DODGE Complaints

AT 34500 MILES. THE FRONT SUSPENSION "TRACK BAR" WAS COMPLETELY WORN OUT. AS A RESULT AT 40 MPH (HWY 2 IN MT DRIVING STRAIGHT IN THE EAST BOUND LANE) I EXPERIENCED SUCH A VIBRATION THAT THE TRUCK WAS UNCONTROLLABLE AND MY ONLY OPTION WAS TO SLOW DOWN WITHOUT BRAKING. LUCKILY THERE WERE NO ONCOMING TRAFFIC SO NO ACCIDENT OR DAMAGE TO THE TRUCK OCCURRED, THANK GOD. I REPLACED THE TRACK BAR AND THE STEERING DAMPER AS WELL AND THE TRUCK IS NOW FINE. I DID SOME RESEARCH ON THIS ONLY TO DISCOVER THAT CHRYSLER HAS KNOW ABOUT THIS PROBLEM FOR OVER A DECADE, YET THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. WHEN TALKING TO A DEALER IN IDAHO, I WAS TOLD THAT THE DODGE DEATH WOBBLE IS COMMON. THIS IS DANGEROUS. THE TRUCK SHOOK SO BAD THAT EVERYTHING WAS BLURRY UNTIL THE WOBBLE STOPPED.

MY WIFE'S 2010 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN IS EXPERIENCING THE EXACT ISSUE DESCRIBED IN RECALL L02 AND DESCRIBED HERE... HTTPS://REPAIRPAL.COM/RECALL/11V139000 BUT OUR VIN NUMBER WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. DETAILS OF THE ISSUE: WHEN DRIVING ON VARIOUS STREETS (MORE OFTEN WHEN ON NEIGHBORHOOD STREETS), THE VAN RANDOMLY SHUTS OFF. THE DASHBOARD LIGHTS REMAIN ON. THE VAN CAN BE PUT INTO NEUTRAL OR PARK AND RESTARTED WITHOUT ISSUE. IT HAS HAPPENED ABOUT EIGHT TIMES IN THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS AND A FEW TIMES IN DANGEROUS SITUATIONS. IT HAPPENS WHEN DRIVING STRAIGHT OR TURNING.

IT APPEARS THAT I AM ONE OF MANY DODGE OWNERS WITH TIPM ISSUES. AT LEAST ONCE A DAY WHEN GOING TO START THE ENGINE, IT JUST CRANKS AND CRANKS BUT WON'T START. AFTER TURNING OFF THE KEY AND TRYING ONE OR TWO OR THREE MORE TIMES, IT WILL START. THE BATTERY IS BRAND NEW, AND THE STARTER IS GETTING PLENTY OF POWER. COMPARING MY EXPERIENCE WITH WHAT I'VE READ ONLINE, I FIRMLY BELIEVE THE ISSUE IS THE FUEL PUMP RELAY SWITCH IN THE TIPM. IT STARTED MONTHS AGO, AND HAS GOTTEN WORSE. MY WIFE DRIVES THIS VEHICLE THE MOST, VERY OFTEN WITH OUR KIDS INSIDE. WE JUST HAVE TO HOPE AND PRAY THAT IT WILL START AND NOT STRAND THEM SOMEWHERE. SO FAR, WE HAVE ONLY HAD ISSUES WHILE STATIONARY. THANK GOODNESS IT HASN'T SHUT OFF WHILE DRIVING AS MANY OTHER OWNERS HAVE STATED. THIS IS WHY I FEEL IT IS AN IMPORTANT SAFETY ISSUE. WHAT IF IT WERE TO SHUT OFF IN THE MIDDLE OF A FREEWAY OR WHILE CROSSING AN INTERSECTION? I FIND IT ABSURD THAT DODGE (OR FIAT CHRYSLER WHATEVER) WOULD LET THIS ISSUE GO WHILE HAVING KNOWLEDGE OF SO MANY TIPM ISSUES, EVEN WITH A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT FILED AGAINST THEM.

HEAT FROM MY VEHICLE ONLY COMES OUT OF MY DRIVERS SIDE. THIS IS CAUSING HALF OF MY WINDSHIELD TO NOT BE DEFROSTED IN THE MORNING AND I HAVE TO DRIVE UNDER THOSE CONDITIONS

AT LESS THAN 45000 MILES MY ALTERNATOR STOPPED WORKING, THIS CAUSE MY CAR TO "DIE" IN THE MIDDLE OF A HEAVY TRAFFIC AREA. UNABLE TO MOVE IT I HAD TO PUSH IT TO A SAFE SPOT THEN WAIT FOR A TOW TRUCK. TOTAL COST OF REPAIRS WITH TOWING $1000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO DEPRESS THE BRAKE PEDAL. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS VERY FIRM. INITIALLY, THE FAILURE ONLY OCCURRED WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN THE REVERSE GEAR. RECENTLY, THE FAILURE OCCURRED WITH THE VEHICLE IN DRIVE. ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED PRIOR TO THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT TURNED THE VEHICLE OFF AND ON, WHICH SEEMED TO REMEDY THE FAILURE. ADDITIONALLY, THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL GRINDING NOISE COMING FROM THE REAR BRAKES. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS INTERMITTENT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO HOLDEN DODGE CHRYSLER JEEP RAM (640 S GOVERNORS AVE, DOVER, DE 19904, (302) 734-5708) TO BE DIAGNOSED. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE MECHANIC WAS UNABLE TO RETRIEVE A FAULT CODE OR DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 14,000.

THROTTLE BODY MALFUNCTION WHICH CAUSED VEHICLE TO STOP FUNCTIONING WHILE ON 70 MPH EXPRESSWAY. VEHICLE WAS MOVED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROADWAY AND SHUTDOWN. WHEN RESTARTED IF FUNCTIONED NORMALLY BUT, THE DASHBOARD LIGHT WOULD INTERMITTENTLY COME ON. THE VEHICLE FAULT CODES INDICATED IT WAS A THROTTLE BODY ISSUE. THE THROTTLE BODY WAS CHANGED AND CORRECTED THE ISSUE. I DISASSEMBLED THE OLD THROTTLE BODY AND FOUND THE PROBLEM TO BE AN INTERNAL PLASTIC GEAR TOOTH FAILURE. THIS IS A NON-SERVICEABLE SAFETY RELATED PART AND IN MY OPINION SHOULD NOT FAIL AT LESS THAN 80K MILES. I ASKED FCA TO REIMBURSE THE COST OF THE PART AND THEY DECLINED THIS REQUEST.

WHILE DRIVING 2014 DURANGO (W/ 26313 MILES) ON HIGHWAY, THE "CHECK ENGINE LIGHT" CAME ON, AND THE CAR SLOW DOWN TO 30 MPH AND IT WOULD NOT ACCELERATE MORE THAN 30 MPH. I PULLED OVER AND INSPECT THE CAR AND FOUND OIL DRIPPING FROM THE ENGINE AND THE ENTIRE BOTTOM OF THE CAR WAS SOAKED WITH OIL WHICH CAN BE A FIRE HAZARD. UPON DOING A BRIEF RESEARCH ONLINE I FOUND MANY PEOPLE WHO OWNS A 2014 DODGE/ CHRYSLER WITH A PENTASTAR ENGINE REPORTED THAT THE CRACKED "PLASTIC ENGINE OIL FILTER HOUSING" CAUSING THE LEAK. I TOOK MY CAR TO THE DEALER AND THEY REFUSED TO FIX MY CAR UNDER WARRANTY AND BLAMED ME FOR "OVER TORQUING" THE OIL FILTER.

ALL 4 BALL JOINTS HAVE REQUIRED REPLACING WITHIN THE FIRST 4 YEARS OF THE LIFE OF THE TRUCK.

NOVEMBER, 2015, THE TIE ROD ASSEMBLY WAS REPLACED UNDER RECALL ON MY 2012 RAM 3500 DIESEL. ON MAY 29, 2017 THE TIE ROD ASSEMBLY FAILED CAUSING LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL IN THE TRUCK. FORTUNATELY IT WAS IN TOWN AT 35 MPH AND I WAS ABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE WITHOUT ACCIDENT OR INJURY. RAM SERVICE REPLACED THE TIE ROD ASSEMBLY BUT WITH THE SAME TYPE RECALL REPLACEMENT PARTS THAT FAILED 2 1/2 YEARS AFTER REPLACEMENT. I DO NOT FEEL CONFIDENT IN THE SAFETY OF THIS VEHICLE STEERING RELIABILITY.