2008 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 DOGE CARAVAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WOULD SPORADICALLY BECOME STUCK IN THE OPEN THROTTLE POSITION. IN ORDER TO DISLODGE THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL, HE WOULD SHIFT INTO NEUTRAL AND AS THE SPEED WOULD REDUCE TO 40 MPH, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WOULD RELEASE. THE MANUFACTURER ADVISED TAKING THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER TO BE DIAGNOSED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 40,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 42,000. UPDATED 08/13/10. *LJ THE CONSUMER STATED THE VAN HAS BEEN FIXED. UPDATED 08/23/10*JB

DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS NOTICED THE VEHICLE FELT WITH LESS POWER THAN USUAL. I CAME UP TO A TRAFFIC JAM AND HAD TO REDUCE SPEED TO 0 MPH. AT THIS POINT I NOTICE A LARGE AMOUNT OF SMOKE COMING OUT OF THE REAR RIGHT WHEEL WELL AND BEGAN NOTICING A BURNT BRAKE SMELL. I PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE AND SAW THE BRAKE PADS WERE SMOKING PROFUSELY. VISUAL INSPECTION SHOWED THE ROTOR HAD ACQUIRED A LIGHT BLUE COLOR ALL AROUND. ROTORS AND PADS HAVE LESS THAN 300 MILES SINCE BEING INSTALLED, I HAD INSTALLED AFTERMARKET CERAMIC PADS INSTEAD OF DEALER'S SEMI-METALLIC COMPOUND, NEW ROTORS ARE ALSO AFTERMARKET SINCE I REFUSED TO GIVE DODGE ANY MORE MONEY FOR WHAT I CONSIDERED SUB PAR COMPONENTS SINCE I HAD TO DO A TOTAL BRAKE REPLACEMENT WELL UNDER 30,000 MILES AND MY PREVIOUS REQUEST FOR SERVICING BRAKES UNDER WARRANTY WENT UNANSWERED.. VAN WAS INSPECTED BY TWO DIFFERENT DEALERS BEFORE BRAKE REPLACEMENT AND BOTH DEALERS SAID THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE BRAKE SYSTEM , THAT IT WAS NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR AND THEY COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH THE CALIPERS AND OR OTHER BRAKE SYSTEM COMPONENTS. ONCE BRAKE PADS STOPPED SMOKING I RESUMED MINIMUM HIGHWAY SPEED UNTIL REACHING AN EXIT TWO MILES AHEAD. VAN DID NOT FEEL SLUGGISH AT THIS POINT AND BRAKES DID NOT SMOKE AGAIN. THIS COULD HAPPEN AT ANY TIME AGAIN BECAUSE DEALER WAS NOT ABLE TO FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH THE BRAKE SYSTEM PREVIOUSLY AND THEY HAVE NO KNOWN ROOT CAUSE FOR THIS FAILURE. IN MY OPINION THIS HAS TO BE RELATED TO WHAT I CONSIDER A PREMATURE BRAKE REPLACEMENT DONE EARLIER THIS MONTH. *TR

I JUST PURCHASED A USED 2008 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN FROM ENTERPRISE CAR SALES IN MARCH OF 2010. THE VEHICLE HAD 58,000 MILES ON IT. WHEN I INITIALLY TOOK THE VAN FOR A TEST DRIVE I HEARD A SQUEAKY NOISE FROM THE BRAKES. THE CAR SALES MAN TOLD ME THAT THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG. IT IS JUST BECAUSE THEY ARE NEW BRAKES. SO I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE WITH NO WARRANTY AND ENTERPRISE REASSURED ME THAT ALL OF THERE VEHICLES GO THROUGH A 109 POINT VEHICLE INSPECTION. IN APRIL 2010 I CALLED ENTERPRISE AND TOLD THEM THAT THE SQUEAKY NOISE IS GETTING LOUDER AND NOW WHEN I BACK UP I HEAR A CRANKING NOISE. I WAS TOLD TO TAKE THE CAR TO WHEEL WORKS THEY SAID EVERYTHING WAS FINE. ON JUNE 2, 2010 THE SAME PROBLEMS SO I TOOK THE VAN BACK TO ENTERPRISE AND THEY TOLD ME TO TAKE THE VAN TO FIRESTONE AND THEY REPLACED ALL OF THE BRAKES AND THE ROTORS. I WAS TOLD THAT THEY WERE IN BAD SHAPE. IT IS NOW JUNE 15TH AND THE SAME SQUEAKY NOISE IS HAPPENING AND WHEN YOU GO OVER ANY SPEED BUMPS IT SOUND LIKE THE BOTTOM OF THE VAN IS GOING TO FALL OUT. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE PARKED, SHE ATTEMPTED TO TURN ON THE AIR CONDITIONER BUT HOT AIR BLEW OUT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A REPAIR SHOP WHERE THE AIR CONDITIONING UNIT WAS RECHARGED. THE AIR CONDITIONER FUNCTIONED PROPERLY FOR APPROXIMATELY TWO HOURS BEFORE IT FAILED AGAIN. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE REPAIR SHOP WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE ENTIRE AIR CONDITIONING UNIT WAS REPLACED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 60,000. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 65,000.

I HAVE AT 2008 DODGE CARAVAN WITH 45,000 MILES ON IT AND EXPERIENCED A WHEEL BEARING FAILURE ON THE RIGHT FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. IF THE BEARING HAD FROZEN I COULD HAVE LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE BEFORE I WAS ABLE TO MAKE A SAFE STOP. *TR

THE SIDE SLIDING DOORS DO NOT FUNCTION PROPERLY WHEN PUSHING BUTTON TO MAKE THEM CLOSE. THEY WILL CLOSE THEN REOPEN CONTINUOUSLY. THE DOORS HAVE TRIED TO CLOSE WHEN MY SON WAS GETTING IN THE CAR. THANK GOODNESS I WAS STANDING THERE TO GRAB THE DOOR, BECAUSE IT WOULD OF CAUGHT HIS LEG AND HURT HIM. SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE WITH THESE DOORS, BECAUSE I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE THAT HAS HAD THESE PROBLEMS. *TR

PREMATURE AND IMMEDIATE BRAKE PAD FAILURE. NO INDICATOR WARNING AND SEVERE SAFETY ISSUE. ALL BRAKE PADS FAILED WITHIN THE FIRST YEAR OF OWNING THE VAN AND STILL NO RECOGNITION FROM DODGE OF MAJOR SAFETY PROBLEM. SAFETY OF MY CHILDREN IS OF NO CONCERN TO DODGE. *TR

2008 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN LEASED. GEAR SHIFT ON THE DASH WENT FROM PARK TO N OR DRIVE BY ITSELF. KEY OUT OF THE IGNITION AND DRIVER AS WELL. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 DODGE CARAVAN. AFTER OPENING THE PASSENGER SIDE REAR DOOR, THE CONTACT NOTICED SMOKE FROM THE LATCH INTERLOCK AREA, IN ORDER TO STOP THE SMOKE, THE CONTACT SPRAYED WATER INTO THE AREA OF THE DOOR WHERE THE INTERLOCK WAS. THERE WERE NO INJURIES OR REPORTS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS BEING DIAGNOSED BY THE DEALERSHIP AT THE TIME OF THE COMPLAINT. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 23,000.

PURCHASED 2008 GRAND CARAVAN MARCH 2009 WITH 14,000 MILES. ON MAY 13, 2009 HAD BRAKES CHECKED DUE TO SQUEAKING AND EXCESSIVE BRAKE DUST AT DULUTH MINNESOTA DODGE DEALER. TOLD THEY WERE FINE. FOUND OUT THAT FOUND OUT THERE WAS A TSB REPORT ON THIS PROBLEM. THIS WAS AT 18,000 MILES AND I HAD TO REPLACE BRAKE PADS AND HAD ROTORS GROUND DOWN. CALLED DEALER(LUTHER DODGE IN HUDSON,MN) THEY SAID IT WAS MY PROBLEM. BRAKES ONLY WARRANTY TO 12000 MILES. CALLED DODGE CUSTOMER SERVICE. THEY BASICALLY LAUGHED AT ME. NOW NEED NEW BRAKE PADS AND ROTORS AGAIN. HAVE READ 100'S OF COMPLAINTS AND THE COMPANY ISSUED A TSB KNOWING THERE WAS SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE PRODUCT BUT REFUSE TO REPLACE OR FIX THE PROBLEM. *TR