Transmission Failure Problems of Dodge Grand Caravan - part 1

The contact owns a 2016 Dodge Grand Caravan. The contact stated that while reversing, the vehicle stalled. Legacy Chrysler Dodge Jeep ram (1798 highway 3175 n byp, natchitoches, la 71457) was made aware of the failure but informed the contact that the VIN was not included in a recall and that the repair would be an out of pocket expense. The vehicle was diagnosed by an independent mechanic as a transmission failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and confirmed that the VIN was not under recall. The failure mileage was 111,000.

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Transmission failure at 59000 miles, it won't run in reverse it will slip but won't move, very dissatisfied, way too soon to fail in my opinion I will never buy a Chrysler ever again total garbage.

Tl the contact owns a 2015 Dodge Grand Caravan. While driving, the vehicle failed to exceed 25 mph when the accelerator pedal was depressed. In addition, the check engine indicator illuminated. The vehicle was towed to an unknown dealer where it was diagnosed that the transmission seal failed and the transmission had a defective valve. The dealer stated that the trnsmission needed to be replaced. The transmission was not replaced. The manufacturer was contacted and stated that the vehicle's warranty had expired. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 70,000.

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Tl-the contact owns a 2015 dod ge Grand Caravan the contact stated that the vehicle was driven 10 mph, the vehicle did not to accelerate. The vehicle was driven to a destination, when parking the check engine warning indicator illuminated. The contact attempted to engage in reverse, but the vehicle did not move. After several attempts the vehicle started and was driven to the dealer Chrysler corner inc, 406 e pancake blvd, liberal, KS 671-901, they determine it was a transmission failure, but they did not rendered a formal diagnostic. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 54,000. Bp.

2016 Dodge Grand Caravan. Consumer writes in regard to transmission failure.

Tl-the contact owns a 2008 Dodge Grand Caravan. The contact stated that while driving at various speeds, without warning the horn started to honk independently, the windshield wiper and washer fluid activated independently, the air condition unit turned off independently, and the transmission failed to shift as intended. The contact was able to turn the vehicle off and restart the vehicle, and the vehicle operated as intended for approximately ten minutes before the failure recurred. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic to be diagnosed. The mechanic was unable to retrieve a fault code or duplicate the failure. Neither the dealer nor manufacturer was contacted to be notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage 159,654. Ah.

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The contact owns a 2010 Dodge Grand Caravan. The contact stated that the transmission failed to shift properly when the vehicle was turned on or off. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign number: 14v373000 (air bags, electrical system); however, the part needed to do the repair was unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was made aware of the issue. The approximate failure mileage was 73,800.

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The contact owns a 2011 Dodge Grand Caravan. The contact stated that the power train control module was reprogrammed; however, the transmission failure was not corrected. The transmission failed to shift into automatic and it lost the ability to accelerate. The failure was experienced numerous times. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer for diagnostic testing. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 32,248 and the current mileage was 39,000.

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Tl- the contact owns a 2008 Dodge Grand Caravan. The contact stated that the transmission failed. As a result, the transmission shifted hard and the check engine lightilluminated. The vehicle was taken to the dealer who diagnosed that the transmission needed to be replaced due to the second gear failing. The failure mileage and the current mileage was 37000. Pmb.

The contact owns a 2005 Dodge Grand Caravan. The contact stated that while driving approximately 35 mph the transmission shut down. The vehicle was driven onto the emergency lane and towed to her residence. A local mechanic informed the owner that the transmission would have to be replaced. A local transmission mechanic stated that the vehicle could be repaired at the contact expense for approximately $3,000. Dodge was notified and stated that they never heard of that type of transmission failure. The failure mileage was approximately 92,000. The current mileage was approximately 94,000.

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The transmission has failed three times.

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We purchased this vehicle in early February 2009. Two weeks later, the "check engine" light came on. The vehicle was taken to the dealership and they could not find the problem. It has been back tot he dealership 2 more times for the exact same problem and they have not been able to find the source of the problem and the vehicle was returned to us. The evening of April 3rd, we were returning home on the freeway and the transmission completely failed and almost caused us to be involved in an accident on the freeway.

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The contact owns a 2007 Dodge Grand Caravan. While driving 10 mph, the transmission would shift hard and the vehicle surged forward when the brake pedal was depressed. The dealer reprogrammed the transmission, however, the failure continued to occur. Approximately two weeks later, the contact took the vehicle to the dealer. The dealer was unable to diagnose the cause of failure. She took the vehicle to another dealer and they stated that the transmission failed. As of September 19, 2007, the dealer had not repaired the vehicle. The failure mileage was 150 and current mileage was 6,028.

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Transmission failure at 38,000 miles. Vehicle out of warranty, although this was clearly a failure that started before the 36,000 mile warranty expiration. Transmissions light came on, and upon inspection at 2 certified mechanics, I was shown black transmission fluid, and scanner showed major transmission damage.

Transmission failed while going 60 on interstate. Power would come and go leaving me stranded in the middle of traffic and attempting to get to the side of the road without getting hit. The engine light didn't come on until I was pulled off the road. No prior warning of the pending failure.

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While vacationing in atlanta, GA. We were backing out of a parking space and experienced a loud thud. We had difficulty in getting our car to go forward or reverse. We drove immediately to a Dodge dealership about 1 1/2 miles down the road. They confirmed that it was our transmission. No prior problems had been experienced with the transmission. We had 64,000 miles on the van, and all work had been kept up on the vehicle. The warranty had expired. The dealership estimated that the work would cost between $2900. 00 to repair the transmission, or $3500. 00 to replace it. They would determine what needed to be done when they pulled the transmission. We decided to go down the street another 2 miles to an aamco transmission shop. They estimated the repair to be $1400. 00 to repair the transmission, or $2900. 00 to replace the transmission. We decided to have them do the job since the estimates were considerably different. Four days later the job was done, and the final cost was $3000. 00! they put a rebuilt transmission in. We have approached Dodge for a reimbursement. They will not give us a penny towards the job. They claim that had we stayed at the Dodge dealership, a partial consideration could have been worked out. Since we do not have the old transmission, they say that we cannot prove why the transmission failed. This van only had 64,000 miles on it. . . . . . This should have never happened. And why did the dealership that we took it to, not tell us that something might have been able to be worked out with Dodge.

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I am a day care provider and while I was transporting five small children, my 2000 Dodge caravan's transmission blew on the interstate with no warning. I was horrified and we were left stranded for nearly an hour. I recently had the transmission fluid changed, and oil changed prior to this incident. My vehicle had approximately 80 thousand miles on it. I keep up with maintenance. After having it towed to the dealership and finding out it was going to cost over $2000 to fix, I made several phone calls. I was told by several local service shops that this problem is common and that on an average they see this happen on a weekly basis. Online research turned up thousands of individuals across the country who have also had this happen. The transmission blows, something about a pin flying through the case and the vehicle is rendered useless until a $2000 plus repair is made. Contacted Chrysler directly and they stated they are unaware of any problems, yet the internet is filled with people who have experienced this dangerous situation. When I inquired about whether this will occur with a new transmission, I was informed the problem would be corrected, if there is a problem to correct . . . Then Chrysler should fix it to begin with. I now have to replace my transmission and I strongly feel that Chrysler should have to pay for at least part of it since it is a defective part in their transmissions. This problem only occurs in the 97-2002 models from the information I gathered online. The transmission fails and there is no maintenance or procedure that a customer can do to prevent it.

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: the contact stated while driving at highway speed the manual transmission jerked the vehicle as if it were stalling. Afterwards, the check engine light illuminated. The contact pulled over, but the vehicle would not drive any further. It was towed to a dealer. The dealer inspected the vehicle and determined that the manual transmission failed, although regularly serviced, due to an unknown internal problem, not improper maintenance. The manual transmission was replaced. Updated 2/28/2006 -.

2002 Dodge Grand Caravan with 69,500 miles. Transmission made a jerking and did not want to seem to shift. Took to Dodge dealer and they could not duplicate. They allowed service man to drive home and drove approx. 100 miles. They concluded no problem they could find. 3 months later while driving same symptoms and then loud clunk but this time was complete transmission failure. Called Dodge 800# to obtain warranty info. Dodge informed me it was in warranty. Called local dealer and set up appointment to fix. They called back and said Dodge would not warranty it. I then called Dodge 800# back and talk to them. I asked why less than 2hr ago my van had a power train warranty on it and now it does not have a warranty. They informed me the van did not have a warranty and that I had never called them (they record and computer shows if you call, but Dodge claims they have no record I called). I informed them I called them less than 2hr before and they replied I was mistaken. My phone records indicate different than theirs. Any way they will not take any responsibility for this transmission that failed. Took to local trans shop and found he had two other caravans with complete transmission failure waiting in line to be fixed. The shop owner said he has fixed many many of these type transmissions. He said in his opinion that these were very poor performing transmissions and that their track record of failures should be looked at.

In February 2004, while driving my 2001 Dodge Grand Caravan on the interstate in knoxville, TN when the transmission went out with no warning. At that time, we had just over 34,000 miles on the van. These were normal miles with no heavy towing or other abusive driving. The van was towed to jim cogdill Dodge for repair. This repair was still covered under our warranty. We were told at the time of the repair that it only required the transmission be ã‚??refurbishedã‚?? as the warranty did not require them to replace the transmission. The transmission failed again at just over 60k miles. This time there was a loud pop, a hard jerk of the van and then it came to a sudden stop as I was crossing oncoming traffic to pull into a parking lot. I am very lucky this did not happen on the interstate as myself, and others, would surely have been endangered by this product failure. I asked to speak immediately to the service manager, mr. Larry daughtry. He proceeded to inform me that even though the transmission was fixed previously by a Dodge dealer, I would be fully responsible for the repairs . He also informed me he has never seen such damage in a transmission that it was obviously a product defect. I could understand their unwillingness to accept responsibility if the service had been performed by someone other than a Dodge dealer, but this was not the case! he then offered to contact the district manager, whose name and contact information seems to be held in the utmost secrecy as he will only accept calls from the dealer, but he may be willing to provide some assistance. Upon calling for a status. I was informed that the transmission would have to be replaced in its entirety at a cost of almost $3000. 00! the district manager did offer to take care of 50% off the total cost. We have continued to argue this with the dealer and their corporate office. They gave us a continuous run around of calling one only to be told we have to speak with the other.

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Premature failure of the transmission at 60,458 miles. The transmission failed while moving in reverse in a parking lot. There were no signs of any problems with the vehicle before this happened. The vehicle was in garage and kept in great shape. Service records were kept up to date. Consumer has been in contact with the dealer and the manufacturer, and no one will call the consumer back. Consumer talked to a service representative from Chrysler. Consumer was told he could not talk to the manager at Chrysler manufacturing company at headquaters. And the service manager will not call back either.

At about 32,000 miles I had taken my van in for an oil change and asked the Dodge dealer to look at the transmission. It had been shifting rough occasionally, and they looked at it, and said it was fine. Last week I was driving down the 10 freeway at about 70 mph when the transmission seized for about 2-3 seconds, the van's front wheels locked up, and the van slid sideways, then the transmission broke loose, and I was able to regain control and get the van to the slow lane and proceed to exit. I then had the van towed to Dodge were they seemed surprised that the transmission failed. And now I read about on the internet that its notrious for this. I had a CO worker with me and we were both physically shaken. I believe this is a major deffect in the vehicle and should be investigated! please help do something.

While driving 65 mph transmission failed. As a result, the vehicle shut off in traffic. No impact reported.

While driving the transmission failed. Contacted the dealer, and was told because of the age of the vehicle there was nothing they could do.

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Transmission failure @ 105,000 miles.

Dealer replaced automatic transmission at 37,000 miles. Then, transmission failed, again, and needed to be replaced.

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At 7,600 miles in November of 2002 the automatic transmission failed. Dealer replaced the transmission with a rebuilt one. Since then the speedometer reads incorrectly. At lower speeds it reads under by 4 to 7 mph, at higher speeds -- 60 mph it reads 15 - 20 mph under. I discovered this when on a road trip I was stopped for going 85 when I thought I was going 68 in a 70mph zone. I thought the police officer was crazy -- even protested and had him verify the callibration of his radar. His reading was confirmed when I passed a roadside speed indicator, and was stopped again. Speedometer was reprogrammed at a dealer in michigan after which it read 4 mph under for the most part. Had it looked at by dealer in florida again in April 2004, they replaced a sensor. Since, it again reads 4 to 10 miles under at lower speeds -- e. G. When I think I'm going 35, I'm really going 42 or 43, at 65 mph actual speed is 76mph. Dealer says its "the way you're driving" -- a poor excuse for shifting the blame and not making the repair correctly the first time when the transmission was replaced. This is a real hazard and safety issue not just for myself but for other family members who drive the van and people on the road.

Problems with vehicle's transmission on 1998 grand voyager. The vehicle only had 50045 mile on it whe the transmission failed. The consumer believes she should be clear of any financial responsibility and reimburse 100% since the vehicle failed after only 2 months of ownership.

1998 grand voyager was totaled in an accident. The consumer then purchased a 2002 Grand Caravan, however at 50,0445 the transmission failed on the vehicle. Even after the consumer received a brand new transmission, the vehicle still not perform correctly, it took the technicians one week to find out from Chrysler how to set the computer/ transmission.

While driving 55 mph transmission failed. Vehicle would not accelerate. Consumer managed pull over, and had the vehicle towed. Dealership was notified, but did not resolve the problem.

While driving at 45 mph and without any warning automatic transmission failed. Towed vehicle to the dealer, technician indicated the need for a new transmission, also tie rod and steering wheel problems.

2001 Dodge Grand Caravan. At 57,000 miles the front pump on the automatic transmission failed, resulting in complete transmission failure. $3,500 to replace with reconditioned transmission. Daimler-Chrysler customer service refused to pay any amount for repairs.

I have a 1996 Dodge Grand Caravan and it has had 4 transmission failures. Currently, the 5th transmission is in the vehicle. We have owned the caravan since 1/97 when it was purchased with about 50k miles on it. It was a lease turn in vehicle used by a salesman not hauling heavy loads but making tobbacco sales calls. I have spoken with other similar vehicle owners and there has been an issue with the transmission failing. I feel that daimler Chrysler should recall the transmission for replacement with a satisfactory one.

2000 Dodge Grand Caravan sport purchased new Jan 26, 2000; well maintained with 30,000 mile warranty maintenance performed; transmission failed at 41, 343 miles with no warning; required total overhaul. No new transmission available; no rebuilt transmission available in us with a backlog of around 275 awaiting delivery. As a result , transmission had to be locally rebuilt and the vehicle was out of service for 10 days. Failure occurred 671 miles from home causing great personal inconvenience and expense.

While driving 65 mph the transmission failed without warning. The vehicle stopped in the fast lane on a major highway. The dealer was notified.