2014 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. WHILE OPERATING THE VEHICLE, THE ENGINE MISFIRED WHILE APPROACHING A STOP LIGHT. THE FAILURE INCREASED ONCE THE ENGINE TEMPERATURE INCREASED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DAVE SINCLAIR CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP RAM IN PACIFIC, MO, BUT THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND DID NOT ASSIST. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 32,000.

THE VEHICLE WAS SERVICED LAST YEAR FOR THE SAME ISSUE. THE HEAD WAS REPLACED TWICE THEN THEY REPLACED THE WIRING HARNESS FOR THE MAIN COMPUTER. THE VAN STILL HAS THE ISSUE THAT COMES AND GOES. IT WILL BE FINE ONE DAY AND THEN ONE DAY GOING UP A HILL IT WILL GET REAL JERKY AND BUMPY FOR ANOTHER FEW DAYS. IT HAPPENED LAST FEBRUARY SO WE TOOK IT TO A LOCAL DEALER WHO REPLACED THE OIL SENDING UNIT UNDER WARRANTY. ALSO THEY HAD TO REPLACE THE ALTERNATOR AND BELT WHICH WAS $700 OUT OF POCKET. I FEEL THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG WITH THIS ENGINE BECAUSE OTHER PEOPLE ARE COMPLAINING ABOUT THE SAME THING. THEY REPLACED A HEAD ON 1-15-2016 THEN REPLACED IT AGAIN ON 1-29-2015. THEY REPLACED THE WIRING HARNESS ON 3-4-2016. THE ALTERNATOR AND BELT WAS ON 2-27-2017. NOW WE HAVE THE SAME ISSUE HAPPENING AGAIN.

MY 2014 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN HAS ABOUT 40K MILES AND THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT ACTIVATES INTERMITTENTLY. I HAVE AN EXTENDED WARRANTY THAT DOES NOT COVER AIRBAGS AND THE DEALERSHIP (WITH WHOM I PURCHASED THE WARRANTY) HAS NO INTEREST IN DIAGNOSING THE ISSUE UNLESS I PAY AN UP-FRONT FEE. I THINK A VEHICLE THIS NEW SHOULD NOT BE HAVING THIS ISSUE IN THE FIRST PLACE AS IT IS OBVIOUSLY A DEFECT OR AN ELECTRICAL FAILURE OF SOME SORT. DO I HAVE ANY RECOURSE? THANKS!

THE WINDOW REGULATOR BROKEN WHEN I WAS DRIVING TO MY HOUSE FROM WORK. I AM JUST WAS TRYING TO OPEN WINDOW ON THE LEFT SIDE NEAR DRIVING SEAT AND WINDOW DROPPED DOWN. IMMEDIATELY WITH BROKEN WINDOW I WAS DRIVING TO THE DEALER DAYTONA DODGE (JAMES COHLER 5730) THEY DID NOT HELP ME NOTHING AND DECLINED REPAIR.THIS IS WAS RIDICULOUS!!!!!!! THEY TOLD ME I HAVE TO PAY FOR LIKE $ 400.00 IF I WANT TO FIX THAT!!!!!! THIS IS NOT MY FALL. THIS IS MANUFACTURE ISSUES!!!! I AM DOING PAYMENTS FOR MY CAR STILL EVERY MONTH AND NEVER LATE. THIS IS CAR NEW VAN!!!!! COST ME$ 26000. AND THIS IS WAS EMERGENCY SITUATION.THIS IS CAR IS NOT SAFETY. I CAME BACK AT HOME WITH OUT WINDOW (THE WINDOW WAS INSIDE LEFT DOOR). PLEASE HELP ME TO FIX THAT.

I WAS IN MY CAR I HAD JUST PULLED INTO THE DRIVEWAY WHICH IS ON AN INCLINE, MY CAR WAS IN DRIVE MY FOOT WAS ON THE BRAKE WHEN YOUR FOOT COMES OFF OF THE BREAK AND YOU ARE IN DRIVE MY CAR WILL ROLL BACKWARDS IT IS DESIGNED THAT WAY. ON THIS PARTICULAR DAY MY CAR ROLLED FORWARD I NOTICED IT WAS ROLLING FORWARD AND I PUT THE CAR IN PARK AS I PUT THE CAR IN PARK AND WAS STEPPING ON THE BRAKE THE CAR MADE A HIGH PITCHED NOISE AND THEN THE RPMS REVVED UP AND UP AND THE CAR ACCELERATED FORWARD AS IF I WAS PUSHING ON THE GAS AND IN DRIVE. THE CAR WOULD NOT LET ME GET IT OUT OF PARK AND IT KEPT GOING FORWARD ACCELERATING INTO THE HOUSE AND GARAGE OVER AND OVER. I HAD TO SLAM THE GEAR SHIFT AND HIT IT OVER AND OVER FROM PARK DOWN INTO REVERSE WHICH FINALLY HAPPENED AND THEN I WAS ABLE TO GO BACKWARDS AND STOP HITTING THE GARAGE. I TURN THE CAR OFF PUT THE EMERGENCY BRAKE ON AND GOT OUT OF THE CAR TO SEE THE DAMAGE. PICTURES ARE BELOW I HAVE SEEN OTHER FORUMS AND COMPLAINTS THAT THIS VEHICLE YEAR AND MAKE HAVE DONE THIS ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS. IF MY LITTLE GIRLS WERE IN THE CAR AND THIS HAPPENED AT A INTERSECTION, WE WOULD HAVE BEEN THROWN INTO ONGOING TRAFFIC SERIOUSLY INJURED IF NOT KILLED!! THIS IS A KNOWN VEHICLE FAILURE WHICH HAS NOT BEEN TAKEN CARE OF WITH PROPER RECALL PRECAUTIONS. THIS IS A DANGEROUS AND LIFE-THREATENING PROBLEM. MY LIFE MATTERS AND SO DO MY CHILDRENS. FAILURE TO ACT IS MURDER.

2014 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN LEAKING OIL FROM OIL FILTER HOUSING. OIL IS ACCUMULATING ON THE TRANSMISSION AREA. WHEN THE OIL HITS SOMETHING HOT, IT SMOKES. MIGHT START A FIRE.

A FLUID LEAK WAS FOUND ON THE GARAGE FLOOR UNDER OUR VAN. UPON FURTHER INSPECTION IT TURNED OUT TO BE ENGINE OIL. WE TOOK THE VAN TO THE DEALER TO HAVE IT LOOKED AT AS IT IS STILL UNDER MANUFACTURE'S WARRANTY. THE DEALER MENTIONED THAT THE OIL "COOLER" OR ADAPTER WAS PROBABLY CRACKED FROM THE LAST OIL CHANGE. THIS PART IS WHAT HOLDS THE OIL FILTER. IT IS A PLASTIC PART THAT IS SUBJECT TO TORQUE WHEN THE CAP IS REMOVED AND REPLACED AFTER CHANGING THE OIL FILTER. THIS PART IS ENGINEERED TO FAIL AFTER SO MANY OIL CHANGES. ONCE IT FAILS, OIL IS FORCED UNDER PRESSURE ON TOP OF THE ENGINE, CAUSING A POTENTIAL FIRE RISK. THE DEALER WILL NOT COVER THIS UNDER MANUFACTURE'S WARRANTY SINCE THEY DID NOT PERFORM THE OIL CHANGE. THIS IS A SERIOUS ISSUE AND A RECALL OF THIS PART WITH REPLACEMENT USING A METAL REPLACEMENT SHOULD BE SERIOUSLY CONSIDERED BEFORE SOMEONE GETS HURT, NOT AFTER.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE STEERING WHEEL PULLED TO THE RIGHT AND CAUSED THE CONTACT TO LOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN UNKNOWN DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE STEERING WHEEL FAILURE WAS CAUSED BY THE ROAD CROWNING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 12,000.

THE 2014 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN HAS ISSUES WITH SHUTTING DOWN WITHOUT WARNING. IT HAPPENS RIGHT AFTER STARTING THE VEHICLE AND HAS SHUT OFF WHILE IN PARK AS WELL AS BACKING OUT OF PARK. THERE ARE NO LIGHTS THAT COME ON THE DASH PANEL TO INDICATE A PROBLEM AND THE PROBLEM CANNOT BE REPLICATED FOR REPAIR; IT HAPPENS WITHOUT WARNING AT RANDOM TIMES. HAS HAPPENED AT RANDOM INTERVALS SINCE 40,000 MILES; MOST RECENT EVENT WAS AROUND 60,000 MILES ON 09/15/2017.

ABOUT A WEEK AGO THE VAN WOULD NOT START. THE BATTERY WAS COMPLETELY DEAD AFTER BEING PARKED OVERNIGHT. AFTER CHARGING THE BATTERY, I'VE HAD NO ISSUES STARTING THE VAN, BUT THE HEADLAMPS AND AIR CONDITION FAN DIM AND RETURN TO FULL POWER EVERY FIVE TO TEN SECONDS. TWICE, THE VAN HAS JUST SHUT OFF WHILE DRIVING ON CITY STREETS AT ABOUT 35 MPH OR WHILE STOPPING AT AN INTERSECTION.