November 16th, 2014: Another TIPM lawsuit gets filed in New York. September 21st, 2014: Chrysler issues a recall for 189,000 vehicles including certain Dodge Durango and Jeep Grand Cherokees with bad TIPMs. The CAS estimated 7 million vehicles have power issues.Īugust 28th, 2014: A judge denied Chrysler’s motion to dismiss the class-action lawsuit from November, 2013. November 22nd, 2013: A class-action lawsuit was filed against Chrysler for ignorning damgerous power management issues and a long wait for replacement problems.Īugust 22nd, 2014: The Center for Auto Safety (CAS) petitioned the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and asked them to open an investigation into TIPM issues. The fix involved the dealers “reflashing the totally integrated power module).” July 2nd, 2013: Chrysler recalled some vehicles that had airbags which weren’t deploying. The vehicles were known to stall because the TIPM would reset itself due to a timing error. July 3rd, 2007: Chrysler issued a recall for 296,550 Jeep Wrangler and Dodge Nitro vehicles from the 2007 model year. Nearly a year later, that petition was denied.įor any of you wondering what has been going on with the FCA and the TIPMS, here is a recap for you! The Center for Auto Safety (CAS) filed a petition asking NHTSA to investigate alleged problems with Totally Integrated Power Modules (TIPMs) installed in Chrysler vehicles since 2007. The problem is so widespread that replacement TIPMs are on national back order! Chrysler remains silent while owners are left scrambling to pay for and order the part. It’s widely believed that hundreds of thousands (or millions according to some) of 2007-2014 Chrysler vehicles have defective TIPMs that are putting owners in dangerous and sometimes just odd situations. I've been doing a little research, and my findings are absolutely disgusting. Never will I again buy anything that is made by the FCA. Thanks FCA, a mother and her two young children had to find a ride home because it stalled and shut down while sitting in a drive thru. I went and bought a new battery, day after i replaced that, my van needed to be jumped EACH time i wanted to start it. At this point, my van wouldn't start at all, and the van acted like it was dead. In Oct the fuel pump would run while the van was off, had to disconnect the positive on the battery so it wouldn't burn up. My fuel pump would turn on, after turning the key on and off several times. I was under the impression my fuel pump had went out, so I paid to have that replaced. While in the moment I thought the shop had done something to it, since i had gotten frustrated with them there, (poor fellas) that clearly was not the case. In July/Aug I had my oil changed, the following day my van wouldn't start. In June the van started stalling while we would drive it. The locks would lock and unlock by themselves while driving, seemed like every time it rained out windows would roll down by themselves over night or while we were in a store while the van was shut off. Wipers would go off while driving down the road & while they were in the off position. In May the camshaft sensor went out again, shortly after having it replaced for the second time.īUT GUESS WHAT? IT HAPPENED A 3RD TIME! Only a week later!!!! so YET AGAIN, IT WAS REPLACED. In April, the camshaft sensor went out while we were on vacation, and we replaced it, in Florida. In March my tire sensors starting going off, We replaced all of them with no luck, the gauges would still read they were out. I bought my 2011 Dodge Grand Caravan Crew in Feb 2018. Think of it like a command center for all the electrical functions of your car, and in FCA's case a very, very dysfunctional one. BUT, if you've heard of a TIPM, chances are you own a vehicle from Fiat-Chrysler (FCA). As most of you know, Brian and I own a home in Florida, so we drive back and forth A LOT and we put a ton of miles on a vehicle. I just want to express my regret for buying yet another Dodge. Sorry for such a lengthy post, because this will be a long one.
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