2013 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN Complaints

THE VAN RANDOMLY AND WITH NO WARNING LOSES POWER STEERING AND LOCKS THE GAS PEDAL SO IT CANNOT BE PRESSED WHILE DRIVING AROUND 25-35 MPH. PUTTING THE VAN IN PARK AND RESTARTING THE CAR FIXES THE PROBLEM. THIS HAS HAPPENED AT LEAST 8 TIMES IN THE LAST 4 MONTHS. MECHANIC HAS TRIED TO FIX THE PROBLEM AND THE PROBLEM CONTINUES TO BE AN ISSUE. IT SEEMS TO HAPPEN NEAR STOPLIGHTS WHILE THE CAR IS IN MOTION. IT ALSO SEEMS TO OCCUR WITHIN 10-20 MINUTES OF STARTING THE VEHICLE. ON ONE OCCASION THE BRAKES LOCKED UP WITH THE STEERING. NO ENGINE LIGHTS TURN ON WHEN IT HAPPENS, AND IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO REPLICATE THE PROBLEM ON DEMAND. THROUGH SOCIAL NETWORKING AND RESEARCHING THE PROBLEM ONLINE MANY OTHER DODGE CARAVANS AND CHRYSLER VANS HAVE HAD THIS SAME PROBLEM WITH NO SOLUTION.

VEHICLE WOULD NOT START, TOOK TO GARAGE THEY SAID FUEL PUMP, STILL WOULD NOT WORK, TOOK BACK THEY SAID TIPM, HAD IT CHANGED, GOT VAN BACK NOW THE SIGNAL LIGHTS DON'T WORK TOOK BACK THEY TEST IT AND GUESS WHAT TIPM AGAIN, SO NOW AFTER NEARLY 3000 IN REPAIRS AND 800 IN RENTALS I AM WAITING ANOTHER WEEK FOR ANOTHER TIPM NOT IMPRESSED AT ALL. AFTER RESEARCHING THIS ISSUE IT IS FAR TO COMMON AND SHOULD BE MADE A FULL RECALL, I KNOW OF FOUR FAILURES IN THE LAST WEEK IN MY LITTLE AREA ALONE. SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE, THIS PROBLEM CAN AFFECT ANY COMPONENT OF THE VEHICLE FROM BRAKES TO AIR BAGS TO ANYTHING THAT IS RUN BY A FUSE WHICH IS PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING, SOMEONE IS GOING TO BE SERIOUSLY INJURED BECAUSE OF THIS IF THERE HASN'T BEEN ALREADY.

DRIVER'S HEADREST POPPED WHILE VEHICLE WAS STOPPED. CAUSED PAIN AND SUFFERING FOR DRIVER... HAD TO SEEK MEDICAL HELP (CHIROPRACTOR). DODGE REFUSED TO PAY FOR REPLACEMENT FOR THIS SAFETY DEVICE.

THE FIRST OCCURRENCE WAS WHEN I WAS DRIVING ON AN INTERSTATE, ABOUT 65 MPH, WHEN THE ENGINE ABRUPTLY STALLED. I CHANGED SEVERAL LANES ONTO THE SHOULDER AND CALL A TOW TRUCK, BUT BEFORE IT ARRIVED, IT WAS ABLE TO START AGAIN, AFTER ~30 MINUTES. THIS SAME BEHAVIOR HAS HAPPENED 4 MORE TIMES (TOTAL OF 5 TIMES IN A YEAR, OR ABOUT 15K MILES), SOMETIMES WEEKS APART, SOMETIMES MONTHS. THE OTHER OCCASIONS WERE SLOWER, 25-40 MPH. THE DODGE DEALERSHIP WAS UNHELPFUL DIAGNOSING THE PROBLEM, AS ALL SYSTEMS APPEAR FINE UNTIL THE PROBLEM APPEARS, WHICH THEY UNSURPRISINGLY COULD NOT PROVOKE. ON EACH OCCASION, WHEN WE TRY TO START THE CAR AGAIN, IT SOUNDS AS IF IT HAS NO FUEL, BUT AFTER ~30 MIN. OF SITTING, IT STARTS AGAIN AND DRIVES JUST FINE. IT IS VERY UNNERVING TO ALWAYS HAVE TO CONSIDER THAT THE CAR MAY SIMPLY STALL, THIS IS ABSOLUTELY A SAFETY CONCERN. CURRENTLY I PLAN TO REPLACE THE TIPM MODULE, AS IT SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN A SOURCE OF PROBLEMS ON MANY CHRYSLER MODELS. I WILL JUST CROSS MY FINGERS THAT IT DOESN'T HAPPEN AGAIN.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO DAYTON ANDREWS CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP RAM (2388 GULF TO BAY BLVD, CLEARWATER, FL 33765, (727) 799-4539) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE FUEL PUMP RELAY FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 98,000.

VEHICLE HAS ABRUPTLY SHUT DOWN DURING OPERATION AT SPEEDS GREATER THAN 60 MPH. I WAS ABLE TO SAFELY GUIDE VEHICLE TO AN AVAILABLE SHOULDER AREA AND RESTART. THE SHUT DOWN CAME WITH DASH LIGHTS OF SERVICE ENGINE SOON AND BATTERY LIGHT. THESE LIGHTS HAVE BEEN SIMULTANEOUS AND INTERMITTENT. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN INTO THE DEALER AND THE DEALER INDICATED THAT A OB COMPUTER SOFTWARE UPGRADE WAS REQUIRED AND UPLOADED. I WAS CHARGED A DIAGNOSIS FEE FOR THIS. THE UPLOAD APPEARS TO HAVE CURED THE SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT BUT THE BATTERY LIGHT HAS RETURNED.

DRIVING ON HIGHWAY CAR IN MOTION WHEN PASSENGER HEADREST DEPLOYED HITTING PASSENGERS HEAD PUSHING THEM INTO DASHBOARD. TAKEN TO ADDYS DODGE AND WAS TOLD IT WAS BROKE AND NEEDED A NEW HEADREST FOR $790.00 THAT HEADREST WAS NOT UNDER WARRANTY AND ASKED FOR $ 98.00 FOR THERE INSPECTION

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. WHILE THE CONTACT'S WIFE ATTEMPTED TO LOAD THE VEHICLE, HER RIGHT ELBOW HIT THE HEADREST. SUDDENLY, THE HEADREST POPPED OUT WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE HEADREST POPPED OUT ON ONE OTHER OCCASION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO CERRITOS DODGE CHRYSLER JEEP RAM (18803 STUDEBAKER RD, CERRITOS, CA 90703 (562) 402-5335), BUT THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE REPLICATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000.

I DO NOT HAVE A TAKATA BUT MY VEHICLE HAS THE TAKATA RECALL ISSUE PLUS I ONLY HAD MY VEHICLE FOR ALMOST 2YRS BUT I HAVE 5 KIDS AND IT WORRIES ME TO DRIVE WITH THAT LIGHT ON AND SOME WEIRD NOISE THAT JUST STARTED IN MY DRIVER BACK TIRE BUT THIS AIRBAG LIGHT THATS ON WORRIES ME IM SCARED TO DRIVE AND MY KIDS HAVE TO GET BACK AND FOURTH TO SCHOOL, WHAT AM I SUPPOSE TO DO. OH MY CAR HAS NOT BEEN IN ANY ACCIDENT

TIPM NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AT MY COST EVEN THOUGH THIS IS BEEN A PROBLEM IN OTHER DODGE VEHICLES. THE FUEL PUMP RELAY WAS NOT WORKING THE HORN STARTED GOING OFF FOR NO REASON AND THERE WERE STARTING ISSUES, WITH CAR EVENTUALLY STALLING WHILE MOVING. IT WAS OVER $1200 TO FIX. THEN, SIX MONTHS LATER THE CAR IS STILL NOT STARTING ACCURATELY AND WAS FIXED AT MY COST. A GROUND WIRE WAS PUT IN FROM THE BATTERY TO THE TRANSMISSION. I WASTOLD THIS WAS NOT PART OF THE TIPM ISSUE BUT THEY DID NOT KNOW WHAT WAS CAUSING IT. DODGES PROBLEM-SOLVING DATABASE SHOWED THAT THIS PROBLEM WAS FIXED IN OTHER DODGES WITH GROUND WIRE. THIS REPAIR WAS AT MY COST. LASTLY, THE VALVES AND GASKETS AS PART OF THE POWERTRAIN SYSTEM HAVE BEEN REPLACED TWICE IN LESS THAN TWO YEARS. THEY ARE UNDER WARRANTY AND THE REPAIR WAS NO COST TO ME, BUT THEY'VE HAD TO BE REPLACED TWICE.