2013 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2013 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH, ANOTHER VEHICLE FAILED TO OBEY A RED LIGHT AT 35 MPH AND CRASHED INTO THE FRONT OF THE CONTACTS VEHICLE. DURING THE CRASH THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE WAS SEVERELY DAMAGED BUT THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE DRIVER SUSTAINED A RIGHT HIP AND AN ANKLE INJURY ALONG WITH A CONCUSSION. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED AND TOWED AWAY. A POLICE REPORT WAS TAKEN AT THE SCENE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND AN INSPECTION WAS PERFORMED ON THE VEHICLE BUT NO PROBLEM WAS FOUND. THE LOCAL DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THERE WAS A RECALL RELATED TO THE AIR BAGS ASSOCIATED WITH HER VEHICLE BUT THE RECALL INFORMATION WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 190,000.*DT *DT*JB CONSUMER STATED AIRBAG RECALL IN MY VEHICLE DUE TO DEFECTIVE SOFTWARE BEING INSTALLED AT THE FACTORY, WHICH WOULD CAUSE AIRBAG FAILURE IN AUTO ACCIDENT. CONSUMER WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST A VEHICLE EXAMINATION AND REVIEW OF AN AIRBAG SYSTEM FAILURE, IN AN AUTO ACCIDENT THAT TOTALED MY 2013 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. 'PARTS OF THIS DOCUMENT HAVE BEEN REDACTED TO PROTECT PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).'*JB *TR*JB

INITAILLY BATTERY LIGHT CAME ON UNEXPECTEDLY. 30 MINS LATER WHILE DRIVING ON THE STREET, THE CAR WOULD NO LONGER PULL AS IF IT HAD BEEN SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL. CONSTANTLY SHIFTING THE CAR INTO NEUTRAL AND BACK INTO DRIVE I WAS ABLE TO PULL ONTO A SIDE STREET. I COULD HEAR A SOLID CLICK WHEN DOING THE SHIFTING. CHECKED TRANSMISSIN FLUID AND IT WAS CLEAN AND AT A GOOD LEVEL. BATTERY LIGHT STAYED ON AND EVENTUALLY CAR WOULD NO LONGER START.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IDLING, THE ENGINE MISFIRED. AS A RESULT, THE RPMS DECREASED AND THE VEHICLE VIBRATED AND SHUDDERED. ON SOME OCCASIONS, THE VEHICLE SHUT OFF COMPLETELY. THE VEHICLE WAS RESTARTED, BUT THE FAILURE CONTINUED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE CHECK ENGINE INDICATOR WAS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.

DRIVER'S SIDE MANUAL SLIDING DOOR WON'T OPEN. LOCK WON'T MOVE. WORKED ONE DAY AND HASN'T SINCE

WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE INTERSTATE THE PASSENGER SIDE HEAD REST DEPLOYED. THERE WAS A PASSENGER IN THE SEAT AT THE TIME BUT WAS NOT HIT BY THE HEAD REST.

TRANSMISSION ON OUR 2013 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN FAILED WHILE TRAVELING ON THE FREEWAY VAN WOULD NO LONGER ACCELERATE. MY WIFE HAD TO COAST TO THE CENTER OF THE FREEWAY AND CALL FOR A TOW TRUCK. LUCKILY NEITHER MY WIFE OF THE 3 CHILDREN IN OUR VAN WERE INJURED DESPITE BEING IN A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

TAKATA RECALL .... THE HEADREST ON THE PASSENGER SEAT DEPLOYED ON IT'S OWN WITHOUT AN ACCIDENT OCCURRING. TO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE, THE VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY.

THE SLIDING DOOR ON DRIVERS SIDE NO LONGER OPENS. THE HANDLE MOVES BUT DOESN'T SEEM TO LATCH OR UNLATCH. DOOR INOPERABLE IN CLOSED POSITION. IT WILL NOT OPEN AT ALL FROM OUTSIDE OR INSIDE THE VEHICLE. IT IS NOT A POWER DOOR, MANUAL ONLY. IT JUST WOULDN'T OPEN ONE DAY, WITHOUT WARNING, AROUND MAY 21, 2019. I HEAR OF MANY OTHERS HAVING SAME PROBLEM WITH THEIR DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. PLEASE INITIATE A RECALL, AS THIS IS NOT ONLY AN EXPENSIVE REPAIR, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY A SAFETY ISSUE FOR EXITING THE VEHICLE IN AN EMERGENCY.

FUEL PUMP RUNS ALL NIGHT DRAINS BATTERY AND LATER VEHICLE STALLS AND CRANKS BUT DOESN'T START

THE COOLING SYSTEM STARTED A LEAK NEAR THE FIREWALL WHERE ARE THE METAL TUBING CONNECTS 2 EACH Y PLASTIC CONNECTORS. IT IS ONE SOLID PIECE THAT WRAPS AROUND THE TOP OF THE ENGINE AND FACTORY PRICE IS $185 NO THIRD PARTY AVAILABLE. AFTER INSPECTING THE Y CONNECTORS THEY ARE MADE OF VERY VERY THIN ABS PLASTIC. AT 125000 MILES HAD TO REPLACE IT TWICE WITHIN 50000 MILES THE SECOND TIME I USED 2 EACH BRASS TEE CONNECTORS WITH ADDITIONAL 5/8 HEATER HOSE AND SPLICED IT TOGETHER FOR A BETTER STRONGER CONNECTION. THIS HAS MADE THE FOURTH HIGH PRESSURE LEAK I'VE HAD AND 60,000 MILES.