What 530 owners told NHTSA about the 2011 Dodge Grand Caravan

APPARENTLY THIS IS A WIDELY KNOWN PROBLEMS WITH DODGE AND RELATED CHRYSLER VEHICLES ACCORDING TO OUR MECHANIC. BASICALLY THE TIPM--TOTALLY INTEGRATED POWER MODULE IS BAD AND THIS CAUSES AMONG OTHER SYMPTOMS: VEHICLE NOT STARTING, ISSUES WITH ELECTRIC CONTROLS(LIGHTING), ISSUES WITH FUEL SYSTEM(FUEL PUMP OR RELAY) OUR VEHICLE HAD ISSUES STARTING. ESPECIALLY DURING WINTERTIME THIS HAPPENED. AND HAVING REPLACED THE BATTERY NEW AND ALSO HAVING ENSURED SPARKPLUGS ARE NEW, THOSE ISSUES WERE RULED OUT. STARTER ISSUE ALSO WERE RULED OUT BOTH BY OBVSERVATION AND MECHANIC. THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO HAVE DIFFICULTY AND INTERMITTENT SUCCESSES IN STARTING, UP TO THE POINT THAT IT DIDN'T START ANYMORE ON 12/10/2018. THE STARTER IS TURNING BUT ENGINE DOESN'T START. SO TOOK IT TO THE MECHANIC AND LEARNED THAT THE TIPM IS THE ISSUE. PRIOR TO IT TOTALLY FAILING TO START., IN THE PAST 4 MONTHS, THE VEHICLE HAD STALLED 4 TO 5 TIMES WHILE DRIVING IT ON THE THREAD GOING ABOUT 30 TO 40 MILES AN HOUR WITH TRAFFIC. I REALIZED THAT THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE BECAUSE BASICALLY THE CAR STOPS ALL OF A SUDDEN WHILE DRIVING ON THE ROAD--WITH TRAFFIC. WHEN THIS FAILURE HAPPENS, APPARENTLY NO FUEL GOES INTO THE ENGINE THAT THE VEHICLE COMES TO A HALT. THERE IS NO POWER STEERING AND RADIO OR OTHER--AS IF THE POWER WAS JUST TOTALLY DISCONNECTED. LUCKILY WE WERE ABLE TO STEER THE VEHICLE TO THE SIDE OFF THE ROAD, USING ITS MOMENTUM. AND AFTER A COUPLE TIMES TURNING ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE. AGAIN THE SUDDEN ENGINE STOPPAGE OCCURRED AROUND 5 TIMES AND I WAS ABLE TO RESTART IT AFTER A COUPLE OF TRIES. UNTIL THE VEHICLE WOULD NO LONGER START AT ALL FROM A PARKING LOT. THE REPAIRS COS $1300+ FOR THE TIPM WHICH HAD TO BE DEALER ORDERED AND REPROGRAMMED.

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THE TIPM MODULE COMPLETELY FAILED CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE FUEL PUMP. FROM PRELIMINARY RESEARCH THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE THAT DODGE HAS FAILED TO ADDRESS WITH THIS MODEL. VEHICLE WILL NOT START. HAVE HAD INTERMITTENT PROPULSION ISSUE WHICH CAUSES THE VEHICLE TO BE SLUGGISH THUS CAUSING A DANGER TO DRIVER AND OCCUPANTS IN TRAFFIC SITUATIONS

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DIFFICULT TO START. ONCE STARTED DIES. IF POWER IS MAINTAINED AND YOU GET MOVING, WILL DIE WHEN POWER IS REDUCED. IF ON ROAD AND LET OFF POWER TO SLOW DOWN, IT DIES. BAD NEWS IF IN A TRAFFIC SITUATION, ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT. NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AS A WARNING. THEN ONE DAY IT WILL START TO ACT NORMAL..... THEN THE "WILL NOT START ROUTINE" STARTS ALL OVER AGAIN. TOOK TO SHOP. NO INDICATORS ON DIAGNOSTICS. PROBLEM WOULD NOT DUPLICATE AT SHOP.

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. ON VARIOUS OCCASIONS, THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO START THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS EXAMINED BY AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE EXTERNAL FUEL PUMP RELAY WAS FAULTY AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE LOCAL DEALER (PINE BELT DODGE, 1400 STATE HWY 88, LAKEWOOD, NJ) AND THE MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE, BUT NO SOLUTION WAS OFFERED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 87,000.

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FUEL PUMP RELAY IN TIPM FAILING AND MAY CAUSE CAR NOT TO START OR MAY CAUSE CAR TO TURN OFF WHILE DRIVING. HAS FAILED TO START MANY TIMES AND FAILED TO WORK PROPERLY ONCE WHILE IN MOTION.

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I BOUGHT MY 2011 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN CREW IN FEB 2018. IN MARCH MY TIRE SENSORS STARTING GOING OFF, WE REPLACED ALL OF THEM WITH NO LUCK, THE GAUGES WOULD STILL READ THEY WERE OUT. IN APRIL, THE CAMSHAFT SENSOR WENT OUT WHILE WE WERE ON VACATION, AND WE REPLACED IT, IN FLORIDA. IN MAY THE CAMSHAFT SENSOR WENT OUT AGAIN, SHORTLY AFTER HAVING IT REPLACED FOR THE SECOND TIME, BUT GUESS WHAT? IT HAPPENED A 3RD TIME! ONLY A WEEK LATER!!!! SO YET AGAIN, IT WAS REPLACED. OUR VAN WOULD START ACTING POSSESSED. WIPERS WOULD GO OFF WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD & WHILE THEY WERE IN THE OFF POSITION. THE LOCKS WOULD LOCK AND UNLOCK BY THEMSELVES WHILE DRIVING, SEEMED LIKE EVERY TIME IT RAINED OUT WINDOWS WOULD ROLL DOWN BY THEMSELVES OVER NIGHT OR WHILE WE WERE IN A STORE WHILE THE VAN WAS SHUT OFF. IN JUNE THE VAN STARTED STALLING WHILE WE WOULD DRIVE IT. IT WOULD RANDOMLY DIE WHILE IDLING. IN JULY/AUG I HAD MY OIL CHANGED, THE FOLLOWING DAY MY VAN WOULDN'T START. WHILE IN THE MOMENT I THOUGHT THE SHOP HAD DONE SOMETHING TO IT, SINCE I HAD GOTTEN FRUSTRATED WITH THEM THERE, (POOR FELLAS) THAT CLEARLY WAS NOT THE CASE. I WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION MY FUEL PUMP HAD WENT OUT, SO I PAID TO HAVE THAT REPLACED. AROUND SEPT THE VAN WOULDN'T START. IT WOULD CRANK BUT NOT START. MY FUEL PUMP WOULD TURN ON, AFTER TURNING THE KEY ON AND OFF SEVERAL TIMES. IN OCT THE FUEL PUMP WOULD RUN WHILE THE VAN WAS OFF, WE HAD TO DISCONNECT THE POSITIVE ON THE BATTERY SO IT WOULDN'T BURN UP. AT THIS POINT, MY VAN WOULDN'T START AT ALL, AND THE VAN ACTED LIKE IT WAS DEAD. I WENT AND BOUGHT A NEW BATTERY, DAY AFTER I REPLACED THAT, MY VAN NEEDED TO BE JUMPED EACH TIME I WANTED TO START IT. TODAY ON OCT 22- IS MY LAST STRAW. THANKS FCA, A MOTHER AND HER TWO YOUNG CHILDREN HAD TO FIND A RIDE HOME BECAUSE IT STALLED AND SHUT DOWN WHILE SITTING IN A DRIVE THRU.

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VAN WON'T START, OR SHUTS OFF RANDOMLY, INCLUDING WHILE DRIVING. WHEN DRIVING, THE ENGINE DIES AND POWER STEERING IS LOST, MAKING CONTROLLED STOPPING DIFFICULT AND UNSAFE. I TESTED FOR TIPM FUEL RELAY PROBLEM USING INFORMATION AVAILABLE ONLINE & FOUND IT FAULTY. HAD TO RIG A BYPASS FROM AUX POWER TERMINAL TO FUEL PUMP FUSE TO POWER FUEL PUMP AT ALL. THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE FOR THIS AND OTHER DODGE/CHRYSLER VEHICLES, SOME OF WHICH NHTSA PUSHED FOR RECALL, BUT NOT ALL!!!! THIS NEEDS RECALL RECONSIDERATION, GIVEN HOW COMMON THIS PROBLEM IS ACROSS MULTIPLE OTHER VEHICLES THAT USE THE EXACT SAME TIPM. THERE ARE LITERALLY DOZENS OF VIDEOS AND HUNDREDS OF WEB POSTS COVERING THIS ISSUE, YET NHTSA HAS DONE NOTHING FURTHER, NOR HAS ANY RECALL BEEN PROVIDED FOR. WHEN WILL THIS GET ADDRESSED?

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OVER THE LAST 6 MONTHS WE HAVE ENCOUNTERED THE FOLLOWING ISSUES: ALL HAVE BEEN A STOPPED POSITION. 3 TIMES THE VAN WOULD NOT START. IT WOULD NOT TURN OVER. THE VAN HAS STARTED TO STALL ON REGULAR BASIS. THE VAN TAKES 2 TO 4 ATTEMPTS TO START. ON OCTOBER 17, 2018, THE VAN WOULD NOT START AT ALL. WE HAD THE VAN TOWED. THEY STATED THERE WAS NO PRESSURE TO THE FUEL PUMP. $900 DOLLARS LATER, THEY STATE THE VAN IS READY. WE GO TO PICK IT UP. THE VAN WOULD NOT START FOR 3 ATTEMPTS. THEN THE VAN STARTED WITH A DIFFERENT KEY. DROVE IT FOR 4 MINUTES AND THEN PARK AND TURNED OFF THE CAR. WENT TO START IT AGAIN, IT KEPT STALLING. IT STALLED ABOUT 5 TIMES. WE SWITCHED BACK TO THE FIRST KEY THAT WOULD NOT START THE CAR. IT ACTUALLY STARTED TWICE. WE LEFT THE VAN WITH THE AUTO REPAIR PLACE. THEY STATED THERE WERE NO ISSUES WITH THE VAN. WE GOT IT BACK ON OCTOBER 18TH. IT HAS ONLY STARTED ONE TIME SINCE THEN THE FIRST TRY. IT HAS STALLED OCCASIONALLY SINCE THEN. ONCE ON OCT 21ST, THE BRAKING SYSTEM DID NOT ENGAGE WHILE THE VAN WAS BEING BACK OUT. ONCE BEFORE THE ISSUES STARTED TO HAPPEN, THE GAS PUMP DID NOT STOP AND THE FUEL OVER FLOWED.

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THE FUEL PUMP RELAY LOCATED WITHIN THE TIPM HAS FAILED WHILE OPERATING THE VEHICLE AT HIGHWAY SPEED. THIS FAILED COMPONENT NEARLY CAUSED AN ACCIDENT AS THE VEHICLE LOST ALL POWER AT THOSE HIGHWAY SPEEDS. MY 3 CHILDREN AND WIFE WERE IN THE VEHICLE AT THE TIME. SAFETY RECALL R09 / NHTSA 15V-115 FUEL PUMP RELAY - 2012-2013 DODGE DURANGO & JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE EXISTS FOR THE SAME EXACT ISSUE ON THE SAME COMPONENT.

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THE TIPM IN OUR VAN HAS FAILED, IT IS A KNOWN AND COMMON ISSUE FOR CHRYSLER AND THEY REFUSE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE ISSUE OR DO ANYTHING TO FIX THE ISSUE. IT CAUSES MULTIPLE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FAILURES AND ULTIMATELY RENDERS THE ENGINE USELESS AT RANDOM TIMES WHEN THE RELAY FAILS. MY CAR WILL NO LONGER START DUE TO THE FAILURE OF THIS PART, AND THE KNOWN ISSUES WITH IT.

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CAR HAS HARD TIME STARTING. FUEL PUMP MODULE WILL NOT START ON TURN OF THE KEY TILL THE SECOND OR THIRD TRY LOSS OF STEERING AND BREAKS

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VEHICLE WHILE DRIVING LOSES POWER MOTOR SHUTDOWN DUE TO FUEL PUMP MODULE WILL NOT START ON TURN OF THE KEY TILL THE SECOND OR THIRD TRY LOSS OF STEERING AND BREAKS

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THE ECO FUEL BUTTON IS STUCK AND IS MAKING MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT GO ON AND OFF. ALSO THE SWITCH FOR THE AIR/HEAT TURNS ON BY ITSELF, IT'S A SAFETY HAZARD KNOWING THAT THIS HAPPENS RANDOMLY. BOTH OF THESE THINGS HAPPEN ANYTIME THE CAR IS ON. CONTINUES TO HAPPEN DRIVING OR NOT.

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I HAVE BEEN HAVING PROBLEMS WITH STARTING MY VEHICLE. IT WANTS TO START BUT WILL NOT KICK OVER. I HAVE TO CALL A TOW TRUCK AND THEY BRING IT TO DODGE AND THEY CONTINUE TO TELL ME THERE IS NOTHING WRONG. IT STARTS AGAIN. THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR MONTHS AN FINALY DODGE SAID IT WAS MY ALTERNATOR. IT WAS REPLACED AND AFTER A WEEK THE SAME THING HAS HAPPENED. IT HAS DONE IT A FEW OTHER TIMES BUT WILL START AFTER A FEW TIMES. THE VEHICLE IS PARKED.

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VEHICLE WON'T START WHEN COLD, HAS ISSUES RUNNING. FUEL PUMP RELAY ISSUE CAUSING A CRANK NO START. CHRYSLER KNOW OF THE DEFECT AND THERE HAS BEEN A RECALL ON JEEPS FOR THIS ISSUE, BUT NOT ON THE GRAND CARAVAN.

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FEBRUARY 2,2018 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN TURNED OFF AND PARKED IN DRIVE WAY MY DAUGHTER COMES IN AND SAID THE VAN SOUNDS LIKE IT'S STILL RUNNING WENT OUT AND HEARD WHAT SHE HEARD ALSO CHECK ON THIS THREE TIMES BEFORE GOING TO BED( THIS NOISE CAME FROM THE GAS TANK). THE NEXT DAY 02/03/2018 NOISE WAS NOT THERE ANYMORE. I HAD SCHEDULE RECALL WORK TO BE PERFORM ON 02/05/2018 BUT RE-SCHEDULE WITH SERVICE ADVISOR FOR 02/06/2018 CAR WOULD NOT START KEY STUCK IN IGNITION SWITCH. TOW TRUCK PICKED UP 02/07/2018 TOOK TO DEALERSHIP EXPLAIN WHAT HAPPEN I WAS TOLD BY THE SERVICE ADVISOR TO EXPECT A CALL ON FRIDAY 02/09/2018 CALL CAME DEAD BATTERY(NEW BATTERY 01/24/2018) AND THE TIPM KIT WAS NEEDED. THIS VEHICLE 2011 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN TIPM SHOULD BE LISTED AS A RECALL. I STARTED LAST YEAR HAVING STARTING CONCERNS WITH THIS VAN NOT WANTING TO START.

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AFTER DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS FOR 2 HOURS, WHEN RETURNING HOME AND SHUTTING OFF THE ENGINE, I HEARD WHIRLING NOISES COMING FROM MY FUEL TANK. UPON MOVING THE VEHICLE, 30 MINUTES LATER, THE VAN EXPERIENCED A ROUGH START. THE FOLLOWING MORNING, THE BATTERY WAS DEAD. AFTER JUMPING OFF THE VEHICLE, IT RAN SMOOTHLY BUT I AM CONCERNED THIS WILL HAPPEN AGAIN.

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MY 2011 CARAVAN STARTED HAVING PROBLEMS STARTING , FIRST IT WOULD ACT LIKE IT WAS GOING TO START BUT THEN IT WOULDN'T THINKING IT JUST WASN'T GETTING ENOUGH POWER I WENT AND HAD THE BATTERY CHECKED AND WENT AHEAD AND REPLACED THE BATTERY. PROBLEM NOT FIXED IT ACTED LIKE IT WASN'T GETTING FUEL FROM THE LINE SO I WENT TO GET THE FUEL FILTER CHANGED NO HELP THERE EITHER. WAS TOLD TO HAVE THE TCIM CHECKED BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT EVERYONE SAID THAT HAS BEEN HAVING THE SAME ISSUE. TURNS OUT IT IS THE TCIM AND DODGE IS NOT FIXING THE PROBLEM... IT HAS NOW BEGAN TO STALL OUT WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE HWY AND HAS MADE IT VERY DANGEROUS TO PULL THE VAN TO A SAFE PLACE OFF THE HWY. THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN REPORTED SEVERAL TIMES TO DODGE WITH NO LUCK .THERE'S EVAN A 2017 DODGE CARAVAN THAT IS HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM...

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VEHICLE STOPPED RUNNING WHILE DRIVING. GOT THE VAN OFF THE ROAD AND WAS ABLE TO GET IT TO RUN AGAIN. VAN SPIT AND SPUTTERED FOR ABOUT A MINUTE OR TWO AND THEN DROVE FINE TO GET IT HOME, ABOUT TWO MILES. ONCE HOME CUT OFF AND STARTED WITH NO PROBLEMS. SAT OVER NIGHT AND THEN WOULD NOT START. ENGINE TURNED OVER BUT WOULD NOT RUN. CHECKED THE FUEL PUMP AND IT WAS NOT GETTING POWER. APPLIED POWER TO THE FUSE AND IT RAN. REMOVE POWER FROM THE FUSE, AND IT CUT OFF. THIS IS VERY UNSAFE TO HAVE IT HAPPEN ON THE HIGHWAY. IF THIS WOULD HAVE CUT OFF ON THE INTERSTATE IN THE FAST LANE, IT COULD HAVE BEEN VERY BAD NEWS.

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THE VEHICLE HAS 34,000 MILES ON IT AND WILL NOT START. ONCE IT'S DOES START IT SHUTS OFF. WAS INFORMED IT WAS FUEL PUMP. ONCE THE FUEL PUMP WAS REPLACED THE VEHICLE DID THE EXACT SAME THING. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS BECAUSE IT'S A HANDICAPPED ACCESSIBLE VEHICLE AND WHEN YOU DRIVE IT STALLS AND CUTS OFF VERY DANGEROUS IN TRAFFIC AND WHEN YOU HAVE A TRACTOR TRAILER BEHIND YOU. THE DEALER THEN SAYS IT'S THE "TOTALLY INTEGRATED POWER MODULE" WHICH IS NOT NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS AND A RECALL NEED TO BE ISSUED BEFORE SOMEONE IS SERIOUSLY INJURED OR KILLED.

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FUEL PUMP IS STAYING ENGAGED WHEN THE CAR IS TURNED OFF, A SIDE EFFECT OF A DAMAGED TOTALLY INTEGRATED POWER MODULE

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TIRE PRESSURE SENSOR LIGHT IS ALWAYS ON, FUEL PUMP RUNS AFTER THE VEHICLE IS SHUT OFF, AUTOMATIC REAR DOORS OPEN AND CLOSE INTERMITTENTLY WITH OUT THE PUSH OF THE BUTTONS. WE HAVE HAD TO REPLACE 4 BATTERIES AND 3 ALTERNATORS, EVERY TIME THE DEALERSHIP TELLS US THIS IS A COMMON ISSUE WITH THE TIPM. PREVIOUSLY WE HAVE ALSO REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION AND THE ENGINE HAS NEEDED REPAIRS. ENGINE REPAIRS WERE COVERED UNDER A RECALL BUT NOT THE TRANSMISSION.

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THE VEHICLE STOPPED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD AS I WAS DRIVING, THE VEHICLE TOOK A WHILE TO START AT TIMES. THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START

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THE FUEL PUMP RELAY BUILT INTO THE TIPM HAS GONE BAD, AND FROM RESEARCH IS VERY COMMON IN THESE VEHICLES. THE CAR HAS BECOME INCREASINGLY DIFFICULT TO START, AND NOW WILL NOT START AT ALL.

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MY VAN WON'T START UP IN THE FIRST ATTEMPT IT START UP I THE SECOND ATTEMPT IT ALL HAPPEN WHEN I PUMP GAS FROM ARCO STATION

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