Tl*the contact owns a 2003 dodge grand caravan. During acceleration, the vehicle jumps. The failure subsides after the vehicle has been driven for a period of time. During the second occurrence, the vehicle shut off during acceleration. During the third failure, the vehicle shut off while driving in reverse. The contact shifted into park and restarted the vehicle. The jumping still occurred until the vehicle warmed up. The failure is intermittent. The dealer was unable to determine the cause of the failure. There were no warning indicators illuminated on the instrument panel. The speed was unknown. The failure mileage was 70,000 and current mileage was 77,863.
2003 Dodge Grand Caravan engine complaints
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Power cable for radiator fan was rubbing against AC tubing. Cable wore through causing a short circuit, failure of radiator cooling fan resulting in overheating of engine. Wire cable bundle will have to be replaced and rerouted to prevent future vibration erosion of cable bundle.
Own a 2003 dodge grand caravan sport . Car was towed to dodge dealer on friday july 20,2006 , due to rough engine idling. Was told that it was a PCM , would take until the following wednesday to have to part shipped in ( I live in the chicago area ). On thursday dodge called to say that the rocker arm in the # 5 piston needed to be replaced, this would take additional time. The rocker arm was replaced and again dodge called to advise me that now there was a short in the electrical harness and they would need to trace to locate the short. Car was finally returned to me on august 9,2006 . My wife used it to go to the store , she called me and said the car had died while stopping at a red light .this was just 4 hours after picking the car up from the dealer. Car was again towed to dodge dealer. Total time dodge has had my car is now 21 days and counting . I've had to rent 3 different cars during this time all on my own expense .
My 2003 new dodge caravan had the transmission replaced x3, air conditioner replaced x1 then repaired again x 2, replaced starter, wheel bearing, tie rod & continues to have problems. These major problems started when the car had only 30, 000 miles and is only at 60, 000 miles. The dealer nor chrysler corporation will replace or refund this car stated it does not fall under lemon law. Multiple time lost from taking in this car to be fixed along with extra money spent to get rentals while this car was in the shop.
I have had numerous problems with this vehicle, and after several attempts to fix the steering, and then having the timing chain replaced, the wheel bearing replaced and numerous other complaints, I don't feel the dealer or the manufacturer are listening to my concerns. I have contacted the better business bureau and a lemon law attorney, and have been told that chrysler has it's own mediation and arbitration. I don't think that this is fair, since in the last 7 months, my vehicle has been out of service 15 days.
Vehicle stalled, several times, while in gear at stop light. It would immediately start up, but would stall at the next light. Also, stalled once while in "park". Dealership retrieved vehicle and claimed it was the crank sensor and replaced it. The same evening, after driving the vehicle over a hundred miles out of town, the vehicle stalled again, but immediately restarted. The next day, the vehicle stalled again, several times, and restarted. However, it did finally stall and would not restart. Vehicle was towed to closest dealership.
Consumer states serpentine belt makes ongoing noise. Dealer had replaced a couple of times the serpentine belt; but, problem still recurring.
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