2011 Dodge Grand Caravan Other Problems

Your van is experiencing multiple electrical problems including a non-responsive key fob, driver seat adjustment issues that blow fuses, and cold-start difficulties. A diagnostic revealed over 300 error codes, and the Chrysler dealership identified this as a known issue requiring a complete fuse box replacement costing over $1,100. The repair has been delayed significantly due to parts availability — your replacement fuse box isn't scheduled to arrive until late June, months after you placed your order.

Driving home from work and my 2011 Dodge Grand Caravan just turned off on me while I was at a red light. It took sometime for my vehicle to turn back on. Since then I’ve had this problem now for 3 days. I’ve taken it in to my local machine and was told I only needed a new gas cap. Well that didn’t work and I found myself again stuck at a red light. After doing some investigation on Dodge Grand Caravans I saw other people had issues with a ignition switch. Different years same brand and if this is a cause dodge needs to look into this. I’ll be going to a actual dealership to see if they can diagnose the problem. Only scared I’ll be stuck on the highway.

TIPM - TOTAL INTEGRATED POWER MODULE FAILURE. CAR INTERMITTENTLY WON'T START, KEEPS THE FUEL PUMP ON DRAINING THE BATTERY, RADIO WON'T WORK, AIR CONDITIONING. I REPLACED THE BATTERY THE FIRST TIME IT DRAINED IT THINKING THE BATTERY WENT BAD. COST ME 3 TIMES IN TOWING CHARGES. FELT LIKE IT WAS STALLING WHILE DRIVING A FEW TIMES. CAN ONLY BE REPAIRED AT THE DEALER'S AND THEY SAY IT IS OVER $1,500 TO REPAIR.

INTERMITTENT NO START ISSUE. ONLY HAPPENS WHEN THE VEHICLE IS WARM, I STOP FOR A QUICK STOP, AND ATTEMPT TO RESTART VEHICLE; NO START - NO CRANK, NO CLICK, NO HUM, NO HISS, NOTHING. AFTER 30 MINUTES TO AN HOUR THE VEHICLE WILL START WITH NO ISSUES. HAVE HAD VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP TWO DIFFERENT OCCASIONS YET UNABLE TO RECREATE THE NO START ISSUE. STARTER IS GOOD, ALTERNATOR IS GOOD. HAS HAPPENED IN WARM WEATHER AND IN COLD WEATHER AND HAS HAPPENED A DOZEN TIMES OR MORE SINCE DECEMBER 16, 2019.

WHILE I WAS SLIGHTLY ACCELERATING FROM A STOP LIGHT AND TURNING AROUND A CORNER GOING 5-10 MPH MY DRIVERS SIDE QUARTER WINDOW EXPLODED AND THE DRIVERS SIDE NEAR PASSENGER WINDOW SHATTERED. I WAITED FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT TO ACCESS THE SCENE TO SEE IF SOMETHING HIT MY CAR AND THEY CONCLUDED THAT NOTHING ENTERED OR EXITED MY VEHICLE. THEY ADVISED ME TO CONTACT DODGE ABOUT DEFECTIVE WINDOWS BECAUSE THERE WAS NOTHING ELSE THAT CAUSED THIS AND NO DAMAGE TO THE VAN OTHER THAN THE WINDOWS. DODGE IS NOT ASSUMING ANY RESPONSIBILITY AND IS DENYING REIMBURSEMENT. THIS SHOULD NOT BE ABLE TO HAPPEN. UPON RESEARCHING IF THIS HAS HAPPENED TO ANYONE ELSE IT APPEARED TO HAPPENED TO SEVERAL OTHER PEOPLE. THIS IS A HUGE SAFETY CONCERN. MY CHILDREN WERE IN THE BACK SEAT. MY DAUGHTER HAD SHATTERED GLASS ALL OVER HER WITH GLASS DOWN HER SHIRT AND SHE WAS SCREAMING. MY VEHICLE IS OLDER BUT CLEARLY IF THIS IS A 'NORMAL' THING TO HAPPEN FOR A VEHICLE THIS AGE THEN ALL DODGE VEHICLES SHOULD BE TAKEN OFF THE ROAD AT A CERTAIN AGE/MILEAGE. I WAS MORE THAN WILLING TO DO ANYTHING NECESSARY FOR DODGE TO INSPECT THE VEHICLE BUT KEPT GETTING TOLD THAT THEY WERE PROCESSING THE CLAIM AND THAT THERE WAS NOTHING MORE THEY NEEDED FROM ME. WHEN THEY CALLED TO TELL ME THEY DENIED MY CLAIM THEY ACTED LIKE THEY DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH EVIDENCE TO SHOW THAT THEY WERE AT FAULT BECAUSE AN INSPECTION WAS NOT DONE.

HAVING PROBLEMS STARTING MY GRAND CARAVAN. IT IS AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM THAT HAS BEEN GETTING WORSE. THE STARTER JUST CRANKS BUT THE VAN DOES NOT TURN OVER. THEN OUT OF NOWHERE IT FIRES UP. I TOOK IT TO THE MECHANIC AND THEY COULDN'T DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. THEN WHEN I GOT IT BACK IT STARTED HAPPENING AGAIN. REVIEWING ONLINE QUERIES IT SEEMS CAN BE A FAULTY TIPM MODULE, SOMETHING WITH THE FUEL SYSTEM RELAY. I'VE SEEN MANY POSTS WITH THIS ISSUE YET THERE SEEMS NO RECALL FOR THE PART, THUS THIS COMPLAINT. THANK YOU

WOULD NOT START . DEALER SAID WAS TIPM. OTHER PEOPLE WITH VEHICLE LIKE MINE SAID THEIRS DID SAME THING THEN STALLED ON ROAD AND GOT REAR ENDED THANK GOD THAT PART DIDN'T HAPPEN TO ME BUT IT COULD HAVE. SAFETY ISSUE ???? I HAD TROUBLE GETTING IT TO START THEN I COULD HERE SOMETHING RUNNING IN THE BACK BY GAS CAP DIDN'T KNOW WHAT IT WAS. THE NEXT MORNING I WENT OUT TO TRY TO START IT AND THE BATTERY WAS DEAD. THE PUMP IN THE GAS TANK WAS WHAT WAS RUNNING AND DRAINED THE BATTERY. GOT A JUMP FROM REPAIR PLACE IN TOWN. DROVE IT WHEN I GOT HOME AND THEN HAVE TO LEAVE IN MORNING IT WOULD NOT START LIKE IT WASN'T GETTING ANY GAS. TURNED OVER JUST WOULD NOT FIRE. HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED TO DEALER. ONLY HAD 86000 MILES ON IT.

OUR FAMILY PURCHASED A DODGE GRAND CARAVAN 2011 IN OCTOBER OF 2018. WITHIN TWO WEEKS OF PURCHASING THE VEHICLE, IT BROKE DOWN ON THE FREEWAY. IT ACTED A S IF IT HAD RUN OUT OF GAS. IT LOST ALL POWER AND THE POWER STEERING WENT OUT. ONCE I GOT OVER TO THE SHOULDER, I TRIED RESTARTING IT. IT WOULD MAKE NOISE LIKE IT WAS GOING TO START, BUT WOULD NOT FIRE ALL THE WAY BACK UP. AFTER ABOUT 10-20 MINUTES, I TRIED AGAIN AND IT STARTED BACK UP. WE WENT TO TAKE IT BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP, BECAUSE WE NEED A SAFE, RELIABLE VEHICLE FOR OUR FAMILY, BUT THE DEALERSHIP HAD GONE OUT OF BUSINESS. THE EXACT ISSUE HAS REPEATED 8 TIMES, SINCE THE FIRST TIME IN OCTOBER. THERE IS NEVER ANY WARNING AND YOU HAVE VERY LITTLE TIME TO TRY AND COAST SOMEWHERE ONCE THE VEHICLE STOPS WORKING. AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, IT IS VERY STRESSFUL WITH LITTLE KIDS. ALSO, WE LIVE IN UTAH, WHERE THERE IS MOUNTAINS AND CANYONS AND SNOW AND SWITCHBACKS, MAKING IT EVEN MORE PERILOUS. AFTER RESEARCHING THE PROBLEM, WE SEE THAT THERE ARE MANY DODGE VEHICLES HAVING THE SAME ISSUE, YET NO RECALL HAS BEEN DONE TO MAKE THIS RIGHT. PLEASE FIX THIS! WE DON'T WANT TO DIE!

JUST FOUND OUT THAT THE REAR EVAPORATOR CORE OF OUR AC UNIT IS BAD AND WILL NEED TO BE REPLACED AT A COST OF APPROXIMATELY $750.00. APPARENTLY, THIS IS A KNOWN AND WIDE-SPREAD ISSUE ON THIS PARTICULAR MODEL OF VEHICLE, DATING BACK AS FAR AS 2005.

PASSENGER SIDE BLOWS ALWAYS BLOW HOT AIR EVEN WHEN THE SETTING IS ON COLD AIR. DRIVER SIDE WORKS OK BUT THE SAME TIME PASSENGER SIDE HAVING PROBLEM. IT BLOWS HOT AIR IRESPECTIVE OF THE SETTING.

VAN ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS DOES NOT WANT TO START. PUT KEY IN IGNITION, TURN IT, NO NOISE, NO SOUND OF TRYING TO TURN OVER, JUST NOTHING. SEPTEMBER OF 2017 HAD TO HAVE VAN TOWED AS IT DID THIS. MECHANIC SAID NEEDED A FUEL PUMP. FIXED THAT BUT PROBLEM CONTINUED. MARCH 1, 2018 TAKE IT BACK AND IT IS NOW A STARTER, KEY FOB THING THAT IS HIT AND MISS AND THAT IS WHY IT WAS HARD TO FIND. NOW THAT'S ANOTHER $1100 TO TRY TO FIX PROBLEM. HAVE NO CHOICE AS YOU HAVE TO HAVE A RELIABLE VEHICLE WITH CHILDREN.

TIPM IS BAD. CONFIRMED WITH DODGE DEALERSHIP SERVICE CENTER. PROBLEM CRANKING IN THE MORNING AND ESPECIALLY IN COLD TEMPERATURES. BRAKE LIGHT COMES ON AND OFF WHILE DRIVING AMONG OTHER SENSORS. VERY DANGEROUS AND MUST BE RECALLED.

2011 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN.. I WAS THANKFULLY SITTING INFRONT OF THE HIGH SCHOOL WAITING FOR MY DAUGHTER TO COME OUT. MY VAN WAS RUNNING. I HAD RADIO ON AND WINDOWS DOWN. NOTHING ELSE ON NO AIR CONDITIONING OR ANYTHING. THE DASH LIGHTS ALL COME ON ALL OF A SUDDEN AND OFF. VAN IS DEAD. I TURN THE KEY OFF AND BACK ON AND NOTHING. I GET JUMPED. DRIVE THE 4 BLOCKS TO MY HOUSE BARELY GET IN THE DRIVE AND PARKED. I COULDN'T EVEN GET THE WINDOWS UP. ABOUT 2 HRS LATER MY NEIGHBOR COMES OVER TO JUMP ME AGAIN SO I CAN GET MY WINDOWS UP. GET THEM UP. WE WERE GOING TO TAKE IT TO ADVANCE TO GET IT HOOKED TO THEIR GADGET. I DIDN'T GET TWO HOUSES DOWN BEFORE I HAD TO PULL OVER BECAUSE MY VAN DIDN'T KNOW WHAT GEAR IT WAS IN. MY BACK UP CAMERA WAS EVEN ON. IF THIS HAPPENED ON THE HIGHWAY MY CHILDREN AND I COULD HAVE EASILY BEEN KILLED.

TIPM BAD. I'VE TAKEN MY VAN TO THE DODGE DEALER SEVERAL TIMES FOR IT CRANKS BUT NOT START. RUNS ROUGH, ACCELERATES BY IT SELF SOMETIMES, WINDOWS WENT DOWN BY THEMSELVES. THEY "DIAGNOSED" IT AND CAME UP WITH DIFFERENT THINGS, I'M SURE NEVER NEEDED SUCH AS HOUSING-THERMOSTAT, CRANKSHAFT POSITION SENSOR, O2 OXYGEN SENSOR. STILL RUNNING SAME WAY AND NOT STARTING. THEN THEY SAID I NEEDED A NEW FUEL PUMP. I HAD A DIFFERENT MECHANIC PUT THAT ON BECAUSE HE SAID IT WOULD BE A FEW WEEKS BEFORE HE COULD GET A FUEL PUMP. COUPLE DAYS LATER SAME CRAP. NEXT DAY MY VAN WAS COMPLETELY DEAD, JUMP STARTED IT, TURNED IT OFF AND NEVER WOULD START AGAIN! COULDN'T HEAR THE FUEL PUMP COME ON AT ALL! NOW I'VE SPENT $1,100 AND STILL CAN'T DRIVE IT!! DODGE DOES NOT CARE ABOUT THEIR PAYING CUSTOMERS!!!! PLEASE HELP ME!!!!!!!!! I AM ON A FIXED INCOME, I CAN'T AFFORD ALL THIS!!!!

CAR HAS A HARD TIME STARTING OR WILL CUT OF WHILE DRIVING. ALMOST GOT IN ACCIDENT WHILE SLOWING DOWN FOR RED LIGHT.

TIPM NEEDING TO BE REPLACED DUE TO ALL WARNING LIGHT AND WIPERS CUTTING ON, DOORS NOT FUNCTIONING, ALL ELECTRICAL MALFUNCTIONING. MOTOR CUTTING OFF LOW SPEED. 20 CODES LISTED. DODGE IS WILLING TO REPLACE FOR AROUND $1000 MY COST.

I CONTACTED FOX NEGAUNEE FOR REPAIR OF THE "REAR QUARTER VENT WINDOW SWITCH RECALL" ON 04/15/2015. I MADE A FOLLOW UP CALL A FEW MONTHS LATER. I STILL HAVE NOT BEEN CONTACTED FOR REPAIR OF THIS RECALL. I HAVE NOT EXPERIENCED AN ISSUE WITH THE PART; HOWEVER, AS A RECALL, IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN FIXED IN A TIMELY MANNER. I AM DISAPPOINTED. I KEEP GETTING THESE NOTICES IN THE MAIL. WHEN I CALLED INITIALLY, I WAS TOLD I WAS 60TH IN LINE.

I HAVE BEEN HAVING PROBLEMS WITH MY VAN CRANKING. SO I TOOK IT TO MY DEALER.THEY CHANGED THE FUEL PUMP AND IT CONTINUED TO DO THE SAME THING. SO THEY REPLACED RELAYS. THEY KEPT MY VAN FOR OVER THREE WEEKS, BUT CLAIMED THEY NEVER COULD GET IT TO DO ANYTHING. BUT EVERY TIME I GET IN IT IN THE MORNING IT STILL DOES THE SAME THING. WHEN YOU TURN THE KEY TO CRANK IT, IT CONTINUES TO TRY TO CRANK. BUT IF YOU TURN THE KEY OFF THEN TO RIGHT BEFORE IT CRANKS, DO THIS A COUPLE OF TIMES THEN IT WILL CRANK. I ASKED IF ANYONE EVER DROVE IT TO SEE IF IT DID THE SAME THING WITH THEM AND THEY SAID NO. NEEDLESS TO SAY IT IS STILL DOING THE SAME THING AND NO ONE HAS BOTHER TO CONTACT ME TO FIX THE PROBLEM. AND MY VAN HAS ALWAYS HAD SERVICE AT THE DEALERSHIP. I WANT MY VAN BACK THE WAY IT WAS!!!!!!!!!!

WHEN I TRY TO START THE CAR IT WILL NOT START. THIS HAS HAPPENED MULTIPLE TIMES AND WILL EVENTUALLY START AFTER TRYING UP TO 30 TIMES. THE BATTERY AND THE STARTER HAVE BEEN REPLACED AND THE ISSUE CONTINUES TO HAPPEN. ALSO JUMPING THE CAR DOES NOT HELP

AC QUIT FUNCTIONING; AUTO REPAIR SHOP INFORMED ME THAT THE AC LINES RUN PARALLEL TO BRAKELINES, OFTEN RESULTING IN AC LINES THAT ARE COMPROMISED BY FRICTION. THE MECHANIC CONSIDERS THIS A "DESIGN FLAW" AND HAS SEEN IT IN NUMEROUS DODGE GRAND CARAVANS, BUT USUALLY OLDER MODELS AND/OR HIGHER MILEAGE THAN MINE. THE AC LINES ARE ALL PART OF A SINGULAR SYSTEM, SO THE PART NEEDS TO BE ORDERED FROM CHRYSLER (WHO IS BACKORDERED); I WAS INFORMED THAT IT IS AT LEAST A 2-DAY JOB TO INSTALL. ESTIMATED COST: $675.

BONIFACE HEIRS DODGE IN MERRITT ISLAND, FLORIDA DISABLE THE REAR QUARTER WINDOW SWITCH DUE TO A FIRE HAZARD - THE SWITCH CATCHING FIRE - WELL IT HAS BEEN 7 MONTHS AND THEY KEEP SAYING DODGE HAS NOT SENT THEM A SWITCH - ONE REASON I BOUGHT THE VAN WAS THE REAR QUARTER VENT WINDOWS - MY HUBBY SMOKES AND IT IS GOOD VENTILATION ALONG WITH HIS PASSENGER WINDOW OPEN - WELL NOW THE SMOKE STAYS IN THE VAN - AND WHEN I CALL OR GO IN AND ASK ABOUT THE SWITCH - I GET THE RUN AROUND AND I CAN'T AFFORD TO BUY ANOTHER VAN - AND IF I DO THEN IT WILL HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM - ALL I REALLY WANT IS A GOOD SWITCH AND IT FIXED SO THAT MY VAN WILL WORK LIKE IT DID WHEN I BOUGHT IT. CAN YOU HELP ME WITH THAT - I REALIZE I AM ONLY 1 PERSON AND A WOMEN AT THAT - BUT WE BUY CARS AND ALL TYPES OF THINGS. *TR

THE VAN HAS HAD A NUMBER OF RECENT ISSUES WITH NOT STARTING, OR STALLING AFTER THE CAR WAS ALREADY RUNNING. BOTH ISSUES ARE DANGEROUS (BEING STRANDED OR CAR CUTTING OFF RANDOMLY). THE DEALERSHIP SAID THEY HAD TO REPLACE THE TIPM. AFTER DOING RESEARCH ON MY OWN, THIS APPEARS TO BE A COMMON ISSUE, AND THE REPAIR IS OVER $1000. I CAN'T BELIEVE THERE HAS NOT YET BEEN A RECALL FOR THIS, BUT FEEL STRONGLY THAT ONE SHOULD BE ISSUED.

SMOKE COMING FROM DRIVER SIDE REAR BRAKE. PULLED OVER AND INSPECTED. COMING FROM BRAKE. REMOVED TIRE AND SAW THAT THE EMERGENCY BRAKE WAS A ACTIVATED DUE TO A SPRING HAD BROKE. I HAVE P SPRING WAS RUSTED. WE HAVE HAD SIMILAR HEATING PROBLRMS IN THE PAST WITH BOTH REAR WHEELS.I HAVE PICTURES OF SPRING AT THE TIME OF INSPECTION ON THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY WITH ALL MY CHILDREN IN THE VEHICLE. THIS HAS BEEN A REACURRING PROBLEM WITH WHEELS OVER HEATING. WE EVEN TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP IN THE PAST AND THEY SAID ALL LOOKS NORMAL?