Alternator/generator/regulator Problems of Dodge Grand Caravan - part 2

Saturday 27 may 2017, I was coming back from a grand junction, iowa cemetery visit northwest of des moines, iowa and driving back on a highway doing 64 in a 65 mph zone, following an iowa state trooper, and the battery light came on - my mileage at that exact time was 45419. I drove to my sister-in-law's home in urbandale, iowa (I drove approx 11 miles to her home after the light came on) where we were staying over the memorial day weekend. Then I drove to an o'reilley auto parts store. They checked my battery, it was ok, except that it was at about 88%. They then checked the alternator and it was not charging the battery. The technician said that I could drive home to harlan, iowa, a 100 mile trip if the battery were charged up fully. I went back to my sister-in-law's home and called stew hansen Dodge, where I bought this vehicle on 29 August 2013, as a new vehicle with 18 miles on the odometer . I told the person who answered the phone that the "alternator" had abruptly stopped working, and asked if I could bring it in. It was Saturday 27 may 2017 at about 1 pm. The service person said they were open until 3:30 pm but they only did oil changes on weekends. I explained my situation of living 100 miles out of des moines, iowa and was concerned about getting home with no alternator. She said she was sorry but they couldn't help me until next week Tuesday. I went back to my sister-in-law's house, charged the battery up and drove home back to harlan, iowa 100 miles west on Monday, 29 may 2017. My mileage now at this time is 45540. I discovered that this same engine with the same alternator in "some Dodge chargers" has the very same problem and has been recalled, but no notifications have been sent to owners. I am going to try to call Chrysler Dodge this morning to inquire if my alternator is recalled.

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Tipm electrical problems ? (1)the engine stalling while driving,dash flashing, eps/bas light and (abs) light coming on with traction control light too then van dies or shuts off. Also mileage and prnd display blinks rapidly. This happens when sitting still or driving. Seem's to happen even when engine is cold or hot on the city streets or highway. (2)my van has had 4 or 5 battery's that have went bad,also sometimes it wont start,I get a jump start,go get the battery tested at auto zone but there's nothing wrong with the battery,(3)horn works but if you need to honk more than 2 times it stops working but later it works,sometimes it wont start and you take the key out and open the door then close the door and you can start it. Also lately it has been harder to start. Also you can't play the radio without the motor running it will run the battery down? but the 1st year I had the van 2011 I could run the radio all day long with only starting it up for about 5 minutes every hour. Also cruse control works then stops working. These things have happen over and over,in a 7 year period sense April 2011. I believe it is a tipm electrical problem. Can you send me a new one I am a veteran one a small disability check sleeping in the van. There is a video of the problem on youtube. I did not know there was a problem with the tipm. I though I was playing the radio too long,or the alternator was going bad but the alternator never showed bad in any test or has not stop working. So it was the tipm (fuse box)going bad all the time. Thanks to youtube, see at- 08 Grand Caravan tipm on youtube. Com ? also a video at 2008 Dodge Grand Caravan electrical problems 2014 03 05 2019.

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My Dodge keeps on having electrical issues with battery light coming on and battery is new lights flicker on and off on panel while driving. Concerning possibility of charging system not working as well. But alternator is new. Car wont start sometimes like the battery is dead but battery is new bought in 2016 oct. It sometimes wont turn over and fact is the cars power doors are now beeping at me and not sure why. That just started. I got to unlock doors but now they buzz constantly. City driving mostly but scared to drive because it acts like it wants to stop completely . All this happens as I try and drive my car. One time this last week car didn't start, had to jump it started right up then. Im scared to drive this car. No one at bear auto told me this car had electrical problems. Redmond oregon.

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The serpentine belt on 96-2000 Chrysler minivans slipping off is a known issue and has been for years. Time and time again Chrysler has refused to issue a recall for it. It is due to a manufacturing defect in one of the engine mounts causing a pulley misalignment. The belt slipping off causes loss of power steering, water pump, and alternator. The power steering loss can cause a driver to not be able to correct in time and cause an accident. The loss of the water pump can cause overheating resulting in engine damage. The loss of the alternator can cause the car to eventually stop running when the battery is drained, causing motorists to be stranded. I live in alaska and I'm not always in cellular signal when driving and temperatures in the winter get down to -30 f at times. I can't wait sometimes several hours for a tow truck to get to me without risking hypothermia at those temperatures. This needs to be made into a recall so it can get fixed.

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I have had my 2010 Dodge Grand Caravan for 1 year. First the alternator went out then the key module then the transmission then the shifting harnesses cable and now the lights keep blinking on and off and the van feels like it has no power the battery was just changed a month ago. This has been the worst vehicle ever and we are scared that it is going to cause a deadly accident. The vehicle gets stuck in gears. And and now keeps shutting off and the headlights keep blinking on and off as well as all the lights in the van. If these are know issues why has there not been a total recall on all these vehicles before a deadly accident does happen. Or is it going to take someone to actually die before something is done about all the known issues the makers of these vehicles are aware of.

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Our alternator on our return trip on vacation went out. Our 2014 Dodge Grand Caravan only has just over 50,000 miles on it. Alternators should last at least 100,000 miles. Chrysler would not acknowledge our complaint and would not reimburse us for the cost of the faulty alternator. Alternators on 2014 Dodge Grand Caravans should be inspected by the government.

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While driving on the highway vehicle starting losing power. It started shutting down all systems and finally stopped working. Vehicle is 3 years old with 50k mileage. The alternator failed. There is a recall for other Dodge vehicles with similar engines that have faulty alternators. This should be included in that recall. Luckily my kids were not in the vehicle and we could get off to the side safely. Dodge charged me $1000 for a new alternator and a battery in a 3 year old vehicle.

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.

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My van suddenly shut-down at highway speed (70 mph) with cruise control engaged due to alternator failure which placed my wife, myself and others on the highway in extreme danger of collision. Luckily we were in right lane and were able to coast onto the shoulder. The engine would not restart (nothing - no sounds, only bright whiteout of dashboard) - tow was required. Sudden sequence of events - charging system light illuminated shortly followed by abs light, electronic stability control light, cruise control would not disengage, engine uncontrollably accelerated / decelerated leading to engine shutting down and dashboard going to total bright whiteout. This alternator failure is identical to NHTSA campaign #14v634000 / fca recall #p60. My Grand Caravan has under 39,000 miles - 3. 6 liter engine / 160 amp alternator same as recall for other Dodge models built in same year as my Grand Caravan. Repairs made following day (9/6/16) at tyson Chrysler Dodge Jeep / shorewood, IL - alternator failure, removed and replaced alternator.

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Bought this van used in January 2016. We had it towed to the shop within a week of purchasing. The dash lights and headlights were flickering while driving. When braking the instrument panel, radio/navigation system and dvd player would shut down and restart itself. They eventually said there was a short in the transmission causing the vehicle to become stuck in 4th gear. It was fine for a month or so, but started doing the same things again. This time the alternator was replaced. Again it was fine for a short time. We let the problem continue without taking it to the shop until it started dying. At first it was only dying when stopped at a traffic light or stop sign. Once I was not able to immediately restart. Then it started dying while driving down the road. Both times were instances of deceleration. The dealership said it was recording events of low voltage. After having it for a week, they told us there was a malfunction within the new alternator and put a new one in. The day after we picked it up it started shutting the electronics down again. Clearly the alternator did not solve the problem. We also had the alternator tested on our own the first time this happened in January as we thought that could be the problem and the alternator tested fine.

Our 2013 Dodge Grand Caravan alternator and pcs failed at 68000 miles. The failure occurred while driving with my wife and 4 children in the car. Multiple dashboard lights came on and the the vehicle engine was racing but the transmission would not engage. The only reason there was not a crash was that they were traveling downhill and did not need to accelerate as the vehicle was not able to. Luckily they were able to pull the car over without incident. Dodge has recalled this alternator in over 900,000 vehicles on 4 other models with the 3. 6 liter engine but has not in the Grand Caravan for some reason. I contacted Dodge and they were unwilling to help in any way to repair my vehicle to make it operable and safe again. This repair was quoted form my local Dodge dealer to cost over $750.

The contact owns a 2011 Dodge Grand Caravan. While driving approximately 30 mph, the engine warning indicator illuminated. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic where the battery was replaced; however, the failure persisted. The mechanic stated that the failure was contributed to the alternator. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where the alternator was replaced. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 58,912.

In June 2013 we had to replace the battery and alternator. Now in Jan 2016 we had to replace the battery again and after running diagnostic we found out the the tipm needs to be replaced. The vehicle will try to crank however it will not always turn over.

In the year that I have owned my van, it has exhibited multiple problems, that I thought were different issue, but I now find are all related to a defect in the tipm. Sporadically, whether vehicle was cold, or not, I would put the key in to start it and nothing would happen. No sound, as if the battery was completely dead. I could shift the car out of park, put it back in park, and the car would start. The next symptom that exhibited was that I would try to start the car and it would turn over, but sound as if it was out of gas. It would eventually start. Finally it got to the point that it wouldn't start at all. Testing showed that the battery was dead. It was recharged and the vehicle driven and tested to determine that the battery was holding a charge, and that the alternator was not the issue. Through different testing it was determined that the issue with tipm. The fact that I am going to be tasked with a $1500 repair on a car that I still owe $14,000 on is ridicuous. Called the dealership to see if there was any chance that they might be acknowledging this issue and fix it. The asst. Manager stopped just short of laughing at me. . Read more...

09 caravan the radio randomly turns itself off and on no one can diagnose why . The main issue if the van sits for a period of time it will no restart it has to be jumped off . We have taken care of the wireless ignition issue, new battery , new alternator again no codes are coming up . Our next step is to trade it in and it won't be a Dodge.

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Battery light came on while driving kids to school. Drove a short distance home(5mi). Tested battery and alternator. Voltage on both appeared within normal ranges. Let vehicle idle within my driveway with the lights/radio/heater on. Battery was dead within 20min.

First I was told it was the battery then it was the alternator then it was the key fob. After all these repairs the Dodge dealership says now it's the timp module. This van only has 65000 miles. I have seen hundreds of complaints about the very same issues for customers with the same type vehicles. I have also seen the lawsuit and recall for defective timp from 2013 and 2014. My vehicle is one that was listed as an addendum lawsuit that may be affected by this module. This vehicle was purchased in florida in 2012.

Tl-the contact owns a 2012 Dodge Grand Caravan. The contact stated that her battery light illuminated on her dashboard. Shortly after the light illuminated the traction control, abs, air bag, and then her rpms fluctuated while driving 5 mph. The vehicle stalled and was not able to be restarted. The vehicle was towed to the dealer. The dealer stated the alternator would need be replaced. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 80,000. Az.

At just over 36000 my engine light came on, I was told that the car needed to have cylinder heads and another engine part replaced. When I went to pick the van up the check engine light was on- I was told the pcm (power control module) was bad. After approx. 10000 more miles, while driving on a local road, all of my lights appeared on my dash board- the vehicle went into some mode and I couldn't drive over 25 mph. I stopped at a local auto parts store and was told that my battery now had a bad cell, the alternator was bad- I took it to the dealership and I was again told the pcm was bad. Why is the pcm failing? an alternator and battery being bad at going at 46000 miles, just over 2 years old. I see many of the Chrysler products had recalled alternators- what about this pcm? why is continuing to fail?.

Tl-the contact owns a 2008 Dodge Grand Caravan. The contact stated that while parked and idling the vehicle stalled without warning. The contact stated that the vehicle required a jump start to restart the veicle. The vehicle was taken to the dealer for diagnostic testing. The contact was informed that the alternator had failed. The vehicle was repaired. The vehicle was included in NHTSA campaign number: 14v373000 (air bags, electrical system). The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 164,000. Ah.

Our alternator went out in our 2013 Dodge Grand Caravan at 49,xxx miles. Thankfully we where pulling into the dealership to have it looked at but it was completely bad.

During traffic at roughly 10pm, the charge indicator light came on. Our vehicle all of a sudden started losing power on the freeway. By the time we got to the next exit, we were losing power with steering, causing us to crash into a fire hydrant. We were able to guide it into a parking spot before losing the rest of the electrical capabilities (windows, lights, etc. ). My family was stuck in that desolate are with no way to charge our phone and two sleeping young children. After getting it towed, the vehicle ended up in the shop for a little under 3 weeks for repair to the collision that had occurred. The electrical checked good. The next day, the charging indicator light again went on after being on the road for roughly 18 miles. Thank goodness this time it all happened in the day and we were stuck in a better area. After checking good again at the collision center, the vehicle was transferred to the Dodge dealer for further diagnosis. This is when they finally pinpointed it was an alternator issue. Thankfully the vehicle is still under warranty.

While driving my 2012 3. 6l Dodge Grand Caravan with a 160 amp alternator the battery light came on, within 5 miles the transmission control system stopped working. Further all of the system lights on the dash came on and the radio and hvac system stopped functioning. The cause of these system conditions was the denso tn421000-0770 alternator failing. I believe that this is the same alternator that is used on vehicles that are included in NHTSA recall no. : 14v-634. Chrysler claims that the alternator fails only on cars that are equipped with ehps. I believe that my alternator failed in a similar fashion to this recall. The Dodge and Chrysler minivans that are equipped with a 3. 6l engine and the denso 160 amp alternator should be recalled. In the end my car stalled in the middle of the road which could have resulted in a terrible accident had I been on the highway.

After being told by the dealer our van wouldn't start due to the alternator, we decided to have the alternator looked at. The other mechanic found nothing to be wrong with the alternator. The dealer also said we needed our fuel pump replaced. We have had other vehicles that needed fuel pumps replaced and when the fuel pump went out we were not able to drive it at all. My husband was at an appointment and after turning off van he heard something running. The sound was tracked to the fuel pump. So the dealer wasted our time and money all the time trying to have us replace parts that would not have corrected the problem. After calling and trying to get a fuel pump regulator we discovered the fuel pump regulator is built into the tipm. We have a faulty tipm. I wish Dodge would get off their butt and issue a recall already. The only way a can shut the fuel pump off is to unhook the battery.

The charge light came on. Shut the engine off. Restarted engine and the charger light, traction control lights came on. Tried driving and the engine would not shift out of 1st gear. Took the van to the Dodge dealer and they told me the alternator needed to be replaced.

Driving to meet my husband. I was on a highway I got up to 60 mph. My van started losing the instrument panel. At first only a little bump (ding) then as I continue driving I lost the whole instrument panel intermittently and the wind shield wipers came on and sprayed wiper fluid and all lights would not work. When I got the panel back it would leave the air bag light on. It had no effect on the rest of the engine. I had something similar happen before and it was a dead battery. I went and had both battery and alternator tested they are fine. It has not happened again but it had happened at least every 2 weeks for 6 months with no answers. This is the first time it completely lost the instrument panel but not the first time it would lose 5 mph or so on the instrument panel and nothing to the engine. I am going crazy thinking my car is possessed! went to a non dealership repair shop and was told that since it was not doing it right now they can't tell anything.

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Driving on highway at 70 mph. Charging light came on. Tested at parts store and problem identified as alternator. Only aftermarket available was a mopar and cost $400. Fell this is a design flaw as the car is only 3 years old with 60k miles.

My wife was travelling with our daughter on the highway when all of a sudden the instrument lights started flashing, radio went off, and the car began powering down. Thankfully she was able to safely pull off the highway into a parking lot just as it shut down. The vehicle wouldn't restart. I had to leave work early and meet her with jumper cables. In the meantime I called the dealership where we purchased this car new in October of 2012. The service representative kindly told me that because we had 42k miles on it that it was outside of the 3/36000 warranty. I expressed complete disgust with this because we consider this a new (and our dependable) vehicle that is only 20 months old. I managed to charge the battery and limp the car home. I removed the alternator and found one of the slip rings along with one brushes completely worn down to nothing. It's clearly a defective alternator that resulted in a very dangerous driving situation due to loss of power at 60mph on the highway. Chrysler customer care and the dealership had no sympathy and even after bringing the alternator into the dealership the service manager said they would need to have the vehicle towed to the dealership so they could "diagnose" it and still couldn't guarantee a warrantied replacement. The dealership wanted me to re-install the failed alternator and then get the car to them some 30 miles away in some chance of them covering the cost to replace it. . . . . . So I bought a brand new alternator from another dealership at the tune of $400 and installed it myself. I also have have submitted a claim to Chrysler for a full refund. . . . . . .

My van has had flickering headlights and dashboard lights. I replaced the alternator and the battery had been replaced recently as well and it is still doing it. Driving home from work today it was flickering a lot and the dash board lights were flickering a lot as well. Makes it hard to see driving at night.

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Please see the link of people with the same type of issues. Battery loses voltage. New tipm, battery 4 times, alternator, clock spring, rear hatch micro-switch. Have had it into the dealer with no results, same as the other complaints. Something is causing the batteries to go dead and no-one can help with it. I have about $2000. 00 into it so far. Somebody(Chrysler) needs to address this problem. Please help. . . . See the attached link. . Read more...

The van has had a problem for the last 3 months. Riding on the van, suddenly the gauges in the dashboard start to flicker and jump like crazy and the engine stalls and dies in the middle of the road. This is dangerous. I can cause an accident. I have changed the alternator, the battery, the pcm, and still have the problem. I have contacted the factory and they don't have a solution for this dangerous situation. There are many vehicles in the same situation. Does the factory have to assume some responsibility?.

I was just starting driving after being at a stop. I used the window control that automatically rolls the window completely up. When the window reached the top, there was a loud popping noise. After that, the window started slowly sliding down on it's own. My husband disassembled the door and replaced the window regulator. Since that time (10 months ago), the same thing has happened a total of 3 times. The belief is that it is an electrical problem, making the computer system think that the window isn't up all the way (possibly a sensor not detecting that the window is completely up). The system then keeps trying to roll the window up more, snapping the cables connected to the regulator. Not only is this a nuisance, it is an expensive fix. It is also very distracting while driving and could cause an accident due to the loud noise when it breaks, as well as trying to keep your window from falling into your door while driving.

Well from the time I purchased the car I told the dealer about the ignition. The car speeding off while I'm driving in a regular street or highway. The warning lights doesn't warn . Enough is enough. Riding in the car in street yesterday once again the steering wheel locked in me in traffic and it shut down. No warning. So dangerous. There is no way there should be so many complaints about the same issues and they not have a recall and repairs . My alternator actually fried and we could have been killed along with my children!!!! I'm scared. Im paying $500. 00 dollars a month for a vehicle that is sitting and I can't drive. Please give hello me to get justice.

The headlights will go on and off at any time. This happens while driving or while parked for the night. I have replaced the headlight switch on three occasions, first only the switch, next the switch and battery, and then finally the switch and alternator. Each repair lasts for a few months then the problem returns. This is a very unsafe condition as it happens at night driving. As this is an intermittent issue I cannot get a true diagnosis.

While driving or parked & turned off with no one near the van, the engine starts, the horn starts blaring, the wipers turn on full blast, the wiper fluid shoots out, and lights wont work! at first, we could disconnect battery or relay & it would stop. The last time, we had to disconnect alternator. This is a major safety issue!.