2005 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN Steeringrack And Pinion Problems

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT VEHICLE WAS COMPLETING STATE INSPECTION WHEN HE WAS INFORMED THAT THE RACK PINION STEERING NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURE WAS NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000. *TR

PURCHASE OF USED DODGE GRAND CARAVAN & THEN FOUND OUT 1 WEEK LATER THAT THE RACK AND PINION AREA LEAKS & THE ENTIRE RACK NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. *TR

TOOK MY 2005 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN TO THE DEALER FOR AN OIL AND FILTER REPLACEMENT AND WAS TOLD THAT I HAD A LEAK RACK AND PINION STEERING ASSEMBLY. NEVER HAD A PROBLEM WITH THE STEERING, AND NO LEAKS ON MY GARAGE FLOOR, BUT THE DEALER REP INSISTED THAT THIS WAS A PROBLEM THAT COULD GET WORSE. PART IS BACK-ORDERED, WHICH MAKES ME WONDER IF THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM THAT NEEDS TO BE RECALLED. *TR

POWER STEERING RACK DEFECT. *TR

PURCHASE OF USED DODGE GRAND CARAVAN & THEN FOUND OUT 3 WEEKS LATER THAT THE POWER STEERING BOOT FAILS & ENTIRE RACK NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. *TR

I BOUGHT A 2005 GRAND CARAVAN IN MAY 2005. THE RACK AND PINION RACK COMPLETELY FAILED IN DECEMBER 2005 AT 9870 MILES. IT WAS REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY. MY VAN BEGIN MAKING THE SAME NOISES AND LOSING POWER STEERING FLUID. WHEN I HAD IT CHECKED AT THE DEALERSHIP TODAY, I WAS INFORMED THAT MY VAN WAS LEAKING POWER STEERING FLUID AND THAT THE RACK AND PINION ASSEMBLY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MILEAGE ON THE VAN IS 42,726. EVEN THE SERVICE ADVISOR REMARKED THAT THE RACK AND PINION SHOULD NOT HAVE TO BE REPLACED AT 42,726 AND THAT IT WAS UNHEARD OF TO REPLACE IT TWICE IN LESS THAN 2 AND A HALF YEARS AND UNDER 43,000 MILES. FROM RESEARCHING ONLINE I SEE THAT I AM NOT ALONE. THIS IS HAPPENING FREQUENTLY. I BELIEVE THIS IS A SAFETY DEFECT THAT NEEDS IMMEDIATE INVESTIGATION, BEFORE THE DEFECT RESULTS IN A FATALITY. THE...

SPORADIC NOISE COMING FROM CAR ENGINE, AND SOME DIFFICULTY TURNING AT TIMES. AFTER A THOROUGH INSPECTION, A MECHANIC FOUND THAT IT IS A FAULTY RACK AND PINION. SUBSEQUENT, HAVE FOUND NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS, INCLUDING AT FOLLOWING SITE: HTTP://WWW.TOPIX.COM/FORUM/AUTOS/CHRYSLER-TOWN-AND-COUNTRY/T4ICMKSNNRM7AJFIE/ THIS HAS POTENTIAL SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUES WITH REGARD TO STEERING. PLEASE INVESTIGATE A RECALL FOR THIS PROBLEM. THANKS. *TR

I HAVE HAD MY 2005 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN FOR ALMOST 2 YEARS IT HAS ONLY 64, 000 MILE ON IT. ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO WE STARTED HEARING A SOUND WHEN STARTING THE VAN AND WHEN YOU TURN THE STEERING WHEEL, USUALLY LASTS UNTIL YOU DRIVE FOR A AWHILE THEN IT COMES AND GOES. WE TOOK IT TO THE DODGE DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID IT WAS THE RACKET PINION GEAR AND WOULD COST A LITTLE OVER $900 TO REPAIR. I CALLED AROUND TO A FEW OTHER CAR REPAIR SHOPS AND THEY ALL SAID ARE YOU SURE THAT IS THE PROBLEM, THEY HAVE NEVER HEARD OF A VEHICLE NEEDING THAT REPLACED THAT EARLY. SO I GOT ONLINE AND DID SOME RESEARCH AND FOUND THAT THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE WITH THE SAME PROBLEM, ALL OCCURRING WITH MILES RANGING FOR 15,000 TO 75,000. I CAME ACROSS YOUR WEB SITE AND SEE THAT THIS HAS...

IN 2005 WE PURCHASED A NEW DODGE GRAND CARAVAN AND HAD IT MODIFIED FOR MY HUSBAND TO DRIVE FROM HIS WHEELCHAIR, SPENDING $50,000 TOTAL FOR THIS VEHICLE/MODIFICATIONS. IN THE SPAN OF TWO YEARS, WE'VE HAD ELECTRICAL ISSUES ' DOOR LOCKS NOT WORKING PART OF THE TIME, BATTERY DRAIN THAT CAN'T BE LOCATED, BAD DOOR SENSORS, ETC. WE ALSO REPLACED THE RACK AND PINION UNIT (UNDER WARRANTY). JUST 18 MONTHS LATER THE RACK AND PINION UNIT WAS BAD AGAIN. SINCE IT WAS OUT OF WARRANTY, WE SPENT $1,129 TO FIX IT. IT'S RIDICULOUS THAT THIS PART WENT BAD AGAIN SO SOON. DO WE HAVE TO SPEND $1000 EVERY YEAR TO REPLACE THIS OBVIOUSLY DEFECTIVE PART? THE DODGE DEALER MY HUSBAND WORKED WITH INFORMED HIM THAT THE RACK AND PINION UNIT NOW COMES WITH A COOLER TO HELP WITH THIS ISSUE, SO OBVIOUSLY DODGE IS AWARE THAT THIS PART IS DEFECTIVE AND...

2005 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN WAS SERVICED AT 42,000 MILES BECAUSE OF A MOAN/FOG HORN LIKE SOUND WHILE TURNING. DEALER STATED THIS WAS DUE TO FAILED POWER STEERING SYSTEM, WHICH WAS LEAKING INTERNAL, AS VEHICLE HAS NO VISIBLE SIGNS OF POWER STEERING FLUID LEAKS. VEHICLE HAS BEEN SERVICED ROUTINELY AT A 5 STAR DEALERSHIP AND WAS JUST IN FOR AN OIL CHANGE 3 WEEKS AGO. POWER STEERING FAILURES ON THIS VEHICLE APPEAR TO BE WIDESPREAD AND SHOULD BE RECALLED & COVERED UNDER WARRANTY AS SEVERAL TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETINS HAVE BEEN RELEASED PROVING SYSTEM DESIGN FLAWS, DEFECTS & PROBLEMS. THIS PROBLEM SHOULD BE INVESTIGATED FURTHER BY THE NHTSA AS THIS CONTAINS SERIOUS SAFETY DEFECTS IN THEIR DESIGN. *TR

2005 GRAND CARAVAN SXT WAS PURCHASED ON JANUARY 12, 2005. THIS IS MY SECOND DODGE CARAVAN. MY FIRST WAS A 1999. ON DECEMBER 21, 2005, AFTER LESS THAN ONE YEAR, WITH 17248 MILES ON THE VEHICLE, THE RACK AND PINION ASSEMBLY FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. I BROUGHT IT IN BECAUSE I WAS HEARING A WHINING SOUND WHEN I TURNED THE STEERING WHEEL AND THERE WERE OIL SPOTS ON MY GARAGE FLOOR, UNDER THE FRONT LEFT SIDE OF MY VEHICLE. I WAS TOLD BY THE DEALER THAT THIS WAS A KNOWN PROBLEM AND, SINCE IT WAS SITLL UNDER WARRANTY, I WASN'T TO WORRIED AS LONG AS IT WOULD BE FIXED. ON MAY 22, 2007, AFTER LESS THAN ONE AND A HALF YEARS AFTER THE FIRST RACK AND PINION REPLACEMENT AND WITH 41558 MILES ON THE VEHICLE, THE RACK AND PINION ASSEMBLY FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED, AGAIN. I...

OVER TIME THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE DEVELOPED A WHINE THAT SOUNDED LIKE A PIECE OF DEBRIS STUCK IN THE COOLING FAN. HOWEVER, THERE WAS NO DEBRIS. THE WHINE CONTINUED TO WORSEN OVER SEVERAL WEEKS. WE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A REPAIR SHOP AND FOUND THAT THE POWER STEERING PUMP LEAKED, LEADING TO DAMAGE TO THE RACK AND PINION SYSTEM. THE ENTIRE RACK AND PINION HAD TO BE REPLACED. HOWEVER, TO MAKE MATTERS WORSE WE HAD TO WAIT 3 WEEKS FOR PARTS, AND CONTINUED TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE IN WINTER WITH THE POSSIBILITY THAT THE POWER STEERING WOULD FAIL AT ANY TIME. WE WERE TOLD THAT THERE WAS A 3 WEEK WAIT BECAUSE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE DUE TO SO MANY RACK AND PINION FAILURES AROUND THE COUNTRY. IF THERE WERE THAT MANY FAILURES THIS DESERVED A RECALL. THIS HAPPENED AT 38,000 MILES, AND SO WAS OUT OF WARRANTY...

I AM CONCERNED WITH OVERALL QUALITY CONTROL ON THIS VEHICLE. I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE NEW TO PROVIDE SAFETY AND COMFORT FOR MY GROWING FAMILY. I WAS DISAPPOINTED IN THE VEHICLES PERFORMANCE AND GAS MILEAGE DURING THE FIRST SEVERAL WEEKS OF OWNERSHIP. I RETURNED THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY REPLACED THE OXYGEN SENSOR UNITS THAT THEY SAID WHERE DEFECTIVE. SEVERAL MONTHS LATER THE HEATER/AIR CONDITIONING BLOWER WENT OUT. NEXT WITH LESS THAN 20,000 MILES ON THE VEHICLE I HAD TO REPLACE THE BRAKES. NOW WITH LESS THAN 28.000 MILES ON THE VEHICLE I NOTICED THAT THE PASSENGER SIDE FLOOR WAS SOAKED, THE VEHICLE WAS MAKING UNUSUAL SOUNDS WHEN TURNING AND THE PASSENGER SIDE DOOR WOULD NOT CLOSE AUTOMATICALLY. AT THE DEALERSHIP I FOUND OUT THAT THE RACK AND PINION STEERING UNIT HAD FAILED ALONG WITH THE THE CABLE ON THE PASSENGER SIDE DOOR. ON INVESTIGATION OF THE WATER LEAK...

MY 2005 DODGE CARAVAN (ID4GP24RX5B305163) HAD THE RACK AND PINION REPLACED AT 30,709 MILES. AT 47,208 MILES THE RACK AND PINION AND PUMP HAD TO REPLACED AGAIN. THE VEHICLE WAS SEEN BY DEALER BEFORE SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE THEY CONFIRMED THE PROBLEM WITH THE RACK AND PINION. *NM

FIRST NOTICED POPPING/RUBBING NOISE IN FRONT END. TOOK IN AND THEY REPLACED THE FRONT STABILIZER BUSHINGS AND ETC.. THAT WAS IN OCT 2005. I HAVE TAKEN BACK TO WILSON DODGE IN JACKSON, MS 3/4 TIMES SINCE. THE PROBLEM STILL EXIST. THE SERVICE MAN SAID HE HEAR NOISE WHEN TURNING 1/4 TO RIGHT. BUT WHEN I WENT TO PICK UP VEHICLE THEY HAD NOT DONE ANYTHING TO IT. I HAVE A FRIEND THAT'S A MECHANIC. HE SAID THE RACK AND PINION SYSTEM IS GOING OUT AND IS BAD. I HAVE STATED THIS TO WILSON DODGE. THEY WANTED ME TO SIGN THE LAST PAPER WORK BUT I WOULD NOT SIGN BECAUSE THEY HAD NOT FIXED PROBLEM. I AM TAKING TO OTHER DODGE DEALER SHIP THIS WEEK TO SEE IF THEY CAN FIND PROBLEM. ALSO I HAD TO REPLACE THE BRAKES ALREADY AT 26,000 MILES. AND THEY SAID I NEEDED NEW ROTORS. THIS...

RACK AND PINION STEERING ASSEMBLY IS LEAKING CLOCK SPRING FOR AIRBAG LIGHT IS BROKEN. *NM