2011 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN Complaints

ON OCCASION THE FUEL PUMP WOULD REMAIN ON AFTER THE KEY WAS TURNED OFF. THIS WAS BEING CAUSED BY THE FUEL PUMP RELAY GETTING STUCK. HAD TO PULL THE FUSE TO GET IT TO STOP. TWICE THIS LEFT ME STRANDED WITH A DEAD BATTERY. NOTICED THAT THERE IS A RECALL FOR CHRYSLER, THESE ARE THE SAME VEHICLES, RECALL SHOULD BE ISSUED FOR THE DODGE ALSO.

THIS VEHICLE HAS HAD MULTIPLE ISSUES WITH PREMATURE BRAKE PAD WEAR. IN FACT, IN OCTOBER 2017, THE VEHICLE HAD THE FOLLOWING COMPONENTS REPLACED: CALIPERS (BOTH FRONT AND BOTH REAR), ROTORS (BOTH FRONT AND BOTH REAR), BRAKE PADS (BOTH FRONT AND BOTH REAR) REPLACED BY PEP BOYS IN EASTGATE, OHIO. IT HAS ONLY BEEN JUST OVER 6 MONTHS AND BOTH FRONT SIDE BRAKE PADS HAVE TO BE REPLACED, YET AGAIN! THERE IS OBVIOUSLY SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE ENGINEERING OF THIS VEHICLE BRAKING SYSTEM AND IT HAS BEEN REPORTED ON MANY CONSUMER COMPLAINT SITES AND FILED WITH DODGE/CHRSYLER AND THEY REFUSE TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND REPAIR THE VEHICLES. THE BRAKE PADS ARE WEARING PREMATURELY UNDER NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS, NO MATTER WHAT TYPE OF WEATHER IS PRESENT. THE BRAKE PADS WILL FAIL AND RESULT IN SERIOUS OR FATAL ACCIDENTS, IF THEY HAVE NOT ALREADY.

2011 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARD TO VEHICLE'S PCM MALFUNCTION CAUSING THE ALTERNATOR TO OVERHEAT AND BATTERY TO FAIL. *AS *TR

WHILE DRIVING, MY VAN WOULD SUDDENLY ACCELERATE. IT DID THIS MULTIPLE TIMES THEN IT WOULDN'T START. AFTER RESEARCHING OTHER COMPLAINTS ON THIS MAKE AND MODEL WE TRIED THE FUEL RELAY BYPASS. IT FIXED THE PROBLEM FOR A WHILE BE EVENTUALLY IT STOPPED WORKING. THE FUEL RELAY IS THE PROBLEM AND NEEDS TO BE RECALLED BECAUSE THERE ISN'T A WAY TO PERMANENTLY FIX THE PROBLEM AT THIS TIME. DODGE ISSUED RECALLS FOR THE DURANGO AND JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE FOR THE SAME ISSUE.

VAN WAS IN MOTION ON CITY STREET (TAKING DAUGHTER TO SCHOOL) WHEN IT STARTED SHAKING AND THEN THERE WAS A BURNING SMELL. AUTO SHOP SAID IT'S ELECTRICAL BUT HAS REFERRED US TO DEALERSHIP FOR FURTHER AUTO SERVICE BECAUSE WHATEVER CAUSED BURNING SMELL "SHORTED OUT THE RADIO / INFORMATION CONTROL UNIT" THE VAN IS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE WITH THIS ISSUE OR IT COULD CATCH FIRE.

THERE ARE TWO FACETS OF THIS ISSUE. FIRST ISSUE: IT BEGAN STARTING HARD BACK IN NOVEMBER IT WOULD CRANK BUT NOT TURN OVER AND START. IT WILL OFTEN LEAVE US STRANDED MYSELF AND YOUNG CHILDREN FOR 20-45 MINUTES WAITING FOR IT TO START.SECOND ISSUE: THE FUEL PUMP WILL REMAIN RUNNING WHEN VEHICLE IS SHUT OFF AND CONTINUE TO RUN TILL BATTERY IS DEAD. ALTERNATOR HAS BEEN REPLACED IN PAST YEAR AND HAS BEEN TESTED TO BE GOOD, BATTERY HAD TO BE REPLACED TWICE IN TWO YEARS. WHEN DIAGNOSED BY A DODGE DEALERSHIP THE ISSUE IS SAID TO BE A POWER DISTRIBUTION MODULE WHICH COSTS $1,008.00 NOT INCLUDING LABOR. THE PART IS ORDERED BUT ON NATIONAL BACKORDER WITH NO ESTIMATED TIME OF ARRIVAL.

VEHICLE STOPS STATING, BATTERY DRAINS. PROBLEM DIAGNOSIS POINTS TO FUEL PUMP, HOWEVER REPLACING FUEL PUMP DOES NOT RESOLVE THE ISSUE. THE ISSUE IS TPN MALFUNCTION. THE COST TO REPLACE THIS DEVICE IS ASTRONOMICAL AND THE BYPASS IS NOT FUEL EFFICIENT, OR LONG LASTING.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TOTALLY INTEGRATED POWER MODULE (TIPM) FAILED, WHICH CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO SHUT OFF WITHOUT WARNING WHILE DRIVING. THE FAILURE ALSO CAUSED THE DOORS TO LOCK ON THEIR OWN. IN ADDITION, THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TIPM DRAINED THE VEHICLE'S BATTERY. EVERY TIME SHE ATTEMPTED TO DRIVE, SHE HAD TO DISCONNECT AND RECONNECT THE BATTERY IN ORDER FOR THE BATTERY TO FUNCTION PROPERLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO APPLE FORD SHAKOPEE (1624 WESTON CT, SHAKOPEE, MN 55379) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TIPM NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 90,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. WHEN THE CONTACT PLACED THE KEY INTO THE IGNITION AND ATTEMPTED TO START THE ENGINE, NOTHING IN THE VEHICLE OPERATED. THE CONTACT HAD TO TURN THE KEY IN THE IGNITION A FEW TIMES BEFORE THE VEHICLE WORKED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE OCCURRED INTERMITTENTLY. BURNS MOTORS (1300 US-83 BUS, MCALLEN, TX 78501) WAS CONTACTED AND STATED THAT THEY WERE UNABLE TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE BECAUSE IT WAS NOT INCLUDED IN AN UNKNOWN RECALL. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 160,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. WHILE DRIVING HIGH SPEEDS, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL BECAME STUCK. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER AND DEALER WERE NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 140,000.