Thank you for the video. It was very helpful. We just purchased a 2018 Dodge Grand Caravan from the dealership & during inspection of the vehicle I asked about the spare tire. 2 salesmen said it didn't come with one because it's a new car & all you have to do is call AAA nowadays. They knew nothing about the car🤦♂️. We asked if it came with a DVD player & they said it didn't, but it infact does🤦♂️. Thanks again 🙌
So the only thing holding the spare tire in place under the car is a cable? What if that cable snaps while someone is driving down the highway and the spare tire falls out and tumbles under the van?
Thanks for sharing! That was easy to follow. I bought a Caravan from Enterprise a few years ago, and got a flat yesterday. Followed your directions and found out I only had an air pump in the back. No tool, and not even a spare tire! 🤦🏻♂️
I agree. I'm guessing it's because of the stow and go seats? I'm not sure. My KIA Sedona's rear seats fold into the floor and there's still room to attach the spare to the undercarriager...so who knows. I do think this is pretty ridiculous. There's just waaaaay to many steps.
My old van did just that. The mechanism was in the "rear trunk" area under the carpet. You hand turned a large funky knob. It lowered the tire underneath. Fairly easy to get to. Safer than pulling it out on the driver's side ....if on the side of the road in traffic. This was either in a 1991 caravan or a 2000 voyager, or 2011 caravan.
I bought a used 06 Grand Caravan with no spare or any of the tools. I got a full size spare and a bottle jack but I need the tool that cranks the tire up and down.
I would like to meet the engineer that designed the spare tire compartment and beat him with that stupid T handle. Only comes on the drivers side. So your exposed to traffic. Surprised that the NTB hasn't weighed in on this as a safety hazard.
@@100RentalCars No, it really isn't. Something you missed with this is that once the tire is down, you go ahead and jack the car up, THEN pull the spare out on the passenger side using the nice, long reach tool.
So you're on the interstate and you have to get on the DRIVER'S side to pull the tire out and you get hit by a semi - thanks Chrysler.... Mine just came with a tire pump - I think I'll add a tire plug kit to that compartment.
I still don't know how to actually CHANGE THE TIRE! You missed the most important step. How to Change the Tire on the Dodge Grand Caravan // Step by Step with No Step Skipped
Once you finish do you just turn the volt the other way to retract the cable? Does it have to have the ture shaped plastic piece on the cable or can i retract it with nothing on it?
100 rental cars this is actually super easy as i have had an f150 as a rental and that one had a flat tire so i had to do alot more work to get to the spare.
Really? I just had the 2018 F-150 XLT. I thought I saw the spare directly under the bed. I assumed it was easy to access....but I guess I was wrong. What do you have to do to get the spare off the undercarriage?
Not only do you have to go through the cup holder, but you also have to move the Chinese puzzle box at the bottom out of the way…then viola! You’ve finally reached the destination…
Something he doesn't show in the video is that you need to let the cable slack out A LOT. A whole lot, or you will not have enough slack to let you properly remove the tire from its holder. Let the tire down. Then pull it out a little, then let it down more, pull it out more. And keep doing this until til it's out far enough. You don't want to just crank out a bunch of slack without pulling it out from under the car a bit each time because the cable can become bound up in its mechanism if you don't keep it taught. So, crank a little, pull a little. Repeat.
DON'T FORGET TO WIND THE CABLE BACK UP BEFORE DRIVING AWAY! It will drag and break. I say that, because nobody, when you're stuck alongside the road, is going to take the time to put the flat tire back inside the case. You're going to throw it into the back of the van and be on your way. So, don't forget to wind that thing back up.
Sure. I'll try to get one in the next few weeks. No promises, though. I don't get to pick specific models from the rental car places, just types of vehicles. But if I see one sitting on the lot, I'll definitely ask for it. ✌️
I got a flat during a snow storm a few years ago. Everything was easy and straight forward until it came to the mechanism that holds the tire. It was rusted to the point that it would not fold to release the tire. Luckily I had penetrating oil and some tools to make it fold. I have since kept the spare tire in a bag in the cargo area. I cant describe what a dilema that was to do in a snow storm nevermind that I had to lie down in slush and snow to get the spare out from under the van. IMO a poor design.
Nope, I didn't shoot anymore video of this one. I've already reviewed it, so I didn't want to bore you with a duplicate review. I do have some new cars filmed, so hopefully I can edit and post those soon.
ENTERPRISE! Always Enterprise. I have almost 5,000 points with them. I'm hoping they'll let me cash my points in for something ridiculous soon. The "exotics" location near me has Ferraris and Porsches. Fingers crossed!
And you forget to mention that you can't get that tire out that easy if you have a flat you'll need to jack it up it's actually a pain and then putting it back up is hell
You're just talking about how to take a tire down away from a vehicle but not actually showing us how to take your tire off when it only keeps spinning when there's no lock nut and there ain't no anti-lock on it so how do we keep the car from moving and we can't get a jack underneath it and it's house completely down on the ground but it still spends
What I meant to say is you only supposed to lift the tire up so far up to get the lug nuts but the tire keeps spinning even though it's on the ground I'm putting so much force on it and that's how strong are not telling people how to take a tire out from underneath the car or taking things out of glove box you don't need to do all that we need to take the tire off somehow if we can't get underneath the car of a Dodge Caravan sport 2002 or any other car tag won't go further even though you got new Springs and whatever we should be able to get in there and take it off that's what people are asking and you're talkin to take your tire down and I'll from underneath the same way to do a video man you better do it over and listen to the people talking to you read between the lines or son you'll get it soon
@@kellyfinch1832 While the car is still completely on the ground, the weight of it holds everything in place, use the lug wrench and loosen each of the lug nuts. The weight of the van keeps the wheel from spinning, so you can get some leverage to loosen the lug. Once lugs are loosened, then you jack the car up and get the tire off the ground. Once tire is off the ground, you then remove the lug nuts completely. IF you don't want to spin the lugs by hand here, place the spare tire up against the bottom left of the flat tire. Put lug wrench on a lug nut and spin. As the flat tire tries to spin from the torque, the spare tire wedged against it will prevent it from spinning. IF not, use your left hand to push the spare against the flat tire while using your right hand to operate the lug wrench.
I bought a 2017 Chevy Cruze, new. Same deal, who would have thought you would get a can of "Fix A Flat" and a crummy compressor to plug into a cig. lighter instead of a real tire!! What about a sidewall blowout, your screwed!! Cost me $140.00 for just the wheel rim due to the bizarre bolt pattern that only fits 3 cars in existence. These engineers get bonuses for ripping off the consumer! Their excuse is, they want to make the car lighter for better gas mileage. I'm not making this stuff up, I have a family member who is an engineer for G.M. Sure, you can still buy a donut from the dealer for approx. $500.00!!
Suggestions: DO NOT pull hard on the cable or use the winch to drag the tire back under the car. Either can kink the cable. A kinked cable will fail to wind up properly and can/will jam. Ask me how I know :-\
That wire was pissing me off. You need to keep cranking from the inside until the slack gets longer and longer. And those 2 stupid tabs you have to put to unlock the tire. I damn near ripped it off the wire
Ha! Yes well, I guess I could do that. I'm not sure they'd lend me a car though...at least not yet. I need a few more subs before they'd take me seriously.
Sure, I'll try to find one. But are you suggesting it because it also has a crazy spare tire set up? Or just cause you think it'd be fun to check out? Just curious. Either reason is cool. ✌️
What a silly idea why not in the back under the carpet. So if its snowing and pouring rain you have to crawl under the van. Here is another good one how about the temperature sending sensor. I replaced mine on a 2008 Dodge Grand Caravan. The silly thing was made of all plastic. I bought a new one and it was brass. Who dreams up this stuff. Just saying.
I just did it for my sister. Front driver side took me an hour n 15 minutes. Compare to my Toyota 15 minutes.
Salute to dodge engineering.
Thank you!!!!!! We got a flat on the end of a 30 hour trip and roadside wanted $75! We found it thanks to this being more correct than the manual!
Awesome. I'm so glad the video helped. And thanks for letting me know!
Yeah same problem wow thank you sir much!!
Thank you for the video. It was very helpful. We just purchased a 2018 Dodge Grand Caravan from the dealership & during inspection of the vehicle I asked about the spare tire. 2 salesmen said it didn't come with one because it's a new car & all you have to do is call AAA nowadays. They knew nothing about the car🤦♂️. We asked if it came with a DVD player & they said it didn't, but it infact does🤦♂️. Thanks again 🙌
So the only thing holding the spare tire in place under the car is a cable? What if that cable snaps while someone is driving down the highway and the spare tire falls out and tumbles under the van?
Thanks for sharing! That was easy to follow. I bought a Caravan from Enterprise a few years ago, and got a flat yesterday. Followed your directions and found out I only had an air pump in the back. No tool, and not even a spare tire! 🤦🏻♂️
Who knew
I didn't, but I do now. Thank you.
Glad it helped!
Life saver never would’ve guessed you had to go thru the cup holder area 😅
Never really liked having it in the front of the car...it would make more sense to have it in the back and unscrew it from there...nice video 👍
I agree. I'm guessing it's because of the stow and go seats? I'm not sure. My KIA Sedona's rear seats fold into the floor and there's still room to attach the spare to the undercarriager...so who knows. I do think this is pretty ridiculous. There's just waaaaay to many steps.
Oh and....✌️👍👍🤘👊
Stop and go changed that setup
My old van did just that. The mechanism was in the "rear trunk" area under the carpet. You hand turned a large funky knob. It lowered the tire underneath. Fairly easy to get to. Safer than pulling it out on the driver's side ....if on the side of the road in traffic.
This was either in a 1991 caravan or a 2000 voyager, or 2011 caravan.
GREAT Commentary and explanation! it was great.
AWESOME somebody who actually did it
I bought a used 06 Grand Caravan with no spare or any of the tools. I got a full size spare and a bottle jack but I need the tool that cranks the tire up and down.
Perfect example of American engineering. Looks so fucking cool on a computer
Thanks for making the video but that's all some Bull! Unreal how difficult it is to get your spare.
I would like to meet the engineer that designed the spare tire compartment and beat him with that stupid T handle. Only comes on the drivers side. So your exposed to traffic. Surprised that the NTB hasn't weighed in on this as a safety hazard.
Amen. The entire design is ridiculous.
Hans Brauer me too
I thought about the danger of laying on the ground as cars go by on the highway trying to get to the spare before I read your post.
@@100RentalCars No, it really isn't. Something you missed with this is that once the tire is down, you go ahead and jack the car up, THEN pull the spare out on the passenger side using the nice, long reach tool.
Great work. Very concise and clear. Your presentation style is excellent. Thanks.
And to put it back 😢😢 . Something new for me. Great video and thank you....
Thanks for the kind words! 😀 👊
you're the man!!
excellent video and straight to the point
Thank you 😂, so helpful. I'm a big guy could barely fit under it. Lol. Life saver
Yeah and if you have an older one the 2 clips under the spare gets rusted and you have to bang it down
Very good instructions!!❤
They look sharp in black!
Oh my gosh thank you so much this was so so helpful
Thank you you save My life . Me salvaste la vida hermano.
So you're on the interstate and you have to get on the DRIVER'S side to pull the tire out and you get hit by a semi - thanks Chrysler....
Mine just came with a tire pump - I think I'll add a tire plug kit to that compartment.
jack it up first. it comes out. even the drivers side, you have to lift it to get the tire out.
Thank you. Very helpful.
Brilliant and helpful video, well done and thank you.!!!
You're welcome! And thanks for the kind words.
I still don't know how to actually CHANGE THE TIRE! You missed the most important step.
How to Change the Tire on the Dodge Grand Caravan // Step by Step with No Step Skipped
Once you finish do you just turn the volt the other way to retract the cable? Does it have to have the ture shaped plastic piece on the cable or can i retract it with nothing on it?
Yes, just turn it the other way and it will lift the cover back up.
i needed this today!
100 rental cars this is actually super easy as i have had an f150 as a rental and that one had a flat tire so i had to do alot more work to get to the spare.
Really? I just had the 2018 F-150 XLT. I thought I saw the spare directly under the bed. I assumed it was easy to access....but I guess I was wrong. What do you have to do to get the spare off the undercarriage?
Thanks for this very informative video.
Thanks for the help
Was this made at a dealership? That looks like an unused caravan... no crayons no French fries no juice box straw wrappers and no rust!
Ha! No, it was a rental car I got a few months back. Looks strange when it's clean, right? 🤓
Not everyone is ask on.
@@Kristenlandntexas Rr##
This was very helpful
Good to hear! Thanks!
Not only do you have to go through the cup holder, but you also have to move the Chinese puzzle box at the bottom out of the way…then viola! You’ve finally reached the destination…
How to change a tire....what about the jack and jacking points?
Thank you!!!! This helped so much!!
Something he doesn't show in the video is that you need to let the cable slack out A LOT. A whole lot, or you will not have enough slack to let you properly remove the tire from its holder. Let the tire down. Then pull it out a little, then let it down more, pull it out more. And keep doing this until til it's out far enough. You don't want to just crank out a bunch of slack without pulling it out from under the car a bit each time because the cable can become bound up in its mechanism if you don't keep it taught. So, crank a little, pull a little. Repeat.
Does the 2019 Dodge caravan gt have it stored in the same way?
The video is great..thanks for the information.
❤️🦩❤️
Thank you very much
Thank you!
No step skipped? Wheres the jack go?
DON'T FORGET TO WIND THE CABLE BACK UP BEFORE DRIVING AWAY! It will drag and break. I say that, because nobody, when you're stuck alongside the road, is going to take the time to put the flat tire back inside the case. You're going to throw it into the back of the van and be on your way. So, don't forget to wind that thing back up.
Can you review a toyota 4runner
Sure. I'll try to get one in the next few weeks. No promises, though. I don't get to pick specific models from the rental car places, just types of vehicles. But if I see one sitting on the lot, I'll definitely ask for it. ✌️
I've watched several videos and NOT ONE has said how to do all this if the van is down due to flat tire.
I got a flat during a snow storm a few years ago. Everything was easy and straight forward until it came to the mechanism that holds the tire.
It was rusted to the point that it would not fold to release the tire. Luckily I had penetrating oil and some tools to make it fold. I have since kept the spare tire in a bag in the cargo area. I cant describe what a dilema that was to do in a snow storm nevermind that I had to lie down in slush and snow to get the spare out from under the van. IMO a poor design.
Thank you ☺️❣️☺️
What if you can't get enough slack to get it out??
there is plenty of slack. keep cranking until it stops.
What if there is no center console?
Is this a car u going to upload a tour of
thatcarguy 5 Probably not because he’s already done one
Nope, I didn't shoot anymore video of this one. I've already reviewed it, so I didn't want to bore you with a duplicate review. I do have some new cars filmed, so hopefully I can edit and post those soon.
Get roadside assistance on your policy or triple A.... No way will this go off easy...!
Thanks
what company do you rent cars from
I love kompe souffrant he rents from enterprise
I love kompe souffrant if I had to guess I would say hertz or enterprise rent a car places
ENTERPRISE! Always Enterprise. I have almost 5,000 points with them. I'm hoping they'll let me cash my points in for something ridiculous soon. The "exotics" location near me has Ferraris and Porsches. Fingers crossed!
Dodge engineers - you better work at burger king
Thanks for this.
And you forget to mention that you can't get that tire out that easy if you have a flat you'll need to jack it up it's actually a pain and then putting it back up is hell
You're just talking about how to take a tire down away from a vehicle but not actually showing us how to take your tire off when it only keeps spinning when there's no lock nut and there ain't no anti-lock on it so how do we keep the car from moving and we can't get a jack underneath it and it's house completely down on the ground but it still spends
What I meant to say is you only supposed to lift the tire up so far up to get the lug nuts but the tire keeps spinning even though it's on the ground I'm putting so much force on it and that's how strong are not telling people how to take a tire out from underneath the car or taking things out of glove box you don't need to do all that we need to take the tire off somehow if we can't get underneath the car of a Dodge Caravan sport 2002 or any other car tag won't go further even though you got new Springs and whatever we should be able to get in there and take it off that's what people are asking and you're talkin to take your tire down and I'll from underneath the same way to do a video man you better do it over and listen to the people talking to you read between the lines or son you'll get it soon
@@kellyfinch1832 While the car is still completely on the ground, the weight of it holds everything in place, use the lug wrench and loosen each of the lug nuts. The weight of the van keeps the wheel from spinning, so you can get some leverage to loosen the lug.
Once lugs are loosened, then you jack the car up and get the tire off the ground. Once tire is off the ground, you then remove the lug nuts completely. IF you don't want to spin the lugs by hand here, place the spare tire up against the bottom left of the flat tire. Put lug wrench on a lug nut and spin. As the flat tire tries to spin from the torque, the spare tire wedged against it will prevent it from spinning. IF not, use your left hand to push the spare against the flat tire while using your right hand to operate the lug wrench.
Where is the tire iron to remove flat tire?
YES BUT HOW IN THE HELL DO YOU JACK THE CAR UP
how to change the tire step by step🤣🤣🤣your video was only about removing the spare tire😁
How you unlock back tire on 2014 dodge carvan
Sorry Delories, I'm not sure and I don't have access to one to help you figure it out. Good luck!
Too bad mine doesn't have one. It only has a tire inflator and sealant.
Really? That's unfortunately becoming more and more common. Or they give you a crappy spare that only lasts 50 miles or so.
I bought a 2017 Chevy Cruze, new. Same deal, who would have thought you would get a can of "Fix A Flat" and a crummy compressor to plug into a cig. lighter instead of a real tire!! What about a sidewall blowout, your screwed!! Cost me $140.00 for just the wheel rim due to the bizarre bolt pattern that only fits 3 cars in existence. These engineers get bonuses for ripping off the consumer! Their excuse is, they want to make the car lighter for better gas mileage. I'm not making this stuff up, I have a family member who is an engineer for G.M. Sure, you can still buy a donut from the dealer for approx. $500.00!!
@@davehoffman63 The car makers most likely figure most people are incapable of changing the tire so why include one. Sadly probably accurate.
Suggestions: DO NOT pull hard on the cable or use the winch to drag the tire back under the car. Either can kink the cable. A kinked cable will fail to wind up properly and can/will jam. Ask me how I know :-\
That wire was pissing me off. You need to keep cranking from the inside until the slack gets longer and longer. And those 2 stupid tabs you have to put to unlock the tire. I damn near ripped it off the wire
Do a Nissan kick
I'm trying! It's high on my wish list, I just can't find one anywhere. I've even looked on Turo and Zipcar. No luck so far.
100 Rental Cars go to Nissan
Ha! Yes well, I guess I could do that. I'm not sure they'd lend me a car though...at least not yet. I need a few more subs before they'd take me seriously.
Wow!!!!
Yep, my thoughts exactly.
You should rent a Dodge Dart
Sure, I'll try to find one. But are you suggesting it because it also has a crazy spare tire set up? Or just cause you think it'd be fun to check out? Just curious. Either reason is cool. ✌️
@@100RentalCars because all the tires on the dart are spare tire sized?
What a silly idea why not in the back under the carpet. So if its snowing and pouring rain you have to crawl under the van. Here is another good one how about the temperature sending sensor. I replaced mine on a 2008 Dodge Grand Caravan. The silly thing was made of all plastic. I bought a new one and it was brass. Who dreams up this stuff. Just saying.
For $49/year or 15¢/day, you could use AAA like I did but still know how to do it just in case the sob’s don’t show up.
Shame on Dodge for making such a convoluted system!
not sure why everyone thinks its so hard. skill issue i guess
Wasn't that fun? Nice
Between this and the Bluetooth the caravan is one of worst designed vehicles of last 5 years
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"How to Change the Tire on the Dodge Grand Caravan"?? This video is only showing you how to get the spare tire out.
Love this great job very informative
Thank you sir
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Thank you very much