2010 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN Complaints

THE KEY WILL RANDOMLY SWITCH FROM START TO THE OFF POSITION WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD. IT WILL DO IT AT ANY RATE OF SPEED AND ON BACK ROADS OR THE HIGHWAY. IT IS A HUGE SAFETY ISSUE!!!THIS MODEL VAN SHOULD HAVE BEEN INCLUDED IN THE RECALL #14V373000. BUT I WAS INFORMED DUE TO IT'S "MANUFACTURE DATE" THE VEHICLE IS FINE. I CAN TELL YOU, IT IS NOT FINE.

NOW, IN ADDITION TO STALLING AT ANY TIME AND ANY SPEED, AT TIMES THE VAN WILL NOT START (WONT EVEN TURN OVER) AND THE WINDOWS INTERMITTENTLY WORK. CLEARLY IT'S A TOTALLY INTEGRATED POWER MODULE (TIPM) ISSUE. FOLKS, CHECK OUT HOW INCOMPETENT THE NHTSA IS, GO TO HTTP://WWW.CHRYSLERPROBLEMS.COM/TRENDS/TIPM/ SO MANY TIPM ISSUES THAT THE NHTSA REFUSES TO ADDRESS UNTIL SOME OF US DIE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE IGNITION SWITCH TURNED OFF WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT LOST POWER TO THE BRAKES AND STEERING WHEEL AND HAD TO SHIFT INTO NEUTRAL TO RESTART THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE OCCURRED ON SEVERAL DIFFERENT OCCASIONS OVER THE YEARS. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE SEVERAL TIMES TO BUTLER CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP (1555 SALEM RD, BEAUFORT, SC 29902 (843) 474-0026), BUT THE FAILURES COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED OR DIAGNOSED. RECENTLY, THE CONTACT SPOKE TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO STATED THAT THEY WOULD NEED TO KEEP THE VEHICLE OVERNIGHT TO COMPLETE DIAGNOSTIC TESTING AND ATTEMPT TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. PRIOR TO THIS, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO BUTLER CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP, BUT THE DIAGNOSIS WAS UNKNOWN. THE CONTACT'S INSURANCE COMPANY INFORMED HER ABOUT NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 11V139000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM) AND 14V373000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, AIR BAGS); HOWEVER, THE VIN WAS EXCLUDED. THE CONTACT TRIED CONTACTING THE MANUFACTURER FOUR TIMES BY LEAVING VOICE MESSAGES, BUT HAD NOT RECEIVED A RESPONSE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 40,000.

TL* THE CONTACT'S MOTHER OWNS A 2010 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, THE FRONT AND REAR DRIVERS SIDE, AND THE FRONT AND REAR PASSENGER SIDE WINDOWS BECAME INOPERABLE. ALL MENTIONED WINDOWS WOULD INDEPENDENTLY OPEN AND CLOSE. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT ALL OF THE DOORS LOCKED AND UNLOCKED INDEPENDENTLY. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE A.C. UNIT FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO ALL STAR DODGE CHRYSLER JEEP RAM AT 11503 ST CHARLES ROCK RD, BRIDGETON, MO 63044, (314) 291-2050 WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE POWER CONTROL MODULE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 125,393. UPDATED 09/01/17*LJ THE CONSUMER STATED THE BACK WINDOWS WOULD ROLL DOWN AND THE SLIDING SIDE DOOR WOULD OPEN AND CLOSE, EVEN AFTER THE ALARM WAS SET. *JS

NON FUNCTIONAL FRONT WINDOWS, HEATED MIRRORS. WIPERS COME ON THEN OFF, HEATER DUCT NOISE AND DASH LIGHTS FLASH SOMETIME, WHEN STARTING

2010 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN 108000 MILES. AT TIME OF THIS COMPLAINT, WE HAVE OWNED VEHICLE FOR ONLY TWO MONTHS. FOR NO APPARENT REASON AND NO WARNING; ENGINE WILL STALL. THIS HAS HAPPENED BOTH AT A STOP SIGN AND ROUNDING A CURVE AT 30 MPH. NO ENGINE - NO POWER STEERING. HOPING THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN ON THE HIGHWAY. ENGINE ALSO HAS A 'SURGE' TO IT AT AROUND 40 MPH; NOT SURE IF THE TWO ARE RELATED.

PROBLEM WITH KEY FOB AND IGNITION SWITCH. VAN DOES NOT SHUT OFF WHEN KEY FOB TURNED TO OFF POSITION AND REMOVED. TURNED OFF AND REMOVED KEY FOB AND WAS ABLE TO PUT VAN IN GEAR AND DRIVE

I WAS DRIVING THROUGH A DARK COUNTRY ROAD AND MY HEADLIGHTS WENT COMPLETELY OFF. I REACHED FOR THE CONTROL, TURNED IT OFF THEN ON, THE LIGHTS BLINKED THEN WENT OFF. I WAS ABLE TO GET THE FOG LIGHTS ON. THE NEXT DAY THEY NECT DAY THEY WORKED. A FEW WEEKS LATER, THE LIGTS WENT OUT AGAIN WHILE DRIVING DOWN AN INTERSTATE HIGWAY @70MPH. IT HAS RECOVERED MULTIPLE TIMES.

MY 2010 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN BEGAN HAVING ISSUES ABOUT 6 MONTHS AGO. THE ABS LIGHT WOULD LIGHT UP AND BEEP ON AND OFF AND WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY STATED THEY COULD NOT DETERMINE THE PROBLEM WITHOUT IT OCCURING AT THAT TIME. AS MONTHS WENT ON THE PROBLEM BECAME WORSE. ALL THE DASHBOARD LIGHTS BEGAN TURNING ON AND OFF HEADLIGHTS WOULD DIMMER, CLOCK AND RADIO WOULD SHUT OFF. TOOK TO A FEW MECHANICS AND NONE COULD DETERMINE THE PROBLEM. THE PROBLEM GOT WORSE BATTERY LIGHT BEGAN STAYING LIT. WE THEN REPLACED THE BATTERY AND THE BATTERY CABLES. THE PROBLEMS PERSISTED, WE TOOK TO ANOTHER MECHANIC WHO STATED THE ALTERNATOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. WE REPLACED THE ALTERNATOR AND THE VEHICLE WAS FINE FOR THREE WEEKS, THEN THE PROBLEM STARTED AGAIN ALL THE LIGHTS LIT UP, THE AIR WENT IN AND OUT, THE RADIO SHUT OFF AND OUT OF NOWHERE THE CAR SHUT OFF WHILE ABOUT TO TURN AT AN INTERSECTION WITH MY CHILDREN IN THE VAN. WE HAVE TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO MANY DIFFERENT MECHANICS EVEN THE DEALERSHIP AND NONE OF THEM CAN DETERMINE WHAT IS CAUSING THIS ISSUE. THROUGH THE INTERNET I SEE THAT WE ARE NOT ALONE WITH THIS PROBLEM. I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO BESIDES ATTEMPT TO GET RID OF THE VEHICLE. THIS IS THE VEHICLE I BOUGHT TO TRANSPORT MY CHILDREN; I'VE BEEN PAYING FOR RENTAL CARS BECAUSE I'M SCARED TO DRIVE IT. WITH AS MANY COMPLAINTS AS I'VE SEEN FOR THIS ISSUE YOU WOULD THINK THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL. SOMEONE IS GOING TO BE SERIOUSLY HURT OR DEAD IF THEY DON'T DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS.

AS I WAS PULLING INTO A PARKING SPACE, THE POWER STEERING STOPPED WORKING. I COULD NOT STEER THE VEHICLE AND IT WAS DIFFICULT TO BRAKE. I TURNED THE CAR OFF AND RESTARTED IT TWICE, WITH NO EFFECT. I WAS ABLE TO MUSCLE IT INTO THE PARKING SPACE. I SHUT THE CAR OFF AND RAN AN ERRAND. WHEN I RETURNED AND RESTARTED THE VEHICLE, THE POWER STEERING HAD STARTED WORKING AGAIN. I CHECKED THE POWER STEERING FLUID LEVEL, WHICH IS FINE. THE PROBLEM SEEMED ELECTRICAL. I HAVE NOT YET HAD A REOCCURENCE OF THIS PROBLEM. I AM WORRIED ABOUT THE IMPACT THIS WOULD HAVE IF IT OCCURRED WHEN TRAVELING AT HIGHER SPEEDS.