2016 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN Complaints

DRIVER SIDE DOOR STOPPED WORKING WILL NOT OPEN. THIS IS UNSAFE FOR PASSENGERS INSDE THE VEHICLE.

I WAS DRIVING HOME AT NIGHT, AROUND 35MPH. ALL OF A SUDDEN THE TRANSMISSION AND RPMS WENT OFF THE CHARTS, ALL THE WAY UP TO 7000RPMS, ANY SORT OF ACCELERATION BY TAPPING THE GAS PEDAL CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO MALFUNCTION. I HAD MY DAUGHTER IN THE CAR AND TRIED TO GET PULLED OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND GET THE VEHICLE STOPPED. ONCE I GOT IT STOPPED IT WAS UNDRIVABLE AT THIS POINT AND HAD TO CALL A TOW SERVICE. MY LOCAL MECHANIC DEEMED IT TO BE THE TRANSMISSION PUMP WENT OUT WHILE I WAS DRIVING. NO WARNING, NO LIGHTS, NOTHIHG. NOW THE VAN IS AT THE DODGE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. I WAS TOLD THAT GRAND CARAVANS HAD A RECALL ON TRANSMISSION PUMPS BETWEEN THE DATES OF JULY 31, 2015 AND APRIL 18,2016 (MINE WAS MANUFACTRURED OCTOBER 2015) EVEN THOUGH IT FALLS IN THOSE DATES, MY VIN# WAS NOT ATTACHED TO THE RECALL. (S44 IS THE RECALL NUMBER, ALSO THE NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER IS 16V461000) THIS WAS A SERIOUS MALFUNCTION, AND COULD HAVE BEEN MORE SERIOUS IF I WOULD HAVE BEEN DRIVING JUST A LITTLE FASTER. AT ONE POINT, THE VEHICLE KEPT ACCELERATING WITHOUT THE GAS PEDAL BEING PUSHED. WE WERE LUCKY I WAS ABLE TO GET THE VEHICLE TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. ONCE THE VAN WAS SHUT OFF, THERE WAS A BURNING ODOR COMING FROM THE VEHICLE. I HAVE LOOKED AND FOUND SEVERAL OTHERS WITH THE SAME ISSUE AS MINE, WHO WERE NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL AND SHOULD OF BEEN. HOPEFULLY AN INVESTIGATION WILL OPEN SOON, BEFORE SOMEONE GETS SERIOUSLY INJURED.

TAKATA RECALL - OUR PROBLEM IS THAT THE SLIDING SIDE DOORS WILL NOT OPEN. ONE PLAYED OUT ABOUT 6 MONTHS AGO AND THE OTHER PLAYED OUT A WEEK AGO. I'VE TOOK IT TO BE CHECKED OUT AT AUTO ZONE AND NONE OF THE FUZZES WERE BLOWN OUT. BY IT BEING CONSIDERED A NEW VEHICLE THE SIDE DOORS SHOULDN'T BE HAVING ANY PROBLEMS!

LEFT POWER SLIDING DOOR STOPPED WORKING AND UNABLE TO OPEN MANUALLY AFFRAID MY GRANDCHILDREN WILL BE ENDANGERED IF I'M IN A SITUATION AND NEED TO GET THEM OUT FROM THE LEFT SIDE

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED INDEPENDENTLY WITHOUT WARNING. ON ANOTHER OCCASION, THE VEHICLE STARTED TO SLOW DOWN WHILE TRAVELING UP A HILL. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO COAST THE VEHICLE TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE CONTACT PLACED THE SHIFTER INTO PARK AND POWERED OFF THE ENGINE. THE VEHICLE WAS RESTARTED, BUT A BURNING ODOR WAS PRESENT AROUND THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT POWERED OFF THE ENGINE AGAIN AND HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE MECHANIC DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION PUMP FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER AND WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND PROVIDED CASE NUMBER: 58391588. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 110,000. *DT *JB

PURCHASED IN AUG 2018, IN APRIL 2019 BOTH SIDE DOORS WOULD NOT OPEN BY ANY MEANS TRIED. NO RECALL ACCORDING TO DODGE BUT I HAVE READ MANY COMPLAINTS ON LINE AND HERE. I CONSIDER THIS A SAFETY HAZARD. I HAVE MY GRANDSON IN A CAR SEAT IN THE BACK AND IF THERE WAS AN ACCIDENT COULDN'T GET HIM OUT. *DT *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 DODGE CARAVAN. AFTER THE CONTACT PARKED THE VEHICLE AND TURNED THE ENGINE OFF, HE BEGAN TO EXIT THE VEHICLE AS IT STARTED TO ROLL BACKWARDS. THE CONTACT EXITED THE VEHICLE, PUSHED IT BACK INTO THE PARKING SPOT, RESTARTED THE ENGINE, PLACED THE GEAR IN PARK, AND TURNED OFF THE ENGINE. THE CHECK ENGINE INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS SCHEDULED TO BE TOWED TO HUNTINGTON BEACH JEEP DODGE CHRYSLER (16701 BEACH BLVD, HUNTINGTON BEACH, CA 92647, (714) 841-3999) WHERE THE VEHICLE WAS SCHEDULED TO BE DIAGNOSED AND REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 104,749.

THE DRIVER SIDE SLIDING DOOR FAULTS TO LOCKED POSITION. CANNOT MANUALLY OVERRIDE LOCK WITH THE ANY ACTION. THE LEAVES PASSENGERS IN THE REAR TRAPPED IN AN EMERGENCY SITUATION. THIS IS THE CASE IF THE VEHICLE IS STATIONARY, IN MOTION, IN THE CITY, ON A HIGHWAY, TURNING, AND ANY OTHER SITUATION. IT IS ALWAYS LOCKED. THE CAR HAS 50,000 MILES.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DRIVER'S SIDE SLIDING DOOR DID NOT FUNCTION AND THE PASSENGER SIDE SLIDING DOOR MADE AN ABNORMAL NOISE WHEN PRESSING THE BUTTON TO UNLOCK. THE MANUFACTURER AND LOCAL DEALER WERE NOT NOTIFIED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 49,643.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. WHILE THE AIR CONDITIONER WAS ACTIVATED, THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE VENTS BLEW OUT HOT AIR WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO MCCLANE MOTOR SALES (618-783-2372, LOCATED AT 702 E JOURDAN ST, NEWTON, IL 62448) WHERE THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED AND REPLACED THE PASSENGER SIDE ACTUATOR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND REFERRED THE CONTACT TO NHTSA. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 35,082. *DT CONSUMER STATED THE REPORT IS INCOMPLETE IN THAT IT DOES NOT STATE THAT THERE HAD BEEN A RECALL ON THIS VEHICLE BECAUSE OF THIS PROBLEM WITH THE RECALL ON THOSE MANUFACTURED UP TILL MAY, 2015. OBVIOUSLY, THE PROBLEM WAS NOT SOLVED AS OUR VAN WAS MANUFACTURED IN SEPT. 2015. ADDITIONALLY, WE'VE TAKEN THIS VAN TWICE TO HAVE THE VAN WORKED ON. FOR THE VEHICLE TO HAVE VERY SLOW ACCELERATION. *JB