2011 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN Complaints

I HAVE HAD MY VAN NOW FOR ABOUT 700 MILES, WE BOUGHT IT USED FROM A LOCAL DEALERSHIP. I RAN THE VAN THROUGH AN AUTOMATIC CAR WASH, AND WHEN I PUT THE VAN BACK INTO GEAR AND BEGAN TO MOVE THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. SO I TURNED OFF THE VAN HOPING TO RESET THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND THE VAN DID NOT WANT TO START BACK UP. (AT THIS POINT I AM IN A ALLEY WITH ONE WAY TRAFFIC) FINALLY I GOT THE VAN TO START BUT THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS STILL ON WHEN I PUT IT INTO GEAR IT SPUTTERED AND THEN STOPPED IT GAVE A RED LIGHT WITH A BOLT THROUGH IT AND ALSO THE OIL LIGHT CAME ONE. AGAIN I TRIED SEVERAL TIMES TO START THE VEHICLE AND FINALLY GOT IT TO GO AGAIN. THEN WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD IT BEGAN SHIFTING ON ITS OWN, IT IS AN AUTOMATIC BUT THE 1, 2, 4, 3 , 2 , 1 GEARS BEGAN SHOWING AN FINALLY IT STALLED, LUCKY I WAS ABLE TO COAST INTO A PARKING LOT. THIS VEHICLE IS NOT TRUST WORTHY. PLEASE INVESTIGATE THIS ISSUE. I DO HAVE SOME VIDEO OF THESE THINGS HAPPENING.

MY CAR KEPT STALLING AND CUTTING OFF. IT WOULD CUT OFF AT TIMES WHILE DRIVING ON BUSY CITY STREETS, JUST BEFORE TOTALLY SHUTTING DOWN.THOUGHT IT WAS THE BATTERY AND HAD THAT REPLACED. NOTHING ELSE WAS READING AS AN ISSUE THAT WOULD CAUSE THIS PROBLEM. I KNEW IT WAS LARGER PROBLEM WHEN I WAS UNABLE TO JUMP START MY VEHICLE OR FEED IT GAS USING THE PEDAL. CAR NO LONGER STARTS. APPARENTLY I NO LONGER HAVE POWER TO MY FUEL PUMP, AND THE RELAY IS INTEGRATED INTO THE FUSE BOX. UPON DOING SOME RESEARCH THIS IS A COMMON ISSUE THAT CAUSES THE VEHICLE TO RANDOMLY SHUT OFF. DEALERSHIPS WANT $1200 TO FIX.

FOR SEVERAL MONTHS NOW I HAVE DEALT WITH A PROBLEM WITH THE FUEL PUMP NOT TURNING OFF AFTER THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN SHUT OFF. IT HAS DRAIN THE BATTERY DEAD. NOW IT HAS EVOLVED INTO A PROBLEM WHERE THE CAR IS STALLING AND SHUTTING CAR SYSTEMS DOWN WITHOUT NOTICE. THANK GOODNESS I WAS NOT MOVING WHEN IT STALLED. IT APPEARS IT IS A PROBLEM WITH THE FUEL PUMP MODULE RELAY. DODGE NEEDS TO FIX THIS PROBLEM. THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY HAZARD.

THE 2011 DODGE CARAVAN TIPM MODULE CAUSING AL TYPE OF ISSUES, THESE ISSUES ARE KNOWN BY DODGE/CHRYSLER IS THERE A RECALL FOR THIS WELL DOCUMENTED FAULTY PART THIS PART CAN SINGLE HANDEDLY DISABLE AND OPERATION. THE ENGINE WONT START BECAUSE FUEL PUMP NOT ENGAGING THE VAN WONT SHIFT OUT OF PARK, THE AC FAN TURNS ON WHEN IT FEELS LIKE, THE TIPM CONTROLS PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING ITS A $1500 THE INTERNET IS FULL OF COMPLAINTS I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW THIS ISN'T A RECALL I JUST TRIED TO SEE IF DODGE COULD ORDER ONE COST WAS $1500 FOR PART AND INSTALL THE BEST PART WAS IS THEY ARE BACKORDERED AND NO ETA FOR PART THIS PART GOES BAD YOUR VEHICLE IS USELESS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. WHILE THE CONTACT'S WIFE WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE VEHICLE DID NOT RESPOND APPROPRIATELY WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. THE CONTACT DEPRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOORBOARD, BUT THE VEHICLE STILL FAILED TO RESPOND. AS A RESULT, THE DRIVER REAR ENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED PRIOR TO THE FAILURE. THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED A SORE ANKLE, WHICH WAS EXAMINED BY A MEDIC, BUT THERE WERE NO SERIOUS INJURIES. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE SUSTAINED FRONT END DAMAGE, BUT WAS NOT DESTROYED. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 138,000.

INTERMITTENT STARTING PROBLEMS, WILL JUST KEEP CRANKING AND NOT TURN OVER. PROBLEM CONTINUES TO HAPPEN MORE OFTEN OVER TIME.

MY WIFE WAS DRIVING WITH MY 4 KIDS AGED 13, 11, 8 AND 3 WHEN THE CARAVAN STALLED WHILE IN MOTION AT THE RED LIGHT NEAR A MAJOR INTERSECTION WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING. WITH NO POWER STEERING OR BREAKS, THE VAN STOPPED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE INTERSECTION AND ON COMING TRAFFIC HAD TO BREAK HARD TO PREVENT A COLLISION. BOULEVARD DODGE CHRYSLER DIAGNOSED THE ISSUE AS FAULTY ELECTRICAL ISSUE WITH THE FUEL PUMP. THE REPAIR COST ME $478 (DEC. 3 2018). ON TUESDAY JAN 15 2019 THE CAR STARTED DIFFERENT ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS. WHEN I TOOK THE CAR BACK TO THE SAME DEALER THEY TOLD ME THE CAUSE IS THE TIPM WHICH WOULD COST ABOUT $2000. WHEN I STARTED MY RESEARCH I REALIZED THAT BOTH ISSUE ARE RELATED AND CAUSED BY THE TIPM. THIS IS AN ONGOING ISSUE WITH MANY MODELS OF FCA WHICH SOME VEHICLES HAD RECALLS FROM FCA. I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE WHO HAS EXPERIENCES STALLING DUE TO TIPM ISSUE ON CARAVAN. THIS IS A SERIOUS ISSUE AND NHTSA AS WELL AS TRANSPORT CANADA HAS TO PROTECT THE PUBLIC BEFORE A SERIOUS ACCIDENT OR DEATH OCCURS. ON FEB 14 I HAD MORE ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS THIS TIME WITH AN IGNITION COIL DEFAULT DUE TO THE TIPM. REPAIR COST $ 265.90. ON AUGUST 29 THE CAR STALLED AGAIN IN MOTION WHILE DRIVING ON THE SERVICE ROAD OF A MAJOR HIGHWAY. THEREFORE NO POWER BRAKES OR STEERING. THAT IS BESIDE THE FACT THAT THE CAR WON'T START OR HAS DIFFERENT FLASHING LIGHTS ON THE DASH BOARD.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 DODGE CARAVAN VEHICLE WOULD NOT IMMEDIATELY START OWNER BECAME STRANDED FUSE FAULTY, ELECTRICAL FAULT THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE ATTEMPTING TO START THE ENGINE THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT IMMEDIATELY START. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE LOCAL DEALER JIM RIEHO JEEP(32899 VAN DYKE, WARREN MI.) WHO REPLACED THE STARTER BUT THE FAILURES CONTINUED TO OCCUR. THE CONTACT DISCOVERED A TSB(08-02411 REV-A) RELATED TO THE FAILURE WHICH REFERENCED THE M27 FUSE REPAIR. THE M27 FUSE WAS PULL OUT AND RESET AND THE FAILURE WAS CORRECTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE BUT NO ASSISTANCE WAS OFFERED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 110,000.

THERE IS A FAULTY TIPM IN MY 2011 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. THIS CAUSES MY VEHICLE TO STALL IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD OR NOT START WHEN I AM AWAY FROM HOME. WE HAVE BEEN STUCK BLOCKING TRAFFIC ON THE MIDDLE OF A BUSY HIGHWAY MULTIPLE TIMES DUE TO A FUEL PUMP RELAY THAT STOPS WORKING AND DISRUPTS GAS FLOW TO THE ENGINE. CURRENTLY MY CAR IS DISABLED DUE TO THIS TIPM. DIESEL DODGE VEHICLES ARE UNSAFE DUE TO THE DISRUPTION IN THE POWER MODULE THAT SUPPLIES EVERY SYSTEM IN THE CAR WITH POWER TO KEEP THE VEHICLE RUNNING. AS I WAS DRIVING TODAY, MY AIR CONDITIONER STOPPED, ALL LIGHTS ON THE DASHBOARD LIT UP AND I'LL TRY AM IS IN THE CAR WE'RE ARRANGING THIS CAUSED ME TO TURN AND GO HOME IMMEDIATELY SO I WOULD NOT GET STUCK IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HIGHWAY. ONCE I GOT HOME I WAS ON ABLE TO START MY VEHICLE AND IT CURRENTLY HAS NO POWER AT ALL

MY VEHICLE WAS AT JEFF WYLER CHRYSLER, DODGE AND JEEP IN BATAVIA, OHIO FOR A WEEK PLUS A FEW DAYS. IN ALL OF THAT TIME THAT THIS VEHICLE WAS HAVING ITS TRANSMISSION ISSUES DIAGNOSED AND INSPECTED, THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT FAILED TO ADDRESS THE OPEN RECALL OF NHTSA RECALL #17V-376, FCA RECALL #T33 FOR THE STEERING WHEEL WIRING. THE DEALERSHIP KNOWS ABOUT OPEN RECALLS AND, YET FAILED TO PERFORM THE REPAIRS ON THIS VEHICLE. INSTEAD, IT ALLOWED MY VEHICLE TO BE TOWED FROM ITS LOT BACK TO MY HOME ADDRESS, DESPITE KNOWING THAT IT FAILED TO ADDRESS THE RECALL. DODGE CUSTOMER CARE REPRESENTATIVES INFORMED ME OF THIS RECALL WHILE I WAS ON THE PHONE WITH THEM AND STILL THE DEALERSHIP DID NOT EVEN MAKE MENTION OF THIS. THEY FAILED TO REPAIR THE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS OR FATAL ISSUES WITH THE VEHICLE AND DODGE FAILED TO ENSURE THAT THE VEHICLE RECALL WAS COMPLETED DURING ALL OF MY CONVERSATIONS WITH DODGE AND DODGE EXECUTIVE OFFICE PERSONNEL.