2006 DODGE CARAVAN Complaints

I HAVE 2006 DODGE CARAVAN WITH ABOUT 70000 KMS. JUST FOUND OUT THAT THERE'S LEAK IN RACK O PINION WHICH LEAKS OUT THE POWER STEERING FLUID AND ITS GOING TO COST ABOUT $900 TO FIX IT. DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THERE'S BEEN NO RECALL YET EVEN THOUGH THERE HAS BEEN THOUSANDS OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT IT AND SEEMS LIKE A KNOWN ISSUE TO MANUFACTURER. *KB

2006 DODGE CARAVAN, HEADLIGHTS TURN ON AND OFF RANDOMLY WHILE DRIVING AND PARKED. SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO TURN THE HEADLIGHT SWITCH MULTIPLE TIMES ON AND OFF TO GET THE HEADLIGHTS TO FUNCTION. *TR

LETTER FROM COMPLAINT REGARDING PROBLEMS WITH HIS 2006 DODGE CARAVAN 3759 VIN; THE VEHICLE WAS REPOSSESSED ON SEPT 30, 2010 AND NOW HAS A RECALL ON IT; HE IS SEEKING HELP IN HAVING THE VEHICLE RETURNED TO HIM. *KB THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE SEEMED TO LOSE POWER AND MADE NOISES WHEN GOING UP A HILL. ALSO, ALL OF THE INSTRUMENTS ON THE DASHBOARD WENT OUT, WHEN THE CONSUMER HIT A BUMP IN THE ROAD. *JB

WATER LEAKING ONTO THE PASSENGER FLOOR BOARD AND CARPET OF OUR 2006 DODGE CARAVAN AND IN RESEARCHING REGARDING OUR SITUATION, I FOUND THAT OTHER YEAR MODELS THAT WERE BUILT HAD AN IMPROPERLY INSTALLED PART IN THE HEATING AND COOLING SYSTEM CAUSING THIS MATTER THAT IS APPARENTLY A MANUFACTURER ISSUE AND OTHER YEAR MINIVANS HAD BEEN RECALLED BECAUSE OF THE RISK THAT A WATER LEAK IN THE AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM COULD TRIGGER THE AIRBAGS, RISKING INJURY TO PASSENGERS. I JUST WANT THE VEHICLE FIXED PROPERLY AS WE HAD NOTICED A POTENTIAL ISSUE TWO YEARS AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED, BUT AT THE TIME IT WASN'T LEAKING BAD, WELL IT HAS GOTTEN WORSE, SATURATING THE PASSENGER FLOOR, WHEN THE A/C IS ON AND IN FL WE UTILIZE THE AIR QUITE A BIT. PLEASE LET US KNOW WHERE WE STAND, AS DODGE CORPORATION IS SAYING THERE'S NO RECALL ON OUR 2006 MODEL, BUT THE PROBLEM IS THE SAME AS WHAT OTHERS HAVE BEEN REPORTING. *TR

'I HAVE A 2006 GRAND CARAVAN SXT. I HAVE PREVIOUSLY OWNED 2 GRAND CARAVANS AND 1 TOWN AND COUNTRY. THE REAR RIGHT SIDE DOOR LOCK DOES NOT GO UP OR DOWN UNLESS I MANUALLY PULL IT UP OR DOWN.. THE DOOR DOES 'CLICK' WHEN I HIT THE KEY REMOTE OR OVERHEAD BUTTON, BUT THE DOOR WILL NOT OPEN. IF I PULL THE DOOR THE KNOB UP MANUALLY, THE KEY REMOTE OR OVERHEAD WILL ALLOW THE DOOR TO OPEN AND CLOSE. I WENT ON THE INTERNET AND THE REPAIR FORUM INDICATED THAT HUNDREDS OF THE SAME SITUATION EXISTED WITH THE GRAND CARAVAN. NO RECALL EXISTED, BUT THIS CERTAINLY SHOULD HAVE BEEN WITH THIS SAFETY MALFUNCTION. I WAS ADVISED TO REMOVE THE OID FUSE AND REMOVE THE BATTERY CABLE. WHILE THIS WORKED IN A MAJORITY OF CASES, IT DID NOT WORK FOR ME. I CALLED CHRYSLER AND WAS TOLD THAT IT COULD BE THE BCM OR DOOR LOCK ACTUATOR OR DOOR HARNESS. IF THE 'HARNESS' WAS BROKEN WOULD THE DOOR BE ABLE TO CLOSE OR OPEN? I WAS ALSO ADVISED THAT THIS COULD COST BETWEEN $80.00 AND $500.00. SEEMS LIKE A LARGE 'SPREAD OF COST' TO ME. CERTAINLY NOT ACCEPTABLE BECAUSE YOU KNOW AS WELL AS I DO THAT IF THEY FIND IT TO BE A FUSE, THEY'LL CHARGE THE TOP PRICE FOR REPAIR. I HAVE HAD EXPERIENCE WITH DEALERS BEFORE'. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 DODGE CARAVAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS A RECURRING FAILURE IN WHICH THE VEHICLE WOULD JERK VIOLENTLY WITHOUT WARNING. THE POWER STEERING UNIT WAS REPLACED A TOTAL OF FOUR TIMES AND MOST RECENTLY, THE VEHICLE WAS DIAGNOSED BY AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO ADVISED THAT THE POWER STEERING COLUMN WOULD NEED REPLACING. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND DID NOT OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE STATING THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 87,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 150,000.

MY 2006 DODGE CARAVAN WAS MAKING A NOISE WHEN TURNING SO WHEN I GOT HOME CHECKED POWER STEERING FLUID AND IT WAS LOW. WHEN CHECKED THE NEXT DAY IT WAS LOW AGAIN. SO HAD IT CHECKED OUT AT A GARAGE AND IT WAS LEAKING FROM THE RACK AND PINION. SO IT NOW NEEDS REPLACED. ONLY HAVE 61,000 MILES ON THE CAR AND HAVE NOTICED IT SEEMS TO BE A CONSTANT PROBLEM ON THESES CARS. CALLED A DEALERSHIP ABOUT A RECALL AND WAS TOLD THERE IS NONE AND THERE NEVER WILL BE ONE. CAN'T AFFORD TO REPLACE PARTS JUST YET SO IJUST KEEP ADDING FLUID TILL I CAN GET WORK DONE. BUT AM VERY DISAPPOINTED WITH DODGE KNOWING THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THIS AND NOT SEEMING TO CARE ABOUT IT AT ALL. *TR

I BOUGHT A 2006 DODGE CARAVAN IN 2009. IT HAD 20,000 AT THAT TIME. SHORTLY AFTER PURCHASE WE DROVE THE VAN APPROXIMATELY 100 MILES. IT BEGAN MAKING ROARING NOISES SO I PULLED OVER AND STOPPED. AFTER SITTING FOR ABOUT 20 MINUTES, I STARTED THE CAR AGAIN AND THERE WAS NO NOISE. EVERY TIME I TRAVELED FOR OVER 45 MINUTES, THIS WOULD HAPPEN. I TOOK THE CAR TO BE LOOKED AT SEVERAL TIMES BUT NO ONE COULD FIND A PROBLEM. FINALLY IN JANUARY OF THIS YEAR THE CAR STARTED MAKING THIS NOISE ALL OF THE TIME AND MY SON-IN-LAW, WHO IS A MECHANIC, SAID THAT IT NEEDED POWER STEERING FLUID. THAT FIXED THE PROBLEM FOR AWHILE. IN MARCH, I TOOK MY CAR IN AND WAS TOLD THAT THE RACK AND PINION NEEDS TO BE REPLACED! VERY EXPENSIVE! THE CAR IS NOW ONLY MAKING NOISE WHEN I GO THROUGH STANDING WATER. ALSO, THE AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATES AT INTERVALS. IT SEEMS THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE HAVING THESE SAME COMPLAINTS. I THINK THAT DODGE NEEDS TO DO SOME RECALLS AND SOME REPAIRS!

TIRE KINGDOM TOLD ME THAT THE FROMT LEFT TIRE WAS SHOWING SIGNS OF SEPARATION WAS ADVISED THAT AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, THE TIRE COULD COME APART. HE ALSO SAID IT LOOKED LIKE THE SIDEWALL WAS SEPARATING FROM THE OTHER THREE TIRE. ALL 4 TIRES SHOWED SIMILAR ISSUES BUT LLEFT FRONT WAS MOST CRITICAL. *TR

THE VEHICLE LOST OIL PRESSURE. THE VEHICLE HAD TO BE TOWED. IT WAS FOUND THAT THE FRONT SEAL HAD FAILED RESULTING IN LOSS OF 4 QUARTS OF OIL. WHEN EVALUATED AT A REPAIR FACILITY THEY FOUND THAT THE CRANKSHAFT HAD FAILED AND WAS PUSHING THE FRONT SEAL OUT. I WAS TOLD THAT A TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN WAS AVAILABLE TO TELL DEALERS HOW TO FIX THE PROBLEM. I HAVE FOUND REFERENCES IN POSTS TO OTHERS HAVING A SIMILAR FAILURE IN THIS ENGINE.