69 of the
14,200 complaints filed about the Dodge Caravan
are about the wheels —
0% of everything owners reported.
The worst model year for it is 2009.
THE 2008 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN IS A LAWSUIT WAITING TO HAPPEN IT SOMES WITH TOO MANY PROBLEMS THAT I BELIEVE THE CREATORS IF THIS VEHICLE KNEW ABOUT BUT PUT OUT FOR PRODUCTION ANY HOW FOR THE LOVE OF MONEY. TOO MANY LIVES ARE PUT AT RISK. IM REQUESTING A BRAND NEW CAR MY VHEICLE HAS ELECTRICAL ISSUES THAT SHOULD NOT BE COMMON, IGNITION ISSUES TURN THE KEY, CAR STALLING, SLIDING DOOR ISSUES YOU WOULD THINK A GHOST IS TOILING WITH YOU ITS TERRIBLE, I DEMAND SOME HELP MY CAR WONT START DUE TO ELECTRICAL CONCERNS THAT I DIDNT CAUSE I TOOK GOOD CARE OF MY VEHICLE BUT YET IT STILL FAILS. THIS CAR STALLED AND STOPPED ON THE HIGHWAY, WOULDNT START ON CERTAIN OCCASIONS ITS SCARY
NHTSA complaint #11230436 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
THIS IS THE SECOND (TPMS) TIRE PRESSURE SENSOR THAT HAS SNAPPED OFF IN MY HANDS AS I WAS ATTEMPTING TO PUT AIR INTO A LOW TIRE. THESE THINGS ARE DANGEROUS AS THE METAL FATIGUES WITHOUT WARNING OR VISIBLE EVIDENCE OF SUCH. ESPECIALLY LIVING IN AN AREA LIKE MINE, WHERE ROAD SALT, MOISTURE,ICE AND SNOW AND CHANGES IN TEMPERATURE OCCUR REGULARLY THESE SENSORS CAN CAUSE A SUDDEN DEFLATION OF A TIRE IF THEY BREAK WHICH MIGHT LEAD TO A CATASTROPHIC CRASH. LUCKILY FOR ME THE TWO TIMES IT HAS OCCURRED IT HAS HAPPENED IN MY DRIVEWAY. HOWEVER, BOTH TIMES IT NECESSITATED JACKING MY VEHICLE UP WITH FULL LOADS AND ON UNEVEN GROUND, DANGEROUS IN ITSELF.
NHTSA complaint #11041930 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
I HAD TIRE SEPERATION ON A FIRESTONE SUPREME SI. I WAS TRAVELING 70 MPH ON THE HIGHWAY. THANKFULLY, NO ONE WAS INJURED AND THERE WAS NO ACCIDENT. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS AND APPARENTLY HAPPENS QUITE FREQUENTLY. WHY HASN'T THIS ISSUE BEEN RESOLVED?
NHTSA complaint #10873338 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
WHEN I TRIED TO PULL MY DODGE CARAVAN (2000) OUT OF THE PARKING LOT AFTER A HEAVY RAINING DAY, I FOUND THE POWER STEERING DIDN'T WORK. I COULD GO FORWARD OR BACKWARD, BUT COULD NOT TURN, OR COULD TURN ONLY VERY SLOWLY (I COULD HEAR THE WHEEL KIND OF MAKING CLICKING SOUND WHEN I TRIED TO TURN). AFTER DRIVING VERY SLOWLY ON THE PARKING LOT AND TRIED TO TURN SLOWLY SEVERAL TIME, THE STEERING FINALLY GOT BACK. I GOOGLED ONLINE AND FOUND MANY PEOPLE HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM, MOSTLY WITH A DODGE, BUT ALSO SOME OTHER CARS. HTTP://WWW.TOPIX.COM/FORUM/AUTOS/DODGE-GRAND-CARAVAN/TC37VJLP6MD4POHVJ SINCE I DON'T DRIVE MUCH AND MOSTLY PARK MY VEHICLE IN THE GARAGE, I DON'T HAVE MUCH PROBLEM. IT HAS HAPPENED A COUPLE MORE TIMES AFTER THE FIRST INCIDENT, BUT IT USUALLY RETURNS NORMAL AFTER I MAKE SEVERAL SMALL TURNS IN THE PARKING LOT. BUT THIS MORNING, IT HAPPENED AGAIN, AFTER I PARKED MY CAR OUTSIDE WITH AN OVERNIGHT RAIN, AND THE WHEEL WAS STILL KIND OF STUCK AFTER I DROVE ABOUT 5 MILES, MAKING SEVERAL TURNS ON PURPOSE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. IT'S STILL POURING OUTSIDE, I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN GET THE STEERING BACK TO NORMAL AFTER WORK. SINCE I AM NOT THE ONLY PEOPLE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM, I HOPE THE MANUFACTURER COULD HELP US SOLVE THE PROBLEM. THANKS!
NHTSA complaint #10776653 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
2010 DODGE CARAVAN. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO VEHICLE TIRE DEFLATED SUDDENLY WHILE DRIVING AND WITHOUT WARNING. *SMD THE MECHANIC WAS UNABLE TO FIND ANY PUNCTURES, GASHES OR OTHER REASONS WHY THE TIRE WOULD HAVE DEFLATED SUDDENLY. HE CONCLUDED THAT THE NUT ON THE VALVE STEM HAD CORRODED, CRACKED OFF AND THE SEAL BETWEEN THE STEM AND THE TIRE BECAME UN-SEATED CAUSING THE MASSIVE LOSS IN AIR PRESSURE. UPON FURTHER INSPECTION, IT APPEARED THAT THE OTHER TIRES HAD CRACKED OR WERE MISSING NUTS ON THEIR VALVE STEMS AND WERE IN DANGED OF THE SAME CATASTROPHIC FAILURE.
NHTSA complaint #10735220 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
VALVE STEM LOCK NUT CORROSION CAUSED STEM TO FALL INSIDE TIRE. CAUSED INSTANT FLAT AT 65 MPH. ALMOST LOST CONTROL. AGAIN TODAY ANOTHER STEM FELL INSIDE TIRE. GOING SLOWER 35 MPH. BOTH TIMES IT ALSO DESTROYED TIRES.
NHTSA complaint #10715515 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
GOOD EVENING, I WOULD LIKE TO ACTUALLY PUT IN A CLAIM MAYBE JUST LIKE THE REST. A MONTH AGO I WAS DRIVING ON A HIGHWAY AND WHEN I GOT OFF AT MY EXIT THANK GOD THE TIRE WAS COMPLETELY FLAT WHEN I CALLED ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE THEY SAID MY TIRE DID NOT HAVE NO HOLE AND WHEN HE LOOKED IT WAS THE TIRE STEM THAT WAS BROKEN THIS IS THE THIRD TIME THAT THIS HAPPEN TO MY TIRE STEMS AND ALL THREE TIMES I WAS DRIVING ON THE EXPRESSWAY. I WOULD APPRECIATE IF THERE WOULD BE A CLAIM OPEN FOR FAULTY TIRE STEMS WITH DODGE GRAND CARAVANS MY YEAR IS A 2009. I AM PLANNING ON CONTACTING A LAWYER I HAVE THREE KIDS AND I THANK GOD THAT MY CHILDREN WERE NOT IN THE CAR WITH ME. THIS HAS TO BE TAKEN SERIOUS SOMEONE COULD REALLY LOSE THEIR LIFE OVER THESE FAULTY TIRE STEMS. IN THE PAST TWO YEARS MY TIRE STEM BREAKS UP AND MY TIRE GOES COMPLETELY FLAT. PLEASE I AM BEGGING YOU TO BE HAVE A SURVEY ABOUT THESE TIRE STEMS.
NHTSA complaint #10712883 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
WHILE DRIVING ONE DAY, OUT OF THE BLUE MY CAN WOULD NOT GO OVER 25 TO 30 MPH. IT WOULD SHAKE VIOLENTLY IF WE WENT FASTER. WE GOT IT TO THE MECHANIC AND THE BRAKES HAD ALMOST CAUGHT ON FIRE. IT RUINED ONE TIRE AND THE BRAKES AND CALIPERS. THE MECHANIC SAID THAT THIS SHOULD HAVE NEVER HAPPENED. IT WAS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. I REPORTED IT TO DODGE. THEY SAID IT HAD NEVER HAPPENED. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT DOES GET REPORTED. I FEEL LIKE I SHOULD BE COMPENSATED FOR THIS. THEY SAID THAT THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO SINCE IT NEVER ACTUALLY CAUGHT ON FIRE. REALLY?
NHTSA complaint #10694526 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
I PURCHASED A 2002 DODGE CARAVAN VAN ON JUNE 9, 2014. ON JULY 11, WHILE IN HOUSTON, TEXAS, MY VEHICLE SUSTAINED A FLAT TIRE. I TOOK IT TO FIRESTONE TO REPAIR THE TIRE. THE TIRE WAS IRREPARABLE. MY SPARE TIRE HAD A HUMP IN IT AND CONSEQUENTLY I WASN'T ABLE TO PUT IT ON THE VEHICLE. ANOTHER TIRE WAS MANUFACTURED IN 2005. THE OTHER TIRE WAS MANUFACTURED IN 2012 BUT HAS A GASH IN THE TIRE. THE THREE REMAINING TIRES HAVE NO TREAD ON THEM. IN THE EVENT THAT ONE OF MY TIRES GOES OUT I HAVE NO SPARE. I PURCHASED A NEW TIRE FOR 79.00.I WAS TOLD TIRES ARE NOT COVERED. I HAVE BEEN DELAYED AND STRANDED DUE TO IGNITION SWITCH PROBLEMS. UPON BRINGING THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP THEY REFUSED TO INSPECT IT.
NHTSA complaint #10611272 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 DODGE CARAVAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE SEIZED AND A SOUND WAS HEARD NEAR THE WHEEL BEARING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 29,111. UPDATED 09/05/14*LJ UPDATED 09/15/2014
NHTSA complaint #10597625 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
AFTER SMELLING BRAKES DURING A 10 MILE TRIP TO LOCAL STORE I LOOKED AT REAR DRIVERS SIDE ROTOR TO SEE IT GLOWING CHERRY RED IN THE NIGHT. EXTREME HEAT WAS COMING FROM THE WHEEL WELL AND WHEEL CAMBER APPEARED TO BE AFFECTED FROM EXCESSIVE HEAT. WORKING ON TRYING TO GET IT IN FOR A WARRANTY CHECK, BUT TO ME THIS IS RIDICULOUS FOR A VEHICLE 2 YEARS OLD WITH 25K MILES. SOUNDS LIKE MECHANICAL FAILURE OF THE CALIBER WHICH I COULD REPLACE MYSELF, BUT FROM WHAT I'VE READ ONLINE THIS IS A REPETITIVE ISSUE AND A HUGE MONEY PIT.
NHTSA complaint #10595155 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
WHILE DRIVING ON I-90 TPMS INDICATOR CAME ON. WITHIN SECONDS RIGHT REAR TIRE WAS FLAT, WHEN I LOOKED AT THE WHEEL I SAW THE VALVE STEM WAS GONE. THERE WAS NO OTHER DAMAGE TO TIRE.
NHTSA complaint #10588753 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
PREPARING TO EXIT A PARKING LOT, THE GEAR SHIFT WAS ACCIDENTALLY CAUGHT BY MY SLEEVE AND PULLED DOWN TO THE "DRIVE" POSITION. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT RUNNING, BUT IT BEGAN TO MOVE FORWARD. BEING ON SOMEWHAT OF A SLOPE, THE VEHICLE PULLED ONTO A BUSY STREET. I GRABBED THE WHEEL TO TURN THE VAN AWAY FROM TRAFFIC, BUT IT HIT AND SCRAPED AGAINST A HIGH CURB, FLATTENING 2 TIRES, DAMAGING THE WHEELS/RIMS OF THOSE TIRES, BENDING A STRUT AND OTHER DAMAGE TO THE SUSPENSION (I GOT A REPAIR ESTIMATE FROM FIRESTONE, WHICH TOTALED OVER $1,900.00). I DIDN'T THINK IT WAS POSSIBLE FOR THE GEAR SHIFT TO MOVE WITHOUT HAVING MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE, BUT MOVE IT DID AND SO DID THE VAN. OTHER THAN BEING FRIGHTENED AND SHAKEN, WE WERE FORTUNATE THAT NO PHYSICAL INJURIES OCCURRED. HOWEVER, HAD I NOT HAD THAT SPLIT SECOND REACTION TO TURN THE STEERING WHEEL, THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN A VERY BAD COLLISION WITH AT LEAST TWO VEHICLES DRIVING DOWN THE BUSY STREET. WONDERING WHY THE GEAR SHIFT WAS ABLE TO MOVE WITHOUT THE CAR RUNNING AND WITHOUT MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE, I DID SOME RESEARCH AND FOUND THAT CHRYSLER KNOWS ABOUT THIS GRIEVOUS OMISSION AND DID NOT WANT TO SPEND THE EXTRA $9.00 PER VAN TO INSTALL A BRAKE SHIFT INTERLOCK. I'M INCREDULOUS! I INTEND TO WRITE TO CHRYSLER IN HOPES OF BEING REIMBURSED FOR THE DAMAGES SUSTAINED TO MY VEHICLE, BUT FIRST WANTED TO REPORT THIS INCIDENT TO THE APPROPRIATE AGENCY.
NHTSA complaint #10573289 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
I HAD MY TIRES ROTATED AT COSTCO WHERE THEY WERE PURCHASED IN 2012. IN THE SPRING OF 2013, I WAS GOING TO PUT NEW BRAKES ON THE REAR OF MY 2004 MINIVAN, AND COULD NOT GET TWO OF THE LUG NUTS OFF. SO I JUST PUT IT OFF FOR A WHILE. ON JULY 30, 2013, I WENT OUT TO GET IN MY VAN AND HAD A FLAT TIRE ON THAT SAME WHEEL. I ATTEMPTED TO REMOVE THE TIRE AND TWO OF THE STUD BOLTS BROKE. I REMOVED THE REST OF THE LUGNUTS AND TOOK THE TIRE TO BE REPAIRED AT COSTCO. ON THE 31ST, I TOOK MY VAN TO AN AUTO REPAIR SHOP AND TOLD THEM OF THE PROBLEM, SO I WANTED THEM TO PUT NEW BRAKES ON AND REPLACE THE WHEEL STUDS. AS THEY WERE DOING THE REPAIR, TWO MORE OF THE STUDS BROKE. THIS IS NOW 4 WHEEL STUDS ON THE SAME WHEEL. NONE OF THE LUG NUTS WERE REMOVABLE FROM THESE BOLTS. I THOUGHT THAT COSTCO HAD OVERTIGHTENED THE LUG NUTS. AFTER LOOKING ONLINE AND SEEING THAT SO MANY PEOPLE HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM, I AM WONDERING IF THE BOLTS ARE DEFECTIVE. IN 50 YEARS OF DRIVING CARS AND REPAIRING A LOT OF THEM MYSELF, I HAVE NEVER HAD A BROKEN WHEEL STUD. I AM THANKFUL THIS DID NOT HAPPEN ON THE ROAD SOMEWHERE IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE. IF THESE BOLTS ARE DEFECTIVE, HOW STRONG ARE THEY WHEN I AM DRIVING AT A HIGH SPEED ON THE FREEWAY.
NHTSA complaint #10532945 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 DODGE CARAVAN. THE CONTACT STATED THE TIRE PRESSURE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND NOTICED THE REAR DRIVERS SIDE TIRE WAS FLAT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC AFTER THE TIRE WAS REPLACED WITH THE SPARE TIRE. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THE TPMS TIRE SENSOR STEM WAS CORRODED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 25,500.
NHTSA complaint #10523862 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 DODGE CARAVAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE ATTEMPTING TO ADD AIR TO THE DRIVER'S SIDE FRONT TIRE, THE SENSOR FELL INTO THE TIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED ABOUT THE FAILURE. THE FAILIURE MILEAGE AND VIN WERE NOT AVAILABLE.
NHTSA complaint #10515364 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.