I love your video and I love your honesty and I will let you know I learned a lot from that video👍🏻🙏

Thank you very much for all your time making this video for us

Warning-- Don't overheat these vans !!! All engines used in these vans are prone to head gasket failure if overheated !!! I own 4 Mopar minivans years 2001 to 2007. They all have 2 areas that are prone to antifreeze leaks as they age. The first item is the heater T or Y pipe that is plastic and develops pinhole leaks that will gradually get worse. Replace them with an aftermarket one that is metal. The second guaranteed problem is the factory radiator WILL develop leaks on the left ( drivers) side top seam. If left alone, it will eventually blow apart suddenly ( ask me how I know!! ). If you are slowly losing antifreeze, check these two items first !!!

Thanks for taking the time to make this video.

Nice video, very informative 👍🏻 Missing loose belt tension, bad water pump, and rusted out freeze plugs due to using 💧 water. DO NOT USE ONLY WATER, ALWAYS USE COOLANT

Thanks for the help

Thank you, I'm gonna to your check list 1,2 3,4,5

Great video

Thanks for your help

Your video was extremely helpful and I subscribed :) thank you for posting it! I have a 2014 Chrysler town and country mini van with 128k miles. The past month or so it has been running really rough. There is a light on that looks like an exclamation point, I had them hook it up to diagnostic machine at advance auto and there were no codes, and the man said it was my tires, but all of my tire pressures were normal. So he said maybe a sensor, so I’ve just been ignoring the light and not really worried about it. The past couple weeks I noticed the AC not getting very cool (I live in Florida and it is HOT) and then I noticed the AC will sometimes blow normally and sometimes really weakly even when all the way cranked up on high. I haven’t tried to use the heat. Every few seconds the AC goes from blowing strongly to weakly. Today I drove it and dropped kids off at 2 dif schools maybe 5 min wait at each school car line, and I also had the AC on to try to defrost the windows. (Roughly 30 min total drive time in total) I was about .5 mile from my house, and a red light that looks like water waves and a flag came on for a second and beeped once, which prompted me to check the temp gauge and it was only 1 notch away from the highest level H. I was on the highway and I immediately turned off the AC. I noticed when I let off the gas and coasted, the temp would go down some (still over the halfway hot point though) luckily I already at my street and was able to mostly coast my way home. What do you think could be causing this?

Done just about al of these things bro. I will do like you said and let ya know.

435000 miles holy cow .good one

Hello, I have a 2014 chrysler town and country van that keeps overheating. I have had the radiator flushed (they said it was pretty clean and no leaks), changed the thermostat and the radiator cap. It still just randomly overheats. Any suggestions?? Is the type of coolant in it really that important?? Thank you.

I was about to bid at an auction site for a 2013 Caravan with 170K miles and the issue stated on the site was "Overheating issues." Then a quick Google search and the results of people having the same overheating issues over and over and over...they changed the radiator, the hoses, the thermostat, flushing, etc, etc. I'm in Phoenix so this is definitely seems like a vehicle to avoid.

Thank you so much as a woman is good to know these things... Fyi and helps me make sure hubby know too 😆

Very helpful I have a 2006 Chrysler town and country I have a lower leak on the passenger side near the passenger side front tire on that lower pipe I noticed I have only get warm air before short amount of time as rust in the New England states rust builds up then have a leak again after using jb water repair stop leak. Had temp patch the hole in lower pipe! I have not yet replaced the tps or the thermostat after not starting it and getting a new vehicle 🚗. It has ran for over 30 min no problems then after about a few weeks went by and having to jumpstart the van for the 2nd time and getting it to start the lower pipe repair I had done previously with stop leak had gave and now leaks like a hose I haven’t sunk a bunch of money into this vehicle as it needs a rear end traction bar or sway bar mount thang uh majig and inner and outer rocker panels that need to be replaced with no more than 200 hundred thousand miles I am reluctant to get rid of it as I’ve been through this with an older Buick constantly over heating but I’d love to keep this vehicle to use for camping or hauling things locally it just sits here and my mother tells me to get it out of her driveway kinda sucks only paid 300 dollars and it last me a hole year I did get the reliability I need but hate to get rid of it if it’s something as simple as a lower radiator intake pipe and or a simple radiator/ or fan/ thermostat or fuse / relay my goodness especially if I can get another year out of it after rust repair and bon-doe repair and minor repairs I only have 300 dollars plus two front new tires and past bon-doe repair work with jb stop leak and 60 dollars or less in coolant do you think it’s worth trying to repair ut if not guess I’m settling for 75 dollar scrap vehicle kinda caught between a rock and hole and a hard spot with this one

My dad has tried everything to keep my van from overheating. At thos point I've accepted that my van overheats during the summer. I just don't drive between 1pm-5pm during July and August.

I just baught a 2009 Dodge caravan, it definantly needs TLC and ive been gentle to her. She has about 220,000 miles and had replaced a few things already. Today was the first time the overheating started so i pulled over and let her cool down. It doesnt look like the past owners took to much care. Looks like im just gonna replace the whole radiator at soon i suppose. Hahaa

9:20 Yeah I don't have any of that in it.. lol Spit all that out as winter ended. I have to keep adding daily.. Winter ended I went with straight water...

You talk ,simple ,similar and weird, just like I do. Therefore, I understand the simple down to earth way you explain things. then, go back over what you just said again and again. It helps auto Dummies like myself remember “party”everything you said. You give me a lot to think about because I have this problem. However, in my situation. I’ll leave the house and 5 miles down the road, the heat indicator just climbs right to high and then I hear the famous Bing. The last time I heard bing bing bing bing bing. “Strangely” , most times it will go right back down to normal temperature ratings. ???? It’s a 2005 dodge caravan. my dodge 205,000 miles. lol

So the evacuation system professional charged 160 for wont work? I replaced 3 radiators 2 waterpumps 1 thermostat high speed fan relay something was done with the TIPM. Fans come on with ac and high speed with relay. No stop leak used. No idea what is causing this. Even did a block test in case the head gasket failed. And the fluid stayed blue. Its 2010 3.3l just not sure.

What if your heater isn't putting out heat. No lights are on and there's pressure in your radiator and the reservoir is full?

Are the Left and Right radiator fans interchangable? In other words if I find a Left in a salvage yard but need a Right, will that work? Also, if both cables reach both fans swapping the good fan's cable to the bad one could be a quick way to eliminate wiring if one side isn't running (aka, Rat Test). Nice job,Russ. Thanks for the good info.

Hi my 1999 town and van overheat i would have to put whater before i leaves every do i just chsnge the thermostat?

I just subscribed and liked. i am currently thinking if I'll buy the 207,000-mile 2010 grand caravan from a friend. It is running good but I am thinking up to when.

Can you please make a video of how you disconnected the heater core please?

My vehicle makes that tapping noise every time before the air conditioner even starts to come on what causes that?

When I first got the van I replaced water pump, but was told it wasn't really bad after it was off. I've been getting hot losing liquid see. (water). My radiator did have a small leak or the overflow was leaking. But water would reach it.. I've replaced the thermostat too. So it works. So I put stop leak in. I've been running with it to seal for a minute. It still loses water, maybe from over flow container. I just removed all stop leak today, or from radiator. Motor might still spit some out to rad later. But yeah Autozone meter said it was one of my three converters were bad. Been fighting this... I thought maybe my temp control gauge. I'm a roadside provider so I am running a lot. Need this taken care of. My heater has been constantly running it helps, but doesn't prevent loss of water. I can see it's been blowing out while moving.

I just bought a 09 caravan and I have a leak but i put more antifreeze and it still overheats, my mom thinks its the waterpump, what do you think?

I got a 2003, just put a new thermostat in it and it still running, how? Any suggestions...

I have found this overheating issue in my 2009 minivan has always happened because the air condition isn’t working!! So fix the air condition & problem of overheating is fixed

I have a 2012 dodge grand caravan. My mechainc has flush my radiator, changed the thermostat, changed the radiator fan and car still overheats 🙄. Next step is I'm going to have to properly diagnose it. I HOPE IT IS NOT THE HEAD GASKETS. I HEAR THOSE 3.6 ENGINES ARE NOT GOOD AT ALL

Every time you turn on the fans to the heater or the AC it blows that 40amp fuse. Then what would it be?

Driving at 40 km/h or above the temperature gauge does not go up but when I drive slower then it goes up and engine over heats, wonder why?

Hi Shaw Family ... Excellent knowledge video on overheating.... Question for you have u finally decided to tear into your Chevy Sonic yet? have they decided to take it back ? If not are u interested in selling it for parts ? Lmk k... 🙂

2016 town and country 102, miles. 3rd thermostat

Does this apply to 2012 as well?

Thanks for the upload man. I have a 2003 Dodge Caravan (3.3L V6) currently with 143K miles. I got it 7 months ago and I've already put over 12,000 miles on it. To date, I've replaced the radiator, radiator fans & relay, thermostat (these were damaged in a small accident), and power steering pump. I've been changing the oil myself every 3,000 miles. Next, I'll be replacing the front struts next since the front suspension is very bumpy. My question is: how much labor and work did it take for you to get your van up to 435K miles? Did you drive it as a "daily driver" until recently? How did you do your maintenance and upkeep to extend its life? Did it cost you a ton of $$ to maintain it? What work did you do to it? Any tips, suggestions and advice would be greatly appreciated. This is my first vehicle and I want to make my van last. Thanks again for uploading

11:53 I gotta say, it's been hot enough I believe they should have been running. And were not. My dumb ass actually used my fingers.. But I gave em a spin,, I could see they weren't turning.

8:28 I may remove it to make sure it's not clogged.

Have you ever dealt with po420 code?

What if I already changed the radiator and it's still running hot

Your heater will also not work if your water pump is bad

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Great video