Dodge Grand Caravan Change Vehicle

"THE CLEARCOAT FINISH IS DISINTEGRATING. IT HAS STARTED FADING OUT & HAS INCREASED SIGNIFICANTLY IN THE PAST COUPLE YEARS. MAINLY ON THE DRIVERS SIDE & REAR ROOF WHERE IT GETS THE MOST SUN."

"The paint is fading badly on the roof and the hood. Part my fault because I did not keep it waxed."

"nicks and fading of color on a vehicle that is in a garage"

"The lower part of all four doors have rusted through making holes in the doors. Other areas also have rust with holes going through the sheet metal."

"EXTENSIVE RUST-THROUGH ON BOTTOM OF ALL DOOR PANELS INCLUDING REAR HATCH AND BODY PANELS"

"rocker panels rusting through"

"Extensive body corrosion on sliding door and rear door. This seems typical of this model in areas where road salt is used."

"Chrysler needs to improve their rustproofing techniques. I have had to replace left and right rocker panels and the left front fender. Now I notice that the bottom of the sliding side doors are starting to rust. I notice that most 2007 Dodge Grand Caravans suffer the same rusting issues that I have described here. I wonder if they have improved on later models."

"driver side rust on the bottom lip of the doors plus on the rocker panel. runs well overall however. common rust problem on other vans I noticed"

"The front of the rear wheel wells are rusting badly. Also, the hatch is rusting around the bottom of the hatch lower area where the rubber molding is along the window."

"Rust developed @ aprox.100,000 miles it was under the paint and not noticable. manuifacture refuse to do anything about it because of the number of mails. At this time p there are holes in the door panels,fender0s and other parts."

"side panels under doors"

"Silver 2007 Caravan rusting very badly around wheel wells, hood, rear tailgate, rocker panels, bottoms of doors. Rust areas so bad and so large, it's not worth repairing i was told"

"extensive rust resulting in holes in rocker panels and and all 5 doors Have noticed same rust-through on most Dodge caravans of this style but rarely seen on other makes of similar vintage Suggests some design, manufacturing or materiel flaw"

"Rocker panels - Dodge seems to have designed the Carivan to rust out in this area."

"doors are rusting out"

"I notice aha this is a common problem with other Dodge Vans. Rusting in many lower body panels."

"I replaced the rocker panels because they were rotting last year at a cost of $1,400.00. Now the front left fender is starting to rust through."

"Extensive rust on both sides of the vehicle rocker panels."

"It seems all Caravans have serious rust issues. I won't buy another Caravan, although I like the utility of this type of vehicle."

"The design of the vehicle and the construction of it has lead to many rusted out areas of the doors and hood and rear hatch"

"The tailgate has lots of rust. The rest of the van is rust-free. The paint bubbles around the rear tailgate window"

"rusting out bottom of sliding doors and front sections of rear wheel wells"

"This is a problem that Dodge has had for years, the hood, doors and rear hatch are all rusting from what I believe to be a poorly constructed design. All of the bottoms edges are eaten away where the metal is folded at the edges"

"Along bottom of sliding doors n in front of rear wheels very rusty"

"Rust under left side sliding door"

"Rust is horrible on the bottom of my doors. I see this with similar Dodge vans from that era"

"lower part on doors"

"Rust in front of rear wheel and bottom of sliding door"

"Living near the coast we paid extra for special treatment against rust and paint damage. There is rust around the wheel wells and door"

"I had to have a sensor on the front replaced as the ABS light on the dashboard would come on. Even with the new sensors the ABS light would still come on from time to time. Now that winter is over, the ABS system is working fine. While the ABS was down the brakes functioned fine as regular brakes."

"This is an area where only a dealer has the tools and equipment to affect repairs making the cost of repair exorbitant."

"Needed new hubs and sensors in the front. the old hubs rusted and would not read"

"Rear brakes seized less than 5 years ago. Front breaks seized last year and the rear brakes seized again last month. Each time it cost me calipers and rotors. $$$$"

"Origin calipers on vehicle had a problem with closing on right front wheel when brake pedal pushed. was adjusted by mechanic and are working properly now"

"needed new pads and rotors"

"chatter and noise on braking"

"Worn down due to mileage and had to have them turned for new brakes to be installed. Had about 45000 miles on the brakes when replaced"

"Front rotors needed replacement due to scoring, slight warping To be fair, the brakes and rotors were five years old. Could be due to the use of recycled metals being used"

"It is really a grinding more than squeaking"

"The brakes make a lot noise"

"Have had three sets of pads and new rotors and still squeaking problems"

"Dealer repaired sliding door. Failed again, and again"

"THE PASSENGER SIDE SLIDING DOOR LOCK HAS OPERATED INTERMITTENTLY IN THE LAST COUPLE MONTHS. SOMETIMES IT WON'T LOCK & OTHER TIMES IT WON'T UNLOCK. ALL 4 OF OTHER LOCKS IN THE VEHICLE HAVE HAD NO ISSUES."

"Side slider door doesn't work on power."

"The button for locking all the doors in the van worked for everything except the passenger side sliding door"

"Power-locking mechanism for sliding door failed to work."

"Passenger side sliding door lock stopped working. Have to lock/unlock manually"

"Locks for my sliding doors seem to get worse everyday. I have to manually lock all the doors and manually open them - the auto latches do not work"

"About 18 months ago, the tailgate lift mechanism stopped working. The tailgate must be held up manually which is completely annoying when trying to load anything such as luggage or groceries into the van."

"Power tailgate stuck in the 'up' position. Power tailgate feature is now disabled."

"the gas shocks that hold the tailgate open failed"

"Hinge on the tailgate partially broke to qhere you had to manully pull it forward to close the tailgate. Also, this prevented you from using the auto close. Then it broke completely"

"Electric window mechanism needed to be replaced due to failure. Replacement was done at a 3rd party shop and was quick and fairly inexpensive."