We purchased vehicle with @ 15k miles in may 2010 - in january 2011 at @ 30k miles we had to replace the brakes and rotors the whole way around. I spoke with 3 mechanics who 1) said rotors at this low mileage was unheard of and 2) this was a known problem with dodge grand caravans. Then, just 3 weeks ago, at 55513 miles, my left front axle / cv joint snapped. From (plenty of) online research, I learned 2 things - 1) this break should not occur in a vehicle so new and 2) all 2008 chrysler / dodge vehicles are known for this! In fact there was a recall in 08 for a lot of vehicles (not the caravan) for just this! When I called chrysler/dodge - they first said that this wasn't a part of the powertrain warranty (um, it's an axle!!! Attached to the drive shaft) and second - if I was the original owner, it'd be covered, but since I'm not, it wasn't. This was a $500 repair job. 2 weeks later!!!!!!! At @ 56000 miles, I started having front end problems again - back to the garage - this time, I'm surprised with the fact that I need brakes and rotors the whole way around again. And, ABS sensors, a new caliper and brake hoses. New brakes - again?!?!? Here comes the online research again... I found a website (carcomplaints.com) that had 1027!!! Entries from 08 grand caravan users that have had to repair or replace their brakes and rotors at an average of every 10000 miles - that is not normal!
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2nd incident - tire stem (valve) broke when removing plastic cap to add air. I reported when the first valve stem broke (to this system) also.
Front driver side tire valve stem fractured when the plastic cap was removed, exposing needle valve.
This is the most recent failure. Low tire light came on. When we tried to put air in tire the stem was cracked so could not put air into tire. This was the second tire on this vehicle to do this. Called dealership to see if there was a recall- we were told no recall. First time this happened it was several weeks before they could replace the stem for us because they were on back order...there had been so many problems they couldn't keep up! This should be a recall. We will change other two tire stems right away to prevent an accident.
Front hub bearings needed to be replaced at 47,155 miles.
The tire valve stem tips (the end metal part), which are integral with the TPMS, break off leading to a sudden and complete loss of air from the tire. This has happened twice on two different tires on our 2008 dodge grand caravan. Once at about 25k and the second time at 33k. The dodge dealership says this is a common occurrence but will not cover it under warranty.
Dodge grand caravan 2008. Left front hub/bearing assembly bad at ~38,000 miles.
I have at 2008 dodge caravan with 45,000 miles on it and experienced a wheel bearing failure on the right front of the vehicle. If the bearing had frozen I could have lost control of the vehicle before I was able to make a safe stop.
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