general problems of the 2009 Dodge Caravan

I complained to dealer within the first year I purchased (2009) about my car cutting off while driving. I had it checked, nothing found. This only happened once in a while and progressively got worse. By the time I had recall notice in August of 2014 this happened quite often. I have driven a mile and car would cut off up to 5 times!!! sometimes I can go several miles and it not happen but its so bad now its pretty much every time I drive. When this occurs I cannot control steering or brakes. I had to rent a car to go out of town this past week. I pick my granddaughter up from school every day and I have nothing else to drive. I have contacted dealer many times who just put me off. They give me phone numbers for Chrysler who never answer. I am sure the condition of my car is more critical than most of the recalls. There will be an accident. I think I should be provided with something safe to drive until my car is fixed. I am on disability, on a fixed income and cannot afford to rent or buy a car. Please help me. All I get is the run around and put on hold!.

I have filed 2 complaints regarding recall l25 for Dodge/Chrysler vehicles. 2009 Dodge grand Caravan completely shutting down while driving. Steering goes out, brakes out. Complete power out while driving. This is very dangerous and scary. I have children I have to take to multiple places. By the grace of god, the 5 times this happened, we . Were on slow moving, non busy roads near home. I have not yet experienced this on the highway. It would be potentially fatal. I usually drive in the lanes on the outside so if it occurs, I may be able. To pull off to the side. I have to take the highway daily to work. There were 5 occurrences, 2 in October 2014 and now recently 3 mores times close together, Dec. 20, 23 and Jan 11, 2015. I have contacted Chrysler customer service 3 times. I was advised to remove keys or anything hanging from fob, I have and this does not help the issue or is even the cause. I do not think they know why this problem is occurring. Chrysler really needs to speed up the recall process before there are fatalities.

While driving 55mph on i75 in cincinnati,OH, the engine suddenly shut off. While attempting to get the vehicle to the right side of the highway the steering wheel and the brakes could only be moved with great effort. The vehicle must be in the parked gear shift position before it can be restarted thus the necessity to get to the side of the highway so as to avoid a rear end collision. When getting to the side of the road the steering feels like it is locked. This sudden engine shut off while driving has occured several times before over the last approx. 2 1/2 yrs. The dealer does not know how to fix the sudden engine shut off problem. This leaves me with a vehicle that appears to be too dangerous to drive. I have requested the vehicle manufacturer to advise me as to how the vehicle can be safely driven. And also to advise me if the air bags will function normally after sudden engine shut off.

The contact owns a 2009 Dodge Caravan. The contact stated that while driving at various speeds, the vehicle would intermittently stall without warning. The contact took the vehicle to the dealer for a diagnostic test, who stated that the win module would need to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired but the failure persisted. The dealer then stated that the after market remote starter was the cause of the failure because of the wiring but the failure persisted with the illumination of the check engine warning light. The contact then took the vehicle to an independent mechanic, who diagnosed the vehicle with an egr failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The contact was waiting for the part needed to complete the egr repair to become available. The manufacture was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 90,000.

As I was driving, my car would just die and everything would shut down and lock up. I thought I had run out of gas. It would start back up. It started doing this alot. I was on highway with a car behind me and a semi truck going 65-70 an hour and my van shut down and everything locked up. Very scary because I barely made it to the side of the road without being hit. Very close to being a serious three car wreck. Took van it and they said it was the key and extension switch piece. Cost me $610. 66. I did not have any more problem with it until about 3 months ago and it started doing it again( turning off while I was driving) I took it in again and they said it was the key again. They told me to take key ring off of my key and not have anything on it. Try that and see if that works. If not I would have to replace it again. Tried it and it worked but still shuts down every once in a while. Can not afford to have it replaced again for $610. 66. Obviously there is a defect with this key in my Dodge carivan since it has been replace and doing it again. I feel that there needs to be a recall with Dodge carivans and if so I need to be refunded my money. My aunt sent me an article out of the star business section on recalls and it mentioned Dodge carivans being looked into. Well, I am one that has experienced this and am still experiencing this after key and system have been replaced!!.