NHTSA Complaint #10594620 — 2008 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN

PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE 6/30/2012 1ST INCIDENT 8/2012 DRIVING DOWN HIGHWAY AT 65 MPH AT NIGHT IN WOODED AREA SO IT WAS PITCH BLACK AND HEADLIGHTS SHUT OFF, WIPERS RUNNING AND SPRAYING FLUID, HORN STARTED BLARING, OUTSIDE LIGHTS WENT CRAZY, GAUGES WENT NUTS, AND POWER STEERING WENT OUT. PULLED OVER WHEN WE WERE ABLE (TWO LANE ROAD W/NO SHOULDERS) AND AFTER A FEW MINUTES WENT BACK TO NORMAL AND RAN JUST FINE. THE SECOND TIME IT HAPPENED WAS IN 10/2012 BASICALLY SAME THING WAS RETURNING FROM SON'S FOOTBALL GAME ON A FRIDAY NIGHT AT MIDNIGHT AND HEADLIGHTS WENT OUT, WIPERS GOING CRAZY, AND HORN BLARING, LIGHTS GOING OFF. DIDN'T DO IT AGAIN FOR AWHILE THEN SINCE 3/2013 ABOUT EVERY 2 TO 3 WEEKS WE HAVE THIS SAME ISSUE, VAN CAN BE SITTING IN DRIVE AND STILL DOES IT. I HAVE HAD MY CHILDREN IN THE CAR ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS WHEN THIS HAS HAPPENED AND IT SCARES US ALL TO DEATH. WE HAVE ALMOST BEEN HIT FROM BEHIND ON MORE THAN ONE OF THESE OCCASIONS WHEN POWER STEERING WENT OUT WHILE MAKING A TURN, (IT SLOWED THE VEHICLE DOWN TO MANUALLY TURN IT) WHICH I COULD BARELY DO, AND ALMOST RECEIVED A TICKET FOR FAULTY EQUIPMENT DUE TO THE BRAKE AND REVERSE LIGHTS GOING OFF ON THEIR OWN (COP GAVE ME A WARNING THIS TIME) AFTER LOOKING UP THE ISSUE AND TALKING TO A MECHANIC IT IS A FAULTY TIPM (TOTALLY INTEGRATED POWER MODULE), WHICH BY THE WAY HAS BEEN ON "BACKORDER" FOR MORE THAN 18 MONTHS CAUSE I'VE BEEN CALLING ON IT SINCE 10/2012. I HAVE RESEARCHED AND APPARENTLY THIS IS AN ONGOING ISSUE WITH THIS VEHICLE, THERE ARE OVER 200 OF THE 420 COMPLAINTS ON THIS SITE ABOUT THIS VERY ISSUE AND THOUSANDS MORE ONLINE, YET THERE HAS NOT EVEN BEEN AN INVESTIGATION? I GUESS THE NHTSA IS NOT AS CONCERNED ABOUT SAFETY AS THEY CLAIM TO BE! THERE NEEDS TO BE A RECALL DONE FOR THIS MODEL AND THE YEARS AFFECTED FOR THE FAULTY PART THAT'S GOING TO END UP WITH SOMEONE SERIOUSLY INJURED OR DEAD! *TR