2009 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN Complaints

2009 GRAND CARAVAN. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO REAR BRAKE PADS ISSUE AND SEEKS REIMBURSEMENT FOR REPAIRS. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED ON JUNE 29, 2009, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED, DUE TO AN EVAPORATIVE EMISSIONS LEAK. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE A 23 POINT INSPECTION WAS PERFORMED. AN INSPECTION REVEALED THE REAR BRAKES WERE WORN DOWN TO 3MM AND WERE STICKING. THE DEALER INFORMED THE CONSUMER THE REAR BRAKE PADS STICKING TO THE CALIPER BRACKETS WAS HIS FAULT. THE CONSUMER BELIEVED THE PROBLEM WAS DUE TO A MANUFACTURING DEFECT. THE CONSUMER STATED SINCE CHRYSLER PAID FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF THE BRACKETS, HE BELIEVED THEY WERE ADMITTING FAULT. THE BRACKETS CAUSED THE PADS TO STICK, WEARING THEM DOWN AND MAKING THE ROTORS TOO THIN TO BE RESURFACED. THE CONSUMER IS SEEKING REIMBURSEMENT OF $ 507.73

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO START. THE CONTACT ALSO MENTIONED THAT THE FAILURE RECURRED INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS FOUND THAT THE WIRELESS CONTROL MODULE HAD FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED ABOUT THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 121,000.

WHILE ON A 500 MILE TRIP THE RIGHT FRONT WHEEL BEARING OVERHEATED AND CAUSED WHEEL TO SEIZE UP ON THE HIGHWAY. HAD TO HAVE VEHICLE REPAIRED OUT OF TOWN AND INCURRED MOTEL EXPENSES FOR THE NIGHT OF THE BREAK DOWN. *TR

3 WEEKS PRIOR TO THIS INCIDENT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT STARTING SO THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP ORDERED A WIN . IT TOOK THREE WEEKS TO GET THE PART(WIN). WE GOT THE VAN BACK AND NOW IT IS STARTING TO HAPPEN AGAIN. THE DEALERSHIP SAID THAT THEY HAVE TO GO THROUGH CHRYSLER TO ORDER THE PART BECAUSE THEY BASICALLY QUIT USING THE MANUFACTURER AND ARE USING A NEW ONE NOW . NOW, WHY HAS THERE NOT BEEN A RECALL ON THIS PART? COST OF ALL SO FAR HAS BEEN 680.00 . THIS INCLUDES TOW, PART AND LABOR. THE PROBLEM IS STILL NOT FIXED. *TR

LOW TIRE PRESSURE LIGHT CAME ON WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH PULLED OVER TO CHECK TIRE WHILE CHECKING THE TIRE PRESSURE IN TIRE THE TPMS SENSOR/VALVE STEM BROKE CAUSING ALL OF THE AIR TO ESCAPE FROM THE TIRE. *TR

WHILE CHECKING THE TIRE PRESSURE IN A CUSTOMER'S TIRE THE TPMS SENSOR/VALVE STEM BROKE CAUSING ALL OF THE AIR TO ESCAPE FROM THE TIRE. THE TIRE WAS REPAIRED FOR $45. *TR

VAN HAS BEEN HAVING PROBLEMS STARTING, IT MAKES A CLICKING NOISE BUT THE VAN WON'T TURN ON, YET ALL OTHER ELECTRICAL DEVICES CONTINUE TO WORK PERFECTLY. AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS THE VAN WILL EVENTUALLY START, BUT OTHER TIMES WE HAVE HAD TO LEAVE IT OVERNIGHT PARKED DUE TO IT NOT STARTED AFTER TRYING FOR ALMOST AN HOUR. WE REPLACED THE BATTERY, AND THE PROBLEM PERSISTED. WE TOOK IT TO A DODGE DEALERSHIP AND THE WIN MODULE WAS REPLACED AND A NEW KEY WAS ORDERED AND REPROGRAMMED AT A COST OF ALMOST $1000! A FEW WEEKS AFTER GETTING THE VAN BACK THE PROBLEM STARTED AGAIN AND ONCE AGAIN LEFT ME (PREGNANT) AND MY 2 YOUNG CHILDREN STRANDED IN 101 DEGREE TEMPERATURE. A TECH FROM THE DEALERSHIP MET WITH US THIS MORNING TO LOOK AT THE VAN AND SUGGESTED IT MIGHT BE THE STARTER. WE CAN'T CONTINUE TO PURCHASE PARTS AND PAY FOR LABOR AND YET THE VEHICLE ISN'T WORKING AS IT SHOULD. THIS IS DANGEROUS FOR A PREGNANT WOMAN WITH A NEWBORN ON THE WAY AND TWO YOUNG CHILDREN.

ON JULY 2, 2013 THE TIRE PRESSURE LIGHT WENT ON. I WENT TO PUT AIR IN THE DRIVER'S SIDE FRONT TIRE. THE VALVE STEM BROKE OFF RESULTING IN A FLAT TIRE. I HAD THE VALVE STEM REPLACED AT A COST OF $140.00. ON AUGUST 20, 2013 THE LIGHT CAME BACK ON AGAIN. I TOOK IT BACK TO GOOD YEAR. THEY TOLD ME THE TWO VALVE STEMS ON THE PASSENGER WHEELS, FRONT/BACK WERE VERY CORRODED. THEY DID MANAGE TO FILL BOTH TIRES FOR ME. THE LIGHT WENT OFF. TWO DAYS LATER, THE LIGHT CAME ON AGAIN. I WENT TO FILL THE TIRES AND THE ONE VALVE STEM BROKE OFF, ANOTHER FLAT TIRE! PUT ON THE SPARE, DROVE HOME, CALLED AROUND AND HAD TO TAKE IT IN TO BE FIXED AGAIN. $700 LATER, 4 NEW TIRES, ANOTHER TPMS REPLACED, AND AN ALIGNMENT. TWO VALVE STEM ARE STILL IFFY, BUT THEY SAID THEY SEALED OKAY........ I AM NERVOUS ABOUT ALLOWING MY WIFE AND THREE SMALL CHILDREN TO RIDE IN THIS CAR WITH TWO MORE CORRODED VALVE STEMS. WHO KNOWS IF THEY WILL POP OFF AND CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. I'M SEEING OTHER PEOPLE HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEMS. I BELIEVE A RECALL SHOULD BE MADE TO HAVE THIS PROBLEM CORRECTED. ~THANK YOU *TR

I WAS JUST STARTING DRIVING AFTER BEING AT A STOP. I USED THE WINDOW CONTROL THAT AUTOMATICALLY ROLLS THE WINDOW COMPLETELY UP. WHEN THE WINDOW REACHED THE TOP, THERE WAS A LOUD POPPING NOISE. AFTER THAT, THE WINDOW STARTED SLOWLY SLIDING DOWN ON IT'S OWN. MY HUSBAND DISASSEMBLED THE DOOR AND REPLACED THE WINDOW REGULATOR. SINCE THAT TIME (10 MONTHS AGO), THE SAME THING HAS HAPPENED A TOTAL OF 3 TIMES. THE BELIEF IS THAT IT IS AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM, MAKING THE COMPUTER SYSTEM THINK THAT THE WINDOW ISN'T UP ALL THE WAY (POSSIBLY A SENSOR NOT DETECTING THAT THE WINDOW IS COMPLETELY UP). THE SYSTEM THEN KEEPS TRYING TO ROLL THE WINDOW UP MORE, SNAPPING THE CABLES CONNECTED TO THE REGULATOR. NOT ONLY IS THIS A NUISANCE, IT IS AN EXPENSIVE FIX. IT IS ALSO VERY DISTRACTING WHILE DRIVING AND COULD CAUSE AN ACCIDENT DUE TO THE LOUD NOISE WHEN IT BREAKS, AS WELL AS TRYING TO KEEP YOUR WINDOW FROM FALLING INTO YOUR DOOR WHILE DRIVING. *TR

OUR GRAND CARAVAN IS EXPERIENCING THE SAME ELECTRICAL PROBLEM THAT THE 09 RAM TRUCKS AND 09 JOURNEY'S EXPERIENCED. OUR DRIVER DOOR CONTROLS FOR THE MIRRORS, THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER WINDOWS, DOOR LOCKS, AND WINDOW LOCKS ARE NOT WORKING. I CONTACTED OUR LOCAL DODGE DEALER WHO TOLD ME THAT OUR VEHICLE WAS NOT PART OF THE RECALL. GIVEN THAT THE RAM AND THE JOURNEY HAD THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF THE CARAVAN CAN BE ADDED TO IT. *TR