2011 Dodge Grand Caravan VAN FWD

My car was fine until one day in rain the whole dash and radio shut off and came back on repeatedly, spedometer bouncing each time. Took it to dealer/JDByrider and "they dont know prob/happens all the time" w a very "oh well" attitude. They did nothing. I called again when car ALSO started shutting completely off at long red lights. I was told next appt available would be 23 days! Thats still 4 days away. NOW in addition to dash/radio/spedometer problem the van doesnt just die at LONG lights, it dies if I have to stop for drive thrus, stop signs, short lights. The headlights have also started flickering very very badly. Im upset that repairs are supposed to be covered by JDByrider and theyve had me driving this dangerous car for almost a month before trying to fix it. Im not allowed to get work done on it elsewhere or else it makes future repairs on parts not covered by JDByrider. I have 4 kids and this car is not safe on road and Im literally not allowed to get someone else to fix it if I want it to continue to be covered by JDB. JDB blames Dodge. My car purchase was supposed to cover repairs and instead Im being forced to drive 4 kids around in car dealer cant fix and they claim Dodge dont know how to either. I should have never been expected to wait almost a month for this to be addressed.

DRIVING AT ABOUT15 M.P.H. I HAD TROUBLE STEERING AND NOISE WAS COMING FOR UNDER THE HOOD, I PULLED OVER AND I LOOK UNDER THE CAR IT WAS LEAKING LOTS OF OIL. I HAD IT TOWED TO THE DEALER,THE PROBLEM WAS A HOLE IN THE TUBING ON THE RACKEN PINEN STEERING .IF IT WAS ON A HIGHWAY OR ON A FASTER ROAD IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A VERY BAD ACCIDENT WITH OIL LEAKING AND COULD NOT STEER THE VAN. I WAS VERY VERY LUCKY.THERE WAS NO WARNING LIGHT. I HAVE A PICTURE OF THE HOLE. I REPORTED TO CHRYSLER. Consumer stated metal that was replaced rusted.

Battery light turned on and vehicle immediately shut off. Got car jump to make it home and all electrical components went hay wire - all dash lights blinking - transmission wouldn’t not shit and accelerated by itself, headlights wouldn’t go on, windows wouldn’t go down. Dodge recalled every other car model in their line for a bad ALTERNATOR rapid failure, except Caravan, which should absolutely be included. It’s a know issue - car shouldn’t be dying while driving with under 100k miles.

It started a few months ago with my van not starting properly. After being stranded multiple times & it stalling once while driving, I had my mechanic check multiple issues we assumed the fuel pump was going bad. Nearly $600 later and a new fuel pump the issues continued until today when it is now dead! After searching I found 2010 and older models of my van were recalled for this EXACT issue, just not 2011! I don’t have the money to fix it and am pissed that while it’s the same problem it is not covered in the recall.

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.

Vehicle shakes, dash lights flash on an off, doesn't want to accelerate, check engine light flashes occasionally. Mechanic has run diagnostic tests, the only code the vehicle is showing is oil pressure.

The fuel pump relay failed. This is a very common problem with Caravans, and is very expensive to fix. The Grand Cherokee and Durango have the same design, and there is a recall on those models. The Caravan should have a recall declared as well. Thank you.

purchased van no problem mechanic gave great review following week wouldnt start mechanic said tipm is bad we had tipm rep[laced already 3 times and now its bad again this time i was with my family when van completly shut off on highway doing 70 miles a hour we have to carry a jumper battery pack with us to start van i called crysler and they informed me there is no problems with my vans tipm well thats funny google has over 45 thousand articles about these problems and nobody does anything about it till people die

The contact owned a 2011 Dodge Grand Caravan. The contact stated while driving at 65 mph, the vehicle stalled. The contact was able to pull off to the side of the road where she saw smoke emerging from the front of the vehicle. Upon exiting the vehicle, the contact opened the hood to see the fire behind the engine. The fire department was contacted and was able to extinguish the fire. A police report was filed. The vehicle was towed to an impound lot. The contact has not notified a local dealer. The vehicle has not been diagnosed or repaired. The vehicle was destroyed. The contact was relating the failure to an unknown recall. The manufacturer had not been informed of the failure. The failure mileage was 130,000.

Driving home from work and my 2011 Dodge Grand Caravan just turned off on me while I was at a red light. It took sometime for my vehicle to turn back on. Since then I’ve had this problem now for 3 days. I’ve taken it in to my local machine and was told I only needed a new gas cap. Well that didn’t work and I found myself again stuck at a red light. After doing some investigation on Dodge Grand Caravans I saw other people had issues with a ignition switch. Different years same brand and if this is a cause dodge needs to look into this. I’ll be going to a actual dealership to see if they can diagnose the problem. Only scared I’ll be stuck on the highway.

The contact owns a 2011 Dodge Grand Caravan. The contact stated while driving at various speeds, the vehicle stalled without warning. The contact stated that several electrical failures had occurred on the vehicle while the vehicle was turned off. The failures included the sliding doors independently unlocking and opening without warning or input. The contact also stated that the safety alarm would sound independent while the power windows rolled down independently while the vehicle was turned off. The contact had the vehicle towed by a dealer and was informed that the Totally Integrated Power Module (TIPM) was defective and needed to be replaced. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 160,000. Consumer is still having issues with the vehicle.

Van has stalled and quit while at intersections and while driving on busy hwy. Have had looked at and seems that the TIPM is the problem. Same as many over vehicles that was recalled for this same reason suck as the Jeep Cherokees. VERY DANGEROUS for it to stall and quit in the middle of traffic, almost been rearended due to the stalling and hit at intersection due to it cutting off completely. Accident wating to happen and have someone be badly injuried or killed. This needs to be addressed and recalled ASAP. Dealership looked at this and stated the same. Please investigate and take correct steps on getting this fixed/recalled before someone is killed.

CAR SHUTS OFF WHILE DRIVING. SOMETIMES WON'T START BACK UP. ISN'T RUNNING WELL. MOST LIKELY THE TIPM, WHICH SEEMS TO BE A BIG ISSUE FROM WHAT I'M FINDING WITH DODGE CARAVANS.

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.

ENGINE LIGHT HAS BEEN ON FOR QUITE SOME TIME. DEALERS UNABLE TO LOCATE PROBLEM. THOUGHT IT WAS CAMSHAFT SENSOR, REPLACED AND SAME ISSUES. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS NOT ALWAYS ON, SEEMS TO COME ON AFTER EXTENDED DRIVING. ON HIGHWAY, WITH ENGINE LIGHT ON TRACTION LIGHT WILL COME ON AND THE I WILL NOT BE ABLE TO ACCELERATE PAST ABOUT 60 MPH EVEN WHEN PRESSING GAS TO FLOOR. ON HIGHWAY THIS IS VERY SCARY AND DANGEROUS. I SEE SIMILAR COMPLAINTS AND I AM FRUSTRATED THAT NO ONE CAN FIGURE OUT THE PROBLEM WITH MY VEHICLE. BEEN DEALING WITH THIS FOR ALMOST TWO YEARS.

TPIM FUEL PUMP RELAY WENT BAD. LOOKED UP A VIDEO ON REPAIRING IT AND FOUND HOW TO BYPASS IT. THE VAN STARTED RIGHT UP WHEN THE FUEL PUMP RELAY WAS BYPASSED.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THE VEHICLE LOSS MOTIVE POWER AND STALLED. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A CERTIFIED MECHANIC WHO STATED THAT THE FUEL PUMP RELAY FAILED AND THE TIPM MODULE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED HOWEVER, THE FAILURE PERSISTED AND THE VEHICLE FAILED TO START. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE VIN WAS NOT UNDER RECALL. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 199,000.

TIPM FAILURE - 2011 DODGE CARAVAN MADE SAME YEAR AS DURANGO AND JEEP THAT WERE RECALLED FOR SAME ISSUE. HAD FUEL PUMP REPLACED ON 1/28/21 BUT CONTINUED TO CUT OUT WHILE DRIVING IN TRAFFIC ON BUSY HIGHWAY 10 TIMES WITHIN A QUARTER MILE DISTANCE.

TIPM - TOTAL INTEGRATED POWER MODULE FAILURE. CAR INTERMITTENTLY WON'T START, KEEPS THE FUEL PUMP ON DRAINING THE BATTERY, RADIO WON'T WORK, AIR CONDITIONING. I REPLACED THE BATTERY THE FIRST TIME IT DRAINED IT THINKING THE BATTERY WENT BAD. COST ME 3 TIMES IN TOWING CHARGES. FELT LIKE IT WAS STALLING WHILE DRIVING A FEW TIMES. CAN ONLY BE REPAIRED AT THE DEALER'S AND THEY SAY IT IS OVER $1,500 TO REPAIR.

THE GAS PUMP STAYS ACTIVATED AFTER THE CAR IS TURNED OFF; AS A CONSEQUENCE IT HAS DRAINED THE CAR BATTERY TWICE.

ABOUT 11/30 I WENT TO START THE CAR IN THE MORNING., THE FRONT WINDSHIELD WIPERS WERE ON WHEN I TURNED THE KEY, AND WOULD NOT CHANGE SPEED OR TURN OFF AS MUCH AS I TRIED THE BACK AND THEY WOULD NOT TURN ON. THE RADIO/ CLOCK DID WORK BUT NO LIGHTED INFORMATION AND SAME WITH THE SPEEDOMETER, THE GAS TANK, TEMPERATURE WARNING AND TACHOMETER LIGHTING. THE CAR STARTED, AND RESTARTED SEVERAL TIME WELL ENOUGH BUT THE DASHBOARD LIGHTS AND THE WIPERS DID NOT CHANGE. I TRIED TURNING THE KEY ON AND OFF WITHOUT STARTING THE CAR A NUMBER OF TIMES WITH DIFFERENT NUMBER OF TRIES BEFORE RESTARTING AS A POSSIBLE RESETTING WITH NO CHANGE. EVENTHOUGH IT HAD NO WORKING SPEEDOMATER I DROVE THE CAR FIRST AROUND THE BLOCK SEVERAL TIMES AND THEN TO MY LOCAL MECHANEC. I TALKED TO HIM HE DID NOT HAVE THE CORRECT EQUIPMENT FOR TESTING REQUIRED TO FIND THE PROBLEM. HE SUGGESTED I GO TO THE DEALER AND 1) SEE IF THEY HAD ANY RECALL OR UNPUBLISHED ISSUED REPAIR NOTICES ETC 2) GET AN ESTIMATE OF THE POSSIBLE COSTS AND TIMES FOR REPAIR. I THANKED HIM AND WAS IN MY CAR AGAIN WITHIN 15 MINUTES AND THE TOTAL PROBLEMS WENT AWAY, FRONT WIPERS OFF AND ALL THE DASHBOARD LIGHTS WORKED. THE CAR WORKED FOR 4 MORE TRIPS OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. ON DEC 3RD 2020, I STARTED THE CAR JUST FINE WENT ON THE EXPRESS WAY FOR THE FIRST TIME FOR A ABOUT 35 MINUTES TRIP. ABOUT 8 MINUTES INTO THE EXPRESSWAY DRIVE THE DASHBOARD LIGHTS WENT OUT AND THE WIPER WENT ON FOR ABOUT 1.5 MINUTES, BUT BEFORE I COULD EXIT THE EXPRESSWAY THEY WENT BACK ON AND I COULD TURN OFF THE WIPERS, A FEW MINUTES THEY WENT OUT AGAIN AND JUST AS SUDDENLY IN 2 MINUTES THEY WERE WORKING AGAIN. THERE WAS A THIRD TIME BEFORE MY EXIT THAT LASTED ONLY ABOUT 1 MINUTE. WHEN I GOT OFF AT THE USUAL EXIT I PARKED & TRIED TO SEE THE PROBLEM AGAIN FOR NEARLY 20 MINUTES WITH NO LUCK, I CONTINUED THE TRIP AND IT WAS UNEVENTFUL AS DRIVE BACK & SINCE NO PROBLEM.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT SHE WAS UNABLE TO START THE VEHICLE. THERE WAS NO WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER WAITING FOR 20 MINUTES, THE VEHICLE WAS STARTED AND DRIVEN TO HER DESTINATION. THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO GROGAN'S TOWNE CHRYSLER JEEP DODGE RAM (6100 TELEGRAPH RD, TOLEDO, OH 43612; (419) 476-0761), WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED WITH NEEDING TIPM MODULE TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER HAD NOT BEEN INFORMED OF FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 126,000.

FUEL PUMP RELAY WENT BAD. ALSO FOUND BROKEN OIL FILTER VALVE, BROKEN FLEX PIPE TO EXHAUST AND LEAKY TRANSMISSION LINES.

RELAY FUEL PUMP IS NOT FUNCTIONING

IT STARTED WITH MY VEHICLE NOT STARTING INTERMITTENTLY. AS THE PROBLEM GOT WORSE AT FIRST THOUGHT IT MAY BE THE FUEL PUMP. HAVING THIS REPLACED. THE VAN HAS COMPLETED WENT DEAD WHILE DRIVING IN TRAFFIC AND HAD KIDS IN CAR WITH ME. TRIES TO GO DEAD WHILE SITTING IDLE AT REDLIGHTS AND WILL SHAKE DURING ACCELARATION AND TRIES TO QUIT. READING ALOT ON THIS AND OTHERS HAVING THE SAME ISSUES. OTHER VEHICLES HAVE BEEN RECALLED FOR SAME ISSUES ALSO. THIS NEEDS TO BE RECALLED AND ADDRESS ASAP BEFORE SOMEONE IS INJURIED OR KILLED DUE TO THE VEHICLE GOING DEAD WHILE DRIVING IN TRAFFIC. PLEASE HELP ON GETTING THIS RECALL GOING. THIS IS NOT SAFE AT ALL!!!

VEHICLE WILL TURN OVER BUT NOT START AND OTHER TIMES IT WILL FINALLY START BUT THEN WILL DIE RIGHT AWAY. WE HAVE TRIED EVERYTHING UNDER THE STARS TO FIX IT AND ITS GETTING TO THE POINT THAT WE DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO. OUR BATTERY AND ALTERNATOR ARE GOOD EVERYTHING ELSE WORKS JUST FINE. THE VEHICLE IS ALWAYS PARKED ON FLAT SURFACE.

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.

VAN HAS A BAD TIPM WHICH FROM WHAT I HAVE READ SAYS COULD SET OFF AIRBAGS ANT TIME. SAFETY HAZARD

VAN LOSES BRAKES WHEN APPLIED OVER A POTHOLE OR OTHER ROUGH ROAD. IT TRAVELS FOR ABOUT 15 FEET THEN STOPS (REGARDLESS OF PUMPING THE BRAKE). IT BUILDS UP AFTER THE VAN STOPS. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS, OBVIOUSLY. PERHAPS THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL BECAUSE MANY OTHER PEOPLE HAVE REPORTED THIS PROBLEM. THIS HAS HAPPENED TWICE IN A MONTH (9/16/2020 WAS THE LAST TIME). ALSO, DEALERSHIPS APPEAR TO GUESS WHEN REPAIRING THE PROBLEM, COSTING CONSUMERS IN THE THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS.

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.

A BUZZING NOISE OCCURS EVERY TIME I HIT THE LOCK BUTTON.

VAN WILL BOG DOWN AND THEN JUST SHUT OFF. WILL ALSO TAKE 5-6 TIMES BEFORE IT WILL RESTART. THE ELECTRICAL GOES HAYWIRE RANDOMLY. FOUND OUT THE TIPM IS BAD AND THERE WAS A RECALL ON OTHER VEHICLES DOING THE SAME EXACT THING DURING THE SAME YEARS.

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.

DRIVING VAN IN TOWN 35 MPH WIPERS CAME ON BY THEMSELVES AND STAYED ON SWITCH IN THE OFF POSITION INFORMATION PANEL GOES OUT ALONG WITH SPEEDOMETER, TACH, AND GAGES VAN RUNS LIKE NORMAL. CHANGED TIPM NO CORRECTION FAILURE HAPPENED AT 156000 THOUSAND MILES

DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AT APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH BATTERY LIGHT CAME ON THEN ALL LIGHTS ON THE PANEL LIT UP. CAR DIED WHILE PULLING OFF THE ROAD AND STOPPED. DOORS WILL NOT WORK AND CAR WILL NOT START NOW. HAD A TODDLER IN THE BACKSEAT AND SIDE DOORS DO NOT OPEN MANUALLY, HAD TO CRAWL THROUGH FRONT SEAT AREA TO RELEASE CHILD RESTRAINTS AND PULL HIM OUT FROM THE FRONT

WHILE ON THE HIGHWAY THE ENGINE BEGAN TO LOSE POWER/SPEED. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE ENGINE WAS LOSING COMPRESSION IN THE CYLINDER DUE TO A DEFECTIVE LIFTER THAT CAUSES DAMAGE TO THE CAM

THESE VEHICLES HAVE AN ONGOING ISSUE OF HAVING THE CYLINDER 4 MISFIRE. YOU CAN HAVE THE SPARK PLUG, SPARK PLUG WIRE, THE COIL PACK, CYLINDER HEAD VALVE, FUEL INJECTOR, VACUUM, SHAFTS AND EVERYTHING ELSE REPLACED AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WILL STILL COME ON SAYING THAT THIS CYLINDER IS MISFIRING. I HAVE HEARD AND READ MANY ARTICLES THAT SAY THIS IS A COMMON ISSUE WITH THESE VEHICLES AND EVERYONE IS SURPRISED THAT THERE HAS NOT BEEN A RECALL TO REPAIR THIS ISSUE. AT THIS POINT, YOUR ONLY OPTION TO HAVE A RE-MANUFACTURED ENGINE INSTALLED WHICH CAN END UP COSTING MORE THAN YOU OWE ON THE CAR WHICH MANY PEOPLE CANNOT AFFORD. HOW CAN YOU ALLOW A VEHICLE TO HAVE THIS ISSUE AND NOT HAVE A SOLUTION TO FIX IT? THIS CODE APPEARED ON MARCH 2019 AFTER A WEEK OF PURCHASING THIS VEHICLE. I HAVE REPLACED EVERY PART THAT WOULD CAUSE THIS ERROR CODE AND THE ONLY OPTION IT TO REPLACE THE ENGINE. THIS IS JUST NOT FEASIBLE AS THIS IS A COMMON ISSUE WITH THIS CAR AND SHOULD BE REPLACED. *TR

BOTH SLIDING DOORS WERE WORKING FINE, THEN ONE DAY THE DRIVER'S SLIDING DOOR JUST FROZE--CAN'T OPEN IT ELECTRONICALLY OR MANUALLY. THE LOCK IS STUCK IN THE LOCKED POSITION AND THE POWER DOOR LOCK SWITCH WON'T MOVE THAT DOOR'S LOCK TO THE 'UNLOCK' POSITION. WHEN YOU TRY TO MOVE THE LOCK/UNLOCK BUTTON/LEVER ON THAT SLIDING DOOR, IT'S STUCK IN THE LOCKED POSITION--EVEN WITH A BUNCH OF FORCE I CAN'T MOVE THE LEVER TO THE UNLOCKED POSITION--I FEEL LIKE I'M GOING TO BREAK THE LEVER IF I FORCE IT TOO MUCH.

PASSENGER SIDE REAR SLIDING DOOR ACTUATOR STOPPED WORKING. SLIDING DOOR REMAINED IN LOCKED POSITION. REPLACED AND REPAIRED ACTUATOR AT BODY SHOP FOR $475. RECENTLY, THE DRIVERS SIDE REAR SLIDING DOOR ACTUATOR STOPPED WORKING. IT STARTED MAKING A LOUD BUZZING SOUND AND GOT STUCK IN THE LOCKED POSITION. *TR

SLIDING PASSENGER DOORS ON BOTH SIDES OF VAN REFUSE TO OPEN OR UNLOCK. DOORS CANNOT BE OPENED MANUALLY, WITH KEY FOB OR WITH THE BUTTON ON THE INTERIOR OF THE CAR. THIS PREVENTS PASSENGERS IN REAR (USUALLY CHILDREN) FROM BEING ABLE TO EXIT THE VEHICLE, WHICH COULD BE PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS IN THE EVENT OF A CRASH.

WHEN YOU PUT THE KEY IN IT IT JUST CRANKS AND CRANKS AND CRANKS BUT NEVER STARTS. WHEN IT FIRST STARTED IT WAS JUST OCCASIONALLY BUT NOW IT WONT START AT ALL SO IT JUST SITS IN THE DRIVEWAY. I'M A GRANDMOTHER RAISING HER GRANDCHILDREN BE NICE TO HAVE A VEHICLE TO TAKE THE BABIES TO THEIR APPTS. BUT OBVIOUSLY DODGE DOESN'T CARE BECAUSE THEY ARE AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM AND DONT WANT TO MAKE THE PART AVAILABLE TO US TO FIX IT SO WE SPEND THE MONEY FOR THESE VEHICLE TO SET IN OUR DRIVEWAYS. I PURCHASED THE VAN ON A FRIDAY AND WITHIN A WEEK IT STARTED HIT AND MISS STARTING AND BY THE SECOND WEEK IN IS NOW PARKED IN MY DRIVEWAY. THIS IS CRAZY DODGE YOU NEED TO MAKE THIS RIGHT OR AT LEAST MAKE THE PART AVAILABLE FOR US TO PURCHASE SO WE CAN FIX OUR VEHICLES

I THINK THE 2011 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN MAINSTREET SHOULD BE RECALLED. THE CARS ELECTRICAL SYSTEM IS ALWAYS FALLING LIGHTS COME ON WHILE IM DRIVING AND WON'T TURN OFF FOR A HALF HOUR LAYER NO MATTER WHAT I DO. THE AIR BAG LIGHTS ARE ALWAYS COMING ON AND THE TRANSMISSION IS FAILING WHEN YOU SHIFT INTO GEAR THERE'S ALWAYS A BIG GUMPING SOUND AND THE SHIFT GETS STUCK IN PARKED GEAR FOR MINUTES BEFORE IT WANTS TO SHIFT INTO GEAR. I'VE READ A LOT OF THE SAME PROBLEMS WITH THIS MAKE AND MODEL CAR THEY SHOULD BE RECALLED ITS DANGEROUS

VAN WON'T START SEVERAL TIME A WEEK BECAUSE OF A FAULTY T.I.P.M. DODGE KNOWS ABOUT THIS PROBLEM AND WON'T WARRANTY IT BECAUSE THEY HAVE NOT BEEN FORCED TO RECALL THIS PART/PROBLEM. MY WIFE USE'S THIS VAN FOR HER JOB AND IS IN SOME BAD NEIGHBORHOODS AND IS SCARED SOMEONE WILL HURT HER AND SHE CAN'T GET AWAY BECAUSE VAN WON'T START. THERE ARE SEVERAL PLACES ON THE INTERNET THAT REBUILDS THESE T.I.P.M.'S BECAUSE OF KNOWN PROBLEMS. DODGE EVEN HAS A BYPASS TO THE FUEL PUMP AS AN AFTERMARKET PART TO FIX SOME OF THESE ISSUES BUT NOT ALL OF THE PROBLEMS.THE FUEL PUMP RELAY HAS INTERMITTENT POWER TO THE RELAY AND THAT IS CAUSING THE NO START PROBLEM. THE INTERNET HAS PAGE AFTER PAGE'S OF CUSTOMER COMPLAINTS THAT HAS HAD OR HAVING THIS PROBLEM. THIS HAPPENS ALL TIMES DURING THE DAY WHEN STATIONARY. VAN CAN WORK PERFECT THEN WE STOP AND GET OUT AND A FEW MINUTES LATER WE GET BACK IN AND VAN CRANKS BUT WON'T START.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WITH THE VEHICLE TURNED OFF AND THE KEY OUT THE IGNITION, THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL SOUND COMING FROM THE ENGINE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WERE NO WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO (ANDERSON CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP RAM LOCATED AT 5711 E STATE ST, ROCKFORD, IL 61108) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE FUEL PUMP RELAY WAS DEFECTIVE AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED.THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 151,774.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE CONTACT COASTED TO THE SHOULDER. THE ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL AND THE SECURITY INDICATOR WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE RESIDENCE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR A DIAGNOSTIC. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 130,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

FOUND A PUDDLE OF OIL IN MY DRIVEWAY, TOOK TO MECHANIC, INFORMED ME THE ENGINE OIL FILTER HOUSING WAS BROKEN, AND HE HAD 10 OF THESE RECENTLY. ALSO TOLD ME WHEN HE CONTACTED DEALER FOR PARTS, THEY SAID THIS IS A COMMON OCCURRENCE, THATS WHY THEY KEEP A LOT IN STOCK.

DRIVER'S SIDE SLIDING DOOR WILL NOT UNLOCK MANUALLY, WITH BUTTON, OR WITH KEY FOB. I HAVE TRIED UNLOCKING THE DOOR WHILE DRIVING, IN PARK, AND WHEN TURNED OFF. I HAVE TRIED UNLOCKING THE DOOR MANUALLY AND THE LOCK IS STUCK IN THE LOCKED POSITION.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNDISCLOSED SPEED, THE VEHICLE VIBRATED ABNORMALLY WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT DEPRESSED THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WITH EXCESSIVE FORCE IN ORDER FOR THE SHAKING TO STOP. ADDITIONALLY, THE SERVICE ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE ATTEMPTING TO START THE VEHICLE, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO IMMEDIATELY START. SEVERAL ATTEMPTS WERE NEEDED TO START THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED AND THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE FUEL PUMP RELAY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. JEEP, CHRYSLER DODGE RAM & FIAT OF ONTARIO LOCATED AT 1202 AUTO CENTER DR, ONTARIO, CA 91761, 909-390-9898, WAS CONTACTED BY PHONE IN ATTEMPT TO PURCHASE THE NECESSARY PART FOR REPAIR. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT DUE TO NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V115000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM) THE PART WAS UNABLE TO BE PURCHASED. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURES. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 115,000. THE VIN WAS INVALID.

INTERMITTENT NO START ISSUE. ONLY HAPPENS WHEN THE VEHICLE IS WARM, I STOP FOR A QUICK STOP, AND ATTEMPT TO RESTART VEHICLE; NO START - NO CRANK, NO CLICK, NO HUM, NO HISS, NOTHING. AFTER 30 MINUTES TO AN HOUR THE VEHICLE WILL START WITH NO ISSUES. HAVE HAD VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP TWO DIFFERENT OCCASIONS YET UNABLE TO RECREATE THE NO START ISSUE. STARTER IS GOOD, ALTERNATOR IS GOOD. HAS HAPPENED IN WARM WEATHER AND IN COLD WEATHER AND HAS HAPPENED A DOZEN TIMES OR MORE SINCE DECEMBER 16, 2019.

VAN DOESNT ALWAYS START, TAKING MANY TRIES TO TURN OVER. HAS BEEN TO DODGE AND OTHER MECHANIC SEVERAL TIMES. BEEN TOLD THAT THE TIPM/ FUEL PUMP RELAY IS THE ISSUE. VAN HAS SHUT OFF INTERMITTENTLY ON THE HIGHWAY ON TWO OCCASIONS.

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.

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.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE STALLED AND WOULD SHUT OFF INTERMITTENTLY. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT MULTIPLE ELECTRICAL FAILURES OCCURRED, INCLUDING THE SPEEDOMETER BECOMING DEFECTIVE WHILE TRAVELING VARIOUS SPEEDS, MULTIPLE WARNING INDICATORS FLASHING OR REMAINING ILLUMINATED, AND THE HEADLIGHTS WOULD FADE OR FLICKER WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO GINN CHRYSLER JEEP DODGE (5190 US-278, COVINGTON, GA 30014) ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS TO BE SERVICED; HOWEVER, THE FAILURES CONTINUED. THE CONTACT ALSO HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO AN UNKNOWN DEALER IN MICHIGAN WHERE THE ALTERNATOR WAS REPLACE; HOWEVER, THE FAILURES CONTINUED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURES. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.

THE FUEL PUMP RELAY ON THE TOTALLY INTEGRATED POWER MODULE (TIPM) ON MY 2011 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN IS OPERATING INTERMITTENTLY WHICH IS CAUSING ENGINE STALLS AND HARD STARTS. AFTER RESEARCHING THE PROBLEM, I FOUND THAT THERE IS ALREADY A RECALL (SAFETY RECALL R09 / NHTSA 15V-115) FOR THE SAME ISSUE FOR OTHER DODGE AND JEEP VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH THE SAME ENGINE & TIPMS. TROUBLESHOOTING HAS VERIFIED THAT THE FUEL PUMP RELAY IS INDEED THE ISSUE. AN ATTEMPTING TO PURCHASE THE RELAY KIT CBWPR091AA SPECIFIED IN THE RECALL FROM MY LOCAL DODGE DEALER IN CONWAY ARKANSAS FAILED. THEY TELL ME THEY CAN'T SELL ME THE PART BECAUSE THE RECALL DOES NOT COVER MY VEHICLE AND THAT I WOULD HAVE TO BRING THE VEHICLE IN FOR A $1000+ TIPMS BOARD REPLACEMENT. DODGE IS EXTORTING EXORBITANT AMOUNTS FROM THEIR CUSTOMERS FOR EXPENSIVE REPAIRS THAT COULD BE DONE AT A TINY FRACTION OF THE COST IF CUSTOMERS WERE ALLOWED TO PURCHASE THAT SIMPLE RELAY KIT. MEANWHILE I'M HAVING TO OPERATE AN UNSAFE VEHICLE UNTIL I FIND ANOTHER SOURCE TO OBTAIN THE SPECIFIED PART IN THE RECALL. THIS MODEL VEHICLE SHOULD ALSO BE PART OF THAT SAFETY RECALL AND DODGE/CHRYSLER SHOULD BE INVESTIGATED FOR PUTTING THEIR CUSTOMERS AT RISK AS A RESULT OF THEIR UNETHICAL BUSINESS PRACTICES.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE REAR DRIVER'S SIDE SLIDING DOORS FAILED TO OPEN. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER OR AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 144,000.

WIRELESS IGNITION NODE (WIN) MODULE POSITION FAILS COMPROMISING THE ABILITY TO START THE ENGINE WITH KEY FOB. THIS WAS REPAIRED ONCE FOR 122 DOLLARS. THREE MONTHS LATER, DEALERSHIP WANTS 1200 TO FIX IT. VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY AND TOW TRUCK WAS REQUIRED.

VAN LOST ALL POWER MULTIPLE LIGHTS COME ON AND DASH HAD TO GET TOWED 200 MILES EVERYTHING IS POINTING TO THE TIPM TOTALLY INTEGRATED POWER MODULE BEING BEING BAD

IT STARTED WITH MY VEHICLE NOT STARTING INTERMITTENTLY. AS THE PROBLEM GOT WORSE AT FIRST WE THOUGHT IT MAY BE THE FUEL PUMP. AFTER EXTENSIVE SEARCHING IT WAS REVEALED TO BE A FAULTY TIPM MODULE THAT CAUSES ISSUES WITH THE FUEL SYSTEM. I CONTACTED DODGE AND THEY VALIDATED THAT THEY ARE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. THERE HAS BEEN RECALLS LISTED FOR MOST VEHICLES WITH THIS SAME MODULE, HOWEVER NOT FOR THE DODGE GRAND CARAVAN, I DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHY. THE ISSUE HAS NOW ESCALATED. WHILE DRIVING IN THE PITCH DARK TO WORK THE VEHICLE STARTED ACTING FUNNY, THEN ALL POWER SHUT OFF, STEERING LOCKED, FOB LOCKED IN IGNITION, NO LIGHTS, NO BLINKERS, RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD WHILE DRIVING. I HAD JUST DROPPED OFF MY SON SO GLAD HE WASN'T WITH ME. IT SEEMS THE PROBLEM ALL GOES BACK TO THE TIPM WHICH HAS BEEN DRAINING MY BATTERY AND CAUSING OTHER ELECTRICAL ISSUES. THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD. I CONTACTED DODGE AND THEY REFUSE TO DO ANYTHING TO HELP BECAUSE MY VEHICLE IS "OUTSIDE THE WARRANTY". I EXPLAINED HOW THIS PROBLEM DOESN'T EVEN START UNTIL APPROX. 70,000 MILES(I'M CURRENTLY AT 60,000). BEYOND THAT THE WARRANT Y WAS EXPIRED WHEN I PURCHASED IT USED FROM THE DODGE DEALER 3 YEARS AGO. I'VE CONTACTED DODGE NUMEROUS TIMES AND NO ONE OF ANY STATURE WILL EVEN TALK TO ME SINCE THE CASEWORKER CALLED THE CASE "CLOSED" BASED ON THE WARRANTY. I THINK THIS IS IMMORAL ON THE PART OF DODGE BEING THAT THIS HAS BEEN A PERSISTENT PROBLEM WITH THESES MODULES THAT GOES AS FAR BACK AS 2010, YET THEY CONTINUED TO USE IT. I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE SO MY WIFE CAN MOVE MY CHILD AROUND SAFELY, AND AM SCARED TO EVEN LET HER DRIVE IT. AT THE MOMENT NO ONE IS DRIVING IT BECAUSE IT DIED ON THE ROAD AND SMELLS LIKE THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM WAS BURNING. I AM CURRENTLY LOOKING FOR A WAY TO FIX THIS ISSUE. THE ESTIMATED COST OF REPAIR IS AROUND $2,000.00.

AFTER VEHICLE SITS FOR A PERIOD OF TIME ESPECIALLY WHEN IT IS COLD OR WET OUT THE VEHICLE WILL CONTINUE TO TURN OVER WITHOUT STARTING THE FUEL PUMP RELAY IS NOT OPPERATING AT ALL TIMES AS IT'S FAULTY WITH NO WAY TO REPLACE IT AS IT IS NOT SEPARATE ENTITY FROM THE TIPM CIRCUIT BOARD. SO THERE ARE DAYS WHERE THE VEHICLE IS NOT DRIVABLE AS IT WILL NOT START DO TO THE PROBLEM OF NO FUEL BEING INJECTED INTO THE ENGINE DUE TO A BAD OR FAULTY FUEL PUMP RELAY.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SEAT BELT IN THE CENTER ROW OF THE VEHICLE WAS INOPERABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BUCKLE FAILED TO LATCH SECURELY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. GARY MILLER CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP RAM (5746 PEACH ST, ERIE, PA 16509, (814) 868-3635) WAS CONTACTED BY PHONE AND INFORMED OF THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT COVERED UNDER ANY WARRANTIES. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 91,794.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ENGINE FAILED. SHE NOTICED SMOKE UNDER THE HOOD WHILE DRIVING AND THE CHECK ENGINE INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO LOCATED FAILURE CODE: P0302, WHICH INDICATED THAT THE ENGINE SOLENOID HEAD NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE WARRANTY EXTENSION FOR THE ENGINE REPLACEMENT AND THE REPAIR ONLY COVERED 150 MILES AND 10 YEARS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 153,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. WHILE DRIVING AT UNKNOWN SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF POWER. THE CONTACT MANAGED TO MOVE THE VEHICLE TO THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD AND TURNED OFF THE ENGINE. THE VEHICLE FAILED TO RESTART. AAA TOWED THE VEHICLE TO TOM AHL CHRYSLER, DODGE, JEEP, RAM (617 KING AVE, LIMA, OH 45805, (419) 909-6322) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TOTALLY INTEGRATED FUSE BOX POWER MODULE FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND PROVIDED CASE NUMBER: 68053361. THE CONTACT WAS ADVISED TO CALL NHTSA. THE CONTACT ALSO REFERENCED NHTSA ACTION NUMBER: DP14004DP14004(ELECTRICAL SYSTEM). THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 140,000. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN.

MY DODGE GRAND CARAVAN IS HARD TO START. SOMETIMES IT CRANKS FOR MINUTES WITHOUT STARTING, LIKE IT'S OUT OF GAS. THEN IT WILL START AND RUN FINE. SOMETIMES IT STARTS, BUT CHUGS AND DIES RIGHT AWAY. THIS HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES IN THE MONTH OF OCTOBER 2019 BUT IT WAS WORSE ON 10/27/19. OTHER 2011 MODELS HAVE HAD RECALLS FOR THE TIPM, THE GRAND CARAVAN HAS NOT.

WHILE I WAS SLIGHTLY ACCELERATING FROM A STOP LIGHT AND TURNING AROUND A CORNER GOING 5-10 MPH MY DRIVERS SIDE QUARTER WINDOW EXPLODED AND THE DRIVERS SIDE NEAR PASSENGER WINDOW SHATTERED. I WAITED FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT TO ACCESS THE SCENE TO SEE IF SOMETHING HIT MY CAR AND THEY CONCLUDED THAT NOTHING ENTERED OR EXITED MY VEHICLE. THEY ADVISED ME TO CONTACT DODGE ABOUT DEFECTIVE WINDOWS BECAUSE THERE WAS NOTHING ELSE THAT CAUSED THIS AND NO DAMAGE TO THE VAN OTHER THAN THE WINDOWS. DODGE IS NOT ASSUMING ANY RESPONSIBILITY AND IS DENYING REIMBURSEMENT. THIS SHOULD NOT BE ABLE TO HAPPEN. UPON RESEARCHING IF THIS HAS HAPPENED TO ANYONE ELSE IT APPEARED TO HAPPENED TO SEVERAL OTHER PEOPLE. THIS IS A HUGE SAFETY CONCERN. MY CHILDREN WERE IN THE BACK SEAT. MY DAUGHTER HAD SHATTERED GLASS ALL OVER HER WITH GLASS DOWN HER SHIRT AND SHE WAS SCREAMING. MY VEHICLE IS OLDER BUT CLEARLY IF THIS IS A 'NORMAL' THING TO HAPPEN FOR A VEHICLE THIS AGE THEN ALL DODGE VEHICLES SHOULD BE TAKEN OFF THE ROAD AT A CERTAIN AGE/MILEAGE. I WAS MORE THAN WILLING TO DO ANYTHING NECESSARY FOR DODGE TO INSPECT THE VEHICLE BUT KEPT GETTING TOLD THAT THEY WERE PROCESSING THE CLAIM AND THAT THERE WAS NOTHING MORE THEY NEEDED FROM ME. WHEN THEY CALLED TO TELL ME THEY DENIED MY CLAIM THEY ACTED LIKE THEY DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH EVIDENCE TO SHOW THAT THEY WERE AT FAULT BECAUSE AN INSPECTION WAS NOT DONE.

ANYBODY OUT THERE WITH A HUMAN SENSE , LISTEN UP I WAS STRANDED ON THE ROAD MILES AWAY FROM ANY SORT OF AID THIS VAN JUST DIE , I TRY TO STARTED MULTIPLE TIMES BUT IT DIDN'T WORK FINALLY I HAD A TOW TRUCK PICK UP THE VEHICLE , WHICH WAS VERY EXPENSIVE. JUST TO TELL ME THAT THERE IS A FACTORY MALFUNCTION IN THE ELECTRICALL SYSTEM EVER SINCE HAS BEEN DYING AND SOMETIMES TURNING ON EVENTUALLY, THIS IS NOT A RELIABLE CAR FOR A FAMILY , THERE HAS TO BE A RECALLL IT'S NOT RIGHTTT THIS BIG MANUFACTURING DO A BAD JOB AND WE PAY FOR IT BIG TIME I HAVE CHILDREN LITTLE BABIES .

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2011 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN THE DRIVEWAY, IT WOULD NOT START AND THE BRAKE WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. A BYSTANDER ASSISTED WITH JUMPSTARTING THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT NOTICED AN ABNORMAL POPPING NOISE AND, WITHIN SECONDS, FLAMES APPEARED UNDER THE HOOD OF THE VEHICLE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CONTACTED AND EXTINGUISHED THE FLAMES. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE CONTACT CALLED HER INSURANCE COMPANY TO HAVE THE VEHICLE INSPECTED, BUT WAS INFORMED THAT HER INSURANCE COVERAGE HAD EXPIRED. THE HOOD AND DRIVER'S SIDE OF THE VEHICLE WERE DAMAGED. THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS NOT DETERMINED. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 132,000.*DT*DT *TR

HAVING PROBLEMS STARTING MY GRAND CARAVAN. IT IS AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM THAT HAS BEEN GETTING WORSE. THE STARTER JUST CRANKS BUT THE VAN DOES NOT TURN OVER. THEN OUT OF NOWHERE IT FIRES UP. I TOOK IT TO THE MECHANIC AND THEY COULDN'T DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. THEN WHEN I GOT IT BACK IT STARTED HAPPENING AGAIN. REVIEWING ONLINE QUERIES IT SEEMS CAN BE A FAULTY TIPM MODULE, SOMETHING WITH THE FUEL SYSTEM RELAY. I'VE SEEN MANY POSTS WITH THIS ISSUE YET THERE SEEMS NO RECALL FOR THE PART, THUS THIS COMPLAINT. THANK YOU

I HAVE HAD MY VAN NOW FOR ABOUT 700 MILES, WE BOUGHT IT USED FROM A LOCAL DEALERSHIP. I RAN THE VAN THROUGH AN AUTOMATIC CAR WASH, AND WHEN I PUT THE VAN BACK INTO GEAR AND BEGAN TO MOVE THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. SO I TURNED OFF THE VAN HOPING TO RESET THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND THE VAN DID NOT WANT TO START BACK UP. (AT THIS POINT I AM IN A ALLEY WITH ONE WAY TRAFFIC) FINALLY I GOT THE VAN TO START BUT THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS STILL ON WHEN I PUT IT INTO GEAR IT SPUTTERED AND THEN STOPPED IT GAVE A RED LIGHT WITH A BOLT THROUGH IT AND ALSO THE OIL LIGHT CAME ONE. AGAIN I TRIED SEVERAL TIMES TO START THE VEHICLE AND FINALLY GOT IT TO GO AGAIN. THEN WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD IT BEGAN SHIFTING ON ITS OWN, IT IS AN AUTOMATIC BUT THE 1, 2, 4, 3 , 2 , 1 GEARS BEGAN SHOWING AN FINALLY IT STALLED, LUCKY I WAS ABLE TO COAST INTO A PARKING LOT. THIS VEHICLE IS NOT TRUST WORTHY. PLEASE INVESTIGATE THIS ISSUE. I DO HAVE SOME VIDEO OF THESE THINGS HAPPENING.

MY CAR KEPT STALLING AND CUTTING OFF. IT WOULD CUT OFF AT TIMES WHILE DRIVING ON BUSY CITY STREETS, JUST BEFORE TOTALLY SHUTTING DOWN.THOUGHT IT WAS THE BATTERY AND HAD THAT REPLACED. NOTHING ELSE WAS READING AS AN ISSUE THAT WOULD CAUSE THIS PROBLEM. I KNEW IT WAS LARGER PROBLEM WHEN I WAS UNABLE TO JUMP START MY VEHICLE OR FEED IT GAS USING THE PEDAL. CAR NO LONGER STARTS. APPARENTLY I NO LONGER HAVE POWER TO MY FUEL PUMP, AND THE RELAY IS INTEGRATED INTO THE FUSE BOX. UPON DOING SOME RESEARCH THIS IS A COMMON ISSUE THAT CAUSES THE VEHICLE TO RANDOMLY SHUT OFF. DEALERSHIPS WANT $1200 TO FIX.

FOR SEVERAL MONTHS NOW I HAVE DEALT WITH A PROBLEM WITH THE FUEL PUMP NOT TURNING OFF AFTER THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN SHUT OFF. IT HAS DRAIN THE BATTERY DEAD. NOW IT HAS EVOLVED INTO A PROBLEM WHERE THE CAR IS STALLING AND SHUTTING CAR SYSTEMS DOWN WITHOUT NOTICE. THANK GOODNESS I WAS NOT MOVING WHEN IT STALLED. IT APPEARS IT IS A PROBLEM WITH THE FUEL PUMP MODULE RELAY. DODGE NEEDS TO FIX THIS PROBLEM. THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY HAZARD.

THE 2011 DODGE CARAVAN TIPM MODULE CAUSING AL TYPE OF ISSUES, THESE ISSUES ARE KNOWN BY DODGE/CHRYSLER IS THERE A RECALL FOR THIS WELL DOCUMENTED FAULTY PART THIS PART CAN SINGLE HANDEDLY DISABLE AND OPERATION. THE ENGINE WONT START BECAUSE FUEL PUMP NOT ENGAGING THE VAN WONT SHIFT OUT OF PARK, THE AC FAN TURNS ON WHEN IT FEELS LIKE, THE TIPM CONTROLS PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING ITS A $1500 THE INTERNET IS FULL OF COMPLAINTS I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW THIS ISN'T A RECALL I JUST TRIED TO SEE IF DODGE COULD ORDER ONE COST WAS $1500 FOR PART AND INSTALL THE BEST PART WAS IS THEY ARE BACKORDERED AND NO ETA FOR PART THIS PART GOES BAD YOUR VEHICLE IS USELESS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. WHILE THE CONTACT'S WIFE WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE VEHICLE DID NOT RESPOND APPROPRIATELY WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. THE CONTACT DEPRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOORBOARD, BUT THE VEHICLE STILL FAILED TO RESPOND. AS A RESULT, THE DRIVER REAR ENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED PRIOR TO THE FAILURE. THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED A SORE ANKLE, WHICH WAS EXAMINED BY A MEDIC, BUT THERE WERE NO SERIOUS INJURIES. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE SUSTAINED FRONT END DAMAGE, BUT WAS NOT DESTROYED. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 138,000.

INTERMITTENT STARTING PROBLEMS, WILL JUST KEEP CRANKING AND NOT TURN OVER. PROBLEM CONTINUES TO HAPPEN MORE OFTEN OVER TIME.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 DODGE CARAVAN VEHICLE WOULD NOT IMMEDIATELY START OWNER BECAME STRANDED FUSE FAULTY, ELECTRICAL FAULT THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE ATTEMPTING TO START THE ENGINE THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT IMMEDIATELY START. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE LOCAL DEALER JIM RIEHO JEEP(32899 VAN DYKE, WARREN MI.) WHO REPLACED THE STARTER BUT THE FAILURES CONTINUED TO OCCUR. THE CONTACT DISCOVERED A TSB(08-02411 REV-A) RELATED TO THE FAILURE WHICH REFERENCED THE M27 FUSE REPAIR. THE M27 FUSE WAS PULL OUT AND RESET AND THE FAILURE WAS CORRECTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE BUT NO ASSISTANCE WAS OFFERED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 110,000.

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 NHTSA 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.

INTERNAL FUEL PUMP RELAY FAILURE WITHIN TIPM

THERE IS A FAULTY TIPM IN MY 2011 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. THIS CAUSES MY VEHICLE TO STALL IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD OR NOT START WHEN I AM AWAY FROM HOME. WE HAVE BEEN STUCK BLOCKING TRAFFIC ON THE MIDDLE OF A BUSY HIGHWAY MULTIPLE TIMES DUE TO A FUEL PUMP RELAY THAT STOPS WORKING AND DISRUPTS GAS FLOW TO THE ENGINE. CURRENTLY MY CAR IS DISABLED DUE TO THIS TIPM. DIESEL DODGE VEHICLES ARE UNSAFE DUE TO THE DISRUPTION IN THE POWER MODULE THAT SUPPLIES EVERY SYSTEM IN THE CAR WITH POWER TO KEEP THE VEHICLE RUNNING. AS I WAS DRIVING TODAY, MY AIR CONDITIONER STOPPED, ALL LIGHTS ON THE DASHBOARD LIT UP AND I'LL TRY AM IS IN THE CAR WE'RE ARRANGING THIS CAUSED ME TO TURN AND GO HOME IMMEDIATELY SO I WOULD NOT GET STUCK IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HIGHWAY. ONCE I GOT HOME I WAS ON ABLE TO START MY VEHICLE AND IT CURRENTLY HAS NO POWER AT ALL

MY VEHICLE WAS AT JEFF WYLER CHRYSLER, DODGE AND JEEP IN BATAVIA, OHIO FOR A WEEK PLUS A FEW DAYS. IN ALL OF THAT TIME THAT THIS VEHICLE WAS HAVING ITS TRANSMISSION ISSUES DIAGNOSED AND INSPECTED, THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT FAILED TO ADDRESS THE OPEN RECALL OF NHTSA RECALL #17V-376, FCA RECALL #T33 FOR THE STEERING WHEEL WIRING. THE DEALERSHIP KNOWS ABOUT OPEN RECALLS AND, YET FAILED TO PERFORM THE REPAIRS ON THIS VEHICLE. INSTEAD, IT ALLOWED MY VEHICLE TO BE TOWED FROM ITS LOT BACK TO MY HOME ADDRESS, DESPITE KNOWING THAT IT FAILED TO ADDRESS THE RECALL. DODGE CUSTOMER CARE REPRESENTATIVES INFORMED ME OF THIS RECALL WHILE I WAS ON THE PHONE WITH THEM AND STILL THE DEALERSHIP DID NOT EVEN MAKE MENTION OF THIS. THEY FAILED TO REPAIR THE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS OR FATAL ISSUES WITH THE VEHICLE AND DODGE FAILED TO ENSURE THAT THE VEHICLE RECALL WAS COMPLETED DURING ALL OF MY CONVERSATIONS WITH DODGE AND DODGE EXECUTIVE OFFICE PERSONNEL.

DODGE HAS KNOWN ABOUT ISSUES WITH TRANSMISSIONS FOR YEARS 2011 GRAND CARAVAN MODELS AND HAS PUT OUT SEVERAL TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETINS REGARDING THESE ISSUES AND ISSUES WITH OXYGEN SENSORS AS WELL. NOW, MY VEHICLE IS AT A DEALERSHIP WITH A TRANSMISSION THAT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED AND FAULTY O2 SENSORS THAT TOTAL BETWEEN $6,000 AND $7,000 WORTH OF WORK. DODGE ALSO KNOWS ABOUT BRAKE ISSUES THAT AFFECT THE SAFE OPERATION AND STOPPING OF THESE MODELS AND HAS YET TO REPAIR ANY OF THESE ISSUES.

WHEN YOU PLACE KEY IN IGNITION CAR WILL NOT TURN OVER. THERE IS A CONSTANT CLICKING SOUND , BUT CAR WILL NOT START. AFTER NUMEROUS ATTEMPTS CAR WILL ONLY START IF YOU TAKE CAR OUT OF PARK, THEN SHIFT INTO REVERSE AND THEN BACK INTO PARK. ONCE THIS HAS BEEN DONE THEN CAR WILL START.

2011 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN HAD A FAULTY TIPM AND IS A KNOWN PROBLEM COSTING WELL OVER $1500.00 AT DODGE TO GET A NEW TIPM. THIS EFFECTS THE STABILITY CONTROL MODULE, THE TRANSMISSION ELECTRONIC SHIFTING, THE BRAKE LIGHTS AND THE AIR CONDITIONING JUST TO NAME A FEW ISSUES. WE HAVE REACHED OUT TO DODGE AND THEY WILL NOT COVER IT.

VAN WOULD TURN OVER BUT NOT START. THIS CONTINUES TO HAPPEN OVER AND OVER. THE DEALERSHIP TOLD ME I NEEDED A NEW TIPM AND FUEL PUMP. BUT FOUND OUT THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM, AND THEY ISSUED A RECALL FOR OTHER VEHICLES WITH THIS SAME PART. IT IS THE FUEL RELAY SWITCH INSIDE OF TIPM THAT GOES BAD. IT SEEMS THE FUEL PUMP IS FINE. I CAN BUY A REPAIR PART VERY CHEAP. THIS IS PLASTERED ALL OVER ONLINE AND I THINK THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM AND SHOULD BE A RECALL!

WHEN DRIVING, THE VAN WILL START SHAKING AND SHUT DOWN. THIS HAS HAPPENED WHILE IN PARK TOO. ALSO, WHEN VAN WON'T START, WE OPEN UP THE FUSE BOX AND SOMETIMES JUST BY PUTTING YOUR HAND ON THE FUSE BOX THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM WILL "START-UP" THEN WE CAN CYCLE THE VAN ON. THIS HAS HAPPENED WHILE PARKED OUTSIDE THE BANK AND WHILE AT A RED LIGHT IN TRAFFIC.

FUEL PUMP RELAY IS FAULTY AND NOT SERVICEABLE. POWER TO FUEL PUMP CAN AND DOES CUT OUT WITHOUT WARNING. MY CAR HAS ONLY 54;653 MILES WHEN RELAY QUITE. AN AFTERMARKET BYPASS DEVISE WAS NEEDED TO KEEP VEHICLE RUNNING. LUCKILY MY VEHICLE WAS PARKED WHEN RELAY STOPPED WORKING.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE CONTACT PULLED OVER AND RESTARTED THE VEHICLE AND THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE FAILURE OCCURRED INTERMITTENTLY. AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC REPAIRED THE CAMSHAFT AND FUEL PUMP, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED A THIRD TIME. THE MANUFACTURER AND DEALER WERE NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 113,000.

2011 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN WAS BEING DRIVEN FROM LAS VEGAS TO LOMA LINDA CALIFORNIA DOWN SOUTH I-15 NEAR BARSTOW CALIFORNIA AT 70 MILES PER HOUR AROUND 2:30PM ON A MONDAY AFTERNOON APRIL 15,2019. HE WAS HIT IN THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. SENT VEHICLE ROLLING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AND OFF THE HIGHWAY DOWN AN EMBANKMENT INTO A FENCE. THE VEHICLE CAME TO REST ON THE DRIVERS SIDE. NONE OF THE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED! MANY OF THE WINDOWS WERE BROKEN OUT. WITH THE FORCE OF THE ROLLOVER CRASH THE FRONT WINDSHIELD WAS SMASHED IN. NONE OF THE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED ANYWHERE IN THE VEHICLE. THE FRONT DRIVERS DOOR WAS ALSO BROKEN AT THE DOOR FRAME. MY CONCERN IS THAT THE AIRBAGS SHOULD HAVE DEPLOYED DUE TO THE FORCE OF THE ROLL OVER SEVERAL TIME AND DOWN AN EMBANKMENT.

TAKATA RECALL. 2011 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. WE BOUGHT IT IN JUNE 2018 ..PROBLEMS BEGAN IN JILY 2018. IT BEGAN WITH TIRE SENSOR LIGHT COMING ON AND STAYING ON BUT NO ISSUES....THEN ADVANCED TO NOT STARTING AT ALL..EVALUATION RESULTING IN SEVERAL TOWING BILLS EVEN AFTER 2 NEW FUEL PUMPS PUT IN..THEN A FUEL PUMP RELAY. RAN FOR A WHILE AND CONTINUED TO SHUT POWER OFF WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAYS, BACK RDS. NO WARNING LIGHTS JUST SHUT OFF. MORE TOWING COSTS. VERY DANGEROUS SITUATIONS DUE TO NO WARNING AND WHILE DRIVING WHEN VEHICLE JUST OFF. NOW U UNDERSTANDING NUMEROUS DODGE GRAND CARAVANS DEALING W SAME ISSUES AND REFUSING RECALL...PUTTING LIVES AT HIGH RISK ESPECIALLY W A SPECIAL NEEDS IN VEHICLE, MY LITTLE KIDS AND KIDS SCOUT FRIENDS. ITS CURRENTLY UNABLE TO SAFELY DRIVE DUE TO ITS UNEXPECTED SHUT OFF WHILE DRIVING

BOTH REAR AUTO DOORS AUTOMATICALLY SHUT AS SOON AS THEY OPEN. THEY DO NOT STAY OPEN LONG ENOUGH TO SAFELY REMOVE MY DISABLED CHILD FROM THE REAR SEATING. IT HAS BECOME A SAFETY HAZARD. IF I TURN AUTOMATIC FEATURE OFF, IT DOES THE SAME THING STILL. AS SOON AS THE DOOR OPENS ALL THE WAY, IT AUTOMATIC SHUTS ITSELF. THIS HAS BEEN AN ISSUE FOR A FEW WEEKS NOW.

ON OCCASION THE FUEL PUMP WOULD REMAIN ON AFTER THE KEY WAS TURNED OFF. THIS WAS BEING CAUSED BY THE FUEL PUMP RELAY GETTING STUCK. HAD TO PULL THE FUSE TO GET IT TO STOP. TWICE THIS LEFT ME STRANDED WITH A DEAD BATTERY. NOTICED THAT THERE IS A RECALL FOR CHRYSLER, THESE ARE THE SAME VEHICLES, RECALL SHOULD BE ISSUED FOR THE DODGE ALSO.

THIS VEHICLE HAS HAD MULTIPLE ISSUES WITH PREMATURE BRAKE PAD WEAR. IN FACT, IN OCTOBER 2017, THE VEHICLE HAD THE FOLLOWING COMPONENTS REPLACED: CALIPERS (BOTH FRONT AND BOTH REAR), ROTORS (BOTH FRONT AND BOTH REAR), BRAKE PADS (BOTH FRONT AND BOTH REAR) REPLACED BY PEP BOYS IN EASTGATE, OHIO. IT HAS ONLY BEEN JUST OVER 6 MONTHS AND BOTH FRONT SIDE BRAKE PADS HAVE TO BE REPLACED, YET AGAIN! THERE IS OBVIOUSLY SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE ENGINEERING OF THIS VEHICLE BRAKING SYSTEM AND IT HAS BEEN REPORTED ON MANY CONSUMER COMPLAINT SITES AND FILED WITH DODGE/CHRSYLER AND THEY REFUSE TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND REPAIR THE VEHICLES. THE BRAKE PADS ARE WEARING PREMATURELY UNDER NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS, NO MATTER WHAT TYPE OF WEATHER IS PRESENT. THE BRAKE PADS WILL FAIL AND RESULT IN SERIOUS OR FATAL ACCIDENTS, IF THEY HAVE NOT ALREADY.

2011 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARD TO VEHICLE'S PCM MALFUNCTION CAUSING THE ALTERNATOR TO OVERHEAT AND BATTERY TO FAIL. *AS *TR

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.

THERE ARE TWO FACETS OF THIS ISSUE. FIRST ISSUE: IT BEGAN STARTING HARD BACK IN NOVEMBER IT WOULD CRANK BUT NOT TURN OVER AND START. IT WILL OFTEN LEAVE US STRANDED MYSELF AND YOUNG CHILDREN FOR 20-45 MINUTES WAITING FOR IT TO START.SECOND ISSUE: THE FUEL PUMP WILL REMAIN RUNNING WHEN VEHICLE IS SHUT OFF AND CONTINUE TO RUN TILL BATTERY IS DEAD. ALTERNATOR HAS BEEN REPLACED IN PAST YEAR AND HAS BEEN TESTED TO BE GOOD, BATTERY HAD TO BE REPLACED TWICE IN TWO YEARS. WHEN DIAGNOSED BY A DODGE DEALERSHIP THE ISSUE IS SAID TO BE A POWER DISTRIBUTION MODULE WHICH COSTS $1,008.00 NOT INCLUDING LABOR. THE PART IS ORDERED BUT ON NATIONAL BACKORDER WITH NO ESTIMATED TIME OF ARRIVAL.

VAN WAS IN MOTION ON CITY STREET (TAKING DAUGHTER TO SCHOOL) WHEN IT STARTED SHAKING AND THEN THERE WAS A BURNING SMELL. AUTO SHOP SAID IT'S ELECTRICAL BUT HAS REFERRED US TO DEALERSHIP FOR FURTHER AUTO SERVICE BECAUSE WHATEVER CAUSED BURNING SMELL "SHORTED OUT THE RADIO / INFORMATION CONTROL UNIT" THE VAN IS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE WITH THIS ISSUE OR IT COULD CATCH FIRE.

VEHICLE STOPS STATING, BATTERY DRAINS. PROBLEM DIAGNOSIS POINTS TO FUEL PUMP, HOWEVER REPLACING FUEL PUMP DOES NOT RESOLVE THE ISSUE. THE ISSUE IS TPN MALFUNCTION. THE COST TO REPLACE THIS DEVICE IS ASTRONOMICAL AND THE BYPASS IS NOT FUEL EFFICIENT, OR LONG LASTING.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TOTALLY INTEGRATED POWER MODULE (TIPM) FAILED, WHICH CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO SHUT OFF WITHOUT WARNING WHILE DRIVING. THE FAILURE ALSO CAUSED THE DOORS TO LOCK ON THEIR OWN. IN ADDITION, THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TIPM DRAINED THE VEHICLE'S BATTERY. EVERY TIME SHE ATTEMPTED TO DRIVE, SHE HAD TO DISCONNECT AND RECONNECT THE BATTERY IN ORDER FOR THE BATTERY TO FUNCTION PROPERLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO APPLE FORD SHAKOPEE (1624 WESTON CT, SHAKOPEE, MN 55379) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TIPM NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 90,000.

CAR INCIDENTALLY DOES T START !!!! DELAY FUEL PUMP TIPM DOESN'T WORK PROPERLY !

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. WHEN THE CONTACT PLACED THE KEY INTO THE IGNITION AND ATTEMPTED TO START THE ENGINE, NOTHING IN THE VEHICLE OPERATED. THE CONTACT HAD TO TURN THE KEY IN THE IGNITION A FEW TIMES BEFORE THE VEHICLE WORKED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE OCCURRED INTERMITTENTLY. BURNS MOTORS (1300 US-83 BUS, MCALLEN, TX 78501) WAS CONTACTED AND STATED THAT THEY WERE UNABLE TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE BECAUSE IT WAS NOT INCLUDED IN AN UNKNOWN RECALL. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 160,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. WHILE DRIVING HIGH SPEEDS, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL BECAME STUCK. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER AND DEALER WERE NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 140,000.

WOULD NOT START . DEALER SAID WAS TIPM. OTHER PEOPLE WITH VEHICLE LIKE MINE SAID THEIRS DID SAME THING THEN STALLED ON ROAD AND GOT REAR ENDED THANK GOD THAT PART DIDN'T HAPPEN TO ME BUT IT COULD HAVE. SAFETY ISSUE ???? I HAD TROUBLE GETTING IT TO START THEN I COULD HERE SOMETHING RUNNING IN THE BACK BY GAS CAP DIDN'T KNOW WHAT IT WAS. THE NEXT MORNING I WENT OUT TO TRY TO START IT AND THE BATTERY WAS DEAD. THE PUMP IN THE GAS TANK WAS WHAT WAS RUNNING AND DRAINED THE BATTERY. GOT A JUMP FROM REPAIR PLACE IN TOWN. DROVE IT WHEN I GOT HOME AND THEN HAVE TO LEAVE IN MORNING IT WOULD NOT START LIKE IT WASN'T GETTING ANY GAS. TURNED OVER JUST WOULD NOT FIRE. HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED TO DEALER. ONLY HAD 86000 MILES ON IT.

CAR WILL BE IN MOTION AND LOSES ALL POWER WITHOUT WARNING. PER FORUMS I HAVE SEEN THIS IS A WELL KNOWN PROBLEM BUT THERE IS NO RECALL.

VEHICLE STALLS/DIES WHILE DRIVING. MY FAMILY WAS ON THE FREEWAY AND THE DODGE CARAVAN JUST DIED. LIGHTS STILL WORKED BUT ENGINE SUDDENLY QUIT RUNNING. HAD TO COAST TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AFTER ALMOST BEING RUN OVER BY OTHER VEHICLES. A POLICE OFFICER HAD TO PUSH VEHICLE OFF OF FREEWAY. THIS HAS HAPPENED INTERMITTENTLY ON CITY STREETS AND 3 TIMES ON THE FREEWAY. IT HAPPENS AT SLOW AND FAST SPEEDS. IT IS EXTREMELY UNSAFE AND SCARY. WE HAD A FUEL PUMP RELAY BYPASS INSTALLED AS WE'VE READ THIS COULD BE THE PROBLEM. BUT VEHICLE STILL DIES WHILE DRIVING. SOMEONE IS GOING TO GET HURT OR KILLED. PLEASE HELP!

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!

THE HORN HONKS AND THE DOORS LOCK WHENEVER THEY FEEL LIKE IT. SCARED IT WILL LOCK MY KIDS IN THE VEHICLE. IT STARTED ON ITS OWN LAST NIGHT. WE HAD TO UNHOOK BATTERY OF FEAR IT WOULD START AGAIN. THE TIPM IS CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO DO RANDOM THINGS IT WOULDNT NORMALLY DO. LIKE SHUT OFF WHILE OPERATING WITH NO NOTICE OR JUST NOT START.

THE AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON. I RESEARCHED IF THERE WERE ANY RECALLS ON AIRBAGS FOR MY VEHICLE AND IT WAS FOUND THERE IS. WHAT CAN I DO ABOUT THIS?

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.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. WHEN THE ENGINE WAS TURNED OFF, THE FUEL PUMP CONTINUED TO OPERATE. AS A RESULT, THE BATTERY DIED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TRACTION, ABS, AND CHECK ENGINE WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S HOME AFTER A FEW OCCURRENCES. THE CONTACT PLANNED TO TAKE THE VEHICLE TO FRANK FLETCHER DODGE JEEP CHRYSLER (3314 STADIUM BLVD, JONESBORO, AR 72404, (870) 277-2011) FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 200,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS TURNED OFF AFTER DRIVING, THE FUEL PUMP CONTINUED TO OPERATE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

STATIONARY FAILS TO START. ENGINE CRANKS BUT DOES NOT START.DOES NOT STORE AN ERROR CODE.

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.

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.

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.

WIPERS ON INTERMITTENTLY AND WILL NOT TURN OFF. NO INTERIOR LIGHTS OR DASH LIGHTS, THEN ALL LIGHTS ON INSTRUMENT PANEL/WARNING LIGHTS COME ON. LOUD SQUEALING NOISE AND CHATTERING NOISE FROM INSTRUMENT PANEL. VAN WILL NOT START. SLIDING DOOR SOMETIMES OPENS ON IT'S OWN. VEHICLE IS USUALLY PARKED AND HAPPENS ON START UP, BUT HAS OCCASIONALLY HAPPENED WHILE DRIVING.

FIRST THING I NOTICED WAS THE TIRE PRESSURE GAUGES COME OFF AND ON RANDOMLY EVEN THOUGH THE PRESSURE IS CORRECT. SOMETIMES, MY VANS SLIDING DOORS WHEN THEY SHOULD BE OPENING, START CLOSING BEFORE THE DOOR IS EVEN OPEN COMPLETELY AND WITHOUT ANYONE HITTING THE BUTTON TO CLOSE (MY 3 YEAR OLD FINGERS WERE SMASHED IN THE DOOR DUE TO THIS. LUCKILY, XRAYS REVEALED NONE WERE BROKEN, BUT I AM LEFT WITH AN EXPENSIVE HOSPITAL BILL)). WHEN I GO FROM REVERSE TO DRIVE, SOMETIMES IT FEELS AS THOUGH I'M BEING JERKED FORWARD BECAUSE THE SHIFT IS SO HARD. LASTLY, MY VAN STARTED NOT WANTING TO START IN THE MORNINGS. AFTER TESTING BATTERY AND REPLACING SPARK PLUGS, THE PROBLEM CONTINUED TO GET WORSE. IT'S LIKE IT WANTS TO START BUT CAN'T GET GAS SO IT DIES. REPEATEDLY TRYING GOT IT TO START, BUT THEN IT QUIT. I WAS ABLE TO GET IT TO START ONE MORE TIME AND DROVE TO MECHANIC. THEY INFORMED ME IT'S A FAULTY TIPM MODULE, AND IT NOW WON'T EVEN CONTINUE TO RUN ONCE IT'S STARTED. SO THEY INFORMED ME THEY CANNOT FIX IT BECAUSE ONLY A DEALERSHIP CAN REPROGRAM IT, AND THAT BECAUSE IT'S THE MODULE IT'S NOT SAFE TO DRIVE EVEN IF I COULD GET IT TO START TO TAKE IT TO THE DEALERSHIP BECAUSE IT CAN DIE IN THE MIDDLE OF DRIVING IT LEADING TO DANGEROUS SITUATIONS. SO NOW I'LL HAVE TO PAY TO TOW IT. I JUST PURCHASED THE VAN 3 MONTHS AGO BECAUSE I NEEDED ROOM FOR MY 4TH CHILD AND WANTED A SAFE, RELIABLE VEHICLE. NOW I HAVE A CAR PAYMENT AND A VEHICLE WITH ONLY A LITTLE OVER 80,000 MILES THAT ISN'T RELIABLE AND IS SITTING BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE THE MONEY TO REPAIR WHAT SHOULD HAVE NEVER BEEN PLACED IN THE VEHICLE TO BEGIN WITH GIVEN IT WAS DEFECTIVE BEFORE INSTALLATION. PLEASE HELP PEOPLE LIKE ME BY HOLDING THE MANUFACTURER ACCOUNTABLE FOR FALSELY REPORTING A SAFE VEHICLE WHEN THEY KNEW IT HAD A DEFECTIVE PART THAT CAN ONLY BE FIXED BY A DEALERSHIP SINCE IT HAS TO BE PROGRAMMED.

TIPM FAILING. OUR 2011 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN ONLY HAS 78,000 MILES ON IT, YET THE TIPM IS CAUSING ALL SORTS OF PROBLEMS. THE BIGGEST ISSUE IS THAT THE VEHICLE WON'T START ON OCCASION, AND IT'S PROGRESSIVELY GETTING WORSE. THE ENGINE TURNS OVER, BUT IT DOESN'T START AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS. THIS HAPPENED AGAIN TODAY. OTHER TIMES IT WON'T EVEN TURN OVER. WHEN IT DOESN'T TURN OVER, WE USUALLY PUT THE VEHICLE INTO NEUTRAL AND BACK INTO PARK, THEN IT USUALLY STARTS. WE'VE ALSO HAD THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COME ON MANY TIMES. ONE SET OF CODES WAS FOR A CAMSHAFT POSITIONING SENSOR, SO WE REPLACED THOSE. THEN A COUPLE WEEKS LATER IT DID IT AGAIN, SO WE HAD THEM REPLACED AGAIN. AFTER A FEW MONTHS WE THEN HAD THE LIGHT COME ON AND THE DEALERSHIP EVENTUALLY HAD THE PCV HOSE AND VALVE REPLACED, THEN THE LIFTERS, ROCKERS, TAPPERS, ETC. ON THE RIGHT SIDE (NOT PART OF THE LEFT-SIDE RECALL). WE HAVE HAD DOORS RANDOMLY OPEN, LOCK OR UNLOCK. WINDOWS HAVE OPENED WITHOUT US ACTIVATING THE SWITCH. A FEW TIMES THE ALARM (HORN) HAS SOUNDED AND WE HAVE TO PRESS THE BUTTON ON THE FOB SEVERAL TIMES TO SHUT IT OFF. THE CAR ALSO SHUT OFF ONCE WHILE MY WIFE WAS DRIVING ON THE ROAD, WHICH IS VERY FRIGHTENING. THE TIPMS IN THESE VEHICLE ARE FAULTY, NO MATTER WHAT DODGE SAYS. CHECK THE COMPLAINTS ON THE CARCOMPLAINTS WEBSITE.

WHILE DRIVING THROUGH A ROUNDABOUT AT APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH, THE VEHICLE WAS HIT ON THE RIGHT SIDE REAR SLIDING DOOR BY ANOTHER VEHICLE. TWO OF MY CHILDREN WERE IN THE SECOND ROW SEATS. THE RIGHT SIDE DOOR WAS CRUSHED AND THE GLASS WAS SHATTERED AND PROJECTED THROUGH THE VAN TO THE LEFT SIDE. THE SIDE CURTAIN AIR BAGS NEVER DEPLOYED. THE AIR BAG LIGHT WAS NOT ON, SO THERE WAS NO INDICATION OF A FAULT. THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY CONCERN AND SHOULD BE ADDRESSED.

CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS NOT RESETTING DUE TO P0740 CODE EVEN AFTER CHANGING VALVE BODY AND RELATED SOLENOIDS ON TRANSMISSION. VAN DOES NOT HAVE ANY ISSUES WHILE DRIVING. NO GAS MILEAGE ISSUES. CURRENTLY IT IS ~93K. DEALER IS ALSO NOT SURE. HE SAYS NEED TO OVERHAUL THE TORQUE CONVERTER (COST $1100) THEN HE WILL KNOW IF ANYTHING ELSE IS DAMAGED. IN THAT CASE HE HAS TO REBUILD THE TRANSMISSION (COST $2800). 2ND OPTION TO PUT A REMANUFACTURED TRANSMISSION (COST $3100). I HAVE READ ONLINE THERE IS A ONGOING ISSUE WITH DODGE TRANSMISSIONS (2011 TO 2014 MODELS) WHICH IS NOT BEING RECALLED. MANY A TIMES CHANGING TRANSMISSION DID NOT SOLVE THE ISSUE. MY PERSONAL MECHANIC ALSO SAID HE GOT THIS ISSUE IN MANY OF THE DODGE VANS. WOULD REQUEST NHTSA TO SERIOUSLY CONSIDER THIS INVESTIGATION.

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.

THE TIPM MODULE COMPLETELY FAILED CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE FUEL PUMP. FROM PRELIMINARY RESEARCH THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE THAT DODGE HAS FAILED TO ADDRESS WITH THIS MODEL. VEHICLE WILL NOT START. HAVE HAD INTERMITTENT PROPULSION ISSUE WHICH CAUSES THE VEHICLE TO BE SLUGGISH THUS CAUSING A DANGER TO DRIVER AND OCCUPANTS IN TRAFFIC SITUATIONS

DIFFICULT TO START. ONCE STARTED DIES. IF POWER IS MAINTAINED AND YOU GET MOVING, WILL DIE WHEN POWER IS REDUCED. IF ON ROAD AND LET OFF POWER TO SLOW DOWN, IT DIES. BAD NEWS IF IN A TRAFFIC SITUATION, ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT. NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AS A WARNING. THEN ONE DAY IT WILL START TO ACT NORMAL..... THEN THE "WILL NOT START ROUTINE" STARTS ALL OVER AGAIN. TOOK TO SHOP. NO INDICATORS ON DIAGNOSTICS. PROBLEM WOULD NOT DUPLICATE AT SHOP.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO RESTART AND HAD TO BE JUMPSTARTED TO DRIVE. ALSO, THE VEHICLE WOULD FAIL TO START WHEN THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO DRIVE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO LARRY H. MILLER CHRYSLER JEEP DODGE RAM SANDY (LOCATED AT 1525 N UNIVERSITY PKWY, PROVO, UT 84604, (801) 734-9791) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED, BUT A FAILURE CODE COULD NOT BE LOCATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE DEALER CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER AND WAS INFORMED THAT THERE WAS AN OPEN UNKNOWN RECALL REGARDING THE STEERING COLUMN. THE STEERING COLUMN WAS REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 62,000.

DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AT APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH BATTERY LIGHT CAME ON THEN ALL LIGHTS ON THE PANEL LIT UP. CAR RAPIDLY ACCELERATED WAS ABLE TO GET CAR OFF THE ROAD AND STOPPED SHUT OFF CAR DUE TO IT RANDOMLY ACCELERATING THEN THE KEY WAS LOCKED IN THE IGNITION. DOORS WILL NOT WORK AND CAR WILL NOT START NOW

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. ON VARIOUS OCCASIONS, THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO START THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS EXAMINED BY AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE EXTERNAL FUEL PUMP RELAY WAS FAULTY AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE LOCAL DEALER (PINE BELT DODGE, 1400 STATE HWY 88, LAKEWOOD, NJ) AND THE MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE, BUT NO SOLUTION WAS OFFERED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 87,000.

FUEL PUMP RELAY IN TIPM FAILING AND MAY CAUSE CAR NOT TO START OR MAY CAUSE CAR TO TURN OFF WHILE DRIVING. HAS FAILED TO START MANY TIMES AND FAILED TO WORK PROPERLY ONCE WHILE IN MOTION.

I BOUGHT MY 2011 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN CREW IN FEB 2018. IN MARCH MY TIRE SENSORS STARTING GOING OFF, WE REPLACED ALL OF THEM WITH NO LUCK, THE GAUGES WOULD STILL READ THEY WERE OUT. IN APRIL, THE CAMSHAFT SENSOR WENT OUT WHILE WE WERE ON VACATION, AND WE REPLACED IT, IN FLORIDA. IN MAY THE CAMSHAFT SENSOR WENT OUT AGAIN, SHORTLY AFTER HAVING IT REPLACED FOR THE SECOND TIME, BUT GUESS WHAT? IT HAPPENED A 3RD TIME! ONLY A WEEK LATER!!!! SO YET AGAIN, IT WAS REPLACED. OUR VAN WOULD START ACTING POSSESSED. WIPERS WOULD GO OFF WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD & WHILE THEY WERE IN THE OFF POSITION. THE LOCKS WOULD LOCK AND UNLOCK BY THEMSELVES WHILE DRIVING, SEEMED LIKE EVERY TIME IT RAINED OUT WINDOWS WOULD ROLL DOWN BY THEMSELVES OVER NIGHT OR WHILE WE WERE IN A STORE WHILE THE VAN WAS SHUT OFF. IN JUNE THE VAN STARTED STALLING WHILE WE WOULD DRIVE IT. IT WOULD RANDOMLY DIE WHILE IDLING. IN JULY/AUG I HAD MY OIL CHANGED, THE FOLLOWING DAY MY VAN WOULDN'T START. WHILE IN THE MOMENT I THOUGHT THE SHOP HAD DONE SOMETHING TO IT, SINCE I HAD GOTTEN FRUSTRATED WITH THEM THERE, (POOR FELLAS) THAT CLEARLY WAS NOT THE CASE. I WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION MY FUEL PUMP HAD WENT OUT, SO I PAID TO HAVE THAT REPLACED. AROUND SEPT THE VAN WOULDN'T START. IT WOULD CRANK BUT NOT START. MY FUEL PUMP WOULD TURN ON, AFTER TURNING THE KEY ON AND OFF SEVERAL TIMES. IN OCT THE FUEL PUMP WOULD RUN WHILE THE VAN WAS OFF, WE HAD TO DISCONNECT THE POSITIVE ON THE BATTERY SO IT WOULDN'T BURN UP. AT THIS POINT, MY VAN WOULDN'T START AT ALL, AND THE VAN ACTED LIKE IT WAS DEAD. I WENT AND BOUGHT A NEW BATTERY, DAY AFTER I REPLACED THAT, MY VAN NEEDED TO BE JUMPED EACH TIME I WANTED TO START IT. TODAY ON OCT 22- IS MY LAST STRAW. THANKS FCA, A MOTHER AND HER TWO YOUNG CHILDREN HAD TO FIND A RIDE HOME BECAUSE IT STALLED AND SHUT DOWN WHILE SITTING IN A DRIVE THRU.

VAN WON'T START, OR SHUTS OFF RANDOMLY, INCLUDING WHILE DRIVING. WHEN DRIVING, THE ENGINE DIES AND POWER STEERING IS LOST, MAKING CONTROLLED STOPPING DIFFICULT AND UNSAFE. I TESTED FOR TIPM FUEL RELAY PROBLEM USING INFORMATION AVAILABLE ONLINE & FOUND IT FAULTY. HAD TO RIG A BYPASS FROM AUX POWER TERMINAL TO FUEL PUMP FUSE TO POWER FUEL PUMP AT ALL. THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE FOR THIS AND OTHER DODGE/CHRYSLER VEHICLES, SOME OF WHICH NHTSA PUSHED FOR RECALL, BUT NOT ALL!!!! THIS NEEDS RECALL RECONSIDERATION, GIVEN HOW COMMON THIS PROBLEM IS ACROSS MULTIPLE OTHER VEHICLES THAT USE THE EXACT SAME TIPM. THERE ARE LITERALLY DOZENS OF VIDEOS AND HUNDREDS OF WEB POSTS COVERING THIS ISSUE, YET NHTSA HAS DONE NOTHING FURTHER, NOR HAS ANY RECALL BEEN PROVIDED FOR. WHEN WILL THIS GET ADDRESSED?

OVER THE LAST 6 MONTHS WE HAVE ENCOUNTERED THE FOLLOWING ISSUES: ALL HAVE BEEN A STOPPED POSITION. 3 TIMES THE VAN WOULD NOT START. IT WOULD NOT TURN OVER. THE VAN HAS STARTED TO STALL ON REGULAR BASIS. THE VAN TAKES 2 TO 4 ATTEMPTS TO START. ON OCTOBER 17, 2018, THE VAN WOULD NOT START AT ALL. WE HAD THE VAN TOWED. THEY STATED THERE WAS NO PRESSURE TO THE FUEL PUMP. $900 DOLLARS LATER, THEY STATE THE VAN IS READY. WE GO TO PICK IT UP. THE VAN WOULD NOT START FOR 3 ATTEMPTS. THEN THE VAN STARTED WITH A DIFFERENT KEY. DROVE IT FOR 4 MINUTES AND THEN PARK AND TURNED OFF THE CAR. WENT TO START IT AGAIN, IT KEPT STALLING. IT STALLED ABOUT 5 TIMES. WE SWITCHED BACK TO THE FIRST KEY THAT WOULD NOT START THE CAR. IT ACTUALLY STARTED TWICE. WE LEFT THE VAN WITH THE AUTO REPAIR PLACE. THEY STATED THERE WERE NO ISSUES WITH THE VAN. WE GOT IT BACK ON OCTOBER 18TH. IT HAS ONLY STARTED ONE TIME SINCE THEN THE FIRST TRY. IT HAS STALLED OCCASIONALLY SINCE THEN. ONCE ON OCT 21ST, THE BRAKING SYSTEM DID NOT ENGAGE WHILE THE VAN WAS BEING BACK OUT. ONCE BEFORE THE ISSUES STARTED TO HAPPEN, THE GAS PUMP DID NOT STOP AND THE FUEL OVER FLOWED.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BATTERY AND BRAKE INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC REPLACED THE ALTERNATOR ASSEMBLY, BUT THE FAILURE CONTINUED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE POWERTRAIN CONTROL MODULE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE DEALER (GANLEY CHRYSLER OF AURORA, 161 W GARFIELD RD, AURORA, OH 44202, (330) 562-2600) INDICATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD NEED TO BE DIAGNOSED TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE AND THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN ANY RECALL CAMPAIGNS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND ALSO STATED THAT THERE WAS NO RECALL. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 110,000. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN.

TAMARA ARE ALL I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM THE HOSPITAL AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THE VAN WOULD NOT GO OVER 20 MPH. WE WERE ON THE HIGHWAY. AND IT WAS WITHOUT WARNING. I HAD TO PULL OVER AT A SERVICE STATION AND WAIT 45 MINS FOR SOMEONE TO COME. I HAD IT TOWED TO MY HOUSE THE NEXT DAY WHICH COST 150 DOLLARS. THEN I TRIED TO TAKE IT TO A SHOP TO BE FIXED BUT AFTER 1.5 WEEKS THEY SAY IT WOULD BE 2500 TO FIX. WE DIDN'T HAVE THAT BECAUSE MY HUSBAND WAS IN THE HOSPITAL FOR HEART FAILURE. SO I HAD TO GO GET ANOTHER CAR AND AM WAITING FOR THE VAN TO BE FIXED. I AM PREGNANT AND HAD MY DAUGHTER WITH ME ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD IN A GAS STATION. WHICH WAS TERRIBLE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. WHEN THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO START THE VEHICLE, IT MADE A CLICKING NOISE AND FAILED TO START. THE CONTACT WAS EVENTUALLY ABLE TO START THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 125,000.

AFTER A RECALL ON THE STEERING WHEEL HARNESS REPAIR, THE DEALER BUD CLARY IN AUBURN, WASHINGTON (253-833- 2485. THE TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT ON THE VAN FLASHED ON THE WAY HOME AND ONE OF THE BRAKES ACTIVATED. THIS NEVER HAPPENED PRIOR TO THE REPAIR. THIS HAD CONTINUED AND HAS GOTTEN WORSE TO WHERE THE CAR ATTEMPTS TO STOP ON THE FREEWAY GOING 60 - 70 MPH (DEPENDING ON THE SPEED ZONE) THAT COULD CAUSE A LOCK UP OR WORSE. THERE ARE NO CODES GIVEN TO INDICATE WHY THIS IS HAPPENING.

BATTERY LIGHT COMES ON AFTER REACHING SPEEDS AROUND 40/50 , THAN THE BRAKE LIGHTS COME AND ABS LIGHT , CAR SUDDENLY TURNS OFF NO LONGER RUNS . YOU GUYS SHOULD HAVE A RECALL ON ALL ALTERNATORS AND PCM FOR THIS VEHICLE . MY WIFE IS PREGENAT AND SHE GOT STRANDED IN THE MIDDLE OF A HIGH WAY BECAUSE OF YOUR FAULTY VEHICLE . THIS CAR NEEDS TO BE ON A RECALL FOR ALL OF THOSE FAULTY ALTERNATORS AND PCM . NOT RELIABLE TUMBS DOWN FOR THIS CAR , DISSAPOINTED ON DODGE .

SEVERE ELECTRICAL ISSUE WITH ENGINE SHUTDOWN WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY, STALLS AT INTERSECTIONS AFTER DASH LIGHTS "GO CRAZY," NO-START, ALL DASH LIGHTS ON/OFF, WIPERS RANDOMLY GOING ON, DOORS AND WINDOWS INOPERABLE, KILLING NEW BATTERIES, BRAKE LIGHT SPORADICALLY FUNCTIONAL, AND A/C IN REAR RANDOMLY CHANGES SETTINGS. THESE INCIDENTS OCCUR AT RANDOM PERIODS WITH NO SPECIFIC CAUSATION.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION SLIPPED EVERY ONCE AND A WHILE. ON OCCASION, THE VEHICLE WOULD SLOW DOWN WHILE DRIVING AND THE ENGINE WOULD SHUT OFF. AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS, THE VEHICLE WOULD RESTART. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO GRIEGER'S CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP RAM (219-462-4117, 1756 W US HWY 30, VALPARAISO, IN 46385), BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 92,000.

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.

THE SLIDING DOOR ON THE DRIVERS SIDE LOCKED SHUT. WE ARRIVED HOME FROM AN OUTING ON THE EVENING OF 8-23-2018 AND COULD NOT OPEN DOOR. BEING ELDERLY AND DISABLED I WAS ALMOST UNABLE TO GET OUT OF THE VAN. THE SAME THING HAPPENED IN JUNE, 2017 ON THE RIGHT SIDE DOOR. NO ONE WAS IN THE CAR AT THE TIME. WE WERE GETTING READY TO LEAVE AND THE DOOR WOULD NOT OPEN. THE CAR WAS UNDER WARRANTY. THE DEALER REPLACED THE 'DOOR LOCK ACTUATOR' . I FEEL THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AS SOMEONE COULD BE TRAPPED IN THE VEHICLE. AUTO IS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY. I FEEL IT IS THE SAME PROBLEM AS BEFORE ON THE RIGHT BACK DOOR. I FEEL THERE SHOULD BE A WAY TO OPEN THE DOOR MANUALLY.

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.

THE TIPM IN OUR VAN HAS FAILED, IT IS A KNOWN AND COMMON ISSUE FOR CHRYSLER AND THEY REFUSE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE ISSUE OR DO ANYTHING TO FIX THE ISSUE. IT CAUSES MULTIPLE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FAILURES AND ULTIMATELY RENDERS THE ENGINE USELESS AT RANDOM TIMES WHEN THE RELAY FAILS. MY CAR WILL NO LONGER START DUE TO THE FAILURE OF THIS PART, AND THE KNOWN ISSUES WITH IT.

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

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

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.

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

THE ECO FUEL BUTTON IS STUCK AND IS MAKING MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT GO ON AND OFF. ALSO THE SWITCH FOR THE AIR/HEAT TURNS ON BY ITSELF, IT'S A SAFETY HAZARD KNOWING THAT THIS HAPPENS RANDOMLY. BOTH OF THESE THINGS HAPPEN ANYTIME THE CAR IS ON. CONTINUES TO HAPPEN DRIVING OR NOT.

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.

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. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE EMITTED AN ABNORMAL ODOR AND THE BRAKES SEIZED WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS. UPON INSPECTION, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE PASSENGER SIDE BRAKE CALIPER WAS SMOKING. THE FAILURE OCCURRED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS PREVIOUSLY TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC AND THE CALIPERS WERE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING OR REPAIRS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 105,703. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

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.

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. 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 IS BAD ON VEHICLE, CONFIRMED BY RICK KEFFER DODGE CHRYSLER JEEP RAM DEALERSHIP IN YULEE, FL TWO YEARS AGO. VEHICLE STALLED ON HIGHWAY AND THEN LATER WOULD NOT START. PURCHASED A BYPASS CABLE IN ORDER TO KEEP USING THE VEHICLE AND WHILE DRIVING WE GET INDICATOR LIGHTS FLASHING ON DASHBOARD SUCH AS BRAKE ON WHEN IT'S NOT, SEATBELT LIGHT ON WHEN SEATBELTS ARE BUCKLED, LIGHTS FLASHING OR STAYING ON WHEN TURNED OFF. THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE !!! I HAVE THREE KIDS, AGES 13, 12, AND 10 AND THIS IS OUR PRIMARY FAMILY VEHICLE. THE TIPM HAS ALREADY BEEN RECALLED FOR OTHER MAKE AND MODELS WITH CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP FOR 2011-2014 BUT NOT THE GRAND CARAVANS.

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.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED, THE ENGINE SHUT OFF WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE RESTARTED AFTER A FEW MINUTES AND WAS TAKEN TO HAASZ AUTOMALL OF RAVENNA (4886 OH-59, RAVENNA, OH 44266, 330-296-2866) WHERE THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THERE WAS NO RECALL. A DIAGNOSTIC TEST WAS PERFORMED, BUT THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS NOT DETERMINED. THE TECHNICIAN RECOMMENDED A MORE EXTENSIVE TEST, BUT THE CONTACT DECLINED TO PAY THE HIGH COST FOR THE TEST. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THERE WAS NO RECALL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 75,000.

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?

2011 DODGE CARAVAN PURCHASED 3/2017. MOTOR HAD A SLIGHT KNOCKING SOUND TOOK IT BACK TO DEALER THEY SENT ME TO THEIR MECHANIC. I WAS ASSURED THAT IT WAS FINE. THEN BRAKES WENT REALLY LOW AND DID NOT STOP RIGHT. TOLD IT WAS A MASTER CYLINDER.INSTALLED THAT THEN IT HAPPENED AGAIN SO WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS A BAD MASTER CYLINDER. INSTALLED ANOTHER ONE. DID NOT FIX THE PROBLEM AFTER A FEW DAYS.????? THEN I WAS TOLD WE NEEDED A BRAKE BOOSTER. INSTALLED THAT AND IT DID SEEM LIKE THAT WAS IT FIXED, THEN THE BRAKE LIGHT CAME ON AND BRAKE PEDAL WENT LOW. NOW IT HAS A VERY HORRIBLE SOUND AND THE TRANY AT TIMES DOES NOT WANT TO SHIFT AND THE RPM'S GO UP AND I HAVE TO PULL OVER AND SHUT OFF THE VEHICLE AND TURN IT BACK ON AND IT WILL SHIFT.???? ELECTRONICAL.??? I HAVE READ COMPLAINTS ON NHTSA AND I FEEL LIKE DODGE SHOULD REPAIR THE BRAKES AND THE TRANY PROBLEM. FROM WHAT I CAN READ IT IS A DEFECTIVE PART OF THE PROGRAMMING. THE HORRIBLE NOSIE WHEN YOU PULL OFF, I DONT KNOW WHAT IT IS BUT SOUNDS BAD.. I CALLED DODGE DEALERSHIP RIGHT AFTER I BOUGHT THE VAN AND THEY WERE VERY RUDE AND SAID THERE WERE NOT ANY RECALLS FOR THIS 2011 VAN AND I SEE THAT THERE IS AND SOME SAYS COMPLETE. WELL IF THEY ARE COMPLETE SEEMS TO ME LIKE IT NEEDS TO BE REPAIRED AGAIN BECAUSE IT IS DOING WHAT I SEE THAT PEOPLE ARE COMPLAINING ABOUT. I OWE NEARLY 14,000 ON THIS VAN. . DOGE/CHRYSLER SHOULD MAKE IT GOOD. THE COMPLETE ON THE RECALLS LIKE I SAID IS NOT COMPLETE. PLEASE HELP ME IF YOU CAN. I DONT HAVE MUCH FAITH AFTER THE PERSON AT THE DODGE DEALERSHIP WAS SO RUDE TO ME, BUT MAYBE YOU ALL THERE CAN HELP ME GET IT REPAIRED. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE.THE WINDOWS SOMETIMES DONT WANT TO COME DOWN AND YALL HAVE SOMETHING ABOUT IT MIGHT CATCH ON FIRE.THE KEYBOB WILL NOT OPEN THE SIDE DOORS.

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.

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

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

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!

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.

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.

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.

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

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE, IT FAILED TO START WITHOUT WARNING. THE FAILURE RECURRED NUMEROUS TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER OR INDEPENDENT MECHANIC TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN A RECALL AND WAS NOT UNDER WARRANTY. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 108,000.

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

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2011 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. WHILE PARKED, THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE. THE FIRE WAS EXTINGUISHED BY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A TOW LOT AND DEEMED A TOTAL LOSS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER OR INDEPENDENT MECHANIC TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 140,000.

TIPM IS BAD. CONFIRMED WITH DODGE DEALERSHIP SERVICE CENTER. PROBLEM CRANKING IN THE MORNING AND ESPECIALLY IN COLD TEMPERATURES. BRAKE LIGHT COMES ON AND OFF WHILE DRIVING AMONG OTHER SENSORS. VERY DANGEROUS AND MUST BE RECALLED.

[XXX] [XXX] SOLD ME UNSAFE 2011DODGE VAN THE FRONT END VIBRATES AFTER 20 TO 30 MIN OF DRIVING VERY BAD THE TIRES DRY ROTTED NOT I HAD THE DEALER CHECK IT OUT THIS IN WATER FOR LONG TIME NOTE: I AM EMAILING THE N H T S A & B.B.B [XXX] [XXX] [XXX] SOLD ME UNSAFE 2011DODGE VAN THE FRONT END VIBRATES AFTER 20 TO 30 MIN OF DRIVING VERY BAD THE TIRES DRY ROTTED NOT I HAD THE DEALER CHECK IT OUT THIS IN WATER FOR LONG TIME NOTE: I AM EMAILING THE N H T S A & B.B.B [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

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.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. OCCASIONALLY, AFTER INSERTING THE KEY FOB IN THE IGNITION, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START DUE TO A LOOSE PART INSIDE THE IGNITION SWITCH. IN ADDITION, WHILE DRIVING, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY SHUT OFF. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO JACKSONVILLE CHRYSLER IN JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TIPM MODULE WAS FAULTY AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CONTACT ALSO INDICATED THAT BOTH SLIDING BACK DOORS RANDOMLY OPENED AND THE FRONT WINDOWS WOULD SOMETIMES FAIL TO CLOSE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURES. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 68,000.

MY TPIM IS BAD FOUND OUT AFTER GETTING MY ALTERNATOR, BATTERY, AND STARTER REPLACED. IT IS NOT SENDING SIGNAL TO MY FUEL PUMP.

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...

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

FUEL PUMP IS STAYING ENGAGED WHEN THE CAR IS TURNED OFF, A SIDE EFFECT OF A DAMAGED TOTALLY INTEGRATED POWER MODULE

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.

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

AIRBAG LIGHT IS ON CONSTANTLY - NEVER TURNS OFF. SEAT BELT LIGHT WILL SOMETIMES COME ON EVEN WHEN SEAT BELT IS SECURE. FUEL PUMP DOESN'T STOP RUNNING AFTER ENGINE IS SHUT OFF. WHILE DRIVING, ALL LIGHTS WILL COME ON ON DASH AND GAUGES/HEADLIGHTS WILL FLICKER THEN CAR WILL DIE. HAS HAPPENED MORE THAN THREE(!) TIMES AT NIGHT ON BUSY HIGHWAY WITH 2 TODDLERS IN CAR!!! HAD TO PULL OFF ROAD IN COMPLETE DARKNESS. I AM FEARFUL OF DRIVING THIS CAR. I WILL NOT DRIVE AT NIGHT ANYMORE.

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 VEHICLE STOPPED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD AS I WAS DRIVING, THE VEHICLE TOOK A WHILE TO START AT TIMES. THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START

CAR WAS PARKED IN DRIVEWAY, ENGINE WAS RUNNING AND THE FRONT PASSENGER DOOR WAS SLAMMED AND SIDE/CURTAIN AIRBAGS WERE DEPLOYED.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE AS THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SPEED DROPPED TO 40 MPH AND SHE WAS UNABLE TO ACCELERATE ANY FURTHER. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO FREEDOM DODGE CHRYSLER JEEP (815 E CAMP WISDOM RD, DUNCANVILLE, TX 75116 (972) 572-2277) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A FAILED TRANSMISSION THAT NEEDED REPLACEMENT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND REFERRED THE CONTACT TO NHTSA. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 190,000.

THE VEHICLE STOPS RUNNING WITHOUT WARNING. IT HAS OCCURRED ON THREE OCCASIONS: ONCE AT A SLOW SPEED (25 MPH) ON FLAT TERRAIN, GOING UPHILL AT 57 MPH, GOING DOWN HILL AT 45 MPH, ALL IN GOOD WEATHER CONDITIONS AND TRAVELING IN A STRAIGHT LINE. THE CAR CANNOT BE IMMEDIATELY RESTARTED, BUT AFTER A PERIOD OF MINUTES WILL RESTART. THE ENGINE SEEMS TO BE IN GOOD CONDITION AND HAS PLENTY OF POWER. THERE APPEARS TO BE NO ENGINE/MECHANICAL REASON FOR THESE EVENTS. THE EVENTS LEAVE NO TRACE OR ERROR MESSAGE THAT CAN BE OBTAINED BY OUR MECHANIC. IF THIS POWER OUTAGE OCCURRED WHEN IN THE PASSING LANE, CROSSING A RODE AT AN UNPROTECTED INTERSECTION OR OTHER CONDITION WHERE STALLING OUT RANDOMLY WOULD LEAVE US OR OTHERS IN A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION IT WOULD BE TERRIBLE. WE HAVE BEEN FORCED TO STOP DRIVING THE VEHICLE FOR FEAR OF INJURY OR WORSE.

TIPM HAD TO BE REPLACED DUE TO ELECTRICAL INSTABILITY WITH THE FUEL SYSTEM. SAME TIPM THAT WAS INVOLVED IN THE 2014 RECALL FOR THE DODGE DURANGO AND JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. VEHICLE WOULD NOT START OR WOULD NOT STAY RUNNING. NO POWER TO THE FUEL PUMP. NEW TIPM WAS REDESIGNED AND HAD TO HAVE 5 PAGES OF INSTRUCTIONS TO REWIRE THE NEW TIPM TO FIT IN TO VEHICLE.

THE FUEL PUMP RELAY BUILT INTO THE TIPM HAS GONE BAD, AND FROM RESEARCH IS VERY COMMON IN THESE VEHICLES. THE CAR HAS BECOME INCREASINGLY DIFFICULT TO START, AND NOW WILL NOT START AT ALL.

FUEL PUMP RELAY WHICH I THINK ITS THE FUSE BOX. MY VECHILE WONT START AND WHEN IT DOES , THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS TURN ON AND ITS GAVE US A MALFUNCTION SENSOR

TAKATA TIPM PROBLEMS IT WONT START

2011 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN.. I WAS THANKFULLY SITTING INFRONT OF THE HIGH SCHOOL WAITING FOR MY DAUGHTER TO COME OUT. MY VAN WAS RUNNING. I HAD RADIO ON AND WINDOWS DOWN. NOTHING ELSE ON NO AIR CONDITIONING OR ANYTHING. THE DASH LIGHTS ALL COME ON ALL OF A SUDDEN AND OFF. VAN IS DEAD. I TURN THE KEY OFF AND BACK ON AND NOTHING. I GET JUMPED. DRIVE THE 4 BLOCKS TO MY HOUSE BARELY GET IN THE DRIVE AND PARKED. I COULDN'T EVEN GET THE WINDOWS UP. ABOUT 2 HRS LATER MY NEIGHBOR COMES OVER TO JUMP ME AGAIN SO I CAN GET MY WINDOWS UP. GET THEM UP. WE WERE GOING TO TAKE IT TO ADVANCE TO GET IT HOOKED TO THEIR GADGET. I DIDN'T GET TWO HOUSES DOWN BEFORE I HAD TO PULL OVER BECAUSE MY VAN DIDN'T KNOW WHAT GEAR IT WAS IN. MY BACK UP CAMERA WAS EVEN ON. IF THIS HAPPENED ON THE HIGHWAY MY CHILDREN AND I COULD HAVE EASILY BEEN KILLED.

MY VAN WON'T START UP IN THE FIRST ATTEMPT IT START UP I THE SECOND ATTEMPT IT ALL HAPPEN WHEN I PUMP GAS FROM ARCO STATION

WONT START . FUEL PUMP DOESNT RUN AT TIMES , NO FUEL NO START . AT TIMES IT RUNS & STOPS ON ROAD . VERRY DANGEROUS IN TRAFFIC . WINDOWS ROLL DOWN BY THEMSELF . DOORS UN LOCK BY THEMSELF . DEALER DOESNT KNOW WHAT IS WRONG I AM TOLD . THE DEALER SAYS THE PROBLEM MAY BE THE TIPM COMPUTER BUT WILL NOT SAY FOR SURE . BUT THEY WILL REPLACE IT IF I WANT, FOR 1200.00 NO GUARANTEE IT WILL FIX IT . THESE VEHICLES WITH THIS TYPE OF COMPUTER SHOULD BE RECALLED . THEY ARE A DANGER TOTHE PUBLIC . WHEN DRIVING ON ROAD THEY WILL STOP RUNNING BECAUSE OF FUELPUMP & TIPM ARE NOT WORKING CORRECTLU .

IN JULY 2017 MY 2011 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN WAS BROUGHT TO MY DODGE DEALERSHIP DUE TO PROBLEMS STARTING AND THE STALLING OF VEHICLE WHILE ON THE ROAD. DEALERSHIP FELT IT WAS THE FUEL PUMP WHICH WAS COVERED UNDER MY VEHICLE PROTECTION PLAN. MY CAR WAS GIVEN BACK TO ME APPROXIMATELY 3 DAYS LATER. MY HUSBAND PICKED UP THE CAR AND WITHIN 4 HOURS, CAR GAVE DIFFICULTY STARTING AND STALLED WHILE DRIVING AT A MAJOR INTERSECTION. DEALERSHIP WAS CONTACTED THE VERY NEXT MORNING AND CAR WAS BROUGHT TO BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP. IT WAS THEN DISCOVERED THAT THE TIPM OF THE CAR HAD TO BE REPLACED. THIS UNFORTUNATELY IS NOT COVERED. MY ISSUE IS THAT IF THE CAR IS STALLING AT INTERSECTIONS AND POSSIBLY ENDANGERING THE LIFE OF MYSELF AND MY CHILDREN IN THE CAR.. HOW CAN THIS NOT BE COVERED? HOW CAN THERE NOT BE A SAFETY RECALL? I AM LUCKY THAT THE CAR DID START BACK UP, BUT I NOW FEAR DRIVING THIS VEHICLE.

OWN A DODGE GRAN CARAVAB 2011 WITH 83000 MILES, SUDDENLY ONE DAY, STARTED HAVING ISSUES WHEN STARTING THE CAR, TROUBLESHOOT EVERYTHING, STARTER, CHANGED RELAYS, GAS PUMP AND NOTHING, TOOK IT TO THE MECHANIC AND COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING, SOMETIMES THE CAR START AND SOMETIMES IT DOESN'T. IT CRANKS BUT IT DOESN'T START. CHECKED ON LINE AND IT LOOKS LIKE A LOT OF DODGE OR CHRYSLER HAVING SAME ISSUE, FUEL PUMP RELAY TIPM IS MALFUNCTIONING. THIS AHOULD BE A RECALL ALREADY. I NEED TO CHANGE THE FUEL BOX FOR $1000 OR BUY A BYPASS MADE FOR (WD) DODGE DURANGO (WK) JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE FROM RECALL SAFETY RECALL R09 / NHTSA 15V-115 FUEL PUMP RELAY. I AM ATTACHING RECALL FOR DODGE DURANGO.

CAR WOULD NOT START BUT WIPER BLADES WOULD TURN ON, TOOK TO DEALERSHIP. TOTALLY INTEGRATED POWER MODULE (TIPM) FOUND TO BE DEFECTIVE. $1500 REPAIR, PART IS NOT IN STOCK AND NOT UNDER WARRANTY. CAR WAS PARKED. THERE WAS A LAWSUIT FILED BUT SETTLEMENT DID NOT INCLUDE DODGE CARAVANS BUT THERE ARE NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE SAME ISSUE.

FOR THE LAST MONTH I HAVE BEEN HAVING TROUBLE STARTING THE VAN. TURN THE KEY, RADIO AND DASH LIGHTS COMES ON BUT THE VEHICLE WILL NOT START. TRY SEVERAL TIMES AND EVENTUALLY IT WILL START. TOOK VAN INTO REPAIR SHOP AND THEY REPLACED THE BATTERY; HOWEVER, STILL HAVING THE UNRELIABLE STARTING ISSUE. TOOK INTO A DODGE DEALER AND THEY SAID COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING. STARTING TO QUESTION IF IT IS AN ISSUE WITH THE TIPM - THIS IS THE VAN I USE TO TRANSPORT MY CHILDREN AROUND, CONCERNED WHEN YOU READ THE ADDITIONAL ISSUES IF IT IS A DEFECTIVE TIPM.

MY AIRBAG LIGHT WOULD COME ON AND GO OFF RANDOMLY. I TOOK IT BACK TO MY DEALER AND IT WAS STATED THAT IT WAS AN ISSUE WITH IN THE WIRING BUT NOT AN ISSUE WITH THE AIRBAG. NOW MY AIRBAG LIGHT HAS BEEN ON FOR OVER A MONTH. I CHECKED RECALLS AND SEE THERE IS A RECALL ON 2011-2012 DODGE GRAND CARAVANS FOR THE DRIVER SIDE AIRBAG RANDOMLY DEPLOYING YET NOTHING FOR MY VIN. I DRIVE MY CHILDREN AROUND IN THIS VEHICLE AND IF THE DRIVER SIDE OR EITHER SIDE WAS TO RANDOMLY DEPLOY....THIS IS A CATASTROPHE WAITING TO HAPPEN!!!

CAR WAS NOT ABLE TO START WITH CLICKING NOISE. ALSO FUEL PUMP WAS STILL RUNNING LONG AFTER CAR WAS TURNED OFF AND EXITED. PROBLEM WAS THE TIPM. THIS IS A RECALL FOR OTHER DODGE MODELS THAT ARE 2011 YET IT IS NOT FOR MY VAN. THIS IS OVER A $1000 PROBLEM TO HAVE DEALERSHIP CHANGE THE TIPM. NOW MY AIRBAG LIGHT IS ON. I'M FINDING MASS OF PEOPLE HAD THIS PROBLEM BECAUSE OF WATER INTRUSION IN CONNECTION IN ENGINE COMPARTMENT. HOW IS THIS NOT A RECALL? THAT SHOULD BE A WATER SEALED CONNECTION TO PREVENT AIRBAG SYSTEM SHUTTING OFF. WE WERE STATIONARY, CAR RUNNING, LIGHT CAME ON.

CAR SHUT OFF WHILE DRIVING, WILL NOT CRANK OR TURN OVER. POWER TRANS MODULE ISSUE AFTER A RECALL THAT REPROGRAMMED THE POWER TRANS MODULE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. THE VEHICLE WAS SERVICED PER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V234000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM). WHILE THE CONTACT'S WIFE WAS DRIVING 35 MPH, SHE HEARD CLICKING AND POPPING NOISES COMING FROM THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR AND NOTICED SMOKE. THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR CAUGHT FIRE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED AND EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. A FIRE REPORT WAS FILED. THE MANUFACTURER SENT AN INDEPENDENT INSPECTOR TO INVESTIGATE THE INCIDENT AND ULTIMATELY STATED THAT CHRYSLER HAD NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE FIRE. THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC AND THE CONTACT'S INSURANCE COMPANY STATED THAT THEY WOULD ATTEMPT TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 66,550. *TT *JS

A LOS POCOS DAS DE COMPRAR LA GUAGUA EN UN DEALER, CUANDO ESTABA DANDO REVERSA SENT QUE DA UNOS BRINCOS Y TIEMBLA. TARDA UN POCO EN MOVERSE. FUIMOS EL DA 2 DE MARZO Y NOS DIJERON QUE ERA NORMAL, AL COMPARARLA CON OTRA PARECIDA, SEGN NOS DIJERON, AN CONTINA HACINDOLO. NO LE HICIERON NADA A LA GUAGUA. AL MES SALIMOS A UNA CITA MDICA Y NO COGI FRENO, BAJAMOS UNA CUESTA Y NO QUERA PARAR, PARAMOS CON LA EMERGENCIA FRENTE A UNA CASA,CUANDO LA CHEQUEARON NO TENA PATTS EN NINGUNA GOMA. LOS COMPRAMOS Y CUANDO LE RECLAM AL DEALER SOLO NOS DIJERON QUE TENAMOS QUE LLEVRSELO DAADO QUE AHORA NO PODAN HACER NADA, MI ESPOSO EST ENFERMO Y NO NOS HAN AYUDADO. TAMBIN TIENE PROBLEMAS CON LOS SEGUROS YA HEMOS COMPRADO 3 BATERAS Y SE AGOTA MUY RPIDO,(DEL CONTROL).'

CAR WILL NOT START, WILL CRANK BUT NO TURN OVER. IT WILL ONLY START IF I BYPASS THE FUEL PUMP RELAY. THIS IS AN ONGOING ISSUE WITH DODGE/CHRYSLER AND SOME VEHICLES HAVE BEEN RECALLED FOR THIS FAULT TIPM BUT THE CARAVAN HASN'T. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AS THE CAR WILL STALL AT ANY MOMENT WHILE DRIVING IF DOES START TO BEGIN WITH.

AS I AM DRIVING THE CAR JUST SHUTS OFF WITH NO WARNING. IT HAS HAPPENED MULTIPLE TIMES BOTH ON THE HIGHWAY AND IN TOWN. I LOSE INSTRUMENTATION, POWER STEERING, AND POWER BRAKES. I HAVE HAD TO GLIED TO A STOP AND TRY AND RESTART THE VEHICLE.

MY VAN IS CRANKING BUT NOT TURNING OVER. THERE ARE SEVERAL RECALLS FOR THE SAME ISSUE FOR OTHER DODGE AND CHRYSLER VEHICLES BUT NOT MINE. IT STATES WHEN RESEARCHING IT'S A TIPM ISSUE.

WHILE TRAVELING ON FREEWAY 65 MPH VEHICE COMPLETELY STALLED OUT AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPS TO RESTART IN RESTARTED HAS STALLED MULTIPLE TIMES MECHANIC SAYS IT IS FUELL PUMP RELAY IN TIPM.

I PARKED MY VAN IN THE DRIVEWAY AT 10:30 A.M. LEFT TO GO PICK UP KIDS AT 2:20 AND THE LEFT REAR WINDOW WAS ALL SHATTERED ON THE GROUND AND INSIDE. I SAW NOTHING OF FOUL PLAY. NO ROCKS, BB'S OR ANY OTHER OBJECTS. IT JUST EXPLODED. NO ONE WAS AROUND BECAUSE THE NEIGHBORS DOGS WOULD HAVE BEEN GOING WILD. THE WEATHER WAS RAINY AND ABOUT 55 DEGREES SO IT WASN'T THE HEAT.

I HAVE REPORTED THIS PROBLEM A YEAR AGO AFTER SEEING THE LAWSUIT ON JEEP CHEROKEE AND DODGE DURANGOS. HAVING TO REPLACE THE TPIM MODULE. I'VE SEEN SEVERAL COMPLAINT ABOUT HAVING TO CHANGE THE BATTERY THEN THE ALTENATOR THEN THE TPIM. I DID ALL THAT AND MY VEHICLES ELECTRICAL SYSTEM STILL IS GIVING ME PROBLEMS. THE DOORS WILL NOT SIDE OPEN THE AIR BLOWS HEAT AUTOMATICALLY WHEN NOT EVEN ON AND NOW WON'T EVEN START. PROBLEM AFTER PROBLEM AND STILL NO RECALL. THERE HAS BEEN HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT FAULTY TIPM'S AND EVEN A LAWSUIT. THE DEALERSHIP SAY'S THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT THE PROBLEM IS BUT EACH PERSON I'VE SEEN COMPLAIN SHARES THE SAME PROBLEM. FIRST TOLD IT'S THE BATTERY THEN THE ALTENATOR THEN THE TPIM. WHY HAS THIS NOT BEEN RECALLED. DODGE KNOWS THIS IS A PROBLEM OR THEY WOULDN'T HAVE SETTLED A LAWSUIT ABOUT THE CHEROKEE AND THE DURANGO. THIS IS NOT RIGHT AT ALL AND WE NEED HELP FIXING THIS ISSUE ASAP.

I PURCHASED MY 2011 GRAND CARAVAN IN JULY 2012 AN HAVE HAD SEVERAL PROBLEMS WITH IT EVER SINCE. THERE HAVE BEEN MULTIPLE INSTANCES OF THE ENGINE STALLING WHILE DRIVING AND/OR MY VEHICLE NOT STARTING. I HAVE SINCE TROUBLESHOT THIS DOWN TO THE FUEL PUMP RELAY BEING FAULTY IN THE TIPM. I HAVE ALSO HAD ISSUES OF UN-COMMANDED OPENING AND CLOSING OF THE REAR SLIDING DOORS WHILE PARKED. I ALSO GET AN RANDOM FLICKER OF THE AIRBAG LIGHT ON DASH WITH AUDIO TONE. THESE ISSUES WERE DISCUSSED WITH A MECHANIC AT THE LOCAL DODGE DEALERSHIP WHEN HAVING A RECALL PERFORMED ON THE "MISFIRE" ISSUE. I WAS TOLD THAT THE SOFTWARE WAS UPDATED AND I SHOULD NOT HAVE ANY MORE ISSUES. THAT HAS DEFINITELY NOT BEEN THE CASE. ONE OF THE ABOVE MENTIONED ISSUES OCCURS ON A WEEKLY IF NOT DAILY BASIS. I DO NOT FEEL SAFE PUTTING MY FAMILY IN THIS VEHICLE!

VAN WILL SHUT OFF WHILE DRIVING AT SLOW SPEED, NORMALLY WHEN SLOWING DOWN TO TURN, WHICH IS VERY DANGEROUS AS YOU HAVE TO COAST ACROSS THE ROAD WITH NO POWER. NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHTS OR ERROR CODES OF ANY KIND. THIS HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES ALMOST CAUSING ACCIDENTS. THE ENGINE DOES RUN ABNORMALLY AND PERFORMS WELL AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. WHEN THE PROBLEM HAPPENS IT IS JUST AS IF YOU TURNED OFF THE IGNITION, BUT THE RADIO AND DASH LIGHTS STILL WORK. THE VAN WILL RESTART NORMALLY AND DRIVE. HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO REPRODUCE THE ISSUE FOR A MECHANIC TO SEE THE ISSUE IT SEEMS TO BE RANDOM.

VAN STALLS AND SOMETIMES WILL NOT START BACK UP . THIS HAS HAPPENED A FEW TIMES ON THE HIGHWAY SO I CAN NO LONGER DRIVE THE VAN AS THIS PROBLEM IS GETTING WORST EVERY DAY MY HUSBAND DRIVES IT TO WORK AND HAS HAD THE SAME PROBLEM AS I HAVE HAD WITH THE VAN. WE ARE THINKING OF TRADING IT IN BUT DON'T WANT ANYONE TO GET SUCK IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HIGHWAY

MY AUTOMATIC DETECTOR FOR WINDSHIELD WIPERS IS INOP. MY VEHICLE WILL NOT START UP IN THE MORNING. REPLACED NUMEROUS ITEMS AND WAS TOLD IT WAS TIPM WHICH IS A KNOWN ISSUE SEARCHING THROUGHOUT THE INTERNET.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2011 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED, IT CAUGHT ON FIRE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS NOTIFIED AND EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. A FIRE REPORT WAS FILED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED. THE INSPECTOR DID NOT FIND A DEFECT WITH THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS ALSO INSPECTED BY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WERE IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE CAUSE WAS A DEFECT IN THE REAR PASSENGER WINDOW. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.

I'VE HAD MY VAN SINCE OCTOBER 2016, 60000 MILES ON ODOMETER AT TIME OF PURCHASE. JANUARY 29 AND FEBRUARY 1, 2017 THE CAR HAS COMPLETELY SHUT OFF WHILE DRIVING. ON JANUARY 29, I WAS ON THE HIGHWAY DOING 65 MPH. FEB 1, I WAS LEAVING MY JOB'S PARKING LOT AND LATER A GROCERY STORE PARKING LOT. THE LIGHTS FLICKERED EACH TIME AND THE VAN THEN 'DIED'. IT RESTARTED WHEN I TRIED. *TR

DRIVING AT ABOUT 70 MPH, WHEN THE L/R TIRE TREAD SEPARATED FROM THE TIRE. *TR

WE HAVE HAD OUR VAN NOW FOR ALMOST 2 YEARS WITH NO PROBLEMS. IN MID-AUGUST, MY WIFE WAS TAKING MY DAUGHTER TO MARCHING BAND PRACTICE AT 5 AM. SHE TOLD ME THAT AS SHE WAS GOING THROUGH AN INTERSECTION, IT JUST STALLED ON HER. THANKFULLY, IT WAS ONLY 5 AM AND NOT DURING RUSH HOUR. BEING THE SKEPTICAL GUY I AM, I THOUGH MAYBE SHE HAD HIT THE KEY SOMEHOW AND SHUT IT DOWN. THEN IT HAPPENED TO ME AND I WAS NEARLY REAR-ENDED. I CHECKED IT OUT AND DIDN'T FIND ANYTHING, BUT FROM THAT DAY FORTH, IT BECAME HARD TO START AT RANDOM TIMES. SOMETIMES WHEN WE TURN THE KEY, THE IGNITION WILL CRANK, BUT THE ENGINE WON'T START AND WE'LL HAVE TO TURN THE KEY OFF TO MAKE IT STOP TURNING OVER. OTHER TIMES, IT WILL ATTEMPT TO START, OR EVEN START, THEN IMMEDIATELY STALL. EVENTUALLY, AND SOMETIMES AFTER 8-10 ATTEMPTS, IT WILL START AND RUN UNTIL THE NEXT TIME WE PARK IT. EVER SINCE I CHECKED IT OUT, I HAVE NOTICED THAT, AT TIMES, YOU CAN'T HEAR THE HUM OF THE FUEL PUMP WHEN YOU TURN THE KEY, WHILE OTHER TIMES IT DOESN'T SEEM TO STOP MAKING NOISE. JUST THIS MORNING, I LEFT TO GO TO WORK, ONLY TO FIND THAT THE VAN WON'T START. APPARENTLY, ONE OF THE OTHER OBVIOUS SIGNS OF A BAD TIPM IS THE OCCASIONAL DEAD BATTERY....CAUSED BY A FUEL PUMP THAT THE TIPM FUEL RELAY FAILS TO SHUT OFF.AT THIS POINT, MY VAN HAS BEEN SITTING SINCE OCTOBER OF 2016, AS WE CANNOT AFFORD THE HIGH REPAIR COST. THE REPAIR ESTIMATE THAT I WAS QUOTED FOR THE TIPM WILL COST AROUND $1100. HAD THIS BEEN TAKEN CARE OF BY CHRYSLER, I MAY HAVE SAVED WHAT I SPENT ON BATTERIES AND THE ALTERNATOR.

I HAD COMPLAINTS OF TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS SINCE I BOUGHT THE VAN. IT HAS NO POWER GOING IN REVERSE, AND IT WOULD HARD SHIFT FROM A STOP. I TOOK IT IN TWICE BEFORE THE CLUTCH BROKE. I HAD TO HAVE THE TRANSMISSION REBUILT BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT THEY SUGGESTED. YOU NEED TO LOOK INTO TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS IN THIS VAN.

THE VEHICLE DOES NOT START INTERMEDIATELY AND HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED AS A PROBLEM WITH THE FUEL PUMP RELAY EMBEDDED IN THE TIPM THAT CANNOT BE ACCESSED OR REPAIRED BY NORMAL MEANS. THIS DEFECT CAN CAUSE THE VEHICLE TO SHUT DOWN WITHOUT WARNING CAUSING A GREAT SAFETY PROBLEM. THIS SAME PROBLEM WAS EXPERIENCED BY THE DODGE DURANGO AND OTHER CHRYSLER VEHICLES AND A RECALL WAS ISSUED TO FIX THIS PROBLEM.

DRIVING STRAIGHT, APPROX 35 MPH ON 2-LANE STATE HIGHWAY PASSING THROUGH SMALL TOWN WITH RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC ON BOTH LANES AND NO SHOULDER. WITH NO PRIOR WARNING, ALL RED INSTRUMENT WARNING LIGHTS WENT ON AT ONCE, INCLUDING FUEL PUMP/THROTTLE, BRAKES AND OTHERS. CAR STALLED DEAD AND INSTANTANEOUSLY LOST POWER TO STEERING AND BRAKES, WAS IMPOSSIBLE TO CONTROL. WOULD NOT RESTART. FORTUNATELY DRIVER WAS ABLE TO STEER VEHICLE PARTLY OFF ROAD INTO A DRIVEWAY OF BUSY STORE, BLOCKING DRIVEWAY TO CUSTOMERS. STATE POLICE WERE UNABLE TO GET CAR IN NEUTRAL TO PUSH TO SAFE LOCATION. POLICE ORDERED CAR TOWED AND IT IS CURRENTLY AWAITING DIAGNOSIS FOR TOTALLY INTEGRATED POWER MODULE("TIPM") FAILURE AT DODGE DEALERSHIP. THIS WAS A LIFE-THREATENING FAILURE AND IF IT HAD HAPPENED AT NEARLY ANY OTHER LOCATION OR IN ADVERSE WEATHER THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN INJURY OR DEATH TO DRIVER AND PASSENGERS. WE HAVE TOW RECEIPT. WE DON'T KNOW WHETHER STATE POLICE FILED INCIDENT REPORT. MANY SIMILAR TIPM FAILURES OF DODGE AND CHRYSLER VEHICLES HAVE BEEN REPORTED TO NHTSA AND YOU HAVE RECENTLY REJECTED A CENTER FOR AUTO SAFETY PETITION FOR NHTSA INTERVENTION REGARDING THIS DEFECT. CHRYSLER/DODGE IS WELL AWARE OF THE PROBLEMS WITH THE TIPM BECAUSE 80,894 JEEP WRANGLERS AND DODGE NITRO VEHICLES WERE RECALLED IN 2007 FOR THE SAME PROBLEMS. IN THAT RECALL, DEFECTIVE TIPMS HAD A SOFTWARE PROBLEM THAT COULD CAUSE THE ENGINE TO STALL. NHTSA SHOULD REQUIRE DODGE TO RECALL EVERY MODEL THAT HAS THIS SAME TIPM INSTALLED AND TO IMMEDIATELY WARN THE PUBLIC THAT THEIR LIVES ARE IN DANGER EVERY TIME THEY DRIVE THEIR DODGE/CHRYSLER VEHICLE. IT IS UNCONSCIONABLE THAT THE MANUFACTURER AND NHTSA HAVE PREVIOUSLY BEEN INFORMED OF THIS DANGEROUS DEFECT AND FAILED TO PROTECT THE AMERICAN PUBLIC.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 40 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS INTERMITTENT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO BE DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE CONTACT WAS CONCERNED THAT THE FUEL PUMP RELAY FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 72,000.

TIPM BAD. I'VE TAKEN MY VAN TO THE DODGE DEALER SEVERAL TIMES FOR IT CRANKS BUT NOT START. RUNS ROUGH, ACCELERATES BY IT SELF SOMETIMES, WINDOWS WENT DOWN BY THEMSELVES. THEY "DIAGNOSED" IT AND CAME UP WITH DIFFERENT THINGS, I'M SURE NEVER NEEDED SUCH AS HOUSING-THERMOSTAT, CRANKSHAFT POSITION SENSOR, O2 OXYGEN SENSOR. STILL RUNNING SAME WAY AND NOT STARTING. THEN THEY SAID I NEEDED A NEW FUEL PUMP. I HAD A DIFFERENT MECHANIC PUT THAT ON BECAUSE HE SAID IT WOULD BE A FEW WEEKS BEFORE HE COULD GET A FUEL PUMP. COUPLE DAYS LATER SAME CRAP. NEXT DAY MY VAN WAS COMPLETELY DEAD, JUMP STARTED IT, TURNED IT OFF AND NEVER WOULD START AGAIN! COULDN'T HEAR THE FUEL PUMP COME ON AT ALL! NOW I'VE SPENT $1,100 AND STILL CAN'T DRIVE IT!! DODGE DOES NOT CARE ABOUT THEIR PAYING CUSTOMERS!!!! PLEASE HELP ME!!!!!!!!! I AM ON A FIXED INCOME, I CAN'T AFFORD ALL THIS!!!!

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BATTERY FAILED WITHOUT WARNING. IN ADDITION, THE WINDOWS ROLLED DOWN AND THE LOCKS LOCKED AND UNLOCKED INDEPENDENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TIPM MODULE FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 75,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS STARTED, THE ENGINE SUDDENLY SHUT OFF. THE VEHICLE WAS UNABLE TO RESTART AND WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TIPM FAILED. A BYPASS WAS INSTALLED ON THE TIPM; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED MULTIPLE TIMES. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 35,000.

SEVERAL THINGS HAS BEEN HAPPENING. VAN WOULD SPEED UP FOR NO APPARENT REASON, IT HAS STALLED WHILE DRIVING, TWO FRONT WINDOWS WENT DOWN BY THEMSELVES, I'VE HAD TO TRY SEVERAL TIMES TO START THE VAN, ITS GOTTEN A LOT WORSE! TOOK IT TO CR DODGE DEALER IN ADRIAN MI HAD TO PAY $60.00 TO DIAGNOSE IT. THEY CAME UP WITH THERMOSTAT AND CRANKSHAFT POSITION SENSOR LABOR $297.05 PARTS $76.20 TOOK IT HOME A COUPLE DAYS SAME CRAP. PUT 02 OXYGEN SENSOR BECAUSE IT WAS ALSO RUNNING REALLY BAD AT TIMES. A COUPLE DAYS LATER SAME CRAP. TOOK IT BACK AGAIN SAID IT NEEDS A NEW FUEL PUMP MODULE. HAD TO TAKE IT TO A DIFFERENT MECHANIC BECAUSE IT WOULD TAKE THEM AT LEAST 2 WEEKS TO GET ONE IN.SO AROUND $500.00 FOR THE PUMP. A FEW DAYS LATER AGAIN HARD TO START, IT SEEMS LIKE IF THERE WERE A LOT OF MOISTURE IN THE AIR OR RAIN IT WAS WORSE. SO YESTERDAY WENT OUT AND WAS COMPLETELY DEAD! GOT A JUMP IT FINALLY STARTED. TURNED IT OFF TRIED TO START IT WITH THE AFTERMARKET REMOTE STARTER WOULDN'T START AGAIN AT ALL AFTER THAT JUST CRANKS AND I DON'T HEAR THE FUEL PUMP COMING ON. I TOLD THE "DODGE" SERVICE MAN THAT I READ ABOUT THE TIPM AND I THOUGHT IT WAS THAT. HE SAID NO, HE SAID IT DEPENDS WHEN AND WHERE THE VAN WAS MADE???? DODGE DOES NOT CARE ABOUT THEIR CUSTOMERS!!!! I AM SOOOOOOO AGGRAVATED!!!! *TR

OUR VEHICLE WAS HARD TO START, AND WOULD SOMETIMES STALL WHILE DRIVING. AFTER DOING A BIT OF RESEARCH ON ALL POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS, IT ONLY WORKED WHEN BYPASSING THE FUEL RELAY. THIS IS THE SAME PROBLEM THAT AFFECTED THE DURANGO AND GRAND CHEROKEE WITH THEIR TIPM. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE'S FRONT DRIVER AND PASSENGER WINDOWS WOULD INDEPENDENTLY ROLL DOWN AND THE DOORS WOULD UNLOCK. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURES. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 96,000.

MY TIPM FAILED WHILE DRIVING ON A HIGHWAY NEAR MY HOUSE. FUEL DELIVERY CUT OFF WHILE DRIVING. THE VEHICLE FORTUNATELY HAD ENOUGH MOMENTUM TO GET BACK HOME, BUT WILL NOT START AT ALL. DIAGNOSED AS A FAULTY TIPM MODULE. DOING SOME RESEARCH, NHTSA HAS PREVIOUSLY RECALLED A VERY SIMILAR TIPM IN THE GRAND CHEROKEE AND DURANGO, ESSENTIALLY ALLOWING CHRYSLER TO RECALL THE VEHICLES AND INSTALL A NEW RELAY THAT BYPASSES THE TIPM AND ALLOWS FUEL TO FLOW. I ENCOURAGE NHTSA TO EXPAND THIS RECALL TO ALL AFFECTED 2010+ CHRYSLER VEHICLES WITH TIPMS IN THE STRONGEST POSSIBLE TERMS. I AM VERY LUCKY THAT I WASN'T STRANDED OR SERIOUSLY INJURED. MANY OTHER SIMILAR COMPLAINTS EXIST ONLINE AND EVEN IN THE NHTSA FORUMS.

CAR HAS A HARD TIME STARTING OR WILL CUT OF WHILE DRIVING. ALMOST GOT IN ACCIDENT WHILE SLOWING DOWN FOR RED LIGHT.

TIPM NEEDING TO BE REPLACED DUE TO ALL WARNING LIGHT AND WIPERS CUTTING ON, DOORS NOT FUNCTIONING, ALL ELECTRICAL MALFUNCTIONING. MOTOR CUTTING OFF LOW SPEED. 20 CODES LISTED. DODGE IS WILLING TO REPLACE FOR AROUND $1000 MY COST.

MY CAR WILL RANDOMLY NOT START. I PAID $1200 TO HAVE THE TIPM FIXED/REPLACED(?). IT WOULD STILL RANDOMLY NOT START AFTER THE "FIX". DEALERSHIP TOLD ME I HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL I CANNOT GET IT TO START TO BRING IT IN...BASICALLY I HAVE TO BE STRANDED AND TOW IT BEFORE THEY CAN LOOK AT IT SINCE THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM WHEN I TOOK IT IN 1 WEEK AFTER PAYING THE $1200 FOR THE "FIX" THAT DID NOT WORK.

ALMOST 67,000MILES, 2011 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN V6 AUTOMATIC. VEHICLE HAS BECOME HARD TO START AND WILL OCCASIONALLY DIE OR ACT FUEL STARVED WHILE DRIVING AT LOW SPEED (15-25MPH). TOOK VEHICLE IN TO DEALER FOR SERVICE AND WAS TOLD I HAVE A FAULTY TIPM MODULE. AFTER RESEARCHING A BIT ONLINE THIS APPEARS TO BE A COMMON ISSUE FOR DODGE VEHICLES FOR YEARS 2007-2015. FOR SUCH A COMMON ISSUE I CANNOT UNDERSTAND WHY THERE IS NOT A RECALL. *TR

TIPM FAILURE RESULTING IN FUEL PUMP NOT ABLE TO OPERATE CORRECTLY.

BEGAN WITH AIRBAG LIGHT ON PANEL COMING ON AND RANDOM LOCKING AND UNLOCKING OF DOORS AND DYING WHILE TRAVELING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS. ALL THESE HAPPEN WETHER THE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION OR NOT. THEN IT WOULD ONLY START USING THE REMOTE STARTER AND NOW IT ONLY STARTS WHEN JUMPED BY ANOTHER RUNNING VEHICLE, EVEN WHEN THE BATTERY IS FULLY CHARGED(TESTED). IT WILL SIMPLY CRANK AND CRANK TILL BATTERY IS DEAD(ABOUT 10 MINUTES) UNLESS IT IS CONNECTED TO ANOTHER RUNNING VEHICLE. IT WILL START EVEN IF BATTERY IS CLOSE TO DEAD THEN.

MY VAN DOES NOT ALWAYS START.--WHEN PARKED IN DRIVEWAY OR PARKING LOT; NO DIFFERENCE IF FLAT OR HILL OR ANYTHING. SOME DAYS IT STARTS WITH OUT ANY PROBLEMS, OTHER DAYS IT WILL NOT START EVER--IT MIGHT START AT 8AM, NOT AT 11AM, BUT WORK FOR A WEEK...NO PATTERN. I HAVE HAD IT TO THE SHOW 3 TIMES IN THE LAST 3 MONTHS--EACH TIME IT STAYED FOR MORE THAN 3 DAYS. THEY THOUGHT BATTERY; BOUGHT A NEW BATTERY. NEXT DAY, NO START. ONLY WARNING LIGHT WAS KEY BATTERY LOW--SO THEY CHANGED THAT (EVEN THOUGH I HAD ALREADY DONE THAT). NEXT DAY, NO START AND SAME LOW KEY BAT WARNING. THEN IT WOULD BE FINE FOR A FEW DAYS... AND AGAIN RANDOM START OR NO STARTS. THE LAST TIME THE RED "ELECTRONIC THROTTLE CONTROL" LIGHT WAS ON--IT SHUTS OFF AFTER A FEW SECONDS. SOMETIMES, WHEN IT DOESN'T WANT TO, BUT THEN DOES START, IT ACTS LIKE IT WANTS TO SHUT DOWN WHILE I AM DRIVING. IT WILL SPUTTER AND SEEM LIKE IT WANTS TO SHUT OFF. THE FOLKS AT THE GARAGE ARE COMPLETELY PERPLEXED BY THIS AND HAVE OFFERED TO COME TO MY HOUSE/WORK THE NEXT TIME TO SEE IT BC IT DOESN'T ALWAYS DO IT FOR THEM--WE THINK BECAUSE IF I JUMP IT, IT DOES A TEMPORARY FIX. BUT, THEY ALSO WARN BASED ON OVER CHARGING/SHOCKING A GOOD BATTERY. ANYTHING WE GOOGLE SAYS TO BE CAREFUL DRIVING AND GET TO SHOP... WELL SHOP CAN'T FIGURE IT OUT. I HAVE HEARD ABOUT A FEW RECALLS FOR IGNITION AND KEYS, AND I HAVE A CALL IN TO THE DEALERSHIP ABOUT THIS. I AM WORRIED THAT I WILL BE STUCK OUT WITH MY KIDS; END UP CRASHING WITH MY KIDS; OR WITH THE BAD WEATHER COMING, WE WILL HAVE EITHER OF THEM HAPPEN AND BE STUCK IN THE SNOW. *TR

ACCELERATES ON ITS OWN WHILE IT WAS STATIONARY AND GOING DOWN THE HIGHWAY. IT WOULD NOT START WHEN TURNING ON. HAD TO REPLACE THE FUEL PUMP AND NOW BEING TOLD THAT IT NEEDS THE TIPM REPLACED TO START.

TOTALLY INTEGRATED POWER MODULE (TIPM) FAILED. ENGINE WOULD NOT START WHILE CAR WAS STATIONARY. FUEL PUMP RELAY WITHIN THE TIPM WAS MALFUNCTIONING, PREVENTING POWER FROM GETTING TO THE FUEL PUMP, THEREFORE PREVENTING PROPER OPERATION OF THE FUEL PUMP. I UNDERSTAND THIS PROBLEM CAN ALSO MANIFEST ITSELF AS EITHER LOSS OF POWER WHILE DRIVING, OR A CONTINUAL RUNNING OF THE FUEL PUMP, EVEN WHEN VEHICLE IS OFF (THEREBY DRAINING THE BATTERY).

MY CAR WAS NOT ON AND WAS STATIONARY, IN MY DRIVE WAY. I WENT TO START MY CAR TO MOVE IT AND IT WOULDN'T START. I DID SOME CHECKING ON THE INTERNET AND FOUND THAT THE TIPM WAS HAVING ISSUES. I MADE A BYPASS FROM THE PASSENGER OUTLET TO THE FUEL PUMP RELAY TO GET POWER. THIS IS A TEMPORARY FIX BUT IT HAS WORKED SO FAR. I HAVE ADDED A PICTURE OF MY BYPASS FOR DOCUMENTATION.

TROUBLE STARTING THE VEHICLE. IT STAYS STUCK ON TURNING IT OVER. YOU HAVE TO TURN OFF TURN IT ON AGAIN AND AGAIN IT WILL STAY STUCK IF YOU DON'T TURN IT OFF. I'M AFRAID I WILL BE LEFT STRANDED. THIS HAPPENS EVERY DAY AND TAKING LONGER TO START. I THINK ITS A FAULTY TIPM.

MY 2011 CARAVAN HAS 68K MILES ON IT. FOR THE PAST FEW MONTHS, IT WILL INTERMITTENTLY HAVE PROBLEMS STARTING. EVERYTHING SEEMS FINE UNTIL YOU TURN IT TO CRANK AND THEN IT JUST MAKES A CLICK NOISE. IT WILL DO THIS ANYWHERE FROM 2 TO 20 TIMES UNTIL IT FINALLY CRANKS. IT WILL BE FINE FOR DAYS AND THEN SUDDENLY... NO START. I'VE LEFT IT AT MY MECHANIC FOR ONE WEEK LAST MONTH AND ONE WEEK THIS MONTH. THEY REPLACED THE BATTERY, BUT NO AVAIL. THEY HAVE SEEN IT IN ACTION (ACTUALLY CAME TO ME BECAUSE THEY ARE TOTALLY STUMPED TOO), BUT CANNOT REPLICATE IT. SO I'M OUT $800 IN CAR RENTAL FEES AND NO ONE CAN FIGURE OUT WHY THE THING IS ACTING LIKE IT IS. I'M WORRIED I'M GOING TO BE STRANDED WITH A HAND FULL OF KIDS AND A CAR THAT WON'T START. I DON'T LIKE FEELING LIKE I CAN'T TRUST MY CAR. DODGE HAS BEEN UNHELPFUL AS WELL, ALTHOUGH I'M GIVING THE DEALERSHIP A SHOT AT THIS PROBLEM AGAIN AND TAKING IT THERE. ANOTHER WEEK OF RENTAL CAR FEES - YAY! FROM READING ONLINE AND A QUICK YOUTUBE SEARCH, IT APPEARS I'M NOT ALONE WITH THIS PROBLEM. I JUST WANT IT FIXED, WHATEVER THE PROBLEM IS.

CAR (2011 GRAND CARAVAN) WOULD CRANK BUT NOT START. I HAD IT TOWED TO SAFFORD DODGE IN SPRINGFIELD, VIRGINIA. THEY DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM AS A BAD FUEL PUMP. I PAID $950 FOR A TOW AND A NEW FUEL PUMP. AS SOON AS I DROVE THE VEHICLE HOME, IT WAS DOING THE EXACT SAME THING (CRANK BUT NOT START). EVENTUALLY, IT STARTED BUT, LATER IN THE DAY, IT WOULD NOT START AT ALL. I CONTACTED THE DEALER AND MADE ARRANGEMENTS FOR IT TO BE TOWED IN AGAIN. EVENTUALLY, THE SERVICE GUY CALLS BACK AND SAYS THEY ARE HAVING TROUBLE PINPOINTING THE PROBLEM. BEFORE THIS POINT I HAD RESEARCHED THE PROBLEM AND DISCOVERED THE MULTIPLE ISSUES WITH THE TIPM MODULE. THE NEXT MORNING HE CALLS MY WIFE AND TELLS HER THAT WE NEED A NEW TIPM MODULE AND IT'S GOING TO COST $1200 TO REPLACE IT. SHE TOLD HIM THAT WE WOULD PAY FOR THE TIPM MODULE PROVIDED THEY DEDUCTED THE COST OF THE NEW FUEL PUMP WHICH WE BELIEVE WAS REPLACED IN ERROR. SERVICE GUY WAS ADAMANT THAT FUEL PUMP WAS BAD AND THAT IT HAD TO BE REPLACED. HE SAID THEY HAD ISOLATED THE PUMP AND CONFIRMED THAT IT HAD POWER COMING TO IT BEFORE DIAGNOSING THAT IT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THIS MAY BE TRUE BUT I HAVE ZERO FAITH THAT THIS GUY WAS TELLING ME THE TRUTH. I HAVE READ SEVERAL REPORTS ON THE INTERNET WHERE PEOPLE HAD THEIR FUEL PUMP REPLACED IN ERROR. I EVENTUALLY WENT TO THE SERVICE MANAGER. HE WAS ALSO INSISTENT THAT THE FUEL PUMP FAILED SIMULTANEOUSLY WITH THE TIPM MODULE. I ALSO ASKED HIM IF THEY HAD REPLACED MULTIPLE TIPM MODULES AND HE ACTED AS IF THIS WAS A VERY RARE REPAIR; HOWEVER, WHEN HE INSINUATED THAT MY FUEL PUMP AND TIPM HAD FAILED SIMULTANEOUSLY, HE ACTED AS IF HE HAD SEEN THIS SEVERAL TIMES?! MY CENTRAL CONCERN IS THAT THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL REPORTS OF THE TIPM MODULE FAILING ABRUPTLY AT HIGHWAY SPEED.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO START THE ENGINE, THE FUEL SYSTEM FAILED TO ENGAGE AND THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED A FAILURE CODE FOR THE FUEL PUMP. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED AND THE FUEL PUMP ASSEMBLY WAS REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V530000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM). THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 77,000.

I HAVE TWO SMALL CHILDREN, AND AM CONCERNED ABOUT THIS ISSUE. MY ENGINE WILL NOT TURN OVER, IT "TICS..TIC..TIC..", UNTIL I HAVE ATTEMPTED MULTIPLE TIMES. THIS PROBLEM IS ERRATIC..2011 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN, HAVE BEEN TOLD IT NEEDS A TIPM DUE TO A "SERVICE BULLETIN" THE DEALERSHIP HAD. I DO NOT HAVE THE $1150 TO FIX THIS! I AM AFRAID TO BE STRANDED SOMEWHERE, AND AFTER LOOKING INTO THIS APPARENTLY COMMON ISSUE, I SEE THAT IT COULD LEAD TO JUST RANDOM STALLS WHICH IS SCARY. I DO NOT HAVE THE MONEY TO FIX IT. MY WARRANTY HAS PROVEN USELESS IN THAT DOES NOT COVER THIS . I SOMETIMES HAVE TO ATTEMPT UPWARDS OF 10 TIMES TO FINALLY GET THE ENGINE TO COMPLETELY TURN OVER. IT ALSO SEEMS TO RUN ROUGH SOMETIMES, PARTICULARLY WHEN UP A HILL, ETC. I CAN NOT TRUST THIS VEHICLE TO BE DEPENDABLE AND SINCE IT IS NOT THAT OLD, AND IT APPEARS AS IF THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM, I BELIEVE THE MANUFACTURER SHOULD ISSUE A RECALL DUE TO SAFETY CONCERNS IF THE VEHICLE WERE TO STALL. DATED OF INCIDENT ON THIS FORM IS THE MOST RECENT, BUT NOT THE ONLY TIME IT HAS HAPPENED.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE STARTED TO WIGGLE BACK AND FORTH. THE CONTACT PULLED OVER AND NOTICED THAT THE PASSENGER SIDE SUSPENSION FRACTURED INTO TWO PIECES. THE FAILURE CAUSED THE TIRES TO WOBBLE. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL DEALER WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE REAR SUSPENSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND DOCUMENTED THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 39,400. UPDATED 11/07/16*LJ *TR

VEHICLE BEGAN HAVING ISSUES STARTING, INTERMITTENTLY AT FIRST, ABOUT 3-4 WEEKS AGO. 4 DAYS AGO, VEHICLES BATTERY WAS DEAD, WOULDN'T START FOR SEVERAL ATTEMPTS. STALLED TWICE WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH CONTINUED TO NOT START, BATTERY, ALTERNATOR, STARTER, WIRING ALL CHECKED OUT OKAY WITH LOCAL REPAIR SHOP. THE FUEL PUMP RELAY IN THE TPIM (TOTAL INTEGRATED POWER MODULE) WAS BAD, REQUIRED WHOLE TPIM TO BE REPLACED.

WOULD NOT START ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. PURCHASED NEW BATTERY. TOOK IT TO LOCAL MECHANIC. ALMOST PUT IN A NEW STARTER BUT RESEARCHED IT FIRST ON THE INTERNET. SEEMED LIKE IT WAS A FAULTY TIPM. CALLED LOCAL CHRYSLER DEALER AND TOLD THEM THE ISSUES. AFTER A WEEK, THEY SAID I NEEDED A NEW TIPM ($1200) AND WOULD NOT COVER THE COST. SAID THAT THEY DID NOT KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT A TIPM RECALL. I DID NOT GET IT REPLACED. CALLED CHRYSLER CUSTOMER CARE AND THEY SAID THAT I DID NOT QUALIFY FOR A RECALL. I HAVE DRIVEN CHRYSLER DODGE CARAVANS FOR OVER 25 YEARS AND I AM GREATLY DISAPPOINTED THAT THEY ARE NOT STANDING BEHIND THEIR PRODUCT. THEY KNOW THAT THERE IS AN ISSUE WITH ALL THE TIPMS IN THEIR VEHICLES AND THEY ONLY RECALLED CERTAIN MAKES AND MODELS. MEANWHILE, I HOLD MY BREATH EVERY TIME I TRY TO START MY CAR. I AM RETIRED AND CANNOT AFFORD TO REPLACE THAT PART FOR THAT PRICE. I HAD THIS CAR AS A COMPANY CAR STARTING IN JANUARY OF 2011 AND PURCHASED IT FROM ARI IN JULY OF 2014.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED AND THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL VIBRATION COMING FROM THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER TO BE DIAGNOSED. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE FRONT PASSENGER SUSPENSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 300.

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

FOR THE PAST YEAR OR SO WE HAVE HAD CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON AND OFF AND HAVE HAD IT CHECKED AT DODGE DEALERSHIPS AND PRIVATE MECHANICS. THE CODE THEY KEPT COMING UP WAS A GENERAL CODE OF "MISFIRE" SO DODGE CONVINCED US TO GET THE SPARK PLUGS FIXED AND TO DO FUEL CLEANER TO OUR FUEL TANK BECAUSE IT WAS "PROBABLY THAT". AFTER THE FIXES WERE MADE AS A RESULT OF WHAT DODGE TOLD US TO DO, THE SAME PROBLEMS CONTINUED TO OCCUR. AFTER SEVERAL MORE TIMES OF THE VAN "SPUTTERING" DOWN THE ROAD IN BOTH CITY AND HIGHWAY DRIVING FEELING LIKE IT WAS ABOUT TO STALL OUT WHICH COULD HAVE CAUSED INJURY TO MY FAMILY OR MYSELF, IT GOT TO THE POINT IT WOULD NOT EVEN START. WE TOOK IT TO GET FIXED YET AGAIN THINKING IT WAS THE FUEL PUMP TO FIND OUT IT WAS THE TIPM. THIS IS A PART THAT IS KNOWN TO GO WRONG IN DODGE VANS YET THERE IS NO RECALL ON IT OR ANY FIX FOR IT. I TRANSPORT MY THREE KIDS IN THIS VEHICLE THAT WE STILL OWE MONEY ON TO FIND OUT ONE OF ITS MAIN COMPONENTS IS FAULTY AND THERE IS NO FIX SO IT IS OVER A GRAND OUT OF OUR POCKETS (AND SEVERAL 100 OTHER PEOPLE) TO GET THIS PART FIXED. NOT TO MENTION THE FACT THAT OUR CAR IS RENDERED USELESS UNTIL THIS IS DONE. DODGE NEEDS TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR THIS PART THAT IS FAULTY IN 2011 GRAND CARVANS. FAMILIES DON'T NEED TO BE SERIOUSLY HURT OR EVEN KILLED BECAUSE THIS LITTLE PART STOPS WORKING MID DRIVE (WHICH HAPPENED TO US BUT WE WERE PULLING OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY WITH NO ONE AROUND). PLEASE HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE. IF YOU CAN'T THEN MAKE SOMEONE ELSE! IT IS NOT FAIR TO THE CONSUMER WHO PUT THEIR TRUST IN DODGE! THIS HAS BEEN A YEAR AND A HALF OF CONSTANT ISSUES THAT HAVE COME OUT OF OUR WALLETS WHILE THE CAR MAKER SITS PRETTY.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE HESITATED TO START WITHOUT WARNING. THE FAILURE RECURRED APPROXIMATELY FIVE TO TEN TIMES INTERMITTENTLY. WHEN THE FAILURE OCCURRED, THE BATTERY BECAME INOPERABLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, BUT THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS UNABLE TO BE DETERMINED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 120,000.

DODGE DEALERSHIP FINALLY DIAGNOSED MY FAULTY TIPM IN MY 2011 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. I BOUGHT THE VEHICLE NEW AND STARTED HAVING STARTING ISSUES WHILE PARKED AT ABOUT 15K MILES ALL THE WAY UP TO PRESENT MILEAGE OF 70K MILES. ORIGINALLY WHEN THE KEY WAS TURNED IN THE IGNITION I WOULD GET NOTHING, JUST A VERY QUICK HALF TURN OF THE MOTOR (NO TRUE CRANKING). THIS STRANGE ELECTRICAL SHORT WOULD SELF RESOLVE AFTER 15 MINUTES AND THEN CARAVAN WOULD STARTUP. THIS ISSUE PROGRESSIVELY BECAME MORE FREQUENT AS THE MILES WERE ADDED RACKED UP ON THE VEHICLE. NOW AT 70K MILES THE CARAVAN WILL ONLY CRANK BUT NOT START UP. WHEN IT DOES START IT WILL STUTTER AND THEN STALL OUT. EVENTUALLY I WILL BE ABLE TO GET IT TO START BUT IT WILL FEEL HESITANT AT TIMES WHILE DRIVING IT. THIS HARD START HAS BEEN OCCURRING ALMOST TIME I TRY TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE NOW. THE DEALERSHIP WAS FINALLY ABLE TO REPLICATE IT NOW AT 70K MILES (BECAUSE IT IS A GUARANTEED TO OCCUR) AS OPPOSED TO WHEN IT WAS VERY INTERMITTENT AND UNPREDICTABLE. OF COURSE NOW THAT I'M OUT OF WARRANTY IT WILL COST ME $1400 FOR A NEW TIPM OR THE OTHER OPTION PROPOSED IS TO CUT MY ELECTRICAL WIRING AND SOLDER A STANDALONE RELAY TO BYPASS THE INTERNAL RELAY INSIDE THE FAULTY TIPM AT A RATE OF $500. AS EVIDENCED BY INTERNET RESEARCH, THIS ISSUE IS RAMPANT ACROSS THE CHRYSLER/DODGE PRODUCT LINE AND I'M SURPRISED THAT THIS IS NOT A VOLUNTARY RECALL ALREADY. I SEE THAT IT IS IN LITIGATION AT THE MOMENT AS A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO START ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE FUEL PUMP WAS REPLACED; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED, BUT THE TECHNICIAN COULD NOT FIND A FAILURE CODE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 95,000.

THE VAN SIMPLY SHUTS OFF WHILE DRIVING. I WAS ON A 6 LANE HIGHWAY GOING 40 MPH AND THE ENGINE SHUTDOWN. ALL ELECTRICAL INCLUDING THE DASH QUIT WORKING. I WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER AND RESTART THE CAR. SEVERAL MILES DOWN THE ROAD IT HAPPENED AGAIN.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. UPON STARTING THE VEHICLE, THERE WAS A LOUD SOUND. THE CONTACT LOOKED UNDER THE HOOD AND NOTICED THAT THE BATTERY EXPLODED. THE VEHICLE OWNER REPLACED THE BATTERY, BUT AN ABNORMAL NOISE RECURRED A FEW DAYS LATER. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND PROVIDED NO REPAIR SOLUTION. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 86,000.

VEHICLE STALLED WHILE DRIVING ON THE TURNPIKE. STARTED AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS. DAYS LATER WOULDN'T START IN DRIVEWAY.

MALFUNCTIONING TIPM WITH RANDOM OPENING OF WINDOWS AND SLIDING DOOR, INABILITY TO START ENGINE. THIS MODEL SHOULD BE INCLUDED WITH OTHER CHRYSLER MODELS UNDER RECALL. THE INTERNET IS FULL OF ANECDOTAL EVIDENCE THE MOST CONCERNING IS LOSS OF POWER/STALLING WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS IN HEAVY TRAFFIC. I'M THE LATEST VICTIM AND UNHAPPY WITH NHSTA RESPONSE TO COMPLAINTS. CAR STATIONARY.

THE VAN TRIES TO START BUT IT NEVER TURNS OVER. I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE INTERSTATE AT AROUND 70 MPH AND THE VAN STALLS OUT. I WAS ABLE TO GET IT TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND CALLED A TOW TRUCK TO TAKE IT TO THE DEALER. DEALER STATED THAT I NEED A TIPM MODULE AND IT WAS GOING TO COST $1500. THIS IS THE SAME MODULE THAT WAS ISSUED A RECALL ON TWO OTHER DODGE VEHICLES. THIS IS THE SAME MODULE!! THIS NEEDS TO BE ISSUED A RECALL AS WELL. I DON'T KNOW WHY THEY THOUGHT THAT PUTTING THE SAME MODULE IN A RECALLED VEHICLE THE SAME PROBLEM WOULDN'T ARISE. THIS IS BS.

THE CAR HAS BEEN SHUTTING OFF WHILE MY WIFE IS DRIVING WITH MY KIDS IN THE CAR. I HAVE TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP TWICE NOW FOR THE SAME PROBLEM. I JUST GOT MY CAR BACK YESTERDAY 6/28/16 AFTER THE DEALERSHIP HAD BEEN WORKING ON IT FOR A MONTH AND HALF. WHILE MY WIFE WAS DRIVING TODAY 6/29/16 THE SAME THING HAPPENED AGAIN. IT HAPPENS SUDDENLY WITHOUT ANY WARNING SO THERE IS NO WAY FOR HER TO PULL OVER, SHE HAS TO REMOVE THE IGNITION KEY RIGHT WHERE SHE IS AT AND THEN TURN THE CAR BACK ON. THIS IS VERY CONCERNING BECAUSE IT CAN CAUSE AN ACCIDENT SINCE THERE IS NO WAY OF TELLING WHEN THE CAR WILL SHUT OFF. I HAVE READ MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE SAME THING HAPPENING TO OTHER PEOPLE WITH SAME PROBLEM. I DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHY THIS VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN RECALLED.

VEHICLE WON'T START YOU CAN TURN THE KEY FOR 8 TO 10 MINUTES AT A TIME BEFORE IT WILL START. THE VEHICLE ALSO LOSES POWER WHILE GOING UP AN INCLINE OR GOING IN REVERSE. THIS IS A HUGE SAFETY CONCERN WITH IT LOSING POWER WHILE DRIVING. NOT TO MENTION THIS HAS LEAD TO A LOT OF LATE SHIFTS TO WORK AND KIDS TO SCHOOL AND APPOINTMENTS. WAS TOLD THAT MY TPIM HAS GONE BAD WHICH IS SUPER EXPENSIVE WHEN YOU ARE MAKING PAYMENTS ON THE VEHICLE AND LIVING PAYCHECK TO PAYCHECK. THIS IS PROGRESSIVELY BECOMING A HUGE PROBLEM AS EVERYDAY IT TAKES A LITTLE LONGER FOR THE VEHICLE TO START. WHY WAS THE GRAND JEEP CHEROKEE AND DODGE DURANGO RECALLED FOR THIS ISSUE BUT NOT THE 2011 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN??

THE VAN LOST POWER WHILE ON THE HIGHWAY,IT WAS TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP WHO SAID THE TIPM WAS BAD.THE CAR WAS MOVING ON THE HIGHWAY WHEN IT LOST POWER.THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS AND NEEDS TO BE RECALLED!DODGE HAS KNOWN ABOUT THIS PROBLEM BUT REFUSES A RECALL ON THE CARAVANS.

WELL FROM THE TIME I PURCHASED THE CAR I TOLD THE DEALER ABOUT THE IGNITION. THE CAR SPEEDING OFF WHILE I'M DRIVING IN A REGULAR STREET OR HIGHWAY. THE WARNING LIGHTS DOESN'T WARN . ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. RIDING IN THE CAR IN STREET YESTERDAY ONCE AGAIN THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED IN ME IN TRAFFIC AND IT SHUT DOWN. NO WARNING. SO DANGEROUS. THERE IS NO WAY THERE SHOULD BE SO MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE SAME ISSUES AND THEY NOT HAVE A RECALL AND REPAIRS .MY ALTERNATOR ACTUALLY FRIED AND WE COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED ALONG WITH MY CHILDREN!!!! I'M SCARED. IM PAYING $500.00 DOLLARS A MONTH FOR A VEHICLE THAT IS SITTING AND I CAN'T DRIVE. PLEASE GIVE HELLO ME TO GET JUSTICE.

THE KEY FOBS WEREN'T WORKING PROPERLY, AND THE CAR WOULDN'T START PROPERLY. IT WOULD CRANK WELL BUT NOT CATCH. EVENTUALLY I COULD PERSUADE IT TO START. KLABEN AUTO (KENT, OH) REPLACED A KEY FOB (+?) FOR $1114.27, BUT THE CAR STILL WOULDN'T START PROPERLY. WHEN I TOOK IT BACK, THEY REPLACED THE FUEL PUMP, BUT THIS DIDN'T ADDRESS THE PROBLEM. THEN THEY REPLACED THE TIPM, WHICH SOLVED THE PROBLEM WITH STARTING., FOR AN ADDITIONAL $697.53

I CONTACTED FOX NEGAUNEE FOR REPAIR OF THE "REAR QUARTER VENT WINDOW SWITCH RECALL" ON 04/15/2015. I MADE A FOLLOW UP CALL A FEW MONTHS LATER. I STILL HAVE NOT BEEN CONTACTED FOR REPAIR OF THIS RECALL. I HAVE NOT EXPERIENCED AN ISSUE WITH THE PART; HOWEVER, AS A RECALL, IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN FIXED IN A TIMELY MANNER. I AM DISAPPOINTED. I KEEP GETTING THESE NOTICES IN THE MAIL. WHEN I CALLED INITIALLY, I WAS TOLD I WAS 60TH IN LINE.

I HAVE HAD MY VAN SINCE 2013, AND HAVE HAD REPEATED PROBLEMS WITH IT NOT STARTING. I ATTEMPT OVER AND OVER TO START THE CAR USING THE KEY, BUT IT RECEIVES NO POWER. EVENTUALLY IT WILL START, BUT THIS IS VERY FRUSTRATING. I WAS TOLD MY A MECHANIC IT IS THE TIPM THAT IS MALFUNCTIONING. I HAVE ALSO NOTED ANOTHER ISSUE THAT WHEN I TURN OFF THE VAN AND REMOVE THE KEY, THERE IS STILL A MOTOR OF SOME SORT RUNNING, IT SOUNDS LIKE A LOW KEY HUM COMING FROM THE CONSOLE. I AM CONCERNED ABOUT BOTH OF THESE ISSUES.

SEVERAL TIMES THIS WINTER MY WIFE HAS WENT TO START OUR VEHICLE AND IT WOULD NOT START. THIS HAS RESULTED IN MISSED TIME AT WORK AND KIDS MISSING SCHOOL AS WELL AS 1 OCCURRENCE OF BEING STRAINED WHILE OUT SHOPPING. IT SEEMS TO EFFECT IT MOSTLY WHEN REALLY COLD OUTSIDE 30 OR BELOW. WE HAVE ALSO HAD SEVERE ISSUES WITH THE BRAKES. I HAVE HAD ALL FOUR BRAKES REPLACED TWICE AND BOTH FRONT ROTORS AS WELL AS CALIPERS REPLACED. THE PROBLEM IS THAT AFTER A FEW MINUTES OF DRIVING (20-30 MINS) THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE BRAKE DRAGS CAUSING A VERY STRONG METALLIC SMELL TO ENTER THROUGH THE AIR VENTS INSIDE THE VAN. MY WORRY IS THAT ONE DAY IT WILL CATCH ON FIRE AND MY VEHICLE WILL BE LOST IN THE FIRE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL BURNING ODOR IN THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V234000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM) HOWEVER THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 86,499. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT.

MY 2011 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN, WHICH I BOUGHT USED AT 33,000MI AND IT HAD UNDER 47,000MI WHEN THE ISSUE STARTED HAPPENING, FAILED TO START AFTER THE FIRST FEW ATTEMPTS. IT WOULD EVENTUALLY START AFTER 5-10 ATTEMPTS. I NOTICED IT WOULD USUALLY HAVE THAT ISSUE WHEN THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN STARTED WITHIN A FEW HOURS. ONCE IT STARTED, IT RAN FINE AND IF TURNED OFF WOULD START BACK UP FINE. DEALERSHIP INITIALLY DIAGNOSED THE COOLANT TEMP SENSOR BUT DID NOT FIX THE SITUATION. THEY CALLED CHRYSLER FOR ANY INPUTS ON WHAT THE ISSUE COULD BE AND WERE TOLD IT MOST LIKELY IS THE TIPM. THE FOLLOWING IS WHAT THEY WROTE ON MY WORK ORDER: "USING POWER PROBE FOUND VOLTAGE FROM FUEL PUMP TO LOW TO MAINTAIN PROPER FUEL PRESSURE. USING POWER PROBE ADDED VOLTAGE THROUGH M37 FUSE AND FOUND VEHICLE TO OPERATE AS INTENDED." THE REPAIR TOTALED TO $1,000. THAT DOES NOT INCLUDE THE $300+ REPAIR FOR THE TEMP. COOLANT SENSOR THAT DID NOT FIX THE ISSUE. THIS IS ABSURD TO BELIEVE THE TIPM IS RECALLED ON THE JEEP AND DURANGO BUT NOT THE CARAVAN WHEN IT CLEARLY IS HAVING THE SAME ISSUES IN MANY FORUMS ACROSS MANY WEBSITES. I CALLED CHRYSLER AND WAS TOLD THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO SINCE MY VEHICLE IS OUT OF WARRANTY AND THAT SPECIFIC PART IS NOT RECALLED. IT IS CLEAR CHRYSLER WILL NOT ATTEMPT TO FIX THE SITUATION UNTIL TOLD TO.

WHILE DRIVING, THE VEHICLE WILL SHUT OFF AT RANDOM TIMES. THIS HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES DURING THE LAST 2 MONTHS. WE RECENTLY TOOK THE VEHICLE IN, BUT, THE PROBLEM DID NOT OCCUR WHILE THE REPAIR SHOP HAD IT, SO, THEY DID NOT REPLACE ANYTHING. THERE ARE NO SPECIFIC CIRCUMSTANCES THAT WILL CAUSE THIS TO HAPPEN. IT HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES WHILE TRAVELING AT HIGH SPEED ON THE INTERSTATE. THERE IS A RECALL FOR THE 2008-2010 MODEL YEAR GRAND CARAVANS THAT HAVE SUFFERED THE SAME PROBLEM. THE RECALL ADDRESSES THE IGNITION SWITCH ON THOSE VEHICLES.

CAR SHUTS OFF SUDDENLY UP (STALL WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY), LOST ALL POWER, BRAKE AND STEERING WHEEL ARE AFFECTED MAKE IMPOSSIBLE TO DRIVE SAFELY THE VEHICLE. THIS CAUSES PROBLEMS TO SAFELY PUT YOU OUT OFF THE ROAD. ALSO, WE HAVE PROBLEMS TO TURN ON THE VEHICLE IN THE MORNINGS, AND CONSUMES UP TO THE DEATH A NEW BATTERY CAR IN MONTHS (LESS THAN A YEAR). AS PER THE DODGE DEALER THIS PROBLEMS IS CAUSED DUE A FAULTY TIPM AND A BAD FUEL GAS PUMP. REPLACE BOTH WILL COST AROUND $2,000 USD. LOOKING OVER THE WEB THIS SECURITY THREAT IT IS A COMMON ISSUE FOR DODGE GRAND CARAVAN 2011-2012. GRAND CHEROKEE AND DURANGO FOR THE SAME YEARS HAVE RECALLS FOR THIS SITUATION, BUT NOT THE GRAND CARAVAN. THIS IS A SECURITY ISSUE DOCUMENTED FOR THE CHEROKEE AND THE DURANGO THAT SHOULD APPLY TO THE GRAND CARAVAN AS IT IS THE SAME PROBLEM. I HOPE THAT YOUR AGENCY WILL BE ABLE TO INTERVENE WITH THIS SERIOUS PROBLEM.

FOR OVER A YEAR HAVE ATTEMPTED TO HAVE RECALL P25/ NHTSA 14V-234 REMEDIATED AT LOCAL DEALER SPOT DODGE IN PLEASENTVILLE NJ. EACH TIME THERE IS AN EXCUSE AND THE PROMISE OF A CALL WHEN THE RECALL CAN BE COMPLETED. TO DATE HAVE NEVER RECEIVED A CALL.

WHILE DRIVING HOME, A BURNING SMELL CAME FROM THE AIR VENTS AFTER TURNING ON THE HEATER. IMMEDIATELY SHUT OFF THE HEATER AND PULLED OVER TO CHECK THE VEHICLE. TURNED THE CAR OFF LIFTED THE HOOD. PERFORMED VISUAL INSPECTION NOTHING NOTED, SLIGHT BURNING SMELL BUT NO INDICATION OF ANYTHING OUT OF PLACE. RESTARTED THE CAR AND CONTINUED HOME USING HAZARDS AND MINIMAL SPEED. AFTER FOUR MINUTES DASH INDICATOR OF BATTERY CAME ON IMMEDIATELY GOING OUT AND THE LIGHTNING BOLT APPEARED. THIS WAS FOLLOWED BY ABS, TRACTION CONTROL, AIRBAGS AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATING. ODOMETER FLAT LINED EVEN THOUGH CAR WAS STILL RUNNING. THEN THE ENTIRE CAR DIED WHILE DOING FORTY MPH. POWER STEERING AND BRAKES WENT STIFF. I WAS ABLE TO TURN INTO A PARKING LOT AND TURNED OFF IGNITION. CHECKED UNDER HOOD AGAIN NOTHING WRONG VISUALLY. CONTACTED INSURANCE COMPANY FOR A TOW TO NEATEST DEALERSHIP. THE NEXT DAY RECEIVED CALL FROM DEALERSHIP SAYING THE ALTERNATOR(160 AMP) WAS COMPLETELY FRIED AND HAD A BLOWN CELL IN THE BATTERY WHICH WAS ONLY 15 MONTHS OLD. DEALERSHIP QUOTED $1100.00 REPAIR PRICE AND WAS STILL UNSURE IF ANY OTHER SYSTEMS HAD BEEN AFFECTED. WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO DETERMINE UNTIL NEW BATTERY AND ALTERNATOR HAD BEEN REPLACED. IN SEPTEMBER OF 2014 REPLACED THE TIPM( TOTALLY INTEGRATED POWER MODULE) AFTER MULTIPLE STARTING FAILURES AND CONTINUALLY RUNNING FUEL PUMP HAD BEEN FOUND, AND NOW 18 MONTHS LATER MY ALTERNATOR FAILS WITH NO WARNING OR INDICATIONS. IN ADDITION THE SAME ALTERNATOR IS LISTED UNDER A CHRYSLER DEFECT NUMBER P60, HOWEVER CHRYSLER INFORMED ME BECAUSE MY CAR IS NOT ON THE LIST IT DOESN'T APPLY.

DON'T BUY DODGE GRAND CARAVAN 2011 TO 2015 THEY HAVE MAJOR PROBLEM WITH ENGINE AND TRANSMISSION ENGINE 3.6L MAKING TICKING SOUND FIX IT ON WARRANTY AND AFTER 40,000 MILES I HAVE SAME PROBLEM TICKING FROM ENGINE AND THE TRANSMISSION IN TRAFIC JERKING ENGINE HAD RECALL ON HEADS STILL HAS PROBLEMS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V234000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM); HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE ENGINE WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE THE BATTERY WAS REPLACED; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE PERSISTED. THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS CONTRIBUTED TO THE ALTERNATOR. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE ALTERNATOR WAS REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 58,912.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTIFICATION FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V234000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM). THE PARTS NEEDED FOR THE REPAIR WERE NOT AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME TO PROVIDE THE RECALL REPAIR. THE DEALER WAS CONTACTED, BUT WAS UNABLE TO PERFORM THE REPAIR SINCE THE PART WAS NOT YET AVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE DELAY. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT. UPDATED 05/06/16*LJ UPDATED 05/09/16.*JB

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTIFICATION FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V234000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM) AND STATED THAT THE PART NEEDED WAS UNAVAILABLE TO PERFORM THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT. UPDATED 05/03/2016*LJ UPDATED 05/04/16. *JB

WHAT ISN'T WRONG WITH MY 2011 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. SLOWLY EVERYTHING IS WRONG AND I'M FINDING OUT IT'S ALL RELATED. FIRST I JUST THOUGHT IT WAS POSSESSED WHEN THE WINDOWS ROLLED THEMSELVES DOWN. THEN IT WOULDN'T WANT TO TURN OVER. I REPLACED THE BATTERY. I THOUGHT THE PROBLEM WAS SOLVED FOR ABOUT TWO WEEKS TILL IT STARTED ACTING UP AGAIN. NOW IT NEVER WANTS TO START AND WILL SHUT OFF ON ME WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY. I LOOSE ALL POWER INCLUDING STEERING. I KNOW WHEN THE POWER GOES OUT ON THE LIFT GATE THAT THE VAN IS NOT GOING TO START. MOST RECENTLY THE FUEL PUMP KEPT RUNNING WITH THE VAN SHUT OFF CAUSING THE BATTERY TO GO DEAD. IF IT DOESN'T SHORT OUT OR WHAT EVER IT DOES TO ACT COMPLETELY DEAD. I HAVE READ THAT I NEED TO REPLACE MY TIPM (TOTAL INTEGRATED POWER MODULE) BUT THAT CHRYSTLER HASN'T FIXED THE PROBLEM. SO I WILL BASICALLY BE PAYING ABOUT $1200 FOR A NEW DEFECTIVE PART OR DRIVE DOWN THE HIGHWAY WITH MY KIDS IN THE VAN AND HOPE I DON'T LOOSE ALL POWER IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC!!

POWER TO THE FUEL PUMP. I HAVE NOTICED THAT SOMETIMES THE VEHICLE WILL NOT START AFTER THE FIRST TRY. SOME TIMES I HAVE TO TURN THE KEY TO OFF THEN TO RUN THREE TIMES AND THEN GO TO START. AT THAT POINT THE VEHICLE WILL START. I SOMETIMES CAN'T HEAR THE FUEL PUMP TURN ON WHEN I GO TO START THE CAR. I JUST KEEP TURNING THE KEY OFF AND ON UNTIL I CAN HEAR THE PUMP RUN. IT ALWAYS STARTS AFTER I CAN HEAR THE PUMP TURN ON. ANOTHER PROBLEM IS EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE I WILL JUST HEAR A CLING WHEN GOING TO START THE VEHICLE BUT THE STARTER DOESN'T TURN OVER JUST CLING. THAT HAS HAPPENED TWICE. I GOT THE BATTERY CHECKED OUT BY AAA THE BATTERY WAS JUST WORKING GREAT.

IN THE YEAR THAT I HAVE OWNED MY VAN, IT HAS EXHIBITED MULTIPLE PROBLEMS, THAT I THOUGHT WERE DIFFERENT ISSUE, BUT I NOW FIND ARE ALL RELATED TO A DEFECT IN THE TIPM. SPORADICALLY, WHETHER VEHICLE WAS COLD, OR NOT, I WOULD PUT THE KEY IN TO START IT AND NOTHING WOULD HAPPEN. NO SOUND, AS IF THE BATTERY WAS COMPLETELY DEAD. I COULD SHIFT THE CAR OUT OF PARK, PUT IT BACK IN PARK, AND THE CAR WOULD START. THE NEXT SYMPTOM THAT EXHIBITED WAS THAT I WOULD TRY TO START THE CAR AND IT WOULD TURN OVER, BUT SOUND AS IF IT WAS OUT OF GAS. IT WOULD EVENTUALLY START. FINALLY IT GOT TO THE POINT THAT IT WOULDN'T START AT ALL. TESTING SHOWED THAT THE BATTERY WAS DEAD. IT WAS RECHARGED AND THE VEHICLE DRIVEN AND TESTED TO DETERMINE THAT THE BATTERY WAS HOLDING A CHARGE, AND THAT THE ALTERNATOR WAS NOT THE ISSUE. THROUGH DIFFERENT TESTING IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE ISSUE WITH TIPM. THE FACT THAT I AM GOING TO BE TASKED WITH A $1500 REPAIR ON A CAR THAT I STILL OWE $14,000 ON IS RIDICUOUS. CALLED THE DEALERSHIP TO SEE IF THERE WAS ANY CHANCE THAT THEY MIGHT BE ACKNOWLEDGING THIS ISSUE AND FIX IT. THE ASST. MANAGER STOPPED JUST SHORT OF LAUGHING AT ME. IF THIS IS WHERE YOUR ARE AT CHECK OUT HTTP://WWW.VERTICALVISIONS.COM/

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED, THE REAR PASSENGER DOORS AUTOMATICALLY OPENED AND CLOSED INDEPENDENTLY. THE FAILURE RECURRED ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 44,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

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?!

OUR VAN WOULD NOT START. TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY TESTED THE TIPM ON FOUND OUT IT WAS BAD. THEY REPLACE THE TIPM NOW THE ACTUATOR IN THE BACK END OF MY VAN THAT CONTROLS THE HEAT IS NOT WORKING I THINK BOTH OF THESE ITEMS SHOULD BE COVERED UNDER WARRANTY

IF PARKED ON A SLANT CAR WON'T START, ONCE ON FLAT STREET IT STARTS. WAS TOLD BY DODGE MECHANIC IT'S THE FUEL RELAY INSIDE TOTAL INTEGRATED POWER MODULE..QUOTED CLOSE TO $1,100 DOLLARS TO REPAIR..

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V234000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM); HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE RECALL REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT.

IN JUNE 2013 WE HAD TO REPLACE THE BATTERY AND ALTERNATOR. NOW IN JAN 2016 WE HAD TO REPLACE THE BATTERY AGAIN AND AFTER RUNNING DIAGNOSTIC WE FOUND OUT THE THE TIPM NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WILL TRY TO CRANK HOWEVER IT WILL NOT ALWAYS TURN OVER.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V234000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM); HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT.

VEHICLE DOES NOT START EASILY AND AT TIMES EXPERIENCES TOTAL POWER LOSS I'VE CHANGED EVERY FUSE AND RELAY AS WELL AS FUEL PUMP AND ANY OTHER MODULE OR RELAY THAT CAN BE REPLACED AND MUCH TO MY DISPARE THE PROBLEMS ARE STILL THERE TO THE POINT I DON'T FEEL SAFE DRIVING WITH OR WITHOUT MY WHOLE FAMILY WHEN IT FINALLY DOES DECIDE TO START IT RUNS GREAT BUT THEN YOU HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THE COMPLETE POWER LOSS ISSUE WHICH RENDERS MY BRAKES POWER STEERING AND STABILITY CONTROL COMPLETELY USELESS! I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE TO DO I'M STUCK PAYING MY FINANCE COMPANY FOR A VEHICLE I CAN'T DRIVE AND BASICALLY SERVES AS LITTLE MORE THAN A PRETTY YARD ORNAMENT WE JUST GOT THIS VEHICLE IN NOVEMBER 2015 THE FIRST SIGN OF AN ISSUE WAS LESS THAN A WEEK AFTER PURCHASE AFTER LITTLE MORE THAN A MONTH AFTER DRIVING OFF THE LOT AND THE THIRD TIME LOSING POWER WHILE DRIVING THE FINAL TIME BEING ON 275 IN CINCINNATI 1/5/16 I DECIDED THAT IT'S PROBABLY BEST TO PARK THE VEHICLE AND NOT PUT OUR FAMILY IN JEOPARDY ESPECIALLY DURING THE COLD CINCINNATI WINTER UNTIL WE CAN FIGURE IT OUT OR AFFORD BOTH THE CAR PAYMENT AND THE TRIP TO THE RIDICULOUSLY EXPENSIVE DODGE DEALERSHIP TO PAY FOR THEIR TECHNICIANS FIGURE IT OUT AND THEN PAY AGAIN TO HAVE IT REPAIRED

BOUGHT VEHICLE 10 MTHS AGO. HAVE HAD TROUBLE WITH IT STARTING. ANTI THEFT SYSTEM CAME ON, BATTERY DRAINED AND KEY LOCKED IN IGNITION. COULD NOT GET IT OUT WITHOUT CHARGING BATTERY. VEHICLE IS NOW NOT WANTING TO START EVERY TIME. TOOK TO DEALER, FOUND OUT HAS FAULTY TIPM. PARTS ON BACK ORDER AND WILL END UP COSTING ALMOST $1200 TO REPAIR. STILL OWE $14000 FOR VEHICLE AND HAVE TO GET REPAIRS. THIS VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED FOR MY 89 YEAR OLD MOTHER SO THAT SHE WOULD BE ABLE TO PUT HER ELECTRIC SCOOTER IN THE BACK OF IT FOR TRAVEL. COMPANY THIS WAS PURCHASED AT, I AM SURE KNEW OF THE ISSUE, JUST AS I AM SURE THEY KNEW OF RECALL ON A WINDOW SWITCH THAT WASN'T REPAIRED. IF THIS PART IS NOT REPAIRS, STEERING CAN GO OUT WHILE DRIVING, AMONGST OTHER FATAL THINGS, SUCH AS BRAKES GOING OUT OR STALLING MIDDLE OF DRIVING. DEALER TRYING TO BLAME OTHER COMPANY FOR INSTALLING FAULTY TIPM, WHEN IT IS THE COMPANY'S FAULTY PART.

VEHICLE NOT STARTING AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS OR STALLING AT SPEED. TIPM TESTED AND FOUND TO HAVE A FAULTY FUEL RELAY. THIS IS THE SAME EXACT PART INVOLVED IN THE RECALL OF OTHER MODELS IN THE SAME YEAR BY DODGE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V234000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM) AND STATED THAT THE PART NEEDED FOR THE REPAIR WERE NOT AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCE A FAILURE. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT.

AT FIRST STARTING MY DODGE GRAND CARAVAN MAINSTREET WAS A HEADACHE. WE WOULD GO OUT TO START OUR CARAVAN AND IT TOOK ABOUT 20 TO 30 CRANKS BEFORE IT WOULD TURN OVER. IT STOPPED CRANKING ON SATURDAY DECEMBER 5, 2015. WE HAD TO GET IT TOWED HOME. MIND YOU I WORK 2 JOBS AND HAD TO BE AT MY SECOND JOB ON SATURDAY AT 2:30 PM. WE GOT IT TOWED AND HAD A MECHANIC COME OUT TO LOOK AT IT. HE FOUND THAT THE STARTER HAD STOPPED. WE TOOK THE STARTER TO AN AUTO PARTS STORE FOR THEM TO CHECK IT. THE STARTER HAD DIED. WE PURCHASED THE STARTER AND GOT IT INSTALLED AND OUR CAR STILL WOULD NOT STAY CRANKED. THE MECHANIC TESTED ALL OUR FUSES AND OUR FUSE PUMP AND FOUND THAT ONE OF OUR FUSED(M25) THAT GOES TO THE FUEL PUMP WAS NOT GETTING ENOUGH POWER TO IT. RESEARCHING ONLINE I FOUND THAT DODGE HAS A CIVIL SUIT AGAINST THEM FOR THE TIPM(TOTALLY INTEGRATED POWER MODULE). I HAVE HAD TO WALK 2 HOURS TO GET TO MY SECOND JOB. ON SOME DAYS I HAVE TO PAY FOR A TAXI(TOTAL COST AT $46 DOLLARS) THAT IS MORE THAN I MAKE A DAY AT MY SECOND JOB. I GO TO SEE IF THERE IS A RECALL ON MY VEHICLE FOR THE TIPM AND ITS NOT. WHAT DO YOU DO? I NEED TRANSPORTATION. I PAY A CAR NOTE OF $480.00 A MONTH AND I CAN'T AFFORD TO GET THIS FIXED. I WILL NEVER PURCHASE ANOTHER DODGE. WHEN ALL OF THIS STARTED MY AIRBAG LIGHTS POPPED ON AND MY BRAKE LIGHTS.

MY GRAND CARAVAN HAS ISSUES STARTING, IT JUST CRANKS AND DOES NOT START. I HAD A DODGE MECHANIC CHECK IT OUT AND HE FOUND IT HAD THE COMMON ISSUE OF A BAD FUEL PUMP RELAY IN THE TIPM. THIS SAME ISSUE EXISTS IN THE DURANGO OF THE SAME YEAR AND IT HAS A RECAL, WHY TFK AREN'T THE CARAVANS INCLUDED. IT'S THE SAME FIX INSTALLING AN EXTERNAL RELAY BYPASSING THE ONE ON THE TIPM.

VAN WOULD NOT START DIFFUCULT TO START VAN WOULD CRANK,HAPPENED TO MANY TIMES WE HAVE HAD SEVERAL INSTANCE THAT REQUIRED AND TOW AS THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START.I'M JUST RESEARCH TO INTERNET THE PROBLEM I'M JUST READ SIMILAR COMPLAIN AND PROBLEM ,REGARDS THE VAN SAME MY SITUATION THE TIPM MODULE DEFECT ., I WENT TO LOCAL MECHANIC JUST TAKE A LOOK THE PROBLEM THE MECHANIC SAID BATTERY NEED TO CHANGES THE KEY FOD NEED THE CHANGE AND RESET COMMPUTER,I'M SPENT AROUND $800,00 DOLLAR FOR EVERYTHING AND COUPLES AND MONTHS SMELL THING HAPPENED THE VAN NOT START DIFFUCULT TO START,I CALL A LOCAL DEALERSHIP , I SPEAK TO SERVICE ASSOSIATES I TOLD THAT IF ANY RECALL TIPM MODULE BUT THE GUY SAID NONE , I'M AFRAID TO DRIVE THE VAN STRANDED AGAINT ANYTIME JUST PARK TO MY PARKING LOT COUPLE WEEK I DON'T HAVE MONEY TO FIX AROUND$1200,00 THE WORST THING I'M STILL MONTHLY PAYMENTS TO MY VAN FOR NOTHING

THE VEHICLE WAS HARD TO START AND OFTEN WOULD NOT START, FAULTY TIPM.

MY VEHICLE HAD A DEFECTIVE TIPM MODULE IN IT. I FIRST HAD TO REPLACE THE BATTERY THEN THE ALTENATOR THEN THE KEY FOB AND FINALLY THE TIPM MODULE. LOOKING BACK THAT ALL OF THE FIRST REPAIRS TURNED OUT NOT TO BE THE PROBLEM. WE HAD ALWAYS NOTICED THAT AT TIMES THE WINDOWS WOULD AUTOMATICALLY ROLL DOWN AND THAT THE ELECTRIC DOORS WOULD SUDDENLY OPEN UP. WE NEVER QUITE KNEW WHAT IT WAS UNTIL NOW. WE REPLACED THE TIPM AND IT WORKED FINE. AFTER SPENDING 800 DOLLARS THAT I DIDN'T REAL NEED TO THE TIPM WAS ANOTHER 1000 DOLLARS. I'VE SEEN THE LAWSUIT THAT IS ON GOING RELATED TO THE VERY SAME PROBLEM I HAD IN THE GRAND CHEROKEES AND THE DODGE DURANGOS. MY VEHICLE IS LIST IN THE ADDENDUM TO THE LAWSUIT. I'M VERY FRUSTRATED I HAD TO SPEND FIRST 800 DOLLARS THAT DIDN'T FIX THE PROBLEM THEN THE1000 DOLLARS KNOWING THEY HAVEN'T HAD A RECALL YET AFTER SO MANY COMPLAINTS REGARDING THE SAME ISSUES.

AFTER MONTHS OF VEHICLE SOMETIMES STARTING, SOMETIMES NOT, IT FINALLY WOULD NOT START. WOULD CRANK BUT NOT TURN OVER, THE WEEK PRIOR TO THIS, PRESS ON GAS PEDAL AND NOTHING HAPPENED (WHILE DRIVING) - VERY DANGEROUS. DIAGNOSIS = NEW FUEL PUMP. CAR IS 4 YEARS OLD WITH LESS THAN 60,000 MILES.

MY VEHICLE HAS DIED! IT NEEDS A TIPM. MY CAR HAS STALLED NURMEROUS TIMES ON THE HIGHWAY AND TAKES ME OVER 30 ATTEMPTS TO START!..IT IS NOW IN THE SHOP

I HAVE BEEN HAVING PROBLEMS WITH MY VAN CRANKING. SO I TOOK IT TO MY DEALER.THEY CHANGED THE FUEL PUMP AND IT CONTINUED TO DO THE SAME THING. SO THEY REPLACED RELAYS. THEY KEPT MY VAN FOR OVER THREE WEEKS, BUT CLAIMED THEY NEVER COULD GET IT TO DO ANYTHING. BUT EVERY TIME I GET IN IT IN THE MORNING IT STILL DOES THE SAME THING. WHEN YOU TURN THE KEY TO CRANK IT, IT CONTINUES TO TRY TO CRANK. BUT IF YOU TURN THE KEY OFF THEN TO RIGHT BEFORE IT CRANKS, DO THIS A COUPLE OF TIMES THEN IT WILL CRANK. I ASKED IF ANYONE EVER DROVE IT TO SEE IF IT DID THE SAME THING WITH THEM AND THEY SAID NO. NEEDLESS TO SAY IT IS STILL DOING THE SAME THING AND NO ONE HAS BOTHER TO CONTACT ME TO FIX THE PROBLEM. AND MY VAN HAS ALWAYS HAD SERVICE AT THE DEALERSHIP. I WANT MY VAN BACK THE WAY IT WAS!!!!!!!!!!

FIRST I WAS TOLD IT WAS THE BATTERY THEN IT WAS THE ALTERNATOR THEN IT WAS THE KEY FOB. AFTER ALL THESE REPAIRS THE DODGE DEALERSHIP SAYS NOW IT'S THE TIMP MODULE. THIS VAN ONLY HAS 65000 MILES. I HAVE SEEN HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE VERY SAME ISSUES FOR CUSTOMERS WITH THE SAME TYPE VEHICLES. I HAVE ALSO SEEN THE LAWSUIT AND RECALL FOR DEFECTIVE TIMP FROM 2013 AND 2014. MY VEHICLE IS ONE THAT WAS LISTED AS AN ADDENDUM LAWSUIT THAT MAY BE AFFECTED BY THIS MODULE. THIS VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED IN FLORIDA IN 2012.

FUEL PUMP WOULDN'T DISENGAGE CAUSING ME TO KEEP TAKING OUT FUSE WHICH BURNED MY THUMBS. WON'T START AT ALL NOW. SHUT OFF TWO TIMES WHILE DRIVING ON STREET ALMOST CAUSING ACCIDENTS BOTH TIMES

*THE FUEL PUMP DOES NOT TURN OFF *TROUBLE STARTING CAR AND SOME DAYS JUST WILL NOT START AT ALL *THE ENGINE STALLS WHILE DRIVING; TWICE ON THE FREEWAY LUCKILY NO ACCIDENT. *THE HORN RANDOMLY WILL GO OFF. * SAID THE KEY WAS IN THE IGNITION WHEN IT WASN'T

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH, THE ENGINE STALLED. AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS, THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO RESTART. THE FAILURE RECURRED NUMEROUS TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TOTALLY INTEGRATED POWER MODULE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS NOT PROVIDED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 80,000.

THE VEHICLE OF RECORD HAS BEEN SPONTANEOUSLY SHUTTING OFF ALL DAY, IT SHUT OFF 15 TIMES IN 1 PARKING LOT, BUT THE MOST DANGEROUS ASPECT WAS WHEN IT SHUT OFF WHILE I WAS DOING THE SPEED LIMIT IN A 50 AND A 55 MPH ZONE. IT WILL GENERALLY SHUT OFF RANDOMLY, BUT PRIMARILY AT STOP SIGNS OR BACKING OUT OF PARKING SPACES, BUT THERE HAVE BEEN 3 INSTANCES WHERE IT SHUT OFF AT 40 MPH OR HIGHER IN THE LAST 8 HOURS, WHEN THESE SHUT OFFS HAPPEN IT TAKES 5-10 ATTEMPTS TO RESTART THE CAR. WHEN THESE INSTANCES HAPPEN THE BRAKES AND STEERING WHEEL LOCK UP MAKING IT VERY DIFFICULT TO STOP AND/OR TURN.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V234000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM) HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE.

THE CENTER FOR AUTO SAFETY(CAS) PETITIONS THE NHTSA TO INITIATE A SAFETY DEFECT INVESTIGATION INTO FAILURES ASSOCIATED WITH THE TOTALLY INTEGRATED POWER MODULE (TIPM) INSTALLED IN 2007 CHRYSLER SUV'S, TRUCKS AND VANS. *SMD...UPDATED 10-14-15 *BF *JS

VAN WOULD CRANK BUT WOULD NOT START. AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS IT STARTED BUT RAN ERRATIC. AFTER DRIVING VAN FOR ~20 MINUTES VAN BEGAN TO HESITATE WHILE DRIVING AT 55 MPH ON A STATE HIGHWAY. I RESEARCHED PROBLEM ON INTERNET AND NOTICED OTHER WITH A SIMILAR PROBLEM. I ALSO NOTICED CHRYSLER ANNOUNCED A RECALL ON 2011 DODGE DURANGO AND JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE SUVS FOR A VERY SIMILAR PROBLEM BUT NOT FOR THE GRAND CARAVAN. THE ROOT CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM APPEARS TO BE THE FUEL PUMP RELAY IN THE TIPM. I DISCUSSED THE PROBLEM WITH MY LOCAL CHRYSLER DEALERSHIP AND THE SERVICE ADVISER INDICATED THAT HE WAS AWARE OF THE RECALL AND HAD ALSO SEEN THE SIMILAR ISSUE ON VANS. THE DEALERSHIP BYPASSED THE RELAY USING MOPAR PART CBWPR091AA WIRING - FUEL PUMP RELAY. PART WAS $18.88 AND TOTAL BILL WITH LABOR WAS $176.00. THE VAN APPEARS TO BE OPERATING NORMALLY AT THIS TIME.

THE VEHICLE BECAME DIFFICULT TO START UNTIL IT FINALLY QUIT STARTING. WE REPLACED THE FUEL PUMP, BUT THE PROBLEM CONTINUED. IT HAS NOW BEEN DIAGNOSED AS A FAULTY TIPM. THE REPLACEMENT PART IS ON BACKORDER AND THERE IS NO DELIVERY DATE SET AS OF YET.

FUEL RELAY IS STUCK IN THE OPEN CONDITION CAUSING A NO START. VEHICLE WILL CRANK BUT WILL NOT START. FURTHER TESTING REVEALED OPEN CONTACT ON THE INTEGRATED FUEL RELAY. VEHICLE WILL RUN IF /WHEN RELAY IS BY PASSED. VEHICLE WAS TOWED IN DUE TO NO START. REPLACED (ALTERNATOR AND STARTER AND SERPENTINE BELT) ALL WERE TESTED AND FOUND TO BE DEFECTIVE (INTERNALLY ELECTRICAL BURNT). VEHICLE IS A MODIFIED WHEEL CHAIR VAN WITH A KNEEL-ER AND UNDER FLOOR RAMP. MODIFIED BY VANTAGE MOBILITY INTERNATIONAL LLC DATE OF CONVERSION 04/17/2012 VMI# U1204166

IT BEGAN WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS ABOUT 6 MONTHS OLD, THE WINDOWS WOULD OPERATE ON THERE OWN, THE ELECTRONIC VEHICLE INFROMATION CENTER WOULD CHANGE ON IT'S OWN, AND LAST MONTH THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ALWAYS START, HAD TO REPLACE THE TIPM

FAULTY TIPM VEHICLE DO NOT START

THE TOTAL INTEGRATED POWER MODULE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED, MY WINDOWS WEREN'T WORKING, THE TIRE PRESSURE LIGHT WOULD NOT TURN OFF. MY CAR STALLS EACH MORNING 4X'S BEFORE IT CAN BE TURNED ON. I WORK WITH DOGS, AND WHEN I HAVE PARKED WITH A CAR FULL OF DOGS, I HAVE WAITED UP TO 45 MINUTES TO UNTIL MY CAR HAD BEEN ABLE TO FINALLY START AND DRIVE OFF WHICH IS DANGEROUS FOR THE LIVELIHOOD OF THE ANIMALS! I TOOK MY CAR TO THE DEALER, AND HAVE TO PAY ALMOST 2,000 DOLLARS TO GET THIS FIXED. THIS IS NOT A WARE AND TEAR ISSUE, THIS IS A FAULTY DODGE PART!!!

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS TURNED OFF, THE FUEL PUMP CONTINUED TO FUNCTION. THE FAILURE RECURRED ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC BUT THE CONTACT WAS UNSURE ABOUT WHAT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 59,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V234000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM) HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE RELATED TO THE RECALL; HOWEVER, THE REAR WINDOWS WERE NOT OPERABLE DUE TO THE DEALER DISCONNECTING THE MOTOR.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V234000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM); HOWEVER, THE RECALL PART WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER HAD EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE.

THE 2011 GRAND CARAVAN HAD TROUBLE STARTING ONE MORNING BUT SOON STARTED. SOON AFTER, THE PROBLEM APPEARED TO HAPPEN MORE FREQUENTLY. ONE MORNING THE BATTERY WAS DEAD EVEN THOUGH IT WAS A FAIRLY NEW BATTERY. I EXCHANGED FOR A NEW BATTERY AND IT WAS DEAD AGAIN ON ANOTHER MORNING SOON AFTER FOR NO VALID REASON. FROM THE START OF THE PROBLEMS TILL NOW-IT'S INCREASINGLY DIFFICULT TO START AT THE BEGINNING OF THE DAY AND THE VEHICLE STALLS OCCASIONALLY AFTER STARTING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY. THE REPAIR SHOP SAYS THEY THINK IT IS THE TIPM, BUT SAYS THERE IS NO WAY TO SURE. AFTER MUCH RESEARCH SINCE THEN, IT APPEARS TO BE A PROBLEM THAT KNOWN BUT NO RECALL HAS BEEN ISSUED YET FOR THIS VEHICLE. TWICE MY WIFE AND TWO SMALL CHILDREN HAVE BEEN STRANDED--I CONSIDER THIS A SAFETY ISSUE. I'M TOLD IT'S $700+ TO REPLACE. I HAVE FOUND DOORS UNLOCKED OR COMPLETELY OPEN FOR NO APPARENT REASON. I'VE READ ONLINE THAT THE DEAD BATTERY THAT HAS HAPPENED HAS HAPPENED TO OTHER OWNERS AND WAS LINKED TO THE FUEL PUMP RUNNING CONTINUOUSLY. I SEE THAT A PROBLEM WAS IDENTIFIED IN THE JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE AND THE DURANGO AND THAT THERE WAS A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT FROM NOVEMBER 2013.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V234000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM) AND STATED THAT THE PART WAS NOT AVAILABLE WITHIN A REASONABLE TIMEFRAME TO SCHEDULE THE RECALL REPAIR. THE DEALER DID NOT GIVE A SPECIFIC DATE FOR WHEN THE PART WOULD BECOME AVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND COULD NOT PROVIDE AN ESTIMATED DATE FOR WHEN THE CONTACTS VEHICLE WOULD RECEIVE THE RECALL REPAIR. THE CONTACT WAS NOT EXPERIENCING A FAILURE.

2011 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO REPLACEMENT PARTS NOT AVAILABLE TO COMPLETE RECALL NOTICE 14V-234. *SMD

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V234000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM) HOWEVER, THE PART NEEDED TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE.

TOTALLY INTEGRATED POWER MODULE (TIPM) WOULD MALFUNCTION AND CAUSE VEHICLE NOT TO START.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V234000(ELECTRICAL SYSTEM); HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. MA 10/22/2015 UPDATED 01/25/16.*JB

VEHICLE HAD DIFFICULTY STARTING BEGINNING IN AUGUST 2015. NOW IT TAKES SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO START AND WILL OFTEN NOT STAY RUNNING ONCE PUT INTO DRIVE. VEHICLE STALLED OUT IN TRAFFIC YESTERDAY, LUCKILY IT WAS ON A RESIDENTIAL STREET AND I WAS ABLE TO GET TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD QUICKLY. AFRAID TO DRIVE THIS VEHICLE AT ALL NOW AS I'VE READ THAT ADDITIONAL PROBLEMS OCCUR WITH THIS PROBLEM (AIRBAGS NOT DEPLOYING OR RANDOMLY DEPLOYING)

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE RECALL NOTICE FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V234000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM) WAS RECEIVED IN MAY OF 2015. AFTER CONTACTING THE DEALER, THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE PARTS NEEDED TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE WERE STILL NOT AVAILABLE AND NO ESTIMATED TIME FOR RECEIVING THE PARTS COULD BE GIVEN. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO START. THE VEHICLE WAS JUMPSTARTED, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT WHEN THE KEY WAS REMOVED FROM THE VEHICLE, THE FUEL PUMP CONTINUED TO OPERATE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 72,945. UPDATED 10/06/15*LJ *CN

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE HESITATED TO START AND STALLED SEVERAL TIMES WHILE DRIVING. THE CONTACT'S INDEPENDENT MECHANIC DIAGNOSED THAT THE FUEL PUMP RELAY FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V115000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM). THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 70,000. MA 10/22/2015 *CN

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED, THERE WAS A BURNING ODOR COMING FROM THE INTERIOR DRIVER SIDE DOOR OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE WINDOW SWITCH NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V234000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM) AND STATED THAT THE PART NEEDED FOR THE RECALL REPAIR WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 63,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V234000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM); HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V234000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM); HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT CALLED THE DEALER NUMEROUS TIMES. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME TO PROVIDE THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V234000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM); HOWEVER, THE PART NEEDED TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. MA 10/16/15

CAR WILL NOT START (NOTHING HAPPENING WHEN TURNING KEY). HAVE TO WAIT OR PLAY WITH ACCESSORIES (NOT SURE IF IT HELPS) BUT THEN CAR WILL START? ALSO HAD PROBLEMS WITH VENTILATION SYSTEM -> AIR WOULD BE WARM ON PASSENGER SIDE EVEN IF IT IS ON COLD AND VICE-VERSA. IT SEEMS TO GO AWAY AFTER A FEW DAYS. CAN ALSO HEAR VENTILATION TRAPS MOVING SOMETIME EVEN IF CAR IS TURNED OFF AND NOT RUNNING.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V234000(ELECTRICAL SYSTEM) HOWEVER, THE RECALL PART NEEDED WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER HAD EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED THE FAILURE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V234000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM) AND STATED THAT THE PARTS NEEDED FOR THE RECALL REPAIR WERE NOT AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN THE IGNITION KEY WAS TURNED TO THE ON POSITION, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO START INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE THE TECHNICIAN INFORMED THAT THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED. IN ADDITION, THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER THE VEHICLE BEING PARKED OVERNIGHT, THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL NOISE COMING FROM UNDER THE FRONT END. THE CONTACT INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND DISCOVERED THAT THE FUEL PUMP WAS OPERATING INDEPENDENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 74,528.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. WHILE IN PARK, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO START. IN ADDITION, WHILE DRIVING AT 40 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER DIAGNOSED THAT THE BATTERY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE FUEL PUMP NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE PERSISTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER WHO WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE OR REPAIR THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 150,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE STALLED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL LETTER FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V373000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM); HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.

OUR 2011 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN WOULD NOT START AND LOCKED THE KEY IN THE IGNITION. WE HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE NEAREST DEALERSHIP. WAS TOLD THE PROBLEM WAS IGNITION MODULE AND IT WAS REPLACED AT A COST OF OVER $700.00 DOLLARS. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN HOME AND WHEN WE TRIED TO GO SOMEWHERE THE NEXT DAY, THE BATTERY WAS DEAD AND THE KEY LOCKED UP IN THE IGNITION AGAIN. THE VEHICLE WAS JUMP STARTED AND WE TOOK IT BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE IT SAT FOR ALMOST 2 WEEKS. WE WERE TOLD THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO CRANK THE VEHICLE EVERYDAY WITH NO PROBLEM. WE WENT AND PICKED THE VEHICLE UP AND DROVE HOME.(WE LIVE ALMOST 3 HOURS AWAY). NEXT DAY SAME THING HAPPENED AND NOW WE ARE HAVING TO TAKE THE VEHICLE BACK FOR A 3RD TIME.

WHEN DRIVING AT 30MPH MY VAN ACCELERATED ON ITS ON WITHOUT THE GAS PEDAL BEING TOUCHED. I HAD TO PUSH MY BRAKES, I THEN PULLED OVER. WHEN ATTEMPTING TO DRIVE MY VAN AGAIN IT DID THE SAME THING AGAIN. MY MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LIGHT CAME ON THE DASH AFTER THE SECOND ACCELERATION. I THEN HAD MY CAR TOWED.

WE HAVE HAD OUR 2011 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN FOR 2 YEARS AND APPROXIMATELY 30,000 MILES. WE HAD TO HAVE THE TIPM REPLACED IN JULY 2015. WE HAVE HAD SEVERAL INSTANCES THAT REQUIRED A TOW AS THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START OR STAY RUNNING. THE TIPM BURNED THE FUEL PUMP OUT AND THAT WAS THE LAST STRAW. THE TIPM WAS REPLACED UNDER THE AFTER MARKET WARRANTY THAT WE PAID FOR BUT WHAT OTHER DAMAGE COULD THIS PART HAVE CAUSED TO OUR VEHICLE? IT CONTROLS EVERYTHING THE CAR DOES FOR THE MOST PART. WILL THERE BE AN INVESTIGATION OF THE DODGE TIPM? THERE NEEDS TO BE A RECALL FOR ALL VEHICLES AFFECTED WHICH SEEMS TO BE QUITE A LOT.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE REAR LIFTGATE CLOSED INDEPENDENTLY WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED A NECK INJURY THAT DID NOT REQUIRE MEDICAL ATTENTION. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

THE 2011 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN WAS THROWING A CODE FOR CYLINDER 2. AFTER WORK ONE NIGHT, THE VEHICLE'S BATTERY WAS DEAD. AFTER REPLACING THE COIL PACK AND PLUG ON CYLINDER 2 AND REPLACING THE BATTERY, THE BATTERY WAS DEAD AGAIN WHEN I PICKED IT UP FROM MY LOCAL MECHANIC. THE NEXT DAY, THE MECHANIC LOOKED AT THE VEHICLE AND DISCOVERED THAT THE FUEL PUMP WAS CONTINUALLY RUNNING. THE TIPM WAS DEFECTED. THE COST FOR THE PART IS $600 WITHOUT LABOR. WHILE RESEARCHING FURTHER ON THE INTERNET, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM ON THIS VEHICLE, AS WELL AS, OTHER CHRYSLER VEHICLES. I SPOKE TO CHRYSLER, THE WARRANTY ON THE ELECTRICAL EXPIRED IN 2014. AFTER REPAIRING THE PROBLEM, TEMPORARILY, THE CHECK ENGINE LIKE CAME ON WITH A MISFIRE ON THE LEFT CYLINDER HEAD, AGAIN. I HAVE AN APPOINTMENT IN A MONTH (EARLIEST APPOINTMENT FOR A WARRANTY, SINCE THE DEALERSHIP ONLY HAS 1 TECHNICIAN, CURRENTLY, THAT CAN REPAIR WARRANTIES) TO GET THE CYLINDER HEAD REPLACED. AT THE SAME TIME, THEY WILL ALSO FIX THE RECALL ON THE REAR WINDOW WING MOTORS (WHICH WAS RECALLED LAST SPRING BUT CHRYSLER DIDN'T SEND THE PARTS TO THE DEALERSHIP AT LEAST 3 MONTHS AFTER THE RECALL - WHICH I THEN FORGOT ABOUT). ALL IN ALL, IT HAS BEEN ONE BIG MESS. NOT TO MENTION THAT THE EXTERIOR MOLDING HAS BEEN PEELING OFF. MY BIGGEST SAFETY CONCERN IS THE TIPM. IN RESEARCHING THIS PROBLEM, IT WAS NOTED THAT THIS CAN LEAVE YOU STRANDED (WHICH IT DID) AND ,IN SOME CASES, DEPLOY THE AIRBAGS FOR NO REASON. SAFETY WISE, THIS IS VERY CONCERNING TO ME. ONCE I CAN GET THE MONEY TO REPLACE THE MODULE, I WILL BE FIXING IT. BUT, IN THE MEANTIME(SINCE I HAVE SPENT SEVERAL HUNDRED DOLLARS IN THE OTHER "REPAIRS"), I WILL KEEP MY FINGERS CROSSED THAT IT DOES NOT DO MYSELF OR OTHERS PHYSICAL HARM.

HAVING CONTINUING PROBLEMS WITH THE VEHICLE FAILING TO START. I HAVE BEEN TOLD IT IS THE TIPM. THERE ARE NO RECALLS REGARDING THIS. I HAVE BEEN TOLD IT WILL COST UPWARDS OF 1500.00 TO FIX IT. PLEASE MAKE THEN ISSUE A RECALL.

WHEN I TRY TO START THE CAR IT WILL NOT START. THIS HAS HAPPENED MULTIPLE TIMES AND WILL EVENTUALLY START AFTER TRYING UP TO 30 TIMES. THE BATTERY AND THE STARTER HAVE BEEN REPLACED AND THE ISSUE CONTINUES TO HAPPEN. ALSO JUMPING THE CAR DOES NOT HELP

ON 7/03/2015 MY 2011 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN WITH 46000 MILES WAS HAVING STARTING, STALLING AND IDLE ISSUES. THROTTLE BODY WAS REPAIRED BY SHOP AND REFUNDED MONEY BECAUSE CAR STILL HAD SAME ISSUES. THE MECHANIC SAID TAKE IT TO THE DEALERSHIP BECAUSE IT WAS NOT KICKING OUT ANY CODES I CONTACTED THE DEALERSHIP AND HAD TO WAIT FOR AN APPT UNTIL AUG 4TH. THE CAR WAS ACTING UP SO I WENT IN WITHOUT AN APPOINTMENT ON 07/21/15 THEY SAID BECAUSE THE ISSUE WAS SO INTERMITTENT THAT I WOULD HAVE TO LEAVE THE CAR FOR A FEW DAYS. ON 07/22/15 THE DEALERSHIP CALLED AND SAID THEY FOUND TWO ISSUES WITH THE VAN 1ST IT NEEDED THE LEFT CYLINDER HEAD REPLACED AND 2ND THE TIPM UNIT WAS BAD. THE GOOD NEWS WAS THE CYLINDER HEAD WHICH WOULD HAVE COST $2000 WAS COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. THE BAD NEWS WAS THE TIPM ( TOTALLY INTEGRATED POWER MODULE) WAS GOING TO COST $1100 TO FIX. THE WHOLE POINT OF BUYING A NEWER CAR WAS TO NOT HAVE THESE HUGE REPAIR BILLS. BUT IN ONE SHOT THIS VAN JUST COST $3600 IN REPAIRS THAT IS JUST INSANE, WHO HAS THIS KIND OF MONEY LAYING AROUND. THE SECOND THIS TIPM UNIT IS A SAFETY ISSUE AFTER DOING SOME RESEARCH A LOT OF OTHER CARS MANUFACTURED BY CHRYSLER ARE HAVING THIS SAME ISSUE. I COULD NOT IMAGINE BEING STRANDED SOMEWHERE WITH MY FIVE CHILDREN OR GOD FORBID STALLING OUT WHILE DRIVING IT COULD HAVE CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. THIS TIPM SHOULD BE RECALLED NOT HAPPY WITH OUR CHOICE IN THIS VEHICLE ON TOP OF EVERYTHING ELSE WRONG WITH THIS CAR I HAVE A HEAD AND TAIL LIGHT THAT ARE GETTING WATER INTO THEM. I SAY ONCE AGAIN THIS CAR IS 4 YEARS OLD AND HAS A WHOLE HECK OF A LOT OF PROBLEMS. UPDATED 09/09/15*LJ UPDATED 12/05/2017*CN

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH AND ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE, THE VEHICLE LOST ACCELERATION POWER. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE ALTERNATOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 24,867.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V234000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM). THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE PART NEEDED WAS NOT AVAILABLE WITHIN A REASONABLE TIMEFRAME TO SCHEDULE THE RECALL REPAIR AND THAT THE DEALER DISCONNECTED THE REAR QUARTER VENT WINDOW SWITCH MONTHS AGO. THE DEALER DID NOT GIVE A SPECIFIC DATE FOR WHEN THE PART WOULD BECOME AVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER COULD NOT PROVIDE AN ESTIMATED DATE FOR WHEN THE VEHICLE WOULD RECEIVE THE RECALL REPAIR. THE CONTACT WAS NOT EXPERIENCING A FAILURE.

AC QUIT FUNCTIONING; AUTO REPAIR SHOP INFORMED ME THAT THE AC LINES RUN PARALLEL TO BRAKELINES, OFTEN RESULTING IN AC LINES THAT ARE COMPROMISED BY FRICTION. THE MECHANIC CONSIDERS THIS A "DESIGN FLAW" AND HAS SEEN IT IN NUMEROUS DODGE GRAND CARAVANS, BUT USUALLY OLDER MODELS AND/OR HIGHER MILEAGE THAN MINE. THE AC LINES ARE ALL PART OF A SINGULAR SYSTEM, SO THE PART NEEDS TO BE ORDERED FROM CHRYSLER (WHO IS BACKORDERED); I WAS INFORMED THAT IT IS AT LEAST A 2-DAY JOB TO INSTALL. ESTIMATED COST: $675.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO START WITHOUT WARNING. THE FAILURE OCCURRED ON TWO OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 79,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V234000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM). THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE.

THE TIPM (TOTALLY INTEGRATED POWER CONTROL MODULE) HAS CAUSED FUEL PUMP PROBLEMS SO DEALER OVERLAYED THE FUEL PUMP COSTING 400 DOLLARS. IT HAS CAUSED MY BLINKER TO INTERMENT STOP WORKING. IT HAS CAUSED BATTERY FAILURE SO WE HAVE TO REPLACE THE BATTERY 150 DOLLARS. NOW THE DRIVER SEAT WILL NOT MOVE IT'S A POWER SEAT AND UNLESS WE REPLACE THE TIPM WE WILL HAVE TO SPEND MONEY TO OVERLAY THE SEAT. AND SOMETIMES IT DON'T WANT TO START WE HAVE NO WAY OF PAYING FOR THE TIPM AND WE WERE TOLD IT'S NOT A PART THAT HAS BEEN UPDATED TO REPLACE IT WITH A FAULTY PART IS LUDACRIS. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AND NEEDS TO BE RECALLED BEFORE SOMEONE IS HURT

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH, BURNING FUMES EMITTED INSIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V234000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM) HOWEVER, THE PART NEEDED TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 31,000.

TROUBLE STARTING VEHICLE, DRAINING BATTERY, FUEL PUMP CONTINUOUSLY RUNNING AFTER VEHICLE IS SHUT OFF AND KEY IS REMOVED FROM IGNITION. I HAVE LOOKED UP COMPLAINTS ONLINE AND HUNDREDS OF OTHER OWNERS HAVE EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM FOR FAULTY TIPM.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V234000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM); HOWEVER, THE PART NEEDED TO PERFORM THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE.