2008 Dodge Caravan

2008 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN WITH MILEAGE AT 25,000 THE BRAKES AND ROTORS HAD TO BE REPLACED ON BOTH FRONT AND BACK AT A COST OF $815.00. NOT INCLUDED IN WARRANTY EVEN THOUGH VEHICLE PURCHASED NEW IN FEBRUARY, 2009. RIGHT REAR WHEEL BECAME VERY HOT AND SMOKING. THERE WAS A TERRIBLE SMELL LIKE METAL ON METAL AND WHEN WE PUT WATER ON IT - IT SIZZLED. WE STILL HAD 80MILES UNTIL HOME AND NO GARAGE OPENED ON SAT. EVENING. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 DODGE CARAVAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED, BUT THE VEHICLE DID NOT ACCELERATE FURTHER. THE FAILURE RECURRED SPORADICLY DURING HOT WEATHER. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE GROUND WIRE FOR THE WIRING HARNESS WAS IMPROPERLY INSTALLED DURING PRODUCTION. THE MECHANIC ALSO DETECTED FAULTY BATTERY CABLES DUE TO SUBSTANTIAL CORROSION WITHIN THE BATTERY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE AUTHORIZED DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER WERE MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 80,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 DODGE CARAVAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT ALL OF THE WARNING LIGHTS ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL WERE ILLUMINATED AND NONE OF THE GAUGES FUNCTIONED PROPERLY. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR LIGHTS WOULD TURN ON UNEXPECTEDLY AND THE DOOR LOCKS WOULD LOCK AND UNLOCK INVOLUNTARILY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP, WHO STATED THAT THE ELECTRONIC CONTROL MODULE WAS DEFECTIVE AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 56,000 AND THE CURRENT MIELAGE WAS 57,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 DODGE CARAVAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE DEALER REPAIRED THE VEHICLE UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 10V235000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING), BUT THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT CONTINUED TO ILLUMINATE ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND REFERRED THE CONTACT TO THE DEALER. THE FAILURE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNAVAILABLE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 85,097.

CHRYSLER HAD A RECALL ON MANY OF THEIR MINIVANS BUILT IN JANUARY 2008, FOR REPLACEMENT OF THE FRONT HUBS AND WHEEL BEARINGS. MY 2008 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN HAD A WHEEL BEARING GO OUT AT 35,000 MILES AND WAS REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY. I HAVE ASKED WHY MY VAN IS NOT ON THE RECALL. NO ONE SEEMS TO BE ABLE TO EXPLAIN. I NOW HAVE ALMOST 50,000 MILES AND THE ONLY WARRANTY IS THE LIFETIME POWER TRAIN WARRANTY. IT IS STARTING TO MAKE THE NOISE AGAIN INTERMITTANTLY. I DON'T TRUST THIS VEHICLE. *TT

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 DODGE CARAVAN. THE CONTACT APPROACHED A STOP SIGN ON AN INCLINE AND AS THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS RELEASED, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ROLLED BACKWARD. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHO WAS ABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM BUT ADVISED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS OPERATING AS DESIGNED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE DEFECT BUT WAS UNABLE TO PROVIDE ANY ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 40,000.

YEAR AND HALF AGO WE RECEIVED A RECALL LETTER FROM DODGE CONCERNING OUR 2008 DODGE CARAVAN, REFERENCE TO THE FRONT BRAKE PADS. ITS SEEMS THE BRAKE PADS WERE DEFECTIVE DUE TO EARLY WEAR OUT. THE RECALL PADS WERE REPLACE BY SCOTT EVANS DODGE ACCORDING TO SERVICE MANAGER WITH A PAD THAT MORE METAL IN THE COMPOSITION OF THE PAD. NOW A YEAR AND FEW MONTHS LATER , I TOOK MY CAR IN FOR FRONT END REALIGNMENT AND SCOTT EVANS IS SAYING THE BRAKE PADS THAT REPLACED THE RECALL PADS ARE NOW SHOWING EARLY WEAR OUT AND SHOULD BE REPLACED!!!!!! HOW IS THIS POSSIBLE, MY CAR ONLY HAS 31687 MILES ON IT AND NOW BRAKES PADS ARE BEING REPLACED TWICE. MY CONCERN IS THE PADS THEY PUT ON TO REPLACE THE RECALL PADS WERE ALSO DEFECTIVE DUE TO EARLY WEAR OUT ALSO. BEING THIS DEAL WITH VEHICLE BRAKE PLEASE INVESTIGATE AND FOUND IF DODGE IS REPLACING RECALL PADS AND POSSIBLE DEFECTIVE PADS DUE TO EARLY WEAR OUT ALSO. MY WIFE AND ARE IN OUR LATE 50'S AND DO NOT TRAVEL ALOT NOR ARE OUR DRIVING HABITS OUR OF THE NORM. THE MILES ON THE CAR REFLECT THIS. PLEASE INVESTIGATE [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

1ST STARTED 1 DAYS AFTER PURCHASE OF OUR DODGE , 2008 , CARAVAN, FROM MIKE PATTON CHRY-DODGE- JEEP, LAGRANGE, GA , JUNE, 12, 2008. WE NOTICE A PULLING OF THE CAR TO THE RIGHT WITH HANDS OFF THE WHEEL AND HIGH RATE OF OVER 40 MPH, BOTH ON THE RRURAL AND INTERSTATE DRIVING. TOOK BACK TO DEALER AND HAD TO REPLACE WHAT THEY REFER TO AS A " CAM BOLT " COMPONENT ON THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE. OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS WE CONTI TO NOTICE A STEADY PULL TO RIGHT, THE ALIGNMENT WAS NEVE OUT OF ALIGN WE HAD CHECK TWICED. JUNE OF 2011 WE ARE HAVING TO REPLACE RIGHT FRONT TIRE AND AFTER ROTATION OF TIRE ATLEAST 3 TIRES FOR WEAR ON THE OUTSIDE. ALL THESE TIRES HAVE BEEN PLACE ON THE RIGHT FRONT AT SOME TIME OR ANOTHER DUE TO TIRE ROTATION. I BELIEVE THE CAM BOLT COMPONMENT WAS DEFECTIVE FROM THE MANUFACTURE DATE OF THE OF THE VEHICLE. THE TIRES ON THE VEHICLE ARE RATE FOR 60,000 MILES , MILES ON VEHICLE AT THIS TIME 31278. WE ARE NOW BACK AT THE DIFFERENT DODGE DEALER TO HAVE DETERMINE IF THIS IS THE SAME PROBLEM OR NOT. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 DODGE CARAVAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN HE ATTEMPTED TO STOP THE VEHICLE, BOTH THE FRONT AND REAR BRAKES MADE A LOUD NOISE. THERE WAS ALSO A SMELL AND SMOKE COMING FROM THE BRAKING SYSTEM. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND REPAIRED TWICE, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 10,000. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 30,240.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 DODGE CARAVAN. THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED WHEN THE CONTACT ENGAGED THE KEY FOB TO CLOSE THE REAR DRIVER SIDE SLIDING DOOR. THE DOOR BEGAN TO CLOSE BUT THEN STOPPED AND BEGAN TO OPEN INVOLUNTARILY. THE CONTACT STATED IT TOOK NUMEROUS ATTEMPTS BEFORE THE DOOR FULLY CLOSED AND THE FAILURE WOULD RECUR INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER BUT THE CONTACT DID NOT HAVE THE FAILURE DIAGNOSED AND THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 61,000. UPDATED 06/01/11*LJ UPDATED 06/02/11