2016 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN Complaints

DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE, HAD TO APPLY BRAKES HARD, THEN HAD TO PUMP THE EXCELLERATOR AND THEN FLOORE IT TO GET GAS TO ENGINE TO RESUME MOMENTUM. AFTER THAT IT DOES IT DOES THIS INTERMEDIATELY, MAYBE FOR QUITE AWHILE THE SAME DAY AND NOT AGAIN FOR WEEKS. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT DOES NOT COME ON AND THERE ARE TIMES THAT THE RPM'S HAVE JUMPED UP TO 4 AND ALMOST 5, THE ENGINE SOUNDS LIKE A RACE CAR AND LITTLE MOVEMENT AND THEN QUICKLY LUNGES FORWARD, AT OTHER SOUNDS LIKE IT HAS SHIFTED AND YOU STILL HAVE NOT INCREASED IN SPEED. THE DEALERSHIP KEPT THIS VECHILE OVER A WEEK AND THEY HAD NO PROBLEMS. ANOTHER DATE IT WAS DOING THIS WAS ON AN EXIT RAMP FROM THE INTERSTATE IN CREEPING, STOP AND GO TRAFFIC. TAKEN STRAIGHT TO DEALERSHIP FROM THERE ACTING UP ALL THE WAY. VECHILE WAS NOT SHUT OFF WHEN REP FROM SERVICE DEPARTMENT WENT AS PASSENGER THERE WERE NO PROBLEMS.

THE 2016 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN WAS THE DIRECT CAUSE OF INJURY DURING APPROPRIATE AND EXPECTED USE OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE DID NOT MALFUNCTION. I WAS SITTING IN THE MIDDLE LEFT PASSENGER'S SEAT WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN PARK. I WAS NOT WEARING A SEATBELT BECAUSE THE VEHICLE WAS OFF AND IN A SAFE PARKING LOT. I ATTEMPTED TO ENGAGE THE RECLINING FUNCTION OF THE SEAT. THE SEAT FLEW FORWARD WITH EXTRAORDINARY FORCE UPON ENGAGING THE RECLINER LEVER. THE SEATS HAVE STOW-N-GO, A MECHANICAL FEATURE THAT FOLDS THE SEAT INTO THE FLOOR FOR STORAGE. THE LEVER TO ENGAGE STOW-N-GO AND THE LEVER TO ENGAGE RECLINE ARE THE SAME LEVER, AND THERE IS NO WARNING SIGN ON THE SEAT, IN THE VEHICLE, OR IN THE OWNER'S MANUAL. THE HEADREST FOLDED FORWARD, STRIKING ME IN THE BACK OF THE HEAD AND NECK, AND THE SEAT STRUCK MY BACK. I RECEIVED A CONCUSSION, WHIPLASH, AND PERMANENT HEARING DAMAGE AND TINNITUS DUE TO THE IMPACT. MEDICAL TREATMENT IS ONGOING TO DETERMINE SEVERITY OF COMPRESSED NERVES AND DAMAGE TO BONE, WITH SYMPTOMS PERSISTING FIVE MONTHS AFTER AND ARE CONSIDERED TO CONTINUE PERSISTING FOR MONTHS BY MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS BECAUSE OF THE TRAUMA DIRECTLY CAUSED BY THE VEHICLE.

THIS VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED WITH LESS THAN 2K MILES ON IT AND IN THE MONTH TIMEFRAME I HAVE HAD IT, IT HAS STALLED 3 TIMES ON ME. ONCE WHILE DRIVING ON A BUSY ROAD AND TWICE IN MY DRIVEWAY. THE TIME ON THE BUSY ROAD WAS WHEN I WAS KEEPING UP WITH TRAFFIC AT ABOUT 40 MILES PER HOUR. THE SECOND AND THIRD TIME WAS WHEN I WAS IN MY DRIVEWAY AND I HAD NO SOONER STARTED THE VAN THAT IT SHUT OFF IMMEDIATELY. BOTH INSTANCES I HAVE HAD 1/4 TANK OF GAS. WHEN TOWED TO DEALER, NO CODES CAME ON SO I WAS TOLD THERE WAS NO WAY TO DETERMINE WHAT WENT WRONG WITH VEHICLE.

2016 DODGE CARAVAN ONLY 14000, MILE. DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 TO 45 MILES PER HOUR ON THE HIGHWAY. HOOD LATCH BOLTS ( ONLY TWO ) CAME FULLY OUT ,ALLOWING THE HOOD TO OPEN , SMASHING INTO THE WIND SHIELD , MAKING IT IMPOSSIBLE TO SEE AHEAD DUE TO THE HOOD BLOCKING THE VIEW.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE HOOD OPENED WITHOUT WARNING AND CAUSED THE WINDSHIELD TO SHATTER. THE DRIVER SUSTAINED CUTS THAT DID NOT REQUIRE MEDICAL ATTENTION. THE POLICE WAS NOTIFIED, BUT THE CONTACT WAS UNSURE IF A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO BE DRIVEN HOME ONCE THE HOOD WAS TIED DOWN WITH ROPES. THE CONTACT INSPECTED THE HOOD AND NOTICED THAT THE HOOD BRACKETS ON BOTH SIDES WERE MISSING BOLTS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 14,100.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE WHEEL HAD BECOME BENT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE DRIVER SIDE FRONT BEARING HAD FAILED CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE FRONT AXLE. THE CONTACT INDICATED THAT THE DAMAGE HAD OCCURRED WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 23,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, IT WENT TO THE FLOORBOARD THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE TECHNICIAN INFORMED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS OPERATING AS DESIGNED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 1,900. UPDATED 05/31/17*LJ *CN

BEGINNING ON 1/7/2017, 1) THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WENT ON WHILE MY WIFE WAS DRIVING ON THE SOB (135). 2) DODGE GRAND CARAVAN 2016 SHAKES (BUCKS) BETWEEN 25 MPH - 30 MPH. TODAY, 1/8/2017 1) I WOKE TO THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON 2) DODGE GRAND CARAVAN 2016 SHAKES (BUCKS) BETWEEN 25 MPH - 30 MPH. 3) I CALLED CHRYSLER (1-800-853-1403) AT 11:11 AM 4) CHRYSLER SAYS MY VIN IS NOT PART OF (DODGE GRAND CARAVAN 2016) RECALL 5) I TOLD CHRYSLER I WILL RIDE THAT BUCKING DODGE GRAND CARAVAN 2016 ALL THE WAY TO CHRYSLER'S DEALER. *TR

VEHICLE HAS POOR TRACTION AND IS PRONE TO SLIPPING IN WINTER SNOW CONDITIONS. WHILE DRIVING AS WELL AS WHEN PICKING UP SPEED AT INTERSECTIONS THE VEHICLE IS PRONE TO SLIDING AND HAS POOR TRACTION WHEN ACCELERATING.

PURCHASED THIS BRAND NEW SEVERAL MONTHS AGO. DROVE 8,000 MILES TO AND FROM WORK. TWICE WITHIN THE PAST WEEK THE VAN HAS COMPLETELY JUST TURNED OFF ON THE HIGHWAY. I HAVE NO IDEA WHY. I WAS JUST DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AND THE VAN JUST TURNED OFF. IT'S AS IF SOMEONE WERE TO GRAB THE KEYS AND TURN IT OFF. I PUT IT IN NEUTRAL AND RESTARTED AND KEPT DRIVING. FORTUNATELY, I WAS QUICK ENOUGH AND MY CHILDREN AND I WERE SAFE.