DODGE Complaints

I STARTED HAVING ELECTRICAL ISSUES WITH MY 2011 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN LAST YEAR AROUND 107K MILES. STARTED WITH NEEDING A NEW ALTERNATOR & BATTERY, VAN WOULDN'T START. TWO MONTHS LATER, THE VAN ISN'T STARTING AGAIN AND THE MECHANIC RECOMMENDED TO REPLACE THE FUEL PUMP WHICH I DID. IT WAS STILL NOT STARTING AND THEY FOUND THAT THE TIPM WENT OUT AND I FULLY BELIEVE THIS SHOULD BE RECALLED. VERY DISAPPOINTED IN THE LACK OF RECALLS FOR THE GRAND CARAVANS WHEN THE SAME YEAR OF DURGANOS AND JEEPS ARE BEING RECALLED FOR THE SAME THING!

THE AIRBAG LIGHT KEEPS POPPING UP. WHEN PARKED OR MOVING, IT'S ALWAYS ON AND CHIMES FROM TIME TO TIME.THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN HIT OR IN ANY CAR ACCIDENTS. DEALER IS UNAWARE OF ANY ISSUES BUT I'VE TALKED WITH OTHER NITRO OWNERS THAT ARE HAVING THE SAME ISSUE. MY CLOCK WAS LOSING TIME FOR A LONG TIME I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID NOTHING WAS WRONG. FINALLY THEY HAD A RECALL AND THEN WANTED TO CHARGE ME FOR THE REPAIR EVEN THOUGH IT HAD BEEN IN A COUPLE OF TIME FOR THE ISSUE BEFORE. I LOVE MY NITRO BUT I DON'T THINK I WILL EVER PURCHASE ANOTHER DODGE VEHICLE AGAIN BECAUSE OF HOW MY ISSUES HAVE BEEN HANDLED.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 DODGE DURANGO. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED INDEPENDENTLY AND ALL THE WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE VEHICLE DECELERATED AND THEN STALLED. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO COAST THE VEHICLE TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO RESTART THE VEHICLE, BUT WAS UNSUCCESSFUL. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE ALTERNATOR FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CONTACT CALLED SOUTH COUNTY DODGE CHRYSLER JEEP RAM AT (314) 487-1010 (7127 S LINDBERGH BLVD, ST. LOUIS, MO 63125) AND WAS INFORMED THAT THEY WERE NOT ACCEPTING RECALLS. THE VIN WAS INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 17V435000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 109,850.

2014 DODGE DART AERO APPROX. 59700 MILES, AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION TRANSMISSION WILL SHIFT INTO NEUTRAL. LARGE CLICKING NOISE FROM LEFT UNDER HOOD. AT TIMES WILL LOOSE GEAR, SPECIFIC TO FIRST AND REVERSE. BURNING SMELL. CAN RESET, WITH A STANDARD OBDII BUT WILL NOT LAST LONG. THIS IS NOT A RECALL VIN BUT THIS CAR IS VERY UNSAFE TO DRIVE WITH ITS CONSTANT TRANSMISSION SHIFTING, LOSS OF POWER AND POTENTIAL ROAD HAZARD. THERE NEEDS TO BE AN IMMEDIATE RECALL BASED ON POTENTIAL LIFE THREATENING ACCIDENT.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 DODGE RAM 2500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 17V821000 (POWER TRAIN) EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR REPAIR. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTIFICATION IN DECEMBER OF 2017 BUT HAD NOT YET RECEIVED A LETTER OF CONFIRMATION THAT THE PARTS WERE AVAILABLE OR AN EXPECTED AVAILABLE DATE. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT CONTACTED. THE CONTACT EXPERIENCED A TRANSMISSION FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT. *TT THE CONSUMER STATED THE TRANSMISSION WAS REPAIRED AT THE TUNE OF $6,000. *TR

TAKATA RECALL. I HAD THE PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAGS REPAIRED ON 3/2/18 AT GLENN THOMAS IN SIGNAL HILL, CA. ON THIS DAY AFTER I WAS INFORMED THE JOB FOR THE AIR BAG REPAIR WAS COMPLETED. I SIGNED THE PAPERS ,AND I DROVE OFF THE LOT. I IMMEDIATELY NOTICED THAT THE AIRBAG INDICATOR LIGHT WAS ON THE MY DASH. I WAS ONLY 10 MINUTES AWAY, SO I IMMEDIATELY CALLED THE SERVICE ADVISOR AND LEFT A VOICE MESSAGE. BUT I WENT AHEAD AND DROVE BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP SO THEY COULD SEE THAT THE LIGHT WAS ON. I BROUGHT THE CAR BACK IN AND THE SERVICE ADVISOR PUT THE DIAGNOSTICS TOOL ON THE CAR AND IT GAVE HIM A PRINTOUT OF POSSIBLE ISSUES. HE THEN HAD A TECHNICIAN LOOK AT THE CAR. I WAITED IN THE CUSTOMER WAITING ROOM. WITHIN 30 MINUTES, THE ADVISOR CAME INTO THE WAITING AREA AND TOLD ME IT WAS THE SEAT TRACKING SENSOR ? (I MAY HAVE THE CORRECT WORDING INCORECCT) . I WAS THEN QUOTED A REPAIR PRICE OF $270 FOR ONE SEAT (DRIVER'S SIDE). I WAS TOLD THEY ONLY HAVE 1 PART IN STOCK AT THE TIME AND THAT IT WOULD BE 3 HOURS TO REPAIR. I DID NOT HAVE THE TIME TO WAIT FOR THIS REPAIR NOR DID I HAVE THE $270 FOR THE REPAIR. I THEN ASKED CAN THE CAR BE DRIVEN WITH THE AIRBAG INDICATOR LIGHT ON, AND I WAS TOLD YES, BUT THE AIRBAGS MAY NOT WORK PROPERLY IF INVOLVED IN A ACCIDENT (CRASH). MY QUESTION... IS IF THIS SEAT TRACKING SENSOR IS IMPORTANT TO THE FUNCTIONALITY OF THE AIR BAGS WHY IS THIS NOT COVERED UNDER THE TAKATA AIRBAG RECALL. AND WHY IS IT NOT FREE TO THE CUSTOMER. I SHOULD NOT HAVE TO PAY FOR THIS REPAIR IF THERE IS A OPEN ACTIVE RECALL AND THIS REPAIR FOR THE SEAT TRACKING IS DIRECTLY RELATED TO THE AIRBAGS. I WOULD APPRECIATE IT IF THIS CAN BE LOOKED INTO FURTHER. TAKATA AIRBAG REPAIR PERFORMED BY: GLENN THOMAS DODGE CHRYSLER JEEP 2100 EAST SPRING ST SIGNAL HILL, CA 90755 562-426-5111 SERVICE ADVISOR: KOREY WONG REPAIRED: 3/2/2018

MY 2005 DODGE RAM HAD A RECALL FOR REAR PINION ISSUE. NOW I HAVE A 2011 DODGE RAM THAT IS HAVING THE SAME NOISE FROM THE REAR END. HA E HAD IT LOOKED AT BY MULTIPLE MECHANICS AND HAVE BEEN TOLD IT'S THE REAR PINION BEARINGS IN THIS TRUCK AD WELL.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. AFTER ATTEMPTING TO OPEN THE DRIVER'S SIDE SLIDING DOOR, THE DOOR COULD NOT BE OPENED FROM INSIDE OR OUTSIDE THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. A LOCAL UNKNOWN DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 199,000.

I HAVE A 2010 DODGE JOURNEY BOUGHT IT A WEEK AGO WITH 108K MILES AFTER I BROUGHT IT HOME HORN WOULD GO OFF BY ITSELF HAD TO PULL THE FUSES OUT TO GET IT TO STOP AND NOW RECENTLY WHEN TRYING TO ACCELERATE THE RPM WILL GO TO 5000 AT A SPEED OF 40 MPH AND WON'T SHIFT AND IT WILL COST ME A FORTUNE TO GET IT DIAGNOSED AND REPAIRED

WATER IS COLLECTING IN THE BACK TAILLIGHTS. WHEN THE BACK MOUNTING BOLT IS REMOVED A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF WATER DRAINS OUT. THE CONDENSATION REMAINS AND WILL LEAD TO FAILURE OF THE LED LIGHTS. THIS IS A COSTLY PART TO REPLACE AND IS A SAFETY HAZARD. THE ISSUE IS WELL KNOWN AND THERE IS NO SOLUTION FROM DODGE.