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Car shuts off while driving. Sometimes won't start back up. Isn't running well. Most likely the tipm, which seems to be a big issue from what I'm finding with Dodge Caravan.
I was driving on the road at about 30 mph going straight (with my wife/kids) and the car just turned off completely. There was no electrical, no propulsion, power steering went out. The electrical blinked on and off a couple times like it was trying to come back on but I had to pull over (luckily we were on a rural road) and turn the car off and back on.
Tpim fuel pump relay went bad. Looked up a video on repairing it and found how to bypass it. The van started right up when the fuel pump relay was bypassed.
Tipm failure - 2011 Dodge Caravan made same year as durango and Jeep that were recalled for same issue. Had fuel pump replaced on 1/28/21 but continued to cut out while driving in traffic on busy highway 10 times within a quarter mile distance.
About 11/30 I went to start the car in the morning., the front windshield wipers were on when I turned the key, and would not change speed or turn off as much as I tried the back and they would not turn on. The radio/ clock did work but no lighted information and same with the speedometer, the gas tank, temperature warning and tachometer lighting. The car started, and restarted several time well enough but the dashboard lights and the wipers did not change. I tried turning the key on and off without starting the car a number of times with different number of tries before restarting as a possible resetting with no change. Eventhough it had no working speedomater I drove the car first around the block several times and then to my local mechanec. I talked to him he did not have the correct equipment for testing required to find the problem. He suggested I go to the dealer and 1) see if they had any recall or unpublished issued repair notices etc 2) get an estimate of the possible costs and times for repair. I thanked him and was in my car again within 15 minutes and the total problems went away, front wipers off and all the dashboard lights worked. The car worked for 4 more trips over the next few days. On Dec 3rd 2020, I started the car just fine went on the express way for the first time for a about 35 minutes trip. About 8 minutes into the expressway drive the dashboard lights went out and the wiper went on for about 1.5 minutes, but before I could exit the expressway they went back on and I could turn off the wipers, a few minutes they went out again and just as suddenly in 2 minutes they were working again. There was a third time before my exit that lasted only about 1 minute. When I got off at the usual exit I parked & tried to see the problem again for nearly 20 minutes with no luck, I continued the trip and it was uneventful as drive back & since no problem.
- Merton, WI, USA
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The contact owns a 2011 Dodge Grand Caravan. The contact stated that she was unable to start the vehicle. There was no warning light illuminated. The contact stated that after waiting for 20 minutes, the vehicle was started and driven to her destination. The failure recurred. The vehicle was towed to grogan's towne Chrysler Jeep Dodge Ram (6100 telegraph rd, toledo, oh 43612; (419) 476-0761), where it was diagnosed with needing tipm module to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer had not been informed of failure. The failure mileage was approximately 126,000.
It started with my vehicle not starting intermittently. As the problem got worse at first thought it may be the fuel pump. Having this replaced. The van has completed went dead while driving in traffic and had kids in car with me. Tries to go dead while sitting idle at redlights and will shake during accelaration and tries to quit. Reading alot on this and others having the same issues. Other vehicles have been recalled for same issues also. This needs to be recalled and address asap before someone is injuried or killed due to the vehicle going dead while driving in traffic. Please help on getting this recall going. This is not safe at all!!!
Vehicle will turn over but not start and other times it will finally start but then will die right away. We have tried everything under the stars to fix it and its getting to the point that we don't know what to do. Our battery and alternator are good everything else works just fine. The vehicle is always parked on flat surface.
October 8,2020 I was driving straight down hill on a city street in puyallup, wa when the car completely shut down without warning. I had no steering, brakes, or anyway to control the vehicle. I managed to coast into a nearby lowes hardware parking lot and ran into a barrier in order to stop. I was lucky there were no people or other cars in my path of travel when I entered as I was unable to stop. I called my insurer, geici, and arranged for the vehicle to be towed. Towing was performed by engels towing, puyallup, wa (253) 845-0034. Checking online I discovered that this is a known problem with the fuel pump and no recall has been issued. I believe that this is a serious safety issue. I, my family, or others could have been seriouly injured or killed.
Van will completely shut off and will restart on it's own while driving down the road. It happens mostly when going down bumpy roads or on the highway.
Driving van in town 35 mph wipers came on by themselves and stayed on switch in the off position information panel goes out along with speedometer, tach, and gages van runs like normal. Changed tipm no correction failure happened at 156000 thousand miles
Driving down the road at approximately 45 mph battery light came on then all lights on the panel lit up. Car died while pulling off the road and stopped. Doors will not work and car will not start now. Had a toddler in the backseat and side doors do not open manually, had to crawl through front seat area to release child restraints and pull him out from the front
Passenger side rear sliding door actuator stopped working. Sliding door remained in locked position. Replaced and repaired actuator at body shop for $475. Recently, the drivers side rear sliding door actuator stopped working. It started making a loud buzzing sound and got stuck in the locked position.
Sliding passenger doors on both sides of van refuse to open or unlock. Doors cannot be opened manually, with key fob or with the button on the interior of the car. This prevents passengers in rear (usually children) from being able to exit the vehicle, which could be particularly dangerous in the event of a crash.
When you put the key in it it just cranks and cranks and cranks but never starts. When it first started it was just occasionally but now it wont start at all so it just sits in the driveway. I'm a grandmother raising her grandchildren be nice to have a vehicle to take the babies to their appts. But obviously Dodge doesn't care because they are aware of this problem and dont want to make the part available to us to fix it so we spend the money for these vehicle to set in our driveways. I purchased the van on a Friday and within a week it started hit and miss starting and by the second week in is now parked in my driveway. This is crazy Dodge you need to make this right or at least make the part available for us to purchase so we can fix our vehicles
I think the 2011 Dodge Grand Caravan mainstreet should be recalled. The cars electrical system is always falling lights come on while im driving and won't turn off for a half hour layer no matter what I do. The air bag lights are always coming on and the transmission is failing when you shift into gear there's always a big gumping sound and the shift gets stuck in parked gear for minutes before it wants to shift into gear. I've read a lot of the same problems with this make and model car they should be recalled its dangerous
Van won't start several time a week because of a faulty T.I.P.M. Dodge knows about this problem and won't warranty it because they have not been forced to recall this part/problem. My wife use's this van for her job and is in some bad neighborhoods and is scared someone will hurt her and she can't get away because van won't start. There are several places on the internet that rebuilds these T.I.P.M.'s because of known problems. Dodge even has a bypass to the fuel pump as an aftermarket part to fix some of these issues but not all of the problems.the fuel pump relay has intermittent power to the relay and that is causing the no start problem. The internet has page after page's of customer complaints that has had or having this problem. This happens all times during the day when stationary. Van can work perfect then we stop and get out and a few minutes later we get back in and van cranks but won't start.
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- Camp Hill, PA, USA