2014 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN Complaints

VAN STALLED A FEW TIMES, OUT OF THE BLUE, WHILE DRIVING AT A LOW SPEED DUE TO CONSTRUCTION. NEVER HAD PREVIOUS PROBLEM. STALLED IN ROAD WHILE TRYING TO MAKE A LEFT TURN INTO GAS STATION. GOT VAN RUNNING AND ATTEMPTED TO TURN, MOTOR DIED DOWN TO BARELY A CRAWL AND WAS ABOUT TO STALL AS A SEMI TRUCK APPROACHED US. GAS PEDAL TO THE FLOOR, TIRES SQUEALING BARELY GOT OUT OF THE TRUCKS WAY. ENGINE STALLED AGAIN, COASTED INTO STATION BUT BLOCKING DRIVE. COULD NOT START AGAIN, HAD TO PUSH OUT OF THE WAY. IT TURNED OUT TO BE THE #2 CYLINDER WHICH IS THE SAME ISSUES THE 2011-2013'S GRAND CARAVANS HAD A SAFETY BULLETIN 09-002-14 PUT OUT FOR IN 2014. I HAVE ATTACHED A COPY OF MY REPAIR BILL.

DROVE VAN FROM 9AM TILL 11AM ALL DOORS FUNCTIONED WELL. PARKED AT HOME. LOCKED CAR. AT 1PM WENT TO STORE IN VAN SHOPPED AND FOUND THAT DRIVER SIDE PASSENGER DOOR WOULD NOT OPEN FROM INSIDE OR OUTSIDE AFTER UNLOCKED.

THE A/C AND HEAT WORKS ONLY OUT OF THE DRIVER'S SIDE. THE HEAT ONLY WORKS OUT OF THE PASSENGER SIDES. THIS IS A WIDELY COMMON PROBLEM.

MY 2 FRONT WINDOWS COMPLETELY STOPPED WORKING. THE OTHER WINDOWS STILL ROLL UP AND DOWN. I HEAR A CLICKING SOUND ON THE PASSENGER SIDE LIKE THE WINDOW WANTS TO WORK THE DRIVER SIDE IN HEAR NOTHING AT ALL.

MY WIFE WAS DRIVING OUR 2014 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN HOME FROM THE STORE IN MAY 2019 WHEN THE ENGINE STALLED AND SHUT OFF IN AN INTERSECTION. THANKFULLY SOMEONE STOPPED TO HELP PUSH THE VAN OUT OF THE INTERSECTION. WE WERE ABLE TO GET THE VAN TOWED TO OUR LOCAL DEALER/SERVICE. DIAGNOSTICS INDICATED AN ENGINE MISFIRE AND SERVICE TECHNICIAN FOUND LOW COMPRESSION IN CYLINDER #3. FURTHER TROUBLESHOOTING DETERMINED THE PROBLEM WAS A VALVE FAILURE AND THE DEALER REPAIRS COST US OVER $2,700. UNFORTUNATELY, OUR 5YR/50,000MI LIMITED POWERTRAIN WARRANTY EXPIRED IN APRIL...EIGHT DAYS BEFORE THE ENGINE FAILURE! WE PREVIOUSLY ENJOYED OWNING A CHRYSLER TOWN & COUNTRY AND HAVE BEEN HAPPY WITH THE PERFORMANCE AND UTILITY OF THE GRAND CARAVAN, BUT THE ENGINE FAILURE SEEMS TO BE THE SAME ISSUE AS OTHER OWNERS HAVE EXPERIENCED ON PREVIOUS MODEL YEARS. APPARENTLY THE POWERTRAIN WARRANTY WAS EXTENDED FOR 2011-2013 MODEL YEARS, BUT NOT 2014. THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT NEEDS TO BE RESOLVED BY FCA US BEFORE IT BECOMES A SAFETY ISSUE.

I BOUGHT BRAND NEW A 2014 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN AS A FAMILY CAR. I'M STILL PAYING ON THIS VEHICLE AND WITH 51,000 MILES THE CANISTER FILTER HOUSING IS SPEWING OIL. AND GUESS WHAT NOT UNDER WARRANTY. CHRYSLER WON'T STAND BEHIND IT. APPARENTLY THIS IS NOT UNHEARD OF. IF YOU HAVE A 3.6 LITER IN ANY VEHICLE WITH THIS ENGINE THIS WILL HAPPEN TO YOU. SHAME ON CHRYSLER FOR THERE GREED TO NOT BUILD A DECENT CAR AND NOT STAND BEHIND IT. SO BE UP FRONT WITH CUSTOMERS AND TELL THE THEY WILL HAVE TO SHELL OUT SEVERAL HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS TO FIX OR RECALL THE PART THAT IS A POTENTIAL FIRE HAZARD.

THE "CLOCK SPRING" BEHIND THE STEERING WHEEL BROKE WHICH CAUSED THE STEERING WHEEL LOCATED ELECTRICAL BUTTONS TO STOP FUNCTIONING FOR MAKING UCONNECT PHONE CALLS, ADJUSTING THE RADIO VOLUME, SWITCHING FROM ONE MEDIA (FM,AM,CD, AUDIO STREAMING AND SATELLITE RADIO) TO ANOTHER, ACCESSING THE DASH PANEL ODOMETER, OUTSIDE TEMPERATURE, DIGITAL SPEEDOMETER READING, AVG MPG, MILES TO GO BEFORE RUNNING OUT OF FUEL AND THE RESET FUNCTION. THIS HAPPENED WHETHER OR NOT THE VEHICLE WAS MOVING OR TURNING OR STATIONARY.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, A TICKING NOISE EMERGED FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT AND THE VEHICLE STALLED. ALSO, THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE STALLED AT LEAST FOUR TIMES WITHIN THE LAST THREE MONTHS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO GARBER CHRYSLER/DODGE/JEEP (5330 BAY ROAD, SAGINAW, MI 48664) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE ROLLER ROCKER ON THE CAMSHAFT WAS DAMAGED AND NEEDED REPLACEMENT. THE CONTACT WAS ALSO ADVISED THAT THIS WAS A COMMON OCCURRENCE WITH THAT TYPE OF ENGINE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 120,000.

MONDAY 3/25/19 10:55AM CAR INDICATOR LIGHTS BRIEFLY FLASHED WHILE CAR WAS IN MOTION DURING A TURN AND THEN SUDDENLY DIED. NO BRAKES, NO POWER STEERING, ABSOLUTELY NOTHING WORKED. WAS ABLE TO TURN CAR BACK ON AND GET TO PARKING LOT. SAME DAY AFTER LEAVING(2:30PM) SITTING AT A BUSY INTERSECTION WAITING ON RED LIGHT. CAR DASH LIGHTS AGAIN BRIEFLY FLASH AND CAR TURNS OFF. TOOK ABOUT 10 MIN BEFORE I WAS ABLE TO START THE CAR AGAIN. WHILE SITTING IN A BUSY TURN LANE AND NOT EVEN HAVING HAZARD LIGHTS WORK WITH KIDS IN THE CAR. TOOK CAR TO GET BATTERY, ALTERNATOR, AND STARTER CHECKED. ALL CHECKED OUT GOOD. FRIDAY 3/29/19 WHILE DRIVING AT 45 MPH(8:30 AM) CAR DASH LIGHTS BRIEFLY FLASH AND CAR TURNS OFF. AGAIN NO POWER STEERING, BRAKES ECT. WAA ABLE TO COAST TO SIDE OF RODE. COULDN'T EVEN TAKE THE KEY OUT. ALSO TOOK ABOUT 1.5 HRS BEFORE IT WOULD START AGAIN. EACH OCCURANCE HAS ALSO SET CLOCKS BACK TO THE 12:00 TIME. RESEARCH HAS SHOWN ME THAT IT IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE AND THAT IT IS THE FUEL PUMP RELAY. THIS PART WAS RECALLED ON DURANGOS AND JEEPS BUT CARAVAN DID NOT MAKE THE LIST. ALTHOUGH PER WHAT I HAVE READ ON THIS SITE AND VARIOUS OTHERS IT IS AN OBVIOUS COMMON PROBLEM. VEHICLE IS AT 68,000 AND IS BEING TAKEN IN ON SUNDAY 3/31/19. WHERE I HAVE ALREADY INDICATED TO MECHANIC WHAT I WANT REPLACED DUE TO THE FACT IT IS NOT AN EASILY REPLICATED PROBLEM ON COMMAND AND THERE IS NO CODE TO CHECK. IT SEEMS LIKE THE BEST COURSE OF ACTION TO TELL THEM TO JUST REPLACE IT. THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL MATTER.

WHILE DRIVING THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON WHEN I CAME TO A RED LIGHT I NOTICED THE ENGINE IDLE WAS ROUGH. I CHECKED THE CODE WHEN I GOT HOME P0305 MISFIRE IN CYLINDER NO. 5 I HAD THE SPARK PLUG AND COIL PACK REPLACED CLEARED THE CODE ENGINE STILL IDLED ROUGH AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME BACK ON. I HAD A MECHANIC LOOK AT IT AND FOUND DEFECTIVE VALVE GUIDE IN CYLINDER NO.5 HE STATED THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS ENGINE.LESSON LEARNED DON'T BUY DODGE.