2010 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN Complaints

ENGINE SHUT DOWN WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH DOWN THE EXPRESSWAY. THIS WAS THE 29TH OCCURRENCE. THE 30 HAPPENED WHILE I WAS DRIVING OVER A BRIDGE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD TWO WEEKS LATER AT ABOUT 20 MPH. *TR

AT 30,015 MILES MY AIR CONDITIONER STOPPED WORKING AND BLOWING HOT AIR. I HAVE TAKE IT TO THE DEALERSHIP, WHERE I HAD BOUGHT IT BRAND NEW AND WAS TOLD SINCE IT WAS OVER 30,000 MILES IT WAS NOT COVERED BY WARRANTY. ONLY 15 MILES OVER. I AM A 70 YEAR OLD WOMAN ON A FIXED IN COME. YOU PURCHASE A NEW VEHICLE AND EXPECT THINGS TO WORK OR LAST PAST 30,000 MILES. SHAME ON DODGE AND CHRYSLER FOR NOT BACKING THERE PRODUCTS. *TR

FIVE SEPARATE TIMES WHILE DRIVING THIS VAN THE ENGINE JUST SHUTS DOWN AND WE COAST TO A STOP. THIS HAS HAPPENED AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE LAST EVENT OCCURRED WHILE DRIVING ON THE EXPRESSWAY AT AN APROX. SPEED OF 55-60 MPH. SPEED OF THE VAN DOES NOT SEEM TO MATTER AS WE HAVE HAD THIS OCCUR AT SPEEDS RANGING FROM 15-60 MPH. WEATHER ALSO DOES NOT SEEM TO MATTER AS THE EVENTS HAPPENED IN WINTER AND SUMMER. WE HAVE REPORTED THIS PROBLEM TO THE DODGE DEALERSHIP. THEY KEPT OUR VAN FOR A WEEK ATTEMPTING TO HAVE THE PROBLEM OCCUR FOR THEM WITHOUT SUCCESS. WE ARE FEARFUL EVERY TIME WE DRIVE THIS VAN BECAUSE WHEN THE ENGINE SHUTS OFF WE LOSE POWER TO THE STEERING AND BRAKES. THIS IS DANGEROUS! CHRYSLER DOES NOT SEEM TO HAVE A SOLUTION TO THIS PROBLEM. HELP! *TR

WHILE DRIVING THE IGNITION SWITCH TURNED OFF AND RESULTED IN A LOSS OF POWER STEERING AND BRAKES. VEHICLE WAS IN HEAVY TRAFFIC AND ALMOST CAUSED A MULTIPLE CAR PILEUP. THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING FOR MONTHS. DODGE CHARGED ME $89 TO DIAGNOSE AND THE RESULT WAS THE DEALER TOLD ME TO GET AN OIL CHANGE AND MY RADIATOR CAP MIGHT BE LEAKING. I CONTACTED DODGE CORPORATE ESCALATING TO A MANAGER WITH NO RESULTS. MY WIFE AND KIDS COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED. I WAS FORCED TO TRADE TO VEHICLE WHICH COSTS ME LOTS OF MONEY LOSS. DODGE DID NOT CARE AND EITHER DID THE DEALER. THERE ARE NO OTHER KEYS ON THE KEY RING TO INTERFERE. *TR

AFTER PLACING SHIFTING LEVER IN PARK, STEPPING ON THE EMERGENCY BRAKE I TRIED TO REMOVE IGNITION KEY AND IT WOULD NOT COME OUT. I DOUBLED CHECK TO MAKE SURE I WAS PLACING IN THE OFF POSITION. PLACED SHIFTER LEVER IN VARIOUS POSITIONS AND THEN BACK INTO PARK AND THE KEY STILL WOULD NOT COME OUT. SAT THERE FOR ABOUT 5-10 MINUTES AND THEN THE KEY FINALLY CAME OUT. TOOK TO DEALERSHIP AND THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE ISSUE BUT DEALERSHIP LUBRICATED THE IGNITION CYLINDER AND IT SEEMED TO HELP. THEN IT HAPPENED AGAIN ABOUT 6 MONTHS LATER AND I AGAIN TOOK TO THE SAME DODGE DEALER (ROCKWALL DODGE IN ROCKWALL TX 75189). THEY REMOVED THE IGNITION KEY AND REMOVED A SPRING OR REPLACED A SPRING AND STATED THIS SHOULD FIX IT. HOWEVER, OVER THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS IT IS DOING THE SAME THING...IGNITION SWITCH STUCK. I AM AFRAID SOMEDAY I WILL NOT BE ABLE TO TURN ENGINE OFF OR GET KEY OUT. HAVE OTHERS HAD THIS PROBLEM? *TR

WE BOUGHT OUR 2010 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN NEW IN APRIL OF 2010. SHORTLY AFTER WE BOUGHT IT, I DROVE OVER A SPEED BUMP AND THE VAN ENGINE SHUT OFF. THIS TURNED OFF THE RADIO, POWER STEERING...EVERYTHING ELECTRICAL. I WROTE IT OFF TO GOING OVER A SPEED BUMP TOO QUICKLY. A FEW WEEKS LATER, THE VAN SHUT DOWN AS I WAS DRIVING ABOUT 40 MPH DOWN THE ROAD. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND THEY SAID MY KEY CHAIN WAS TOO HEAVY. THIS MADE SENSE, SO I REMOVED KEYS. THE PROBLEM STILL CONTINUED. TO DATE, THE VAN HAS SHUT DOWN OVER 30 TIMES AND HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN ONE ACCIDENT DUE TO THIS ISSUE. IT HAS SHUT DOWN WHILE TURNING LEFT INTO TRAFFIC, DRIVING 60 MPH DOWN THE EXPRESSWAY IN THE RAIN, DRIVING SLOWLY IN A SUBDIVISION. THERE IS NO RHYME OR REASON AS TO WHEN OR WHY IT SHUTS DOWN. THIS IS AN UNPREDICTABLE PROBLEM. COUNTLESS SENSORS HAVE BEEN REPLACED. CHRYSLER HAS SENT THE VAN TO THREE DIFFERENT DEALERS TO FIX THE PROBLEM. WHEN THE VAN SHUTS DOWN, THE ENGINE TURNS OFF, THE RADIO, HEAT/AC, POWER STEERING...EVERYTHING SHUTS OFF. IF I PUT THE VAN IN NEUTRAL AND TURN THE KEY, THE VAN WILL TYPICALLY TURN BACK ON. ON THREE OCCASIONS THE VAN DID NOT TURN BACK ON SO I HAD TO MANIPULATE THE VAN OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD (WHICH IS VERY DIFFICULT WITHOUT POWER STEERING), PUT IT IN PARK, THEN RESTART IT. DODGE IS WELL AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM, BUT THEY REFUSE TO TAKE THE VAN BACK. THEY HAVE ATTEMPTED TO FIX THE PROBLEM OVER A DOZEN TIMES, WITH NO LUCK. THEY TOLD ME THAT IF I TRADE THE VAN IN, THEY WILL "FIX IT" AND RESELL IT. HOWEVER THEY CAN NOT FIX IT FOR ME, SO HOW WILL THEY FIX IT FOR SOMEONE ELSE? I AM SCARED THAT MY SON WHO IS 15 NOW LEARNING TO DRIVE AND HE IS LEARNING ON THIS VAN. PLEASE TAKE THESE VANS OFF THE ROAD!!! *TR

CAR WAS IN THE SHOP FOR BRAKE WORK. MECHANIC INFORMED ME OF CRACKS, SPLITTING AND CORROSION OF THE COLLAR THAT HOLDS THE VALVE STEM AND SENSOR IN PLACE ON BOTH REAR WHEELS. BOTH VALVE ASSEMBLIES WERE REPLACED. APPROXIMATELY ONE YEAR AGO I HAD THE DRIVERS SIDE FRONT WHEEL VALE ASSEMBLY FAIL WHILE I WAS ON THE ROAD. THE WARNING LIGHT CAME ON AND WITHIN SECONDS THE TIRE WAS FLAT. UPON INSPECTION IT WAS FOUND THAT THE COLLAR HAD FAILED ! THE VALVE ASSEMBLIES APPEAR TO BE MADE OF ALUMINUM AND ARE PRONE TO CORROSION. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION ! THE REPLACEMENT ASSEMBLIES APPEAR TO BE MADE OF THE SAME MATERIALS. THIS MEANS THEY ARE PRONE TO FAILURE AS WELL. VERY UNSAFE! *TR

ORIGINAL OWNER OF THE VEHICLE, RECALL FOR FAULTY IGNITION SWITCH WAS APPLIED IN 2011. THIS IS ACTUALLY A REPORT OF 3 INCIDENTS, (#3 THE MOST DANGEROUS) THE ENGINE OF THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY SHUTS OFF WHILE DRIVING. IT IS INSTANT AND SILENT, WITH NO PRE-WARNING LIKE ONE WOULD NORMALLY EXPERIENCE IN A CLASSIC ENGINE STALL. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN DIRECTLY TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE THEY SAID THAT THEY COULD NOT REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM AND THAT THERE WERE NO CODES. THEY SUGGESTED THAT I KEEP DRIVING IT TO SEE IF IT HAPPENS AGAIN! THEY ALSO SUGGESTED (AN EDUCATED GUESS) THAT I CHANGE THE EGR VALVE. HERE ARE DESCRIPTIONS OF THE 3 EVENTS - THE LAST ONE WAS THE MOST DANGEROUS AND SCARY: .#1 DEC 31, 2013. OUTDOOR TEMP BELOW 32 DEGREES. CAR SHUT OFF WHILE PULLING OUT FROM A STOP SIGN, ABOUT 2-3 BLOCKS AFTER BEING STARTED. CAR WAS NOT ROUGH IDLING, OR SHOWING ANY OTHER SIGNS OF A PROBLEM. IT JUST SEEMED LIKE SOMEONE REACHED OVER AND TURNED THE KEY TO "ACC" BECAUSE THE BLOWERS AND RADIO WERE STILL ON, BUT THE ENGINE, POWER STEERING AND POWER BRAKES WERE GONE. THE CAR STARTED RIGHT BACK UP. #2 MARCH 1, 2014. OUTDOOR TEMP ABOUT 32 DEGREES, SIMILAR SITUATION, PULLING OUT AFTER A LIGHT TURNED GREEN, TURNING RIGHT AND THE CAR JUST SHUT OFF AGAIN. AGAIN I WOULD CALL IT A COLD ENGINE, AS THIS HAPPENED WITHIN 5 MINUTES OF STARTING THE CAR. ALSO NO SIGN OF A PROBLEM WITH THE ENGINE. IT STARTED RIGHT BACK UP. #3 MAY 23, 2014. OUTDOOR TEMP ABOUT 50 DEGREES. HAD DRIVEN ABOUT 1 MILE, (ENGINE STILL COLD), AND WAS AT THE SPEED LIMIT OF 35-40MPH AND STARTING TO TURN WITH THE CURVE IN THE ROAD (A VERY MODEST CURVE)WHEN THE CAR JUST SHUT OFF AND STARTED WANTING TO GO STRAIGHT (NO POWER STEERING) VEERING TOWARDS THE ONCOMING LANE. ONCE AGAIN, THE ENGINE STARTED RIGHT UP AND WAS ACTING NORMAL BEFORE AND AFTER THE STALL/SHUT DOWN. *TR

I HAVE THREE TOMS SENSORS NUTS CORRODE AND FALL OFF MY VEHICLE. I HAVE PAID OUT HUNDREDS AND HAVE BEEN LUCKY TO NOT BE GOING DOWN A HIGHWAY WHEN IT HAPPENS. CAN'T BELIEVE SOMETHING HAS NOT BEEN DONE THRU DODGE TO FIX THIS ISSUE. *TR

DRIVING ON LOCAL ROAD, IN CHICAGO WHEN I DISCOVER A TIRE IS FLAT. I NOTICE THAT THE VALVE IS BADLY CORRODED AND THAT THE NUT THAT SHOULD BE HOLDING IT IN PLACE IS MISSING. WHILE CHANGING THE TIRE THE VALVE STEM (TPMS UNIT) FALLS INTO TIRE. THE SUDDEN FLAT WAS CAUSED BY CORROSION OF THE TPMS UNIT WHICH CAUSED IT TO BE LOOSE AND TIRE PRESSURE TO DROP. RESEARCH HAS SHOWN THIS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM, EXISTING FOR MANY YEARS, THAT BOTH DODGE AND ITS ASSISTANT, THE NHTSA, ARE IGNORING. *TR