DODGE Complaints

WHEN ACCELERATING MY VEHICLE IS SLOW TO TAKE OFF WITH MAX SPEEDS OF ONLY 50 MPH ON THE FREEWAY AND 30 MPH CITY. I HAVE PRESSED THE GAS ALL THE WAY AND CAR IS STILL LAGGING. THE CEL STAYS ON AND THE FOLLOWING DIAGNOSTIC CODES ARE READ P0722 WHICH IS TRANS OUTPUT SPEED SENSOR U1146 WHICH IS A COMMUNICATION ERROR P0717 WHICH IS INPUT SPEED SENSOR 1 CIRCUIT NO SIGNAL P0700 WHICH IS TRANSAXLE CONTROL SYSTEM MALFUNCTION AND P0712 WHICH IS TRANS FLUID TEMP SENSOR LOW INPUT. I TOOK IT TO A LOCAL SHOP AND THEY SUGGESTED I TAKE IT TO THE DEALER TO PERFORM A TCM SOFTWARE UPDATE AND ITS STILL DOING THE SAME THING EVEN AFTER THE CODES WERE CLEARED. NOW A CODE IS READ THAT HAS TO DO WITH A LARGE EVAP LEAK. AM I BEING STEERED IN THE WRONG DIRECTION SO THAT THE DEALER CAN AVOID HONORING THE FACTORY RECALL OF THE POWERTRAIN CONTROL MODULE/FUEL PUMP RELAY NHSTA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 08V528000. MY SPECIFIC VIN DID NOT SHOW UP AS BEING RECALLED BUT I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF MY ISSUE CAN BE FURTHER INVESTIGATED. PLEASE HELP.

VEHICLE DIED SUDDENLY ON THE ROAD ON APRIL 13, 2018 DUE TO ALTERNATOR FAILING. O'REILLY AUTO PARTS CONFIRMED THAT THE DIODES FAILED ON ALTERNATOR. EXISTING RECALL ON THE DURANGOS, CHRYSLER, AND JEEPS BUT NOT GRAND CARAVAN FOR THIS PARTICULAR PROBLEM WITH ALTERNATORS. BURNING SMELL UNDER THE HOOD OF THE VEHICLE COMING FROM THE ALTERNATOR AS WELL.

I WAS DRIVING 55 MPH ON A 70 MPH HIGHWAY AND MY DRIVER SIDE FRONT TIRE HAD A BLOWOUT I WAS TOWING A FULL TRAILER AND HAD A HARD TIME KEEPING THE TRUCK UNDER CONTROL. I GOT THE TRUCK PULLED OVER AND CHANGED THE TIRE AND UPON INSPECTION THE VALVE STEM HAD CORRODED AND CAME APART, UPON FURTHER INSPECTION THE REAR PASSENGER STEM IS ALSO CORRODED AND ONLY HALF IS REMAINING! I HATE THINKING WHAT MIGHT HAVE HAPPENED IF BOTH BLEW OUT OR I WAS DRIVING THE SPEED LIMIT WITH THE KIDS IN THE VEHICLE. THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE!! MY TRUCK ONLY HAS 17,800 MILES ON IT. I AM LEARY TO DRIVE IT TO THE DEALER! I FEEL THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS ISSUE AND DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THERE HAS NOT BEEN A RECALL. IT IS QUITE EXPENSIVE TO REPLACE ALL 4 VALVE STEMS AND I THINK ALL OWNERS WITH THIS ISSUE SHOULD BE COMPENSATED!

MY CAR IS CURRENTLY DRIVABLE HOWEVER I RECENTLY FOUND OUT THAT I NEED THE OIL PRESSURE MONITOR REPLACED ALONG WITH THE WIRING IN THE STEERING SYSTEM DUE TO OIL DAMAGE FROM THE OIL PRESSURE MONITOR BEING BROKEN. THE RADIO AND REAR VIEW CAMERA ALSO NEED TO BE REPLACED. THESE ARE TOO MANY ISSUES FOR A FAIRLY NEW VEHICLE. APPARENTLY THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS CHANGES COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS VEHICLE BUT I'M CONTINUOUSLY BEING TOLD THAT THERE ARE NO RECALLS DESPITE ONGOING ISSUES WITH THE VEHICLE THAT HAVE TO DEAL WITH MANUFACTURING ISSUES. THE RADIO STARTED MALFUNCTIONING OVER A YEAR AGO. THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS/OIL PRESSURE SWITCH ISSUES HAVE ONLY BEEN HAPPENING APPROXIMATELY 2 MONTHS. THE REAR VIEW MIRROR STOPPED WORKING TODAY. THE CAR HAS ALSO HAS ISSUES STALL NO, NOT STARTING, AND CUTTING OFF WHILE THE CAR IS STOPPED FOR ABOUT A YEAR NOW.

WATER LEAKES INTO THE REAR "RACE TRACK" LIGHT ASSEMBLY THAT IS ON THE REAR LIFT DOOR. VEHICLE IS STATIONARY WHEN PROBLEM IS NOTCED. I HAVE TO REMOVE BOTTOM BOLT ON REAR OF ASSEMBLY TO DRAIN WATER AND THEN IT FILLS UP AGAIN. A SECTION OF THE LIGHTING NO LONGER WORKS. I HAVE HAD INTERMITTED TIMES WHERE ALL REAR LIGHT ARE OUT( NO BRAKE/ TURN SIGNAL) NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. I HAVE NOTICE MANY VEHICLES WITH SAME PROBLEM AND HAVE SEEN MANY COMPLAINTS THRU MANY WEBSITES. THERE IS NO FIX OFFERED THRU DODGE EXCEPT PURCHASE REPLACEMENT PART FOR $1200.

BRAKES HAVE FAILED INTO ABS MODE TWICE WHILE BRAKING ON DRY ROADWAY CONDITIONS FROM SPEEDS OF 30 TO 45 MILES PER HOUR IN A MANNER NOT TYPICALLY EXPERIENCED WITH THE VEHICLE. THE STYLE OF BRAKING PERFORMED INTO THE SWITCH TO ABS MODE WAS SMOOTH STEADY PRESSURE. I HAVE OWNED THE VEHICLE FOR TEN YEARS AND HAVE NOT EXPERIENCED AN ISSUE SUCH AS THIS BEFORE. TOOK THE VEHICLE TO MY LOCAL DODGE DEALERSHIP TO GET INSPECTED AND INSPECTION CAME BACK WITH NO ERROR CODES OR APPARENT MECHANICAL PROBLEMS ACCORDING TO DEALERSHIP PERSONNEL.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 DODGE AVENGER. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE ABOVE 45 MPH WHEN THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER (BOB FRENSLEY DODGE IN MADISON, TENNESSEE, 615-589-0000) WHERE THE FAILURE WAS DIAGNOSED AS THE POWER CONTROL MODULE. THE DEALER ALSO STATED THAT THE SOLENOID PACK FOR THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 147,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 DODGE RAM 1500. AFTER REFUELING THE VEHICLE AND DRIVING SLOW SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE STALLED. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER OR AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC TO BE DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND ADVISED THE CONTACT TO CALL NHTSA. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 38,314. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

I HAVE A 2010 DODGE JOURNEY 81,000 MILES & HAD IT ABOUT 1 YEAR. OVER THE PAST 6 MONTHS I HAVE BOUGHT 6 BATTERIES BECAUSE MY CAR WOULD FAIL TO START. MY FRONT WIPERS WOULD RANDOMLY MOVE WHEN THE CARE WAS PARKED AND NO ONE IN IT THEN MY BACK WIPERS WOULD DO THE SAME. THE DODGE RAM LIGHT ON MY DASHBOARD WOULD COME ON RANDOMLY WHEN THE CARE WAS PARKED AND KEY WAS NOT IN THE IGNITION. FINALLY TOOK IT TO THE DODGE DEALERSHIP IN FEB, THEY REPLACED THE BATTERY, KEPT THE CARE FOR OVER A WEEK, CALLED ME AND STATED THAT THE CAR HAD A BATTERY DRAINAGE PROBLEM BUT WHEN ON THE DIAGNOSTIC TEST, THE PROBLEM WOULDN'T SHOW ITS FACE LONG ENOUGH FOR THE MECHANIC TO TRACK DOWN THE PROBLEM. THEY ALSO STATED THE REASON MY HORN DIDN'T WORK WAS BECAUSE SOMEONE TOOK OUT THE FUSE. WHEN THEY PUT THE FUSE BACK IN, MY HORN WOULD RANDOMLY GO OFF NO MATTER IF IT WAS PARKED OR IF I WAS DRIVING IT. I TOOK THE CAR BACK HOME AND SURE ENOUGH, LESS THAN A WEEK LATER, SAME ISSUE. THEY KEPT THE CAR FOR ANOTHER 2 WEEKS, SAME OUTCOME! COULD NOT TRACK DOWN THE ISSUE. A WEEK AFTER I GOT THE CAR BACK, I WAS DRIVING AND AS I PRESSED THE GAS, MY CAR WOULDN'T ACCELERATE!! I WAS IN 5PM TRAFFIC WITH 2 KIDS, ALMOST CAUSED A WRECK TRYING TO GET OVER TO A PARKING LOT. MY STEERING WHEEL WOULD HARDLY MOVE! HAD TO HAVE THE CAR TOWED AGAIN TO THE DODGE DEALERSHIP. I HAVE ASKED AGAIN AND AGAIN IF IT WAS THE TIPM BUT I GET NOWHERE!!!! THIS CAR IS POSSESSED AND DODGE SEEMS TO NOT CARE ENOUGH TO FIX THE PROBLEM OR FIND IT FOR THAT MATTER. I DONT FEEL SAFE DRIVING IT (I CANT AT THE MOMENT BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO FIX THE FUEL PUMP WHICH IS RAN BY WHAT....YOU GUESSED IT THE TIPM)! I NEVER KNOW IF THE CAR IS GOING TO START FROM MOMENT TO MOMENT NOR DO I KNOW IF IM GOING TO BE STRANDED ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WITH MY CHILDREN.AGAIN! A CAR SHOULD NOT HAVE THIS MAY ISSUES AND THE DEALERSHIP NOT KNOWING OR ACKNOWLEDGING THE PROBLEM!

VISIBLE MOISTURE AND CONDENSATION INSIDE OF CENTER RACETRACK TAIL LIGHT ASSEMBLY HAS CAUSED LED TAIL LIGHTS TO FLICKER (SHORTING OUT). THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AS THE LED TAIL LIGHTS ARE NECESSARY IN ORDER TO SEE THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE AT NIGHTTIME OR DARK DAYS.