BEFORE THE CAR BROKE THE CRANK SEAL KEEP POPPING OUT THIS IS MY 4TH TIME 2 TIMES I HAD TO CHANGE THE OIL PUMP AND 2 TIMES I HAVE TO CHANGE THE SEAL I AM GOING OUT MY MIND I LOVE THE CAR SO MUCH I PUT SO MUCH IN IT AND DODGE SAY THERE ARE NO RECALL. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 DODGE CARAVAN SXT EQUIPPED WITH BRIDGESTONE TURANZA EL 42 TIRES, LINE SIZE P215/65/16, DOT NUMBER 7X6VCT20807. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TREAD BELT ON ALL FOUR TIRES WAS SEVERELY DRY ROTTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A TIRE CENTER AND THE FOUR TIRES WERE REPLACED WITH A DIFFERENT BRAND OF TIRES. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 22,000.

THE AIRBAG LIGHT TURNS ON AT THE BEGINNING WHEN A CHILD OR A LIGHT LOAD IS IN THE PASSENGER'S SEAT. IT THEN TURNS OFF ONCE I START GOING. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT MEANS THAT IT IS ON OR OFF AND AM CONCERNED. SECONDLY, I RECENTLY HAD TO REPAIR THE RUNNER ON THE DRIVERS SIDE BACK SLIDING DOOR. THE WIRE THAT WENT THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF IT WAS IN JEOPARDY OF GETTING DAMAGED IF I DIDN'T. I HAD TO PAY $350 TO GET THIS REPAIRED. IT LOOKS LIKE I'LL HAVE TO BE REPAIRING THE PASSENGER'S SIDE IN THE FUTURE AS IT IS SHOWING SIGNS OF DETERIORATION. *TR

CONSUMER STATES COMPLAINT AGAINST CHRYSLER. CONSUMER WAS HIT HEAD ON AND AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY *TGW

I AM CURRENTLY THE OWNER OF A 2007 DODGE CARAVAN. ON MARCH 8,2010, I NOTICED OIL GUSHING FROM THE BOTTOM, RIGHT HAND CORNER OF MY 2007 DODGE CARAVAN. I IMMEDIATELY DROVE IT TO THE NEAREST GARAGE TO HAVE IT LOOKED AT. AT THIS POINT I ONLY HAD 30,941 MILES ON THE VEHICLE THE REPAIR TECHNICIAN TOLD ME I HAD A BLOWN CAM SEAL. I CONTACTED CHRYSLER TO SEE IF I WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY. CHRYSLER INFORMED ME THAT MY WARRANTY WAS THREE YEARS OR 36,000 MILES AND THAT MY WARRANTY HAD EXPIRED ON DECEMBER 6, 2010. THE GARAGE REPLACED THE CAMSEAL, THE HEAD GASKET, THE TIMING BELT, AND THE OIL PAN SEAL. LESS THAN A MONTH LATER I HAD ANOTHER OIL LEAK IN THE SAME AREA. I DROVE IT BACK TO THE SAME GARAGE THAT I TOOK IT TO LAST TIME. THIS TIME THEY LOOKED FOR THE UNDERLYING CAUSE OF MY PROBLEM. THEY TOOK OUT THE OIL PAN AND THE OIL PUMP AND TOOK A LOOK AT THE CRANKSHAFT. THE CRANKSHAFT WAS BADLY DUG INTO AND IT APPEARED TO BE DEFECTIVE STRAIGHT FROM THE FACTORY. ADDITIONALLY, THERE WAS A DEFECTIVE THRUST BEARING ON THE CRANKSHAFT. THIS, THEY INFORMED ME, WAS CAUSING THE CRANKSHAFT TO WOBBLE OR "WALK" THEREBY BUSTING THE SEAL ON THE OIL PUMP. THE GARAGE ALSO INFORMED ME THAT THE ENGINE ON MY MINI-VAN IS ALSO THE SAME ONE THAT DODGE PUT INTO THE NEON AND THE NEONS WERE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. THE PARTICULAR ENGINE IN QUESTION IS A 2.4L DOHC. THE GARAGE ORDERED AN AFTER MARKET CRANKSHAFT KIT AND REPLACED MY CRANKSHAFT. AS A RESULT OF BOTH VISITS TO THE GARAGE, I HAVE HAD TO SPEND A TOTAL OF $1,691.77 TO HAVE MY VEHICLE FIXED. *TR