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The contact owns a 2008 Dodge Grand Caravan. While driving 55 mph, the ABS, esp, and brake warning indicators illuminated. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic where the brake pads, calipers, and brake system were repaired; however, the indicators remained illuminated. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired by a dealer. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 159,000.
The contact owns a 2008 Dodge Grand Caravan. While driving, the brakes would erroneously activate and caused the vehicle to abruptly slow down. The vehicle was taken to dothan Dodge(4074 ross clark cir, dothan, al) where it was diagnosed that the clockspring was faulty and needed to be repaired. The brake failure was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 128,000. Consumer stated brakes will lock down 80% daily and will accerlate after releasing the brakes which causes excessive pad wear. This also causes A/C to shutdown.
While driving on city street (between 20 and 30 mph) the vehicle engine shut off. The power steering and power brakes also stopped making the vehicle difficult to stop or maneuver to a safe stopping location. There was no warning of a failure and the only indication was the traction control/stability dash indicator. After the vehicle was stopped it was placed in park and restarted, then drove fine. There were still no indications of a failure (cel or ses light). No diagnostic codes were stored on the computer. Because this happens completely unexpected, if it were to occur while going around a curve or in an intersection there is a safety concern.
I just bought my van used and the tire pressure light stays on (pressure has been checked) the check engine has now come on and remains on along with all the ABS, traction control and brake lights have come on as well. The traction control light flashes while driving and the van will decelerate while driving. This happens while driving the vehicle. Every time driving the vehicle
The brake system on this van is a constant problem and is costing us thousands of dollars in repairs. The brake system on this van is running very hot even on cold days. The brake pads and rotors fail prematurely and the wheel hubs fail from constantly overheating. The ABS starts feeding too much pressure to the wheel calipers and causes the brake pads to constantly touch the rotors which creates excessive brake pad and rotor wear as well a overheating of the grease in the wheel hubs which causes them to fail. Nobody should have to replace brakes every 7,000 to 10,000 miles. This is a factory defect in the design and Chrysler is not going to do anything about it because it will cost them too much money.
- Westlake, LA, USA
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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!
As previously occurred, Chrysler concealed a known safety defect from its customers and then refused to help with repairs. The defective component is called the totally integrated power module (or tipm). The tipm consists of a computer, fuses, and internal relays, and is responsible for controlling and distributing electrical power to the entire vehicle'everything from steering and brakes, to the alarm, headlights, and the fuel pump. Since the tipm controls power to a wide variety of essential vehicle systems, including safety and security systems, the defect often leaves the vehicles incapable of providing reliable or safe transportation. Many class vehicles fail to start (or take dozens of attempts before the engine will turn over) because of the defect, and vehicles start up at other times only to stall, sometimes while traveling at high speeds. Vehicles also continue running without the key in ignition. The tipm defect has caused headlights and taillights to suddenly shut off. It has also caused horns to honk, car alarms to sound, and windshield wipers to activate all on their own. The tipm has also caused airbags to not deploy in some scenarios.
At only 58,000 miles, the anti lock brake modular failed. Chrysler warranty covers 70,000 miles or 7 years, which ever comes first. There is a serious problem with Chrysler vehicle brake modules. Brake warning light and other lights went on in dashboard. While driving in the rain, vehicle does not stop as it should when the anti lock system is working.
The clock spring in my Grand Caravan failed and causes the bas and esp system to apply brakes randomly before failing and offering no traction control. This happens each time I start driving forward and is worst when going from a stop sign around a turn.
While driving down the road the van loses complete power--steering, brakes. Electronic stability/traction control light comes on. Very scary/dangerous situation. With my 2 year old in the van!! I can usually pull off to the side of the road without any power steering or power brakes. After getting the van to a stop and shutting off the ignition, the van will fire right up and not have any problems for maybe a few days. Then it happens again. Today getting it to the side of the road and turning it off became a bigger problem when the van than didn't want to turn over it would act like it was going to and than not this persisted for 25min and finally turned over as I remained pulled over on a hill with my son in the car not a safe situation I have had it in the shop numerous times to try and diagnosis with absolutely no luck and for them to make me feel like I am making this up!
The contact owns a 2008 Dodge Grand Caravan. While driving 45 mph, the brakes and steering failed and the vehicle stalled without warning. As a result, the contact crashed into a large rock and the vehicle landed in a ditch. The air bags failed to deploy. There were no injuries and a police report was filed. The vehicle was towed to the contact's residence. The vehicle was not diagnosed nor repaired. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign number: 14V373000 (air bags, electrical system). The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 130,000.
This van dies while in operation, most often within the first 5 miles of driving in the morning. It has gotten to the point where it happens every single day, sometimes multiple times a day. It appears to happen most frequently when decelerating (upon taking our foot off the gas, the tachometer bounces way down (~500rpm or so), then stutters a bit, then the vehicle stalls/dies. This has happened while turning at an intersection several times, and we narrowly escaped a collision. We have had 2 key fob recalls performed, as Chrysler had attributed the problem to faulty fobs/ignition switches....the most recent recall was performed less than 6 months ago. No change was noted after the recall work was performed. The problem rarely happens on the highway, although it did happen to my wife last week while she was at highway speed on the interstate. I'm listing today's date in the field of "when did this happen?", as it did happen to me today while in an intersection, turning left - I immediately shifted into neutral and restarted it, narrowly missing the car to my right which was also turning left...but it happens virtually every day now.
A few week ago, in the morning when me and the wife had just dropped one of our children off at elementary school, got back into the car, turned it on and started to drive away; the car did a hard jerk motion and then all the lights came on. So the next I took our van to Firestone because cause my ABS, brake, esp and other breaking information lights came and their was a strange noise coming from the from driver side of the car all at the same time. When Firestone tech found the problem he told me that the ABS system was faulty and I was also told that Dodge company knows about the problem but is not a safety recall. So for a small part that helps with the safety of my four young children and wife I paid 675 to fix the problem. And at this date and time my van is now setting at transmission shop so that I can find out if the ABS going out some how did something to my transmission.
I was just getting onto the street and was just maybe going 10-15mph, when the vehicle traction control and stability control and ABS lights came on and increased acceleration and pulled to one side when the dash lights mentioned came on. Also sounded like brakes were being applied at same time. I was barely able to make it to dealer without being in am accident. The clockspring had to be replaced.
The contact owns a 2008 Dodge Grand Caravan. While driving at an unknown speed, the brakes made an abnormal noise when engaged. The failure recurred numerous times. The vehicle was taken to a dealer where it was diagnosed that the brake pads, rotors, and calipers failed and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired, but the failure recurred. The brakes, brake pads, and rotors were repaired seven times and the failure recurred intermittently. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 12,500.
The contact owns a 2008 Dodge Grand Caravan. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign number: 14V373000 (air bags, electrical system); however, the part to do the repair was unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. When attempting to place the vehicle in park, the brake pedal would have to be depressed at abnormal pressure and several attempts to shift the gear would have to be made. The approximate failure mileage was 110,000. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. Parts distribution disconnect.
The contact owns a 2008 Dodge Grand Caravan. The contact stated that there was a progressing failure in which the brake pedal would not respond when depressed. The contact had to apply force to the brake pedal each time the failure occurred. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where the parts were replaced for the brake system, but the failure recurred within weeks. While driving at an unknown speed, there was an abnormal noise and smoke appeared in the rear of the vehicle. The vehicle was taken back to the dealer a second time for diagnosis and repairs to the brake system. The vehicle was not repaired. The vehicle was not included in NHTSA campaign number: 09V351000 (service brakes, hydraulic). The manufacturer was notified of the failure and provided no permanent remedy for the condition. The failure mileage was not available.
The contact owns a 2008 Dodge Grand Caravan. While driving at 30 mph, the contact smelled the odor of burning rubber inside the vehicle. The rear brakes were smoking. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic where it was diagnosed that the brake routers needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired, but the failure recurred. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 5,000.
The contact owns a 2008 Dodge Grand Caravan. While driving at 35 mph, the vehicle stalled without warning. Additionally, the key failed to release from the ignition. The contact was able to release the key and restart the vehicle. The contact also stated that the brakes started to grind while driving with the illumination of the esb and ABS traction control warning lights. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where the front routers and brake pads were replaced; however, the failure recurred. The contact later received notification of NHTSA campaign number: 14V373000 (air bags, electrical system) and stated that the part needed for the repair was not available. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 130,000. Parts distribution disconnect.
The car was parked stationary at the top of a hill. It started to roll down the hill while it was off. Three children were in the car. Their brother tried to stop the car, and got caught under the car wheel, and died. The car was in park...updated 10/11/17
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- Oxon Hil, MD, USA