r/DodgeGrandCaravan

I have a Dodge grand Caravan 2016 156k van. I've noticed in the last month it seems to the highway mpg are going down? Today wheb I was on the highway it was reading 18.3 mpg. I'm wondering what's everyone's van reading when on the highway . Trying to Guage if this is an ok mpg or if I should be worried.

Has anyone had to replace the tail light housings on their Pacifica/ Voyager? If so was it difficult and where did you find parts for a good price? Both of ours are mysteriously broken.

My radiator was almost .completely empty and started to overheat after I revved the motor up over 4000 rpm the other day. I pulled over and let it cool off refilled with coolant and got home. Just added dye and it is dripping at the bottom under the reservoir on drivers side and under the passengers side radiator. Even with the dye I could not tell where the drip originates. Is this most likely the radiator itself? I couldn't see any leaks from any hoses and I can't get a better look without taking things apart.

Been looking for a used under 10k, relatively reliable, minivan for awhile. Still haven't actually found one to buy yet. But looking around, I see alot of super clean, little over 100k miles, fairly new (2018, 2019), caravans. They seem quite nice, especially with the stow and go seats, but I've just heard that the transmissions essentially all go out a little after 100k.

Is it really that bad? If it is, how much have you paid for a replacement one?

I've seen posts talking over 10 grand, but also saw 3500 and 5000. If it's like 3500 to get a new one, it's not that bad considering, but 10k sounds like a total loss to me

Two different mechanic shops cannot figure out what is wrong with my Dodge grand caravan 2008. It randomly starts shaking. Often just stopping and turning it off helps. Or if I’m at a light/stop sign, throwing it in N helps. It also randomly revs while driving. Any ideas?!

I’ve got a 2016 with the 3.6l and around 130k miles. It began misfiring like two years ago, but didn’t throw the engine light until last week. Took it in, needed all spark plugs replaced. Get it back and it’s running better than it has in YEARS. Great! Next day, I start it up on my break and it’s shuddering bad again and the engine light is back on with the same cylinder misfire. What’s up with that?

I have a 2013 and every single mechanic I contacted wanted to take off the intake just to change the sensor. I knew from YouTube you could go in on the side and it was a 20 minute job.

Finally found a mechanic that knew that. Saved a ton of money.

My 2012 Dodge Grand Caravan with the 3.6 pentastar has 145,000 miles. It started the ticking issue. I pulled off the valve covers and replaced all the rockers. One of them was toast. When I put it back together, I got P0344 and it was struggling to stay idling right after startup. Sometimes it would die after idling for a few seconds. It also has all the other issues that come from being in limp mode of course. I built some connectors to monitor the camshaft position sensor outputs and found no signal was coming from the passenger (rear bank) intake camshaft position signal. I swapped the sensor with the driver side sensor but it had the same problem. I got the intake signal back it by swapping the exhaust and intake signals using my custom connector. (The signals are now connected to the correct lines). That fixed the hard idle but the code did not go away. I tried to perform a drive cycle in hopes that the problem had been fixed and the computer just needed that to clear the "permanent" p0344 code but no luck. I took it to a reputable shop who said I needed to replace the timing chain. I just did that myself this weekend but the code is still there. Do I just need to complete another drive cycle? Is there any other diagnostics I can do? I bought the alfaobd program so I can share any of that information.