Dodge Grand Caravan Complaints (2011)

530 consumer complaints on file.

#11032279October 8, 2017
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
TIPM HAD TO BE REPLACED DUE TO ELECTRICAL INSTABILITY WITH THE FUEL SYSTEM. SAME TIPM THAT WAS INVOLVED IN THE 2014 RECALL FOR THE DODGE DURANGO AND JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. VEHICLE WOULD NOT START OR WOULD NOT STAY RUNNING. NO POWER TO THE FUEL PUMP. NEW TIPM WAS REDESIGNED AND HAD TO HAVE 5 PAGES OF INSTRUCTIONS TO REWIRE THE NEW TIPM TO FIT IN TO VEHICLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11031887October 5, 2017
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
THE FUEL PUMP RELAY BUILT INTO THE TIPM HAS GONE BAD, AND FROM RESEARCH IS VERY COMMON IN THESE VEHICLES. THE CAR HAS BECOME INCREASINGLY DIFFICULT TO START, AND NOW WILL NOT START AT ALL.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11031958October 5, 2017
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC)
FUEL PUMP RELAY WHICH I THINK ITS THE FUSE BOX. MY VECHILE WONT START AND WHEN IT DOES , THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS TURN ON AND ITS GAVE US A MALFUNCTION SENSOR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11025258September 25, 2017
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
TAKATA TIPM PROBLEMS IT WONT START
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11023391September 14, 2017
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
2011 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN.. I WAS THANKFULLY SITTING INFRONT OF THE HIGH SCHOOL WAITING FOR MY DAUGHTER TO COME OUT. MY VAN WAS RUNNING. I HAD RADIO ON AND WINDOWS DOWN. NOTHING ELSE ON NO AIR CONDITIONING OR ANYTHING. THE DASH LIGHTS ALL COME ON ALL OF A SUDDEN AND OFF. VAN IS DEAD. I TURN THE KEY OFF AND BACK ON AND NOTHING. I GET JUMPED. DRIVE THE 4 BLOCKS TO MY HOUSE BARELY GET IN THE DRIVE AND PARKED. I COULDN'T EVEN GET THE WINDOWS UP. ABOUT 2 HRS LATER MY NEIGHBOR COMES OVER TO JUMP ME AGAIN SO I CAN GET MY WINDOWS UP. GET THEM UP. WE WERE GOING TO TAKE IT TO ADVANCE TO GET IT HOOKED TO THEIR GADGET. I DIDN'T GET TWO HOUSES DOWN BEFORE I HAD TO PULL OVER BECAUSE MY VAN DIDN'T KNOW WHAT GEAR IT WAS IN. MY BACK UP CAMERA WAS EVEN ON. IF THIS HAPPENED ON THE HIGHWAY MY CHILDREN AND I COULD HAVE EASILY BEEN KILLED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11022947September 12, 2017
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
MY VAN WON'T START UP IN THE FIRST ATTEMPT IT START UP I THE SECOND ATTEMPT IT ALL HAPPEN WHEN I PUMP GAS FROM ARCO STATION
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11021582September 5, 2017
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ENGINE, FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
WONT START . FUEL PUMP DOESNT RUN AT TIMES , NO FUEL NO START . AT TIMES IT RUNS & STOPS ON ROAD . VERRY DANGEROUS IN TRAFFIC . WINDOWS ROLL DOWN BY THEMSELF . DOORS UN LOCK BY THEMSELF . DEALER DOESNT KNOW WHAT IS WRONG I AM TOLD . THE DEALER SAYS THE PROBLEM MAY BE THE TIPM COMPUTER BUT WILL NOT SAY FOR SURE . BUT THEY WILL REPLACE IT IF I WANT, FOR 1200.00 NO GUARANTEE IT WILL FIX IT . THESE VEHICLES WITH THIS TYPE OF COMPUTER SHOULD BE RECALLED . THEY ARE A DANGER TOTHE PUBLIC . WHEN DRIVING ON ROAD THEY WILL STOP RUNNING BECAUSE OF FUELPUMP & TIPM ARE NOT WORKING CORRECTLU .
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11020952August 31, 2017
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
IN JULY 2017 MY 2011 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN WAS BROUGHT TO MY DODGE DEALERSHIP DUE TO PROBLEMS STARTING AND THE STALLING OF VEHICLE WHILE ON THE ROAD. DEALERSHIP FELT IT WAS THE FUEL PUMP WHICH WAS COVERED UNDER MY VEHICLE PROTECTION PLAN. MY CAR WAS GIVEN BACK TO ME APPROXIMATELY 3 DAYS LATER. MY HUSBAND PICKED UP THE CAR AND WITHIN 4 HOURS, CAR GAVE DIFFICULTY STARTING AND STALLED WHILE DRIVING AT A MAJOR INTERSECTION. DEALERSHIP WAS CONTACTED THE VERY NEXT MORNING AND CAR WAS BROUGHT TO BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP. IT WAS THEN DISCOVERED THAT THE TIPM OF THE CAR HAD TO BE REPLACED. THIS UNFORTUNATELY IS NOT COVERED. MY ISSUE IS THAT IF THE CAR IS STALLING AT INTERSECTIONS AND POSSIBLY ENDANGERING THE LIFE OF MYSELF AND MY CHILDREN IN THE CAR.. HOW CAN THIS NOT BE COVERED? HOW CAN THERE NOT BE A SAFETY RECALL? I AM LUCKY THAT THE CAR DID START BACK UP, BUT I NOW FEAR DRIVING THIS VEHICLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11021005August 31, 2017
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
OWN A DODGE GRAN CARAVAB 2011 WITH 83000 MILES, SUDDENLY ONE DAY, STARTED HAVING ISSUES WHEN STARTING THE CAR, TROUBLESHOOT EVERYTHING, STARTER, CHANGED RELAYS, GAS PUMP AND NOTHING, TOOK IT TO THE MECHANIC AND COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING, SOMETIMES THE CAR START AND SOMETIMES IT DOESN'T. IT CRANKS BUT IT DOESN'T START. CHECKED ON LINE AND IT LOOKS LIKE A LOT OF DODGE OR CHRYSLER HAVING SAME ISSUE, FUEL PUMP RELAY TIPM IS MALFUNCTIONING. THIS AHOULD BE A RECALL ALREADY. I NEED TO CHANGE THE FUEL BOX FOR $1000 OR BUY A BYPASS MADE FOR (WD) DODGE DURANGO (WK) JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE FROM RECALL SAFETY RECALL R09 / NHTSA 15V-115 FUEL PUMP RELAY. I AM ATTACHING RECALL FOR DODGE DURANGO.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11020420August 29, 2017
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
CAR WOULD NOT START BUT WIPER BLADES WOULD TURN ON, TOOK TO DEALERSHIP. TOTALLY INTEGRATED POWER MODULE (TIPM) FOUND TO BE DEFECTIVE. $1500 REPAIR, PART IS NOT IN STOCK AND NOT UNDER WARRANTY. CAR WAS PARKED. THERE WAS A LAWSUIT FILED BUT SETTLEMENT DID NOT INCLUDE DODGE CARAVANS BUT THERE ARE NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE SAME ISSUE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11016235August 18, 2017
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
FOR THE LAST MONTH I HAVE BEEN HAVING TROUBLE STARTING THE VAN. TURN THE KEY, RADIO AND DASH LIGHTS COMES ON BUT THE VEHICLE WILL NOT START. TRY SEVERAL TIMES AND EVENTUALLY IT WILL START. TOOK VAN INTO REPAIR SHOP AND THEY REPLACED THE BATTERY; HOWEVER, STILL HAVING THE UNRELIABLE STARTING ISSUE. TOOK INTO A DODGE DEALER AND THEY SAID COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING. STARTING TO QUESTION IF IT IS AN ISSUE WITH THE TIPM - THIS IS THE VAN I USE TO TRANSPORT MY CHILDREN AROUND, CONCERNED WHEN YOU READ THE ADDITIONAL ISSUES IF IT IS A DEFECTIVE TIPM.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11012569August 3, 2017
AIR BAGS, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
MY AIRBAG LIGHT WOULD COME ON AND GO OFF RANDOMLY. I TOOK IT BACK TO MY DEALER AND IT WAS STATED THAT IT WAS AN ISSUE WITH IN THE WIRING BUT NOT AN ISSUE WITH THE AIRBAG. NOW MY AIRBAG LIGHT HAS BEEN ON FOR OVER A MONTH. I CHECKED RECALLS AND SEE THERE IS A RECALL ON 2011-2012 DODGE GRAND CARAVANS FOR THE DRIVER SIDE AIRBAG RANDOMLY DEPLOYING YET NOTHING FOR MY VIN. I DRIVE MY CHILDREN AROUND IN THIS VEHICLE AND IF THE DRIVER SIDE OR EITHER SIDE WAS TO RANDOMLY DEPLOY....THIS IS A CATASTROPHE WAITING TO HAPPEN!!!
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11005452July 15, 2017
AIR BAGS, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
CAR WAS NOT ABLE TO START WITH CLICKING NOISE. ALSO FUEL PUMP WAS STILL RUNNING LONG AFTER CAR WAS TURNED OFF AND EXITED. PROBLEM WAS THE TIPM. THIS IS A RECALL FOR OTHER DODGE MODELS THAT ARE 2011 YET IT IS NOT FOR MY VAN. THIS IS OVER A $1000 PROBLEM TO HAVE DEALERSHIP CHANGE THE TIPM. NOW MY AIRBAG LIGHT IS ON. I'M FINDING MASS OF PEOPLE HAD THIS PROBLEM BECAUSE OF WATER INTRUSION IN CONNECTION IN ENGINE COMPARTMENT. HOW IS THIS NOT A RECALL? THAT SHOULD BE A WATER SEALED CONNECTION TO PREVENT AIRBAG SYSTEM SHUTTING OFF. WE WERE STATIONARY, CAR RUNNING, LIGHT CAME ON.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11004752July 12, 2017
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
CAR SHUT OFF WHILE DRIVING, WILL NOT CRANK OR TURN OVER. POWER TRANS MODULE ISSUE AFTER A RECALL THAT REPROGRAMMED THE POWER TRANS MODULE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10994447June 12, 2017
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. THE VEHICLE WAS SERVICED PER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V234000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM). WHILE THE CONTACT'S WIFE WAS DRIVING 35 MPH, SHE HEARD CLICKING AND POPPING NOISES COMING FROM THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR AND NOTICED SMOKE. THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR CAUGHT FIRE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED AND EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. A FIRE REPORT WAS FILED. THE MANUFACTURER SENT AN INDEPENDENT INSPECTOR TO INVESTIGATE THE INCIDENT AND ULTIMATELY STATED THAT CHRYSLER HAD NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE FIRE. THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC AND THE CONTACT'S INSURANCE COMPANY STATED THAT THEY WOULD ATTEMPT TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 66,550. *TT *JS
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10994047June 8, 2017
SERVICE BRAKES, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, POWER TRAIN
A LOS POCOS DAS DE COMPRAR LA GUAGUA EN UN DEALER, CUANDO ESTABA DANDO REVERSA SENT QUE DA UNOS BRINCOS Y TIEMBLA. TARDA UN POCO EN MOVERSE. FUIMOS EL DA 2 DE MARZO Y NOS DIJERON QUE ERA NORMAL, AL COMPARARLA CON OTRA PARECIDA, SEGN NOS DIJERON, AN CONTINA HACINDOLO. NO LE HICIERON NADA A LA GUAGUA. AL MES SALIMOS A UNA CITA MDICA Y NO COGI FRENO, BAJAMOS UNA CUESTA Y NO QUERA PARAR, PARAMOS CON LA EMERGENCIA FRENTE A UNA CASA,CUANDO LA CHEQUEARON NO TENA PATTS EN NINGUNA GOMA. LOS COMPRAMOS Y CUANDO LE RECLAM AL DEALER SOLO NOS DIJERON QUE TENAMOS QUE LLEVRSELO DAADO QUE AHORA NO PODAN HACER NADA, MI ESPOSO EST ENFERMO Y NO NOS HAN AYUDADO. TAMBIN TIENE PROBLEMAS CON LOS SEGUROS YA HEMOS COMPRADO 3 BATERAS Y SE AGOTA MUY RPIDO,(DEL CONTROL).'
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10992268May 30, 2017
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
CAR WILL NOT START, WILL CRANK BUT NO TURN OVER. IT WILL ONLY START IF I BYPASS THE FUEL PUMP RELAY. THIS IS AN ONGOING ISSUE WITH DODGE/CHRYSLER AND SOME VEHICLES HAVE BEEN RECALLED FOR THIS FAULT TIPM BUT THE CARAVAN HASN'T. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AS THE CAR WILL STALL AT ANY MOMENT WHILE DRIVING IF DOES START TO BEGIN WITH.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10991611May 25, 2017
ENGINE
AS I AM DRIVING THE CAR JUST SHUTS OFF WITH NO WARNING. IT HAS HAPPENED MULTIPLE TIMES BOTH ON THE HIGHWAY AND IN TOWN. I LOSE INSTRUMENTATION, POWER STEERING, AND POWER BRAKES. I HAVE HAD TO GLIED TO A STOP AND TRY AND RESTART THE VEHICLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10991340May 24, 2017
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ENGINE, FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
MY VAN IS CRANKING BUT NOT TURNING OVER. THERE ARE SEVERAL RECALLS FOR THE SAME ISSUE FOR OTHER DODGE AND CHRYSLER VEHICLES BUT NOT MINE. IT STATES WHEN RESEARCHING IT'S A TIPM ISSUE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10990726May 20, 2017
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
WHILE TRAVELING ON FREEWAY 65 MPH VEHICE COMPLETELY STALLED OUT AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPS TO RESTART IN RESTARTED HAS STALLED MULTIPLE TIMES MECHANIC SAYS IT IS FUELL PUMP RELAY IN TIPM.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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