2009 Dodge Grand Caravan Tires Problems

Your left front tire was plugged to repair a nail, but the plug wasn't trimmed flush, leaving a protruding piece. While making a delivery, your van rolled backward down an incline while you were exiting, and the tire struck your foot. You were pinned between the door and seat as the van rolled, injuring your elbow, ribs, and arm. The shift lever may not have been fully secured in park. You should have the tire plug properly finished and verify that your parking brake and shift mechanism are working correctly.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN EQUIPPED WITH UNIROYAL TIRES, SIZE: 225/65R16 (NA). WHILE DRIVING, THE TIRE SENSOR WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER AND, UPON INSPECTING THE VEHICLE, DISCOVERED THAT THE REAR PASSENGER TIRE WAS FLAT. THE CONTACT REPLACED THE FLAT TIRE WITH THE SPARE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO OURISMAN CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP RAM (12430 AUTO DR, CLARKSVILLE, MD 21029 (301) 596-9990) WHERE THE REAR PASSENGER TIRE WAS REPLACED. THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS NOT DETERMINED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A PRESSURE MONITOR SYSTEM AND A TIRE PRESSURE SENSOR FAILURE IN THE REAR. ALSO, THE NUT VALVE STINT WAS CORRODED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SENSOR WAS REPLACED FIVE TIMES. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND REFERRED THE CONTACT TO NHTSA. THE DOT NUMBER WAS UNKNOWN. THE TIRE AND VEHICLE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 81,725.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE TIRE WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE WARNING INDICATOR BLINKED FOR APPROXIMATELY 15 SECONDS AND THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE TIRE BLEW OUT. THE CONTACT LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, BUT WAS ABLE TO MANEUVER TO THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WAS CALLED, BUT COULD NOT REPAIR THE TIRE AT THAT TIME. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE A NEW TIRE AND TIRE VALVE WERE PLACED ON THE VEHICLE; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TPMS WHEEL VALVE SENSOR FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 98,000. UPDATE 01/13/16 MA CONSUMER STATED TPMS TIRE VALVES ARE THE CAUSE OF THE TIRE BLOWOUT, VALVES CORRODED VERY EASILY DUE TO ROAD SALT AND HARSH WEATHER CONDITIONS. UPDATE 05/21/18*JB

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, THE TIRE PRESSURE MONITORING SYSTEM INDICATED THAT THE TIRE AIR PRESSURE WAS LOW. THE CONTACT INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND DISCOVERED THAT THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE TIRE DEFLATED DUE TO A FAULTY METAL VALVE STEM THAT HAD CRACKED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO REPLACED THE VALVE STEM TO REMEDY THE FAILURE. LATER, THE CONTACT DISCOVERED THAT THE ADDITIONAL THREE METAL VALVE STEMS WERE ALSO CRACKED AND AIR WAS LEAKING FROM EACH TIRE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 80,000.

WHILE DRIVING THE TPMS WARNING LIGHT CAME ON. AT OUR EARLIEST CONVENIENCE WE STOPPED AT A SERVICE STATION TO CHECK THE TIRES. I CHECKED AND/OR ADDED AIR TO 3 OF THE TIRES, WHEN I WENT TO REMOVE THE VALVE STEM CAP ON THE 4TH TIRE, THE END OF THE VALVE STEM BROKE OFF IN MY HAND. THANKFULLY THE BREAK OCCURRED ON THE OUTER PORTION OF THE STEM SO THE NEEDLE VALVE IS STILL IN PLACE AND THE TIRE STILL HOLDS AIR. HOWEVER I'M NO LONGER ABLE TO CHECK OR ADD AIR TO THIS TIRE. THE METAL ON THE VALVE STEM APPEARED TO BE VERY CORRODED. KEEP IN MIND THIS IS ON A VAN THAT IS PARKED IN A GARAGE MOST OF THE TIME AND NOT EXPOSED TO THE ELEMENTS AS MUCH AS MOST OTHER VEHICLES. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VALVE STEMS WERE CORRODING AND AS A RESULT, THEY FRACTURED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN VERIFIED THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT ALL FOUR VALVE STEM NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 50,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 62,000.

2009 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO A DEFECT WITH THE TIRE PRESSURE MONITORING AND REGULATING SYSTEM. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED THERE WAS A LIKELY POTENTIAL FOR THE SENSORS/VALVE TO BREAK/CORRODE DUE TO COMPOSITION AND CORROSION OF METAL MATERIALS. THE PROBLEM COULD CAUSE RAPID DECOMPRESSION OF AIR, AND IT COULD CAUSE A POTENTIALLY DEADLY ACCIDENT. THE CONSUMER WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOMETHING DONE, ABOUT THIS DEFECT. *JB

WHILE OPERATING OUR 2009 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN SE AT APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH THE REAR DRIVERS SIDE TIRE'S VALVE STEM ON THE TIRE FAILED (OCCURRED APPROXIMATELY 45 SECONDS AFTER CONCLUDING HIGHWAY DRIVING). THE NUT HOLDING THE VALVE STEM ON APPEARS TO HAVE BROKEN CAUSING THE SENSOR TO FALL INTO THE TIRE AND RESULTED IN THE TIRE DEFLATING IMMEDIATELY. THIS IS THE THIRD SENSOR FAILURE ON THE VEHICLE. FORTUNATELY THE FIRST TWO OCCURRED WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY - AIRING UP TIRES CAUSED THE STEMS TO BREAK IN HALF. A CALL TO THE GENERAL DODGE CUSTOMER SERVICE STATED THAT THEY HAD NEVER HEARD OF THIS ISSUE OCCURRING. A CALL TO MY DEALERSHIP STATED THAT THEY REPLACE THE TPMS SENSORS "EVERYDAY" DUE TO FAILURES AND THEN PROCEEDED TO QUOTE ME $200+ FOR A SENSOR REPLACEMENT WHICH INCLUDED "PROGRAMMING" THE SENSOR WHICH ISN'T EVEN NECESSARY ON THIS VEHICLE. DODGE DEALERSHIP HAD STATED THAT SEVERAL OTHER VEHICLES IN THEIR LINEUP HAVE SWITCHED OVER TO TPMS SENSORS USING RUBBER VALVE STEMS. THESE ARE NOT AVAILABLE FOR OUR YEAR GRAND CARAVAN. *TR

ON TWO OCCASIONS IN PAST THREE WEEKS. THE TPMS VALVE STEMS SNAPPED OFF, RESULTING IN THE IMMEDIATE DEFLATION OF A TIRE. BOTH INCIDENTS OCCURRED WHILE VEHICLE WAS BEING OPERATED AT LOW SPEEDS (UNDER 10 MILES/HOUR). *TR

TIRE PRESSURE SENSOR LIGHT CAME ON. WHILE FILLING TIRE WITH AIR, THE STEM OF TIRE SNAPPED IN HALF, LETTING ALL THE AIR OUT OF THE TIRE. HAD TO HAVE A NEW SENSOR INSTALLED ($130+). FOUR MONTHS LATER, LOW PRESSURE LIGHT CAME ON, TOOK IT IN FOR SERVICE TO FIND THAT ANOTHER STEM WAS CRACKED. HAD THAT REPLACED FOR ANOTHER $130. WHILE HAVING TIRES ROTATED, THEY FOUND ANOTHER STEM LEAKING. DEALER REPLACED IT FOR FREE AND TOLD ME THAT BECAUSE THE STEMS ARE ALUMINUM AND THE STEMS ARE TREADED ON THE OUTSIDE AND INSIDE, THEY DO NOT HOLD UP TO ROAD SALTS AND WEATHER. DODGE DID CORRECT THIS PROBLEM IN THE 2011 MODEL VEHICLE BUT HAS NOT RECALLED THE 2009 TIRE STEMS/SENSORS. STILL HAVE THE CAR AND ALL FOUR SENSORS HAVE HAD TO BE REPLACED. HORRIBLE ENGINEERING AND DODGE SHOULD HAVE TO PAY TO REPLACE THEM ALL. NOT GOING TO HAPPEN BECAUSE THEY DO NOT THINK ANYONE WILL BE KILLED BY THEIR POOR DESIGN. NOT MUCH OF A CHANCE OF BEING SUED FOR THEIR POOR ENGINEERING. *TR

LOW TIRE PRESSURE LIGHT CAME ON WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH PULLED OVER TO CHECK TIRE WHILE CHECKING THE TIRE PRESSURE IN TIRE THE TPMS SENSOR/VALVE STEM BROKE CAUSING ALL OF THE AIR TO ESCAPE FROM THE TIRE. *TR

WHILE CHECKING THE TIRE PRESSURE IN A CUSTOMER'S TIRE THE TPMS SENSOR/VALVE STEM BROKE CAUSING ALL OF THE AIR TO ESCAPE FROM THE TIRE. THE TIRE WAS REPAIRED FOR $45. *TR

ON JULY 2, 2013 THE TIRE PRESSURE LIGHT WENT ON. I WENT TO PUT AIR IN THE DRIVER'S SIDE FRONT TIRE. THE VALVE STEM BROKE OFF RESULTING IN A FLAT TIRE. I HAD THE VALVE STEM REPLACED AT A COST OF $140.00. ON AUGUST 20, 2013 THE LIGHT CAME BACK ON AGAIN. I TOOK IT BACK TO GOOD YEAR. THEY TOLD ME THE TWO VALVE STEMS ON THE PASSENGER WHEELS, FRONT/BACK WERE VERY CORRODED. THEY DID MANAGE TO FILL BOTH TIRES FOR ME. THE LIGHT WENT OFF. TWO DAYS LATER, THE LIGHT CAME ON AGAIN. I WENT TO FILL THE TIRES AND THE ONE VALVE STEM BROKE OFF, ANOTHER FLAT TIRE! PUT ON THE SPARE, DROVE HOME, CALLED AROUND AND HAD TO TAKE IT IN TO BE FIXED AGAIN. $700 LATER, 4 NEW TIRES, ANOTHER TPMS REPLACED, AND AN ALIGNMENT. TWO VALVE STEM ARE STILL IFFY, BUT THEY SAID THEY SEALED OKAY........ I AM NERVOUS ABOUT ALLOWING MY WIFE AND THREE SMALL CHILDREN TO RIDE IN THIS CAR WITH TWO MORE CORRODED VALVE STEMS. WHO KNOWS IF THEY WILL POP OFF AND CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. I'M SEEING OTHER PEOPLE HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEMS. I BELIEVE A RECALL SHOULD BE MADE TO HAVE THIS PROBLEM CORRECTED. ~THANK YOU *TR

VALVE STEM BROKE ON FRONT DRIVERS SIDE TIRE AFTER PARKING IT IN THE DRIVEWAY. TIRE WENT FLAT AND HAD TO REPLACE VALVE STEM, 1 MONTH LATER THE PASSENGER FRONT VALVE STEM BROKE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY CAUSING THE TIRE TO IMMEDIATELY GO FLAT. RESULTING IN REPLACING TIRE AND VALVE STEM. *TR

2009 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO DEFECTIVE TIRE PRESSURE MONITOR SENSORS. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED THE TECHNICIAN NOTED THAT THE TIRE VALVE STEM MADE OF ALUMINUM, CORRODED AND CAUSED THE RETAINING NUTS TO SPLIT. THE CONSUMER HAD TO REPLACE ALL FOUR TIRE PRESSURE MONITOR SYSTEM SENSORS.

TPM WAS ON. STOPPED TO CHECK TIRE PRESSURE. WHEN WENT TO UNSCREW CAP ON REAR PASSENGER TIRE, AIR STARTED SHOOTING OUT AND TIRE WENT FLAT IN SECONDS. VALVE STEM ASSEMBLY HAD CORRODED AND BROKE OFF IN CAP. IF I WERE DRIVING, MY FOUR CHILDREN AND I COULD BE DEAD. THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN A VERY SERIOUS ACCIDENT. SOMETHING HAS TO BE DONE. DODGE IS USING FAULTY VALVE STEMS, ENDANGERING PEOPLE'S LIVES. *TR

LEFT REAR TPMS VALVE STEM CORRODED AND FAILED WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY. TIRE QUICKLY DEFLATED. TIRE DEALER REPLACED TIRE, BUT VALVE STEM WAS TOO CORRODED, SO A REGULAR VALVE STEM WAS USED. TWO DAYS LATER, THE RIGHT FRONT VALVE STEM FAILED, AGAIN WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY. WHILE AT TIRE DEALER, I HAD THEM REPLACE THE OTHER TWO TPMS SENSORS THAT HADN'T FAILED (YET). *TR

LOW TIRE PRESSURE CAME ON. CHECK TIRE FOR AIR PRESSURE AND THE VALVE STEM BROKE AND FLEW OFF 20 FEET. THANK GOODNESS I WAS NOT DRIVING AS THIS WOULD OF CAUSED A CRASH INDEED ESPECIALLY AS I WAS GOING TO BE TRAVELING ON THE EXPRESSWAY AT 75 MPH. SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE ABOUT THIS PROBLEM BEFORE SOMEONE GETS MAIMED OR KILLED. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TIRE CONTINUOUSLY DEFLATED. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT WHILE INSPECTING THE VEHICLE, HE NOTICED THAT THE TIRE VALVE STEM WAS CORRODED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO CONFIRMED THE FAILURE AND ADVISED THAT THE VALVE STEMS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 30,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 50,000. UPDATED 12/27/12 *CN THE CONSUMER STATED THE ALUMINUM VALVE STEM LOCKING NUT CORRODED, CRACKED AND DISENTAGRATED. THE VALVE BLEW OUT CAUSEING THE TIRE TO DEFLATE WHEN DRIVING. UPDATED 1/14/2013 *JS

ALMOST TO WORK IN MY 2009 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY A ONE HOUR DRIVE AND LIGHT SENSOR CAME ON IN CAR. ONCE GOT TO WORK NOTICED REAR DRIVER SIDE TIRE AIR LOW. AT LUNCH TRIED TO FILL WITH AIR BUT COULD NOT BECAUSE THE WAS VALVE GOING INTO THE TIRE. TOOK TO TIRE REPAIR SHOP WHERE THEY INFORMED ME THAT TIRE SENSOR CAP WAS MISSING. THEY COULD NOT TELL ME WHY OR HOW THAT WOULD HAPPEN. THEY HAD TO REPLACE ENTIRE SENSOR AT A COST OF $130. THEN 3 DAYS LATER TIRE LIGHT CAME ON AGAIN AND THIS TIME FRONT PASSENGER TIRE WAS LOW. LOOKED AT TIRE SENSOR CAP AND NOTICE IT WAS CRACKED, CORRODED AND PIECE MISSING FROM CAP. LOOKED AT OTHER TWO CAPS AND THEY ARE BOTH CRACKED AND CORRODED. SO THAT EXPLAINS WHY FIRST CAP WAS MISSING - IT CORRODED AND FELL OFF. SO NOW REMAINING 3 SENSORS NEED TO BE REPLACED. TOOK TO DEALER BUT WAS TOLD NOT COVERED UNDER MY EXTENDED WARRANTY. SEEMS TO ME IF ALL 4 SENSOR CAPS ARE CRACKED, CORRODED AND FALLING OFF THERE IS A DEFECT AND A RECALL SHOULD BE DONE. LUCKILY I DID NOT HAVE THE AIR LEAK QUICKLY FROM THE TIRE NOR DID IT CAUSE AN ACCIDENT BUT IT EASILY COULD HAVE. *TR

TIRE PRESSURE SENSOR WAS ON. TIRE PRESSURE WAS FINE. ONE TIRE STARTED A SLOW LEAK, BROUGHT IT TO MECHANIC. VALUES HAVE CORRODED, ONE FELL IN THE TIRE. ALL THE SENSORS HAD TO BE REPLACED. *TR

A CORRODED VALVE STEM LET GO JUST AFTER THE LOW TIRE LIGHT CAME ON. THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED. WE MANAGED TO PULL OVER TO THE BERM AND CALLED AAA. THE MAN CAME OUT AND PUT THE SPARE TIRE ON AND WE ABLE TO GET HOME. I CHECKED OUT THE OTHER VALVE STEMS AND THEY ARE CORRODED ALSO. *TR

VALVE SYSTEM FAILURE: WHILE TRAVELING 2000 MILES FROM HOME, THE LOW TIRE PRESSURE DASHBOARD WARNING LIGHT CAME ON. WE CHECKED ALL TIRE PRESSURE AND FILLED ONE LOW TIRE, BUT LIGHT CAME BACK ON. WE TOOK IT TO MECHANIC WHO NOTED THAT THE VALVE STEM WAS CORRODED AND CRACKED, AND COULD HAVE COME DISLODGED AT ANY MOMENT, CAUSING A BLOWOUT. REPLACED TPMS SENSOR AT A COST OF $153. *TT

2009 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN VALVE STEM FAILURE. IN NOV WE WENT OUT FOR THANKSGIVING SUPPER COME OUT AND FOUND FRONT LEFT TIRE FLAT, VALVE STEM WAS BROKEN OFF AND COULD NOT FIND CAP OR VALVE. VAN HAD ABOUT 38,000 ON IT. THIS SUNDAY PULLED BACK INTO DRIVE AND IN MATTER OF SECONDS REAR RIGHT WENT FLAT. FOUND SAME PROBLEM. WENT OVER TO CHECK LEFT REAR AND FOUND CRACK IN STEM WITHIN 1/32" BELOW CAP, I CALLED FOR NEW STEMS DEALER IS OUT OF STOCK SO THE VAN MUST SIT. I WILL HAVE TO PUT RUBBER STEMS IN AND DEAL WITH THE LIGHT SO I CAN USE THE VAN. NOW WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF MY WIFE OR MYSELF WITH KIDS AND GRANDKIDS ARE ON A TRIP BUSY ROADS,LOTS OF TRAFFIC AND THIS WOULD HAPPEN. WHEN THESE BLOW TIRES ARE FLAT IN SECONDS. ITS MAKES ME AFRAID TO DRIVE NOING THIS COULD HAPPEN. $74.25 EACH PER STEM NOT INCLUDING LABOR. THIS IS NOT FAIR OR SHOULD NOT BE ALOAD ON VEHICLES. THANKS FOR YOUR TIME. THE VAN NOW HAS 40,449. *TT

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT SHE HAD TO REPLACE THREE VALVE STEMS WITHIN THE LAST YEAR. THE DEALER REPLACED THE SENSOR, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 38,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 91,000.

DRIVER'S FRONT TIRE PRESSURE SENSOR NUT CORRODED AND BROKE OFF CAUSING AN IMMEDIATE FLAT TIRE. THE ALMOST NEW TIRE (LESS THAN 25,000KM) WAS ALSO DESTROYED IN THE PROCESS OF BRING THE VEHICLE TO A SAFE STOP. HAD TO PURCHASE A NEW SENSOR AS WELL AS A NEW TIRE. $361.35 LATER OUT OF MY POCKET FOR A DEFECT THAT I AM TOLD IS NOT RESTRICTED TO DODGE VEHICLES BUT WITH ALL TIRE PRESSURE SENSORS IN GENERAL. THE DEFECT HAVING TO DO WITH THE METAL COMPONENTS BEING USED. IF THE COMPONENTS WERE RUBBER AS REGULAR VALVE STEMS ARE OR EVEN RUBBER COATED SUCH FAILURES WOULD BE GREATLY REDUCED. WOULD LIKE FOR DODGE TO PAY MY BILL BUT UNLIKELY..... MILEAGE AND SPEED ARE CANADIAN AND IN KM AND KM/H. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT TWO OF THE VALVE STEMS DETERIORATED AND CAUSED THE CAP TO FRACTURE FROM THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL REPAIR STATION WHERE THE FIRST VALVE STEM WAS REPLACED FEBRUARY 2011. THE SECOND FAILURE OCCURRED ON APRIL 2011 AND THE SECOND VALVE STEM WAS REPAIRED AT THE SAME REPAIR STATION. THE CONTACT CALLED AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHO OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 49,000 AND THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 47,000. UPDATED 06/17/11 *BF THE CONSUMER STATED THE VALVE STEMS WERE CORRODED. UPDATED 08/04/11

2009 GRAND CARAVAN. WAS WASHING THE WHEELS, AROUND THE VALVE STEM AREA, WHEN THE VALVE SNAPPED OFF AT THE BASE OF THE VALVE CAP, RELEASING ALL THE AIR IN THE TIRE WITHIN 10 SECONDS. HAD THIS BEEN A PART FAILURE DURING A HIGH SPEED DRIVE IN HEAVY TRAFFIC, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN CATASTROPHIC. THERE SHOULD BE A SAFETY ALERT REGARDING THIS DEFECT AND AN IMMEDIATE RECALL. I REFUSED TO PAY A $150.00 TIRE REPAIR , SO I OPTED OUT WITH REMOVING THE EXISTING PRESSURE MONITORING SYSTEM, AND HAD A GOOD OLD RUBBER VALVE STEM PUT IN, AND THE TIRE REBALANCED. IF A RECALL IS NOT IMPLEMENTED SOON, I PLAN ON HAVING ALL THE VALVE STEMS REPLACED, AND WITH ALL THE OTHER PROBLEMS I'VE HAD WITH THIS VEHICLE, I WOULD NEVER AGAIN BY A DODGE. *TR

2 TPMS VALVE STEMS ON MY 2009 DODGE CARAVAN BROKE OFF IN THE MECHANICS HAND WHILE UNSCREWING THE VALVE STEM CAP AS HE WAS CHECKING TIRE PRESSURE. THIS OCCURRED AT THE DODGE DEALER WHERE I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE. THIS IS 3 OUT OF 4 VALVE STEMS ON THIS VAN THAT HAVE BROKEN. FIRST WAS ON 10/20/10, OTHER TWO TODAY (3/8/11). METALIC STEMS NOT MADE TO STAND UP TO NORMAL ROAD CONDITIONS. PARTS AND LABOR IS $152 EACH TIRE, JUST FOR THE VALVE STEMS! *TR

I BOUGHT MY 2009 VAN IN OCT. IN DEC. I HAD TO HAVE BOTH VALVE STEMS REPLACED BECAUSE THEY WERE LEAKING AIR, I HAVE SINCE THEN READ ONLINE ABOUT OTHERS HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THIS ISSUE WITH THE TIRE SENSORS. YESTERDAY I WENT TO TAKE THE CAP OFF MY FRONT TIRE WHICH HAD NOT BEEN CHANGED TO REGULAR VALVE STEMS AND THE WHOLE STEM CAME OFF IN MY HAND AND BOOM FLAT TIRE. THANK GOD I WAS NOT DRIVING WHEN IT WENT AND HAD MY CHILDREN OR SOMEONE ELSE'S CHILD WITH ME. I CANNOT BELIEVE THAT A DESIGN FLAW LIKE THAT WOULD BE NOT BE RECALLED BY NOW. JUST TRYING TO TAKE THE CAP OFF AND BOOM IT'S IN MY HAND. STILL CANNOT BELIEVE IT. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. THE CONTACT OBSERVED THAT THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE TIRE PRESSURE SENSOR GAUGE WAS DEFECTIVE CAUSING AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF AIR PRESSURE LOSS IN THE TIRE. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND THEY INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE PART NEEDED FOR REPAIRS WAS ON BACKORDER FOR A PERIOD OF TWO TO THREE MONTHS. THE CONTACT HAD EXPRESSED CONCERN OF THE SAFETY RISK INVOLVED IN THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 14,800.

TIRE VALVE STEM BROKE WHEN PUTTING AIR IN THE TIRE CAUSING IMMEDIATE DEFLATION OF TIRE. *TR

2009 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN - TPMS- TIRE PRESURE MONITORING SENSOR - VALVE STEM. *TR

APRIL 12TH I HAD THE OIL CHANGE IN MY 2009 DODGE CARAVAN AT VALVOLINE. AS I WAS DRIVING HOME MY LOW LIGHT INDICATOR CAME ON. I CHECKED THE AIR PRESSURE AND THEY WERE ALL FINE. I AM IN SALES AND DO A GREAT DEAL OF TRAVEL IN THIS CARAVAN IN THE MINNEAPOLIS AREA. I COULD FEEL THE VAN PULLING HARDER AND HARDER TO THE RIGHT. WHEN I PULL IN TO THE PARKING LOT, THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE WAS LOW. THE AIR VALVE BLOW OUT AND COMPLETE DEFLATED THE TIRE. IF I WOULD HAVE BEEN DRIVING, WHO KNOWS WHAT COULD HAVE HAPPENED. I GOT THE TIRE CHANGED AND BROUGHT THE CAR TO GOODYEAR. I WAS TELLING ME CO WORKER ABOUT THIS AND SHE HAS HAD THE SAME THING HAPPEN TO HER 2009. *TR