2006 Dodge Grand Caravan Body and structure Problems

“Coming from a christian camp driving on the 5 south in castaic lake the rear right tire part of the outer layer came off then it went flat this is tires 215-75r 15.I show to firestone the tire they did not honor the warranty ,then I had two more tires blown it was a total of three in less than a year.”

“Automatic passenger sliding door will not open or shut completely with either buttons or fob. When the door is closed manually the door cycles to pull itself shut. My children noticed this also starting on driver side door as well. We believe a wire in the plastic black casing has shorted or been severed.”

“I purchased this vehicle used in 2011 and about three months later I took into the dealer for an oil change and they said I need to change out my rack/pinion/steering since it had a small leak. Now I have a larger leak underneath the van wherever I park. I checked myself to see that the small plastic clamps have come loose and transmission fluid was leaking out. That did not fix it since it is now leaking in the front passenger side. …”

“Rusting body panels can result in severe safety issues in near future, even with great care, some vehicles are prone to the rusting body panels. The 4th generation (grand) caravan isn't the exception which had excessively aggressive rust forming on the body panels. My Grand Caravan currently has just over 65000 miles with rust forming on major panels. I personally took overly attention to the vehicle maintaining and caring by waxing and washing the vehicle the proper way, yet the vehicle is piling with more and more rust each week. …”

“I was driving my 2006 Dodge Grand Caravan se on the night of i02/11/2014 when a wrong-way driver hit me (head on collision). She turned right to get gasoline (note: not to avoid us, did not know she was going wrong way until we hit her), and we hit her side door, tire area, and the vehicle bounced backwards. I had to push off the steering wheel to prevent my head from going thru the windshield, my father who was the passenger, hit his arm off the dashboard. The air bags did not deploy, which was the issue. …”