SERPENTINE BELT OR TENSIONER CLIP HAS HAD TO BE REPAIRED 4 TIMES (TOWED EVERY TIME) ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS SINCE THE BEGINNING; TURN THE KEY AND THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS START GOING, TURN THE KEY OFF AND THE WIPERS "KEEP" GOING, TAKE THE KEY TOTALLY OUT OF THE IGNITION AND THE WIPERS GO AND THE "DINGING" ALARM THAT TELLS YOU THE LIGHTS ARE ON OR THE KEY IS IN, STARTS.(I SERIOUSLY THOUGHT THE CAR WAS POSSESSED) OR TURN THE KEY AND "NOTHING" COMES ON EXCEPT THE ENGINE. I'VE REPLACED THE BATTERY 5 TIMES AT LEAST - IT'S USUALLY BETTER W/ A NEW BATTERY FOR A LITTLE WHILE. HAVE HAD TO HAVE THE WINDOW MOTOR AND ASSEMBLY REPLACED ON DRIVERS SIDE TWICE AND 5 TIMES ON THE PASSENGER SIDE. MOST RECENT WAS 4/04, WHICH WAS REPLACED 7/04 AGAIN. THE SIDE SLIDING DOORS ON BOTH SIDE DO NOT LOCK, IF YOU PUSH THE BUTTON DOWN, YOU CAN'T GET IT BACK UP. THE REAR HATCH IS DAMAGED FROM CLOSING THE DOOR, LOOKS LIKE I WAS HIT IN THE REAR, BUT HAVE NOT BEEN. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS ON FOR MONTHS IN FALL '03, NO MECHANIC COULD SAY WHY. WANTED TO GET THE A/C CHARGED BUT IT WOULDN'T HOLD A CHARGE. DEALER COULDN'T FIGURE IT OUT. TOOK IT TO ANOTHER MECHANIC WHO SAID THE A/C UNIT WAS TOTALLY MELTED. HAD IT REPLACED AND THEN THE COMPUTER RESET. REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION AT 100000, THE "PLANTATARY GEARS" WERE CRACKED. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS ON AGAIN IN 7/04, FAILED EMISIONS, REPLACED O2 SENSOR, LIGHT STILL ON, TACK STICKS AND CAR WON'T ACCELERATE AT TIMES - I CAN PUSH IT TO THE FLOOR AND IT WON'T GO?? FEELS LIKE IT'S CHOKING, NO POWER. HAVE A 3.8L, SHOULD HAVE POWER. THERE IS NO PANEL/DOOR FOR PASS. AIRBAG TO COME OUT. IF I EVER GOT IN AN ACCIDENT, WHAT WOULD IT DO...JUST BUST THROUGH MY DASH? OVER TIME, THE DASH ON THAT SIDE HAS GOTTEN SOFT AND MUSHY, WHAT'S THAT ABOUT? MY DAD BOUGHT THE SAME YEAR CARAVAN I DID, BUT HE DOESN'T HAVE THE GRAND CARAVAN LE AND HE DOESN'T HAVE THE 3.8L AND HE HASN'T HAD A SINGLE PROBLEM...I GUESS I GOT ALL OF THEM.*AK
2013
STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR
2011 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN PASSENGER SLIDING DOORS WILL RANDOMLY SHUT AFTER BEING OPENED AND REACHING THE FULL OPEN POSITION. VIDEO DEMONSTRATION WILL BE POSTED SOON ON YOUTUBE WITH THE PREVIOUS SENTENCE AS SEARCH TITLE. OCCURS WHEN ANY BUTTON IN THE CAR, REMOTE, OR MANUAL HANDLE IS USED TO ACTIVATE AUTOMATIC OPENING OF THE DOOR. SYMPTOMS HAVE OCCURRED IN MANY LOCATIONS AND AT ALL CAR GROUND SLOPE ANGLES. PROBLEM BEGAN AFTER THE RECALL POWERTRAIN SOFTWARE UPDATE. CAR HAS BEEN TO DEALER MANY TIMES AND SYMPTOMS HAVE BEEN REPRODUCED AT DEALERSHIP. RE-TRAINING AN AFFECTED DOOR MAY REDUCE SYMPTOMS. A DOOR MODULE WAS REPLACED BUT DID NOT REPAIR PROBLEMS. BECAUSE IT IS RANDOM PASSENGERS ARE UNSUSPECTING. MULTIPLE INCIDENTS HAVE OCCURRED WITH DOORS CLOSING ON PASSENGERS WHO ENTER BEFORE THE DOOR HAS FINISHED OPENING. MULTIPLE INCIDENTS HAVE OCCURRED OF UNBALANCED ADULTS PLACING BABIES INTO CHILD SEATS WHO HAVE LESS THEN ONE INCH CLEARANCE TO THEIR ARM WITH THE DOOR IN THE FULL OPEN POSITION AND HAVE NO TIME TO REACT. WHEN THIS OCCURS THE ADULT MAY LOSE HOLD OF THE BABY. A PARENT PLACING A CHILD IN A CARSEAT MAY HAVE THE DOOR SHUT ON THEIR TORSO. CHILDREN OR FRAIL ADULTS ENTERING OR EXITING THE VEHICLE MAY BE EJECTING INTO OR OUT OF THE CAR AND MAY BE SERIOUSLY INJURED DURING THE FALL. CHILDREN OR ADULTS ENTERING OR EXITING THE VEHICLE MAY HAVE A BODY PART TRAPPED IN THE DOOR AND SERIOUSLY INJURED. *TR
