2005 Dodge Grand Caravan Powertrain (other) Problems

WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD ABOUT 35 MPH MY VAN JUST DIED OUT IN TRAFFIC N WOULD NOT RESTART. THANK GOD I WAS NOT ON INTERSTATE

NHTSA ID

11385731

Incident

Dec 28, 2020

Mileage

135,000 mi

I JUST ACQUIRED THIS VEHICLE. I UNDERSTAND GAS 6 RECALLS BASED IN THE NHTSA. DOORS READ MODEL 2004. I CALLED CHRYSLER DODGE DEALER IN HEMET, CALIFORNIA AND THE SERVICE RECEPTIONIST STATED THERE IS NOTHING TO DO THAT ARE NO RECALLS FOR THIS VAN. PLEASE HELP. THE LIGHT ENGINE IS ON. THE POWER TRAIN KICKS SOMETIMES (DRAGS) SUDDENLY. AND I SEE THE 6 RECALLS APPLICABLE TO THIS MODEL

NHTSA ID

11156700

Incident

Dec 5, 2018

Mileage

15 mi

NEARLY EVERY TIME THE WE FILL THE TANK FULL OF FUEL THE ENGINE SHUTS DOWN AFTER LEAVING THE STATION. TYPICALLY IT WILL HAPPEN MID TURN WHILE PULLING OUT OF THE STATION OR ELSE WITHIN A BLOCK OF LEAVING. WHEN IT HAPPENS THE STEERING STOPS WORKING NORMALLY. WE HAVE TO SHIFT THE VEHICLE TO NEUTRAL AND RESTART IT AND THEN PUT IT BACK IN DRIVE AND GO. *TR

NHTSA ID

10632231

Incident

Jul 15, 2010

Mileage

154,000 mi

I ORIGINALLY CALLED DODGE WHEN THIS ISSUE STARTED AND THEY WOULD NOT DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT BUT WHEN WE WOULD PUT THE VAN IN REVERSE THE ENGINE WOULD NOT GO INTO REVERSE AND IF YOU WERE NOT LISTENING FOR IT TO "CATCH" YOU WOULD PUT ON THE GAS AND BE GOING FORWARD. AFTER CALLING A FEW TIMES WE JUST GAVE UP AND BEGAN A HABIT OF SHIFTING INTO REVERSE AND MAKING SURE THE VEHICLE WAS INDEED IN REVERSE. AFTER SEVERAL YEARS OF THIS WE STARTED HAVING A PROBLEM WITH THE VEHICLE SPEED. THE ENGINE WOULD REV BUT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT GO IF IT WAS UNDER ANY KIND OF STRAIN, UPHILL OR GRADE. AFTER REPLACING EVERYTHING FROM FUEL INJECTOR TO CATALYTIC CONVERTER TO SPARK PLUGS, WIRES AND SENSORS AND SPENDING CLOSE TO $1000 ON IT WE ENDED UP IN A TRANSMISSION REPAIR SHOP WHICH FOUND OUR PROBLEM TO BE A CRACKED FLEX PLATE. THAT WAS $1500 MORE BUT THE PROBLEM WAS FIXED. THE REVERSE IS NOW WORKING PROPERLY AS WELL SO I FEEL THAT THIS FLEX PLATE MAY HAVE BEEN THE REVERSE ISSUE AS WELL. *TR

NHTSA ID

10562174

Incident

Feb 1, 2006

Mileage

45,000 mi

THE FIRST PROBLEM WAS THE AUTOMATIC DOOR LOCKS FAILED TO FUNCTION WHEN REACHING THE REQUIRED SPEED. EVEN WOULD NOT LOCK WITH THE KEY TOOK IT TO MECHANIC WAS ADVISED THAT WOULD HAVE TO REPLACE THE COMPUTER, BUT BY DISCONNECTING THE BATTERY THAT IT WOULD RESET THE COMPUTER, IT IS ONLY A TEMPORARY SOLUTION.SECOND PROBLEM WAS THE DOOR MOTOR STOP WORKING HAD THAT REPLACED. THIRD PROBLEM WAS THE FRONT AXLE BROKE WITH NO APPARENT WEAR, HAD THAT REPLACED. NOW IT'S THE GAS TANK, CAR WANTS TO STALL WAS ADVISED BY MECHANIC THAT THE GAS TANK WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED, THAT IT IS A DEFECTIVE VALVE THAT HAS SINCE BEEN CORRECTED IN THE NEWER MODELS. *TR

NHTSA ID

10557481

Incident

Dec 5, 2006

Mileage

21,000 mi

FLYWHEEL CRACKED AT AROUND 102,000 MILES CAUSING MAJOR JERKING OF THE VEHICLE WHEN THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTED FROM FIRST TO SECOND GEAR. I WAS TOLD BY MY MECHANIC THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE AND THERE HAS NEVER BEEN A RECALL. I DID REPLACE THE FLYWHEEL WHICH COST CLOSE TO $800.00. *TR

NHTSA ID

10425214

Incident

Aug 18, 2011

Mileage

102,000 mi

MY DODGE MINI VAN BEGAN TO MAKE A STRANGE NOISE BUT I DID NOT HAVE THE MONEY TO TAKE IT BACK TO THE DEALER AS THEY HAD ALREADY RIPPED ME OFF FOR A PREVIOUS FAILURE OF THE EGR VALVE (AT ABOUT 30,000 MILES). AFTER THAT HUGE BILL I DECIDED TO ASK A FRIEND OF MINE FROM CHURCH WHO IS A CERTIFIED MECHANIC TO LISTEN TO MY DODGE. HE SAID THE POWER STEERING PUMP WAS WEARING OUT AND IT WOULD EVENTUALLY NEED TO BE REPLACED! I COULD NOT BELIEVE THIS AT ONLY 65,000 MILES. I WROTE A LETTER TO THE CHRYSLER CORPORATION AND HAD A CALL FROM ONE OF THEIR REPS. HE REFUSED TO CONSIDER THAT CHRYSLER HAD ANY PROBLEMS WITH THE PRODUCTION OF THE MINI VAN. I WAS SUPPOSED TO CALL MY WARRANTY FOLKS (WARRANTY ALREADY OUT) AS MY POWER STEERING SHOULD NOT HAVE FAILED. HELLO---DOES THIS NOT MEAN THAT CHRYSLER HAS MAJOR RESPONSIBILITY IN THIS?? AS SOON AS I CAN CALL ABOUT MY WARRANTY I WILL CONTACT THE WARRANTY COMPANY. THE BOTTOM LINE IS- CHRYSLER WILL NOT ACCEPT ANY RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE SAFETY OR QUALITY OF THEIR PRODUCTS. I WOULD NOT HAVE ANOTHER CHRYSLER PRODUCT IF THEY WERE BEING GIVEN AWAY FOR FREE. WHEN THEIR VEHICLES ARE MADE UNSAFE TO DRIVE THEY WILL NOT HELP YOU OR ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEIR OWN PRODUCT DEFECTS.

NHTSA ID

10385048

Incident

Oct 1, 2010

Mileage

64,000 mi

POWER WINDOWS & POWER LOCKS DON'T WORK ON KEY OR DOORS AND HAVE NOT FOR THE LAST YEAR. NOW TRANSMISSION WON'T SHIFT INTO HIGHER GEARS, I'VE GOT 67,000 MILES AND LUCKILY IT CAME WITH A 7 YEAR 70,000 DRIVE TRAIN WARRANTY, THIS THING IS AN ELECTRONIC NIGHTMARE !!! *TR

NHTSA ID

10342099

Incident

Jul 8, 2010

Mileage

50,000 mi

AT ABOUT 12,000 OUR 2005 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN DEVELOPED A THUMPING/BINDING IN THE STEERING/FRONT AXLE. WE HAD IT IN SEVERAL TIMES DURING THE WARRANTY PERIOD FOR THE SAME PROBLEM; BOTH AXLES WERE REPLACED AND THE STEERING COLUMN WAS REPLACED ALSO, YET THE THUMPING/BINDING NEVER TRULY WENT AWAY. SHORTLY OUTSIDE THE COMPREHENSIVE WARRANTY PERIOD, THE RIGHT FRONT AXLE BROKE. FORTUNATELY IT WAS IN A PARKING LOT, NOT ON THE HIGHWAY. THE RIGHT AXLE WAS REPLACED, BUT NOW THE THUMPING/BINDING IS BACK JUST LIKE IT WAS WHEN WE FIRST STARTED PURSUING GETTING THE PROBLEM FIXED. THE VAN ONLY HAS 30,300 MILES ON IT. *TR

NHTSA ID

10231600

Incident

Jun 4, 2007

Mileage

30,150 mi

DEAR SIRS: 2005 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN SE . IT HAS HAD NUMEROUS PROBLEMS, FEW OF WHICH WERE FIXED PROPERLY WHEN BROUGHT BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP. FINALLY, ON OCTOBER 04, 2006, WITH 29000+ MILES ON THE VEHICLE, AN AXLE BROKE AS MY SON, DAUGHTER-IN-LAW, AND TWO GRANDCHILDREN UNDER TWO YEARS OLD PULLED OUT OF A PARKING LOT ONTO THE ROAD. HAD THIS HAPPENED ON AN INTERSTATE, WITH THE VEHICLE MOVING AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED, THERE IS EVERY LIKELIHOOD THAT A FATAL ACCIDENT WOULD HAVE OCCURRED. AXLES DO NOT BREAK EXCEPT UNDER EXTREME CIRCUMSTANCES OR WHEN THERE IS SOME FATAL FAULT WITH THE MANUFACTURE ITSELF. THIS IS NOT A VEHICLE WHICH HAS BEEN ABUSED. IT HAS BEEN USED TO TRANSPORT HOUSEWIVES AND SMALL CHILDREN BACK AND FORTH TO SCHOOL, TO GROCERY, ETCETERA. IT HAS BEEN SERVICED AT ALL PROPER INTERVALS AT THE MECHANICSVILLE, VA DEALERSHIP WHERE IT WAS PURCHASED. EXCEPT TO MOVE THE VEHICLE SO AS TO AVOID STORAGE CHARGES, I WILL NOT HAVE ANY MEMBER OF MY FAMILY TRANSPORTED IN THIS VEHICLE. THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT AT MECHANICSVILLE DODGE CLAIMS TO HAVE REPAIRED THE VEHICLE AND THAT IT IS SAFE. THEY HAVE ALL ''' DRIVEN IT AND IT DRIVES FINE!'' THAT IS ILLOGICAL FOR A NUMBER OF REASONS. FIRST, IT ''DROVE FINE'' RIGHT UP UNTIL THE MOMENT THE AXLE BROKE, EVEN THOUGH NUMEROUS ELECTRICAL AND OTHER PROBLEMS EXISTED WHICH WERE NOT FULLY REPAIRED AT THAT TIME. SECOND, I HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO REASON, BASED ON MY PAST EXPERIENCES WITH SHODDY WORK AND OUTRIGHT FALSEHOODS AT THIS STORE, TO BELIEVE THAT THIS SHOP IS CAPABLE OF PROPERLY REPAIRING THE VEHICLE. THIRD, THERE IS NO REASON TO BELIEVE THAT OTHER LIFE THREATENING PROBLEMS DO NOT EXIST, LURKING IN THIS VEHICLE TO STRIKE MY FAMILY IF WE WERE TO TRUST IT OR MECHANICSVILLE DODGE ONCE AGAIN WITH OUR LIVES. *JB

NHTSA ID

10172615

Incident

Oct 4, 2006

Mileage

29,751 mi

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH ON A CITY STREET, THE LEFT FRONT DRIVER SIDE AXLE FRACTURED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT MANAGED TO PULL THE VEHICLE OVER WITHOUT INCIDENT. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHO REPLACED THE LEFT FRONT FRACTURED AXLE. AFTERWARDS, WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH ON A CITY STREET, THE RIGHT PASSENGER SIDE FRACTURED WHICH CAUSED A LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL. A CRASH WAS AVOIDED BY USING BRAKE PRESSURE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHO REPLACED THE RIGHT FRONT FRACTURED AXLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS ALERTED. UPDATED 09/16/06. *JB

NHTSA ID

10167041

Incident

Aug 18, 2006

Mileage

13,500 mi

2005 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN PURCHASED APRIL 18, 2005 FROM ENTERPRISE CAR SALES. IT ALREADY HAD 24,000 MILES ON IT. IN JULY OF 2006- THE CV JOINT BROKE. THE VAN CURRENTLY HAD 39,000 MILES ON IT PUTTING IT JUST OUT OF THE WARRANTY BY A FEW THOUSAND MILES. THE CAR WOULD NOT GO INTO ANY GEAR SINCE THE JOINT WAS BROKEN- IT MADE A LOUD RUMBLING NOISE AS THE GEARS GROUND AGAINST EACH OTHER. IT HAD TO BE PUT IN NEUTRAL AND PUSHED INTO A PARKING LOT. THERE IS NO EXCESSIVE USE OR ABUSE OF THE VAN TO CAUSE THIS TO HAPPEN. THIS SHOULD BE COVERED BY THE MANUFACTURER. NEVER HAD I A CAR OR VAN THAT HAD THE CV JOINT GO WITHIN A YEAR'S TIME. THE MANUFACTURER DOES NOT SUPPLY CV JOINTS- THE ENTIRE SHAFT MUST BE REPLACED. HAD I BEEN TRAVELING ON A BUSIER HIGHWAY AND AT A HIGHER SPEED, IT COULD HAVE BEEN DEADLY. I HAD TWO SMALL CHILDREN IN THE CAR AND HAD TO PUSH THE VAN OUT OF A BUSY INTERSECTION CAUSING A POTENTIALLY DEADLY SITUATION. POWERTRAIN COVERAGE USED TO BE STANDARD AT 7 YEARS/70,000 MILE. WHY DID THIS CHANGE AND BECOME A PAID EXTENSION OF WARRANTY? DODGE SHOULD STAND BEHIND THEIR PRODUCT AND WARRANTY THEIR POWERTRAINS FOR LONGER THAN 36,000 MILES. *JB

NHTSA ID

10162468

Incident

Jul 14, 2006

Mileage

39,000 mi