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2012 Dodge Caravan Steering problems

Owners have filed 1 complaint about the 2012 Dodge Caravan's steering with NHTSA - 1% of all its complaints, most recently on February 20, 2013. Loss of power steering, stiff or loose steering, wandering, column and rack problems.

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Steering complaints

SteeringTransmission & drivetrainEngine & cooling

The problem is autonomous acceleration. When my car is moving slowly at idle speed while I'm pulling into or out of a parking space or my home garage and I apply pressure to the steering wheel to guide the car, the engine rpm speed surges by about 400 rpms causing the car to suddenly accelerate forward or backward, depending on the gear selection. This has caused a number of near accidents, including nearly striking children at an elementary school when I was picking up my granddaughter. I reported the problem...

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to the local dodge dealer, but the dealer found no problem after checking the car. Yet, the problem persisted intermittently, but I learned to "live with it." However, the autonomous acceleration is now suddenly growing more frequent. My fear is that this autonomous acceleration problem is a precursor to someday my having a runaway car that results in serious injury or death. *Tr

Filed Incident Steering · Power train · EngineNHTSA 10499466

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