general problems of the 2011 Dodge Grand Caravan

While the emergency parking brake was activated and vehicle in park in the driveway that is on a hill, the car began rolling down the driveway at a fast rate of speed with no one in drivers seat. 3 young kids were in car seats in the van with it running while we were outside of the vehicle speaking. All doors locked and it flew down the driveway almost flipping over at the bottom. We took the vehicle to the dealership we purchased it from on June 29, 2023 and they could not recreate the issue. No warning lights were on prior to this incident and when citizens that stopped when this happened, got in the vehicle to dislodge it from the dirt that thankfully stopped it from flipping, they verified that it still showed the e brake as being engaged it was still in park. No police or insurance was called because there was no damage to the vehicle or children but the dealership was called. I do have video of this event but your website does not accept videos.

Vehicle randomly dies completely like no battery connected either while parked or in motion. Then after a few moments vehicle starts like nothing is wrong. No codes no warning.

My car was fine until one day in rain the whole dash and radio shut off and came back on repeatedly, spedometer bouncing each time. Took it to dealer/jdbyrider and "they dont know prob/happens all the time" w a very "OH well" attitude. They did nothing. I called again when car also started shutting completely off at long red lights. I was told next appt available would be 23 days! thats still 4 days away. Now in addition to dash/radio/spedometer problem the van doesnt just die at long lights, it dies if I have to stop for drive thrus, stop signs, short lights. The headlights have also started flickering very very badly. Im upset that repairs are supposed to be covered by jdbyrider and theyve had me driving this dangerous car for almost a month before trying to fix it. Im not allowed to get work done on it elsewhere or else it makes future repairs on parts not covered by jdbyrider. I have 4 kids and this car is not safe on road and im literally not allowed to get someone else to fix it if I want it to continue to be covered by jdb. Jdb blames Dodge. My car purchase was supposed to cover repairs and instead im being forced to drive 4 kids around in car dealer cant fix and they claim Dodge dont know how to either. I should have never been expected to wait almost a month for this to be addressed.

Van loses brakes when applied over a pothole or other rough road. It travels for about 15 feet then stops (regardless of pumping the brake). It builds up after the van stops. This is very dangerous, obviously. Perhaps there should be a recall because many other people have reported this problem. This has happened twice in a month (9/16/2020 was the last time). Also, dealerships appear to guess when repairing the problem, costing consumers in the thousands of dollars.

Tl- the contact owns a 2011 Dodge Grand Caravan. The contact's wife was driving at approximately 30 mph when the driver depressed the brakes and received no response. The contact then depressed the brakes all the way to floor and the vehicle still failed to respond;the contact then collided with the vehicle in front of her. No warning lights illuminated prior to the failure. The air bags deployed as a result of the impact. No major injuries were sustained due to the crash, no medical attention was needed for either driver. A police was filed. The vehicle was told to an independent mechanic and sustained front end damage, the vehicle was not destroyed and was not repaired. The vehicle was not taken to a dealer and the manufacture was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 138,000. Jo.

My wife was driving with my 4 kids aged 13, 11, 8 and 3 when the caravan stalled while in motion at the red light near a major intersection without prior warning. With no power steering or breaks, the van stopped in the middle of the intersection and on coming traffic had to break hard to prevent a collision. Boulevard Dodge Chrysler diagnosed the issue as faulty electrical issue with the fuel pump. The repair cost me $478 (Dec. 3 2018). On Tuesday Jan 15 2019 the car started different electrical problems. When I took the car back to the same dealer they told me the cause is the tipm which would cost about $2000. When I started my research I realized that both issue are related and caused by the tipm. This is an ongoing issue with many models of fca which some vehicles had recalls from fca. I am not the only one who has experiences stalling due to tipm issue on caravan. This is a serious issue and NHTSA as well as transport canada has to protect the public before a serious accident or death occurs. On Feb 14 I had more electrical problems this time with an ignition coil default due to the tipm. Repair cost $ 265. 90. On August 29 the car stalled again in motion while driving on the service road of a major highway. Therefore no power brakes or steering. That is beside the fact that the car won't start or has different flashing lights on the dash board.

After a recall on the steering wheel harness repair, the dealer bud clary in auburn, washington (253-833- 2485. The traction control light on the van flashed on the way home and one of the brakes activated. This never happened prior to the repair. This had continued and has gotten worse to where the car attempts to stop on the freeway going 60 - 70 mph (depending on the speed zone) that could cause a lock up or worse. There are no codes given to indicate why this is happening.

2011 Dodge Grand Caravan, approximately 119k miles. Intermittent problem of the electronic stability light (esc) coming on while applying light pressure to the breaks. It can happen driving slow (through town) or on the freeway. Once the light comes on, no noticeable difference is seen while driving other than cruise control is turned off if it was engaged before the light comes on. Once the vehicle is stopped and put in park, it will not come out of park (such as put in reverse or drive), the key must be cycled. Once the key is cycled, everything returns to normal (esc light is off, and the shifter can be engaged to neutral, drive, reverse etc. Several mechanics cannot either reproduce the problem, or figure out what the problem is. While the problem seems to be random, my wife and I can both reproduce the problem either while in park (tapping on the break) or while driving.

Donald dufty donald. Dufty@mobilityworks. Com sold me unsafe 2011dodge van the front end vibratea after 20 to 30 min of driveing very bad the tires dry rotted not I had the dealer check it out this in water for long time note: I am emailing the n h t s a & b. B. B louis lavolpe jr louislavolpe@comcast. Net donald dufty donald. Dufty@mobilityworks. Com sold me unsafe 2011dodge van the front end vibratea after 20 to 30 min of driveing very bad the tires dry rotted not I had the dealer check it out this in water for long time note: I am emailing the n h t s a & b. B. B louis lavolpe jr louislavolpe@comcast. Net.

A los pocos d�as DE comprar la guagua en un dealer, cuando estaba dando reversa sent� que da unos brincos y tiembla. Tarda un poco en moverse. Fuimos el d�a 2 DE marzo y nos dijeron que era normal, al compararla con otra parecida, seg�n nos dijeron, a�n contin�a haci�ndolo. No le hicieron nada a la guagua. Al mes salimos a una cita m�dica y no cogi� freno, bajamos una cuesta y no quer�a parar, paramos con la emergencia frente a una casa,cuando la chequearon no ten�a patts en ninguna goma. Los compramos y cuando le reclam� al dealer solo nos dijeron que ten�amos que llev�rselo da�ado que ahora no pod�an hacer nada, mi esposo est� enfermo y no nos han ayudado. Tambi�n tiene problemas con los seguros ya hemos comprado 3 bater�as y se agota muy r�pido,(del control). �.

Driving straight, approx 35 mph on 2-lane state highway passing through small town with rush hour traffic on both lanes and no shoulder. With no prior warning, all red instrument warning lights went on at once, including fuel pump/throttle, brakes and others. Car stalled dead and instantaneously lost power to steering and brakes, was impossible to control. Would not restart. Fortunately driver was able to steer vehicle partly off road into a driveway of busy store, blocking driveway to customers. State police were unable to get car in neutral to push to safe location. Police ordered car towed and it is currently awaiting diagnosis for totally integrated power module("tipm") failure at Dodge dealership. This was a life-threatening failure and if it had happened at nearly any other location or in adverse weather there would have been injury or death to driver and passengers. We have tow receipt. We don't know whether state police filed incident report. Many similar tipm failures of Dodge and Chrysler vehicles have been reported to NHTSA and you have recently rejected a center for auto safety petition for NHTSA intervention regarding this defect. Chrysler/Dodge is well aware of the problems with the tipm because 80,894 Jeep wranglers and Dodge nitro vehicles were recalled in 2007 for the same problems. In that recall, defective tipms had a software problem that could cause the engine to stall. Nhtsa should require Dodge to recall every model that has this same tipm installed and to immediately warn the public that their lives are in danger every time they drive their Dodge/Chrysler vehicle. It is unconscionable that the manufacturer and NHTSA have previously been informed of this dangerous defect and failed to protect the american public.

The vehicle of record has been spontaneously shutting off all day, it shut off 15 times in 1 parking lot, but the most dangerous aspect was when it shut off while I was doing the speed limit in a 50 and a 55 mph zone. It will generally shut off randomly, but primarily at stop signs or backing out of parking spaces, but there have been 3 instances where it shut off at 40 mph or higher in the last 8 hours, when these shut offs happen it takes 5-10 attempts to restart the car. When these instances happen the brakes and steering wheel lock up making it very difficult to stop and/or turn.

Excessive noise and steering wheel vibration during normal brake application.