DODGE Complaints

THE TRANSMISSION HAD ZERO KNOWN ISSUES PRIOR TO THIS INCIDENT. THE TRANSMISSION BEGAN LOSING POWER AND SHIFTING AGGRESSIVELY. THE TRANSMISSION WOULD SHIFT INTO DRIVE AND MOVE ONE OUT OF EVERY FIVE ATTEMPTS. THE TRANSMISSION IN DRIVE ACTED AS THOUGH IT WAS IN NEUTRAL. UPON TAKING THE VEHICLE TO A SHOP IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT A BULLETIN HAS BEEN PUBLISHED ABOUT THIS ISSUE YET NO RECALL AT THIS TIME. AT ONE POINT THE VEHICLE LOST POWER GOING UPHILL AND BEGAN TO ROLL BACKWARDS. THIS ISSUE POSES A SAFETY ISSUE ESPECIALLY CONSIDER THE PROBLEM DEVELOPED FROM A KNOWN ISSUE AND INSIDE 24 HOURS. POTENTIALLY RELATED: NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V461000

MORE THEN A DOZEN TIMES OUR VEHICLE HAS COMPLETELY SHUT OFF WHILE IN MOTION GOING STRAIGHT AT VARIOUS SPEEDS CAUSING LOSS OF POWER STEERING AND PUTTING US IN UNSAFE CONDITIONS. THE A/C WILL BLOW HOT AIR IN HALF THE VEHICLE AND THE RADIO HAS TURNED UP THE VOLUME TO FULL AND THE CONTROLS ARE INOPERATIVE TO TURN IT DOWN. I FEEL THE DEALER INTENTIONALLY DID NOT TELL US ABOUT THE KNOWN TIPM ISSUE AND TOLD US WE HAD TO REPLACE THE ALTERNATOR WHICH WE DID WITH NO HELP IN CORRECTING THE ISSUE. THIS HAS BEEN ONGOING FOR A FEW MONTHS. I DONT HAVE THE VEHICLE WITH ME AND AM GUESSING ON THE MILEAGE ALSO THIS HAPPENED ON MULTIPLE DATES SO I ENTERED ONE OF THE RANDOM DATED BELOW.

THE VAN CUT OFF WHILE DRIVING. EEVERYTIME, I TRIED TO START IT, THE INSTRUMENT PANEL SAID "NO FUSE." I HAD IT LOOKED AT BY A MECHANIC AND HE SAID THAT MY ALTERNATOR AND BATTERY WERE DEAD. AFTER THEY WERE REPLACED, THE CAR STARTED UP AND I DROVE IT TO WORK. ON THE WAY TO WORK, WHILE THE CAR WAS DRIVING, ALL OF THE LIGHTS IN THE CAR WENT OUT AND THE INSTRUMENT PANEL RESET ITSELF (DATE, TIME, AND TRIP COMPUTER) AFTER ABOUT 5 SECONDS. THIS REPEATED ITSELF EVERY 15 MINUTES OR SO, UNTIL THE CAR CUT OFF. I REFASTENED THE BATTERY CONNECTORS, GOT THE CAR A JUMP, AND IT STARTED TO RUN. I PARKED THE CAR. LATER, I GOT IN AND STARTED IT WITH NO PROBLEM. THE NEXT DAY, I WENT TO START THE CAR AND IT WOULDNT START. I GOT A JUMP AND IT STARTED UP AGAIN. DRIVING INTO WORK, THE CAR CUT OFF WHILE I WAS DRIVING ON THE STREET. I HAD TO STEER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD TO GET TO SAFETY. THE WORST THING ABOUT IT ALL, IS THAT WHEN THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FAILS, THE KEY GETS STUCK IN THE IGNITION, AND YOU CAN NOT SHIFT INTO NEUTRAL IF YOU NEED TO PUSH THE CAR OFF THE ROAD. I HAVE READ MULTIPLE REVIEWS ABOUT THIS CAR'S ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, BUT IT IS A DANGER TO EVERYONE ON THE ROAD FOR A CAR TO CONSISTENTLY HAVE ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS, ESPECIALLY ONES THAT CAUSE IT TO CUT OFF WHILE DRIVING. THIS NEEDED TO BE ADDRESSED BEFORE ANYONE GETS HURT.

MY DODGE AVENGER HAS THE SAME PROBLEM THAT EVERYONE ELSE'S CAR HAS WITH A 3.6L VVT IN THE CAR, THE ENGINE OIL COOLER CRACKS, AND SPRAYS OIL EVERYWHERE, THE PROBLEM IS THAT IF IT ISN'T CAUGHT THE OIL GET ALL OVER THE PLACE AND CAUSES BELTS TO SMOKE BECAUSE THE OIL AND ANTIFREEZE ARE LEAKING FROM THE OIL COOLER. CONSIDERING THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THESE MOTORS, THIS NEEDS TO BE INVESTIGATED, SO THE OIL COOLER CAN BE RECALLED, SO DODGE WILL FIX THIS PROBLEM!! IT IS DANGEROUS ESPECIALLY IF YOU'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF A TRIP AND IT DECIDES TO CRACK WHILE YOU'RE DOING 70 MPH DOWN THE FREEWAY AND ALL THE OIL AND ANTIFREEZE BLOWS OUT THE CAR. AND YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW WHERE THE PROBLEM IS UNTIL THE CAR IS STOPPED AND YOU GET IT TOWED HOME, YOU CHECK ALL THE FLUIDS AND REFILL THEM THEN YOU COME OUTSIDE THE NEXT MORNING AND YOU SEE THE BIG LEAK FROM THE OIL ALL ON THE GROUND AND YOU HAVE TO HAVE THEM TEAR THE CAR APART BECAUSE THERE IS OIL ALL OVER THE PLACE UNDER THE HOOD.

THERE IS STANDING WATER IN MY REAR TAILLIGHT ASSEMBLY. THOUSANDS OF OTHER DURANGO OWNERS WITH THE SAME ASSEMBLY NATIONWIDE HAVE EXPERIENCED THE SAME ISSUE AND CHRYSLER REFUSES TO RECALL THE FAULTY PART. THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD AS IT HAS ALREADY BURNT OUT THE BULBS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ASSEMBLY.

FIRST WINTER IN MONTANA FOR US IN THIS VAN. NOW THE WEATHER IS TURNING WARM. THE FIRST TIME WE USED THE AIR CONDITIONER AND THERE WAS A PROBLEM. THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR DOES NOT SWITCH TO COLD AIR. THIS HALF BLOWS HOT, HOT AIR AT THE SAME TIME THE DRIVERS SIDE BLOWS COLD AIR. I SEE THERE HAS BEEN A RECALL ON 2014 AND 2012. DIAGNOSTIC SO FAR WILL COST $75.00.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 DODGE JOURNEY. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO START THE VEHICLE, THE BATTERY INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE RECURRED MULTIPLE TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 63,000.

THE STEERING WHEEL IS SUDDENLY VERY LOOSE AND THERE IS A CLUNK UNDER THE DRIVER'S SIDE WHEN I TURN THE WHEEL FROM RIGHT TO LEFT. THIS ISSUE CAME OUT OF NOWHERE. I DO NOT DRIVE THE TRUCK OFTEN AND I DID NOT NOTICE ANY INCIDENCE OF NOTE; THERE WAS NO TIME WHEN I NOTICED A SUDDEN BUMP OR CLUNK IN THE STEERING WHEEL. IT CAME ON GRADUALLY, BUT RAPIDLY. THESE SYMPTOMS SEEM TO ALIGN WITH A PRIOR RECALL ON THIS VEHICLE CONCERNING THE LEFT TIE ROD BALL STUD, WHICH CAN FRACTURE AT LOW SPEEDS WITHOUT NOTICE, RAPIDLY BECOMING DANGEROUS FOR THE OCCUPANTS OF THE VEHICLE AS THE STEERING WHEEL CAN BECOME INOPERABLE.

MY SON WAS TRAVELING EAST ON INTERSTATE 64 WHEN ANOTHER CAR CAME UPON HIM TRAVELING AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED AND SLAMMED ON HIS BRAKES. THE ROAD WAS WET AND THE OTHER CAR STARTED SLIDING OUT OF CONTROL AND HIT MY SONS CAR IN THE PASSENGER FRONT DOOR AND PUSH THE WHOLE CAR INTO A ROCK WALL. THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOYED AT ALL.

DRIVING VEHICLE ON A STRAIGHTAWAY AT 30MPH AND FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE WHEEL BROKE OFF AND FLEW ACROSS THE STREET. VEHICLE DID NOT ROLL AND DRIVER ABLE TO PUSH INTO PARKING LOT AWAITING TOW. WHEEL HUB CRACKED PER MECHANIC REPORT. RAM CUSTOMER SERVICE DECLINED INVESTIGATION DUE TO "NOT ORIGINAL OWNER, NO CURRENT SERVICE CONTRACT, AND NOT A COMMERCIAL VEHICLE" BUT CONFIRMED THAT THIS VIN NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL OF OTHER RAM 1500 FOR SAME ISSUE DIFFERENT YEARS.