Tl* the contact owns a 2008 dodge grand caravan. The contact stated that while driving 6 MPH and making a right turn, the vehicle loss motive power and stalled without warning. The vehicle was restarted and operated as intended. The vehicle was taken to crystal super center (3477 commercial way, spring hill, fl 34606) and was diagnosed that the win module and two keys needed to be replaced. The vehicle was in the processes of been repaired. The contact mentioned that the vehicle was previously repaired under the federal safety agency campaign number: 14v373000 (electrical system, air bags) at ferman chrysler jeep dodge ram of new port richey (4023 us-19, new port richey, fl 34652) however, the repair failed to prevent the failure. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 130,000.
2008 Dodge Grand Caravan electrical complaints
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I have an intermittent crank, no crank issue. Often while driving the vehicle power just cuts off in the middle of the road. The AC also cuts off while driving on its own while the vehicle is running. I have 2 minors wich I drive to school daily and I'm very concerned about our safety. Car has been taken to several mechanics, we have changed the starter, alternator and two new batteries and the loss of power issue remains.
2008 dodge grand caravan sxt driver side sliding door is stuck I locked position. It will not respond to any of the dedicated buttons like the fob, the master door unlock, the overhead door opener or even manually.
The driver side sliding door does not operate properly . It does not open automatically with the remote if the door is manually locked. If the sliding door is left unlocked it will open with the remote. A safety concern of mine is that when the van is in motion lets say 60mph on the highway, someone can pull on the open door latch and the door will open, because the safety system in place does not lock the door when in motion. I did notice that wires on the sliding track harness on this side of the sliding door are broken. Just got off the phone talking to chrysler and mentioned the wire harness issue with them, told them of the safety concern this could have on my and many other families out there that own these vans. Imagine going 60mph or 70 MPH on the highway and the door opens, well chrysler does not seem to care about my family or others, they told me it's out of the warranty period, guess I'm going to have t fix it myself.
Electric door locks and air bag system have stopped functioning normally. When you first start driving, the electric door locks are supposed to lock at 15 MPH. Sometimes they will not lock until you are going 30 MPH or 45 MPH. Note that all three speeds are multiples of 15. After the doors eventually lock themselves, all of the door locks in the vehicle will unlock without warning as you are driving. This can happen at any speed - 20 MPH, 70 MPH, whatever. Once they unlock, the vehicle will continue "unlocking" the doors repeatedly every 5- 10 seconds continuously. The front doors can be manually locked by pushing down the door lock button located at the top rear section of the door. As soon as you manually lock the doors, they will unlock again and continue to unlock the doors every 5 - 10 seconds as you are driving the car. In addition, the air bag warning light in the dash lights up when you start the car and stays continuously lit as you are driving it. I consider these dangerous defects. It is unsafe to drive, and my dodge dealership told me there no "open recalls" for my vehicle. This vehicle has only 86,000 miles on it.
The van will did while I'm driving, very randomly. It also does when putting it in gear, also randomly. It doesn't happen every day or every time I drive. It happens in the middle of making a turn so I lose power steering. It's been happening for months now and is getting worse. I don't do much highway driving but it happens on city streets in stop and go traffic
Vehicle wipers, wiper fluid, and horn operate separately and independently from human operator input with no response to operators attempts to disengage their operations. Incidents happen intermittently at rest or in motion, situations are not able to be anticipated.
Spontaneous fire in the rear driver side after parked for hours. *dt consumer stated the wires around the fuses weren't burnt. It's all in the back. Around the back hatch and driver side in the trunk. It melted the back hatch so that you can't even open it. I'm guessing where it was locking and unlocking on its own it shorted out back there. Consumer sold the parts.
They did not open in 3 van wreaks - the faulty tipm fuse boxes were put in at the factory (reconditioned fuse boxes) dodge has admitted to this in the dodge durango's. There are many many more models in the chrysler/dodge group of cars and trucks with this same problem but they are making money hand over fist at their repair shops so why fix it there is a easy fix they are not telling you about,the capacitors in your car,van or truck are over loading to fix all you have to do is disconnect the battery both the negative and positive sides for 24 the fist time, then 3 hours,then again each time for 1 hour when you see a faulty light come on or lights on you dash panel flashing or your engine shuts off while driving.this should clear up after 3 times of doing this.this worked for me my van does not shut off anymore,no more dash lights flashing.you may have to do this more than 3 times ?.but it works has been over a year now. Happen while driving and sitting still.
Tl* the contact owns a 2008 dodge grand caravan. The contact stated that the vehicle failed to start. There were no warning indicators illuminated. The vehicle was towed to new carlisle chrysler jeep dodge ram (580 n main st, new carlisle, oh 45344, (937) 845-1700) where it was diagnosed that the key fob needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired, but the failure recurred while it was still at the dealer. After further diagnostic testing, the contact was informed that the shifter needed to be replaced. The manufacturer was not contacted. The failure mileage was 147,000.
Horn goes off windshield wipers start moving car shuts off while driving key doesn't have to be in the ignition for horn to go off and wipers to wipe driving on the road and car shuts off
Tl* the contact owns a 2008 dodge grand caravan. While the vehicle was turned off, the battery would drain and the vehicle could not be started. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic who diagnosed that the computer software was faulty, which caused the radio to remain activated after the vehicle was turned off and drained the battery. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer and local dealer (jeep dodge chrysler of teterboro, 469 us highway 46, little ferry, nj) were notified of the failure. The VIN was not available. The failure mileage was 140,000.
Vehicle stalled intermittently going down road, dash lights flicker on and off, windshield wipers turn on intermittently, radio not owrking, windows not working, locks not working, all dash lights now not on, gas gage not working, RPM not working. Vehicle is currently not driveable.
Tl* the contact owns a 2008 dodge grand caravan. While driving various speeds, the vehicle stalled without warning. Kelly jeep chrysler dodge ram (501 state ave, emmaus, pennsylvania 18049, (610) 991-8448) was made aware of the failure and replaced the key fobs, but the failure recurred. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 65,300.
On saturday, july 21, 2018, a fire started in the engine, which resulted in an explosion and the van was determined to be a total loss. Fire dept. And police arrived at the scene. The vehicle was in motion on a city street. A puff of smoke started, pulled vehicle to side of road. Exited vehicle as the fire had started.
Tl* the contact owns a 2008 dodge grand caravan. While driving 40 MPH, the vehicle failed to accelerate and shift out of second gear. In addition, the battery failed, the windshield wipers activated, the interior lighting flashed, and the horn sounded when the failure occurred. The vehicle was taken to the local dealer (courtesy chrysler dodge, jeep, ram, fiat, 607 enterprise pkwy, breaux bridge, la 70517, (337) 909-2111) where it was diagnosed that the control module needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was not notified. The failure mileage was 87,159. The VIN was not available. **tr
Have had my 08 van for a few years and everyone in awhile the alarm will sound wipers won't stop going. Has happened while driving car stalls looses ability to steer and light go off which at night make it really hard to see. My alarm and all other action combined happened at work while I was inside tried to turn off with fob had to unhook battery still didn't stop. I have 4 kids and this is what I have to drive them in we have went into a ditch and got stuck in a 4 way took to mechanic no codes no problem only this was. Was told by dealer the could not diagnose it unless it did it to them I am at a lose I have to drive to get to work my kids have to ride to go to sitter I am so afraid we are gonna die in this van.
Tl* the contact owns a 2008 dodge grand caravan. While driving various speeds, the horn started to honk without warning. In addition, the windshield wipers and washer fluid activated independently, the air conditioning unit turned off independently, and the transmission failed to shift as intended. The contact was able to turn off and restart the vehicle. The vehicle operated as intended for approximately ten minutes before the failure recurred. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic to be diagnosed, but the mechanic was unable to retrieve a fault code or duplicate the failures. Neither the dealer nor the manufacturer was notified of the failures. The approximate failure mileage was 159,654.
My van dies when I'm driving it I lose all power or no breaks no lights I can't even put emergency lights on, this is been going on for almost 2 years have had it in the shop twice has cost me a bundle, I brought it home the other day drove it to the corner and it died again in the middle of the street this is becoming a real safety issue that they can't seem to fix there is a lot of other complaints for this same problem, something needs to be done before I get in wreck and get killed or my children, I am afraid to take the car , you never know when it's going to die sometimes you can drive it a long ways and never die and other times you can barely get out of the driveway but it doesn't matter it will die going slow it will die going fast, I can't afford another car as I am on a fixed income, you need to do something as this car has give me nothing but problems since I had it I bought it and I am scared it three years ago, only 85,000 miles was on it I haven't drove but about even 4000 miles since I have owned it and I'm scared to get on the highway and nobody seems to know how to fix it, I've been driving this car for two years and this is happening to me probably 10 times at a slow speed and probably six times at approximately 60 to 65 miles an hour fast speedsi am tired of paying mechanics for nothing it dies and they say it doesn't die when they take it out for a drive ,well big surprise, because it doesn't give me any warning or tell me when it is going to die either till it does it!! Chrysler/dodge/jeep manufacturing company needs to recall and really need to do something about this van because somebody's going to get killed, does somebody really need to get killed before you do something about it, really??? And if they don't I'm going to have to see a lawyer that will help me with my dodge grand caravan sxl , thank you I
There was a recall for win module on my vehicle. The federal safety agency number 14v‑373. I was told by the dealer that the parts were not available and I would be notified when they were. I took the vehicle to the dealer for an oil change and when it was finished I noticed on the invoice that they had done the recall. The problem is they could not have performed the recall because they did not have both fobiks. I asked the service manager about this and agreed they had to replace the fobiks then he started to double talk and said I was better off because the new fobiks did not have all the buttons that mine had. I do not believe the recall was completed! I believe this is very dangerous for a dealer to tell a customer that a recall has been completed when in fact it has not.
While parked in driveway, the horn started blowing erratically, headlights were on, and front and rear windshield wipers and washers operating. Door locks would not respond to remote. After s short period of trying to unlock the doors with the remote, they either responded to the remote or unlocked by themselves. At that point I attempted to turn the ignition on and start the vehicle. I started it and then turned it off but that did not stop the horn, wipers, etc. A few seconds after shutting the ignition off, everything stopped. Front and rear wipers did not return to park position until I manually turned them on and off. I started the engine again and had a check engine light with error codes related to the TCM, transmission control module. In addition, while driving, the heater blower motor intermittently stops working. All of this appears to be the result of a faulty tipm,totally integrated power module. This has happened twice in the last two weeks. First occurrence was 1/11/18 and second occurrence was 1/16/18. Searching online revealed that mine is not an isolated problem as there are many reported instances of tipm failures with similar symptoms.
All the code light flashing on the dashboard, wiper automatically come on, speedometer cuts down to 0 when driving, driver side windows wouldn't roll down or the lock switch wouldn't unlock doors, lights flicker on and off while they are shut off, if lights on can't use bright light they cut out when all the code light flicker on. Like it shorting out. It does this sitting still or in motion. Happens when I am driving or sitting in a parking lot
I was driving on a busy main city road at night, traveling around 35 MPH when my van shut off and the wipers and horn went crazy. I lost all power steering and brakes. Headlights also cut out. I struggled to get to the side of the road and into a parking lot. The front wipers stopped when I turned the key off, but the back wiper and horn continued for about 10 min. I did not have tools to disconnect the battery. Suddenly there was a flash of all the lights in the car and everything seemed to be back to normal with the exception of the check engine light appearing on the dash. I was able to restart the vehicle and drive another half mile to my home. This is the first time this has happened while driving, that I have lost all engine power and steering, it is not the first time the van has acted out. Wipers will suddenly start moving when I am driving or the horn with suddenly sound and radio will cut out. I have also had it go crazy with windshield wipers moving, horn honking, locks malfunctioning and fluid sprayed all over the car when I unlocked it. My wife once had my kids trapped inside of the care for 10 mins until I could I drive over and disconnected the battery. I have been told it is the tipm acting up. It has happened more than 10 times. I do not trust the vehicle. I have read about many more instances online. This could cause an accident if it was in rush hour or on a busier road.
Tl* the contact owns a 2008 dodge grand caravan. The contact received notification of the federal safety agency campaign number: 14v373000 (electrical system, air bags); however, the parts to do the repair were unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. On several occasions, the contact called port city chrysler dodge at (888) 496-5156 (155 greenleaf ave, portsmouth, nh 03801) where it was confirmed that the parts were not available for the recall remedy. The manufacturer was notified of the issue and was not able to confirm when the parts were to become available. The contact had not experienced a failure. Parts distribution disconnect.
In june had the tipm replaced as it was causing the horn to go off and stay on, the wipers to go off and stay on and other electical issues. These symptoms returned in the last month (I was traveling during the return of the issues) and this time, about two weeks ago, while doing 55mph down a secondary highway, the car's horn and wipers came on and the car completely shut off - the engine shut down. The dealer replaced the tipm again.
Took my van into jeff wyler eastgate auto mall, in batavia, oh 45103, to have the two recalls fixed on my van and when I call to check up on the progress I get told that the tipm needs replaced and they are wanting to charge me $1,337.60 to fix it before they will even be able to fix my recalls. Both recalls are the ignition and the air bags, both of which are caused by the faulty tipm. So what are they repairing and replacing on my recalls knowing that the tipm is the main reason my van has recalls to begin with. The recall for my air bags is as follows: the airbags will either deploy at will or not deploy at all. The letter I got informing me of my recalls stated that it could be in the wiring harness or other places connecting my van to the airbags. The recall for my ignition is as follows: the airbags will either deploy at will or not deploy at all. The letter I got informing me of my recalls stated that it could be in the wiring harness or other places connecting my van to the ignition.
Tl* the contact owns a 2008 dodge grand caravan. While driving on several occasions, the horn sounded independently, the headlights flickered on and off, the windshield wipers operated independently, and the radio increased in volume independently. In addition, the vehicle stalled and was towed to seaview dodge (located at 810 nj-35, ocean township, nj 07712, (888) 382-6788) to be diagnosed. The mechanic was not able to duplicate the issue or retrieve a fault code. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and provided case number: 32145138. The approximate failure mileage was 85,000.
Several times the horn began sounding a long blare, the windshield wipers came on, the washer fluid started spraying, the doors locked, and the headlights and rear lights began flashing, all lasting several minutes. It began while driving and continued after I stopped the car, turned it off, and removed the key. The symptoms worsened about a week later when all of the above happened as well as the gear shift indicator lights began flashing, the stability control light came on, the check engine light came on, the bas light came on, and then the car shifted itself into neutral. This has happened several times and has become more frequent.
I received the recall in the mail and went to the dodge dealer over a year ago and never heard a thing from them again. Recall r03 / the federal safety agency 14v‑373. Sometimes I have to put the van in netural to start the van. It stopped on me while I was out (parked) and firestone advised me to start the van this way because nothing was wrong otherwise. Sometimes my rear window will close itself.
Driving, parked, starting, and on its own sitting in garage. The electrical system goes crazy intermitently. Horn, wipers (front and rear), door locks, and wiper fluid engage. While driving the power steering and brakes fail. Very dangerous problem and needs attention with the amount of complaints I am seeing on the internet on forums for this model of van.
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