2016 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN Complaints

THE DRIVER'S SIDE PASSENGER SLIDING DOOR HAS BEEN IN THE LOCKED POSITION FOR SOME TIME NOW AND IT CANNOT BE OPENED MANUALLY OR ELECTRONICALLY. I CAME OUT OF THE STORE INTO THE PARKING LOT AND TRIED TO OPEN THE SIDE DOOR TO LOAD MY GROCERIES WITH NO SUCCESS. I HAVE BEEN DOING SOME RESEARCH AND APPARENTLY THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM IN THE CHRYSLER/DODGE MINIVANS. THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD NOT TO MENTION A VERY EXPENSIVE PROBLEM TO FIX. I WOULD LIKE THIS ISSUE TO BE EXAMINED AND POSSIBLY RECALLED.

BOTH LOCKS ON OUR SLIDING DOORS HAVE GONE BAD. ONE IS PERMANENTLY LOCKED AND ONE DOES NOT LOCK AT ALL. THE CAR HAS LESS THAN 60K MILES ON IT. THERE IS WEAR AND TEAR ON A VEHICLE, BUT IT SEEMS ODD BOTH WOULD FAIL THAT QUICKLY. A QUICK GOOGLE SHOWS THAT THIS APPEARS TO BE A KNOWN ISSUE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2016 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING AT 60 MPH, A DEER JUMPED IN FRONT WHICH RESULTED IN THE VEHICLE BECOMING DESTROYED. UPON IMPACT TO THE FRONT END OF VEHICLE, NO AIR BAGS DEPLOYED IN VEHICLE. THE CONTACT SUFFERED FROM WHIPLASH AND MEDICAL TREATMENT WAS NEEDED. NO POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE CONTACT STATED NO WARNING LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A COLLISION CENTER (KEVIN BALL AUTO BODY 100 E WOODLAWN DR, LEADINGTON, MO 63601 (573) 431-2767). THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT INFORMED OF FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 135,000. *LN Consumer claim number for State Farm is [XXX]. INFORMATION Redacted PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).”

RPM STARTED BOUNCING BETWEEN 5-7K THEN I COULDN'T ACCELERATE ON FREEWAY AND KEPT LOSING SPEED. HAD TO ACCELERATE HARD TO GET TO THE SIDE OF FREEWAY

MY 2016 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN HAS 67,842 MILES. I AM THE ORIGINAL OWNER. LOUD BUZZING SOUND EVERY TIME I PARK 2016 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN AND PRESS UNLOCK TO UNLOCK DOORS. I WAS TOLD IT IS THE ACTUATOR. I WAS TOLD ACTUATOR IS $500 TO $600 TO FIX. I WAS TOLD THIS IS COMMON IN 2016 DODGE GRAND CARAVANS WITH 60,000 MILES. NHTSA SHOULD CLASSIFY THIS COMMON ACTUATOR COMPLAINT ON 2016 DODGE GRAND CARAVANS WITH 60,000 MILES AS A RECALL.

I DRIVE 10 MINUTES AND PARKED. I WENT TO UNLOCK REAR DRIVER SIDE SLIDING DOOR. IT WAS STUCK. MY INFANT DAUGHTER IS THERE AND I COULD NOT MANUALLY OR ELECTRONICALLY GET THE DOOR TO OPEN. IT'S A SAFETY CONCERN.

MILEAGE NOW 41,000 MILES. VEHICLE PARKED. DRIVER'S SIDE REAR DOOR LATCH IS STUCK IN LOCKED POSITION. THE REAR DOOR CANNOT BE OPENED BY THE REMOTE, INSIDE DOOR BUTTONS OR MANUALLY. IN THE EVENT OF A CRASH INVOLVING THE PASSENGER SIDE DOOR,OCCUPANTS ARE STUCK IN THE REAR. POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. THIS IS THE SECOND FAILURE OF THE SAME LATCH. IT WAS REPLACED ORIGINALLY IN NOV 2017 UNDER WARRANTY AT 25,500 MILES. LOOKING AT OTHER INTERNET COMMENTARY, THIS IS A KNOWN PART FAILURE AND DEFECT WITH POTENTIAL TO CAUSE PASSENGER HARM. I FEEL CHRYSLER / DODGE SHOULD ISSUE A RECALL TO REPLACE DEFECTIVE PARTS OR AS A MINIMUM REPLACED FAILED LOCK ACTUATORS UNDER A SPECIAL WARRANTY.

OUR PASSENGER SLIDING DOOR, OF OUR 2016 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN, HAS BEEN MAKING A BUZZING NOISE WHEN WE HIT THE UNLOCK BUTTON. AFTER DOING SOME READING WE HAD CONCERNS THE DOOR WOULD SOON NOT FUNCTION. THEN, JUST A COUPLE WEEKS LATER, OUR DRIVER'S SIDE SLIDING DOOR WAS STUCK IN THE LOCK POSITION. IT CAN'T OPEN, MANUALLY OR AUTOMATICALLY. HUGE SAFETY CONCERN. I BROUGHT IT INTO THE SHOP AND THE DRIVER'S SIDE SLIDING DOOR WILL BE $1,000 TO FIX AND THE PASSENGER DOOR WILL BE SOON TO FOLLOW. IT SOUNDS LIKE THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM IN THESE GRAND CARAVANS. SOMETHING ISN'T RIGHT.

THE DRIVERS SIDE SLIDING DOOR WILL NOT UNLOCK MANUALLY, I WAS TOLD IT IS A BAD ACTUATOR. THIS POSES A SAFETY RISK FOR PASSENGERS IN THE SECOND AND THIRD ROWS IF THEY MUST EXIT THE VEHICLE IN AN EMERGENCY. THIS IS A PREVALENT PROBLEM WITH IS YEAR, MAKE AND MODEL AND SHOULD BE A RECALL DUE TO THE SAFETY RISKS

LEFT CYLINDER HEAD FAILURE. "PENTASTAR TICK" CYLINDER 2 MISSFIRE, RANDOM MISSFIRE. LOSS OF POWER IN MOTION. NO OVERHEATING. JUST FAULTY MECHANINCAL FAILURE. THIS IS COVERED UP UNTIL 2014. SAME ENGINE. SAME PROBLEMS!