2016 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY, AN ABNORMAL NOISE SOUNDED FROM THE HOOD OF THE ENGINE. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 68,000.

THE REAR DRIVER SIDE SLIDING DOOR WILL NOT OPEN. ONE DAY IT JUST STOPPED WORKING. THIS CAR WAS NOT EVEN 1 YEAR OLD WHEN THIS HAPPENED ONLY 40,000 MILES ON THE CAR. I HAVE CAME TO THE CONCLUSION THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM AMONG DODGE CARAVAN BUT THIS IS A HUGE SAFETY ISSUE. MOST PEOPLE THAT PURCHASE A MINIVAN HAVE YOUNG CHILDREN AND HAVING A DOOR THAT DOESN'T OPEN POSES A SERIOUS RISK IN AN EMERGENCY. I HAVE READ MANY POST WITH PEOPLE HAVING THE SAME ISSUE AND HOPEFULLY THEY WILL FILE A COMPLAINT AS WELL.

THE RIGHT REAR SLIDING DOOR MAKES A LOUD BUZZING NOISE ANYTIME THE UNLOCK BUTTON INSIDE THE VEHICLE OR WHEN THE KEY FOB IS PUSHED TO UNLOCK.

THE DOOR ACCENTATORS IN BOTH REAR DOORS HAVE STOPPED WORKING . THE DEALERSHIP FIXED ONE WHICH WAS GREAT BUT THE AUTOMATIC DOOR LOCKS NO LONGER FUNCTION IN EITHER DOOR AS WELL . THE FIRST DOOR WAS GRINDING WHENEVER WE TRIED TO USE THE DOOR LOCKS OR EVEN STOPPED THE CAR AND PUT IT IN PARK . ALSO THE KEY FOB IS DEFECTIVE FOR THIS CAR I HAVE CHANGED THE BATTERY ONCE A MONTH AND IT ONLY UNLOCKS THE DOORS SOMETIMES .

OUR VAN STARTED TO SHUTTER AND WOULD SOMETIMES DIE WHEN WE COMING TO A STOP. IT THEN STARTED NOT SHIFTING RIGHT. WE WERE GOING UP MOUNTAINS AND IT WOULD NOT DRIVE. IT WOULD NOT SHIFT RIGHT. THE TRANSMISSION COMPLETELY WENT OUT AFTER A YEAR AND A HALF OF USE. WE HAVE KEPT ITS OIL CHANGED AND ALWAYS HAD THE FLUID CHECKED. THERE WAS FLUID STILL IN IT. THERE WAS NO REASON.

LEFT SIDE SLIDING DOOR STUCK IN SHUT POSITION IN JULY 2019. JUST LOCKED SHUT. THIS IS A MANUAL, NOT ELECTRICAL DOOR. DOES NOT RESPOND TO ANY LOCKS, FOB BUTTONS AND OR HANDLES. THERE WAS NO ACCIDENT OR ANYTHING THAT "CAUSED" IT. IT JUST WILL NOT OPEN.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH AND APPROACHING AN INTERSECTION, THE VEHICLE WOULD SHUDDER OR ACCELERATE WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO CRONIC CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP RAM (2515 N EXPY, GRIFFIN, GA 30223) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THERE WAS AIR IN THE TRANSMISSION FLUID AND IT NEEDED TO BE REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND CONFIRMED THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN A RECALL. THE MANUFACTURER PROVIDED CASE NUMBER: 64797399. THE CONTACT REFERENCED NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V461000 (POWER TRAIN). THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 94,618.

I HAVE 2 SEPERATE ISSUES. THE FIRST ISSUE IS LIKE MANY OTHER CARAVAN OWNERS, THE REAR SLIDING DOOR LOCKS ARE BOTH MALFUNCTIONING. THE REAR DRIVERS DOOR STARTED WITH THE LOUD BUZZING WHEN IT WOULD LOCK AT AROUND 60,000 MILES. AT AROUND 92,000 MILES THE REAR PASSENGER DOORLOCK BROKE IN THE LOCKED POSITION. THE DOOR WILL NOT UNLOCK ELECTRICALLY OR MANUALLY. IT IS PERMANENTLY LOCKED. THIS IS A VERY BAD SAFTEY ISSUE! IF THERE WAS AN EMERGENCY AND THE DRIVERS REAR DOOR GOT DAMAGED, NO ONE IN THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE CAN GET OUT! AS MANY COMPLAINTS THAT I HAVE SEEN ON THIS ISSUE, THIS IS CLEARLY A DEFECTIVE PART THAT SHOULD BE RECALLED! MY SECOND ISSUE IS THE CABLES THAT MAKE THE MIDDLE PASSENGER SEAT FOLD UP HAVE BROKEN. THIS HAPPENED AT AROUND 80,000 MILES. BOTH FAILURES HAPPENED WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY.

WHILE DRIVING THIS VEHICLE IT BEGAN TO LOSE POWER AND WOULD NOT ACCELERATE WHEN I PUSHED THE GAS AND THEN THE VEHICLE WOULD JUMP FROM 1 TO 5 RPMS. TOOK TO DODGE DEALERSHIP THEY HAD TO REBUILD THE TRANSMISSION DUE TO BAD TRANSMISSION PUMP.

TRANSMISSION PUMP FALIURE IN THE MIDDLE OF DRIVING (ON RR. 47), HAD TO PROCEED TO A SPOT TO STOP, MAKING A LEFT TURN AT A GREEN LIGHT NOT KNOWING IF IT WOULD ACTUALLY ACCELERATE,NOW I AM TOLD BY A MECHANIC THAT WHENEVER THE PUMP HEATS UP WE WILL LOSE ALL GEARS...