2012 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN Complaints

LOUD CLICKING NOISE IN DASHBOARD AS WELL AS LACK OF FUNCTION INVOLVING THE A/C CONTROL PANEL. REAR DEFROSTER LIGHT BLINKS.

VEHICLE WOULD RANDOMLY SHUT OFF WHILING DRIVING. IGNITION SWITCH WOULD CHANGE POSITIONS IF BUMPED OR WHILE DRIVING OVER ROUGH TERRAIN. THUS CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO SHUT OFF UNEXPECTEDLY. 2008-2011 MODEL YEARS HAVE ALREADY BEEN RECALLED. I GUESS SOMEONE HAS TO DIE FOR THE 2012 MODEL YEAR, WHICH USES THE SAME PART, TO BE RECALLED AS WELL.

MY VAN DRAWS DOWN THE BATTERY, FOUND THE FUEL PUMP WAS NOT SHUTTING OFF. THE TIPM IS BAD AND I CONTINUE TO WRESTLE WITH THE PROBLEM. WHEN I FIRST COMPLAINED TO THE DEALER, THEY TOLD ME I HAD A DEAD CELL IN MY BATTERY. THEY SAID TO REPLACE THE BATTERY. I ALLOWED THEM TO REPLACE IT. ABOUT 2 WEEKS LATER , THE CAR WOULD NOT START. SAME PROBLEM, OVER AND OVER. THE FUEL PUMP WILL CONTINUE TO RUN, NOW I HAVE TO PULL THE FUSE SO AS TO NOT DRAIN MY BATTERY AND HOPE AND PRAY THE VAN WILL START. ONCE IT STARTS, I TEND NOT TO SHUT IT OFF BUT THIS WEEK IT HAS BEEN STALLING ON ME AND I AM SCARED TO DRIVE IT OUT OF MY DRIVE WAY. IT STALLED ON ST RD 74, WHICH IS A 4 LANE HIGH WAY THAT IS HEAVILY TRAVELED THRU MY TOWN. IS THERE ANY CLASS ACTION SUITS GOING ON FOR THIS SAME PROBLEM? I SAW ONE RAN BACK IN 2013, I THINK IT WAS WITH THE CHRYSLER CORP. NEED HELP TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE ONCE AND FOR ALL. THANK YOU [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).' *PM

SOLD BY DEALER AS HANDS FREE FOR PHONE, IT ISN'T. WHEN PURCHASED AGREED TO GIVE SECOND KEY FOB AND REPAIR DOOR, OVER $600 LATER I HAVE A KEY FOB AND MY DOORS STAY CLOSED, TRANSMISSION FAILED HAD TO BE REPLACED, AND NOW THE CATALYTIC CONVERTERS IS OUT. THERE COULD NOT BE A BIGGER LEMON THAN THIS VEHICLE!

MAJOR PROBLEMS WITH T.I.P. MODULE WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT THE INTERIOR AND HEAD LIGHTS START TO FLICKER AND EVENTUALLY GO COMPLETELY OUT. I HAVE 5 KIDS AND HAVE BEEN ALMOST HIT HEAD ON WHEN THIS HAPPENS BECAUSE IT HAPPENS WITHOUT WARNING. I HAVE HAD TO SIT BESIDE THE ROAD FOR HOURS WAITING ON MY LIGHTS TO COME BACK ON AND SOMETIMES THEY NEVER HAVE. THIS IS A LIFE THREATENING EMERGENCY AND DODGE WONT LISTEN TO ME. THIS IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND IT IS GETTING TO THE POINT THE CAR IS UNDRIVABLE. I WAS TOLD IT WOULD BE $1,400 TO REPAIR MODULE AND THAT IS WHY THEY WILL NOT DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. SEE ALSO 112108740 *DSY

MAJOR PROBLEMS WITH T.I.P. MODULE WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT THE INTERIOR AND HEAD LIGHTS START TO FLICKER AND EVENTUALLY GO COMPLETELY OUT. I HAVE 5 KIDS AND HAVE BEEN ALMOST HIT HEAD ON WHEN THIS HAPPENS BECAUSE IT HAPPENS WITHOUT WARNING. I HAVE HAD TO SIT BESIDE THE ROAD FOR HOURS WAITING ON MY LIGHTS TO COME BACK ON AND SOMETIMES THEY NEVER HAVE. THIS IS A LIFE THREATENING EMERGENCY AND DODGE WONT LISTEN TO ME. THIS IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND IT IS GETTING TO THE POINT THE CAR IS UNDRIVABLE. I WAS TOLD IT WOULD BE $1,400 TO REPAIR MODULE AND THAT IS WHY THEY WILL NOT DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. SEE ALSO ODI 11218741 *DSY

OVER THE PAST 2 MONTHS OUR 2012 GRAND CARAVAN HAS BEEN HAVING AN UNKNOWN ISSUE. WE WILL BE DRIVING ALONG NORMALLY THEN THE POWER AND ENGINE WILL ALL CUT OUT THIS HAS HAPPENED IN MULTIPLE ENVIRONMENTS FROM CROSSING RAILWAY TRACKS TO RUNNING DOWN A SMOOTH ROAD, THANKFULLY THIS HAS NOT HAPPENED YET ON THE HIGHWAY, WE ARE LEFT COASTING WITH NO POWER STEERING OR ANYTHING UNTIL WE CAN SAFELY STOP PUT THE VAN IN PARK AND RESTART THE ENGINE. THE VAN RESTARTS EVERY TIME STRAIGHT AWAY WITH NO PROBLEMS. THE OTHER DAY BEFORE WE TOOK THE VAN TO THE LOCAL DODGE DEALERSHIP FOR THEM TO INVESTIGATE THE ISSUE, THE CONSOLE STAYED WITH NO POWER BUT I WAS ABLE TO START THE ENGINE, THE FAN AND RADIO ALSO WORKED AT THIS POINT, AFTER DRIVING 5 TO 10 METERS THE DASH CONSOLE CAME UP WITH ALL THE GAUGES WORKING AGAIN. IT HAS NOW BEEN TO THE DEALERSHIP TWICE NOW AND THEY ARE UNABLE TO REPLICATE THE ISSUE OR KNOW OF A CAUSE. AFTER REVIEWING FORUMS IT SEEMS THAT OTHER VAN'S FROM VARIOUS YEARS ARE HAVING THE SAME ISSUE. SOMETIMES WHEN IT DOES IT, IT CATCHES ITSELF AT THE LAST SECOND AND THE ENGINE STAYS ON AND THE CONSOLE COMES BACK UP TO NORMAL THOUGH THIS IS MAYBE A 1 IN 5 OCCURRENCE. ONE OF THE TIMES IT HAPPENED WE PUT OUR FIXD IN THE CARE AND THE SCREENSHOT ATTACHED IS WHAT INFORMATION IT SHOWED, THE DEALERSHIP ONLY FOUND 1 OF THESE 4 FAULT CODES.

THE FUEL PUMP STAYS ON AFTER THE VAN IS TURNED OFF AND THE KEYS ARE REMOVED, SOMETIMES IT WILL KICK OFF IF YOU REINSERT THE KEYS AND TURN IT OFF OTHER TIMES WE HAVE TO PULL THE FUSE TO MAKE IT KICK OFF. THIS HAS HAPPENED ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS OTHER THAN TODAY. AFTER DOING RESEARCH I HAVE FOUND OUT IT'S A VERY COMMON OCCURRENCE IN DODGE CARAVAN AND ALSO THE TOWN AND COUNTRY.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE PARKED THE VEHICLE FAILED TO START. AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS THE VEHICLE STARTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL DEALER (FIELDS CHRYSLER JEEP DODGE RAM GLENVIEW LOCATED AT 2800 PATRIOT BLVD, GLENVIEW, IL 60026) WHERE IT WAS UNABLE TO BE DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT INFORMED OF FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 106,000.

THE BACK SIDE DRIVER SIDE DOOR IS STUCK INTO LOCK POSITION AND WILL NOT UNLOCK AND THE DOOR WILL NOT OPEN. I FEEL THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE! BESIDES THE FACT I HAVE SEVERAL KIDS AND THESE DOORS ARE THE REASON I BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE