2012 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE SHUT OFF WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S HOME AFTER THE LATEST FAILURE. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE KEY FOB DID NOT COOPERATE WITH THE TRANSMITTER AND FAILED TO OPERATE. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 450,000.

I HAVE PREVIOUSLY REPORTED AN ISSUE WITH MY VEHICLE. THE PROBLEM HAS PERSISTED. THE ISSUE AT HAND IS THE VEHICLE LOSES POWER WITHOUT WARNING WHILE DRIVING. IT HAS HAPPENED AT LOW SPEEDS (25 MPH), MIDDLE SPEEDS (45 MPH) AND HIGH SPEEDS (65-70 MPH). ALL WARNING LIGHTS ARE DISABLED WHEN THE EVENTS OCCUR, SO THERE IS NO WAY TO WARN OTHER VEHICLES OF THE ISSUES AT HAND, INCREASING THE PROBABILITY OF A CRASH. I HAVE TAKEN MY VEHICLE TO CUTTER DODGE IN HONOLULU ONLY TO HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT THE BATTERY CABLES WERE LOOSE ($150 SERVICE FEE) AND THAT THE PRIMER THAT IS INCLUDED WITH NEW BATTERIES TO APPLY ON THE BATTERY POSTS WAS SOMETHING THAT THEY'D NEVER SEEN BEFORE. THE PROBLEM HAS PERSISTED. I CURRENTLY HAVE MY VEHICLE AT A REPAIR SHOP WITH A BATTERY THAT WON'T HOLD A CHARGE BECAUSE THE INTERGRATED POWER MODULE IS MALFUNCTIONING. AS SEEN IS PREVIOUS COMPLAINTS, THIS ISSUE IS ONGOING WITH 2012 DODGE GRAND CARAVANS. THIS ISSUE PRESENTS A SIGNIFICANT SAFETY HAZARD AND SHOULD BE RECALLED. I WILL REPEAT THAT THE DRIVER HAS NO WARNING THAT THIS ISSUE WILL OCCUR AND IT PUTS LIVES IN DANGER. MY VEHICLE HAS LESS THAN 110,000 MILES AND IT BEGAN BEFORE REACHING 100,000 MILES. RECALL THIS PART BEFORE LIVES ARE LOST OR MAIMED.

THE AIR BAG LIGHT WOULD GO ON AND OFF AS I TURNED THE WHEEL STARTED IN 2016 AND NOW DEC 2019 ITS ON ALL THE TIME AND MY HORN DOESN'T WORK AND THERES A CRACK IN THE INTERIOR WHERE THE HORN IS.MY FEAR IS WHAT COULD HAPPEN NEXT COULD THE AIRBAG GO OFF WHILE IM DRIVING ALSO I NEED MY HORN WHERE I WAS OUT DRIVING 35 MINS AGO IN MY CITY A CAR ALMOST SIDE SWEEP ME I TRIED TO HONK THE HORN AND NOTICE I HAD NO HORN I HAD TO THINK FAST AND WENT HALF WAYS INTO THE ON COMING TRAFIC LANE THANKFULY THE LANE WAS EMPTY I DONT BELIEVE THAT THIS SHOULDNT HAVE BROKEN

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE SHUT OFF ALL ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS GO DARK LOSE BREAKING STEERING. AFTER TURNING KEY SEVERAL TIMES THE ENGINE WILL RESTART. THIS HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES. ALSO WHILE TRYING TO START THE VEHICLE THE IGNITION KEY DOES NOT ALWAYS WORK HAVE TO TURN THE KEY MULTIPLE TIMES TO START VEHICLE.

THIS ISSUE HAPPENED JUST THIS MORNING WHEN THE VAN WAS PARKED IN MY DRIVEWAY AND I ATTEMPTED TO OPEN THE SLIDING DOOR ON THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE VAN. I HAVE ATTEMPTED TO OPEN IT MANY OTHER TIMES THIS MORNING WHILE PARKED AT MY OFFICE WITH NO SUCCESS. IT WORKED FINE LAST NIGHT. THE PASSENGER DOOR WILL NOT OPEN OR CLOSE EITHER MANUALLY, USING THE AUTOMATIC SWITCH OR THE KEY FOB. IT MAKES A NOISE LIKE IT IS TRYING TO WORK, BUT THEN SHUTS OFF AFTER A FEW SECONDS. THIS IS AN OBVIOUS SAFETY ISSUE IF THERE WERE TO BE ANYBODY NEEDING TO GET OUT THAT DOOR IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. APPARENTLY (PER THE INTERNET) THIS IS A WELL KNOW ISSUE WITH DODGE.

DRIVING AT 55MPH ON A MAIN CITY RD VEHICLE STARTED TO HESITATE THEN SHUT OFF WITH NO WARNING. VEHICLE ACTED LIKE IT WAS OUT OF FUEL . I WAS ABLE TO COST VEHICLE TO THE SHOULDER VEHICLE WOULD NOT START BACK UP. IT WOULD CONTINUOUSLY TURN OVER WHEN TRYING TO CRANK BUT WOULD NOT START I BOUGHT A TESTER TO TEST THE VEHICLES FUEL PUMP AS WELL AS THE FUSS AND RELAYS. I HAVE ALSO PAID A SHOP TO DIAGNOSE THE ISSUE AND RESULTS WERE A FAILED TIPM AND FAILED FUEL PMP RELAYS WHICH ARE BUILT IN. DUE TO HIGH COSTS OF THE TIPM AND BACK ORDER WE HAD TO TOW THE VEHICLE TO WERE IT CURRENTLY SITS UNTIL A SOLUTION CAN BE MADE

VEHICLE ELECTRICAL AND ENGINE SHUTDOWN SUDDENLY WHILE DRIVING 30MPH ON THE ROAD. NO POWER STEERING OR BRAKES, HAD TO PULL OVER TO THE SHOULDER. WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE CAR AND DRIVE NORMALLY AFTER A FEW MINUTES. BROUGHT TO DEALER BUT NO ENGINE CODES WERE DISCOVERED. HAS RECURRED MORE THAN ONCE IN A 2YR PERIOD. RELATED TO THIS ELECTRICAL (TIPM) PROBLEM, CAR OFTEN REQUIRES 3 OR 4 ATTEMPTS TO START. WILL SOMETIMES START ON ITS OWN SEVERAL SECONDS AFTER KEY STOPPED TURNING.

MY VEHICLE WAS NOT STARTING , IT TOOK 1-12 TRIES TO FINALLY GET IT TO START, I HAD SOMEONE LOOK AT IT AND IT WAS THE INTAKE SENSOR, I REPLACED TRAY, STILL DIDN'T WORK, THEN THE FUEL PUMP, IN TRUE MEAN TIME MY BATTERY WAS DRAINED BECAUSE THERE WAS A NOISE BY THE BACK TIRE,(NOT AIR COMING OUT OF TIRE) SOUNDED MORE LIKE THE HEATER WAS ON, CAR WAS TOTALLY OFF. THEN THE ACTUATOR, STILL NOT WORKING, ACTUALLY GETTING WORSE. NOW IT TAKES 10-15 TIMES TO EVEN START THE CAR. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THERE IS A RECALL FOR THE IGNITION, HOWEVER NOT FOR MY VIN, BUT OTHER VANS MY SAME YEAR AND MODEL. HOW COULD TEIS BE? NOW THEY SAY I NEED TO REPLACE THE IGNITION MODULAR AND THAT IS OVER $1300.00, THIS SHOULD FALL UNDER WARRANTY. AGAIN SAME YEAR, SAME MODEL, BUT BECAUSE MY VIN IS NOT PART OF IT NOTHING I CAN DO. AND TO TOP IT OFF THE PART IS FACTORY BACK ORDERED, COULD TAKE OVER A MONTH TO GET. PLEASE HELP!

TROUBLE STARTING VAN. HAVE A $1200 TIPM ON ORDER. STRONGLY FEEL THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL ISSUE AS VAN COULD STALL WHILE DRIVING CAUSING A CRASH

FUEL RELAY SWITCH CONTINUOUSLY RUNS AFTER THE VEHICLE IS SHUT OFF WHICH DRAINS THE BATTERY AND PREVENTS IT FROM STARTING. THE VEHICLE THEN NEEDS TO BE JUMP STARTED BY ANOTHER VEHICLE AND ONCE THE ORIGINAL VEHICLE IS RUNNING AND PUT INTO DRIVE TO BE MOVED IT SHUTS ITSELF OFF BECAUSE THE BATTERY IS NOT FULLY CHARGED.