2008 Dodge Caravan Driver assistance Problems

STARTED THE VEHICLE ONE MORNING AND DROVE UP TO A STOP SIGN. I WAS IN A CITY STREET MAKING A LEFT TURN. SAW CLEAR FROM BOTH DIRECTIONS OF ANY TRAFFIC.ACCELERATED AND THE BAS,ESP LIGHT, AND TRACTION LIGHT CAME ON. AT THIS POINT THE VEHICLE WANTED TO STALL, LOST POWER, AND STEERING BECAME DIFFICULT. STOPPED THE VEHICLE AND RESTARTED THE ENGINE AND ACCELERATED AGAIN TO ABOUT 20 MPH AND THE VEHICLE REPEATED THE STALLING AND HESITATED TO ACCELERATE, ONCE ABOVE 30 MPH ALL LIGHTS CONTINUED ON AND THE VEHICLE KEPT DRIVING ACCORDINGLY. EVERY TIME THE VEHICLE IS STARTED UP AND DROVE FROM THAT DATE OF JAN.26,2021 THE VEHICLE MALFUNCTIONING CONTINUES. I FIND THIS TO BE A SEVERE MECHANICAL PROBLEM AND A DANGER TO ME, MY FAMILY, AND THE PUBLIC.

NHTSA ID

11397912

Incident

Jan 26, 2021

Mileage

180,970 mi

ALL GAGES ARE FLASHING WITH A BINGING SOUND ALL GAGES ARE JUMPING AND TURNING SIGNALS ONLY WORK WHEN THEY WANT WHILE PARKED AND DRIVING. ALSO DRIVER SIDE WINDOW BUTTONS AND LOCKS ARE NOT WORKING.

NHTSA ID

11302623

Incident

Jan 2, 2020

Mileage

175,454 mi

JUST RESOLVED AN IGNITION RECALL PROBLEM ON THE VEHICLE BECAUSE OF PROBLEMS WITH INDEPENDENT WIPERS GOING OFF, HORN GOING OFF,VEHICLE STALLING WHILE DRIVING AND DOORS LOCKING AND UNLOCKING..DODGE REPLACED IGNITION AND WIN MODULE BUT PROBLEM BEGAN WHEN I TRIED USING AC OR HEATER..I JUST BROUGHT THE CAR 2 MONTHS AGO AND IT HAS STALLED ON HGIHWAY 3 TIMES AND ON THE ROAD NUMEROUS TIMES. IM AFRAID TO DRIVE THE CAR. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT TURNS ON BUT GOES OUT INTERMITENTLY. SOUNDS LIKE THE ITPM PROBLEM EVERYONE IS HAVING ..CANT AFFORD ANOTHER 2000 DOLLARS TO FIX

NHTSA ID

11129792

Incident

Sep 16, 2018

Mileage

104,000 mi

IF VEHICLE IS TURNED LEFT OR RIGHT WHILE UNDER ACCELERATION THEN ESP ACTIVATES THE ABS SYSTEM AND CAUSES FRONT BRAKE CALIPERS TO ACTIVATE IN THE CORRESPONDING TURN AND ABRUPTLY STOPS THE VEHICLE. THIS IS A SAFETY CONCERN AS THIS OCCURS WHEN CROSSING ANOTHER LANES OF ONCOMING TRAFFIC. I FEEL THIS ISSUE CAUSED CAUSED BY THE FAILURE OF THE STEERING ANGLE SENSOR WITHIN THE SCCM OF THE VEHICLE.

NHTSA ID

10893925

Incident

Aug 6, 2016

Mileage

76,000 mi

MY WIFE WAS DRIVING OUT THE COMPLEX APARTMENTS TO DROP OFF THE KIDS AT SCHOOL, WHEN SHE HIT A SPEED BUMP AND THE VAN SUDDENLY SHUTS OFF BY ITSELF, SHE SAID THE POWER STEERING WAS HARD TO MOVE SO SHE SET THE VAN IN PARKING AND AFTER THE THIRD TRY IT STARTED ON. BEFORE THAT I HAD TROUBLE STARTING IT AND TOOK THE BATTERY FOR A CHECK UP AND IT WAS GOOD, THEN I WENT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND SAID IT NEED IT AN COMPUTER UPDATE, SO THEY DID IT. AFTER A FEW WEEKS I HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. A MONTH AGO I TOOK IT TO ANOTHER DEALERSHIP BECAUSE I HEARD ON THE TV ABOUT THE SAFETY RECALL ON THIS MODELS AND TOLD ME THEY ORDER THE PART AND THAT IT WILL TAKE THREE DAYS TO GET IT...ITS BEAN OVER A MONTH AND HAD NO ANSWER FROM THEM. *TR

NHTSA ID

10641711

Incident

Aug 6, 2014

Mileage

94,000 mi

WHEN STARTING MY CAR IN THE AM THE HORN BEEP WIPERS WENT OFF WITH WASHER FLUID AS I STARTED TO DRIVE I NOTICED THE CAR WASN'T SHIFTING OUT OF 1ST GEAR. GOT TO WORK ABOUT HALF A MILE AWAY AND WHEN I PUT THE CAR IN REVERSE IT DID IT ALL AGAIN THIS TIME NON STOP AND THE DOORS LOCKED AND WOULDN'T LET ME UNLOCK THEM. TOOK IT TO DEALER AND THE SAID IT WAS MY ANTI THEFT SO THEY JUST RESET IT. EVERYTHING WAS FINE TILL THE LAST WEEK OF AUGUST WHEN IT DID IT AGAIN THIS TIME WHILE I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY. WENT BACK TO THE DEALER AND THEY REPLACED THE TIP MODULE. AND SO FAR SO GOOD. FINGERS CROSSED HOPE IT DOESN'T HAPPEN AGAIN!! *TR

NHTSA ID

10486626

Incident

Apr 13, 2012

Mileage

55,000 mi

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 DODGE CARAVAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER STARTING THE IGNITION, THE VEHICLE WOULD MAKE A LOUD SOUND AND THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE CONTROL WARNING LAMP ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE CONTROL WAS DEFECTIVE AND NEEDED TO BE SERVICED. THE VEHICLE WAS SERVICED HOWEVER, THE REMEDY FAILED TO REPAIR THE PROBLEM. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE WHO DID NOT OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT FURTHER REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 45,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 97,280.

NHTSA ID

10459901

Incident

Dec 1, 2009

Mileage

45,000 mi

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 DODGE CARAVAN. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 5 MPH WITH THE BRAKES APPLIED WHEN THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED AND THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL INCREASE IN ENGINE RPMS. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE BY ENGAGING THE EMERGENCY BRAKE AND SHIFTING TO PARK. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHO WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 50,500.

NHTSA ID

10425294

Incident

Aug 19, 2011

Mileage

50,500 mi

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 DODGE CARAVAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 70-77 MPH WHEN SETTING THE CRUISE CONTROL, HE NOTICED THAT IT WOULD NOT OPERATE AND NOT SET WHEN THE LEVER WAS PULLED DOWN. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN INSPECTED BY A DEALER NOR HAD IT BEEN REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 16,000. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 20,000. UPDATED 03/22/11*LJ UPDATED 04/29/11

NHTSA ID

10382597

Incident

Oct 14, 2009

Mileage

16,000 mi

2008 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. CONSUMER STATES WHEN HE USES CRUISE CONTROL AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS OR ANY SPEED AT 35 MPH THE VEHICLE STARTS TO DOWNGRADE AND DOWNSHIFT THREE SPEED RANGES AND CAUSE EXCESSIVE LOSS OF SPEED AND THEN THE ENGINE'S RPM WOULD RISE TO 5000 RPM. *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED WHEN THE INCIDENT HAPPENED, HE WAS UNABLE TO SHUT OFF THE CRUISE CONTROL OR APPLY THE BRAKES TO BRING THE VEHICLE TO A STOP. THE VEHICLE WOULD CONTINUE TO MOVE. THE DEALER INFORMED THE CONSUMER THE PROBLEM WAS A CHARACTERISTIC OF THE VEHICLE DUE TO SOFTWARE PROBLEMS. *JB

NHTSA ID

10360906

Incident

Oct 20, 2010

WHEN COMING DOWN AN INCLINE WITH THE CRUISE CONTROL SET, THE MOTOR BEGINS TO REV ACCESSIVELY WITHIN RPM REDLINE AND THE SPEED OF THE VEHICLE STARTS TO DROP. THIS PROBLEM CAN ONLY BE CORRECTED BY PULLING OFF THE ROAD AND TURNING THE VEHICLE OFF. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO TWO DIFFERENT DEALERSHIPS, AND THE PROBLEM WAS REPORTED TO THE BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU. PEOPLE WHO WORK AT THE DEALERSHIP HAVE COMMENTED THAT THEY HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THEIR 2008 DODGE CARAVAN AS WELL, BUT DODGE HAS SAID IT IS ACCEPTABLE. *TR

NHTSA ID

10314627

Incident

Feb 26, 2010

Mileage

20,000 mi

2008DODGE CARAVAN WAS IN A CRASH, LEFT FRONT WAS SHEERED OFF FROM THE IMPACT CAUSING LEFT FRONT WHEEL TO BE CUT FROM A-FRAME. NO AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. CAR WAS TOTALED. INJURIES WERE SEVERE CONCUSSION, DISK DAMAGE TO SPINE, SEAT BELT IMPACT OVER CHEST. *TR

NHTSA ID

10281684

Incident

Aug 16, 2009

Mileage

6,952 mi