2010 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN Complaints

THE HEATER HOSE Y PIPE IS DEFECTIVE. IT'S MADE OF PLASTIC, AND IT LASTED LESS THAN 5 YEARS BEFORE IT BURST AT THE SEAMS AND SPRAYED COOLANT ALL OVER THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT WHEN MY WIFE AND FOUR CHILDREN WERE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY, LEAVING THEM STRANDED. THERE WAS ABSOLUTELY NO WARNING BEFORE IT BURST, AND THERE IS NO MAINTENANCE THAT WILL PREVENT THIS FROM HAPPENING. THE PART IS DEFECTIVE, AND THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THESE DODGE MODELS. AN INTERNET SEARCH SHOWS THAT THIS PROBLEM IS HAPPENING EVERYWHERE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. THE VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V373000 (AIR BAGS AND ELECTRICAL SYSTEM). THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE, BUT THE FAILURE PROGRESSED. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED AND STATED THAT THE PART WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND THEY PROVIDED NO DISCLOSURE ON PART AVAILABILITY. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 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 MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 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 NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE BY TURNING THE KEY AROUND IN THE IGNITION. THE FAILURE RECURRED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V373000 (AIR BAGS, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM). THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 159,369.

ON SEPTEMBER 8, 2015, WE WERE TRAVELLING TO OUR LOCAL BEACH AND I NOTICED A LOW TIRE PRESSURE INDICATOR ON THE VANS DASHBOARD. I WAS LUCKY TO KNOW THIS PARTICULAR PART OF THE BRONX, SO WE IMMEDIATELY GOT OFF OF THE HIGHWAY AND STOPPED AT A LOCAL GARAGE. THINKING THAT IT WAS JUST A SLOW LEAK, WE PULLED OVER TO THE PAY-FOR-AIR KIOSK AND I WENT TO FILL THE FRONT, PASSENGERS SIDE TIRE, WHICH APPEARED LOW. THE TIRE WAS NOT FLAT, JUST LOW. TO MAY COMPLETE AMAZEMENT, WHEN I APPLIED THE REQUIRED PRESSURE ONTO THE VALVE STEM WITH THE TIRE INFLATOR, THE VALVE STEM DISAPPEARED INTO THE RIM! THIS IMMEDIATELY DEFLATED THE TIRE. THE KIDS IMMEDIATELY STARTED COMPLAINING THAT THIS WAS GOING TO RUIN THE BEACH TRIP, BUT I ASSURED THEM THAT SINCE THE GAS STATION WE WERE LUCKILY DISABLED IN FRONT OF WOULD BE OF IMMEDIATE ASSISTANCE. I ENTERED THE GARAGE AND FOUND THE SOLE MECHANIC TURNED WITH HIS BACK TO ME, WORKING ON A VEHICLE. HE DIDNT SEE US COME IN AND DIDNT KNOW I WAS THERE UNTIL I EXCUSED MYSELF AND TOLD HIM ABOUT THIS CRAZY THING THAT HAD JUST HAPPENED TO ME. LET ME GUESS, ITS A CHRYSLER, RIGHT? TO MAKE A LONG STORY SHORT, HE TOLD ME THAT THE THREADS ON THE CHRYSLER/DODGE VALVE STEMS ARE MADE OF SUCH SHODDY MATERIALS THAT THEY, IN HIS WORDS, TURN TO DUST. WHEN HE FINALLY GOT THE VALVE STEM OUT OF MY TIRE, IT WAS INDEED NEARLY COMPLETELY OXIDIZED. THE NEXT DAY, I BROUGHT THE VAN TO OUR LOCAL TIRE REPAIR SHOP TO HAVE ALL OF THE VALVES REPLACED WITH GOOD, OLD FASHIONED RUBBER ONES. THE REMAINING WERE ALL IN SIMILAR, TERRIBLE CONDITION. WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE AFTERMARKET SENSOR WE HAD PURCHASED LAST YEAR. THE TIRE SHOP SAID THAT IT WAS A COMMON OCCURRENCE AMONG DODGE AND CHRYSLER VEHICLES. I FEEL THIS SAME CONDITION CAUSED THE BLOWOUT WE HAD EXPERIENCED THE YEAR BEFORE AS WELL.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER STARTING THE ENGINE, THE VEHICLE WOULD HESITATE TO ACCELERATE. AFTER APPROXIMATELY FIFTEEN MINUTES OF DRIVING, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 54,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V373000 (AIR BAGS, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM); HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME TO PROVIDE THE PART. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 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 MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 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 MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.