general problems of the 2005 Dodge Grand Caravan

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.

Traveling east on the nys i90 yesterday, 12:45pm - lunch rush hour time, approximate speed 62 mph when suddenly the vehicle stopped accelerating. Pumping the gas pedal, holding it down to the floor made no difference, although the rpms were racing. Luckily we were traveling in the far right lane (of the three available) and as I was coasting was able to do so on the shoulder. We were also fortunate that we were near an exit and we able to coast along to this point before we finally had to shut off the car, midway along an exit ramp, along the shoulder. Had we been in one of the other lanes during this mishap I probably would not be in any condition to file a report. Vehicle was placed on a flat bed, driven to our mechanic, where it currently is. I have noticed several complaints regarding the autolocks on this vehicle. Ours were fixed (partially) once. The driver's side rear still does not function as it should and needs to be locked and unlocked manually. This vehicle had no prior owners, purchased new.

The contact owns a 2005 Dodge Grand Caravan. The contact was driving approximately 30 mph and depressed the accelerator pedal but the vehicle would not respond. The vehicle was towed to an authorized dealer but had not been diagnosed. The manufacturer was not notified of the defect. The approximate failure mileage was 62,000.

The contact owns a 2005 Dodge Grand Caravan. The contact stated that as he started his vehicle and stepped on the accelerator pedal,there was resistance. Within minutes, the vehicle began to drive normally. The vehicle was taken to the dealer and they were unable to diagnose the failure or repair the vehicle. The failure mileage was 20,000.

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.