2008 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN Complaints

THE ENGINE KEEPS ON SHUTTING OFF WHILE I AM DRIVING. THE FIRST TIME I WAS BACKING OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY. IT SOUNDED LIKE THE KEY POPPED OUT BUT IT WAS STILL IN THE IGNITION. THE SECOND TIME I WAS JUST PULLING OFF TO DRIVE. I WAS GOING UNDER 10 MPH AND I HIT A BUMP AND THE ENGINE JUST TURNED OFF WHILE I WAS DRIVING. THE THIRD TIME I WAS DRIVING DOWN A RESIDENTIAL ROAD GOING ABOUT 30 MPH AND THE ENGINE JUST TURNED OFF AGAIN. SO DANGEROUS. *TR

TL * THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE WOULD MAKE A LOUD ABNORMAL NOISE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE WHEEL BEARINGS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 77,800 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 78,000.

SINCE I CAN'T REMEMBER THE DATES OF THE OTHER INCIDENTS I WILL START WITH YESTERDAY JUNE 25, 2014. I DROVE ALL MORNING RUNNING HERE AND THERE AND EVERYTHING WAS FINE. I STOPPED AT THE POST OFFICE TO MAIL A PACKAGE AND COULD NOT RESTART THE VEHICLE. THE VAN ENGINE DID NOT EVEN TURN OVER. THE DASH IS BLANK EXCEPT FOR THE MILEAGE. I CALLED AAA FOR A TOW AND THEY FOUND THAT THE VAN WAS STUCK IN PARK AND WOULD NOT BUDGE OUT OF PARK. SO IT IS STILL AT THE POST OFFICE UNTIL WE CAN FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET IT OUT OF PARK. OTHER ISSUES. A FEW MONTHS AGO, IN THE WINTER OF 2013, THE VAN WAS IN MY GARAGE AND IT WOULD NOT START. I THOUGHT IT WAS THE BATTERY AND SO I TURNED OFF THE RADIO AND HEAT AND TRIED IT AGAIN AND IT STARTED. THIS HAPPENED EVERY MORNING WITH ME TAKING MY CHILD TO SCHOOL FOR ABOUT A WEEK. IT NEVER DID IT FOR MY HUSBAND. I THINK I TOLD THE DEALER ABOUT IT ON MY NEXT OIL CHANGE VISIT, BUT THEY SAID THEY CAN ONLY CHECK IT WHEN IT IS HAPPENING. ANOTHER TIME LAST SUMMER (2013), THE HORN, AND WIPERS AND WIPER FLUID JUST STARTED GOING OFF BY THEMSELVES AS I TRIED TO START THE VAN. I TOOK THE KEY OUT AND PRESSED THE DOOR OPEN AND LOCK BUTTONS TO SEE IF IT WOULD STOP AND IT DID. I TRIED TO START THE VAN AGAIN AND IT DID IT AGAIN. REPEATED THE SAME OPEN AND LOCK PROCEDURE AND IT STOPPED. I WAITED A FEW MINUTES TO START THE VAN AND IT DID NOT DO IT AGAIN. THE FOLLOWING DAY AS I WAS DRIVING ON A BUSY ROAD, HIGHWAY 278, IT DID IT AGAIN. I HAD TO PULL OVER AND I TURNED OFF THE VAN DID THE OPEN AND LOCK BUTTON ON THE KEY AND IT STOPPED. OF COURSE IT NEVER REPEATED FOR MY HUSBAND OR EVER AGAIN. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V055000 (REAR AXLE). THE CONTACT NOTIFIED THE DEALER AND ATTEMPTED TO HAVE THE VEHICLE REPAIRED NUMEROUS TIMES; HOWEVER, THEY DID NOT KNOW WHEN THE PARTS WOULD BE AVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE.

MY FATHER HAS A 2008 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN AND ON MAY 14 2014 HE WENT SHOPPING STOPPING AT 3 DIFFERENT PLACES AND THEN RETURNED HOME PICKED UP THE MAIL AND DROVE TO THE TOP OF THE DRIVEWAY. HE PUT THE VAN IN PARK AND SHUT IT OFF HE GOT OUT AND WALKED OVER TO MY MOM AND HANDED HER THE PAPER THEN HE TURNED AROUND AND WALKED BACK TO THE CAR AND REACHED OVER THE SEAT TO GET THE REST OF THE MAIL WHEN THE CAR STARTED ROLLING BACKWARDS DRAGGING HIM WITH IT FOR AROUND 30 FEET AND THEN HITTING THE PORCH ON THE HOUSE NEXT DOOR. HE WAS PINNED UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE AND MY SON WAS HOME AT THE TIME AND CALLED 911. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND AMBULANCES CAME AND THEY HAD TO USE AIR BAG PUMPS AND WOODEN BLOCKS TO GET THE CAR OFF OF HIM. HE WAS RUSHED TO THE HOSPITAL WITH A CRUSHED LEG AND CUTS TO THE BONE. HE HAD TO HAVE SURGERY ON HIS LEG AND HE WAS IN THERE FOR 4 DAYS AND THEN THEY SENT HIM TO A REHAB FOR HIS INJURIES. THEN HE CAME HOME AFTER 2 WEEKS AND THEN 8 DAYS AFTER WITH THE HOME HEALTH NURSES CHECKING ON HIM AND CHANGING BANDAGES IT GOT A MASSIVE INFECTION SO HE ENDED BACK IN A DIFFERENT HOSPITAL FOR ANOTHER SURGERY THIS TIME THEY REMOVED ALL OF HIS SKIN ON HIS LEG IN THE FRONT ON THE AFFECTED AREAS TO THE BONE AND MUSCLE. HE NOW HAS A PHONY SKIN GRAFT ON THE OPEN HOLES THAT ARE AT LEAST A QUARTER OF AN INCH DEEP AND HE HAS TO GO TO THE WOUND CENTER ONCE A WEEK UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE AND ALSO THE HOME HEALTH NURSES ARE NOW BACK EVERY OTHER DAY TO KEEP AN EYE ON IT AND CHANGE BANDAGES MY MOTHER IS SO DISGUSTED NO ONE WILL LISTEN TO HER WE TOLD THE STATE POLICE WHO CAME THAT DAY THAT THE CAR WAS IN PARK AND AFTER ROLLING BACK 30 FEET WAS LOCKED IN PARK AND WOULD NOT COME OUT BUT THE STEERING WHEEL AND TIRES WERE STILL TURNING. HE ADMITTED THAT YES THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG WITH THIS CAR BUT THAT IS AS FOR AS IT WENT. ALSO WHEN WE CALLED GEICO WE TOLD THEM THE WHOLE STORY. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DECELERATING TO A STOP SIGN, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE FAILED TO RESTART. THE FAILURE OCCURRED FIFTEEN TIMES OVER A PERIOD OF A MONTH. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO FOUR DIFFERENT INDEPENDENT MECHANICS FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING BUT THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURE WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 94,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING OVER AN UNEVEN ROAD SURFACE APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH, THE ENGINE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE RESTARTED IMMEDIATELY AND RESUMED IN OPERATION. THE FAILURE RECURRED FOUR TIMES WHEN ENCOUNTERING A SMALL BUMP IN THE ROAD. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE THE IGNITION SWITCH WAS REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE DEFECT. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 75,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION WHERE THEY STATED THAT THE WIN, TIPM, AND THE PCM MODULES NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,100. UPDATED 08/14/14*LJ UPDATED 808/23/2017*CT

THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN INTERMITTENT AND GETTING WORSE. SOMETIMES IT HAPPENS WHEN WE' DRIVING AND SOMETIMES WHEN IT'S PARKED WITH THE ENGINE OFF. THE ENGINE DIES, HORNS BLOW, WIPERS GO CRAZY AND LIGHTS GO ON. ALL YOU CAN DO IS COAST TO A SAFE SPOT, WAIT FOR A WHILE ,THEN RESTART THE VAN.TODAY AS MY HUSBAND DROVE TO WORK, THE POWER BRAKES WENT OUT. HE WAS ABLE TO STOP BUT IT WAS VERY HARD AND DANGEROUS. I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S RELATED BUT WE HAVE HAD A PROBLEM WITH THE BLOWER FOR THE AIR CONDITIONER/ HEATER GOING OUT SINCE ABOUT 2010. UPDATED 07/03/14 MA UPDATED 07/11/2014 *JS

CAR'S ENGINE AUTOMATICALLY TURNED OFF WHILE DRIVING ON ROAD. LOST ALL POWER. *TR