DODGE Complaints

WHEN THE CAR IS PUT INTO PARK AND YOU EXIT IT WILL SOMETIMES STILL DRIVE FORWARD. WHEN SWITCHING INTO REVERSE OR PARK THE CAR SOMETIMES LOCKS UP AND WONT MORE. THE RPMS GO UP BUT ITS STILL AS IF ITS IN PARK. I HAD TO PUT MY CAR INTO REVERSE TO TRY TO AVOID AN ACCIDENT AND THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT ENGAGE INTO REVERSE. MY WIFE WAS REMOVING GROCERIES AND THE CAR STARTED TO MOVE FORWARD. SHE HAD TO GET INTO THE CAR AND PRESS THE BREAK. THESE CONDITIONS HAVE HAPPENED WHEN THE CAR WAS AT A STOP OR PARKED. I HAVE STARTED TO RECORD WHEN IT HAPPENS IF IT IS SAFE TO DO SO. THIS HAS HAPPENED ON DIFFERENT OCCASIONS. IT ALSO HAS HAPPENED SINCE I PURCHASED THE CAR ..UPDATED 12/13/17 *BF SEE ALSO ODI 11048876. *DSY UPDATED 9/13/18*JB

NHTSA RECALL NUMBER 17V-435 ANNOUNCED (6/9/2017) THE ALTERNATOR MAY EXPERIENCE DIODE THERMAL FATIGUE FAILURE DUE TO CYCLICAL LOADS INDUCED BY ELECTRO-HYDRAULIC POWER STEERING. ATTEMPTS TO ARRANGE ADDRESSING THIS RECALL WITH DODGE DEALERSHIPS IN PORT JERVIS (PORT JERVIS AUTO MALL & MANHATTAN JEEP CHRYSLER DODGE) IN SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER 2017 BOTH WERE UNSUCCESSFUL, WITH BOTH DEALERSHIPS INDICATING THEY WERE NOT BEING SUPPLIED WITH THE REPLACEMENT ALTERNATORS BY DODGE, AND THEREFORE COULD NOT CARRY OUT THE RECALL SERVICE. PORT JERVIS AUTO MALL SAID THAT I COULD PURCHASE THE REPLACEMENT ALTERNATOR AND PAY FOR THE SERVICE TO REPLACE IT, SUBMIT THE RECEIPTS TO DODGE, BUT THAT THEY COULD NOT GUARANTEE THAT DODGE WOULD REIMBURSE IF DONE THIS WAY. I HAVE LEARNED THAT FAILURE OF THIS DIODE AND THE ALTERNATOR WHILE DRIVING COULD RESULT IN THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM SHUTTING DOWN, LOSING POWER STEERING AND BRAKES, WITH HIGH DANGER OF CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. WHY IS DODGE NOT ADDRESSING THIS VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION?

RECEIVED A NOTICE OF RECALL THAT THE ALTERNATOR MAY CATCH FIRE. AFTER 5 MONTHS, PARTS ARE STILL NOT AVAILABLE. I AM AFRAID TO DRIVE THE CAR ON A LONG TRIP.

DEATH WOBBLE - I WAS DRIVING IN HEAVY TRAFFIC ON A 4 LANE HIGHWAY. I DROVE OVER A BRIDGE EXPANSION JOINT AND SUDDENLY THE TRUCK BEGAN SHAKING VIOLENTLY. I COULD NOT STEER. I COULD NOT BRAKE. WE NEARLY COLLIDED WITH A HIGHWAY DIVIDER AND OTHER VEHICLES. I HAD TO COAST DOWN TO 30 MPH OR SO WHEN IT RESOLVED ITSELF.

TIRE PRESSURE SENSOR LIGHT IS ALWAYS ON, FUEL PUMP RUNS AFTER THE VEHICLE IS SHUT OFF, AUTOMATIC REAR DOORS OPEN AND CLOSE INTERMITTENTLY WITH OUT THE PUSH OF THE BUTTONS. WE HAVE HAD TO REPLACE 4 BATTERIES AND 3 ALTERNATORS, EVERY TIME THE DEALERSHIP TELLS US THIS IS A COMMON ISSUE WITH THE TIPM. PREVIOUSLY WE HAVE ALSO REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION AND THE ENGINE HAS NEEDED REPAIRS. ENGINE REPAIRS WERE COVERED UNDER A RECALL BUT NOT THE TRANSMISSION.

FUEL PUMP IS STAYING ENGAGED WHEN THE CAR IS TURNED OFF, A SIDE EFFECT OF A DAMAGED TOTALLY INTEGRATED POWER MODULE

MY BRAKES STOPPED WORKING PROPERLY, I TOOK MY CAR TO HAVE IT LOOKED AT AND IT IS THE POWER BOOSTER AND I WAS INFORMED THAT THIS IS THE SAME ISSUE THAT THE 2013 & 2014 HAD RECALLS FOR SO WHY NOT THE 2015, MY CHILDREN WERE IN THE CAR WITH ME . IT WAS HARD TO STOP MY CAR AND A SCARY SITUATION

MY AIR BAG LIGHT KEEPS COMING ON IN MY DASH AREA . I TOOK IT TO MY DEALER ON 10-30-2017 ( THEY DID THE RECALL WHEN I RECEIVED MY 1ST NOTICE ) GOT ANOTHER ONE TODAY . THEY TOLD ME NO LIGHT WAS ON AT THE TIME , SO THEY SAID IT WAS NOT RELATED TO THE RECALL NOTICE , AND I WOULD HAVE TO PAY TO HAVE THEM LOOK INTO IT ANY FARTHER. THE LIGHT STILL COMES ON, SO I CONTACTED YOU . THE TRUCK IS IN MOTION WHEN THE LIGHT COMES ON . I'M SCARED THE AIR BAG MAY DEFLATE WHILE I'M DRIVING MY TRUCK . PLEASE HELP ME SOLVE THIS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, THE DEALER REFUSES TO GO ANY FARTHER WITH THE RECALL !! THANK YOU

EXCESSIVE STEERING WHEEL PLAY (+/- 3") AND ROAD WANDER. ADJUSTMENT WAS MADE TO THE STEERING GEAR BOX, BUT SYMPTOMS RETURNED AFTER 1 WEEK (APPROX. 200 MILES). SUSPECT BAD STEERING GEAR BOX.

RECENTLY BOUGHT THIS CAR TOOK IT TO THE SHOP BECAUSE THE CAR WAS CUTTING OFF ON ITS OWN WHETHER PARKED OR IN DRIVE WHICH IS VERY DANGEROUS. HAD IT CHECKED OUT AND IT CAME UP WITH A CODE FOR CRANKSHAFT POSITION SENSOR, GOT THAT CHANGED THE CODE WENT AWAY BUT THE CAR STILL TURNS OFF ON ITS OWN AND NO CODES SHOW UP. CRANKSHAFT HAS NOW BEEN CHANGED 2 TIMES&& THE ELECTRICAL THINGS WERE CHECKED JUST TO BE SAFE!&& A FEW DAYS AGO I WAS DRIVING MAYBE ABOUT 35MPH & THE CAR DECELERATED ON ITS OWN AND I COULDN'T ACCELERATE HAD TO TURN THE CAR OFF THEN BACK ON.