DODGE Complaints

2010 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. CAR SHUTS DOWN WHILE DRIVE. CAUSES TO HAVE NO STEERING OR BRAKES. NO WARNING BEFORE IT HAPPENS. ON STREET MOVING. UNKNOWN OF WHAT IS ACTUALLY HAPPENING OR WHY IT IS DOING THIS. *TT *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH, THE ENGINE COMPLETELY SHUT OFF. THE CONTACT COASTED MOSTLY OFF THE HIGHWAY AND ONTO THE SHOULDER WHERE THE VEHICLE WAS RESTARTED AFTER A FEW MINUTES. THE DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER HAD NOT BEEN CONTACTED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 128,090.

JUST THE OTHER DAY WHEN I WENT TO GO TO THE STORE MY LOW BEAM HEAD LIGHTS CAME ON BUT WHEN I WENT TO GO HOME, I STARTED THE TRUCK AND THE LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS WOULD NOT COME ON AND I HAD TO TAKE BACK STREETS WITH ONLY MY PARKING LIGHTS. THIS HAS BEEN A COMMON PROBLEM WITH DODGE TRUCKS AND AUTOS FOR MANY YEARS. I CANNOT AFFORD TO PAY $1000.00 FOR A COMPUTER BOARD WHEN THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH DODGE. AFTER LOOKING ON - LINE, I FUND THAT MANY OF DODGE'S MODELS BUT THERE HAS BEEN NO RECALL. THIS IS SUCH A COMMON PROBLEM THAT IS IT NOT TIME FOR THE U.S. GOVERNMENT TO FORCE DODGE TO RECALL ALL THESE MODELS AND YEARS! IT IS A SAFETY PROBLEM WHEN THE LIGHTS STOP WORKING AT NIGHT WHEN THE AUTO IS BEING DRIVEN. MY LOW BEAMS WOULD NOT COME BACK ON WHEN I RETURNED TO THE TRUCK TO GO HOME SO I WAS NOT DRIVING THE TRUCK BUT NEEDED TO AND THE LIGHTS WOULD NOT COME ON WHEN I STARTED IT. (XXXX) PARTS OF THIS DOCUMENT HAVE BEEN REDACTED TO PROTECT PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)

RANDOM CRANKING ISSUE. HAS LEFT ME STRANDED SEVERAL TIMES. IT WILL CRANK AND MOVE AND AFTER I PARK SOMEWHERE AND SHUT THE VEHICLE OFF THE NEXT TIME I GET READY TO GO SOMEWHERE IT WILL NOT CRANK. STARTER, IGNITION, BATTERY, BATTERY CABLES, ALTERNATOR HAVE BEEN REPLACED. I HAVE ALSO TAKEN THE KEY TO LOCKSMITH TO MAKE SURE IT HASN'T LOST PROGRAMMING. DEALERSHIP SAYS IT CANNOT DUPLICATE PROBLEM. IT HAS LEFT ME STRANDED 18 TIMES THIS MONTH ALONE. IT RANDOMLY WILL NOT CRANK WHEN YOU TURN THE KEY. WHETHER IN MY GARAGE OR AT THE GROCERY STORE. IT WON'T RESTART UNTIL THE NEXT DAY. THIS HAS HAPPENED FOR ABOUT 2 YEARS NOW. I HAVE READ SEVERAL POSTS ON REPAIR FORUMS WHERE PEOPLE ARE HAVING THE SAME ISSUE WITH NO REMEDY FROM THE MANUFACTURE. PLEASE HELP!

RECALL R42 . THIS RECALL APPLIES ONLY TO THE TRANSMISSION CONTROL UNIT AND IT STATES THAT THE MODULE COULD RANDOMLY GET INTO NEUTRAL WHILE DRIVING. WE HAD THIS CALLED SERVICED AT NYLE MAXWELL IN AUSTIN AND IT DID NOT FIX THE PROBLEM. AFTER TAKING THE CAR IN AN LEAVING IT IN FOR THEM TO FIX IT FOR WEEKS TWICE SO FAR, THEY RETURN IT AS "PROBLEM COULD NOT BE FOUND OR DUPLICATED" I HAVE SINCE THEN PURCHASE, TWO MORE TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULES (TCM) TO FIX THE SAFETY ISSUE I FOUND A REPLICA OF WHAT WAS PUT IN AT THE DEALER TO SERVICE RECALL R42. UPON A FAILURE! THE TCM MODULE DOES NOT RECOVER AND RENDERS THE CAR IN MOBILE WHEN THE SPARE MODULE IS PLUGGED IN, THE ERRORS GO AWAY AND THE TRANSMISSION STARTS TO RUN CORRECTLY. THE CAR CAN THEN BE STOP BY TURNING OF THE CAR AND THE FAILING UNIT RECONNECTED AND THE CAR STARTS TO RUN CORRECTLY AGAIN WITHOUT THE SERVICE TRANSMISSION ERROR AND THE ABSENCE OF GEARS. THIS PROVES IT IS NOT THE TRANSMISSION BUT THE SMARTS IN THE TCM. AS FOR THE TCM THAT WAS PUT IN, THAT ONE IS STILL FAILING TO OPERATE THE TRANSMISSION WITHOUT LEAVING US BROKEN DOWN ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WITHOUT GEARS. SO PLEASE HELP ME INVESTIGATE, WHAT IS THE LAST AND APPROPRIATE VERSION THAT WOULD FIX R42 RECALL ISSUES IN THIS 2013 DART DODGE DDTC 1.4L TURBO MODEL. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR HELP.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 DODGE NITRO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAG WARNING INDICATOR REMAINED ILLUMINATED WHILE DRIVING, WHICH WAS A SAFETY CONCERN. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED BY AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC OR A DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 DODGE CHARGER. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED AND THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL BURNING ODOR. IN ADDITION, THE POWER STEERING WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC AND THE WIRING WAS REPLACED. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS NOT PROVIDED.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 DODGE NITRO. WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE VEHICLE STARTED TO OVERHEAT AND THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE INCREASED. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT COASTED THE VEHICLE OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND ALLOWED IT TO COOL DOWN. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS RESTARTED, IT RESUMED NORMAL OPERATION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE HEAD GASKET NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER AND DEALER WERE NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.

HORN GOES OFF INTERMITTENTLY WHEN DRIVING. ALSO HAVE ISSUE WITH KEY/REMOTE IF THE UNLOCK DOOR BUTTON IS HIT TO MANY TIME THE WINDOWS WILL ROLL DOWN.

ENGINE SHUTS OFF WHILE SLOWING DOWN TO TURN OR STOP AT STOP SIGN OR LIGHT. NO WARNING LIGHTS BEFORE ENGINE SHUTS DOWN. CALL DODGE DEALER, WAS TOLD TO CHECK OIL AND THAT IT WAS COMMON FOR DODGE DARTS THAT OIL WAS VERY LOW OR EMPTY AND CAR WOULD DO THAT. CHECK AND OIL WAS EMPTY OR BASICALLY EMPTY. OIL WARNING LIGHT DID NOT COME ON EVEN AFTER ENGINE SHUTDOWN THIS HAPPENED A COUPLE OF TIMES IN ONE WEEK THE LAST TIME I WAS ALMOST HIT FROM THE REAR I FIND THIS TO BE A VERY SERIOUS SITUATION. I HAVE NO OIL LEAKS SO ENGINE MUST HAVE BURNED OIL I STILL HAD 600 MILES LEFT TO OIL CHANGE. OIL LIGHT DID NOT COME ON WHEN IT SHOULD HAVE AN ENGINE SHOULD NEVER SHUT DOWN WELL STILL IN MOTION!