2014 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN Complaints

WE OWN A 2014 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN WITH 41000 MILES ON IT THAT HAS BEEN STALLING WHILE DRIVING AT MOSTLY IN TOWN SPEEDS. NO POWER STEERING ASSIST , NO POWER BRAKE ASSIST. THIS VEHICLE IS EQUIPPED WITH HAND CONTROLS FOR A DISABLED DRIVER. WITH ONE HAND ON THE STEERING WHEEL AND ONE HAND ON THE BRAKE LEVER ALL YOU CAN DO IS COAST TO A STOP. YES THE SAME FAILURES AS THE 2008 THRU 2010 GRAND CARAVANS THAT WERE RECALLED. THE IGNITION SWITCH HAS A WEAK DETENT SPRING IN IT. WE HAD THE SWITCH AND BOTH KEYS REPLACED AT A LOCAL DEALERSHIP IN RURAL WISCONSIN THAT JUST HAPPENED TO HAVE THE SWITCH IN STOCK. THE SERVICE WRITER GOT INTO THE VEHICLE AND JIGGLED THE KEY WHICH SHUT OF THE IGNITION AND STATED YES THIS IS A BAD SWITCH JUST LIKE THE RECALLED ONES.. I HAVE CALLED CHRYSLER ASKING FOR THEM TO COVER THE COST OF $977.91 AND THEY JUST REPLY WITH " I AM SORRY BUT YOUR VEHICLE IS OUT OF WARRANTY"

ON 10/26/2020 I GOT IN MY CAR THIS MORNING AND NOTICED MY HEAD RESTRAINT ON MY DRIVER SIDE JUST DEPLOYED OVERNIGHT. WHICH AT THE TIME I DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS DEPLOYED I THOUGHT I COULD FIX IT WHEN I GOT TO WHERE I WAS GOING BUT AFTER FURTHER RESEARCH THAT IS WHEN I FOUND OUT IT DEPLOYED AND IT WASN'T A SIMPLE FIX. SINCE IT IS A 2014 DODGE GRAND CARARAVAN 30TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION IT IS NOT UNDER WARRANTY. AFTER LOOKING UP ONLINE I SEE THIS IS A COMMON OCCURRENCE AND WONDER WHY THERE IS NO SAFETY RECALL. IT GOES BACK YEARS. THEY PUT A PLASTIC PIECE HOLDING A METAL PIECE UNDER ALL THAT PRESSURE AND THEY THINK IT WILL NOT GIVE WAY AND BREAK? I CAN'T IMAGINE IF I WOULD HAVE BEEN DRIVING WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED. THAT WOULD HAVE SCARED ME FOR ONE AND WHAT COULD HAVE HAPPENED. IMAGINE DRIVING ALONG AND THIS THING POPS OUT AT THE BACK OF YOUR HEAD. DID IT MAKE A LOUD NOISE? WHAT WOULD YOU BE THINKING? WHAT WOULD YOU HAVE DONE? FROM WHAT I HAVE SEEN ONLINE IT WILL COST 900.00 TO REPLACE THIS WHICH WASN'T SUPPOSED TO DEPLOY UNLESS SOMEONE HIT THE REAR OF MY CAR. PLEASE DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS AS I CAN'T AFFORD 900.00 TO FIX THIS. AND THEY NEED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THE PLASTIC THEY USE.

WHILE DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE THE PASSENGER SIDE HEADREST DEPLOYED. MY SON WAS SITTING IN THE SEAT AT THE TIME AND LUCKILY WAS LEANING FORWARD AT THE VERY MOMENT IT EXPLODED OR THIS COULD HAVE BEEN A VERY DIFFERENT DESCRIPTION.

AIRBAG LIGHT IS ON HAVE NEVER BEEN IN A CAR ACCIDENT AND IT'S NOT SNOWING WHERE I'M AT THERE'S NO REASON IT SHOULD BE ON AND WHEN I MOVE THE SEAT BACK AND FORTH THE LIGHT WILL GO OFF OR ON WHEN ADJUSTING THE SEAT. AND THE CAR COULD BE STATIONARY OR MOVING WHEN I ADJUST THE SEAT FOR THE LIGHT TO GO ON.

WHEN DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY (40 MPH OR MORE) THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE DOOR TRIM FLIES OFF. THIS HAS HAPPENED TO 9 OUT OF THE 11 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN'S THAT WE OWN AND HAS HIT OTHER VEHICLES CAUSING THEM TO SWERVE. IF THIS HAPPENED ONCE OR EVEN TWICE I WOULDN'T THINK MUCH OF IT - BUT 3 OF THE DODGE GRAND CARAVANS WE ACTUALLY REPLACED THIS PIECE MORE THAN ONCE AND IT CONTINUES TO HAPPEN. I WOULD SAY THAT WE HAVE HAD AT LEAST 13 OF THESE FLY OFF IN THE PAST 2 YEARS FROM OUR 2014 - 2018 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN MODELS. THIS IS POTENTIALLY VERY DANGEROUS TO OTHER DRIVERS AND ESPECIALLY MOTORCYCLISTS AS IT IS A PROJECTILE!

LAST NIGHT I WAS COMING HOME AND THE CAR TURNED OFF BY ITSELF WHILE I WAS WAITING FOR THE TRAFFIC LIGHT TO CHANGE SO I PLACED IT IN PARK AND STARTED IT AGAIN IT'S RUNNING BUT I'M NOT SURE WHAT HAPPENED AND CONCERNS ME BECAUSE THIS OUR FAMILY.(MY KIDS WERE IN TOO).

SIDE DRIVER'S PASSENGER SLIDE DOOR WILL NOT UNLOCK OR OPEN. LOCK ON INSIDE WILL NOT MOVE. UNABLE TO UNLOCK WITH KEY FOB OR DRIVERS DOOR UNLOCK SWITCH. THIS CAN BE A SAFETY HAZARD WITH KIDS IN THE BACK. I ONLY HAVE A LITTLE OVER 60,000 MILES ON THE CAR THE CAR WAS PARKED IN THE DRIVE WAY. I WENT TO LOAD THE KIDS AND COULDN'T OPEN THE DOOR

ON FRIDAY 9/4/20 WHILE DRIVING MY MOTHER HOME THE DRIVER'S SIDE HEADREST EXPLODED SLAMMING INTO THE BACK OF MY HEAD! I WAS DRIVING 70 MPH ON TEXAS HWY 111 GOING EAST, NO COLLISION OF ANY KIND AND OUT OF THE BLUE IT EXPLODED.*DT*JB CONSUMER STATED SHE HAD A SEVERE HEADACHES, NECK, AND UPPER BACK PAIN.*JB

ON 8/15/ 2020 MY PASSENGER SIDE HEADREST WENT OFF WHEN THE CAR WAS PARKED AND NOT RUNNING IN MY DRIVE WAY.NOW THE PAD PART IS SITTING FORWARD AND THE MIDDLE IS ALL OPENED UP VERY UNCOMFORTABLE TO SIT . I CALLED THE DODGE CHRYSLER AND THEY TOOK MY COMPLAINT WITH AND GAVE ME A CASE NUMBER 76999287 IN 48 HRS I HEARD BACK AND THEY WERE GOING TO SEND A INSPECTOR OUT TO ME TO DO A REPORT SO THIS HAPPENED ON 9/3/2020 I MET HIM AT ARE LOCAL DODGE DEALER AND HE DID A FULL INSPECTION. SO AT THIS TIME HE SAID HE WILL EMAIL ME A COPY OF THE REPORT I DO NOT HAVE THAT AT THIS BECAUSE IT IS ONLY BEEN A COUPLE OF DAYS.

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD BETWEEN 45-50 MPH WHEN SOMETHING HIT ME REALLY HARD IN THE BACK OF MY HEAD. I PULLED OVER AND SAW THAT MY HEADREST HAD POPPED APART. WHEN I LOOKED THIS UP I SAW THAT IT IS A KNOWN PROBLEM AND PART OF THE HEADREST RESTRAINT SYSTEM. I WAS NOT IN AN ACCIDENT, REAR ENDED OR HIT IN ANY WAY AND THE ROAD WAS A SMOOTH ROAD.