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Replying to: slacker10000 (Jul 02, 2008 10:52 am)
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Replying to: heiferhopper (Jul 07, 2008 9:45 am) Thanks |
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Replying to: 4bzzy (Jun 22, 2008 2:11 pm) 
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I have a Dodge Carivan and this is my only transportation and I need help I have a disabled huband who is a dialysis patient, heart patient and amputee and stroke. I have to work, and pull 12 hour shifts. Then carry him to dialysis on my off days or doctors appointment. I have had my car in the garage several time and the problem is not fixed yet. 1. My windshield wipers. They come on all of a sudden in the off position and never know when that is going to happen. If I run my windshield wipers the car will not change gears. When they come on while driving, the van will down gears at what ever speed I am driving. I have to pull off the road and turn the engine off and restart the car for it to change gears while driving. So raining I have to drive home from work with out wipers at 8 pm. Not easy thing to do. 2. I have also have had the van in the shop for radiator problems. New radiator and hoses. But now the car runs hot only if I am have to stop and go. Like at red lights. But if I get on a straight a-way ( like interstate) it will cool it self off and the temp gage returns to normal. I need help and don't know what more to do. Sandy
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Replying to: sandie0000 (Jul 10, 2008 7:08 am) I used a Rain-X brand windshield washer fluid and I hardly ever needed to turn the wipers on. Fill your washer bottle with it, give it a few squirts before you start driving and let the wipers spread it across the glass, turn the wipers off and you're all set to drive in the rain and still be able to see. On the overheating, check to see if the radiator fan comes on when it gets hot. If it doesn't there might be an easy fix. Someone may have left the fan unplugged or the connection came loose. You say it doesn't overheat when you're driving at highway speeds. That's because enough airflow is blowing through the radiator. No air at low speeds if the fan isn't working and that will cause it to overheat. I guess you know that turning the heater on and the temp control lever to the high position will help cool it down. I know it's not a pleasant thing to do in the summer. |
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never had this happen but on my 96 voyager my turn signals seem to work when the want im not sure if this is a flasher problem or a much worse issue i also have no cruise control or horn? it worked awhile back now it doesnt how do i go about this. all fuses are fine and i am mechainicaly inclined just not sure what her issue is. 
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Replying to: joshockey (Jul 15, 2008 6:44 am) Try this test: Press down on the horn button as you turn the steering wheel all the way from one side to the other. You will probably hear the horn at one point. There is a factory recall for the clock spring and if it is determined that yours is defective you can probably get it fixed for free. Try a Google search for more information on this. |
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Replying to: mbarbara (Mar 12, 2008 6:57 pm) We traded our '02 T&C for this sad "08 T&C Touring. I had never had any problems with charging my mobility scooter ( less than 2 amps draw) in the '02 even with lights and accessories on. The '08 cannot charge the scooter at all through the onboard inverter, or with an after-market inverter ( our original or a brand new one). However, at the dealership the scooter would charge from another new T&C through either the onboard or the after-market system. The dealer says there is nothing wrong with the van and that we will just have to utilize the outlet up front, down near the floor below the radio and climate controls. That doesn't work either. It was proved to them sitting in their driveway and we have tried it going 70 mph down the highway with absolutely nothing else turned on. Still they say there is nothing wrong. Our '04 PT Cruiser can charge the scooter just fine sitting in our driveway at idle. But that is not the only electrical problem with this citrus fruit. The power sliding door on the right previously would stop & reverse direction when trying to close at random intervals--sometimes just once and other times several repeats. Part of those times it would respond properly to use of the remote or the console button, but most often it would require manually closing it. The dealership performed some sort of computer fix in late April or early May. That lasted until July 14. The same door would open fully and then sort of clunk as if reaching its stopping position anywhere from once to four times. On July 15 that door stopped midway to closing. When my son tried the automatic button a second time he deliberately put his arm in the way of the closing door to see if it would reverse itself, but it only stopped. The remote would not work and the door again had to be manually closed. Then later that same day, when he started the van in my driveway to go home, neither the lights or the air conditioning would come on--he decided to just leave the switches alone and before he went a full block they both turned on. I REALLY think this van has some SERIOUS electrical problems. I am now waiting for a call from the service department manager (who said he would call us after he talked with Chrysler, which was to have been June 23--but the call never came). I called Chrysler this morning but I only got to talk with a CSR in India whom I doubt has ever even seen an '08 T&C. She transferred me to a gal in Tennessee, but she could/would not transfer me (or provide a phone number) to Tech Support. I haven't mentioned all the snaps/pops/crack sounds which appear to eminate from various portions of the overhead that runs nearly the full length of the van--the dealership staff cannot hear them or find them! I wish I had spent this money on repair of my '02's power steering instead of getting involved with this clown car! I WANT A BUY BACK! |
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| This has started happening more often. Whenever temp outside gets warm, the radio will go in and out. This is especially apparent when any electrical device is activated...ie: put the brakes on...radio goes out...roll the windows down and the radio goes out. It just seems to happen at the time u first ask for electrical power. In addition when u press the auto drivers window switch down, you get a little beep then the window will go down. Window switch??? Alternator??? please help, other than that, van is running perfect. | |
My '05 Town & Country has an intermitent electrical problem with the headlights/tail lights. They simply will not come on everytime the switch is rolled over. Does anyone have the same problems and solution?
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