NHTSA Complaint #10651608 — 2008 DODGE CARAVAN

THIS ISSUE HAS HAPPEN SEVERAL TIMES AS MY FAMILY IS DRIVING ALONG,THE ENGINE JUST DIES FOR NO APPARENT REASON. THIS HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIME AND WHEN THE ENGINE DIES YOU LOOSE ALL POWER, STEERING,ABS ASSIST WITH THE BRAKES AND IT IS VERY HARD TO TURN. THIS ISSUE ENDED THE OTHER DAY WHEN MY WIFE WAS GOING TO SCHOOL AND THE ENGINE DIED ON A OFF RAMP ON INTERSTATE 10 IN MISSISSIPPI. WHEN SHE GOT IT STOPPED IT RESTARTED BUT WOULD NOT MOVE IN DRIVE. WHEN SHE PUT THE VAN IN DRIVE IT WOULD DIE, SHE PUT THE VAN IN REVERSE AND IT BACKED UP FINE. GOT IT OFF THE OFF-RAMP ALONG THE SIDE OF THE ROAD CALLED A TOW SERVICE AND HAD IT TOWED TO A LOCAL GARAGE. THE TRANSMISSION HAD VEILED RELATED TO THE STALLING PROBLEM THAT HAS BEEN REPORTED SEVERAL TIMES AND WAS WRITTEN IN A NEWS PAPER. THIS IS A MAJOR PROBLEM THAT DODGE HAS WITH THESE VAN AND IS RELATED TO THE FAILURE OF THE TRANSMISSION. THIS ISSUE NEEDS TO BE FIXED BY DODGE NOT THE CONSUMER. THE POWER TRAIN WARRANTY WHICH WAS ISSUED BY DODGE AS LONG AS YOU ARE THE ORIGINAL OWNER SHOULD COVER THIS ISSUE BUT DODGE SAYS IT DOES NOT. PLEASE ASSIST WITH THIS ISSUE AS THE RECALL SHOULD BE ISSUED ON THESE TRANSMISSIONS. *TR