Two problems related to engine noise have been reported for the 2011 Dodge Grand Caravan. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2011 Dodge Grand Caravan based on all problems reported for the 2011 Grand Caravan.
We have had our van now for almost 2 years with no problems. In mid-August, my wife was taking my daughter to marching band practice at 5 am. She told me that as she was going through an intersection, it just stalled on her. Thankfully, it was only 5 am and not during rush hour. Being the skeptical guy I am, I though maybe she had hit the key somehow and shut it down. Then it happened to me and I was nearly rear-ended. I checked it out and didn't find anything, but from that day forth, it became hard to start at random times. Sometimes when we turn the key, the ignition will crank, but the engine won't start and we'll have to turn the key off to make it stop turning over. Other times, it will attempt to start, or even start, then immediately stall. Eventually, and sometimes after 8-10 attempts, it will start and run until the next time we park it. Ever since I checked it out, I have noticed that, at times, you can't hear the hum of the fuel pump when you turn the key, while other times it doesn't seem to stop making noise. Just this morning, I left to go to work, only to find that the van won't start. Apparently, one of the other obvious signs of a bad tipm is the occasional dead battery. . . . Caused by a fuel pump that the tipm fuel relay fails to shut off. At this point, my van has been sitting since October of 2016, as we cannot afford the high repair cost. The repair estimate that I was quoted for the tipm will cost around $1100. Had this been taken care of by Chrysler, I may have saved what I spent on batteries and the alternator.
I was driving down the road and my car just stopped running. I had to pull over to the side of the road which is very difficult because the power steering doesn't work once it dies. I had just left my house, hadn't drove 1/2 mile. I also took my vehicle this morning to have the battery, alternator and starter checked because it has a tendency to not want to start. It will just make the noise like it's turning over and take about 5-6 tries before it will turn over. Please include 2011 models in your ignition recall before someone gets hurt from there vehicle dying while driving down the road. I got lucky I was still in my sub division and not on the main road.