Dodge Minivan - wheel rub a "feature?"

Dec 11, 2003 6 Replies

The wife and I just purchased a 2003 Dodge Grand Caravan Sport, and I've noticed in the past week of driving it around that the front wheels seem to rub fairly badly when cornering moderately hard. At first I thought it was ice buildup in the wheelwells, since we just had a big snowstorm; but it's all melted now, and the problem persists. Interestingy, my neighbor (who owns a 2000 Grand Caravan Sport) says he's got the same problem.



Is this a known "feature" of the vehicle?



Thanks in advnce


Check the shields on the back side of the rotors. May have gotten bent from build-up of snow/ice and now rubbing on the rotors.

Terry Aki wrote:

You could check out this feature on the Chrysler Minivan site that tries to drum up customers here all the time.

I could, but I don't have a URL.

T

Just check

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careful as they are very anal if anyone suggests that minivans haveproblems. Start your post like this: "I've owned three now and havenever had a problem. I was just wondering if it's normal for my engineto be turning 4,000RPM in drive at two miles per hour."

Nah... Go to

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. They're pretty nice there.

That allpar.com is a real informational site. I'll be spending some time there. I just went through quite a problem sourcing some Dodge Shadow parts. I never have this problem with GM so that's what I tend to stick with. If I could get a minivan for dirt I might try it.

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