2016 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN Complaints

IN THE PAST FEW MONTHS THE BOTH SLIDING DOORS OF THE VAN HAVE NOT BEEN WORKING PROPERLY. TODAY SEPTEMBER 27, 2020 BOTH DOORS DO NOT OPEN AND STAY IN THE LOCK POSITION. IT IS ONLY ABLE TO OPEN BY PULLING THE LOCK TOWARDS UNLOCK POSITION AND THEN PULL THE HANDLE. THE KEY FOB AND THE OPEN DOOR BUTTONS IN THE CAR DO NOT WORK AND THERE IS A SLIGHT CLICK SOUND SOMETIMES BUT THE DOOR STAYS LOCKED. THIS IS A BIG SAFETY ISSUE AS IF WE WERE TO CRASH OUR CHILDREN AND OR PASSENGERS WILL NOT BE ABLE TO EXIT THE CAR!!!!! SEEMS LIKE IT IS HAPPENING TO QUITE A FEW DODGE OWNERS.

TRANSMISSION ISSUES AS DESCRIBED IN THE TRANSMISSION RECALL FOR THE FUDGE GRAND CARAVANS IN 2016 HAPPENED TO US, LOSS OF POWER TO THE DRIVE TRAIN WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN OPERATION AND MOVING. SEEMS OUR VIN IS NOT IN THE RECALL LIST.

MY 2016 DODGE CARAVAN RECENTLY STARTED A LOUD BUZZING NOISE AFTER THE DOOR LOCKS OR UNLOCKS. THIS BUZZING HAPPENS WHEN I UNLOCK/LOCK OR OPEN THE DOORS.

THE DOOR LOCK ACTUATOR ON THE RIGHT REAR SLIDING DOOR HAS STOPPED WORKING. MY DOOR IS STUCK ON UNLOCK, AND IS UNABLE TO BE LOCKED, MANUALLY OR OTHERWISE. MY DOOR ALSO MAKES A LOUD BUZZING NOISE EVERY TIME I PRESS THE UNLOCK BUTTON.

I HAD TO GO TO TOWN AT NIGHT TO GET GROCERIES FOR DINNER I PUT MY CHILD IN THE BACKSEAT. WE GOT TO THE GROCERY STORE I PARKED RIGHT AT THE STORE DOORS BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE WERE WALKING AROUND IN THE PARKING LOT, I GOT OUT OF MY VAN AND WENT TO GET MY CHILD OUT AND THE DOOR WAS LOCKED AND WOULD NOT UNLOCK. THE PEOPLE NOTICED ME STRUGGLING TO GET THE DOOR OPEN AND CAME TOWARDS US AND I JUST GOT BACK IN THE VAN AND LEFT. THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY HAZARD THAT DODGE SHOULD FIX! I PRAY NO ONE DIES DUE TO BEING LOCKED IN DURING AN EMERGENCY.

THE DRIVER SIDE SLIDING DOOR WILL NOT OPEN AS THE LOCK APPEARS TO BE STUCK. CANNOT MANUALLY UNLOCK OR OPEN THE DOOR. VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY AS IT JUST RANDOMLY WOULD NOT OPEN ONE MORNING.

MY 2016 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN SPORT VAN, WHICH HAS SLIGHTLY OVER 50,000 THE BACK DRIVER'S SIDE PASSENGER DOOR JUST STOPPED WORKING. IT WORKED IN THE MORNING. AFTER DRIVING TO THE DESTINATION. BUT THEN IN THE AFTERNOON, IT REFUSED TO OPEN WHEN I WAS HEADED HOME. I HAVE USED THE FOB, MANUALLY FROM THE OUTSIDE AND INSIDE AS WELL AS THE OVERHEAD BUTTON IN THE VAN. IT MAKES NO SOUND AS IF IT IS TRYING TO OPEN. THIS IS A HUGE SAFETY HAZARD SHOULD ANYONE EVER GET STUCK IN THE VAN. DEALERSHIP IS REFUSING TO FIX UNLESS I PAY OUT OF POCKET, DESPITE OTHERS HAVING THE SAME COMPLAINT. AT THE VERY LEAST A RECALL NEEDS TO BE DONE.*DT

BOTH THE LEFT AND RIGHT SIDE SLIDING DOORS OF OUR 2016 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN SXT WILL NOT OPEN BECAUSE OF DEFECTIVE SOLENOID VALVES INSIDE THE DOORS. WE ARE UNABLE TO OPEN THE SLIDING DOORS ELECTRONICALLY (PUSH BUTTONS OR KEY FOBS) OR MANUALLY, DUE TO THE FAILED DOOR ACTUATOR VALVES. AS A RESULT, THE SLIDING DOORS ARE COMPLETELY INOPERABLE AND STUCK IN THE CLOSED POSITION. OCCUPANTS COULD EASILY BE TRAPPED IN AN EMERGENCY SINCE THEY WOULD HAVE TO CLIMB INTO THE FRONT SEAT, OR CRAWL OUT THE REAR HATCH TO EXIT THE VEHICLE. THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY HAZARD. THE SLIDING DOORS STARTED MAKING A LOUD NOISE WHEN WE USED THE KEY FOB TO LOCK THE DOORS. AFTER A WEEK OR SO, THE LOUD NOISE STOPPED AND THE DOORS WOULD NO LONGER OPERATE. OUR VEHICLE IS PAST THE WARRANTY DATE AND THE DEALER STATES THE REPAIR IS IN EXCESS OF $2,300. WE HAD THE SAME ISSUE WITH OUR 2007 GRAND CARAVAN AS WELL.*DT

IN TWO DIFFERENT OCCASIONS THE LOCK ACTUATORS WHAT BAD ON BOTH REAR SLIDING DOORS FOR THE PASSENGERS SIDE AND DRIVERS SIDE. THIS IS A COSTLY PROBLEM TO HAVE AND UNCALLED FOR ON A RELIABLE FORM OF TRANSPORTATION. I HAVE THE UNDERSTANDING BY TALKING TO THE MAINTENANCE MANAGER THAT THIS IS A PROBLEM FOR DODGE MINIVANS. THIS A DANGEROUS SITUATION FOR OWNERS DUE TO THE FACT THAT IN THE EVENT OF AN ACCIDENT YOU WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO GET YOUR LOVE ONES OUT ON TIME. AT THE TIME OF THE ACTUATORS GOING BAD THE PASSENGERS HAD TO GET OUT THROUGH THE OTHER DOOR OR THROUGH THE FRONT EXIT. THIS IS INDEED COSTLY PROBLEM.

THE DRIVERS SIDE SLIDING DOOR GETS STUCK IN THE LOCKED POSITION AND WONT UNLOCK SO THE DOOR WILL NOT OPEN ELECTRONICALLY OR MANUALLY.*DT CONSUMER HAS STATED DOOR HAS GOTTEN STUCK ON MULTIPE OCCASIONS, 3 TO 4 TIMES BEFORE IT WOULD OPEN.