Problems with 2009 Dodge Grand Caravan ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

Tl* the contact owns a 2009 dodge grand caravan. the contact received notification of nhtsa campaign number: 14v373000 (electrical system); however, the part to do the repair was unavailable. the contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. the manufacturer was not notified. the contact had not experienced a failure.

Vehicle shut off while in motion; including locked steering wheel with full system shut off. *tr

Tl* the contact owns a 2009 dodge grand caravan. the contact received notification of nhtsa campaign number: 14v373000 (air bags, electrical system), however, the part to do the repair was unavailable. the contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. the manufacturer was mad aware of the issue. the contact had not experienced a failure.

Tl* the contact owns a 2009 dodge grand caravan. the contact received a recall notification for the air bags and electrical system; however, the part to do the recall repair was unavailable. the contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the repair. the manufacturer was not made aware of the issue. the nhtsa campaign number was unknown. the contact had not experienced a failure. parts distribution disconnect.

Tl* the contact owns a 2009 dodge grand caravan. the contact received notification of nhtsa campaign number: 14v373000 (electrical system, air bags); however, the part to do the recall repair was unavailable. the contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. the manufacturer was not made aware of the issue. the contact had not experienced a failure. parts distribution disconnect.

Tl* the contact owns a 2009 dodge grand caravan. the contact received notification of nhtsa campaign number: 14v373000 (air bags, electrical system); however, the part needed to do the recall repair was unavailable. the contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. the manufacturer was made aware of the issue. the contact had not experienced a failure. the vin was unavailable.

Tl* takata recall. the contact owns a 2009 dodge grand caravan. the contact received notification of nhtsa campaign number: 14v373000 (air bags, electrical system); however, the part to do the repair was unavailable. the contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. the manufacturer was made aware of the issue. the contact had not experienced a failure. parts distribution disconnect.

Tl* the contact owns a 2009 dodge grand caravan. the contact received notification of nhtsa campaign number: 14v373000 (electrical system); however, the part to do the repair was unavailable. the contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. the manufacturer was made aware of the issue. the contact had not experienced a failure.

Tl* the contact owns a 2009 dodge grand caravan. the contact received notification of nhtsa campaign number: 14v373000 (air bags, electrical system) however, the part to do the repair was unavailable. the contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. the manufacturer was made aware of the issue. the contact had not experienced a failure. parts distribution disconnect.

Tl* the contact owns a 2009 dodge grand caravan. the contact received notification of nhtsa campaign number: 14v373000 ( air bags, electrical system); however, the part to do the repair was unavailable. the contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. the manufacturer was made aware of the issue. the contact had not experienced a failure. the vin was not available.

Tl* takata recall. the contact owns a 2009 dodge grand caravan. the contact received notification of nhtsa campaign number: 14v373000 (air bags, electrical system) however, the part to do the repair was unavailable. the contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. the manufacturer was not made aware of the issue. the contact had not experienced a failure. parts distribution disconnect. the vin was not available.

2009 dodge grand caravan. consumer writes in regards to parts unavailable to complete ignition switch recall. *smd

Tl* the contact owns a 2009 dodge grand caravan. while driving at various speeds, the vehicle stalled without warning. the contact stated that the failure occurred on several occasions. the contact received notification of nhtsa campaign number: 14v373000 (air bags, electrical system); however, the part to do the repair was unavailable. the contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. the manufacturer was made aware of the failure. the failure mileage was unknown. parts distribution disconnect.

When the vehicle is cold, and after i start driving, if i do no have my foot on the accelerator, the engine will just die. when it does, there are no warning lights go on and the steering becomes completely unresponsive. i must quickly put the car in neutral and start it again. it can happen multiple times before the engine warms up. it can just happen going down the road. i have had it to the dealer and another auto repair place and neither can figure out what is wrong. this happens quit often. *tr

Letter from senator franken on behalf of constituent re recall on 2009 dodge caravan (alex schueller). *smd the consumer received recall 3 14v373000 in the mail. however, when he contacted the dealer to make an appointment, he was informed the parts were not available. the consumer contacted the dealer on january 15, 2015, and again he was informed the parts were not available. *jb

Tl* the contact owns a 2009 dodge grand caravan. the contact received a recall notification for nhtsa campaign number: 14v373000 (air bags , electrical system) and stated that the part needed was unavailable to perform the recall repair. the manufacturer was not notified of the issue. the contact had not experienced a failure. parts distribution disconnect.

Tl* the contact owns a 2009 dodge grand caravan. while driving down an incline approximately 10 mph, the driver's knee slightly touched the ignition key which moved into the accessory position. the engine immediately turned off. after restarting, the vehicle resumed normal operation. the vin was included in nhtsa campaign number: 14v373000 (air bags, electrical system); however, the part needed to perform the repair was unavailable. the contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. the manufacturer was notified of the failure. the approximate failure mileage was 104,000.

Tl* the contact owns a 2009 dodge grand caravan. the contact received a notification of nhtsa campaign number: 14v373000 (air bags, electrical system); however, the parts for the recall repair were not available. the contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. the manufacturer was not notified of the issue. the contact had not experienced a failure. parts distribution disconnect.

Tl* the contact owns a 2009 dodge grand caravan. the contact stated that the key was not secured in the ignition in order to start the vehicle. the contact stated that after several attempts, the vehicle was able to start but the failure progressed. in addition, the vehicle stalled without warning on several occasions. the vehicle was able to restart. the vehicle was taken to a dealer where it was unable to be repaired under nhtsa campaign id number: 11v139000 (electrical system) due to the part not being available. the manufacturer was notified of the failure. the approximate failure mileage was 80,000.

Tl* the contact owns a 2009 dodge grand caravan. the contact stated that one key fob stopped functioning for the vehicle. the contact received notification of nhtsa campaign number: 11v139000 (electrical system) however, the part to do the repair was unavailable. the contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. the manufacturer was made aware of the issue. the failure mileage was approximately 53,000.

the problem is that the ignition accidentally switched from the "run" position to "accessory" causing the engine to shut off. this happened while in a parking lot. since then it has happened multiple times--once as i was backing out of my driveway and once while pulling into traffic on a busy street. this could have caused a serious accident, but fortunately this time it didn't--as there were no cars coming. vehicles built a few months after mine have had a recall for this error. i believe that the recall should be expanded. *tr

Tl* the contact owns a 2009 dodge grand caravan. the contact stated that the vehicle failed to start intermittently. the contact received a notification for nhtsa campaign number: 14v373000 (air bags, electrical system) and stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for repair. the dealer stated that the parts were not available for repair. the manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. the vehicle was not repaired. the approximate failure mileage was 55,000.

Tl* the contact owns a 2009 dodge grand caravan. the contact received notification of nhtsa campaign number: 11v139000 (electrical system) and stated that the part was not available for an extended period of time. the contact notified the dealer numerous times that the ignition was not functioning and that the key was not connecting to turn over into an on position. the contact also experienced various electrical failures that progressed while waiting for the part to schedule the recall repair. the dealer did not give a specific date for when the part would become available. the manufacturer was notified. the contact was unable to get the key to turn over in the ignition so the vehicle was unable to be driven. the failure mileage was not available.

Tl* the contact owns a 2009 dodge grand caravan. the contact stated that after starting the vehicle, the vehicle stalled without warning. in addition, the contact stated that the vehicle failed to start without warning intermittently. the vehicle was taken to the dealer. the vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. the contact received notification of nhtsa campaign number: 14v373000 (electrical system) however, the part needed to do the repair was unavailable. the contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. the manufacturer was notified of the failure. the failure mileage was 98,000. updated 3/24/15*cn updated 04/28/15*jb

At 65 mph on a smooth 4 lane highway with cruize control on all electrical , including the dash instrumentation,suddenly went out and van began slowing down; then the dash idiot lights flickered for a milli-second and power returned with the van /engine running; then after a few hundred yards, it repeated the failure and stayed on. the next day i had the dealer replace the battery; they had never heard of such a problem but i found many similar ones in an inter-net search of "car problems". i no longer can trust the vehicle. it sounds just like the problem with the electrical/ignition reported this month in some gm products. very dangerous!! *tr

Tl* the contact owns a 2009 dodge grand caravan. the contact stated that the vehicle sporadically failed to start. the vehicle was taken to a dealer where it was diagnosed that the win wireless control module needed to be replaced. the vehicle was not repaired. the manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. the approximate failure mileage was 98,000. updated 03/18/14*lj

Tl* the contact owns a 2009 dodge grand caravan. the contact received notification of nhtsa campaign number: 14v373000 (air bags, electrical system); however, the part was unavailable to repair the vehicle. the contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. the manufacturer was notified of the issue. the contact had not experienced a failure.

Vehicle ignition shuts off when in use while driving causing dangerous situations especially while in intersections, have had near miss situations due to this problem, chrysler says my vehicle is not included in their really, mine was made three months prior to their recall of ignition switches that were recalled for 2009 model dodge grand caravan's, they do not want to replace my vehicles ignition switch which is doing the same thing that gm cars and recalled caravan's are. *tr

Tl* the contact owns a 2009 dodge grand caravan. the contact stated that the vehicle hesitated to start and the key failed to remove from the ignition. after several attempts, the vehicle was able to start. the failure recurred multiple times. the vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. the contact received notification of nhtsa campaign number: 14v373000 (electrical system); however, the parts needed were unavailable to perform the repairs. the contact stated that the dealer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall remedy. the manufacturer was not notified of the failure. the approximate failure mileage was 34,000.

Tl* the contact owns a 2009 dodge grand caravan. the contact received a notification for nhtsa campaign id number: 14v373000 (electrical system) and stated that the part was not available. the dealer was unable to provide a specific date for when the part would become available. the manufacturer was contacted and could not provide an estimated date for when the vehicle would receive the recall repair. the contact did not experience a failure.

All the dash lights / electronics go off and come back on intermittently along with the windshield wipers turning on and off at the same time. the power doors do not work reliably either as they have closed randomly while open. it's very distracting while driving and we feel it puts us at risk of an accident, or worse, when it occurs. dealership has problems diagnosing it do to the intermittent nature, but can pull off bunches of codes, when hooked up to their scan tool. however, none of the error codes point to what caused the problem, just that a problem has occurred. they replaced the tpim module, but that did not fix the problem and they have pretty much given up.. *tr

3 weeks prior to this incident the vehicle was not starting so the local dealership ordered a win . it took three weeks to get the part(win). we got the van back and now it is starting to happen again. the dealership said that they have to go through chrysler to order the part because they basically quit using the manufacturer and are using a new one now . now, why has there not been a recall on this part? cost of all so far has been 680.00 . this includes tow, part and labor. the problem is still not fixed. *tr

Tl* the contact owns a 2009 dodge grand caravan. while driving at 25 mph, the vehicle stalled. the contact was able to restart the vehicle. the vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic, who was unable to diagnose or repair the vehicle. the failure recurred on numerous occasions. the vin was included in nhtsa campaign number: 14v373000 (electrical system, air bags) however, the part needed to repair the vehicle was unavailable. the contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. the manufacturer was notified of the failure. the failure mileage was 70,000.

Tl* the contact owns a 2009 dodge grand caravan. the contact stated that the vehicle failed to start. the contact also mentioned that the failure recurred intermittently. the vehicle was taken to the dealer where it was found that the wireless control module had failed. the vehicle was not repaired. the manufacturer was contacted about the failure. the failure mileage was 121,000.

Our grand caravan is experiencing the same electrical problem that the 09 ram trucks and 09 journey's experienced. our driver door controls for the mirrors, the driver and passenger windows, door locks, and window locks are not working. i contacted our local dodge dealer who told me that our vehicle was not part of the recall. given that the ram and the journey had the exact same problem i would like to know if the caravan can be added to it. *tr

car shut off ignition switch went from run to accessory. multiple occurrences ranging for 30 feet to about 1/2 mile out of driveway. occurrences were always after first starting up. i had a heavy key chain with a leatherman micro attached. i removed the leatherman, and disconnected the battery and sprayed silicone in ignition switch and cycled multiple times. i have not had an occurrence since. i did notice that the 2010 was recalled for the same exact problem i was experiencing. reference recall is pasted below. this is also the exact same problem as the recent gm recall. recall date: mar 01, 2011 model affected: 2010 dodge grand caravan summary: chrysler is recalling certain model year 2010 dodge journey, grand caravan, and chrysler town & country vehicles manufacturer from august 3, 2009, through june 17, 2010. some vehicles may experience inadvertent ignition key displacement from the run to accessory position while driving causing the engine to shut off. consequence: engine shut off while driving could increase the risk of a crash. remedy: dealers will replace the win modules free of charge. the safety recall is expected to begin during july 2011. owners may contact chrysler at 1-800-853-1403. potential units affected: 195798 notes: chrysler group llc l02 & l25. *tr

Tl* the contact owns a 2009 dodge grand caravan. while attempting to start the vehicle, the vehicle stalled. the vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. the failure recurred on numerous occasions. the vin was included in nhtsa campaign number: 14v373000 (electrical system, air bags); however, the part needed to repair the vehicle was unavailable. the contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. the manufacturer was notified of the failure. the failure mileage was 50,000.

Am having the exact same issue as the k14 recall. but am being told that is only for power doors. last year i changed a new the sliding door wiring harness but still am having the same issue,by opening and closing the door it broke the censor clip and then broke the plastic cover on top of wire know the wire is being damaged my front windows are not working the air bag sensor not working. and that exactly because of the hinge which is breaking the plastic cover while ur sliding the doors. *tr

Last year wife was driving vehicle on highway during vacation. power was lost and vehicle would not steer or break. vehicle was difficult to restart as ignition turned over then shut off again. very fortunate there was no accident. this has since recurred twice, once while coming to a stop at a red light, and another while existing a parking garage. also, vehicle constantly needs to be started twice, does not always stay powered up after initial ignition. did not think of filing a nhtsa complaint at the time, but with the acknowledgement of ignition problems from chrysler, wanted to make sure i got this logged. *js

Purchased used 2009 dodge grand caravan sxt in 2/2013. vehicle has lost power multiple times at various speeds (5 mph to 35 mph). each time it has been triggered by a "bump" in the road (ie. small pothole, railroad tracks, etc. sometimes while turning a corner, other times not). each incident has required carefully getting to the side of the road and putting the car in "park" and restarting. have already been to one mechanic who couldn't figure out what was wrong with it. will try a dodge dealer next. i am very disappointed that dodge has not looked further into this issue considering the number of complaints on this site along with the fact that it has recalled the 2010 model for this very reason. also, very sorry that i traded in a 2001 dodge grand caravan for this vehicle. the manufacture date for my vehicle is 12/08. i hope someone will investigate this issue further. having the engine lose power with no warning with two young children in the backseat is absolutely terrifying. clearly, the 2010 dodge grand caravan recall for electrical problems has not included all dodge grand caravans with this problem since there are many complaints listed on this page. *tr

Van has been having problems starting, it makes a clicking noise but the van won't turn on, yet all other electrical devices continue to work perfectly. after several attempts the van will eventually start, but other times we have had to leave it overnight parked due to it not started after trying for almost an hour. we replaced the battery, and the problem persisted. we took it to a dodge dealership and the win module was replaced and a new key was ordered and reprogrammed at a cost of almost $1000! a few weeks after getting the van back the problem started again and once again left me (pregnant) and my 2 young children stranded in 101 degree temperature. a tech from the dealership met with us this morning to look at the van and suggested it might be the starter. we can't continue to purchase parts and pay for labor and yet the vehicle isn't working as it should. this is dangerous for a pregnant woman with a newborn on the way and two young children.

The vehicle shutoff in the middle of an intersection after putting the vehicle in motion after a red light turned green. the vehicle has a hard time starting recently and we believe it's due to the ignition recall. we contacted our dealer and they said a bad key problem is separate from the win module detent ring problem. they investigated the problem and said a bad win module is the cause for not starting. my belief is that the loose detent ring caused a failure of the key due to a bad connection for years. i'm also afraid we could be seriously injured before the recall as this is our only vehicle. we called dodge and they said nothing could be done safety wise for us until the recalled part is manufactured. i asked them if they could provide us a rental vehicle until then they said no. so i said you know there's something dangerous and yet there's nothing you can do and we are totally on our own if we get injured, to which they replied "yes". we want to file a complaint against dodge/chrysler for not looking out for our safety. thanks, [xxx] information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6). *tr

2009 dodge grand caravan requesting reimbursement *cn the consumer stated the ignition switch failed and the vehicle lost power.

I was just starting driving after being at a stop. i used the window control that automatically rolls the window completely up. when the window reached the top, there was a loud popping noise. after that, the window started slowly sliding down on it's own. my husband disassembled the door and replaced the window regulator. since that time (10 months ago), the same thing has happened a total of 3 times. the belief is that it is an electrical problem, making the computer system think that the window isn't up all the way (possibly a sensor not detecting that the window is completely up). the system then keeps trying to roll the window up more, snapping the cables connected to the regulator. not only is this a nuisance, it is an expensive fix. it is also very distracting while driving and could cause an accident due to the loud noise when it breaks, as well as trying to keep your window from falling into your door while driving. *tr

2009 dodge grand caravan. consumer writes in regards to parts not available to complete wireless ignition node module detents recall and consumer seeks reimbursement for same problem. *smd recall # 14v373000. *jb updated 08/03/15.*jb

Tl* the contact owns a 2009 dodge grand caravan. while driving 20 mph, there was a sudden loss of engine power and the electronic throttle control warning indicator illuminated. the dealer was unable to duplicate the failure. the vehicle was not repaired. the manufacturer stated that the vin was not included in nhtsa campaign number: 14v373000 (electrical system). the failure mileage was 50,000. updated 09/02/14*lj

Battery is being drained overnight. no lights left on (turn all the way to the off position when the car is not running). *tr

Esp bas and traction control light coming on randomly (even as car is in park). *tr

Unable to remove key fob from ignition, gets stuck in acc position. *js

Without warning vehicle refused to start... stranded... these failures have occurred while driving in traffic and the vehicle just shuts off.... wireless control module failure.. (reads electronic key ) this is not something that should ever fail...they are being replaced at a rampant rate by the dealerships at $500.00 + per incident..... *js