2016 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN Complaints

THE SLIDING DOOR ON MY 2016 CARAVAN SOUNDS A LOUD BUZZING ALARM WHILE DRIVING WHEN THE AUTOMATIC DOOR LOCKS ENGAGE. IT WILL PERIODICALLY NOT UNLOCK WHEN STATIONARY AND THE DOOR WILL NOT OPEN WHEN NEEDED. DISABLED MEMBERS ARE NOT ABLE TO HAVE A SAFE EXIT THROUGH THE DOORWAY.

THE PASSENGER REAR SLIDING DOOR IS STUCK IN THE CLOSED POSITION. ATTEMPTS TO UNLOCK OR OPEN THE DOOR BOTH MANUALLY AND BY KEY FOB WERE UNSUCCESSFUL. DOOR WILL NOT OPEN NOR WILL IT UNLOCK. FIRST NOTICED WHILE VEHICLE WAS RUNNING BUT STATIONARY.

BACK PASSENGER SEAT SLIDING DOOR LOCK BUZZES WHEN UNLOCKED FROM INSIDE THE VEHICLE, AS WELL AS WITH THE KEY FOB, WHILE THE VEHICLE IS STATIONARY. THE ASSUMPTION BEING MADE IS THAT THIS IS RELATED TO THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. THIS VEHICLE ONLY HAS 35,644 MILES, THUS THIS ISSUE SHOULD BOT BE OCCURRING. NOTHING HAS BEEN NOTED VISUALLY THAT WOULD CAUSE THIS NOISE WHEN UNLOCKING VEHICLE DOORS. CURRENTLY THE DOOR CAN BE OPENED AND CLOSED. THIS DOOR LOCK PROBLEM MAY BE A SAFETY CONCERN IN ITSELF, OR IF THIS IS AN ELECTRICAL ISSUE, THEN THERE IS A LARGER CONCERN. IT IS EVIDENT THAT THIS HAS BECOME A COMMON ISSUE WITH THIS VEHICLE BASED ON RESEARCH COMPLETED PRIOR TO FILING THIS CONCERN. THE MANUFACTURER SHOULD BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR THIS DEFECT IN THE DOOR LOCKING SYSTEM, ESPECIALLY SINCE THIS HAS BEEN SHOWN TO BE A COMMON OCCURRENCE IN THE 2016 MODEL. THANK YOU.

THE FRONT PASSENGER HEADREST POPPED FORWARD WHILE ADJUSTING THE SEAT TO LOAD EQUIPMENT IN THE REAR FLOORBOARD COMPARTMENT. THE PLASTIC ASSEMBLY THAT HOLDS THE METAL PIN WHICH IS USED TO KEEP THE HEADREST IN ITS NORMAL POSITION HAD BROKEN. THIS IS APPARENTLY A COMMON PROBLEM ACCORDING TO INTERNET RESEARCH BUT NO RECALL HAS BEEN ISSUED. THE VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY IN MY DRIVEWAY AND NOT RUNNING.

I'VE HAD NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS WITH MY 2016 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN I HAD TO REPLACE THE LEFT SIDE LIFTER FOR PENTASTAR TICK. BOTH DRIVER SIDE AND PASSENGER SIDE DOORS DON'T ALWAYS OPEN MANUALLY OR WITH REMOTE AND NEITHER ONE LOCKS ANYMORE. JUST HAD TO HAVE THE TRANSMISSION REBUILT, WAS DRIVING VAN IT SUDDENLY STOPPED WOULD NOT ACCELERATE, LUCKILY GOT OFF OF THE MAIN ROAD THEN HAD TO BE TOWED TO GARAGE. THIS VAN HAS COST ME SO MUCH MONEY OUT OF POCKET.

DRIVER SIDE MOTORIZED SLIDING DOOR STUCK CLOSED AND WILL NOT UNLOCK TO OPEN. CANNOT MANUALLY UNLOCK DOOR AS THE MECHANISM WILL NOT MOVE. UNLOCKING BY KEY FOB OR BUTTON WILL NOT WORK EITHER. ISSUE FOUND AFTER PARKING VEHICLE UPON ARRIVAL HOME. THE DOOR WOULD NOT OPEN AND I HAD TO ROLL DOWN THE WINDOW TO GET MY INFANT OUT OF THE CAR SEAT LOCATED BY THE STUCK DOOR. I HAVE FOUR CHILDREN IN THE BACK WHO ARE NOW LIMITED TO ENTERING AND EXITING THROUGH A SINGLE PASSENGER SIDE DOOR. IF THERE WAS AN ACCIDENT OR EMERGENCY THEY WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO EXIT THE VEHICLE THROUGH THE DRIVER SIDE SLIDING DOOR. THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE WITH MY CHILDREN BEING THE MOST AT RISK DUE TO A FAILURE OF THE SLIDING DOOR LOCKING ACTUATOR. WITH A HIGH COST OF REPAIR AND NO RECALL CHRYSLER IS JEOPARDIZING THE LIVES OF MANY IN A VEHICLE MADE FOR FAMILIES. THE ISSUE IS ACKNOWLEDGED IN SAFETY BULLETIN 23-017-20 BUT THIS MAY NOT BE COVERED BY WARRANTY. THERE NEEDS TO BE A RECALL FOR THIS ISSUE IMMEDIATELY.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE STATIONARY AND DEPRESSING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO RESPOND. THE VEHICLE WAS RESTARTED AND MOVED TO A PARKING LOT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE LOCAL DEALER WALT MASSEY CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP RAM COLUMBIA (1470 HWY 98 E, COLUMBIA, MS 39429, (601) 633-0188) TO BE DIAGNOSED WHICH WAS STILL PENDING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. UPON INVESTIGATION, THE CONTACT ASSOCIATED THE FAILURE WITH NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V461000 (POWER TRAIN) HOWEVER, THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS INFORMED OF THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT WAS AWAITING A RESPONSE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 147,000.

THE SLIDING DOOR ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE OF THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY BECAME INOPERABLE FOR NO REASON. IT DOES NOT OPEN, CLOSE, LOCK, OR UNLOCK. IT WOULD TRAP A PERSON IN THE VEHICLE IF THE WAS A NEED TO ESCAPE FROM THAT SIDE.

THE DRIVER'S SIDE SLIDING DOOR IS STUCK IN A LOCKED POSITION. IT WILL NOT UNLOCK WITH THE FOB OR MANUALLY. I HAVE BEEN LIVING WITH THIS HAZARDOUS SITUATION FOR THREE YEARS, ONE YEAR AFTER PURCHASING THE VEHICLE AND THE VEHICLE WAS ONLY TWO YEARS OLD WHEN IT MALFUNCTIONED. I WENT TO A STORE, GETTING OUT OF THE VEHICLE THE DOOR WORKED, AND UPON RETURNING TO THE VEHICLE THE DOOR WOULDN'T BUDGE. AT THE TIME I CALLED MY LOCAL DEALERSHIP TO SEE HOW MUCH IT WOULD COST TO FIX AND THEY WOULDN'T QUOTE ME A PRICE SO I NEVER TOOK IT IN. UPON SOME QUICK RESEARCH ONLINE RECENTLY I REALIZED THIS ISN'T AN ISOLATED OCCURRENCE. APPARENTLY MANY DODGE CARAVAN OWNERS HAVE HAD, SPECIFICALLY THE LEFT DOOR, GET STUCK IN THE LOCKED POSITION PERMANENTLY. THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE HIS FIANC WAS DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH AND STOPPED AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT, THE VEHICLE STALLED BUT RESTARTED. THE CHECK ENGINE AND TRACTION CONTROL WARNING LIGHTS WERE ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT CALLED NORTHSIDE CHRYSLER JEEP DODGE, LLC (812 NORTHSIDE DR, SUMMERSVILLE, WV 26651, (304)712-2063) HOWEVER, THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 105,000.