# 2000 Dodge Grand Caravan with 60,000 miles

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/2000-dodge-grand-caravan-with-60-000-miles/32881>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** caravan, transmissions, dodge, failure\
**Created:** [July 5, 2009, 7:41am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2000-dodge-grand-caravan-with-60-000-miles/32881 "2009-07-05T07:41:17Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![van-ished](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/71c47a/32.png) [@van-ished](https://community.cartalk.com/u/van-ished)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2009, 7:41am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2000-dodge-grand-caravan-with-60-000-miles/32881/1 "2009-07-05T07:41:17Z")

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Dear Click and Clack,  
  
 We are the only owners of a 2000 Dodge Grand Caravan ; It has only 60K  
  
 miles on it because it just slips out  
  
 of gear, kinda locks up, gets hard to  
  
 steer- one just prays there’ll be a safe way to stop.  
  
 This wicked behaviour started at 20K miles, was under warranty, so the Dealer put in a new tranny; Our navy base closed, I was transferred west, and drove the caravan- when the problem returned. We have put on 40K more miles but haven’t found a mechanic who knows what to do! It got to be Stephen King kinda-weird thing- we’d look at the van and laugh, and say “maybe Carrie’s with us and maybe no!”…NOW WE REALLY WANT TO FIX THIS- the van drops right out of gear without warning, from time to time;  
  
 We think there are two little sensors on the sides of the tranni that might  
  
 cause this, but mechanics say “no”…  
  
 and its gotten more frequent- Any ideas on what’s wrong with this van?  
  
 It’s had so little use, and now we really need it to be reliably safe! Help! (Our 3 other cars work great- its just that our kids plan on taking 2 cars to college with them-  
  
 neither my husband or I want to drive “Carrie”).

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**Author:** ![Cougar](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/cougar/32/21348_2.png) [@Cougar](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Cougar)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2009, 3:38pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2000-dodge-grand-caravan-with-60-000-miles/32881/2 "2009-07-05T15:38:18Z")

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Sorry to hear you are having this problem. We have a van like yours also and they are great to drive (when they run right) I think.

I am not a tranny expert by any means but as a guess to where the trouble is at my thought would be the transmission control module. I would also suspect the shifter area. The trouble may be due a faulty electrical connection somewhere in those areas. We have a very good tranny expert here on the site (along with some others) and he is called Transman. Hopefully he will see your post here and offer some suggestions.

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**Author:** ![van-ished](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/71c47a/32.png) [@van-ished](https://community.cartalk.com/u/van-ished)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2009, 6:49pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2000-dodge-grand-caravan-with-60-000-miles/32881/3 "2009-07-05T18:49:43Z")

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Thanks- I’m making a list for the next mechanic and at least these are ideas that just might be right! I hope I find Transman too.