2008 Dodge Grand Caravan Tires Problems

“Upon noticing my tire was low, we started to unscrew the valve cap and the stem fell apart & part of it shot into my husband's shoulder. The tire went immediately flat. This was on my front tire. The piece just disintegrates in my hand. If this would have happened while driving it could have caused an accident.”

“2008 Dodge caravan tire valve stem failure, valve stem broke off during adding air to tire. Told by dealership this is a common problem with these tire pressure sensor valve stems on Dodge caravans. In my entire history of owning vehicles I have never encountered this problem. To me looks like either a design or material problem that caused the valve stem to crack.”

“This is the most recent failure. Low tire light came on. When we tried to put air in tire the stem was cracked so could not put air into tire. This was the second tire on this vehicle to do this. Called dealership to see if there was a recall- we were told no recall. First time this happened it was several weeks before they could replace the stem for us because they were on back order...there had been so many problems they couldn't keep up! This should be a recall. We will change other two tire stems right away to prevent an accident.”

“The tire valve stem made of a single piece of aluminum corrodes at the base of the threads at the end of the plastic cap. This leads to the sudden release of air and can happen while driving orwhen handling the tire valve, e.g. When adding air to the tire. This has now happened to me twice, once while I was driving, and once soon after adding air to the tire. The tire was damaged in the first incident and had to be replaced. The second time I found the valve piece hanging inside the cap a week after I had added air to the tires. …”

“March 8, 2011; vehicle was at dealer for service,while performing the service the right rear tire, pressure sensor fell apart.this was replaced with a new sensor. Other sensors in the other three tires were not checked at that time. June 5, 2011; computer warned of low tire pressure, I attempted to put air into left front tire, took the cap off, put the air nozzle on and the valve stem broke off. Needless to say, I found out how to change a flat tire. June 6, 2011; I went to a local tire dealer, snow tires removed, to be replaced with summer tires. …”