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2008 Dodge Caravan complaints

Owner reports filed with NHTSA about this vehicle, newest first and reproduced as filed. They are unverified accounts: one proves nothing, and a pattern across many is the thing worth reading. Back to the full 2008 record →

Seats › Mid/Rear Assembly2 injured
Filed Jan 31, 20081,497 milesMN

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 DODGE CARAVAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HER 6 AND 7 YEAR OLD SONS WERE BOTH SLIGHTLY LEANING OVER THE SEAT, AND ONE OF THEM PRESSED A BUTTON. THE SEAT SUDDENLY RELEASED AND PINNED BOTH CHILDREN BETWEEN THE WELL OF THE VEHICLE AND THE TAILGATE. THEY WERE BOTH COMPLAINING THAT THEY COULD NOT BREATHE. THE CONTACT EXITED THE VEHICLE AND RELEASED THE TAILGATE. BOTH CHILDREN FELL OUT OF THE VEHICLE AND THEIR HEADS STRUCK THE CEMENT. THE SEVEN YEAR OLD SUSTAINED A BUMP ON HIS HEAD AND STATED THAT HIS HEAD HURT. THE POWERTRAIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 1,497.

Power Train › Automatic Transmission
Filed Nov 7, 20072,974 milesOH

AT 1,200 MILES I WAS GOING 70MPH (CRUISE CONTROL "ON") UP A HILL ON RT 40 IN TENNESSEE AND THE TRANSMISSION WENT INTO LIMP MODE 2ND GEAR. ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. I DROVE THE SHOULDER AT 30MPH AND TOOK AN EXIT. ROADSIDE ASSIST TOWED IT TO HELMS DODGE. THEY PULLED A "P0750" DTC CODE (SOLENOID A FAULT I THINK) BUT THE TRANSMISSION HAD RESET AND THEY COULDN'T MAKE IT GO BAD IN 13 MILES OF DRIVING. I ASKED THEM TO CHECK FLUID LEVEL -- THEY SAID THEY WOULD. THEY SAID IF IT HAPPENS AGAIN TO TURN IT OFF FOR A FEW MINUTES AND IT MAY RESET AGAIN. BUT, I MADE IT HOME TO OHIO AGAIN WITHOUT INCIDENT. TODAY, AT 2,900 MILES, IT HAPPENED AGAIN! MY WIFE HAD JUST DRIVEN IT HOME FROM WORK AND PARKED FOR 30 MINUTES (ENGINE OFF). WE WENT TO GO OUT TO EAT AND 1000 FEET FROM HOME (AT 20 MPH) IT WENT INTO LIMP. BUT NO ENGINE LIGHT THIS TIME. I DROVE BACK INTO THE DRIVEWAY AND LET IT SIT (OFF) ABOUT 10 MINUTES. THEN I TRIED IT AGAIN AND IT SHIFTED OKAY. I CALLED THE KINGS' CHRYSLER/DODGE DEALER SERVICE REP (ROB) AND HE SAID I SHOULD HAVE IT TOWED IN BY ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE. WHICH I JUST DID... BILL'S TOWING PICKED IT UP AT 9:15 (11-7-07) TO BE CONTINUED.... *TR

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