2008 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN Complaints

VEHICLE STALLED INTERMITTENTLY GOING DOWN ROAD, DASH LIGHTS FLICKER ON AND OFF, WINDSHIELD WIPERS TURN ON INTERMITTENTLY, RADIO NOT OWRKING, WINDOWS NOT WORKING, LOCKS NOT WORKING, ALL DASH LIGHTS NOW NOT ON, GAS GAGE NOT WORKING, RPM NOT WORKING. VEHICLE IS CURRENTLY NOT DRIVEABLE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. KELLY JEEP CHRYSLER DODGE RAM (501 STATE AVE, EMMAUS, PENNSYLVANIA 18049, (610) 991-8448) WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND REPLACED THE KEY FOBS, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 65,300.

ON SATURDAY, JULY 21, 2018, A FIRE STARTED IN THE ENGINE, WHICH RESULTED IN AN EXPLOSION AND THE VAN WAS DETERMINED TO BE A TOTAL LOSS. FIRE DEPT. AND POLICE ARRIVED AT THE SCENE. THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION ON A CITY STREET. A PUFF OF SMOKE STARTED, PULLED VEHICLE TO SIDE OF ROAD. EXITED VEHICLE AS THE FIRE HAD STARTED.

VAN STARTED SHAKING VIOLENTLY WHILE DRIVING. GETS WORSE WHEN I RELEASE THE GAS AND WHEN I PUT ON THE BREAKS. THE SHOP HAS FOUND THAT BOTH THE MOTOR MOUNTS AND TRANSMISSION MOUNTS ARE BROKEN.THEY SAID IT IS A KNOWN PROBLEM WITH THIS VAN AND IT IS UN SAFE TO DRIVE. ALSO WIRE HARNESSES IN SLIDING DOORS WONT STAY IN THE TRACK

I DROVE MY VAN TO TOWN AND BACK, NO MORE THAN A 10 MILE TRIP. PARKED IT IN THE USUAL SPOT. TWO HOURS LATER, WHILE MY HUSBAND WAS IN THE SHOWER AND I WAS IN MY BEDROOM SCRATCHING OFF LOTTERY TICKETS WHEN THE NEIGHBOR WAS YELLING ABOUT OUR VAN BEING ON FIRE. I LOOKED OUTSIDE AND SURE ENOUGH MY VAN WAS ENGULFED IN FLAMES! NOTHING IS LEFT OF IT BUT A METAL FRAME. WE THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO BURN OUR HOME DOWN. WEIRD THING IS, YEARS AGO MY SUPERVISOR'S 2003 CARAVAN WAS SITTING IN THE PARKING LOT FOR 7 YEARS WHEN IT CAUGHT ON FIRE AND CAUGHT THE CAR NEXT TO IT ON FIRE AND BURNT BOTH DOWN! IT'S TOO BAD BECAUSE I ACTUALLY LOVED MY VAN!

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE AND SHIFT OUT OF SECOND GEAR. IN ADDITION, THE BATTERY FAILED, THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS ACTIVATED, THE INTERIOR LIGHTING FLASHED, AND THE HORN SOUNDED WHEN THE FAILURE OCCURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE LOCAL DEALER (COURTESY CHRYSLER DODGE, JEEP, RAM, FIAT, 607 ENTERPRISE PKWY, BREAUX BRIDGE, LA 70517, (337) 909-2111) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE CONTROL MODULE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 87,159. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. **TR *TR

HAVE HAD MY 08 VAN FOR A FEW YEARS AND EVERYONE IN AWHILE THE ALARM WILL SOUND WIPERS WON'T STOP GOING. HAS HAPPENED WHILE DRIVING CAR STALLS LOOSES ABILITY TO STEER AND LIGHT GO OFF WHICH AT NIGHT MAKE IT REALLY HARD TO SEE. MY ALARM AND ALL OTHER ACTION COMBINED HAPPENED AT WORK WHILE I WAS INSIDE TRIED TO TURN OFF WITH FOB HAD TO UNHOOK BATTERY STILL DIDN'T STOP. I HAVE 4 KIDS AND THIS IS WHAT I HAVE TO DRIVE THEM IN WE HAVE WENT INTO A DITCH AND GOT STUCK IN A 4 WAY TOOK TO MECHANIC NO CODES NO PROBLEM ONLY THIS WAS. WAS TOLD BY DEALER THE COULD NOT DIAGNOSE IT UNLESS IT DID IT TO THEM I AM AT A LOSE I HAVE TO DRIVE TO GET TO WORK MY KIDS HAVE TO RIDE TO GO TO SITTER I AM SO AFRAID WE ARE GONNA DIE IN THIS VAN.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE HORN STARTED TO HONK WITHOUT WARNING. IN ADDITION, THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS AND WASHER FLUID ACTIVATED INDEPENDENTLY, THE AIR CONDITIONING UNIT TURNED OFF INDEPENDENTLY, AND THE TRANSMISSION FAILED TO SHIFT AS INTENDED. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO TURN OFF AND RESTART THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE OPERATED AS INTENDED FOR APPROXIMATELY TEN MINUTES BEFORE THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC TO BE DIAGNOSED, BUT THE MECHANIC WAS UNABLE TO RETRIEVE A FAULT CODE OR DUPLICATE THE FAILURES. NEITHER THE DEALER NOR THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURES. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 159,654.

MY VAN DIES WHEN I'M DRIVING IT I LOSE ALL POWER OR NO BREAKS NO LIGHTS I CAN'T EVEN PUT EMERGENCY LIGHTS ON, THIS IS BEEN GOING ON FOR ALMOST 2 YEARS HAVE HAD IT IN THE SHOP TWICE HAS COST ME A BUNDLE, I BROUGHT IT HOME THE OTHER DAY DROVE IT TO THE CORNER AND IT DIED AGAIN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET THIS IS BECOMING A REAL SAFETY ISSUE THAT THEY CAN'T SEEM TO FIX THERE IS A LOT OF OTHER COMPLAINTS FOR THIS SAME PROBLEM, SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE BEFORE I GET IN WRECK AND GET KILLED OR MY CHILDREN, I AM AFRAID TO TAKE THE CAR , YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN IT'S GOING TO DIE SOMETIMES YOU CAN DRIVE IT A LONG WAYS AND NEVER DIE AND OTHER TIMES YOU CAN BARELY GET OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY BUT IT DOESN'T MATTER IT WILL DIE GOING SLOW IT WILL DIE GOING FAST, I CAN'T AFFORD ANOTHER CAR AS I AM ON A FIXED INCOME, YOU NEED TO DO SOMETHING AS THIS CAR HAS GIVE ME NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS SINCE I HAD IT I BOUGHT IT AND I AM SCARED IT THREE YEARS AGO, ONLY 85,000 MILES WAS ON IT I HAVEN'T DROVE BUT ABOUT EVEN 4000 MILES SINCE I HAVE OWNED IT AND I'M SCARED TO GET ON THE HIGHWAY AND NOBODY SEEMS TO KNOW HOW TO FIX IT, I'VE BEEN DRIVING THIS CAR FOR TWO YEARS AND THIS IS HAPPENING TO ME PROBABLY 10 TIMES AT A SLOW SPEED AND PROBABLY SIX TIMES AT APPROXIMATELY 60 TO 65 MILES AN HOUR FAST SPEEDSI AM TIRED OF PAYING MECHANICS FOR NOTHING IT DIES AND THEY SAY IT DOESN'T DIE WHEN THEY TAKE IT OUT FOR A DRIVE ,WELL BIG SURPRISE, BECAUSE IT DOESN'T GIVE ME ANY WARNING OR TELL ME WHEN IT IS GOING TO DIE EITHER TILL IT DOES IT!! CHRYSLER/DODGE/JEEP MANUFACTURING COMPANY NEEDS TO RECALL AND REALLY NEED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS VAN BECAUSE SOMEBODY'S GOING TO GET KILLED, DOES SOMEBODY REALLY NEED TO GET KILLED BEFORE YOU DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT, REALLY??? AND IF THEY DON'T I'M GOING TO HAVE TO SEE A LAWYER THAT WILL HELP ME WITH MY DODGE GRAND CARAVAN SXL , THANK YOU I

THE SLIDING DOOR SENSOR DID NOT TRIGGER AND PREVENT THE DOOR FROM CLOSING. IT CLOSED ON MY SONS HAND AND HIS FINGERS WERE STUCK IN THE DOOR UNTIL I MANUALLY OPENED IT. THIS WAS THE SLIDING DOOR ON THE DRIVER SIDE. VEHICLE WAS PARKED AND TURNED OFF.