2008 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN Complaints

THERE WAS A RECALL FOR WIN MODULE ON MY VEHICLE. NHTSA NUMBER 14V-373. I WAS TOLD BY THE DEALER THAT THE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE AND I WOULD BE NOTIFIED WHEN THEY WERE. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR AN OIL CHANGE AND WHEN IT WAS FINISHED I NOTICED ON THE INVOICE THAT THEY HAD DONE THE RECALL. THE PROBLEM IS THEY COULD NOT HAVE PERFORMED THE RECALL BECAUSE THEY DID NOT HAVE BOTH FOBIKS. I ASKED THE SERVICE MANAGER ABOUT THIS AND AGREED THEY HAD TO REPLACE THE FOBIKS THEN HE STARTED TO DOUBLE TALK AND SAID I WAS BETTER OFF BECAUSE THE NEW FOBIKS DID NOT HAVE ALL THE BUTTONS THAT MINE HAD. I DO NOT BELIEVE THE RECALL WAS COMPLETED! I BELIEVE THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS FOR A DEALER TO TELL A CUSTOMER THAT A RECALL HAS BEEN COMPLETED WHEN IN FACT IT HAS NOT.

WHILE PARKED IN DRIVEWAY, THE HORN STARTED BLOWING ERRATICALLY, HEADLIGHTS WERE ON, AND FRONT AND REAR WINDSHIELD WIPERS AND WASHERS OPERATING. DOOR LOCKS WOULD NOT RESPOND TO REMOTE. AFTER S SHORT PERIOD OF TRYING TO UNLOCK THE DOORS WITH THE REMOTE, THEY EITHER RESPONDED TO THE REMOTE OR UNLOCKED BY THEMSELVES. AT THAT POINT I ATTEMPTED TO TURN THE IGNITION ON AND START THE VEHICLE. I STARTED IT AND THEN TURNED IT OFF BUT THAT DID NOT STOP THE HORN, WIPERS, ETC. A FEW SECONDS AFTER SHUTTING THE IGNITION OFF, EVERYTHING STOPPED. FRONT AND REAR WIPERS DID NOT RETURN TO PARK POSITION UNTIL I MANUALLY TURNED THEM ON AND OFF. I STARTED THE ENGINE AGAIN AND HAD A CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WITH ERROR CODES RELATED TO THE TCM, TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE. IN ADDITION, WHILE DRIVING, THE HEATER BLOWER MOTOR INTERMITTENTLY STOPS WORKING. ALL OF THIS APPEARS TO BE THE RESULT OF A FAULTY TIPM,TOTALLY INTEGRATED POWER MODULE. THIS HAS HAPPENED TWICE IN THE LAST TWO WEEKS. FIRST OCCURRENCE WAS 1/11/18 AND SECOND OCCURRENCE WAS 1/16/18. SEARCHING ONLINE REVEALED THAT MINE IS NOT AN ISOLATED PROBLEM AS THERE ARE MANY REPORTED INSTANCES OF TIPM FAILURES WITH SIMILAR SYMPTOMS.

01 /13/18 THE VERY FIRST MORNING I HAD IT I WORKED AT 6 AM ABOUT 5 MINS INTO DRIVING 11 DEGREES! THE TRACTION LIGHT CAME ON WITHOUT ME PUSHING THE BUTTON. THEN A EPS W/ DES LITE UP?? THEY BOTH WENT ON BY THEMSELVES AS WELL. ALSO THE ROADS WERE NOT WET! THIS CONTINUES EVERY MORNING DESPITE THE TEMPERATURE. UP TO CURRENT DAY 01/16/18 WE RECEIVED A DUSTING LESS THE 1 INCH ON THE GROUND. I PUSHED THE TRACTION BUTTON ON DESPITE THAT ME AND MY 3 CHILDREN SLID INTO A MAIL BOX THANKFULLY SLOWLY! HAD TO BE PULLED OUT DUE TO IN NOT STARTING UP AND STUCK.. THIS VAN IS LOUD AND RUNS BEHIND, KIND OF STUTTERS..IT WENT THROUGH A HALF TANK OF GAS IN 1 DAY! THERE IS AT TIMES BUT FREQUENT WE CAN SMELL GAS.? ALSO THIS VAN STARTED ACTING TO THE POINT OF ALMOST STALLING OUT!

ALL THE CODE LIGHT FLASHING ON THE DASHBOARD, WIPER AUTOMATICALLY COME ON, SPEEDOMETER CUTS DOWN TO 0 WHEN DRIVING, DRIVER SIDE WINDOWS WOULDN'T ROLL DOWN OR THE LOCK SWITCH WOULDN'T UNLOCK DOORS, LIGHTS FLICKER ON AND OFF WHILE THEY ARE SHUT OFF, IF LIGHTS ON CAN'T USE BRIGHT LIGHT THEY CUT OUT WHEN ALL THE CODE LIGHT FLICKER ON. LIKE IT SHORTING OUT. IT DOES THIS SITTING STILL OR IN MOTION. HAPPENS WHEN I AM DRIVING OR SITTING IN A PARKING LOT

I WAS DRIVING ON A BUSY MAIN CITY ROAD AT NIGHT, TRAVELING AROUND 35 MPH WHEN MY VAN SHUT OFF AND THE WIPERS AND HORN WENT CRAZY. I LOST ALL POWER STEERING AND BRAKES. HEADLIGHTS ALSO CUT OUT. I STRUGGLED TO GET TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND INTO A PARKING LOT. THE FRONT WIPERS STOPPED WHEN I TURNED THE KEY OFF, BUT THE BACK WIPER AND HORN CONTINUED FOR ABOUT 10 MIN. I DID NOT HAVE TOOLS TO DISCONNECT THE BATTERY. SUDDENLY THERE WAS A FLASH OF ALL THE LIGHTS IN THE CAR AND EVERYTHING SEEMED TO BE BACK TO NORMAL WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT APPEARING ON THE DASH. I WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE AND DRIVE ANOTHER HALF MILE TO MY HOME. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED WHILE DRIVING, THAT I HAVE LOST ALL ENGINE POWER AND STEERING, IT IS NOT THE FIRST TIME THE VAN HAS ACTED OUT. WIPERS WILL SUDDENLY START MOVING WHEN I AM DRIVING OR THE HORN WITH SUDDENLY SOUND AND RADIO WILL CUT OUT. I HAVE ALSO HAD IT GO CRAZY WITH WINDSHIELD WIPERS MOVING, HORN HONKING, LOCKS MALFUNCTIONING AND FLUID SPRAYED ALL OVER THE CAR WHEN I UNLOCKED IT. MY WIFE ONCE HAD MY KIDS TRAPPED INSIDE OF THE CARE FOR 10 MINS UNTIL I COULD I DRIVE OVER AND DISCONNECTED THE BATTERY. I HAVE BEEN TOLD IT IS THE TIPM ACTING UP. IT HAS HAPPENED MORE THAN 10 TIMES. I DO NOT TRUST THE VEHICLE. I HAVE READ ABOUT MANY MORE INSTANCES ONLINE. THIS COULD CAUSE AN ACCIDENT IF IT WAS IN RUSH HOUR OR ON A BUSIER ROAD.

VALVE STEM CORRODED AND CATASTROPHICALLY FAILED. I WAS LUCKY IT DIDN'T END UP EMBEDDED IN MY FACE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V373000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, AIR BAGS); HOWEVER, THE PARTS TO DO THE REPAIR WERE UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, THE CONTACT CALLED PORT CITY CHRYSLER DODGE AT (888) 496-5156 (155 GREENLEAF AVE, PORTSMOUTH, NH 03801) WHERE IT WAS CONFIRMED THAT THE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE FOR THE RECALL REMEDY. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE AND WAS NOT ABLE TO CONFIRM WHEN THE PARTS WERE TO BECOME AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT.

IN JUNE HAD THE TIPM REPLACED AS IT WAS CAUSING THE HORN TO GO OFF AND STAY ON, THE WIPERS TO GO OFF AND STAY ON AND OTHER ELECTICAL ISSUES. THESE SYMPTOMS RETURNED IN THE LAST MONTH (I WAS TRAVELING DURING THE RETURN OF THE ISSUES) AND THIS TIME, ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO, WHILE DOING 55MPH DOWN A SECONDARY HIGHWAY, THE CAR'S HORN AND WIPERS CAME ON AND THE CAR COMPLETELY SHUT OFF - THE ENGINE SHUT DOWN. THE DEALER REPLACED THE TIPM AGAIN.

TOOK MY VAN INTO JEFF WYLER EASTGATE AUTO MALL, IN BATAVIA, OH 45103, TO HAVE THE TWO RECALLS FIXED ON MY VAN AND WHEN I CALL TO CHECK UP ON THE PROGRESS I GET TOLD THAT THE TIPM NEEDS REPLACED AND THEY ARE WANTING TO CHARGE ME $1,337.60 TO FIX IT BEFORE THEY WILL EVEN BE ABLE TO FIX MY RECALLS. BOTH RECALLS ARE THE IGNITION AND THE AIR BAGS, BOTH OF WHICH ARE CAUSED BY THE FAULTY TIPM. SO WHAT ARE THEY REPAIRING AND REPLACING ON MY RECALLS KNOWING THAT THE TIPM IS THE MAIN REASON MY VAN HAS RECALLS TO BEGIN WITH. THE RECALL FOR MY AIR BAGS IS AS FOLLOWS: THE AIRBAGS WILL EITHER DEPLOY AT WILL OR NOT DEPLOY AT ALL. THE LETTER I GOT INFORMING ME OF MY RECALLS STATED THAT IT COULD BE IN THE WIRING HARNESS OR OTHER PLACES CONNECTING MY VAN TO THE AIRBAGS. THE RECALL FOR MY IGNITION IS AS FOLLOWS: THE AIRBAGS WILL EITHER DEPLOY AT WILL OR NOT DEPLOY AT ALL. THE LETTER I GOT INFORMING ME OF MY RECALLS STATED THAT IT COULD BE IN THE WIRING HARNESS OR OTHER PLACES CONNECTING MY VAN TO THE IGNITION.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. WHILE DRIVING ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, THE HORN SOUNDED INDEPENDENTLY, THE HEADLIGHTS FLICKERED ON AND OFF, THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS OPERATED INDEPENDENTLY, AND THE RADIO INCREASED IN VOLUME INDEPENDENTLY. IN ADDITION, THE VEHICLE STALLED AND WAS TOWED TO SEAVIEW DODGE (LOCATED AT 810 NJ-35, OCEAN TOWNSHIP, NJ 07712, (888) 382-6788) TO BE DIAGNOSED. THE MECHANIC WAS NOT ABLE TO DUPLICATE THE ISSUE OR RETRIEVE A FAULT CODE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND PROVIDED CASE NUMBER: 32145138. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 85,000.