Dodge Grand Caravan Change Vehicle

"stock rear calipers are poor, seem to freeze up after 3 years of use"

"Calipers needed replaced, required a number of attempts"

"brakes were replace"

"This is the second time we have put front brakes on this van. They stop well and are quiet. They seem to wear out at about 23,000 miles, but stop well."

"The fix was easy."

"My repair man tells me that the 2012 Dodge Caravans have the worse brake repair history."

"The parking brake cable needs to be replaced since it is "stretched out". First noticed in January and not fixed yet."

"Brakes wore out within 1 months. I replaced the pads and rotors with premium quality parts (third party) that have worked and worn very well."

"Vehicle is driven mostly highway miles but brakes last less than 50,000 miles. The brakes pulse at the steering wheel due to rotor warpage. A brake shop continues to tell me the vehicle is “under braked”."

"Brakes seem to wear quickly and no warning the rotors are going bad, like I've always had with other cars."

"Mechanics have said the suspension of the car is not adequate for the weight so it causes the brakes and rotors to wear more quickly stopping the car."

"I was told by brake experts that the vehicle is “under raked”. Brakes do not last 50,000."

"It appears all Dodge Caravans we own experience same problem. This is an inherent Dodge Caravan engineering issue."

"I was told by brake mechanics that the van is “under raked”. They don’t last 50,000 in mostly highway driving."

"Had a 2009 as well. These vans are notorious for a poorly designed brake that prematurely wears out the pads as they calipers don't seem to fully release. Chrysler denies it but just go on the internet forms and many people complain"

"Did not have quite 33000 miles on the van when I noticed a grinding noise. Took it into my local mechanic and found out the brakes were all shot. ad to replace all rotors and calipers. I told them to find a replacement that was not Mopar. They must use inferior material for their brake parts since my 2002 GMC pick-up went 96000 miles before I had to replace only the front brake components and the rear still had 60 % left"

"Rotors and calipers have been changed 3 times since new"

"Started out on vacation and the brakes were good but during the trip the calipers seized and unknown to me the brakes dragged the entire 4000 kms back completely destroying the pads and rotors"

"As stated"

"The vehicle was issued new with the wrong rotors...that was a KNOWN issue that customer were NOT compensated for. And there was never a recall."

"We needed front brakes and front rotors at a cost of $399.00."

"hard to find voters that don't warp"

"The rotors needed resurfacing because of pulsing after less than 50000 miles."

"Rotors have been replaced three times. They are too small (diameter) for the size/weight of this vehicle in a hilly environment."

"The brake light came on and when we took it to Les Schwab they found a warped rotor"

"This is totally related to the seized calipers I discussed earlier"

"The dealership can't seem to get the brakes to stop squealing/squeaking after replacing pads."

"Passenger side temperature control failed 2 years ago. The computer causes the blend door motor to fail. Dodge has been unable to fix it."

"Unable to change temperature on the passenger side due to constant failure of the blend door motor. Mechanic found out it is an error in the computer program but Chrysler is still unable to fix it"

"air blows out of the left and right side of the dash. When a/c on, left side blows cold and right side blew warm."

"Bearing going out on fan motor. Very noise at certain speeds."

"No cool air."

"I didn't know that my evaporator had failed until my dealer repaired several leaks in the air conditioner lines. It was only after replacing several lines that they discovered that the evaporator was shot also. My local dealer has been giving me the best service that I could ever hope to receive from a dealer."

"Slow leak in radiator system. Unable to detect where it is occurring. about one gallon per month. Discovered when heat went out driving new born grandson to airport. 80 mile trip, early morning minus 35 degree wind chill. Could have been life threatening."

"Low"

"Rear refrigerant lines failed, vehicle was sitting in parking lot for a week. $2,000 to replace."

"continued loss of refrigerant...mechanic suspects condenser or compressor"

"I noticed it the day that I took my van in to have my snow tires rotated off and my summer tires rotated on. For some reason I decided to check my air conditioner and discovered that it didn't work. So I asked if they could look at it while they had it in the bay and fortunately they had the time to do so. That's when the leaks were discovered and after they replaced the lines the found out that the evaporator was bad also. I can't praise my local dealer enough for the service that they have provided for me over the years."

"we had issues when we first got the car, the dealership said it was fixed. now, a couple of years ago, it started again. it wasn't cooling in hot weather. there is a leak somewhere, but for the age of the car, it will cost too much to investigate/repair. so we are just dealing with it. We've had issues with this car from the beginning. it has been a very discouraging purchase. however, we are the types that keep our cars for 10 years plus. so, we will just deal with it and purchase better next time."

"This has been an on going problem with this vehicle. The coolant toobing has had "pin holes" it in since two months after the 3 year warranty had expired. Poor quality tubing was used, which does not last. I have not had it replaced, as the cost is prohibitive."

"The vehicle has a small leak a/c R134A. adding/ charging the a/c system lasts all summer. Have had to charge the system the last two summer,2018 & 2017. Repair shop can't find the small leak. No other problems with the vehicle"

"Tiny leak was difficult to find and was very expensive to fix"

"I was advised by an independent mechanic that the coolant lines installed in this vehicle are inferior foreign made "metal" materials. Mine failed 2km after the warranty period was over"

"The car would not start. Battery was fine, ignition system was fine. Car was under extended warranty but it took a couple of attempts at dealership to get it repaired."

"When starting out, and occasionally after a longer stop. it won't shift up, so you either either redline it or pull over stop and try your take off again. Sometimes more than once. Such a pain to try to exit and regain entrance into traffic whether in city or country."

"The teansmission in this model does not permit replacement of transmission fluid. This is concerning to me."

"Flywheel broke 1300 exhaust manifold 500 rack and pinion replacement 700 rust on rear quarter panels in wheel well 500. All in the past 3 months."

"Had to replace upper and lower transmission pan gaskets."

"I wasn't aware of the leak until the van was in for other service but I had noticed some rough shifting prior"

"Two hoses were leaking replaced the same"

"Leak in the transmission lines. Had it fixed at our local garage"

"Low voltage to TCM code. Unable to find problem. Intermmitent occurance."

"the solenoid needed to be replaced"