2016 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN Complaints

WHEN APPROACHING A RED LIGHT GOING SLOW SPEED AND SLOWING DOWN, CAR SUDDENLY ACCELERATED AS IF IT WAS REGAINING CRUISE CONTROL SPEED, THEREFORE SLAMMING INTO THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME. PRESSING ON BREAK DID NOT HELP. IS THIS A RECALL ISSUE? I SEE OTHERS ON HERE WITH SAME ISSUE. I RECEIVED A CITATION. CAR WAS TOTALED. THIS IS NOT RIGHT.*DT*JB

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH, THE POWER TRAIN WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE LOSS MOTIVE POWER AND WAS COASTED TO THE SHOULDER OF THE ROADWAY. THE VEHICLE WAS TURNED OFF AND AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WAS CALLED OUT TO THE LOCATION TO HAVE THE VEHICLE DIAGNOSED. THE MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE TRANSMISSION PUMP FAILED. THE CONTACT RESTARTED THE VEHICLE AND DROVE TO CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP RAM FIAT FT. WALTON (541 MARY ESTHER CUT OFF NW, FORT WALTON BEACH, FL 32548) WHERE A SECOND DIAGNOSTIC TEST WAS PERFORMED AND IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE TRANSMISSION PUMP FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CONTACT REFERENCED NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V461000 (POWER TRAIN) AS A POSSIBLE SOLUTION TO THE FAILURE HOWEVER, THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND INFORMED THE CONTACT TO CONTACT NHTSA FOR ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 91,000.*DT*JB

UPON PRESSING THE GAS PEDAL TO ACCELERATE IT FEELS AND SOUNDS AS IF MY VAN IS IN THE NEUTRAL POSITION. IT TAKES TIME FOR IT TO FINALLY 'CATCH' AND BEGIN TO ACTUALLY ACCELERATE. THE HOTTER IT IS THE WORSE THE VAN SEEMS TO GET WITH THIS PROBLEM TO THE POINT WHERE IT MAKES A HIGH PITCH SOUNDS LIKE IT IS JUST BEING SET TO A NEUTRAL POSITION AND PRESSING THE GAS PEDAL TO MAKE A HIGH PITCHED SOUND. AT THIS POINT IT DOES NOT MOVE UNTIL SOMETHING FINALLY 'CATCHES' AND MAKES IT GO-EVEN THEN MOVING FROM A CRAWL SPEED. WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE IT ALSO MAKES A HIGH PITCH SOUND FROM THE ENGINE AREA.

THE SLIDING DOORS ARE LOCKED, WILL NOT OPEN, STUCK CLOSED, WILL NOT MANUALLY OR POWER OPEN. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUES AS MY CHILDREN CANNOT ENTER OR EXIT THE VAN. THERE IS NO WAY TO FOR PASSENGERS TO OPEN THEIR DOOR. WILL NOT OPEN FROM INTERIOR OR EXTERIOR.*DT

ALL OF THE SUDDEN, I HAVE NO POWER TO EVEN GET OVER 40 MPH. GREAT TO HAPPEN IN A BUSY CITY WITH MY CHILD IN THE CAR RECOVERING FROM SURGERY. HAD TO PULL OVER AND GET A RIDE HOME.

IF THE TRANSMISSION LOSES HYDRAULIC PRESSURE, THE VEHICLE MAY LOSE MOTIVE POWER, INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH.

I BOUGHT A 2016 DODGE CARAVAN NEW FROM THE DEALERSHIP AND HAVE HAD SEVERAL ISSUES WITH REAR SLIDING DOORS NOT OPENING. THEY REPLACED THE DOOR RELAY SHORTLY AFTER PURCHASING THIS VEHICLE. ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS 1 OR BOTH REAR SLIDING DOORS WITH LOCK AND WON'T RELEASE FROM THE INSIDE OR OUTSIDE AFTER UNLOCKING WITH KEY FOB AND THEN TRIED MANUALLY UNLOCKING FROM INSIDE. THIS HAS HAPPENED MANY TIMES IN THE WINTER AND AFTER ABOUT 5 MINUTES OF DRIVING THE DOOR WILL OPEN AS I'M DRIVING. I HAVE SMALL CHILDREN AND THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE. THIS IS NOW HAPPENING IN THE SUMMER AS WELL MAKING ME THINK IT WASN'T DUE TO FROZEN DOORS. I'VE TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY CAN'T FIND THE PROBLEM BECAUSE THE DOORS WILL EVENTUALLY RELEASE BEFORE I CAN GET TO DEALERSHIP AFTER WORK.

THE DOOR LOCKS ON BOTH SLIDING PASSENGER DOORS FAILED. THERE IS NO MANUAL LOCK TO BE ABLE TO INGRESS AND EGRESS THE VEHICLE. IT STARTED WITH AN OBNOXIOUS BUZZING SOUND WHEN THE LOCK OR UNLOCK BUTTON WAS PRESSED. IT QUICKLY THEN STOPPED WORKING AT ALL SO THAT PASSENGERS HAVE TO CLIMB IN THROUGH THE REAR. THIS IS NOT ACCEPTABLE FOR ELDERLY PEOPLE OR VERY SMALL CHILDREN. IT IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION IN AN EMERGENCY AND HIGHLY ANNOYING TO SAY THE LEAST IN DAY TO DAY USAGE. THIS HAPPENED WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS JUST TWO YEARS OLD! NOT ACCEPTABLE! JUST WAIT UNTIL SOMEBODY IS TRAPPED IN A DANGEROUS SITUATION THAT LEADS TO DEATH OR SEVERE INJURY. THERE SHOULD ALWAYS BE A MANUAL WAY TO ENTER AND EXIT A VEHICLE.

WHEN IDLING THE CYLINDER #2 MISS FIRES, TUNE UP WAS DONE, OIL CHANGED, I SEARCHED THE VIN NUMBER AND IT SAYS NO RECALLS

THE DRIVER SIDE SLIDING DOOR STOPPED FUNCTIONING. IT IS STUCK IN LOCKED POSITION RENDERING IT UNUSABLE IN AN EMERGENCY SITUATION. THE LOCK CANNOT BE FREED AUTOMATICALLY OR MANUALLY.