2016 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO RIDE ROUGHLY AND THE ENGINE HESITATED. WHILE THE CONTACT WAS INSPECTING UNDER THE HOOD, A BURNING ODOR WAS PRESENT. IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT A WIRE HARNESS HAD MELTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO STEVE WHITE DODGE(3470 HWY 70 SE, NEWTON, NC) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE WIRE HARNESS, BATTERY, AND ALTERNATOR WERE FAULTY AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND A REPRESENTATIVE WAS SENT TO INSPECT THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 10,000.

THE PASSENGER SIDE SLIDING DOOR WILL NOT OPEN OR UNLOCK. I HAVE TRIED MANUALLY UNLOCKING THE DOOR BUT IT WILL NOT OPEN.

I BROUGHT MY NEW DODGE CARAVAN AT ARRIGO SAWGRASS FLORIDA ON AUGUST 2016. IT CURRENTLY HAS 72,000 MILES, THE WARRANTY EXPIRED AT 60,000 MILES. I HAVE DONE ALL REQUIRED MAINTAINANCE AT THERE DEALER, THIS VAM HAS NEVER GIVEN ME PROBLEMS BEFORE, AND HAS ONLY BEEN SEEN BY THEM. ON APRIL 7, IT SUDDENLY STOPPED WORKING AND IT SEEM.TO HAVE TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND THEY INFORMED ME THE TRANSMISSION MAIN PUMP BROKE AND I NEED TO.REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION WITH A NEW ON. REPAIR COST IS 4884.00. THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE, AS I BROUGHT IT NEW, AMD THEY ARE NOW OFFERING 3YR 100,000 WARRANTY IF I DO THE JOB WITH THEM. DOING SOME.RESEARCH ON LINE I SAW THEY HAD A RECALL FOR DODGE CARAVAN 2016-16V461000, S44. THIS RECALL.WAS EFFECTIVE FOR UNITS UNTIL JULY 2016, THIS UNIT IS FROM AUGUST 2016, SO I'M PRETTY SURE THIS IS A MANUFACTURER ISSUE AND THEY SHOULD BE RESPONSABLE REGARDLESS MY WARRANTY ENDED 12,000 MILES AGO. THE VEHICLE CAN NOT BE MOVED AND I PAY 584.81 MONTHLY.

THE PASSENGER SLIDING DOOR HAS LOCKED SHUT. I AM UNABLE TO OPEN IT AT ALL. THIS OCCURRED RANDOMLY, WHILE MY WIFE WAS BY HERSELF, 39 WEEKS PREGNANT WITH A SMALL CHILD AND A TODDLER INSIDE THE VEHICLE.. I HAVE RESEARCHED THIS MALFUNCTION AND IT SEEMS TO HAPPEN OFTEN TO THIS MAKE (DODGE AND CHRYSLER) MINIVAN IN THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS. IN MY OPINION, THIS SEEMS LIKE AN EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS MALFUNCTION. I HAVE A 4-YEAR OLD, 2 YEAR OLD, AND A NEWBORN ALL IN CARSEATS IN THE VAN. IN THE CASE OF AN EMERGENCY, AND THIS DOOR WAS UNABLE TO OPEN, I WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO GET ALL OF MY CHILDREN OUT.

I'VE BEEN HAVING ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS SINCE I GOT THE VAN AT SOME POINT WHILE I'M DRIVING ALL THE GAGES WOULD START FLASHING ACTING LIKE IT WAS TRYING TO DIE SOME CASES IT DID SOME CASES IT DID NOT BUT WHEN I STOPPED THE DASHBOARD HAD LOST ALL POWER TO IT NO IGNITION WHATSOEVER I STILL HAD WORKING RADIO HEADLIGHTS AND EVERYTHING ELSE WHENEVER I WOULD PARK THE CAR IT COULD TAKE UP TO AN HOUR OR MORE TO GET IN THE VEHICLE BECAUSE IT WOULD NOT RESPOND TO THE KEY FOBS YOU WOULD BE SITTING DOWN MINDING YOUR OWN BUSINESS AND THEN ALL THE SUDDEN IT WOULD WORK LEFT ME STRANDED TRYING TO GET TO WORK MY CHILD TO SCHOOL AND THEN LAST NIGHT WHILE I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY I STARTED HEARING A NOISE AND THEN ALL A SUDDEN THE TRANSMISSION STARTED SLIPPING REVVING UP TO 6000 RPM WHILE I'M CROSSING OVER A BRIDGE ON A MAJOR HIGHWAY BARELY WAS ABLE TO GET ACROSS THE BRIDGE LEAVING ME STRANDED IN AN UNSAFE PART OF TOWN I RAN A CODE SCANNER ON THE VEHICLE IT SHOWS CODE U0141 THAT WAS STORED AND P083B WHICH IS THE TRANSMISSION FLUID PUMP AND IT NEVER TURN ON A CHECK ENGINE LIGHT UNTIL I WAS LESS THAN A MILE FROM THE DEALER AFTER I HAD TO DRIVE TO THE DEALER BECAUSE THE ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE NUMBER I HAD I COULD NOT CONTACT THEM. I DO KNOW THAT SOME OF THE VEHICLES WERE UNDER RECALL I'M NOT SURE IF THIS ONE WAS AND IT WAS FIXED OR NOT BUT IS NOT SHOWING AN ACTIVE RECALL BUT IT IS NOT SAFE THE IMAGES I SHARED I WAS ACTUALLY DRIVING FORWARD AND AS YOU CAN SEE THE LIGHTS CAME ON AND AT 1 POINT IT ACTUALLY SHOWED ME AS BEING IN REVERSE IT BEEPS AND GOES CRAZY

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED, THE REAR DRIVER'S SIDE SLIDING DOOR FAILED TO OPEN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE RECURRED ONCE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT CONTACTED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 24,000.

I OWN A 2016 DODGE CARAVAN AND THE DRIVERS SIDE SLIDING DOOR LOCK IS STUCK BETWEEN THE LOCK AND UNLOCK MAKING THE DOOR UNABLE TO BE OPENED. IT WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP AND I WAS TOLD THE DOOR LOCK OR LACK WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED AND THE REPAIR WOULD COST $900 (AND DUE TO MILEAGE WAS NOT COVERED NOW BY THE WARRANTY). THE DOOR IS STILL UNABLE TO BE USED AND CAUSES A SERIOUS SAFETY CONCERN IF IN AN ACCIDENT DUE TO INABILITY TO GET OUT OF THE VEHICLE ON THAT SIDE. WHEN THE DEFECT WAS IDENTIFIED THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED AND HAS BEEN OVERNIGHT. I ATTEMPTED TO USE SLIDING DOOR CONTROL ON KEY FOB WHICH DIDN'T WORK AND SO ATTEMPTED TO UNLOCK DOOR WITH KEY FOB TO OPEN IT MANUALLY AND THAT DIDN'T WORK EITHER. I GOT INSIDE THE VEHICLE AND ATTEMPTED TO UNLOCK THE DOOR MANUALLY AND THAT WAS UNSUCCESSFUL. ADDITIONALLY, SLIDING DOOR CONTROL ON FRONT CEILING (ALLOWS DRIVER TO OPEN AND SHUT BOTH SLIDING DOORS) ATTEMPTED TO BE USED AND WAS ALSO UNSUCCESSFUL. THIS APPEARS TO BE A PROBLEM THAT MULTIPLE DODGE CARAVAN OWNERS ARE EXPERIENCING AND NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED ASAP.

ABOUT 3700 MILES THE A/C STOPPED BLOWING COLD AIR. VEHICLE EQUIPPED WITH R134A. PUT MY GAUGES ON VEHICLE WAY LOW ADD SOME STOP LEAK W/LEAK DETECTOR. FOUND THAT THE VALVE IN REAR A/C LEAKING. AROUND SAME TIME DRIVER REAR SLIDING DOOR STOPPED UNLOCKING AND OPENING, THE CHILD LOCK LEVER MOVED BY ITSELF. SO I MOVED IT BACK TO DISABLE AND THAT WORKED FOR ABOUT A WEAK. THEN IT STARTED TO MAKE A NOISE LIKE GEARS WERE JAMMED OR RUBBING TOGETHER AND THEN IT JUST STOPPED. DORR REMAINS UNLOCKED NOW W/NO SOUND FROM ACTUATOR. TRANSMISSION SEEMS TO SLIP AND LOSE POWER.

APPROXIMATELY 1 WEEK AGO MY REAR DRIVER SLIDING DOOR BECAME STUCK. UPON SEARCHING ONLINE FOR A FIX I FOUND WHAT APPEARED TO BE HUNDREDS, IF NOT THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. I ATTEMPTED EVERY THING WE COULD THINK OF. TRYING TO OPEN OR UNLOCK THE DOOR VIA MANUALLY, VIA KEY FOB, AND VIA INTERIOR BUTTONS. NOTHING WILL OPEN THIS DOOR. IT IS STUCK AND CANNOT BECOME OPENED OR UNLOCKED. MY DAUGHTER HAS A DISABILITY AND SITS ON THIS SIDE. THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE THAT DODGE NEEDS TO ADDRESS. DOES MY DAUGHTER HAVE TO DIE BY BEING TRAPPED IN THE VAN BEFORE DODGE DOES SOMETHING? THIS ISN'T A NEW PROBLEM AND IS AFFECT MULTIPLE DODGE VEHICLES.

THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START. AND AS A RESULT I HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED TO RICK HARTMAN IN ABERDEEN, WA. WHEN THE VEHICLE ARRIVED IT STILL WOULD NOT START AND SO IT JUST SAT THERE. THE NEXT DAY, THEY ATTEMPTED TO START IT WHICH IT DID. BUT NO CODES CAME UP. MY ATTEMPTS TO GET HELP FROM DODGE HAVE COME UP A ZERO. THEY OPENED A CASE FOR ME AND STATED THAT SOMEONE NAMED AMBER WOULD GET AHOLD OF ME IN 1-2 DAYS. THAT DID NOT HAPPEN. NO LOANER WAS OFFERED. AND IT IS STILL SITTING THERE A WEEK AND A HALF LATER WITH NO ACTION.