2016 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN Complaints

REAR SLIDING DOOR SUDDENLY BECAME STUCK IN THE LOCKED POSITION AND I AM UNABLE TO OPEN THE DOOR IN ANY WAY. THIS IS CAUSING MY CHILDREN TO HAVE TO EXIT THE VAN ON THE TRAFFIC SIDE OF THE CAR. THIS WOULD ALSO LEAVE MY CHILD TRAPPED IN THE CAR SHOULD AN EMERGENCY ARISE OR AN ACCIDENT OCCUR ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE VAN.

STARTED THE CAR AND IT WAS MAKING A SOUND LIKE AN ELECTRICAL CAR WOULD. THOUGHT MAYBE IT WAS JUST WARMING UP AND I WAS IMAGINING IT. DROVE TO TOWN AND IT STARTED SHIFTING HARD. BY THE TIME I TRIED TO GO HOME IT WOULDN'T SHIFT INTO HIGHER GEARS, HAD REALLY HIGH RPM. I GOT IT INTO A PARKING LOT AND IT WOULDN'T DRIVE AT ALL!

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE REVERSING, THE VEHICLE STALLED. LEGACY CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP RAM (1798 HIGHWAY 3175 N BYP, NATCHITOCHES, LA 71457) WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE BUT INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN A RECALL AND THAT THE REPAIR WOULD BE AN OUT OF POCKET EXPENSE. THE VEHICLE WAS DIAGNOSED BY AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC AS A TRANSMISSION FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND CONFIRMED THAT THE VIN WAS NOT UNDER RECALL. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 111,000.

DRIVING MY RPM WOULD AUTOMATICALLY JUST KEEP GOING HIGH. THEN I'LL BE OK THEN IT WOULD GO HIGH WITHOUT ME HITTING GAS. IT GOT TO THE POINT WHERE I WAS SCARED DRIVING IT. HAD TO PULL OVER WITH HAZARDS ON CAUSE I COULDN'T ACCELERATE TO GET UP TO SPEED WITH RPM JUMPING HIGH. I WAS AFRAID SOMEONE WOULD HIT FROM BEHIND. I HAD TO GET MY VAN TOWED BACK TO ME HOUSE. I NEVER HAD THIS HAPPEN AND TODAY ALL OF SUDDEN OUT OF NOWHERE THIS STARTED TO HAPPEN. AT FIRST IT DID IT A LITTLE UP AND DOWN RPM AND DIDN'T THINK MUCH OF IT. IF I DIDN'T NEED TO ACCELERATE AND KEPT IT BETWEEN IT SEEMED LOW OR BETWEEN 1.5 AND 2.0 RPMS IT SEEMED OK. THEN GOING UP HILL/SLOPE MOSTLY DRIVING ON HIGHWAYS IF I PUSHED ON GAS PEDAL IT WOULD TRY TO ACCELERATE THE RPM'S HIGHER. THEN IT WOULD ACCELERATE ON IT'S OWN WITHOUT PUSHING GAS PEDAL. I PARKED ON SHOULDER SHUT OFF CAR AND RESTART TO FET GOING AGAIN. SAME THING ALL OVER HAPPENED. IT WAS SCARY.

SHORTLY AFTER WE BOUGHT OUR VEHICLE, WHEN WE WOULD UNLOCK THE DOORS, THE VAN MADE A LOUD BUZZING SOUND. WE HAD IT CHECKED WITH ANOTHER WARRANTY ISSUE AND THEY FOUND NOTHING. THEN, IN DECEMBER, THE PASSENGER SIDE DOOR STOPPED WORKING AND IT WAS LOCKED. IT COULDN'T BE UNLOCKED OR OPENED BY ANY METHOD. LAST WEEK, I SCHEDULED IT TO BE FIXED AT THE DEALER. THEN THE DRIVER SIDE SLIDING DOOR ALSO LOCKED SHUT AND IT'S UNABLE TO BE OPENED. DEALER SAID IT IS THE DOOR ACTUATORS (COVERED UNDER WARRANTY). HOWEVER, SINCE THE ACTUATORS WENT BAD, THE DOOR CANNOT BE OPENED. THE DOORS MUST BE OPENED TO TAKE FOR PANELS OFF TO ACCESS/REPLACE ACTUATORS. THEREFORE, THEY HAVE TO BREAK DOOR PANELS TO ACCESS (NOT COVERED WARRANTY PART). QUICK RESEARCH ONLINE SHOWS ACTUATORS GOING BAD IS VERY COMMON ON MULTIPLE YEARS OF DODGE CARAVANS. THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE AS IT RENDERS THE PASSENGERS TRAPPED INSIDE THE VEHICLE, WHICH COULD BE A PROBLEM IN AN EMERGENCY. I FEEL REPLACING THE ACTUATORS SHOULD BE A RECALL AND SHOULD BE DONE ON ALL CARAVANS THAT HAVE THE PARTY THAT HAS BEEN SHOWN TO BE AN ISSUE. THIS SHOULD NOT BE WARRANTY WORK AFTER THERE IS AN ISSUE ON THAT SPECIFIC VEHICLE.

MY 2016 DODGE CARAVAN BACK SLIDING DOOR STARTED BUZZING AND SOMETIMES DOESN'T UNLOCK. IT IS DRIVING ME INSANE. IT IS VERY LOUD. I'VE SEEN MANY PEOPLE COMPLAINING ABOUT IT.

WHILE DRIVING, VEHICLE BROKE DOWN WITHOUT WARNING OR ANY PRIOR ISSUE. NO POWER TO ENGINE AND RPM RACING TO RED LEVELS. I HAVE TAKEN IT TO TWO DEALERS WHO HAVE INFORMED ME THAT TRANSMISSION NEEDS TO BE REBUILT OR REPLACED. VEHICLE IS LESS THAN 6 YR. OLD AND HAS APPROX. 63,000 MILES.

MY DRIVERS SIDE PASSENGER DOOR WILL NOT OPEN OR UNLOCK. AFTER SOME RESEARCH IT SEEMS ITS THE ACTUATOR. WHICH IS COSTLY TO REPAIR AND A SAFETY HAZARD. I READ LOTS OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE DOOR BEING STUCK AND ALL OF A SUDDEN COMING OPEN WHILE DRIVING. THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD ESPECIALLY WITH KIDS IN THE CAR. OR WHAT IF THERES AN ACCIDENT AND WE CANT GET THE DOOR OPENED TO GET EVERYONE OUT SAFETLY.

THE DRIVER SIDE, REAR SLIDING DOOR ON MY 2016 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN WHEELCHAIR VAN WITH 38,806 MILES IS LOCKED SHUT. THIS HAPPENED ON APRIL 10, 2021. CANNOT ACCESS THE PERSON IN THE WHEELCHAIR IN THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE QUICKLY IN CASE OF A MEDICAL EMERGENCY. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE. THIS DEFECT APPEARS TO AFFLICT THIS DODGE VAN. THE DEFECT PART IS AN ELECTRICAL ACTUATOR THAT LOCKS/UNLOCKS THE SLIDING DOORS.

DRIVING NORMALLY ON 2 LANE ROAD WHEN TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT CHANGE FROM LOWER GEAR TO HIGHER ONE, LOSS OF POWER, AND HIGH RPM. COULD ONLY DRIVE IN LOW GEAR.