2012 Dodge Grand Caravan: check engine light

Filed Mar 27, 2025 · Electrical · MO

Car stalls unexpectedly with no warning or check engine light on. Intermittent occurrences. Sometimes interior lights stay on, sometimes not. Can usually get car restarted right away but not always. Has been doing this for awhile. Never know when it will do it. Has done it at all speeds, while parked and while idling. Have had battery replaced as well as starter. Suspect win module. See below - approximate date is unknown. Has been doing it for so long we don't remember.

Filed Oct 26, 2024 · IL

While driving around 30mph, the van completely shut down. With nowhere to pull over on the right, and to avoid an accident, I turned left onto a side road. I quickly realized I had no power steering or brakes. I had 2 children in the vehicle and school had just let out. Luckily there was no accident. With no brakes, I just coasted until I came to a stop on the side of the road. I wasn’t able to move the shifter into park. After a few minutes, everything came back to life. I was able to shift to park, start it up and drive away. No warning lights came on. No check engine light. This situation could have become really bad, really quick.

Filed Oct 21, 2022 · Fuel system · 120,000 miles · MO

The contact owns a 2013 Dodge Grand Caravan. The contact stated while driving at an undisclosed speed, the vehicle intermittently stalled with the check engine warning light illuminated. The contact self-diagnosed the vehicle with a faulty fuel pump relay for the Totally Integrated Power Module (TIPM). The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and informed the contact that there was no recall associated with the VIN. The failure mileage was approximately 120,000.

Filed Jun 14, 2021 · Engine · 108,000 miles · WI · fire

The contact owns a 2012 Dodge Caravan. The contact stated that while driving 65 mph, the air conditioning independently turned off with the check engine warning light illuminated on the instrument panel. The contact stated that the vehicle started to lose motive power as he began to pull off to the shoulder of the highway. The contact stated that another unknown warning light illuminated and the vehicle shut-off. The contact pulled over and saw black smoke coming from the engine. After opening the hood, there was more smoke coming from the engine. The contact had the vehicle towed to an independent mechanic who stated that the engine had caught fire due to a defective oil pump. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and the contact was informed that an inspector would be sent out to perform an investigation. The vehicle remained in the possession of the mechanic. The vehicle was not yet repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 108,000.

Filed Dec 11, 2020 · 135,000 miles · KS

My vehicle will randomly stall without any warning nor any dash lights such as check engine or battery displaying. My local dodge dealership checked the vehicle out with a odb and could not diagnose the issue. This issue will happen while driving and it appears many other people are having a similar issue according to online research. This has been ongoing issue for a few months and we are unable to drive it nor resolve the issue since we (nor dodge mechanics) know what is wrong.

Filed Dec 1, 2020 · Electrical, Fuel system · 83,463 miles · TX

Faulty timp causing issue with fuel pump module/relay. Faulty start and unable to turn on vehicle. This happened approximately 4 times in a parked position within a 24 hour period before vehicle was no longer drivable. Intermittent check engine light within the previous 3 weeks prior. Vehicle was inspected by a certified dealership to diagnose the issue.

Filed Jul 30, 2020 · Driver assistance, Electrical · 91,000 miles · NY

1st problem erratic ignition stalling while in park. Battery was replaced and taken to shop, the auto technician assumed based on p0128 p0520 p0441 it was gas fuel cap, switch oil pressure, housing thermostat, gasket intake manifold they replaced o2 sensors vacuum line read a sensor with evapo system causing check engine light came on and a host of other items checked gas cap totaled me $779. Car refuse to started next mornings for pass two weeks every morning several attempts to start car after parked overnight no start only stalling first. Then waited an hour put car in neutral see if car starts it did. After driving that day while driving car acceleration began to go fast by itself on a highway then jerk RPM dropped down while driving my children in the car. I thought maybe gear was out of place so I looked to see if it was in drive, it was in drive. Went back to auto shop they said since car is working now can't hook up system to check p codes because it won't show up if it's working.told me drive 60 miles to see prob continue. Next morning car didn't start, no fuse signal shows. Then car was dead one click sound ,no stall. Called roadside assist and tried to jump battery. Guy said it's not battery he said it's the fuel pump. Contacted the auto mechanic spoke with mgr of shop and said it can be a tipm and cost $1200. This is a very unstable and unsafe issue my family and I drive in this van don't feel safe 2nd issue car hesitated to stop two months ago when I pressed the brakes to stop car while driving on road to stop at red light, no stop I had to pump brakes and I thought it was brakes I paid for replacement of brakes and pads as well. This electrical module has been the cause of known incidents. It can cause accidents. The van is dangerous safety hazard. Tipm and electrical system is creating unsafe braking and ignition fuel conditions causing malfunction

Filed Jul 27, 2020 · Electrical, Engine · 146,097 miles · AZ

Took my 2012 dodge grand caravan to the tempe dealership to have the recalls fixed. Soon after they did the recalls my car would not drive off the lot they told me that the fuel pump was bad and it would cost $806 to fix it. So I told them lets do it. I get a call an the said its the tipm ! $1400 dollars later my car is still running pretty rough and not getting power and completely shut down while driving. So I call the dealer and they tow it in to tell me it is my fuel pump. So $800 they said its fixed and I should have nothing going wrong. 3 days later my check engine light comes on and a code p0456 evac leak! So I call the dealer and let them know . I then purchased a gas cap just to make sure that was not the problem. Light stayed on. So I get the van to the dealer and they had my van allday to say its my gas cap . Let me remind you I just purchased one. So they get the check engine light to go off and now everytime I fill the tank up gas fumes are soo strong in the vehicle and is running very poorly. Honestly im scared to have them look at it . I just want my van safe I have kids . Its my only vehicle.

Filed Jan 29, 2020 · Driver assistance, Electrical · 120,528 miles · CA

2012 dodge caravan loses power while driving without warning! No check engine light. No codes. Shuts off in any condition. Very dangerous! Have looked up the issue in dodge forums and it's a known issue that could possibly have something to do with the tipm on many dodge, chrysler, jeep vehicles. It's an intermittent issue. Had dropped off my kids at school and went to put van into park and van died but on its own came back on. Loses power intermittently while driving on freeway. Can even hear loss of power through the heater/AC unit. Please fix this issue before someone is killed! Only way to prove is to let a mechanic/ dodge drive it around and let them find out the hard way. Issue occurs when going o or any speed.

Filed Sep 27, 2019 · 130,000 miles · MO · crash · 1 injury

I was driving down the highway when the low tire pressure light came on, then the check engine light came on and then everything went out including the radio and everything on the dashboard. Then it all lit up like a christmas tree and it was like I was free driving and neutral I pressed on the brake and nothing happened. I ended up crashing to the back of someone's car.*dt *dt consumer stated the van was totaled because the airbags deployed and that taken away by a tow company.

Filed Jul 8, 2019 · Electrical, Engine · 19,800 miles · NY

I was driving van trying to merge onto highway with my family when check engine came on and van just went limp as I merged we almost got hit from behind thankfully we didn't! This is a known problem with chrysler and dodge 3.6 engines I recently purchased a used 2012 dodge caravan rt I should have done research on it, also I tried to get emissions to pass inspection and I failed, there is this p06dd code that is affecting the van, I brand van to mechanic and over a week later new oil pump new oil filter housing adapter and over 1k in parts and labor and the problem still exist pertaining to that p06dd check engine code! That code puts engine in limp mode or safe mode, it make van very slow with out any power which is very dangerous trying to get onto highways when you van will not accelerate because of code! Mechanic tried everything even with help from a chrysler technician, andy they can't get rid of that code p06dd like I said oil pump replaced oil filter housing replaced oil pressure switched replaced wires harness computer reflashed, I did research and I see plenty of dodge jeep and chrysler with 3.6 has this issue even vehicles that come out of the dealership brand new has this issue! In my case I'm 7grand into this used vehicle and I can't even register it because of this issue! I can't even sell it trade vehicle because I can't get it passed inspection nor drive the vehicle because it's just flat out dangerous, I don't wanna invest in new engine because I heard of nightmares where dodge replaced engine and even with new engine this code p06dd check engine light still exist? Please help I have a family of 5 I can't afford of just loosing 7k I paid 5500 for van and about 1500 in repairs so far and van is still not working please can anyone help with this and investigate? Thanks jason

Filed Feb 21, 2019 · Electrical, Steering · 92,500 miles · PA

While driving today on a busy street at 40 MPH car just shut off. No warning, no check engine light, nothing. No power steering, gas, etc. Just stopped working. Was able to pull over and turn key off. Car turned back on after. I believe the cause of this is a bad tipm. This is our family's primary vehicle and I am lucky that nothing happened and my kids were not in the car with me today had previous problem with car not starting when key turned. This is still an intermittent problem. Dealer said most likely the tipm, but didnt want to replace without knowing for sure because part is so expensive.