2012 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN Complaints

MY LEFT DRIVER REAR PASSENGER DOOR QUIT WORKING ONE NIGHT. IT WORK THE NIGHT BEFORE, CAME OUT THE NEXT DAY. NOTHING. NO MANUAL UNLOCK, KEY UNLOCK, FOB UNLOCK. NOTHING UNLOCKS THIS DOOR.

SEAT BELT WARNING CHIME IS PERIODICAL ACTIVATED WHILE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION AND SEAT BUCKLE IS ENGAGED.

WHILE DRIVING AFTER TAKING A LEFT TURN, IN THE MIDDLE OF DRIVING THE STEERING LOCKED UP AND THE RPMS WENT DOWN AND STOPPED DRIVING. THE DASHBOARD WAS STILL LIT NORMALLY. TURNED CAR OFF AND WOULD NOT RESTART.

WHILE DRIVING MY VAN, I ATTEMPTED TO TURN LEFT ON A CITY STREET, WHEN EVERYTHING SHUT DOWN ON ME. ALL OF MY DASHBOARD LIT UP LIKE A CHRISTMAS TREE. I HAD NO STEERING, NO BRAKES, IT WAS FRIGHTENING! I DID HAVE HEADLIGHTS, FLASHERS, I COULDN'T ACCESS THE SIDE DOORS TO GE MY CANE OUT. MY BACK GATE WOULDN'T OPEN EITHER SO I COULD GET MY ROLLERATOR AND WALK TO THE BUSINESS I WAS ATTEMPTING TO GET TO. I HAD TO HAVE MY VAN TOWED AND WAS TOLD IT'S MY ELECTRICAL SYSTEM AND THAT MANY PEOPLE HAVE HAD THE SAME ISSUE. I WOULD LIKE TO BRING MY AWARENESS TO THIS ISSUE, FOR IF I WAS ON 95, MY MAIN HIGHWAY AND THIS HAPPENED, I WOULD BE DEAD ALONG WITH MY SON. ATTACHED IS THE DASHBOARD, BUT THE CENTER BOTTOM RED LIGHT WAS FLASHING ON AND OFF. I'M TOLD IT'S MY SECURITY SYSTEM LIGHT

OUR DODGE GRAND CARAVAN WAS STATIONARY AND EXPERIENCED INTERMITTENT STARTING PROBLEMS OVER A PERIOD OF MONTHS AND SOMETIMES WHEN IT DID START, IT WOULD STALL SHORTLY AFTER STARTING WHILE IN MOTION. FINALLY, IT WOULD NOT START AFTER REPEATED ATTEMPTS, WAITING ARE TRYING AGAIN. WE HAD IT TOWED TO OUR MECHANIC WHO TESTED IT AND FOUND THAT IT WAS THE FUEL PUMP RELAY. HE SAID IT WAS COMMON TO MAY DODGE AND JEEP MODELS. THEY ALL HAVE THE SAME CIRCUIT BOARD. HE RECOMMENDED TAKING IT TO A DEALER FOR REPAIRS EVEN THOUGH IT HAD NOT YET BEEN RECALLED. THE DEALER CONFIRMED THAT THEY HAD THE PARTS FOR THE FIX AND FIXED THE FUEL PUMP RELAY PROBLEM. THE REPAIR HAS A 2 YEAR WARRANTY. AN EMPLOYEE OF DEALER EXPRESSED THAT IT MAY BE 3 MONTHS FROM THE OCTOBER 8, 2020 REPAIR, BUT EVENTUALLY CHRYSLER WOULD ISSUE A RECALL SINCE SO MANY MODELS WITH THIS PART HAVE BEEN RECALLED. WE WERE ADVISED TO KEEP THE RECEIPT FOR LATER REIMBURSEMENT. IT IS NOW MARCH 14, 2021 AND NO RECALL HAS BEEN MADE FOR OUR VEHICLE. PLEASE TRY TO EXPEDITE THIS RECALL. THE NHTSA PROBABLY IS NOT GETTING MANY COMPLAINTS BECAUSE EVERYONE WITH THE PROBLEM EXPECTS IT TO BE HANDLED SOON. THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP.

DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS ENGINE SHUTS DOWN AND LOSE POWER TO BRAKES AND STEERING ITS HAPPENED THREE TIMES SO FAR ALMOST CAUSED AN ACCIDENT

DRIVER SIDE REAR SLIDING DOOR STUCK IN LOCKED POSITION. MECHANISM HAS FAILED AND MANUAL UNLOCK DOES NOT WORK. DOOR CANNOT BE OPENED.

A MONTH AGO WE NOTICED THE PASSENGER SIDE HEATING/COOLING IS DEFECTIVE FROM FRONT TO BACK OF VAN. THE ENTIRE PASSENGER SIDE WILL ONLY BLOW HOT AIR DESPITE THE SETTINGS. DRIVERS SIDE WILL BLOW AIR COLD OR HOT APPROPRIATELY BASED ON SETTING. UPON RESEARCHING THIS, I HAVE FOUND HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS OF THE SAME THING OCCURRING OVER THE PAST 6 YEARS WITH THE 2011 AND 2012 DODGE CARAVANS. I AM NOT SURE WHY THIS IS NOT A RECALL!!!!

AT ABOUT 93000 MILES THE LEFT REAR SLIDING DOOR STOP UNLOCKING AND LOCKING IT WAS STUCK CLOSED. FROM EVERYTHING I'VE HEARD THIS IS COMMON AND DODGE KNOWS ABOUT IT. THE COST TO REPLACE IS $1200 EACH SLIDING DOOR. IF YOU DO A GOOGLE SEARCH IT'S VERY COMMON AND DODGE DOESN'T WANT TO RECALL THESE CARS..

WHILE DRIVING THIS VEHICLE WILL SHUT OFF ON ITS OWN AND THEN RESTART.THIS HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES. I WAS GOING 65MPH ON THE HIGHWAY AND IT JUST SHUT OFF AND RESTARTED. THANKFULLY NO ONE WAS BEHIND ME WHEN THIS HAPPENED BECAUSE IT COULD HAVE COST US OUR LIFE. I ALSO AM HAVING ISSUES WITH MY SLIDING DOORS. NEITHER ONE WILL LOCK, NOT WITH DOOR LOCK SWITCH, NOT WITH KEY FOB, NOT MANUALLY. UPON RESEARCHING, I HAVE SEEN AT LEAST 200 COMPLAINTS FOR THE SAME ISSUE.