2008 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN Complaints

THIS VAN DIES WHILE IN OPERATION, MOST OFTEN WITHIN THE FIRST 5 MILES OF DRIVING IN THE MORNING. IT HAS GOTTEN TO THE POINT WHERE IT HAPPENS EVERY SINGLE DAY, SOMETIMES MULTIPLE TIMES A DAY. IT APPEARS TO HAPPEN MOST FREQUENTLY WHEN DECELERATING (UPON TAKING OUR FOOT OFF THE GAS, THE TACHOMETER BOUNCES WAY DOWN (~500RPM OR SO), THEN STUTTERS A BIT, THEN THE VEHICLE STALLS/DIES. THIS HAS HAPPENED WHILE TURNING AT AN INTERSECTION SEVERAL TIMES, AND WE NARROWLY ESCAPED A COLLISION. WE HAVE HAD 2 KEY FOB RECALLS PERFORMED, AS CHRYSLER HAD ATTRIBUTED THE PROBLEM TO FAULTY FOBS/IGNITION SWITCHES....THE MOST RECENT RECALL WAS PERFORMED LESS THAN 6 MONTHS AGO. NO CHANGE WAS NOTED AFTER THE RECALL WORK WAS PERFORMED. THE PROBLEM RARELY HAPPENS ON THE HIGHWAY, ALTHOUGH IT DID HAPPEN TO MY WIFE LAST WEEK WHILE SHE WAS AT HIGHWAY SPEED ON THE INTERSTATE. I'M LISTING TODAY'S DATE IN THE FIELD OF "WHEN DID THIS HAPPEN?", AS IT DID HAPPEN TO ME TODAY WHILE IN AN INTERSECTION, TURNING LEFT - I IMMEDIATELY SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL AND RESTARTED IT, NARROWLY MISSING THE CAR TO MY RIGHT WHICH WAS ALSO TURNING LEFT...BUT IT HAPPENS VIRTUALLY EVERY DAY NOW.

A FEW WEEK AGO, IN THE MORNING WHEN ME AND THE WIFE HAD JUST DROPPED ONE OF OUR CHILDREN OFF AT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, GOT BACK INTO THE CAR, TURNED IT ON AND STARTED TO DRIVE AWAY; THE CAR DID A HARD JERK MOTION AND THEN ALL THE LIGHTS CAME ON. SO THE NEXT I TOOK OUR VAN TO FIRESTONE BECAUSE CAUSE MY ABS, BRAKE, ESP AND OTHER BREAKING INFORMATION LIGHTS CAME AND THEIR WAS A STRANGE NOISE COMING FROM THE FROM DRIVER SIDE OF THE CAR ALL AT THE SAME TIME. WHEN FIRESTONE TECH FOUND THE PROBLEM HE TOLD ME THAT THE ABS SYSTEM WAS FAULTY AND I WAS ALSO TOLD THAT DODGE COMPANY KNOWS ABOUT THE PROBLEM BUT IS NOT A SAFETY RECALL. SO FOR A SMALL PART THAT HELPS WITH THE SAFETY OF MY FOUR YOUNG CHILDREN AND WIFE I PAID 675 TO FIX THE PROBLEM. AND AT THIS DATE AND TIME MY VAN IS NOW SETTING AT TRANSMISSION SHOP SO THAT I CAN FIND OUT IF THE ABS GOING OUT SOME HOW DID SOMETHING TO MY TRANSMISSION.

CAR DIES WITHOUT WARNING. ACCELERATION, STEERING AND BRAKING COMPROMISED AND DANGEROUS. HAPPENS RANDOMLY, WHEN STOPPING, WHEN ACCELERATING WHEN CRUISING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. ENGINE HOT AND COLD. NEW IGNITION INSTALLED AS PART OF RECALL PROGRAM AND THE PROBLEM HAS GOTTEN WORSE SINCE THE "FIX".

HEADLAMP LIGHTING WILL GO OUT AT HIGH RATES OF SPEED AND OR NOT PROPERLY OPERATE AT ALL.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V373000 (AIR BAGS AND ELECTRICAL SYSTEM). THE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE WITHIN A REASONABLE TIME FRAME. THE DEALER PLACED THE CONTACT ON A WAITING LIST MONTHS AGO AND LATER INDICATED THAT THE WAITING LIST WAS CLEARED AND THAT THE CONTACT WOULD NEED TO BE RE-ADDED TO THE LIST. THE MANUFACTURER WAS UNABLE TO PROVIDE A SPECIFIC TIME FRAME THAT THE PART WOULD BE SUPPLIED TO THE DEALER. THE CONTACT WAS NOT EXPERIENCING A FAILURE. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V373000 (AIR BAGS, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM); HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT.

MY VAN WAS SITTING IN MY DRIVEWAY. I USED THE KEY FOB TO ATTEMPT TO UNLOCK THE DOORS AND INSTEAD THE HORN STARTED HONKING, WIPERS GOING, WASHER FLUID SPRAYING AND LIGHTS FLASHING. IT DID NOT STOP AND THE DOORS WOULD NOT UNLOCK. I HAD TO USE THE HIDDEN KEY IN THE KEY FOB TO MANUALLY UNLOCK THE DOOR TO OPEN THE HOOD AND DISCONNECT THE BATTERY. I RECONNECTED IT AND ATTEMPTED TO DRIVE IT TO MY MECHANIC. IT STALLED AFTER ABOUT 50 FEET. I ENDED UP BEING ABLE TO DRIVE IT TO THE MECHANIC FOUR DAYS LATER. MY MECHANIC SAID IT HAD 6 RECALLS ON IT (WHICH I WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF) AND NEEDED THE TIPM REPLACED, WHICH WAS NOT A PART OF A RECALL. HE SAID CHRYSLER WOULD NOT ALLOW HIM TO BUY THE PART AND I WOULD HAVE TO TAKE IT DIRECTLY TO THE DEALER. HE SAID THE PART IS $780 AND DOES NOT INCLUDE LABOR! I CANNOT AFFORD THIS AND I NEED THIS VEHICLE! I HAVE THREE KIDS! I DID SOME RESEARCH ONLINE AND SAW THAT THIS PART ON MY VAN WAS A PART OF A LAWSUIT. WHEN THEY SETTLED THE LAWSUIT, THEY DID NOT INCLUDE THE 2008 GRAND CARAVAN. THIS IS THE SAME EXACT FAULTY PART THAT IS IN THE OTHER VEHICLES THAT ARE COVERED BY THE LAWSUIT/RECALL! THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO REASON I SHOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR ANY OF THIS.

SEPT 2015-MY ENGINE SHUT OFF WHILE DRIVING AT 25MPH AND THE HORN AND WIPERS WENT CRAZY. I WAS ABLE TO PULL CAR TO SIDE OF ROAD SAFELY. FEB 2016- TOOK VAN IN FOR RECALL FOR NEW KEY FAB. THE FOLLOWING WEEK THE CAR WENT CRAZY WHEN I PUSHED UNLOCK BUTTON TO GET INTO THE VEHICLE USING THE NEW KEY FAB. HORN WENT OFF, WIPERS SQUIRTING FLUID AND DOORS LOCKED ON ME EXCEPT FOR THE REAR HATCH. TOOK INTO DEALER THEY CHANGED THE CLOCK SPRING. MARCH 2016- VEHICLE WENT CRAZY AGAIN (HORN, WIPERS, DOORS) I GOT INTO VEHICLE THROUGH REAR HATCH, UNLOCKED HOOD, TURNED KEY TO START TO SEE IF I COULD UNLOCK, CAR STARTED. I TRIED TO TURN OFF AND ENGINE KEPT GOING WITHOUT KEY IN IGNITION. I GOT OUT DISCONNECTED BATTERY CABLE AND THE VEHICLE. WAS STILL GOING CRAZY AND THE ENGINE WAS STILL RUNNING FOR ABOUT 10 MINUTES. I TOOK VEHICLE INTO DEALER THEY FIRST STATED IT NEEDED NEW BATTERY CABLES.. I TOLD THEM THAT WILL NOT FIX THE ISSUE.. IT IS MORE THAN THAT. KEEP THE VEHICLE UNTIL YOU FIND THE REAL SOLUTION. NOW THE DEALERSHIP IS TELLING ME IT IS THE INTEGRATED POWER MODULE ($950) ON TOP ON THE CLOCK SPRING THAT THEY REPLACED FOR ($550). I FEEL LIKE THE DEALERSHIP IS JUST REACHING FOR SOLUTIONS AND ION THE MEANTIME I HAVE TO KEEP PAYING FOR THEIR TESTING.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V373000 (AIR BAGS, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM); HOWEVER, THE PARTS TO DO THE RECALL REPAIR WERE UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT.

2008 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO REPLACEMENT KEY NOT AVAILABLE TO COMPLETE IGNITION SWITCH RECALL. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE STALLED, DUE TO A FAULTY IGNITION. *JB