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2008 Chrysler Aspen Engine problems

Owners have filed 16 complaints about the 2008 Chrysler Aspen's engine & cooling with NHTSA - 10% of all its complaints, most recently on March 4, 2020. They describe 1 crash, 2 fires and 1 injury. Stalling, loss of power, oil consumption, overheating, head gaskets, timing chains and engine failure.

Complaints
16
Recalls
0
Crashes
1
Fires
2
Injuries
1
Deaths
0

Engine complaints

Engine & coolingFuel system

Vehicle stalls repeatedly after filling up the fuel tank. The vehicle gives no check engine light or provides any obd codes to pinpoint the problem. The vehicle stalls both while in motion and when stationary, when in motion all power assist is lost including the power steering and braking assist. My wife refuses to drive the vehicle now after nearly getting into a traffic collision when the vehicle stalled while driving through an intersection and she lost all power assist with our two children in the...

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vehicle. The vehicle will sometimes immediately restart and run for a short period of time then stall again or will just crank and fail to start. This problem only seems to occur after fueling up and topping off the fuel tank. Once the fuel tank burns off some of the fuel it seems to run just fine.

Filed Incident Engine · Fuel / propulsion systemNHTSA 11316117
Acceleration & cruise controlBrakesEngine & coolingCrash

On may 9th 2019 the vehicles computer was giving strange alerts about tire pressure changing among all 4 tires. Also change oil alert on & off. Low gas alert on & off. When I arrived at work around 9 am & I parked the vehicle, brought my personal things into the office. I decided to use our compressed air to check all 4 wheels tire pressure. I put the car in reverse to back out of the parking space with my right foot on the brake pedal. As I was backing up the rpm's increased suddenly sending me speeding in reverse...

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towards my work building. I looked at my foot to make sure it was on the brake & it was. I never touched the accelerator. The vehicle's speed increased in 3 seconds to over 40 mph. I backed through the corner of my building, across railroad tracks & into the neighboring building. The corner support beam of my building went through my sunroof missing my head by inches. I turned the engine off. Miraculously no one was seriously injured. The vehicle was totaled & it caused extreme damage to both buildings. I contacted an attorney but since there was no serious injury they didn't want to get involved. They said it wasn't worth it to them. I tried to reach chrysler but never got a response. I was recently made aware of this website to file this complaint. I have a video from my work security camera it is not one of the type of files this website accepts

Filed Incident Vehicle speed control · Service brakes · EngineNHTSA 11259127
Electrical systemEngine & coolingFuel system

Vehicle shut off for no apparent reason while entering onto an expressway. Loss of power steering made vehicle difficult to control to safely get onto the shoulder. Sudden loss of speed made the vehicle a further hazard. Once on the shoulder, the vehicle could be physically keyed off, then restarted without issue. Cause of failure is unknown.

Filed Incident Electrical system · Engine · Fuel / propulsion systemNHTSA 11046954
SteeringBrakesEngine & cooling

After filling the fuel tank, the motor shuts off while driving down the road. It used to only happen when you go past the first "click" of the gas pump. Today it did it by just filling the tank to first shut off. This leaves you with no steering, no brakes and no power while going down the road. This is dangerous on several levels. This happened while the vehicle was moving down a four lane road in moderate traffic with five passengers-two infants, two children and one adult.

Filed Incident Steering · Service brakes · EngineNHTSA 10926778
Engine & cooling

Tl* the contact owns a 2008 chrysler aspen 4x4. While driving 25 mph, all of the emergency warning indicators illuminated. The vehicle lost power and stalled. The vehicle was towed and diagnosed that there was catastrophic engine failure due to a fractured timing chain. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and stated that the vehicle was too old and had too many miles; therefore, they could not assist. The contact was advised to call nhtsa. The vin was not available. The failure mileage was approximately 130,000.

Filed Incident EngineNHTSA 10898336
Transmission & drivetrainElectrical systemEngine & cooling

I began accelerating onto a ramp to enter onto a major highway and my aspen completely loss all power suddenly. The engine just shut down including power all electronics. I had to let the car glide to the shoulder, put it in park and restart the car, which it stared as it always has. This has never happened before nor did it happen again. I had the car checked out and they couldn't find anything wrong. Being that this happened while entering a busy highway, a serious accident could have been caused.

Filed Incident Power train · Electrical system · EngineNHTSA 10896087
AirbagsEngine & cooling

Driver airbag ligth is always on beeping doors interior after 1yr the tops come off plastic interior trim come off after 1yr

Filed Incident Air bags · Unknown or other · EngineNHTSA 10894891
SteeringEngine & cooling

Tl* the contact owns a 2008 chrysler aspen. While driving approximately 25 mph, the engine warning indicator illuminated and there was a complete loss of power steering. The vehicle was maneuvered to the side of the road and the engine was turned off. After restarting, the vehicle resumed normal steering function. The vehicle was taken to the dealer for diagnostic testing. The mechanic was unable to duplicate the failure. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 150,000.

Filed Incident Steering · EngineNHTSA 10853533
Engine & coolingFuel system

The vehicle stalls while in motion regardless of road street or highway after refueling, we took the vehicle to the dealership and was told that the fuel tank & the on-board refueling vapor recovery system is faulty and that raw liquid fuel was going into the engine causing failing. We have little choice but to fix the problem, as this could potentially cause a fire in the engine and\or cause a potential accident as the engine stops while in motion.

Filed Incident Engine · Fuel / propulsion systemNHTSA 10838591
Electrical systemEngine & cooling

The engine light remains on constantly despite being repaired at least three times. We have been advised that it has been repaired, however, the light remains on. Two separate repair shops have worked on the issue and have been unable to get the light to turn off. We have spent substantial funds trying to repair this issue and no one is able to get light to turn off.

Filed Incident Electrical system · EngineNHTSA 10761976
Engine & coolingFuel systemFire

Tl* the contact owns a 2008 chrysler aspen. While driving at various speeds, the contact noticed strong fuel fumes emitting from the vehicle. In addition, the contact stated that the engine warning light illuminated. The vehicle was taken to a dealer who diagnosed that the fuel tank needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The contact stated that the check engine warning light had previously illuminated. The vehicle was taken to a dealer who diagnosed that the detector, valve lin and the seal vapor needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 117,000.

Filed Incident Engine · Fuel / propulsion systemNHTSA 10750297
Fuel systemEngine & coolingFire

2008 Chrysler aspen. Consumer writes in regards to vehicle fuel system problems. *Smd the consumer stated on february 10, 2011 the vehicle caught on fire and exploded without warning. At the time of the fire, her daughter was waiting in the truck and noticed smoke coming from the front of the vehicle, but assumed it was coming from the exhaust. Then she started to smell something, so she exited the vehicle and saw flames coming from under the vehicle. The consumer stated there was no indication that something...

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was wrong. According to the police and fire report, the fire was attributed to flammable liquid, gas from the engine or burned. The consumer did some research and came across several complaints relating to the fuel system. *Jb

Filed Incident Fuel system, gasoline · EngineNHTSA 10747378
Electrical systemEngine & cooling1 injury

The lift gate in the back that is commonly known as the trunk; the power immediately shut the door on my head and the impact did not cause the truck to go back up, I had to get from under the life gate I bumped my head in several places and was nauseated all day on sunday with a headache I did not go to the doctor, I have moved 1000 miles away from home and felt I could not drive myself to the hospital . If it were my grand child it would be fatal but I have moved to georgia. There are several issues with the...

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truck including the engine light never goes off and I have had multiple repairs on the truck. I am an educated person, the treasurer for fulton county schools, I am worried that this truck is experiencing problems. I would like to be paid for this truck hitting me in my head, $ 8000 immediately and the repairs freely fixed....Updated 09/22/15 *bf the consumer stated the vehicle had an emission leak. Updated 01/15/16. *Jb

Filed Incident Electrical system · EngineNHTSA 10744381
Engine & cooling

Catastrophic engine failure on interstate entrance ramp. As entering ramp and starting to speed up, heard loud noise and lost all power/momentum. Had to tow and replace motor due to rod thrown. *Tr

Filed Incident EngineNHTSA 10700924
Electrical systemEngine & cooling

When driving, my check engine light randomly comes on. When I get gas it goes off for awhile and then will pop back on. Also more recently when driving my blinker light and sound did not appear when turning my blinker on, as well as my radio has ceased up it won't allow me to change the station or do anything with it. It is a touch screen radio. *Tr

Filed Incident Electrical system · EngineNHTSA 10639723
Engine & cooling

My family and I were driving on the highway when my 2008 chrysler aspen began to smoke from the engine. I had the truck towed in to the shop and was told that the engine had seized up. I only had 55000 miles on the truck with regular maintenance. I had the truck fully serviced 2 days before as we were out of town. I have been doing a lot of research on the internet and this seems to be a problem with all types of dodge and chrysler engines. *Tr

Filed Incident EngineNHTSA 10508208

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