2011 Dodge Grand Caravan: loss of power steering

Filed Jul 27, 2021 · Engine · MA

I was driving on the highway and about to increase speed from 60mph to 65mph then the vehicle shut off. I lost power steering and ability to brake I was near an exit and was able to roll into a safe spot. Vehicle would crank but not start. I contacted AAA for tow service. When AAA arrived the vehicle started. I had it towed anyway. Since the incident the vehicle starts. I am afraid to drive. I had passengers with me that night and this vehicle (engine) failure could have resulted in multiple injuries or fatalities. I purchased this vehicle from a used car dealership in October of 2020. Within a week the vehicle broke down. It would crank but not start. The used dealership had the battery replaced then the TIPM and finally a bypass was performed on the fuel pump relay switch in December of 2020. I've had no issues of this nature since those repairs. Now I have another serious safety hazard issue.

Filed May 1, 2021 · Acceleration, Electrical · 110,000 miles · UT

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.

Filed Oct 9, 2020 · Driver assistance, Electrical · 930,027 miles · WA

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.

Filed Jan 7, 2020 · Electrical · WI

While driving on the highway or street the vehicle looses all power. Dash goes blank and no steering available. Today I was driving on the highway van lost all power almost causing an accident.

Filed Aug 30, 2019 · Brakes, Electrical · 94,200 miles · NY

My wife was driving with my 4 kids aged 13, 11, 8 and 3 when the caravan stalled while in motion at the red light near a major intersection without prior warning. With no power steering or breaks, the van stopped in the middle of the intersection and on coming traffic had to break hard to prevent a collision. Boulevard dodge chrysler diagnosed the issue as faulty electrical issue with the fuel pump. The repair cost me $478 (dec. 3 2018). On tuesday jan 15 2019 the car started different electrical problems. When I took the car back to the same dealer they told me the cause is the tipm which would cost about $2000. When I started my research I realized that both issue are related and caused by the tipm. This is an ongoing issue with many models of fca which some vehicles had recalls from fca. I am not the only one who has experiences stalling due to tipm issue on caravan. This is a serious issue and the federal safety agency as well as transport canada has to protect the public before a serious accident or death occurs. On feb 14 I had more electrical problems this time with an ignition coil default due to the tipm. Repair cost $ 265.90. On august 29 the car stalled again in motion while driving on the service road of a major highway. Therefore no power brakes or steering. That is beside the fact that the car won't start or has different flashing lights on the dash board.

Filed Jan 19, 2019 · 101,000 miles · UT

Our family purchased a dodge grand caravan 2011 in october of 2018. Within two weeks of purchasing the vehicle, it broke down on the freeway. It acted a s if it had run out of gas. It lost all power and the power steering went out. Once I got over to the shoulder, I tried restarting it. It would make noise like it was going to start, but would not fire all the way back up. After about 10-20 minutes, I tried again and it started back up. We went to take it back to the dealership, because we need a safe, reliable vehicle for our family, but the dealership had gone out of business. The exact issue has repeated 8 times, since the first time in october. There is never any warning and you have very little time to try and coast somewhere once the vehicle stops working. As you can imagine, it is very stressful with little kids. Also, we live in utah, where there is mountains and canyons and snow and switchbacks, making it even more perilous. After researching the problem, we see that there are many dodge vehicles having the same issue, yet no recall has been done to make this right. Please fix this! We don't want to die!

Filed Jan 3, 2019 · Electrical · 95,000 miles · MN

Started with the vehicle not wanting to start all the time. Recently it shut off with no warning while on the highway going 65 MPH with no steering. Now it wont start at all. Was towed to dealership where they found the problem after 2 days. The problem is the tipm (total integrated power module). Finding out I am not the only one with this problem. It isnt safe for other drivers or to the families inside the vehicle.

Filed Dec 12, 2018 · Engine, Fuel system · 91,000 miles · OH

Apparently this is a widely known problems with dodge and related chrysler vehicles according to our mechanic. Basically the tipm--totally integrated power module is bad and this causes among other symptoms: vehicle not starting, issues with electric controls(lighting), issues with fuel system(fuel pump or relay) our vehicle had issues starting. Especially during wintertime this happened. And having replaced the battery new and also having ensured sparkplugs are new, those issues were ruled out. Starter issue also were ruled out both by obvservation and mechanic. The vehicle continued to have difficulty and intermittent successes in starting, up to the point that it didn't start anymore on 12/10/2018. The starter is turning but engine doesn't start. So took it to the mechanic and learned that the tipm is the issue. Prior to it totally failing to start., in the past 4 months, the vehicle had stalled 4 to 5 times while driving it on the thread going about 30 to 40 miles an hour with traffic. I realized that this is a safety issue because basically the car stops all of a sudden while driving on the road--with traffic. When this failure happens, apparently no fuel goes into the engine that the vehicle comes to a halt. There is no power steering and radio or other--as if the power was just totally disconnected. Luckily we were able to steer the vehicle to the side off the road, using its momentum. And after a couple times turning able to restart the vehicle. Again the sudden engine stoppage occurred around 5 times and I was able to restart it after a couple of tries. Until the vehicle would no longer start at all from a parking lot. The repairs cos $1300+ for the tipm which had to be dealer ordered and reprogrammed.

Filed Aug 9, 2018 · Fuel system · 134,000 miles · CA

Car has hard time starting. Fuel pump module will not start on turn of the key till the second or third try loss of steering and breaks

Filed Aug 8, 2018 · Fuel system · ID · crash

Vehicle while driving loses power motor shutdown due to fuel pump module will not start on turn of the key till the second or third try loss of steering and breaks

Filed Sep 2, 2016 · Fuel system · 67,000 miles · FL

Was driving and van shut down with no power steering it was difficult to coast off highway almost got hit by another car. When I did it would not start again right away but eventually after several attemps it cranked up. This has happend multiple times and I have young kids to have to be taken to school in it. Thx dodge

Filed Feb 4, 2016 · Fuel system · UT

Just purchased the van used, have a loan on it and now apparently there is a $1,000-$1300 repair that needs to be done because dodge fails to admit any wrong-doing. This is of serious safety concern. When I was finally able to get my van started, I went to put it in reverse and it wouldn't move. Turns out it had died on me. As with many other people, the tipm is to blame. The van can die at any point because of the loss of power to the fuel pump, if there is no fuel getting to the engine, then there is no power steering, and no power brakes. How is it that there are other models with the same issue that got recalled, but not the grand caravan?!