NHTSA Owner Complaint Log
This page lists owner-reported complaints filed with NHTSA for the 2011 Dodge Grand Caravan. Complaints are unverified consumer reports submitted to NHTSA and do not by themselves prove a defect or defect rate.
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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
WHEN THE KEY FOB IS PLACED IN THE IGNITION AND TURNED TO ACCESSORY NO GAUGES WORK AND THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS COME ON AND WILL NOT SHUT OFF. THE VEHICLE WILL START BUT THE TACH, SPEEDOMETER, GAS GAUGE AND TEMPERATURE GAUGE DOES NOT WORK. THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS CONTINUE TURN RUN EVEN THOUGH THE SWITCH IS IN THE OFF POSITION.
THE FUEL PUMP RELAY LOCATED WITHIN THE TIPM HAS FAILED WHILE OPERATING THE VEHICLE AT HIGHWAY SPEED. THIS FAILED COMPONENT NEARLY CAUSED AN ACCIDENT AS THE VEHICLE LOST ALL POWER AT THOSE HIGHWAY SPEEDS. MY 3 CHILDREN AND WIFE WERE IN THE VEHICLE AT THE TIME. SAFETY RECALL R09 / NHTSA 15V-115 FUEL PUMP RELAY - 2012-2013 DODGE DURANGO & JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE EXISTS FOR THE SAME EXACT ISSUE ON THE SAME COMPONENT.
DODGE CARAVAN 2011, A FEW TIMES OUT OF A WEEK AND MONTH ONCE I USE THE CAR AND THEN TURN IT OFF ONCE I WANT TO TURN IT ON AGAIN IT WON'T START. AND IT WILL START ABOUT 2 HOURS OR MORE LATER. I OWNED IT FOR A YEAR ALREADY AND I'VE BEEN DEALING WITH THIS FOR A WHOLE YEAR, I AM DESPERATE
JUST FOUND OUT THAT THE REAR EVAPORATOR CORE OF OUR AC UNIT IS BAD AND WILL NEED TO BE REPLACED AT A COST OF APPROXIMATELY $750.00. APPARENTLY, THIS IS A KNOWN AND WIDE-SPREAD ISSUE ON THIS PARTICULAR MODEL OF VEHICLE, DATING BACK AS FAR AS 2005.
VAN WILL COMPLETELY SHUT OFF AND WILL RESTART ON IT'S OWN WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD. IT HAPPENS MOSTLY WHEN GOING DOWN BUMPY ROADS OR ON THE HIGHWAY.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. IN ADDITION, WHILE ATTEMPTING TO START THE VEHICLE, IT FAILED TO START OCCASIONALLY. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL NOISE COMING FROM THE FUEL PUMP. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS ONGOING AND THE TOTALLY INTEGRATED POWER MODULE NEEDED TO BE REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 70,000.
VEHICLE COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN WHILE IN MOTION - TREMENDOUS SAFETY ISSUE WITH WIFE AND 4 KIDS IN THIS VEHICLE. THIS IS A HIGHLY REPORTED ISSUE AND OBVIOUS DEFECT IN MODEL YEAR FOR THIS MANUFACTURER. VEHICLE HAS HAD ESCALATING ELECTRICAL ISSUES FOR MORE THAN 4 YEARS.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, BOTH OF THE SLIDING DOORS ON THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE OPENED AND THE POWER STEERING SEIZED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE DEALER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 126,000.
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
WHILE DRIVING, MY VAN WOULD SUDDENLY ACCELERATE. IT DID THIS MULTIPLE TIMES THEN IT WOULDN'T START. AFTER RESEARCHING OTHER COMPLAINTS ON THIS MAKE AND MODEL WE TRIED THE FUEL RELAY BYPASS. IT FIXED THE PROBLEM FOR A WHILE BE EVENTUALLY IT STOPPED WORKING. THE FUEL RELAY IS THE PROBLEM AND NEEDS TO BE RECALLED BECAUSE THERE ISN'T A WAY TO PERMANENTLY FIX THE PROBLEM AT THIS TIME. DODGE ISSUED RECALLS FOR THE DURANGO AND JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE FOR THE SAME ISSUE.
MY VAN HAS HAD ELECTRICAL TYPE ISSUES SINCE WE PURCHASED IT, BUT IN THE LAST COUPLE YEARS THEY HAVE IMAGNIFIED. EVERY ISSUE STARTS WITH THE CAR SMOKING AND SOME SORT OF LIGHT COMING ON (ENGINE, BATTERY ETC..) MANY TIMES I TAKE IT IN AND THE DASH LIGHT IS NO LONGER ILLUMINATED OR THEY CAN NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH IT AND RESET THE ELECTRICAL PANEL. I HAVE REPLACED THE BATTERY NUMEROUS TIMES, ALTERNATOR THREE TIMES (LAST TIME IT WAS COMPLETELY BURNT OUT AND THE TIME BEFORE IT WAS COMPLETELY MELTED). TRANSMISSION LINES AND COOLANT LINES. THE LAST TIME MY HEADLIGHTS WERE REPLACED THE WIRES WERE CHARRED AND FRAYED. LAST NIGHT MY SON WAS PULLED OVER BY THE POLICE BECAUSE THE OFFICER NOTICED THE CAR WAS SMOKING. HE POPPED THE HOOD TO LET THE SMOKE CLEAR (MY SON SAID THE SMOKE HAD A COPERY TASTE). AFTER IT CLEARED THE VAN STARTED AND DROVE FINE. THIS IS AFTER HAVING THE ALTERNATOR REPLACED (FOR THE THIRD TIME) JUST LAST WEEK. THE TECHNICIANS AT THE SHOP HAVE NEVER SEEN THESE KINDS OF PROBLEMS BEFORE AND THE GUY AT INTERSTATE BATTERY SAID HE HAS NEVER SEEN A CAR DEPLETE A BATTERY LIKE MINE DOES. WITH ALL THESE ISSUE BEING ASSOCIATED WITH THE WORDS MELTING, CHARRING, SMOKING, IT REALLY CONCERNS ME THAT ONE DAY MY VAN IS GOING TO CATCH ON FIRE OR BLOW UP AND THIS IS NOT NORMAL FOR ANY VEHICLE, BUT ESPECIALLY ONE THAT HAS BEEN TAKEN CARE OF AND MAINTAINED. I HAVE FRIENDS WITH THE SAME VAN AND SIMILAR MILEAGE (155,000) AND THEY HAVE NOT HAD ANY OF THESE ISSUES. I CONTACTED DODGE WHO REFERRED ME TO THE NHTSA AND THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP. PLEASE HELP!!!
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE HAD A FUEL PUMP RELAY FAILURE, WHICH CAUSED IT NOT TO START AND/OR STALL. SCOVILLE-MENO CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP (18 UNION ST, SIDNEY, NY 13838, (607) 561-7500) WAS CONTACTED AND STATED THAT THE ONLY SOLUTION WAS TO REPLACE THE ENTIRE FUSE BOX, WHICH WOULD COST APPROXIMATELY $1,000. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND SUGGESTED THE CONTACT FILE A COMPLAINT WITH NHTSA. THE MANUFACTURER ALSO STATED THAT THE PART COULD NOT BE BOUGHT AT A LOWER PRICE TO HAVE THE VEHICLE REPAIRED FROM SOME PLACE OTHER THAN THE DEALER. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 110,000.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ELECTRONIC LOCKS WERE LOCKING AND UNLOCKING AUTOMATICALLY REGARDLESS IF THE VEHICLE WAS ON OR OFF. THE HORN WOULD ALSO RANDOMLY SOUND WHEN THE ENGINE WAS RUNNING AND THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE. DODGE OF BURNSVILLE (12101 HIGHWAY 35W SOUTH, BURNSVILLE, MN 55337, (952) 894-9000) STATED THAT THE TIPM NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AT THE COST OF $1,000. THE MANUFACTURER PROVIDED A CASE NUMBER AND STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED IN 2015 FOR THE POWER MODULE BY THE SAME DEALER. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 67,500.
THE VAN'S ENGINE SHUTDOWN WHILE MY WIFE WAS DRIVING THE VAN AT NIGHT AND BARELY HAD ENOUGH TIME TO PULL TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD BEFORE LOSING CONTROL OF STEERING. SHE HAD JUST MADE A RIGHT TURN ONTO THE HIGHWAY. TOWED THE VAN TO A LOCAL DEALER AND FOUND THE ISSUE TO BE THE DIODE ON THE ALTERNATOR FAILING CAUSING ELECTRICAL FEEDBACK TO THE POWERTRAIN CONTROL MODULE (PCM). SO HAD TO SPEND A LOT OF MONEY TO HAVE THE ALTERNATOR AND PCM REPLACED. I AM AWARE OTHER VEHICLE LINES OF 2011 HAVE A RECALL FOR THIS SPECIFIC ISSUE AND AM UNSURE WHY THE DODGE GRAND CARAVAN IS NOT ON THE LIST. THERE NEEDS TO BE AN INVESTIGATION AND HAVE THIS VEHICLE ADDED TO THE RECALL.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. WHILE DRIVING UNKNOWN SPEEDS, THE TIRE PRESSURE MONITORING SYSTEM (TPMS) INDICATOR SPONTANEOUSLY ILLUMINATED. ADDITIONALLY, THE CONTACT HEARD AN ABNORMAL NOISE. THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE IF THERE WAS A FAILURE WITH THE TIRES SINCE THE TPMS INDICATOR WAS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO FERRARIO CHRYSLER TOWANDA (168 GOLDEN MILE RD, TOWANDA, PA 18848, (570) 485-0072) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE CODES NEEDED TO BE RESET. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND OPENED CASE NUMBER: 33719903. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 50,000.
MY 2011 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN HAS STALLED OUT ON US 3 TIMES ON THE FREEWAY WITH NO WARNING. AFTER WAITING GOT ABOUT 40MIN. TO AN HOUR IT STARTS RIGHT UP LIKE THERE'S NO PROBLEM. RECENTLY THE VAN STALLED OUT WHILE I WAS TOWING MY SMALL CAMPER. WHEN I TAKE IT TO GET CHECKED OUT NO PROBLEM CAN EVER BE FOUND. THIS IS SO DANGEROUS AND THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL ON THIS. THIS OTHER ARTICLE I RECENTLY READ AT WWW.CHRYSLERPROBLEMS.COM/TRENDS/TIPM/ ACTUALLY SAYS 2011 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN HAS THIS ISSUE MOSTLY THAN OTHER YEARS. THIS IS VERY UNSAFE. I HAVE READ MULTIPLE COMPLAINTS ONLINE OF MANY MANY PEOPLE HAVING THE SAME ISSUE AND THIS IS EXTREMELY UNSAFE. THE PART IS VERY EXPENSIVE FOR US TO FIX WHEN THE COMPANY KNOWS ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. THANKS,
2011 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN R/T 79900 MILES INTERMITTENT FAILURE TO START. INTERMITTENT STALLING AFTER STARTING. STALLED ON STREET AFTER LEAVING DRIVEWAY. NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHT INDICATED ON DASH. JUST BOUGHT THE CAR USED FROM A DEALER.
PASSENGER SIDE BLOWS ALWAYS BLOW HOT AIR EVEN WHEN THE SETTING IS ON COLD AIR. DRIVER SIDE WORKS OK BUT THE SAME TIME PASSENGER SIDE HAVING PROBLEM. IT BLOWS HOT AIR IRESPECTIVE OF THE SETTING.
VEHICLE DIED SUDDENLY ON THE ROAD ON APRIL 13, 2018 DUE TO ALTERNATOR FAILING. O'REILLY AUTO PARTS CONFIRMED THAT THE DIODES FAILED ON ALTERNATOR. EXISTING RECALL ON THE DURANGOS, CHRYSLER, AND JEEPS BUT NOT GRAND CARAVAN FOR THIS PARTICULAR PROBLEM WITH ALTERNATORS. BURNING SMELL UNDER THE HOOD OF THE VEHICLE COMING FROM THE ALTERNATOR AS WELL.
TIPM ISSUE JUST RECENTLY BOUGHT A 2011 GRAND CARAVAN WITH 107000 MILES ON IT. IT BEGAN HAVING ISSUES WITH INTERMITTEN STARTING AND THE SIDE DOORS WOULD OPEN WHILE PARKED. AFTER SOME QUICK RESEARCH I READ ABOUT THE TIPM ISSUE THAT IS WELL KNOWN. I FOUND A DEALER SELLING THE RECALL KIT USED ON THESE, CBWPR091AA - WIRING - FUEL PUMP RELAY. I INSTALLED THE FUEL PUMP RELAY AND ALL IS BETTER NOW. I JUST HOPE THERE IS NOT MORE TO THIS ISSUE.
MY VAN SEEMED TO HAVE A MIND OF ITS OWN. STARTING SOMETIMES THEN MORE AND MORE OFTEN NOT STARTING! I WENT TO 4 DIFFERENT MECHANICS AND WAS REPEATEDLY TOLD THAT NOTHING WAS WRONG. EVENTUALLY, I WAS BRINGING MY VAN INTO A DEALERSHIP TO FIX A RECALL AND WHILE THERE THEY TOLD ME THAT MY VANS TIPM IS THE PROBLEM AND NEEDS TO BE REPLACED! THIS WOULDN'T BE A PROBLEM WITH ME IF MY EXTENDED WARRANTY COVERED IT, IT DOESN'T! THIS TIPM DEAL COST $1480.00 DOLLARS! I CAN'T AFFORD ANYWHERE NEAR$1480.00 DOLLARS AND NOW IT'S IN THE SHOP NOT STARTING AT ALL! WHAT CAN I DO? HOW IS THIS NOT RECALLED WITH SO MANY CASES? IS THERE REALLY NO ONE WHO CAN HELP?
TIPM FAILING. WE BEGAN HAVING ISSUES WITH WHAT WAS THOUGHT TO BE FUEL PUMP AND HAVE HAD THE CAR IN THE SHOP TO REPLACE THE FUEL PUMP WITHOUT RESOLUTION. I WAS RECENTLY DRIVING AND HAD THE CAR SHUT OFF ON A 55MPH ZONE OF A HIGHWAY WITH 3 KIDS PLUS MYSELF AND HUSBAND IN THE CAR FOR 45 MINUTES BLOCKING A LANE OF TRAFFIC WHILE WAITING TO BE TOWED. WE HAVE HAD THE CAR STRAND US IN VARIOUS LOCATIONS 5 TIMES SINCE WE BOUGHT THE CAR 08/17. WE HAVE BEEN RESEARCHING THAT IT LOOKS TO BE THE TIPM THAT IS MALFUNCTIONING AND CAUSING THE FUEL PUMP TO RUN RANDOMLY, SOMETIMES CONTINUOUSLY FOR HOURS DRAINING THE BATTERY, OR STOP RUNNING CAUSING THE CAR TO DIE DUE TO LACK OF FUEL WHILE HAVING ALL HEADLIGHTS, WIPES AND INTERIOR LIGHTS FUNCTIONING. THE TIPM HAS CAUSED ME TO BLOCK LANES OF TRAFFIC ON HIGHWAYS, BUSINESS DRIVEWAYS AND BE STUCK IN PARKING LOTS 60+ MILES FROM MY HOME DUE TO THE FUEL PUMP NOT SHUTTING OFF WHEN THE CAR IS TURNED OFF.
I STARTED HAVING ELECTRICAL ISSUES WITH MY 2011 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN LAST YEAR AROUND 107K MILES. STARTED WITH NEEDING A NEW ALTERNATOR & BATTERY, VAN WOULDN'T START. TWO MONTHS LATER, THE VAN ISN'T STARTING AGAIN AND THE MECHANIC RECOMMENDED TO REPLACE THE FUEL PUMP WHICH I DID. IT WAS STILL NOT STARTING AND THEY FOUND THAT THE TIPM WENT OUT AND I FULLY BELIEVE THIS SHOULD BE RECALLED. VERY DISAPPOINTED IN THE LACK OF RECALLS FOR THE GRAND CARAVANS WHEN THE SAME YEAR OF DURGANOS AND JEEPS ARE BEING RECALLED FOR THE SAME THING!
TRYING TO GET NEW KEY FOB PROGRAMMED IS UNSUCCESSFUL DUE TO PROBLEM WITH THE WIN MODULE. IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM FOR DODGE CARAVANS OR ANY VEHICLE WITH THE FOBIK SYSTEM MANUFACTURER BETWEEN 2008 AND 2016. LOCKSMITH SUGGEST THAT A NEW WIN MODULE BE INSTALLED WITH NEW KEY FOBS
FAULTY FUEL PUMP RELAY IN TIPM CAUSING VEHICLE TO STALL OR NOT START AT ALL MECHANICE SAYS NEED NEW TIPM STALLED ON FREEWAY LUCKY TO DODGE TRAFFIC GET TO SIDE OF ROAD AND HAVE VEHICLE TOWED
I HAVE BEEN HAVING PROBLEMS WITH STARTING MY VEHICLE. IT WANTS TO START BUT WILL NOT KICK OVER. I HAVE TO CALL A TOW TRUCK AND THEY BRING IT TO DODGE AND THEY CONTINUE TO TELL ME THERE IS NOTHING WRONG. IT STARTS AGAIN. THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR MONTHS AN FINALY DODGE SAID IT WAS MY ALTERNATOR. IT WAS REPLACED AND AFTER A WEEK THE SAME THING HAS HAPPENED. IT HAS DONE IT A FEW OTHER TIMES BUT WILL START AFTER A FEW TIMES. THE VEHICLE IS PARKED.
VAN ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS DOES NOT WANT TO START. PUT KEY IN IGNITION, TURN IT, NO NOISE, NO SOUND OF TRYING TO TURN OVER, JUST NOTHING. SEPTEMBER OF 2017 HAD TO HAVE VAN TOWED AS IT DID THIS. MECHANIC SAID NEEDED A FUEL PUMP. FIXED THAT BUT PROBLEM CONTINUED. MARCH 1, 2018 TAKE IT BACK AND IT IS NOW A STARTER, KEY FOB THING THAT IS HIT AND MISS AND THAT IS WHY IT WAS HARD TO FIND. NOW THAT'S ANOTHER $1100 TO TRY TO FIX PROBLEM. HAVE NO CHOICE AS YOU HAVE TO HAVE A RELIABLE VEHICLE WITH CHILDREN.
STARTED VAN ONE MORNING AND LEFT RUNNING TO WARM UP, CAME BACK OUTSIDE AND IT HAD DIED. THE WIPERS WERE MID-WINDSHIELD. TURNED THE KEY AND DASH LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. THE VAN WOULD NOT START BUT MADE A TICKING NOISE UPON TURNING THE KEY. 2 DAYS LATER I STOPPED TO GET FUEL IN THE VAN. IT HESITATED TO START, BUT DID START. HEADLIGHTS WERE VERY DIM AND FADED IN AND OUT. PUT A CODE READER ON THE COMPUTER AND IT THREW A LOW BATTERY VOLTAGE CODE. PUT A VOLTMETER ON THE BATTERY AND IT READ ABOUT 10 VOLTS WHILE THE VAN WAS NOT RUNNING. WHILE THE VAN WAS RUNNING THE VOLTMETER READ ABOUT 14 VOLTS SO IT IS CHARGING. HAVE HAD SEVERAL INSTANCES WHERE POWER WINDOWS WOULD NOT WORK OR POWER DOORS WOULD NOT OPEN AND HAD TO BE MANUALLY OPENED.
VEHICLE WON'T START WHEN COLD, HAS ISSUES RUNNING. FUEL PUMP RELAY ISSUE CAUSING A CRANK NO START. CHRYSLER KNOW OF THE DEFECT AND THERE HAS BEEN A RECALL ON JEEPS FOR THIS ISSUE, BUT NOT ON THE GRAND CARAVAN.
THERE IS A ISSUE WITH THE VEHICLE NOT STARTING. IT STARTED OUT AS IMTTERMITTENT AND NOW IS BECOMING PRETTY REGULAR. I REPLACED THE BATTERIES IN MY KEY FOBS, AND THERE IS A NEW BATTERY IN THE VEHICLE. ALSO WHEN YOU SHIFT FROM REVERSE TO DRIVE IT IS A HARD SHIFT. I LOOKED ONLINE AND THIS SEEMS TO BE A BIG PROBLEM WITH DODGE, MANY OTHERS ARE EXPERIENCING THE SAME THING. IT WOULD SEEM TO BE A TIPM PROBLEM WITH FAULTY RELAYS.
FEBRUARY 2,2018 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN TURNED OFF AND PARKED IN DRIVE WAY MY DAUGHTER COMES IN AND SAID THE VAN SOUNDS LIKE IT'S STILL RUNNING WENT OUT AND HEARD WHAT SHE HEARD ALSO CHECK ON THIS THREE TIMES BEFORE GOING TO BED( THIS NOISE CAME FROM THE GAS TANK). THE NEXT DAY 02/03/2018 NOISE WAS NOT THERE ANYMORE. I HAD SCHEDULE RECALL WORK TO BE PERFORM ON 02/05/2018 BUT RE-SCHEDULE WITH SERVICE ADVISOR FOR 02/06/2018 CAR WOULD NOT START KEY STUCK IN IGNITION SWITCH. TOW TRUCK PICKED UP 02/07/2018 TOOK TO DEALERSHIP EXPLAIN WHAT HAPPEN I WAS TOLD BY THE SERVICE ADVISOR TO EXPECT A CALL ON FRIDAY 02/09/2018 CALL CAME DEAD BATTERY(NEW BATTERY 01/24/2018) AND THE TIPM KIT WAS NEEDED. THIS VEHICLE 2011 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN TIPM SHOULD BE LISTED AS A RECALL. I STARTED LAST YEAR HAVING STARTING CONCERNS WITH THIS VAN NOT WANTING TO START.
DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AT 55 MPH VAN STARTED MAKING WEIRD CLUNKING SOUNDS LIGHTS BEGAN TO DIM LOST ACCELERATOR CONTROL, BRAKES PULLED TO SIDE OF ROAD MANAGE TO COME TO A STOP VEHICLE STILL WAS MAKING SOUNDS AND LIGHTS WERE FLASHING I PUT IT IN PARK VEHICLE STALLED OUT I TRIED TO RESTART AND NOTHING WOULDN'T EVEN TURN OVER JUST CLICKED. HAD IT TOWED ONLY CAME BACK AS LOW VOLTAGE THEY REPLACED BATTERY TRIED TO RESTART ENGINE STILL MADE CLUNKING NOISE VAN STILL WOULDN'T START, OIL PAN WAS DROPPED AND HAD CHUNKS OF METAL IN IT. FINAL CONCLUSION ENGINE BLOWN I HAVE SEEN SOME RECALLS ON THIS ENGINE 3.6 VVT ALSO PREVIOUSLY HAD A PROBLEM WITH TIPM I ALSO SEE HAS AN ONGOING. POSSIBLE RECALL AND IS RECALLED IN OTHER VEHICLES THAT USE SAME PART. WOULD REALLY LOVE MY VAN FIXED AS THIS ENGINE IS KNOWN TO HAVE PROBLEMS
AFTER DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS FOR 2 HOURS, WHEN RETURNING HOME AND SHUTTING OFF THE ENGINE, I HEARD WHIRLING NOISES COMING FROM MY FUEL TANK. UPON MOVING THE VEHICLE, 30 MINUTES LATER, THE VAN EXPERIENCED A ROUGH START. THE FOLLOWING MORNING, THE BATTERY WAS DEAD. AFTER JUMPING OFF THE VEHICLE, IT RAN SMOOTHLY BUT I AM CONCERNED THIS WILL HAPPEN AGAIN.
MY 2011 CARAVAN STARTED HAVING PROBLEMS STARTING , FIRST IT WOULD ACT LIKE IT WAS GOING TO START BUT THEN IT WOULDN'T THINKING IT JUST WASN'T GETTING ENOUGH POWER I WENT AND HAD THE BATTERY CHECKED AND WENT AHEAD AND REPLACED THE BATTERY. PROBLEM NOT FIXED IT ACTED LIKE IT WASN'T GETTING FUEL FROM THE LINE SO I WENT TO GET THE FUEL FILTER CHANGED NO HELP THERE EITHER. WAS TOLD TO HAVE THE TCIM CHECKED BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT EVERYONE SAID THAT HAS BEEN HAVING THE SAME ISSUE. TURNS OUT IT IS THE TCIM AND DODGE IS NOT FIXING THE PROBLEM... IT HAS NOW BEGAN TO STALL OUT WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE HWY AND HAS MADE IT VERY DANGEROUS TO PULL THE VAN TO A SAFE PLACE OFF THE HWY. THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN REPORTED SEVERAL TIMES TO DODGE WITH NO LUCK .THERE'S EVAN A 2017 DODGE CARAVAN THAT IS HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM...
MY TPIM IS BAD FOUND OUT AFTER GETTING MY ALTERNATOR, BATTERY, AND STARTER REPLACED. IT IS NOT SENDING SIGNAL TO MY FUEL PUMP.
2011 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN, APPROXIMATELY 119K MILES. INTERMITTENT PROBLEM OF THE ELECTRONIC STABILITY LIGHT (ESC) COMING ON WHILE APPLYING LIGHT PRESSURE TO THE BREAKS. IT CAN HAPPEN DRIVING SLOW (THROUGH TOWN) OR ON THE FREEWAY. ONCE THE LIGHT COMES ON, NO NOTICEABLE DIFFERENCE IS SEEN WHILE DRIVING OTHER THAN CRUISE CONTROL IS TURNED OFF IF IT WAS ENGAGED BEFORE THE LIGHT COMES ON. ONCE THE VEHICLE IS STOPPED AND PUT IN PARK, IT WILL NOT COME OUT OF PARK (SUCH AS PUT IN REVERSE OR DRIVE), THE KEY MUST BE CYCLED. ONCE THE KEY IS CYCLED, EVERYTHING RETURNS TO NORMAL (ESC LIGHT IS OFF, AND THE SHIFTER CAN BE ENGAGED TO NEUTRAL, DRIVE, REVERSE ETC. SEVERAL MECHANICS CANNOT EITHER REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM, OR FIGURE OUT WHAT THE PROBLEM IS. WHILE THE PROBLEM SEEMS TO BE RANDOM, MY WIFE AND I CAN BOTH REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM EITHER WHILE IN PARK (TAPPING ON THE BREAK) OR WHILE DRIVING.
I HAVE COMPLAINT REGARDING TIPM BUT NOW MY BATTERY IS DRAINED AND CAR WON'T TURN ON. WHEN IS DODGE GOING TO STEP IN AND HELP THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WITH SAME PROBLEM BEFORE SOMEONE DIES BC VAN TURN OFF WHILE DRIVING AND FAMILY SUES? WHY IT HAS TO TAKE A TRAGIC ACCIDENT BEFORE DODGE STEPS IN? I'M SURE AM NOT THE ONLY ONE WITH CHILDREN DRIVING AND STILL PAYING FOR THIS GARBAGE VAN. I WILL NEVER BUY DODGE AGAIN. GETTING A LAWYER.
AL ENCENDERLO AVECES NO ARRANCA TENGO ESTE PROBLEMA COMO 7 MESES Y A LA SEGUNDO INTENTO PRENDE O AVECES UNE TERCERA VEZ MEDICEN QUE ES EL SWITCH
VEHICLE STOPPED RUNNING WHILE DRIVING. GOT THE VAN OFF THE ROAD AND WAS ABLE TO GET IT TO RUN AGAIN. VAN SPIT AND SPUTTERED FOR ABOUT A MINUTE OR TWO AND THEN DROVE FINE TO GET IT HOME, ABOUT TWO MILES. ONCE HOME CUT OFF AND STARTED WITH NO PROBLEMS. SAT OVER NIGHT AND THEN WOULD NOT START. ENGINE TURNED OVER BUT WOULD NOT RUN. CHECKED THE FUEL PUMP AND IT WAS NOT GETTING POWER. APPLIED POWER TO THE FUSE AND IT RAN. REMOVE POWER FROM THE FUSE, AND IT CUT OFF. THIS IS VERY UNSAFE TO HAVE IT HAPPEN ON THE HIGHWAY. IF THIS WOULD HAVE CUT OFF ON THE INTERSTATE IN THE FAST LANE, IT COULD HAVE BEEN VERY BAD NEWS.
I HAVE POSTED COMPLAINTS FOR 2 YEARS WITH SAME PROBLEM REGARDING THE TIPM HOWEVER I WAS READING THE REASON OF NOT BEING RECALLED IS BECAUSE ALL THE TIPM SYSTEMS WILL MALFUNCTION REGARDLESS HOW MANY TIMES IT'S CHANGE. IF THIS IS SO WHY THEY DON'T RECALL ALL THIS VEHICLES.? I'VE BEEN STUCK NUMEROUS OF TIMES, REPLACED (2) $200 BATTERIES BC THE TIPM EATS THE BATTERY. I HAVE CHILDREN AND IT IS NOT FAIR TO BE STUCK IN THE MIDDLE OF NO WHERE WHEN CAR DECIDERS NOT TO TURN ON.. MAKE IT A RECALL FOR EVEN EXCHANGED FOR ANOTHER VEHICLE WHERE WIE WILL BE SAFE.
THE VEHICLE HAS 34,000 MILES ON IT AND WILL NOT START. ONCE IT'S DOES START IT SHUTS OFF. WAS INFORMED IT WAS FUEL PUMP. ONCE THE FUEL PUMP WAS REPLACED THE VEHICLE DID THE EXACT SAME THING. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS BECAUSE IT'S A HANDICAPPED ACCESSIBLE VEHICLE AND WHEN YOU DRIVE IT STALLS AND CUTS OFF VERY DANGEROUS IN TRAFFIC AND WHEN YOU HAVE A TRACTOR TRAILER BEHIND YOU. THE DEALER THEN SAYS IT'S THE "TOTALLY INTEGRATED POWER MODULE" WHICH IS NOT NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS AND A RECALL NEED TO BE ISSUED BEFORE SOMEONE IS SERIOUSLY INJURED OR KILLED.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF POWER WHILE TRAVELING HIGHWAY SPEEDS. THE FAILURE OCCURRED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO MARK THOMAS MOTORS (2315 SANTIAM HEY SE, ALBANY) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TIPM WAS DEFECTIVE AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND THE CONTACT REFERENCED NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V115000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM). THE MANUFACTURER INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN A RECALL AND TO CONTACT NHTSA DUE TO THEM BEING THE RESPONSIBLE PARTY FOR THE RECALL. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 250,000.
TIRE PRESSURE SENSOR LIGHT IS ALWAYS ON, FUEL PUMP RUNS AFTER THE VEHICLE IS SHUT OFF, AUTOMATIC REAR DOORS OPEN AND CLOSE INTERMITTENTLY WITH OUT THE PUSH OF THE BUTTONS. WE HAVE HAD TO REPLACE 4 BATTERIES AND 3 ALTERNATORS, EVERY TIME THE DEALERSHIP TELLS US THIS IS A COMMON ISSUE WITH THE TIPM. PREVIOUSLY WE HAVE ALSO REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION AND THE ENGINE HAS NEEDED REPAIRS. ENGINE REPAIRS WERE COVERED UNDER A RECALL BUT NOT THE TRANSMISSION.
FUEL PUMP IS STAYING ENGAGED WHEN THE CAR IS TURNED OFF, A SIDE EFFECT OF A DAMAGED TOTALLY INTEGRATED POWER MODULE
FRIDAY MORNING (OCT 20, 2017) VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN MOMENTARILY, THEN IMMEDIATELY PARKED BECAUSE THE ENGINE LIGHT WAS ON. VEHICLE WAS NOT MOVED, STARTED, OR KEY CYCLED AFTER IT WAS PARKED. THEN ON TUESDAY (OCT 24, 2017) AROUND 8:18 AM, SMOKE AND THEN FLAMES WERE VISIBLE COMING FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT, LEFT SIDE. LEFT TIRE/BRAKES NOT INVOLVED. *DT 'PARTS OF THIS DOCUMENT HAVE BEEN REDACTED TO PROTECT PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).'*JB
MY 2011 CARAVAN IS HAVING SERIOUS ISSUES WHEN ATTEMPTING TO CRANK. AT TIMES THE ENGINE WILL CONTINUOUSLY TURN OVER WHEN ATTEMPTING TO START ENGINE. IT COMPLETELY DRAINED MY 1 MONTH OLD TO BATTERY. I TOOK IT IN TO THE DEALERSHIP TODAY FOR RECALL T33 AND I STATED THE ONGOING ISSUES. THEY PREFORMED A DIAGNOSIS TEST (I PD $165) AND STATED THE TIPM NEEDS TO BE REPLACED FOR $1475. AFTER SOME RESEARCH, I'VE NOTICED THIS IS AN ONGOING ISSUE WITH MANY 2011+ CARAVAN OWNERS. MY ISSUE BEGAN IS 2015 (85,000 MILES) WITH AN INTERMITTENT CLICK WHEN ATTEMPTING TO START MY VAN. NOW, OBVIOUSLY THE ISSUE IS PROGRESSING. SEEING THERE IS A HISTORY OF ISSUES WITH TIPM, DODGE SHOULD BE COMPELLED TO ISSUE A RECALL. PLEASE CONTACT ME FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
TAKATA RECALL : WHILE DRIVING, VAN WOULD NOT GO INTO GEAR AND SENT SUPER HIGH RPMS AND WOULD NOT COME DOWN WHILE BRAKING. HAVE READ ABOUT SEVERAL OF THESE ISSUES WITH THIS STYLE OF VEHICLE. DANGEROUS WHILE HAVING KIDS IN THE VEHICLE ON THE ROAD.
THE VAN WAS PARKED IN THE DRIVEWAY OF OUR HOME. IT WAS RUNNING, AS MY WIFE WAS WARMING IT UP IN PREPARATION FOR TAKING OUR CHILDREN TO SCHOOL. MY ELDEST SON, AGE 7, WAS SITTING IN THE THIRD ROW SEAT CLOSEST TO THE PASSENGER SIDE WINDOW. WHEN MY WIFE CLOSED THE PASSENGER FRONT DOOR, THE SIDE CURTAIN AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INVOLVED IN ANY COLLISION, AS IT WAS STATIONARY AT THE TIME OF THE DEPLOYMENT. AND WHILE MY SON DID NOT RECEIVE ANY PHYSICAL INJURIES, HE CONTINUES TO STRUGGLE WITH THE FEAR AND STRESS CAUSED BY THE INCIDENT. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO TRANSITOWNE DODGE AND INSPECTED BY BOTH THE DEALER AND BY A CHRYSLER INSPECTOR. VIA LETTER, I WAS INFORMED THAT THE COMPANY HAD NO INTENTIONS OF COVERING THE COSTS OF REPAIR TO THE VAN, WHICH ARE UPWARDS OF $6000. I HAVE REACHED OUT TO FCA GROUP REPEATEDLY BY HAVE BEEN MET WITH DEAD ENDS AND NON-STARTERS. I AM FILING THIS REPORT TO HOPEFULLY PREVENT OTHERS FROM A SIMILAR EXPERIENCE AND THE POSSIBLY OF MORE SEVERE INJURIES.
AT 46,000 MILES TIPM HAD TO BE REPROGRAMMED AFTER FUEL PUMP FAILURE DUE TO RELAY. REPAIR COST WAS OVER $2300.00. NOW AT 62,900 MILE THE ALTERNATOR BURNED OUT AND PCM HAS TO BE REPLACED AND REPROGRAMMED.