2008 DODGE CARAVAN Visibilitywiper Problems

JUST RESOLVED AN IGNITION RECALL PROBLEM ON THE VEHICLE BECAUSE OF PROBLEMS WITH INDEPENDENT WIPERS GOING OFF, HORN GOING OFF,VEHICLE STALLING WHILE DRIVING AND DOORS LOCKING AND UNLOCKING..DODGE REPLACED IGNITION AND WIN MODULE BUT PROBLEM BEGAN WHEN I TRIED USING AC OR HEATER..I JUST BROUGHT THE CAR 2 MONTHS AGO AND IT HAS STALLED ON HGIHWAY 3 TIMES AND ON THE ROAD NUMEROUS TIMES. IM AFRAID TO DRIVE THE CAR. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT TURNS ON BUT GOES OUT INTERMITENTLY. SOUNDS LIKE THE ITPM PROBLEM EVERYONE IS HAVING ..CANT AFFORD ANOTHER 2000 DOLLARS TO FIX

WAS DRIVING HOME AT NIGHT WHEN RANDOMLY MY LIGHTS STARTED FLASHING, HORN STARTED BLARING, WINDSHIELD WIPERS STARTED GOING OFF, WASHER FLUID WAS SPRAYING EVERYWHERE. LOCKS WERE LOCKING AND UNLOCKING. I ENDED UP DRIVING INTO SOMEONE'S LAWN AS I COULD NOT SEE PROPERLY WITH POOR LIGHTING AND ALL THE DISTRACTIONS. ONCE I GOT HOME THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO BE POSSESSED EVEN WITHOUT THE KEY IN THE IGNITION. I WAS FINALLY ABLE TO GET EVERYTHING TO STOP AFTER UNPLUGGING THE BATTERY. UPON INTERNET RESEARCH IT DIDN'T TAKE LONG TO REALIZE IT WAS TIPM FUSE BOX ISSUE, I HAVE FOUND SEVERAL OTHER CUSTOMERS WITH THE SAME BOX HAVING THE SAME ISSUES. I HAVE GONE TO THE JUNKYARD 3 TIMES AND GRABBED A USED TIPM FUSE BOX REPLACEMENT. THE FIRST REPLACEMENT THE CAR WOULD NOT START. SECOND REPLACEMENT THERE WAS A LOT OF TROUBLE LIGHTS ON THE DASH AND THE ODOMETER DID NOT WORK....

MANY ISSUES, APPEAR TO BE RELATED TO THE TIPM. HEADLIGHTS INTERMITTENTLY STOP WORKING, AS DO THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS(VARIOUS TIMES, WHEN DRIVING/WHEN STARTING THE CAR). CAR HORN BEEPS WHEN DRIVER DOOR IS OPENED. AIR CONDITIONER/HEATER INTERMITTENTLY STOPS WORKING (WHEN DRIVING), WILL USUALLY COME BACK ON AFTER PULLING OVER AND RESTARTING THE CAR. VERY DANGEROUS IN THE WINTER.

WIPERS, LIGHTS, HORN,DOOR LOCKS ALL SEEMED TO GO OFF WENT NO WARNING WIPERS START SPRAYING FLUID BY ITSELF. COULD NOT GET TO STOP WINDOWS WOULD NOT WORK, HAD TO PULL HORN FUSES TO MAKE HORN STOP BLOWING DISCONNECT BATTERY TO MAKE SURE IT WOULD START TO HAVE IT TAKEN TO BE LOOKED AT VERY DISAPPOINTED IN VEHICLE ONLY 81,500 MILES ON IT

CAR WAS NOT RUNNING AND KEYS WERE NOT IN THE IGNITION, THEY WERE LAYING ON THE DASH. NO ONE WAS IN THE VEHICLE. WHEN THE PASSENGER'S FRONT DOOR WAS OPENED THE HORN STARTED HONKING AND WINDSHIELD WASHER STARTED SPRAYING (WIPERS WERE NOT ACTIVATED).IT LASTED ONLY A COUPLE SECONDS AND STOPPED. IT ALSO ACTIVATED THE DRIVER'S SIDE MIRROR'S AUTO DIM FEATURE. ONCE I WAS ON THE ROAD DISCOVERED IT ALSO PREVENTED THE CAR FROM SHIFTING OUT OF FIRST GEAR. I TRIED MANUALLY SHIFTING AND SLIPPING IT FROM DRIVE TO NEUTRAL BUT THAT HAD NO EFFECT. THE INDICATOR LIGHT SHOWED NO RESPONSE TO THE MANUAL SHIFTING IT JUST REMAINED ON THE "D". THE VAN DID GO INTO NEUTRAL AND THE INDICATOR LIGHT SHOWED "N". I DIDN'T TRY THE VAN AGAIN UNTIL 24HRS LATER AND EVERYTHING WAS WORKING FINE. AFTER RESEARCHING ONLINE I SEE THERE IS AN OBVIOUS PROBLEM WITH THE TIPM AND...

VEHICLE WIPERS AND WASHERS START ON THEIR OWN, HORN WILL BLOW, LIGHTS FLICKER, DOOR LOCKS OPEN AND CLOSE, VEHICLE WILL NOT SHUT OFF OR SOMETIMES WILL NOT START. THIS HAS HAPPENED BOTH WHILE DRIVING AND STATIONARY.

WINDSHIELD WIPERS COME ON ALL BY THEMSELVES AND CAN NOT BE TURNED OFF. ALL GAUGES ON FRONT DASH SHORT IN AND OUT, INCLUDING BLINKERS. DIFFICULT TO CONCENTRATE ON DRIVING WHEN THE WIPERS ARE GOING, THERE'S A ALERT "DING" SOUND GOING OFF, AND GAUGES ARE GOING CRAZY ON THE FRONT DASH. DEALERSHIP STATES THAT IT IS TIPM MODULE AND WANT $900 TO REPLACE IT.

2008 DODGE CARAVAN SXT, EXPERIENCING WIPERS WITH FLUID COMING ON RANDOMLY WITH LIGHTS FLASHING, DOORS LOCKING AND UNLOCKING AND HORN BLOWING ERRATICALLY. I HAVE ALSO EXPERIENCED THE TPMS,ABS AND TRACTION CONTROL LIGHTS COMING ON AND OFF WHILE DRIVING. *TR

WHEN CLICKING OFF MY HIGH BEAMS, MY WIPERS CAME ON. I WAS UNABLE TO SHUT THEM OFF. AT THE SAME TIME MY HIGH BEAMS, TURN SIGNALS AND REAR WIPER STOPPED WORKING. WHILE MY FRONT WIPERS WERE GOING NON-STOP DESPITE BEING SHUT OFF, THE WASHER FLUID DID NOT WORK (FRONT AND BACK). WHEN I TOOK IT TO MY GARAGE I WAS TOLD THE TIPM HAD TO BE REPLACED BUT IT WAS CURRENTLY ON NATIONAL BACK ORDER AND THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHEN THEY COULD GET THEIR HANDS ON ONE. FOR THE TIME BEING I HAVE HAD TO MAKE DUE WITH DISCONNECTING THE BATTERY FOR 7-10 MINUTES AND THEN ALL SYSTEMS WORK AGAIN, I AM NOT SURE HOW LONG THIS WILL WORK FOR BUT CURRENTLY THE ONLY OPTION. *TR

WE PULLED OUT AT NIGHT AND STARTED DRIVING WHEN SUDDENLY AND WITHOUT WARNING THE EXTERIOR HEADLIGHTS AND FOG LIGHTS STARTED FLASHING, THE INTERIOR WARNING LIGHTS STARTED FLASHING, THE WIND SHIELD WIPERS STARTED GOING ON AND OFF, THE WINDSHIELD WASHER FLUID STARTED SPRAYING, THE LIGHTS ON THE GAUGES WERE FLASHING, AND THE IGNITION STARTED "DINGING" LIKE WHEN YOU TURN IT ON. GRANTED THIS WAS AT NIGHT SO WE LOST HEADLIGHTS FOR SEVERAL SECONDS AT A TIME UNTIL WE COULD GET STOPPED. I HAD MY 4 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER IN THE CAR AND MY WIFE. LUCKILY WE WEREN'T GOING VERY FAST AND WERE ABLE TO GET PULLED OVER WITHOUT BEING INVOLVED IN A WRECK. AFTER TURNING THE CAR ON AND OFF A COUPLE OF TIMES AND CHECKING UNDER THE HOOD THE PROBLEM CEASED. FAST FORWARD A FEW MONTHS. SIMILAR INCIDENT OCCURRED DURING THE DAYTIME. BASICALLY THE EXACT SAME ISSUE AS ABOVE. LUCKILY...

I WAS DRIVING THE VAN ON THE HIGHWAY AND IT WENT CRAZY HORN BLARING WINDSHIELD WIPERS GOING REAL SLOW AND FLUID GOING EVERYWHERE I COULD NOT SEE BECAUSE THE FLUID WAS COMING OUT FASTER THEN WIPERS WERE GOING!!! I HAD TO PULL OVER UNTIL ALL THE WINDSHIELD FLUID WAS GONE. WHEN I GOT HOME MY HUSBAND HAD TO UNHOOK THE BATTERY BECAUSE THE HORN WAS STILL BLARING AND IT WAS 10.30 AT NIGHT AND I HAVE NEIGHBORS WITH CHILDREN SLEEPING. *TR

DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35-40 MPH, VAN SHUT DOWN COMPLETELY HOWEVER, HORN, WIPERS, WIPER FLUID, DOOR LOCKS WENT CRAZY. WAS ABLE TO PULL TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. HORN AND ELECTRIC STOPPED AFTER APPROXIMATELY 5 MINUTES. AFTER WAITING A FEW MINUTES, I WAS ABLE TO START THE CAR AGAIN AND MAKE IT HOME. CAR WOULDN'T START AGAIN. HAD IT TOWED TO THE DEALER WHO REPLACED THE BATTERY AND CABLE CONNECTOR ($300). ALSO FOUND MORE BRAKE AND AXLE SEAL ISSUES AT A COST OF $1,000. DROVE THE VEHICLE FOR APPROXIMATELY 40 MILES (TO AND FROM WORK) WITHOUT PROBLEM. WENT FOR A SHORT ERRAND, DRIVING 35 MPH, CAR JERKED, WIPERS WENT HALFWAY AND HORN STARTED BLARING, WIPERS AND FLUID WENT CRAZY AGAIN, AND CAR STALLED. NEIGHBOR WAS ABLE TO DISCONNECT THE HORN BUT CAR WOULDN'T SHUT OFF. NEIGHBORS CALLED POLICE (EMBARRASSING). CAR WOULDN'T SHUT OFF (OPPOSITE PROBLEM FROM WHEN THE CAR SHUT DOWN...

8/24 - THE VAN WAS PARKED IN A PARKING LOT WITH MY HUSBAND & SON SITTING IN IT. ANOTHER DRIVER CAME TO CLAIM THEIR NEARBY DODGE CARAVAN & BEEPED OPEN HIS VAN, AT THAT POINT OUR WIPERS STARTED GOING FULL SPEED & THE FLUID SHOT UP. IT STOPPED FOR A MINUTE THEN STARTED GOING FULL STRENGTH AGAIN WITH THE HORN GOING NON-STOP, THE LIGHTS ALL STARTED FLASHING, & THE DOORS ALL LOCKED. THE KEY FOB WAS IN THE IGNITION BUT IN THE OFF POSITION. MY HUSBAND TRIED UNLOCKING THE DOORS WITH THE KEY FOB (PULLED OUT OF THE IGNITION), TRIED USING THE INDOOR UNLOCK BUTTON BUT ALL WAS UNSUCCESSFUL. WE WERE ABLE TO MANUALLY OPEN THE DOORS FROM THE INSIDE. ALL OF THIS KEPT GOING FOR ABOUT 5 MINS UNTIL I CLIMBED IN THE BACK TO OPEN THE SIDE DOORS TO AIR OUT THE CAR & GET MY 2 YEAR...

ON A HIGHWAY RAMP ENTERING THE HIGHWAY THE HORN ON MY VAN STARTED TO BLOW ON & OFF, AT THE SAME TIME THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS WERE WIPING & THE SPRAY WAS SPEWING AT ME AT HIGH SPEED. THE LIGHTS BLINKED ON AND OFF & THE DOOR LOCKS WERE GOING UP & DOWN. THE RADIO WAS BLASTING AS WELL. I CAME TO A STOP BEFORE ENTERING THE HIGHWAY TO TRY & FIGURE THINGS OUT BUT NOTHING WORKED. FOR 5-8 MINUTES I SAT THERE IN FEAR IT WOULD CATCH ON FIRE. I PUT IN PARK, TURNED IT OFF & TOOK THE KEYS OUT. IT CONTINUED TO DO ALL THE ACTIVITY WITH THE KEYS IN MY HAND! WHEN IT STOPPED & I TRIED TO STARTING IT. IT STARTED & RAN OK TILL IT HAPPENED NOT MORE THAN 15 MINUTES LATTER ON MY WAY TO THE DEALER. THIS TIME IT LURCHED FORWARD AT A...

I HAVE HAD 2 REAR WINDOWS SHOT OUT BY A STONE THAT WAS SLUNG BY A STRING TYPE WEED. EATER. BOTH TIMES THE WINDOWS COMPLETELY SHATTERED. THE ONLY GLASS LEFT WERE THE PIECES GLUED TO THE HINGES. THE CAR WAS PARKED BOTH TIMES. IF ANYONE HAD BEEN IN THE BACK SEAT, IT IS LIKELY THAT THEY WOULD HAVE GLASS IN THEIR EYES. I THOUGHT AUTOMOBILE GLASS WAS SUPPOSED TO BE SHATTER RESISTANT. *TR

WE HAVE A 2008 CARAVAN WHEN THE WEATHER IS COD OUTSIDE THE DASH LIGHTS COME ON AND OFF AND THE WIPERS COME ON BY THEMSELVES WHILE THE SEAT BELT CHIME KEEPS GOING OFF. CAN'T FIND ANY ANSWERS ON WHAT THE PROBLEM IS AND WHY IT ONLY DOES THIS WHEN COLD. *TR