2012 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT, THE HI-BEAM HEADLIGHTS WERE ACTIVATED AND THE INTERIOR LIGHTING BECAME INOPERABLE BUT INDEPENDENTLY FLASHED ON. THE FAILURE WAS INTERMITTENT. THE CONTACT CALLED HARPER JEEP RAM CHRYSLER DODGE (3033 ALCOA HWY, ALCOA, TN 37701, (865) 970-7423) WHERE THE FAILURE WAS ACKNOWLEDGED HOWEVER, THERE WAS NO ASSISTANCE PROVIDED. THE CONTACT WAS QUOTED AN ESTIMATE OF $1,250 FOR THE REPAIRS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 125,000.

OPENED DRIVERS SIDE SLIDING PASSENGER DOOR, PLACED MY BAG INSIDE AND CLOSED IT NORMALLY. DROVE 3 MINUTES DOWN THE ROAD AND WHEN I PARKED, I WENT TO RETRIEVE MY BAG, BUT THE DOOR WOULD NOT OPEN. COULDNT MOVE THE LOCK. IT'S LIKE THE LOCKING MECHANISM GOT STUCK. CANNOT OPEN THE DOOR. WORRIED ABOUT MY CHILDREN IN THE CHANCE THERE'S AN EMERGENCY AND I WON'T BE ABLE TO GET TO THEM BECAUSE I CAN ONLY ACCESS FROM THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE VAN. EVERYONE HAS TO LOAD UP FROM ONE SIDE OF THE VAN. AN INFANT CAR SEAT IS ALSO IN THE VAN.

DRIVER REAR DOOR SLIDES OPEN AND CLOSES BY ITSELF. WORRIES THAT A KID MIGHT GET TRAPPED. NO ONE OPENS IT OR CLOSES IT. IT WON'T STOP CLOSING BY PUTTING FORCE TO STOP IT. ALWAYS DOES IT IN PARK WITH KEYS OFF. IN OR OUTSIDE VEHICLE.

CAR SOMETIMES WON'T START..WHEN IT DOES START IT TOTALLY SHUTS DOWN. WE CAN BE IDLING, DRIVING SLOWLY, QUICKLY, OR IN REVERSE. LITERALLY JUST SHUTS DOWN. NO WARNING NOTHING! LOSS OF ALL POWER. SOMETIMES WILL START BACK UP OTHER TIMES NEEDS TO BE TOWED. DEATH TRAP! ALREADY LOST ONE FAMILY MEMBER TO FAULTY PARTS!

HAVE HANDICAPPED VAN, A VMI NORTHSTAR CONVERSION .IMMEDIATELY VAN WOULD SHUT OFF WHILE STILL MOVING. BATTERY WAS DEAD IN AM 16HRS AFTER FULLY CHARGED BATTERY.3 BATTERY ALL DIE-BATTERY DISCONNECT USED STOP ABNORMALLY HIGH DRAINAGE . MANY BIZARRE ELECTRICAL MALFUNCTIONS, BATTERY DRAIN NEVER FOUND AFTER TRUELY ADMIRABLE EFFORT. RUST RUST RUST -SAND BLAST ANTIRUST-MORE RUST RUST RUST TO FRAME-TOLD BATTERY AND MALFUNCTIONS DUE TO A SHORT SOMEWHERE. ANYWAY RUST RUST SOME MORE.VMI ADMITS RUST VERY UNUSUAL SO MUCH SO QUICKLY.BUT SAYS NO LONGER RESPONSIBLE DUE TO SETTLEMENT BEFORE FOR RUST RUST AND MALFUNCTIONS.THOUGHT REPLACMENT VEHICLE WAS OUTCOME ,NOT 11K FOR ELECTRICAL MALFUNCTIONS AND RUST-TOLD NO MORE ABNORMAL RUST ANYMORE BUT MORE RUST ANYWAY. GOOGLED "CONSTANT ELECTRICAL DISCHARGE" AND "RUST" AND GALVANIC CORRUSION MAIN RESULTS. NO LOCAL COLISION PLACE WILL "FIX IT" DUE TO LIABILITY WHEN BRAND NEW STEEL IS NO MORE RUST PROOF THAN MANUFACTUERS. ONLY VEHICLE USE POWERCHAIR SAYS RUSTED FRAME MAY DROP ME. DISTRICT MANAGER SAID RUSTS SHOULD NOT HAPPEN BUT I SIGNED RELEASE AFTER RUST TREATMENT-SORRY HE REALLY WAS BUT NO MORE LIABILITY FOR ABNORMAL RUST ADVISED NOT TO USE VEHICLE .SO THIS IS FOR OTHERS-THE VMI CONVERSION NICE IF FUNCTIONAL, MAYBE RUST FROM VMI CONVERSION PROCESS AS VEHICLE ENTIRE FRAME IS REPLACED BY VMI. HOPEFULLY JUST A LEMON BUT ITS VERY SERIOUS LIFETHREATENING AND VERY REAL, THE RUST MAKES SOLID STEEL SEAPARATE LIKE CHEESE SLICES. ELECTRICAL DRAIN CAUSE AND RUST CAUSE UNKNOWN DESPITE OVER 100 HRS OF WORK BY VMI ENGINEERS AND LOCAL VMI DEALER. WOULD BUY A HONDA OR TOYODA AND VERY BASIC MANUAL CONVERSION. IF ABLE GET SEAT COMES OUT AND JUST STRUGGLE TO GET IN. THE FANCY CONVERSION NOT WORTTH IT BETWEEN SO MANY UNKNOWNS. I COULDN'T CARE LESS ABOUT PRIVACY .ITS SAFETY FOR OTHERS .

YESTERDAY WAS DRIVING ON A HIGHWAY AT 55 MPH AND APPROACHING AN INTERSECTION AT WHICH I WOULD NEED TO TURN OFF. THE ENGINE DIED WITHOUT ANY WARNING AT ALL. I LOST POWER STEERING AND POWER BREAKS. FORTUNATELY, I WAS ABLE TO SLOW DOWN ENOUGH TO NAVIGATE THE CORNER AND CAME SAFELY TO A STOP BUT HAD THIS HAPPED ON ONE OF THE WINDY SECTIONS OF HIGHWAY I COULD EASILY HAVE CRASHED. I TURNED THE KEY FULLY OFF AND THEN RESTARTED THE VAN AND CAREFULLY DROVE HOME. I NOTICED TODAY THAT IGNITION SWITCH DOES NOT ALWAYS SPRING SMOOTHLY BACK TO ITS RUN POSITION WHEN I START THE VEHICLE.

2012 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN FRONT PASSENGER HEADREST DEPLOYMENT 4 MONTHS AGO. VEHICLE UNOCCUPIED, IN DRIVEWAY. NO REAR-END IMPACT [OR ANY OTHER] IMPACT OF ANY KIND. DEALERSHIP QUOTES $822 TO REPLACE THE HEADREST, EST. $129 LABOR. I SEE CLASS ACTION LAWSUITS VS. CHRYSLER ALLEGING DEFECTIVE DESIGN OR MATERIALS. NHTSA SHOULD INVESTIGATE THIS SHODDY WORKMANSHIP AND CAVALIER ATTITUDE.

THE CAR WAS PARKED IN THE DRIVEWAY. WE ATTEMPTING TO TURN THE CARE ON IT JUST CRANKS AND WON'T KICK OVER. THE FUSE FOR THE FUEL PUMP HAS GONE BAD IN THE TIPM. AND THE CAR NOW STARTS INTERMITTENTLY. I NEED TO HAVE A RELY PUT IN.

IN REGARDS TO COOPER TIRES THE MANUFACTURER INFO AND DOT NUMBER TO FOLLOW. I HAVE HAD TWO TIRES WITH FAILURE TO THE RADIAL BELT. ON 8/4/19 I WAS ON MY WAY TO FT. WORTH TEXAS WHEN I THE FRONT LEFT TIRE ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE STARTED THUMPING. I WAS ON HWY 10 IN EAST TEXAS NEAR CANTON AND IN A CONSTRUCTION ZONE THERE WAS NO WHERE TO PULL OVER SO I CONTINUED DRIVING SLOWLY WHICH WAS VERY STRESSFUL. THE TIRE DID BLOW BUT I WAS ABLE TO GET OFF AT A REST AREA (THANK YOU JESUS). I CALLED AAA AND THEY SENT A FAMILY OWNED TOW TRUCK SERVICE OUT. THE MAN SAID I HAD A BULGE IN THE WHAT REMAINED AND TOWED MY VAN TO A WALMART 13 MILES AWAY IN CANTON, I OWED HIM AT THAT POINT $27 OUT OF POCKET FOR THE TOW. HE THEN DROVE ME TO A PET FRIENDLY BEST WESTERN BECAUSE I HAD MY DOG WITH ME. I SPENT APPOX. $120 FOR THE ROOM, PLUS MEAL OF APPROX. $21. THE NEXT DAY I GOT A RIDE FROM AN EMPLOYEE AT THE HOTEL TO WALMART, PAID $128.66 FOR A NEW TIRE, THEN LATER THAT WEEK BALANCING OF $40 AT DISCOUNT TIRE IN DALLAS, TX. BECAUSE WALMART COULD NOT BALANCE THE NEW TIRE DUE TO EQUIPMENT BEING BROKEN. I HAD ANOTHER TIRE GO BAD, WITH TREAD SHIFT A YEAR LATER IN ANOTHER CLAIM FILED WITH YOU. THE REMAINING TWO TIRES I LEFT AT WALMART, AFTER PURCHASING FOUR NEW MATCHING GOODYEAR I SPENT $312.66 ON 9/26/20. AFTER THE SECOND TIRE WENT BAD I CONTACTED JULIE AT COOPER CALL REF# 23-167554 AND WAS TOLD THE TIRES WERE UNDER WARRANTY AND TO RETURN THEM TO WHERE I BOUGHT THE VEHICLE WITH THE NEW COOPER'S ON IT WHICH WAS IN 2018. I DID AND WAS TOLD BY PAMELA CARTER THAT THEY WOULD NOT HONOR THE WARRANTY BECAUSE AUTO NATION ORIGINALLY BOUGHT THE TIRES, BUT DID ADMIT THAT THE TIRE WAS DEFECTIVE. ALL FILED ON A SEPARATE INCIDENT REPORT WITH NHTSA #11362968. IN CONCLUSION, TTWO BAD COOPER TIRES, THE REMAINING TWO I GAVE TO WALMART AS I AM CONCERNED THAT THEY WILL ALSO BLOW OUT. IT IS MY HOPE THAT YOU WILL RECALL THESE TIRES BEFORE SOMEONE IS INJURED OR DIES: DOT U94C 1CW 0715 COOPER M+S 235/60R16 GRAND TOURING

IN REGARDS TO COOPER TIRES THE MANUFACTURER INFO AND DOT NUMBER TO FOLLOW. I HAVE HAD TWO TIRES WITH FAILURE TO THE RADIAL BELT SHIFT. ONE TIRE BLEW OUT ON A TRIP TO TEXAS, I DO NOT HAVE IT, BUT THE TOW TRUCK DRIVER SAID IT HAD A "BULGE" AND FAILED. UNDER STRESSFUL CONDITIONS ON A HIGHWAY I DID NOT TAKE A PICTURE. THE SECOND TIRE FAILED LOCALLY AND I HAVE KEPT THE TIRE AND CAN SEND A PIC AND ALSO HAVE A STATEMENT ON THE RECEIPT FROM WHERE I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE THAT HAD PUT THE TIRES ON SAYING IT WAS A "BELT SHIFT" THERE IS A PROMINENT "BULGE" IN THE TIRE. I HAD ORIGINALLY CONTACTED COOPER TIRES JULIE CALL REF # 23-167554 ON 9/23/20 11:02 AM, REGARDING THE DEFECTIVE TIRES AND THEY DENIED KNOWLEDGE OR RESPONSIBILITY AND TOLD ME TO TAKE THE VEHICLE BACK TO WHERE I BOUGHT IT WHICH WAS NISSAN AUTO NATION BECAUSE THEY WERE UNDER WARRANTY. AUTO NATION PAMELA CARTER SAID ON 9/24/20 THEY THAT THEY WILL NOT HONOR THE WARRANTY DUE TO THE FACT THEY PURCHASED THE TIRES AND I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE AFTER THE TIRES WERE INSTALLED SO I WAS NOT THE PURCHASER. THEY DO ADMIT THE TIRE WAS DEFECTIVE, WHICH I HAVE IN WRITING ON INVOICE 1236567. I LOOKED ONLINE FOR THE DOT NUMBER FOR RECALL AND IT IS LISTED ONLINE BUT THE MANUFACTURER AS BRIDGESTONE, WHICH IS POSSIBLY A TYPOGRAPHICAL ERROR. HERE IS THE INFO: DOT U94C 1CW 0715 COOPER M+S 235/60R16 GRAND TOURING