Dodge Grand Caravan owners have reported 2 problems related to axle shaft (under the power train category). The most recently reported issues are listed below. Also please check out the statistics and reliability analysis of Dodge Grand Caravan based on all problems reported for the Grand Caravan.
2005 Dodge Grand Caravan purchased April 18, 2005 from enterprise car sales. It already had 24,000 miles on it. In July of 2006- the cv joint broke. The van currently had 39,000 miles on it putting it just out of the warranty by a few thousand miles. The car would not go into any gear since the joint was broken- it made a loud rumbling noise as the gears ground against each other. It had to be put in neutral and pushed into a parking lot. There is no excessive use or abuse of the van to cause this to happen. This should be covered by the manufacturer. Never had I a car or van that had the cv joint go within a year's time. The manufacturer does not supply cv joints- the entire shaft must be replaced. Had I been traveling on a busier highway and at a higher speed, it could have been deadly. I had two small children in the car and had to push the van out of a busy intersection causing a potentially deadly situation. Powertrain coverage used to be standard at 7 years/70,000 mile. Why did this change and become a paid extension of warranty? Dodge should stand behind their product and warranty their powertrains for longer than 36,000 miles.
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Hub and wheel bearing assembly failed. Nlm.
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