Automatic Transmission problems of the 2007 Dodge Grand Caravan

2007 Dodge Grand Caravan had been parked for 6 days while we were away on vacation. Returned to airport and drove vehicle home (30 miles). Next morning drove vehicle into town (15 miles) with no problems. Parked for 1 hour then went to return home. Within a few miles the vehicle moved itself into a neutral state (display showed "d" still) while moving down the road. This was immediately made aware as the vehicle began to slow and the engine quickly revved high. Was barely able to coast safely into a parking area. Turned vehicle off for 5 minutes, then restarted and it drove the rest of the way home. Issue is that the vehicle moved itself into neutral without reason and also did not update display. We live in michigan and temperature has been 35 degrees or less recently.

I purchased this vehicle in August 2007 and from day one, noticed the hard shift on move-off and on slow-down. I have a friend who was experiencing the same issue with a 2007 Toyota and the issue was resolved with a software upgrade. I just took my car into my neighborhood dealership along with a copy of the bulletin info (thanks to mycarstats. Com for making this information available to the consumer) and they said that the vehicle tested fine - no problems. This is absolutely ridiculous!! so I reported the problem to Dodge customer service. They recommended that I visit another (highly recommended) dealership for a second opinion. Why should this be??? this is a simple software fix.

Since middle of last December 2007 I cannot use my car because ?transmission has no reverse?. This is second time a trouble like this happens. First time it happened on last October 2007 at 2,230 miles. ). I cannot agree with your corporation's decision and larry miller Dodge service center's decision to repair the van at every 2,000 miles. Please help me.

On 8/4/07, my 2007 Dodge Grand Caravan was parked in our driveway, in park with the engine running. I proceeded to open the door and the car went down the hill, into our woods, and hit a tree. The car was in park the entire time. After this, I have spent numerous hours contacting Chrysler. Chrysler did send out a mechanic and they did admit that the problem was mechanical - transmission did not have the 'parking pin'. I was told by Chrysler that this could have happened anywhere. At this point, Chrysler wants to replace my old van with a new one and me to pay the difference. I am not agreeing to this. I have also been told by Chrysler and the dealership that this was an isolated incident. I believe that this is not true.

I have had my 07' Grand Caravan in the shop now a total of 3times for the same issue. The transmission does not shift correctly . . . It has a hard down shift when coming to a stop and sometimes will do the hard shift while in drive as well. I was told this would be fixed by September . . It is now November and still nothing. I took this to another dealer to have it checked out and they are saying there is nothing wrong with it. There is something wrong it should not feel like my transmission is going to drop out when I come to a stop. Guess next time it does I will have it back in there again.

My Dodge Grand Caravan died while driving down the highway. It has happened twice. My local dealer say there is nothing for the dealer to look at. In both cases this problem occurred right after I accelerated on the interstate to pass a car. Everything goes dead just like I turned the car off. I put the van into neutral while it is going. Pulled to side of highway to restart van. Never heard of this before. It may be important to get on the record because this could be a dangerous situation depending on where and when it happens. If it results in an accident I'll file legal action. Dodge should know they have a problem and provide fix it. Before someone is killed.