2008 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN Complaints

PREMATURE BRAKE WEAR. REAR BRAKE PADS REPLACED (15000 MILES). FRONT BRAKE PADS REPLACED TWICE IN 32000 MILES. ROTORS REPLACED AT 32000 MILES. NOW ROTORS ARE WARPED AGAIN. TRAVEL AROUND TOWN AND MINOR HIGHWAY ONLY. NO HEAVY BREAKING, ETC. NO ACCIDENT YET! *TR

VALVE STEM BROKE CAUSING THE TIRE TO DEFLATE AND WARNING LIGHT TO COME ON IN CAR. *TR

2008 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN HAS A BRAKE DESIGN FLAW WHICH CAUSES THE BRAKES TO FAIL PREMATURELY. THE FIRST SET WORE OUT BEFORE 25K MILES AND CAUSED MY WIFE TO HAVE AN ACCIDENT WHEN SHE COULD NOT STOP THE VEHICLE. BRAKES HAVE BEEN REPLACED AGAIN WITH LESS THAN 30K ADDITIONAL MILES. THIS IS TOO OFTEN FOR BRAKES. *TR

BRAKES PADS WEAR OUT FAST AND ROTOR KEEP WARPING. HAVE HAD BRAKES REPLACED 5 TIMES ALREADY. I AM ONLY UP TO 54,000 AND I NEED BRAKES AGAIN. THE LAST BRAKE AND ROTOR JOB WAS AT 39K. *TR

TAIL LIGHTS HAVE QUIT FLASHING WHEN THE DOORS ARE LOCKED OR UNLOCKED WITH THE REMOTE CONTROLS 32,000 PLUS MILES ON VEHICLE. HEAD LIGHTS STILL WORK WITH REMOTE CONTROL. *TR

NEW 2008 DODGE CARAVAN REAR BRAKES BURN & SQUEAL SINCE NEW. PADS REPLACED SEVERAL TIMES AND CALIPERS TWICE. PROBLEM CONTINUES TO REPEAT USUALLY NO CHARGE SINCE CAR STILL IN WARRANTY (29000 MI). BUT I NEED RELIABLE BRAKES. DEALER SAYS IT IS A KNOWN PROBLEM WITH THE 2008 BUT CAN'T STOP THE PROBLEM FROM RECURRING. RECENTLY THE ABS & THE HYDRAULIC MODULES WENT AND I HAD TO BE TOWED. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNED A DODGE GRAND CARAVAN XLT. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED THE CONTACT NOTICED WHITE SMOKE COMING OUT OF THE HOOD OF THE VEHICLE NEAR THE WINDSHIELD. A PASSENGER ATTEMPTED TO MOVE THE VEHICLE AND BLACK SMOKE WAS ON THE OUTSIDE AND INSIDE OF THE VEHICLE. FIRE WAS ON THE GROUND AND THE FLAMES WERE 5 FEET TALL. SHE WAS ABLE TO EXTINGUISH THE FLAMES WITH CANS OF SODA. THE CONSUMERS HUSBAND JUMPED IN THE VEHICLE TO BACK IT UP AND AS HE DID, THE VEHICLE LOST ALL POWER. THE PASSENGER STATED THAT FOUR TREES AND THE GRASS CAUGHT FIRE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED AND THE VEHICLE EXPLODED. A NEIGHBOR EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE IN THE TREES AND GRASS; HOWEVER, THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO BURN. A SHERIFF AND FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORT WERE FILED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT NO ONE WAS INJURED. SINCE SHE HAD A HEART CONDITION, A PARAMEDIC CAME AND GAVE HER OXYGEN. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 25,000. UPDATED EVOQ 09/20/10 PRIOR TO THE FIRE, THE AIR CONDITIONER CRUISE CONTROL AND READ PASSENGER DOOR STOPPED WORKING. UPDATED EVOQ 11/09/10*JB

2008 GR. CARAVAN - ELECTRICAL/COMPUTER ISSUE. EVENTS - NOTHING CONSISTENT (SO FAR) SYMPTOMS: INTERMITTENT ISSUE, NOT ABLE TO RECREATE. W/ OR W/O KEY IN IGNITION, HORN WILL BLARE, DUMMY LIGHTS APPEAR, WIPERS (FRNT/BACK) TURN ON, FLUID SQUIRTS, NO A/C FAN (FRNT ONLY). WILL STOP AFTER SEVERAL MINUTES, NORMALLY. REMOVE BATTERY CBL AND WAIT, SEEMS TO ALLOW RESET. NEXT TIME START VAN, ENGINE LIGHT (NO CODES FOUND). WILL GO OFF AFTER 2 DRIVE CYCLES. SOMETIMES TRANSMISSION WILL NOT SHIFT OUT OF 1ST GEAR. TURN OFF AND RESTART, SEEMS TO RESOLVE THAT ISSUE. OWNED VAN 8 WEEKS, THIS HAS OCCURRED 5 TIMES SPREAD OUT OVER THAT PERIOD. TWO INSTANCES OF 5, THE ABS SYSTEM INITIATED WHILE DRIVING (SAME OTHER SYMPTOMS W/HORN WIPER AT THE SAME TIME, SEEM TO BE RELATED). CAUSED UNEXPECTED DRIVING BEHAVIOR WHEN THAT OCCURRED (BRAKES KICKED IN AUTOMATICALLY AND TRANSMISSION TRIED TO DOWNSHIFT). DIAGNOSIS: DEALER HAS REPLACED HORNS, SINCE THEY BURNED OUT (NO TOOLS TO PULL BATTERY CABL). SEARCHED CODES (NONE STORED). SAYS, I HAVE TO BRING IT IN WHEN I'M EXPERIENCING ISSUE:( STARTED IN JUNE '10 AND HAS OCCURRED SPORADICALLY SINCE. LAST INCIDENT 8/4/10. OCCURRED MULTIPLE TIMES.. *TR

ON A RECENT TRIP FROM FLORIDA, OUR 2008 DODGE VAN EXPERIENCED REAR BRAKE FAILURE. WHILE TRAVELING ON I-75, AT HIGHWAY SPEED, 70MPH, THE REAR BRAKES SEIZED, CAUSING SMOKE , THE ROTORS HEATING TO THE POINT BEING RED HOT, ALL CAUSING DIFFICULTLY IN STOPPING. AFTER LETTING THE BRAKES COOL AND MAKING OUR WAY TO A REPAIR FACILITY, WE WERE TOLD THAT THE REAR CALIPERS HAD SEIZED, FROZEN IN PLACE CAUSING THE BRAKES TO OVERHEAT AND BURN. THE COST OF REPLACING THE BRAKES, CALIPERS AND OTHER PARTS COST OVER $575.00 PLUS THE LOSS OF A DAY TRAVELING AND OVER NIGHT STAY. WE WERE TOLD THAT T THE BRAKES WERE FAILED AND COULD HAVE EASILY CAUSED A FIRE DUE THE AMOUNT OF HEAT GENERATED OR A CRASH. *TR

HAD FRONT BRAKES DONE AT 7,000 MILES FOUND OUT THEY WERE GOING TO BE COVERED BECAUSE THERE WAS A SATISFACTION NOTICE THAT JUST CAME OUT...NOW I HAVE 10,386 MILES AND THE REAR BRAKES HAD TO BE DONE. NEVER HAD TO HAD TO DO REAR BRAKES UNTIL I NEEDED MY THIRD SET OF FRONTS DONE....THIS IS MY THIRD DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. DEALER SAID THEY DON'T KNOW OF ANY PROBLEM. *TR