2008 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN Complaints

OUR 2008 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN HAD AN ISSUE ON THE EVENING OF APRIL 21ST, 2014 WHERE THE KEY JUST FELL OUT OF THE IGNITION. IT DID NOT HAVE AN IMPACT ON BEING ABLE TO DRIVE THE CAR, BUT IT JUST FELL OUT. THE NEXT MORNING THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START AND THE KEY WOULD NOT TURN OR COME BACK OUT ONCE IT WAS PLACED INTO THE IGNITION. WE HAD TO HAVE THE VEHICLE TOWED TO CARMAX WHERE THEY COMPLETED THE REPAIR AND WE WERE FINE WITH THEIR SERVICE. WE ORIGINALLY PURCHASED THE VEHICLE IN NOVEMBER 2011. WE WERE LATER NOTIFIED BY DODGE ABOUT A SAFETY RECALL THAT INVOLVED A WIN MODULE AND THEY DESCRIBED THE POSSIBLE ISSUES EXACTLY AS WHAT HAPPENED TO US. SINCE WE HAD ALREADY GOTTEN THE WORK DONE AND THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN DRIVING GREAT SINCE CARMAX DID THE REPAIR, WE FELT DODGE SHOULD REIMBURSE US SINCE THAT IS WHAT THEIR RECALL NOTIFICATION STATED. NOW DODGE IS SAYING IT WAS A DIFFERENT PART AND THEY WILL NOT HONOR THEIR OWN RECALL. CARMAX WAS AWESOME AND WE ARE VERY HAPPY WITH THE VEHICLE, BUT NOT HAPPY WITH DODGE SINCE THEY ACKNOWLEDGE A MANUFACTURER DEFECT AND REFUSE TO HONOR IT. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE KEY FAILED TO RELEASE FROM THE IGNITION. THE CONTACT HAD TO WAIT SEVERAL MINUTES BEFORE THE KEY RELEASED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 130,000.

SLOWLY DRIVING THROUGH MCDONALDS PARKING LOT AND VAN ACCELERATED FOR A SECOND. PULLED OUT INTO THE STREET AND DID IT AGAIN, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED. SEVERAL TIMES VAN WOULD NOT START BUT ELECTRICAL WORKS. WIPERS NOT TURNING OFF TWICE. DOOR LOCKS WON'T LOCK OR UNLOCK. WORRIED THAT THIS SMALL ACCELERATION IS ANOTHER SIGN SOMETHING IS BAD. GOOGLED, READING TIPM IS FAULTY. THIS IS OUR FAMILY VAN AND ONLY VEHICLE, WE HAVE A DAUGHTER WITH DOWN SYNDROME AND MEDICAL ISSUES AND NOW I'M SCARED TO DRIVE. *TR

THE VEHICLE, WHILE DRIVING, BEGAN TO HONK THE HORN, WINDSHIELD WIPERS TURNED ON, WIPER FLUID BEGAN SPRAYING, LIGHTS FLASHED. THIS CONTINUED FOR APPROXIMATELY FIVE STRAIGHT MINUTES. TURNING THE CAR OFF DID NOT STOP THE ACTIONS, NEITHER DID RESTARTING THE CAR. EVENTUALLY THE MALFUNCTION STOPPED ON IT'S OWN. I BROUGHT THE VEHICLE FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING THROUGH DODGE SERVICE AND WAS TOLD TOTAL INTEGRATED POWER MODULE NEEDED REPLACING BUT COULD NOT BE ORDERED. THEY STATED CAR WAS SAFE TO DRIVE. THIS CONTINUED TO HAPPEN SPORADICALLY. AT ONE POINT, THE VEHICLE MALFUNCTIONED AND IN ADDITIONAL TO PREVIOUSLY LISTED PROBLEMS, THE VEHICLE LOST ALL POWER STEERING AND POWER BRAKES WHEN IT OCCURRED WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY. WHEN WE WERE FINALLY ABLE TO ORDER THE PART, TWO MONTHS LATER, IT WAS REPLACED. AFTER THREE WEEKS WITH THE NEW TIPM, THE VEHICLE ONCE AGAIN, STARTED TO MALFUNCTION BY HORNS HONKING, WIPERS TURNING OFF, FLUID SPRAYING, LIGHTS FLASHING AND SO ON. I AM TOLD BY DODGE THAT I WILL NEED TO PAY FOR ANOTHER $100 DIAGNOSTIC TEST TO SEE WHAT THE PROBLEM IS. THEY CONTINUE TO STATE THAT THE CAR IS SAFE TO DRIVE DESPITE INTERMITTENT AND UNEXPECTED LOSS OF POWER STEERING AND BRAKES. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A NOTIFICATION FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V373000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM) AND STATED THAT THE PART NEEDED WAS UNAVAILABLE TO PERFORM THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V373000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM); HOWEVER, THE PART NEEDED 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 MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 DODGE CARAVAN. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH, THE ENGINE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT RESTARTED THE VEHICLE BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED MULTIPLE TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR A DIAGNOSIS OF THE FAILURE. THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE CRANK SHAFT SENSOR HAD MALFUNCTIONED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 56,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

2008 GRAND CARAVAN CONSUMER IS SEEKING REIMBURSEMENT FROM CHRYSLER FOR OUT OF POCKET EXPENSES FOR REPLACEMENT OF WIN MODULE. *CN THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START AT TIMES. THE CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL LETTER THE NEXT DAY. HOWEVER, CHRYSLER DENIED THE CONSUMERS REQUEST FOR REIMBURSEMENT STATING THE PART THAT WAS REPLACED WAS MORE THAN WHAT THE RECALL ENTAILED. *JB

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER:14V373000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM). THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE PART NEEDED TO REMEDY THE VEHICLE WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. UPDATED 1/21/15*CN THE CONSUMER BELIEVED THE PROBLEM WAS THE IGNITION SWITCH FOR THE KEY FOB. UPDATED 01/26/15*JB

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V373000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM) HAD EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR REPAIR. THE DEALER STATED THE PART WAS UNAVAILABLE FOR REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE DELAY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED THE FAILURE. HOWEVER, THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCE INTERMITTENT DIFFICULTY RETURNING THE KEY TO AN IDLE POSITION. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 2,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.