2007 Dodge Grand Caravan Cruise Control Problems

MY WIFE JUST FINISHED REFUELING AND PROCEEDED FROM THE STATION AND TURNED OUT ON THE HIGHWAY. UPON APPROACHING A STOPLIGHT CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP. AFTER THE LIGHT TURNED GREED PROCEEDED TO ACCELERATE, AFTER PRESSING THE ACCELERATOR THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO STUMBLE AND THEN STALL. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE TRAVELING 50 MPH, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL SEIZED CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO ACCELERATE ERRONEOUSLY. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO MANEUVER THE VEHICLE TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WHERE IT STARTED TO SHAKE AND STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 68,500.

WE HAVE A 2007 DODGE CARAVAN SXT. ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASION, I WAS AT AN INTERSECTION, WITH MY FOOT ON THE BRAKES WAITING FOR THE LIGHT TO CHANGE, AND THEN THE IDLING OF THE RPM STARTED TO CLIMB VERY HIGH, AND THE VAN STARTED TO VIBRATE, THEN WHEN THE LIGHT CHANGED MY ACCELERATOR PEDAL WOULD NOT ENGAGE, IT WAS STUCK FOR A GOOD 5 MINUTES. AFTER WHICH I KEPT PRESSING THE PEDAL, AND THEN IT FINALLY LOOSEN, I HEARD A SOMETHING POPPING LOOSE WHEN IT HAPPENED AND THEN THE ACCELERATOR ZOOMED SO FAST WHEN DEPRESSED. THE SECOND TIME IT HAPPENED, SAME THING HAPPENED AND THEN IT GOT STUCK AGAIN. THE DEALER SERVICE CENTER, SAID THAT THEY COULD NOT LOCATE THE PROBLEM. HAS ANYONE ELSE ENCOUNTERED THIS TYPE OF PROBLEM. I KNOW THAT WHEN I DESCENDING A STEEP HILL, I CAN FEEL ALOT OF VIBRATION ON MY BRAKES. ALSO MY SIDE DOORS DOES NOT OPEN WITH THE HANDLE OR THE KEY REMOTE, OR OVERHEAD REMOTE. YOU NEED TO PLAY AROUND WITH THE DOOR HANDLE ON THE OUTSIDE FOR AWHILE BEFORE YOU CAN GET IT OPENED. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE REPLACING A LIGHT BULB IN THE OVERHEARD CONSOLE, HE NOTICED THE BULB HOLDING UNIT WAS DETERIORATING. HE STATED THE FAILURE APPEARED TO HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY THE BULB OVERHEATING AND CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE UNIT. THE DEALER ADVISED THE MANUFACTURER WAS AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND A NEWLY DESIGNED UNIT WAS AVAILABLE BUT ONLY AT THE OWNERS EXPENSE. IN ADDITION, THE CONTACT STATED THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WOULD INTERMITTENTLY BECOME STUCK IN THE OPEN THROTTLE POSITION. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED AND THE FAILURE PERSISTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 80,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 82,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL BECAME STUCK INTERMITTENTLY CAUSING UNINTENDED ACCELERATION. SHE HAD TO APPLY EXTREME PRESSURE TO THE BRAKE PEDAL TO PREVENT A CRASH FROM OCCURRING. SHE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER WHO ADVISED HER THAT THE PEDAL WAS COVERED WITH RUST AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. SHE HAD NOT SPOKEN WITH THE MANUFACTURER TO-DATE. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED AT THE TIME OF THE COMPLAINT. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 75,428. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 72,000.