Van's 5th birthday...ouch
Within 1-2 months (before and after) of having our 2007 Grand Caravan for 5 years:
1) EGR valve died and had to be replaced
2) passenger window motor died and had to be replaced
3) passenger seat belt buckle receiver broke and had to be replaced
4) light-bulb behind rear wiper button went out
5) trim on left side of driver seat cracked
6) rear A/C evaporator started leaking again (originally replaced on recall in 2010)
And...there's probably more but I've started to tune them out...
1) EGR valve died and had to be replaced
2) passenger window motor died and had to be replaced
3) passenger seat belt buckle receiver broke and had to be replaced
4) light-bulb behind rear wiper button went out
5) trim on left side of driver seat cracked
6) rear A/C evaporator started leaking again (originally replaced on recall in 2010)
And...there's probably more but I've started to tune them out...
In the grand scheme of your vehicle being a Caravan, that is really not much in the way of problems. THese vans are prone to alot of annoying failures, but they are still light years ahead of Ford and GM minivans. THe only thing on your list that would really **** me off would be the rear A/C since it takes out the A/C when there is a failure anywhere.
When I first got my van 3 years ago, it had very low mileage (122123,000 KM/76,000 M) and I still ended up sinking close to $2K in parts into it over the last 3 years. Considering I still have some gremlins I know of lurking about that will cost me a few grand over the next few years, I am still happy with my van.
It does suck when stupid things break, I do agree.
When I first got my van 3 years ago, it had very low mileage (122123,000 KM/76,000 M) and I still ended up sinking close to $2K in parts into it over the last 3 years. Considering I still have some gremlins I know of lurking about that will cost me a few grand over the next few years, I am still happy with my van.
It does suck when stupid things break, I do agree.


