NHTSA Complaint #10283430 — 2008 DODGE CARAVAN

PURCHASED VEHICLE IN APRIL OF 08 AND IN AUGUST OF 08 IT WOULD NOT TURN ON WHILE I WAS PICKING MY DAUGHTER UP FROM SCHOOL. I TOOK IT IN TO THE DEALERSHIP BUT THEY COULDN'T FIND THE PROBLEM. THE SAME THINK HAPPENED TWICE IN NOVEMBER AND AGAIN IN DECEMBER, AGAIN THEY COULDN'T FIND THE PROBLEM. IN APRIL OF 09 IT STALLED AGAIN AT A BALL GAME WHILE IT WAS RAINING AND THUNDERING AND I HAD MY 5 AND 1 YEAR OLD WITH ME. I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP TO GET IT TOWED SO THEY COULD FIND THE PROBLEM. TWO DAYS LATER THEY CALL ME AND SAY IT WAS THE FUEL PUMP. I TOLD THEM TO CHECK MY BRAKES BECAUSE I HAD HEARD THEM SQUEAK THAT MORNING. THEY CALL THAT THE ROTORS AND PADS ARE COMPLETELY WORN AND THEY WOULDN'T LET ME DRIVE IT OFF THE LOT BECAUSE IT WAS UNSAFE. MY VEHICLE ONLY HAD 25,000 MILES ON IT. MY PREVIOUS VEHICLE HAD 91,000 MILES ON IT WHEN I TRADED IT IN AND ROTORS AND PADS HAD NEVER BEEN REPLACED. NOW 8000 MILES LATER, MY BACK PADS NEED TO BE REPLACED. THEY ARE WORN UNEVEN AND I WAS TOLD MY FRONT PADS WILL NEED TO BE REPLACED WITHIN THE NEXT 8,000-10,000 MILES. *TR