2016 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN Complaints

THE LOCKING MECHANISM ON MY SIDE DOOR IS MAKING A LOUD BUZZING NOISE - LIKE IT'S NOT WORKING CORRECTLY. I DID SOME RESEARCH AND I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE HAVING THIS PROBLEM. I DON'T THINK THAT I SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT LOOKS TO BE A DEFECT.

I WAS IN MOTION ON A COUNTY ROAD WHEN I BELIEVE THE TRANSMISSION BEGAN MESSING UP. UPON RESEARCH I FOUND THERE WAS A RECALL REGARDING THE TRANSMISSION IN 2016 DODGE CARAVANS. I PLACED THE VEHICLE IN "DRIVE" AND WHILE IT SHIFTED FROM 1ST TO 2ND IT REVVED UP TO 3500 RPM BEFORE SHIFTING. WHEN SHIFTING FROM 2ND TO 3RD THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT SHIFT AND REVVED UNTIL ABOUT 8000 RPM BEFORE FINALLY SHIFTING. I STOPPED AND PLACED THE VEHICLE IN "REVERSE" AND AS I TRIED TO ACCELERATE, THE GEAR WOULD NOT CATCH UNTIL APPROXIMATELY 3000 RPM.

THE DRIVER SIDE SLIDING DOOR IS CURRENTLY IN THE LOCKED POSITION AND CANNOT BE UNLOCKED EITHER USING THE KEY FOB OR MANUALLY MANIPULATING THE DOOR LOCK MECHANISM. THE DOOR WAS OPERATING PROPERLY IN THE MORNING AND INOPERATIVE IN THE AFTERNOON. BASED ON INTERNET SEARCHES AND CHECKING WITH MY LOCAL MECHANIC, IT APPEARS THAT THE DOOR LOCK ACTUATOR IS DEFECTIVE AND THAT THIS IS A KNOWN DEFECT.

VAN STOPPED GOING IN AND OUT OF GEAR IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC AND ALMOST CAUSED A SEVERE ACCIDENT. VAN WAS IN MOTION ON A CITY STREET AND MOVING.

RIGHT REAR DOOR LOCK HAS JAMMED. DOOR CANNOT BE OPENED CREATING A SAFETY HAZARD. UNKNOWN IF THIS OCCURRED WHILE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION. ODOMETER READS ~62,000 MILES.

THE TRANSMISSION IS ALL MESSED UP. WHEN YOU GET IN AND START UP THE VAN AND PUT IT IN GEAR IT ACTS LIKE YOU ARE FEATHERING A MANUAL TRANSMISSION AND IT WILL SLOWLY START TO TAKE OFF. WHEN SIFTING THROUGH THE GEARS IT WILL SOMETIMES SLIP, THE RPMS WILL REV UP AND DOWN THEN JUMP INTO GEAR. SOMETIMES WHEN IT DOWN SHIFTS IT WILL JERK WHEN WE ARE STOPPING, I HAVE LEARNED THAT THIS IS CALL A BUMP STOP BY THE TECHS.ALSO IF WE HAVE 3 OR 4 PEOPLE IN THE VAN AND WE TRY AND BACK UP IT JERKS VIOLENTLY, IT FEELS LIKE YOU ARE ON A BUCKING BRONCO. I HAVE TAKEN IT TO THE DEALER, AUDOBON CHRYSLER IN HENDERSON KY. THEY KEEP TELLING ME THAT THEY CAN'T DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM, AND THAT THEIR ARE NO RECALLS ON THIS VAN. IT'S FUNNY THAT I CAN GO ON LINE AND FIND ALL KINDS OF RECALLS ABOUT THE POWER TRAIN AND MANY OTHER PROBLEMS WITH THE 2016 DODGE GRAND CARAVANS, BUT THE DEALER CAN'T SEEM TO FIND ANY RECALLS??? I CAN'T RECALL THE EXACT DATE WHEN WE PURCHASED THE VAN, I WOULD HAVE TO LOOK IT UP,IT WAS ABOUT A YEAR AGO AND WE ARE STILL FIGHTING WITH THE DEALER AS OF 10/24/2019 BECAUSE THE PROBLEM IS ONGOING AND GETTING WORSE??

THE LIFTGATE WILL NOT OPEN. SOMEDAYS IT WILL OPEN BY PUSH BUTTON OR BY THE FOB, BUT WHEN IT STOPS WORKING IT WILL BE WEEKS BEFORE IT STARTS TO WORK AGAIN. THE LIFTGATE WONT OPEN MANUALLY WHICH CAN BE A SAFETY HAZARD IF THERE WAS A. EMERGENCY. THE CAR IS PARKED WHEN THIS HAPPENS.

THE LOCK SWITCH WENT OUT ON VEHICLE AFTER HAVING IT FOR 2 YEARS. THE AC UNIT IN THE BACK HALF GOES IN/OUT. THE TRANSMISSION IS GOING OUT ON THE CAR AFTER HAVING IT FOR 3YEARS IN MAY.

PASSENGER REAR SLIDING DOOR WILL NOT UNLOCK OR OPEN. I CANNOT OPEN THE DOOR TO GET MY KIDS IN OR OUT. THE DOOR UNLOCKED AND OPENED WITH NO PROBLEMS WHEN PUTTING MY KIDS IN. I DROVE FIVE MILES, STOPPED SHUT THE VAN OFF AND TRIED TO OPEN THE DOOR AND IT WOULDN'T UNLOCK OR OPEN

THE SLIDING DOOR MAKES A BUZZING SOUND UPON LOCKING THE DOOR. THE VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY.