2015 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN Complaints

THE ELECTRIC CONTROLS ARE GOING HAYWIRE WHEN VAN IS TURNED ON NOTHING WILL FUNCTION THAN THE REAR DEFROSTER COMES ON NOTHING ELSE WORKS THEN THE AIR COMES ON AND COOL AIR ON DRIVERS SIDE HEAT ON PASSENGER SIDE THEN SOME COOL THEN HEAT AND I HAVE A LIGHTING BOLT SIMBLE ON THE DASH AND VAN WAS HIT HEAD ON WHILE PARK AND THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY

THE REAR RIGHT PASSENGER SLIDING DOOR STOPPED WORKING BOTH ELECTRONICALLY AND MANUALLY CAUSING A PARTIAL HAZARD SO AS NO ONE CAN EXIT/ENTER THAT DOOR TO THE VEHICLE. IT WAS FIRST OBSERVED NEARLY 4 WEEKS AGO WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY. *TR

TRANSMISSION OIL COOLER & FILTER HOUSING FAILED NOVEMBER 2019 ODO/85K CAUSING LOSS OF TRANSMISSION FLUID AND DAMAGING TRANSMISSION AND TORQUE CONVERTER. MOPAR 68105583AF

DRIVER'S SIDE SLIDING DOOR WILL NOT OPEN MANUALLY, WITH KEY FOB OR OVERHEAD PUSH BUTTON. DOOR REMAINS LOCKED AT ALL TIMES MAKING IT IMPOSSIBLE FOR PASSENGERS TO EXIT VEHICLE THOUGH THAT DOOR IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

WAS PLANNING TRIP FROM ST. CATHARINES ONTARIO TO TYLER TEXAS AND TOOK VAN IN FOR OIL CHANGE AND 40 POINT "PEACE OF MIND" INSPECTION TO MY LOCAL DEALER WHERE ALWAYS SERVICED. EMPHASIZED I WANTED TO ADDRESS ANY PROBLEMS, IF ANY, BEFORE I STARTED TRIP AND NOT WHILE I WAS TRAVELLING. I WAS WITHIN 30 MILES OF DESTINATION IN TEXAS, WHEN STOPPED AT A INTERSECTION AND TRANSMISSION JUMPED WHEN ACCELERATING AND HEARD A GRINDING NOISE AND PULLED OVER.NO WARNING LIGHTS AT THIS TIME JUST GRINDING NOISE. HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO LOCAL CHRYSLER DEALER. SEE SERVICE INVOICE INCLUDED. TRANSMISSION SERVICE DONE THE NEXT DAY AND WAS GIVEN THE OK. EVERYTHING FINE DURING OUR STAY. ON OUR RETURN TRIP FROM TEXAS TO ONTARIO, NO PROBLEMS UNTIL WE ARRIVED IN COLUMBUS OHIO, 18 HOURS LATER, TO RE-FUEL AND WHEN PULLING AWAY FROM GAS STATION VEHICLE JUMPED, HEARD GRINDING NOISE AGAIN, AND ENGINE YELLOW WARNING LIGHT CAME ON. WE DID NOT DRIVE FURTHER AND HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO LOCAL CHRYSLER DEALER AND DID COMPUTOR SCAN WHICH INDICATED TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. SEE ENCLOSED SERVICE INVOICE. VEHICLE COULD NOT BE DRIVEN AT THIS TIME. SIX HOURS FROM HOME. DECIDED TO RENT A TRUCK AND CAR DOLLY AND TOWED VAN HOME TO OUR DEALER FOR SECOND OPINION. NEEDS NEW OR REBUILT TRANSMISSION. THIS IS NOT ACCEPTABLE FOR A VEHICLE THAT HAS ONLY APPROXIMATELY 81,000 MILES(OR 135,000 KM), ESPECIALLY SINCE 2015/2016 DODGE GRAND CARAVANS HAD TRANSMISSION RECALLS, BUT NOT VEHICLE WIDE. I AM LOOKING FOR CHRYSLER TO STEP UP AND RESOLVE THIS ISSUE.

I CHANGED MY BATTERY IN MY VAN AND NOW THE AC DOESN'T WORK AND IT SEEMS LIKE I SMELL COOLANT BURNING AND WHEN I'M DRIVING BETWEEN 40 TO 50 IT'S VERY SLUGGISH. AND I HAD TO HAVE AN AUTO SHOP CHECK MY TRANSMISSION FLUID CUZ IT FELT LIKE MY TRANSMISSION WAS SLIPPING. AND WHEN THEY CHECKED IT THEY SAID I WAS REALLY LOW ON TRANSMISSION FLUID BUT THEY DON'T KNOW WHERE THE TRANSMISSION FLUID GOING.

VEHICLE, STATIONARY, CAR DOES NOT START ON THE FIRST TRY IF IT SITS FOR OVER 4 HOURS. CRANKS THEN STALLS, OR CRANKS OVER AND OVER UNTIL EVENTUALLY CATCHING. NEW: CAR BATTERY, BATTERY TENDER/CHARGER, NEW/UPGRADED SPARK PLUGS, NEW/UPGRADED IGNITION COILS. APPEARS TO BE TIPM FAILING. HAS BEEN GETTING PROGRESSIVELY WORSE OVER THE PAST FEW WEEKS.

DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR TAKES TIME TO OPEN. 30 TO 45 SECONDS APPROXIMATELY TO OPEN. HAPPENS VERY OFTEN. AFRAID IT MAY STOP FUNCTIONING COMPLETELY. THE SLIDING DOORS (BOTH) OPEN ON THEIR OWN. HAVE FOUND SLIDING DOORS AND CARGO DOOR OPEN. THIS HAPPENS RANDOMLY, SOME DAYS IT MAY NOT OCCUR, BUT AFRAID TO LEAVE CAR IN THE STREET. HAVE TRIED TO SOLVE THIS ISSUE BY LOCKING DOORS MANUALLY WITH DOOR LOCK ON DRIVER'S DOOR PANEL, HOWEVER IT IS STILL MALFUNCTIONING. THE ISSUES OCCURS WHEN THE VEHICLE IS PARKED. BOUGHT THE VEHICLE IN OCTOBER 2019, HAS BEEN HAPPENING SINCE A MONTH AFTER PURCHASE ON AND OFF.

THE HEAD RESTRAINT FOR INSIDE THE HEADREST FOR BOTH THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER SEAT HAVE BRACKETS THAT WILL RANDOMLY FAIL.

ON THREE SEPARATE OCCASIONS DURING DECEMBER 3019 AND JANUARY 2020 WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE SHUTS OFF, NO WARNING LIGHTS BEFORE IT HAPPENS OR AFTER. LOSE OF POWER AND LOSS OF BRAKING. THIS HAS HAPPEN ON THE HIGHWAY AND ON MAIN ROADS. THERE WAS A RECALL UP TO THE 2010 MODEL FOR THIS SAME REASON WHICH CONTRIBUTED TO THE IGNITION AND FOB AND TIPM. IT APPEARS DODGE HAS NOT CORRECTED THIS HAZARD. TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY CAN NOT DIAGNOSIS THE ISSUE. THIS ISSUE IS GOING TO GET SOMEONE SERIOUSLY INJURED OR KILLED.