DODGE Complaints

WAS ON MY WAY TO WORK CAME UP TO THE LIGHT AT PONTIAC TRAIL AND 10 MILE I PUT ON THE BRAKES AND THERE WAS WHAT SOUNDED LIKE METAL SCRAPPING AGAINST METAL AND A LOUD THUMP. LATER I MADE IT TO WORK ON NOVI ROAD BETWEEN 10 MILE AND GRAND RIVER I LOOKED BEHIND THE DRIVER WHEEL AND SAW THAT THE K FRAME IS COMPLETELY RUSTED THROUGH AND WHAT I THINK IS A STABILITY BAR IS BEING PULLED AWAY FROM THE FRAME. I HAVEN'T DROVE MY VEHICLE IN TWO DAYS BECAUSE I FEEL IT IS UNSAFE.

THE TRUCK STALLS WHEN SLOWING FOR A STOP OR IDLING AROUND A CORNER. THAT IS A SAFETY ISSUE BECAUSE THE STEERING AND BRAKES ARE LOCKED UP AT THAT POINT. WHETHER IT'S IDLING IN A TRAFFIC JAM, COMING TO A STOP, OR IDLING AROUND THE CORNER, YOU WILL SUDDENLY HAVE NO POWER BUT EVERYTHING ELSE IS ON. NOT THE ENGINE AND IT WAS SO SMOOTH THAT YOU DON'T NOTICE UNTIL YOU CAN'T BRAKE OR STEER. THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE WITH THIS YEAR MAKE AND MODEL THAT ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. I UNDERSTAND THERE WAS AN INVESTIGATION BUT IT WAS CLOSED WITHOUT RESOLUTION. CASE NUMBER EA05018. THIS IS A GROWING PROBLEM AND WE THE PEOPLE ARE SPENDING HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS TO REPLACE PARTS THAT ARE JUST PART OF A TROUBLE SHOOTING ISSUE AND MOST OF US STILL HAVE THE PROBLEM. AND IT'S THE SAME FOR ALL OF US. PLEASE RELOOK AT THIS PROBLEM. IF I WERE THE ONLY ONE I COULD UNDERSTAND BUT I AM NOT. WE LOVE OUR TRUCKS BUT THIS IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM. LAST NIGHT I WAS IN A DOUBLE TURN INTERSECTION WHEN IT SHUT OFF. THANKFUL I WAS IN THE OUTER LANE AND DID NOT CRASH OR HIT THE MEDIAN. IF YOU READ ON CAR COMPLAINTS. COM UNDER 2005 DODGE RAM 1500 STALLS/SHUTS DOWN WHILE DRIVING, YOU WILL SEE THAT THIS IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM AND THERE ARE LOADS OF PEOPLE. THEY THINK THE REPAIR FIXES BUT IT DOES NOT AND THE ISSUE DOES NOT HAPPEN ALL THE TIME. IT STARTED OCCASIONALLY BUT NOW IT'S ALMOST DAILY AND MULTIPLE TIMES A DAY. THE TRUCK AND HAS PROGRESSIVELY GOTTEN WORSE. I HAVE TAKEN IT TO MULTIPLE REPAIR SHOPS AND NO ONE CAN FIGURE OUT THE PROBLEM SINCE IT IS DIFFULT TO PINPOINT WHEN IT WILL OCCUR TO SHOW WHAT THE VEHICLE IS ACTUALLY DOING. I'VE HAD TO REPLACE MULTIPLE PARTS TO HELP RESOLVE THE ISSUE TO INCLUDE A NEW STARTER FROM CONSTANT RESTARTING IN THE NEUTRAL POSITION WHILE VEHICLE IS STILL IN MOTION. THE VEHICLE IS ALWAYS IN MOTION WHEN IT RANDOMLY STALLS COMING TO A SLOW, IDLE OR A TURN ESPECIALLY.

MY NITRO WILL NOT LOCK OR UNLOCK USING THE KEY OR SWITCHES. DRIVER SIDE IS THE I MY SIDE THAT WILL UNLOCK.

CRANKSHAFT POSITION SENSOR GOES OUT CAR SHUTS OFF DURING DRIVING IN TRAFFIC OR AT LIGHT WITHOUT WARNING VERY DANGEROUS, NOTICED OTHER PEOPLE WITH DODGE JOURNEY HAD SAME ISSUE PLEASE HELP. HAPPENED USUALLY WHEN IN MOTION

THE HEAT BLOWS WARM ON THE DRIVER SIDE AND FREEZING COLD ON THE PASSENGER SIDE SEAT AND WINDOW. THEREFORE, ONLY HALF OF MY WINDOW WILL GET DEFROSTED. THIS HAPPENS WHETHER I AM DRIVING OR SITTING IDLE.

FAULTY FUEL PUMP RELAY IN TIPM CAUSING VEHICLE TO STALL OR NOT START AT ALL MECHANICE SAYS NEED NEW TIPM STALLED ON FREEWAY LUCKY TO DODGE TRAFFIC GET TO SIDE OF ROAD AND HAVE VEHICLE TOWED

THIS VEHICLE HAS HAD SEVERAL ELECTRICAL COMPONENT FAILURES THAT WERE PREMATURE AND UNEXPLAINED. COMPUTER MODULE REPLACED TWICE, SENSORS REPLACED BEFORE THEY SHOULD HAVE GONE BAD. WE ALSO WERE EXPERIENCING SMALL ELECTRICAL ISSUES ALL OVER THE VEHICLE, PROBLEMS WITH WINDOWS, SLIDE DOORS, ACCESSORIES, RADIO ETC. AFTER INSPECTION OF THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM A PROBLEM WAS OBSERVED WITH TWO OF THE MAIN WIRING HARNESSES FOR ENGINE COMPONENTS, ONE WAS ROUTED OVER THE TOP OF THE RADIATOR HOSE WHERE IT ATTACHES TO THE TOP OF THE MOTOR ALLOWING EXCESSIVE HEAT TO MELT THE WIRE PROTECTION SLEEVES AND WIRE COATING WHICH CAUSED CONTACT OF WIRES EXPOSED. ANOTHER SECTION OF WIRING ROUTED DOWN FROM THE MAIN FUSE BOX AND RESTED ON TOP OF THE TRANSMISSION COVER RESULTING IN OVERHEATING OF THE WIRES. THESE TWO ISSUES CAUSED EXCESSIVE HEATING OF THE WIRING TO EFFECT THE CURRENT FLOW TO AND FROM THE MAIN WIRE PORT FOR ALL ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS OF THE VEHICLE AND RESULTED IN SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONS EVERYWHERE. THIS IS A POOR DESIGN BY THE MANUFACTURER AND A SERIOUS SAFETY CONCERN. I WOULD WANT ANYONE WITH THE SAME VEHICLE TO KNOW THIS IS PROBABLY THE RESULT OF NUMEROUS ELECTRICAL COMPONENT FAILURES OR PROBLEMS THEY ARE EXPERIENCING THAT MAY LEAD TO EXCESSIVE REPAIRS THAT ARE NOT NECESSARY IF THE WIRING IS ROUTED IN A BETTER WAY TO AVOID OVERHEATING.

THE TRANSFER CASE MAKE CLICKING COUNTS WHEN DRIVING AND WHILE CAR IS IDLE. IT ALSO MAKES THESE CLICKING NOISES WHILE THE CAR IS OFF PUTTING THE CAR INTO 4 LO ON ITS OWN. THE CAR WILL SOMETIMES SHUT OFF WHILE DRIVING LOW SPEEDS AND ATTEMPTING TO MAKE A TURN. THE BATTERY DIES FREQUENTLY AFTER A WEEK OF NOT IS USE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY, THE STARTER MALFUNCTIONED. THE CONTACT REPLACED THE STARTER ON THREE OCCASIONS. PRECISION AUTO CARE IN MADISON, TENNESSEE WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND REPLACED THE STARTER, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. AN UNKNOWN DEALER IN ASHLAND CITY, TENNESSEE REPLACED THE STARTER AS WELL, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 140,000.

OCT 2017 I WAS DRIVING AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THE CAR MADE A GRINDING SOUND THAT DIDN'T STOP WE TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE WE PURCHASED IT USED. THEY CHARGED US FOR PARTS $2000.00 AND FIX IT . ABOUT 4 WEEKS LATER THE SAME THING HAPPENED I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AGAIN BUT THIS TIME THEY SAID THE PART WASN'T AVAILABLE. ITS NOW MARCH OF 2018 AND THE PART STILL ISNT AVAILABLE AND I AM PAYING ON A CAR I DON'T HAVE. WHY IS THIS NOT BEING RECALLED ?? I SEE I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE IN THIS POSITION. I WAS ON A PUBLIC HWY.....TOOK IT TO DEALERSHIP VIA LOCAL STREET....I WAS A NERVOUS WRECK THE OIL TYPE SUBSTANCE WAS POURING OUT...THE DEALERSHIP TOLD ME IT IS THE SAME PART THEY FIXED ,THE PTU.