DODGE Complaints

2007 DURANGO RANDOMLY STALLS WHILE DRIVING DOWN TBE HIGHWAY. IT HAS STALLED AS MANY AS 3 TIMES IN 12 MILE TRIP FROM HOME. IT STALLS WHILE IDLING AT A STOP LIGHT. IT WILL STALL WHEN SLOWING DOWN AND THE TRANSMISSION WILL SHIFT HARD AT TIMES. YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN IT WILL STALL. I'M SCARED TO DRIVE IT. IT STALLED ON THE INTERSTATE WHEN I WAS DRIVING IN HEAVY TRAFFIC AT 60MPH. I KNOW OTHER MODELS HAVE BEEN RECALLED AND IT SEEMS TO BE A FREQUENTLY ASK QUESTION ON SOME DODGE FORUMS. THIS IS A LIFE THREATENING PROBLEM. I HAVE REPLACED THE CAMSHAFT AND CRANK SENSOR, IGNITION COILS, PCU AND ASD RELAYS. SOMETHING US DANGEROUSLY WRONG WITH THIS VEHICLE. THIS HAS BEEN OCCURRING FOR SEVERAL MONTHS AND MY LIFETIME WARRANTY WAS VOIDED BECAUSE THEY SAID I TOOK IT IN TOO EARLY TO HAVE IT CHECKED. NO ONE CALLED OR LET ME KNOW I NEEDED TO HAVE IT INSPECTED BUT THEY CAN CALL ME EVERY SINGLE DAY TO TELL ME THERE IS AN AIRBAG RECALL. IT ISN'T MPORTANT WHEN YOU CAN'T DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE BECAUSE IT IS TOO DANGEROUS.

MY CLUTCH HAS WENT OUT FOR THE 3RD TIME SINCE I PURCHASED THE CAR. IT APPEARS THAT EVERY 2 YEARS AFTER THE FIRST YEAR I HAVE TO REPLACE THE CLUTCH. IT ISN'T COVERED BECAUSE THEY SAY IT IS WEAR AND TEAR. WHEN I WENT ONLINE I FOUND THAT MANY MANY OTHER PEOPLE ARE HAVING THE SAME ISSUES ALONG WITH MANY OTHERS. THIS CAR WAS POORLY DESIGNED AND THE COMPANY REFUSES TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR IT. THE CLUTCH WAS APPARENTLY DESIGNED TO STAY ENGAGED WHICH WEARS IT OUT WITHOUT THE USER DOING ANYTHING. 2 TIMES IT HAS WENT OUT ON ME WHILE DRIVING ON THE CITY STREET ONCE WHILE TRYING TO TURN IN THE MIDDLE OF AN INTERSECTION WHICH IS DANGEROUS. THIS IS CRAZY AND I SHOULD PROBABLY BE FILED UNDER A CLASS ACTION LAW SUITE AGAINST CHRYSLER

I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO RESOLVE RECALL UB4 FOR THE EVAPORATIVE EMISSIONS CANISTER SINCE 6/4/2020. SINCE THAT TIME I'VE BEEN "PUT ON AN WAITING LIST" FOR THE PART NEEDED TO RESOLVE THE RECALL. INITIALLY I WAS TOLD THAT IT WOULD BE 3 OR 4 MONTHS WAIT FOR MY PLACE IN ON THE LIST. I BEGAN FOLLOWING UP WITH THE DEALERSHIP ON 9/22/2020 AT WHICH TIME I WAS TOLD TO CALL BACK IN 2 WEEKS AND THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO ORDER THE PART AND SCHEDULE THE REPAIR. ON 10/2/2020 I CALLED AGAIN AND WAS TOLD THE SAME THING. ON 10/3/2020 I CALLED THE NUMBER ON THE REMINDER CARD THAT I RECEIVED ON 102/2020 AND WAS TOLD THE PARTS WERE IN SHORT SUPPLY AND "IT'S A MESS". I AGREE, I DON'T THINK CHRYSLER IS TAKING THIS RECALL SERIOUSLY BECAUSE IT SHOULDN'T TAKE 4 MONTHS, AND COUNTING, TO RESOLVE AN ISSUE. THE DEALERSHIP THAT I'VE BEEN COMMUNICATING WITH IS CHAPMAN DODGE CHRYSLER JEEP, AT 3175 E. SAHARA AVE, LAS VEGAS, NV 89104. PHONE 702-457-1061.

WITH LESS THAN 30,000 MILES WE NOTICED A STRONG GASOLINE ODOR INSIDE AND AROUND THE VEHICLE. SUSPECTING THAT THE FUEL ODOR WAS RELATED TO THE UB4 RECALL FOR THE EVAPORATIVE EMISSIONS CANISTER WE TOOK TO VEHICLE TO A LOCAL DEALER SHIP. THE PROBLEM WAS FOUND TO BE A CRACKED PLASTIC FITTING THAT CONNECTS THE FUEL FILL TUBE WITH THE FUEL TANK. THE REMEDY BEING REPLACEMENT OF THE FUEL TANK AT A COST OF OVER $2600. THE VEHICLE HAS NEVER BEEN ABUSED OR IN AN ACCIDENT SO, IT IS MY OPINION THAT THE FUEL TANK AND FILL TUBE ARE A POOR DESIGN AND COULD FAIL CAUSING EXTREME HARM. THE DEALERSHIP DID TAKE PHOTOS OF THE CRACKED PART BUT I DO NOT HAVE COPIES OF THEM. THE REPAIRS WERE COMPLETED AT CHAPMAN CHRYSLER JEEP, LOCATED AT 930 AUTO SHOW DRIVE, HENDERSON NV 89014. PHONE 702-558-3000.

WHEN I MAKE RIGHT TURNS MY LEFT SPEAKER CUTS OUT. MY TRUNK ALSO WILL OPEN ON ITS OWN AND THE ALARM WILL GO ON AND OFF BY ITSELF ALL THE TIME. I WILL BE IN MY HOUSE NO WHERE NEAR MY KEYS AND ALL OF A SUDDEN MY ALARM WILL START GOING OFF.

WHEN THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT FIRST CAME ON BACK IN APRIL 2018, BEFORE THE RECALL WITH THE TRANSMISSION CAME OUT THE TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT WOULD COME ON WHEN THAT HAPPENED I KNEW I WOULD HAVE TO RESTART MY CAR BEFORE I COULD ACCELERATE PAST 40 MPH. THEN THE LIGHT WOULD GO OFF. NOW THE LIGHT ALWAYS STAYS ON ALONG WITH THE ABS SENSOR LIGHT. MY OIL PRESSURE SENSOR IS ALSO BAD AND KEEPS THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON.

WHEN I HAD THE MECHANIC LOOK AT THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT, HE ADVISED THAT THERE IS A LEAK IN THE FUEL SYSTEM.. SO MY CAR SLOWLY, VERY SLOWLY LEAKS GASOLINE. THIS STARTED THE SAME TIME AS THE WIPERS, AND THE OIL PRESSURE SENSOR, AND THE RECALL ON THE TRANSMISSION. HAS TO BE RELATED OR AN AFFECT OF ONE OF THOSE THINGS.

FIRST MY WIPER FLUID WOULD NOT SPRAY, WHICH CAUSED THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT TO COME ON. THEN, ONE DAY I WENT TO PUT MY TURN SIGNAL ON AND MY WIPERS WOULD NOT TURN OFF FROM THAT MOMENT FORWARD. IT WAS NOT RAINING AND THE WIPERS WERE NOT ON ALREADY. MY CAR WAS IN PARK WHEN THIS HAPPENED. PARKED ON A SUBURBAN STREET. I WAS ADVISED IT'S AN ISSUE WITH THE RIBBON IN THE CONTROL ARM. I HAVE AVOIDED ACCIDENTS, BUT I ALSO CANNOT DRIVE AT ALL IF IT'S RAINING. I HAD MY FRIEND CUT THE POWER FROM THE MOTOR B/C OF COURSE NO FUSE. MY WIPERS WOULDN'T STOP MOVING AND THEN THEY STARTED STOPPING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE WINDSHIELD WHILE DRIVING WHICH BECAME EVEN MORE DANGEROUS. IT'S EXTREMELY COSTLY TO FIX.

THE ACTUATOR ON THE SLIDING BACK DOOR HAS STOPPED WORKING PROPERLY. THE DOOR WILL NOT UNLOCK OR OPEN, CAUSING A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE. THIS COULD POTENTIALLY TRAP ME OR MY FAMILY IN THE CAR DURING A FIRE OR WRECK. UPON RESEARCHING THIS ISSUE, IT IS A COMMON ISSUE FOR DOGE CARAVANS, YET DODGE REFUSES TO RECALL THESE FAULTY ACTUATORS. THE REPAIR RUNS UPWARDS OF $1000 TO $1500, NOT SOMETHING MANY PEOPLE CAN AFFORD. NOT ONLY THAT, BUT CONSUMERS SHOULDNT HAVE TO PAY FOR THIS SINCE DODGE IS KNOWINGLY INSTALLING FAULTY ACTUATORS. THIS COULD CAUSE SOMEONE'S DEATH IF THEY ARE UNABLE TO GET OUT OF THEIR CAR DURING AN EMERGENCY. SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE ABOUT IT.

REAR BRAKE CONDITION, 2015 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN SE (DUAL FRONT PISTON BRAKE VERSION): A TIRE CHANGE AT 85752 MILES AND SLIGHTLY MORE THAN FOUR YEARS OF ROAD USE REVEALED NORMAL FRONT ROTORS WITH 8MM OF BRAKE PAD MATERIAL REMAINING ON THE FRONT PADS BUT AS LITTLE AS LESS THAN 1MM ON THE REARS WITH BOTH REAR ROTORS HEAVILY CORRODED ON THEIR FACE AS WELL AS HAVING SIGNIFICANT AREAS OF MISSING MATERIAL ON THE FACE DUE TO CORROSION AS LARGE AS 1.5' X 1' AND AS DEEP AS 1MM. (THIS CONDITION IS ADDITIONALLY UNUSUAL AS IT IS COMMON FOR THE FRONT BRAKES TO WEAR BEFORE THE REAR BRAKES DUE TO WEIGHT SHIFT UNDER BRAKING REQUIRING THAT THE FRONT BRAKES ENDURE THE BULK OF THE BURDEN OF SLOWING ANY VEHICLE, AS WELL AS BY DESIGN WHERE BRAKE BIAS IS SHIFTED TO THE FRONT TO PREVENT THE REARS FROM LOCKING UNDER BRAKING VIA THE USE OF A PROPORTIONING VALVE; THE CORROSION ON THE ROTOR FACE SEEMS TO BE INDICATIVE OF A LACK OF ADEQUATE REAR PAD CONTACT.) THE LARGE AREA OF MISSING ROTOR MATERIAL CORRESPONDED WITH THE MOST-WORN PAD, PROBABLY DUE TO THE SHARP EDGES OF THE DEPRESSION ACTING TO SLICE, RATHER THAN ABRADE, THE ASSOCIATED PAD. ANECDOTALLY, MECHANICS SPOKEN WITH INDICATED THEY HAVE FREQUENTLY SEEN THIS GENERATION OF DODGE GRAND CARAVANS WITH SIMILAR REAR ROTORS AND PADS. THIS CONDITION IS UNSAFE DUE TO THE APPARENT LACK OF APPLICATION OF THE REAR BRAKES DURING THE BRAKING PROCESS, AS WELL AS BEING POSSIBLY INDICATIVE OF A DEFECT DUE TO PREMATURE AND ABNORMAL WEAR OF A BRAKE COMPONENT, ALONG WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF THERE BEING AN ERROR IN THE BASIC VEHICLE BRAKE DESIGN/ENGINEERING AS THIS CONDITION MAY BE DUE TO AN IMPROPERLY SPECIFIED OR INCORRECTLY FUNCTIONING BRAKE PROPORTIONING VALVE. DUE TO THE SAFETY CRITICAL NATURE OF THIS DISCOVERY, IT MAY BE OF VALUE TO HAVE THE REAR BRAKES OF ALL 2008-2020 DODGE GRAND CARAVANS INSPECTED.