Coolant Leaking Problems of Dodge Grand Caravan

There is a leak in the heating coolant hose. This makes a toxic smell inside the vehicle while driving.

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The contact owns a 2008 Dodge Grand Caravan. While driving at any speed, the contact noticed a foul odor in the vehicle. The contact opened the hood and observed coolant leaking. The vehicle was driven to the dealer where it was diagnosed that there was leakage from the "v neck". The failure recurred. The vehicle was not repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 46,000.

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Overheating when driving. Coolant leaking at heater hoses, shift over heat. Problems after recall repair service performed.

The y pipe is defective and leaks coolant.

The rear heater diverter valve has a large crack in it and while searching I seen many others that had this problem. It should not happen. It causes coolant leaks and overheats.

The contact owns a 2008 Dodge Grand Caravan. The contact stated that after taking her vehicle for inspection she was advised that there was a leak in the coolant system. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and offered no assistance. The failure mileage was approximately 50,400.

When I purchased my van August 21 2009 it had a problem with the left turn signal. The salesperson said it was from the bulbs being burnt out. I went to autozone that day to get the bulbs replaced, and that wasn't the problem. Autozone told me it was the turn signal switch that had went bad and was causing my left turn signal not to work. I went to goodyear a few days later to have the turn signal switch replaced. They told me it was not a guarantee that it would hold or work for a while. Since then it still has not been working properly. Sometimes if I turned the defroster on it would kick on, but now it will turn on for maybe one turn and turn off right and when I go to use it again, it'll turn on then cut off and wont turn back on. Also my sliding passenger doors, the child lock is stuck and noone can open the door from the inside. I have to get out or the passenger has to get out to open the doors. The door handles are hard to open on the outside. Even though the child lock will say its not on, you can not still open the doors from the inside. This has been like this since I purchased the van. Also I have some pans under my engine that leaking fluids and as far as I know, its the oil pan, coolant pan, and I have metal shavings in some of my fluids. This was also like this when I purchase this vehicle.

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Tubes carrying coolant to the rear heater rusted through, causing coolant to leak out of the system. Repair was not covered by extended warranty. Have spoken with other caravan owners that have had the same failure. Some were covered under warranty. Have read on numerous forums 1) about this same failure on multiple model years (1999 - 2005) 2) how the bracket material is different than the tube, thereby causing galvanic corrosion 3) how Chrysler has since changed the material of the tubes to reduce the possibility of galvanic corrosion. The repair (tube replacement) is relatively expensive, but potentially more so if there is complete drainage of coolant, causing engine/transmission failure.

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November, 2003 - 1998 Grand Caravan with 73500 miles. Head gasket failure. Leaking coolant to the outside of engine from rear head. Had to replace both head gasket and oil pressure switch. Vehicle has been well maintained and serviced regularly. Driven by "soccer" mom. Also, complete transmission failure-see automatic transmission section.

Engine coolant began to leak at fwd cylinder head to block after climing a steep hill and parking at shopping mall. Just looked under van seen coolant, was able to get home and van is at shop for head gasket replacement.

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