2012 DODGE CARAVAN Complaints

VECHILE STALLS WHILE DRIVING WITH NO WARING. NO INSTRUMENT LIGHTS OR HESITATION. THIS NOW HAS HAPPEN TO ME 3 TIME. SPEED RANGING FROM 25-55 MPH. WAS ABLE TO GET THE VAN INTO NETUREL AND RESTARTED WHILE THE VAN WAS COASTING WITHOUT POWER. IT WAS A GOOD THING I DIDNT HAVE ANYONE FOLLOWING TOO CLOSELY. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS PROBLEM. SOMETHING NEEDS DONE ABOUT THIS BEFORE SOMEONE HAS A VERY SERIOUS ACCIDENT.

THE FUEL PUMP RELAY SWITCH WON'T SHUT OFF. IT RUN DOEN BATTERY AND KILKS THE WHOLE VAN.

HORN DOES NOT WORK WHEN PRESSING THE CORRECT AREA ON THE STEERING WHEEL. STEERING WHEEL LIGHTS DO NOT WORK AND HEATED STEERING WHEEL DOES NOT WORK. FUSES CHECK OUT OK. HORN SOUNDS WHEN LOCKING WITH KEY FOB OR WHEN ALARM BUTTON ON KEY FOB IS USED. DISCOVERED WHEN ANOTHER DRIVER TURNED IN FRONT OF ME WITHOUT LOOKING AND NEARLY CRASHED. THIS IS A DEFINITE SAFETY PROBLEM. CHECKING THE INTERNET THERE ARE A NUMBER OF CHRYSLER VEHICLES THAT HAVE THIS PROBLEM. VEHICLE WILL NOT PASS STATE INSPECTION IN CURRENT CONDITION AND I AM NOT DRIVING IT FOR SAFETY REASONS. *TR

MY VAN SHOWED THE BATTERY LIGHT I WENT TO GET THE BATTERY CHECKED OUT. THE TEST CAME BACK BAD BATTERY. I BOUGHT A NEW ONE EVERYTHING CHECKED GOOD. THE NEXT DAY THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT, AIR BAG LIGHT, ABS LIGHT AND BATTERY LIGHT LIT UP. AFTER THAT THE VAN WOULD NOT START. WE CHECKED FUSES THEY WERE GOOD. THE VAN WILL NOT START, IT WILL CRANK LIKE TRYING TO START BUT WILL NOT. WE ONLY HAVE 55000 MILES ON IT AND ARE BEING TOLD THE ROOM IS BAD.

WHILE VEHICLE IS IN DRIVE, THE CAR WILL STALL AND THE VEHICLE WILL SHUT DOWN. EVERYTHING INCLUDING RADIO, AIR CONDITIONER AND PANEL SHUTS DOWN. THIS HAPPENS MULTIPLE TIMES WITHOUT WARNING. I THEN HAVE TO TURN THE KEY TO OFF THEN RESTART. IT MOSTLY HAPPENS WHEN VEHICLE IS MAKING A TURN.

FAULTLY BRAKE CALIPAR - KEEP HANGING UP AND CAUSING TIRE TO GET HOT AND SMOKE COMES OUT VERY HOT.

"TAKATA RECALL" WHEN DRIVING THE VAN THE ENGINE SHUTS OFF FROM TIME TO TIME ON THE FREEWAY, STREETS ANYWHERE WE HAVE ALMOST GOTTEN REAR ENDED ONE THEN ONCE. WE HAVE BEEN STUCK IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HIGHWAY AND STREET I HAVE SMALL KIDS AND I NEED HELP WITH THIS PLEASE. THIS IS A ON GOING PROBLEM

I WAS IN THE DRIVEWAY THE FIRST TIME ACTED LIKE IT WAS GOING TO START THEN DIED ALL LIGHTS ON PANEL LITE UP HAD TOWED TO GALEANA DODGE FOUND IT WAS THE TIPM MODULE. COST OVER $1,000 TO FIX. TRIED TALKING TO DODGE CORPORATE TO TRY TO GET MONEY BACK AFTER NOTICING SO MANY COMPLAINTS AND NO HELP FROM THEM. NOW MY CAR IS BACK IN THE SHOP WITH SAME ISSUE, 3 WEEKS LATER. NO LOANER CAR AVAILABLE. MY ONLY VEHICLE. THIS TIME I WAS DRIVING AND THE CAR STALLED AND THEN ALL THE LIGHTS CAME ON AGAIN. WAITING TO HEAR WHAT IS THIS TIME SOUNDS LIKE THE SAME THING AGAIN. WAS TOLD BY CORPORATE TO POST COMPLAINT HERE AND MAYBE THERE WOULD BE RECALL THAT'S ALL THE HELP THEY OFFERED. WOW WAY TO KEEP CUSTOMERS DODGE. THE FIRST TIME THIS HAPPENED WAS ON 3/5/2016 THE SECOND TIME WAS ON 4/4/2016.

SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION - WHILE STOPPED AT A TRAFFICLIGHT -- OF THE DRIVER-SIDE SWITCHBOX THAT CONTROLS THE WINDOWS, DOORLOCKS & OUTSIDE MIRRORS. FLAMES ERUPTED FROM THE ARMREST MAKING ESCAPE FROM VEHICLE DIFFICULT. FDNY WAS CALLED & EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. THIS HAPPENED EARLY FRIDAY MORNING/SNOWING. INSURANCE COMPANY EXAMINED CAR & AUTHORIZED REPAIR. CHRYSLER SENT AN ENGINEERING SAFETY INSPECTOR WHO HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO A DODGE DEALERSHIP WHERE INVESTIGATION WAS PERFORMED. WE RECEIVED A "SAFETY RECALL NOTICE" [ P25/NHTSA 14V-234] LATER THAT SAME DAY. CHRYSLER HAS IGNORED MY CALLS & LIVE-CHATS FOR THE PAST MONTH. DEALERSHIP STILL HAS THE VEHICLE BUT CAN'T GET A RESPONSE FROM CHRYSLER EITHER. INCIDENT OCCURRED 4 WEEKS AGO! HAVE BEEN FORCED TO RENT A REPLACEMENT VEHICLE -- AT MY EXPENSE -- FOR TRANSPORTATION PURPOSES.

VAN SHUTS OFF AND COMPLETELY LOSES POWER WHILE MOVING WITHOUT WARNING. MUST BE PLACED IN PARK AND SOMETIMES RESTARTS. HAS BEEN TAKEN TO DEALER WHO COULD NOT FIND SPEIFIC REASON FOR THIS PARTICULAR PROBLEM.