Dodge Grand Caravan Complaints

13,518 consumer complaints on file.

#11195038April 9, 2019
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
THE PASSENGER SIDE SLIDING DOOR WILL NOT OPEN OR UNLOCK. I HAVE TRIED MANUALLY UNLOCKING THE DOOR BUT IT WILL NOT OPEN.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11194781April 8, 2019
STRUCTURE:BODY, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
THE PASSENGER SLIDING DOOR HAS LOCKED SHUT. I AM UNABLE TO OPEN IT AT ALL. THIS OCCURRED RANDOMLY, WHILE MY WIFE WAS BY HERSELF, 39 WEEKS PREGNANT WITH A SMALL CHILD AND A TODDLER INSIDE THE VEHICLE.. I HAVE RESEARCHED THIS MALFUNCTION AND IT SEEMS TO HAPPEN OFTEN TO THIS MAKE (DODGE AND CHRYSLER) MINIVAN IN THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS. IN MY OPINION, THIS SEEMS LIKE AN EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS MALFUNCTION. I HAVE A 4-YEAR OLD, 2 YEAR OLD, AND A NEWBORN ALL IN CARSEATS IN THE VAN. IN THE CASE OF AN EMERGENCY, AND THIS DOOR WAS UNABLE TO OPEN, I WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO GET ALL OF MY CHILDREN OUT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11194816April 8, 2019
AIR BAGS, SERVICE BRAKES
THIS VEHICLE HAS HAD MULTIPLE ISSUES WITH PREMATURE BRAKE PAD WEAR. IN FACT, IN OCTOBER 2017, THE VEHICLE HAD THE FOLLOWING COMPONENTS REPLACED: CALIPERS (BOTH FRONT AND BOTH REAR), ROTORS (BOTH FRONT AND BOTH REAR), BRAKE PADS (BOTH FRONT AND BOTH REAR) REPLACED BY PEP BOYS IN EASTGATE, OHIO. IT HAS ONLY BEEN JUST OVER 6 MONTHS AND BOTH FRONT SIDE BRAKE PADS HAVE TO BE REPLACED, YET AGAIN! THERE IS OBVIOUSLY SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE ENGINEERING OF THIS VEHICLE BRAKING SYSTEM AND IT HAS BEEN REPORTED ON MANY CONSUMER COMPLAINT SITES AND FILED WITH DODGE/CHRSYLER AND THEY REFUSE TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND REPAIR THE VEHICLES. THE BRAKE PADS ARE WEARING PREMATURELY UNDER NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS, NO MATTER WHAT TYPE OF WEATHER IS PRESENT. THE BRAKE PADS WILL FAIL AND RESULT IN SERIOUS OR FATAL ACCIDENTS, IF THEY HAVE NOT ALREADY.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11194274April 6, 2019
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, POWER TRAIN
I'VE BEEN HAVING ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS SINCE I GOT THE VAN AT SOME POINT WHILE I'M DRIVING ALL THE GAGES WOULD START FLASHING ACTING LIKE IT WAS TRYING TO DIE SOME CASES IT DID SOME CASES IT DID NOT BUT WHEN I STOPPED THE DASHBOARD HAD LOST ALL POWER TO IT NO IGNITION WHATSOEVER I STILL HAD WORKING RADIO HEADLIGHTS AND EVERYTHING ELSE WHENEVER I WOULD PARK THE CAR IT COULD TAKE UP TO AN HOUR OR MORE TO GET IN THE VEHICLE BECAUSE IT WOULD NOT RESPOND TO THE KEY FOBS YOU WOULD BE SITTING DOWN MINDING YOUR OWN BUSINESS AND THEN ALL THE SUDDEN IT WOULD WORK LEFT ME STRANDED TRYING TO GET TO WORK MY CHILD TO SCHOOL AND THEN LAST NIGHT WHILE I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY I STARTED HEARING A NOISE AND THEN ALL A SUDDEN THE TRANSMISSION STARTED SLIPPING REVVING UP TO 6000 RPM WHILE I'M CROSSING OVER A BRIDGE ON A MAJOR HIGHWAY BARELY WAS ABLE TO GET ACROSS THE BRIDGE LEAVING ME STRANDED IN AN UNSAFE PART OF TOWN I RAN A CODE SCANNER ON THE VEHICLE IT SHOWS CODE U0141 THAT WAS STORED AND P083B WHICH IS THE TRANSMISSION FLUID PUMP AND IT NEVER TURN ON A CHECK ENGINE LIGHT UNTIL I WAS LESS THAN A MILE FROM THE DEALER AFTER I HAD TO DRIVE TO THE DEALER BECAUSE THE ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE NUMBER I HAD I COULD NOT CONTACT THEM. I DO KNOW THAT SOME OF THE VEHICLES WERE UNDER RECALL I'M NOT SURE IF THIS ONE WAS AND IT WAS FIXED OR NOT BUT IS NOT SHOWING AN ACTIVE RECALL BUT IT IS NOT SAFE THE IMAGES I SHARED I WAS ACTUALLY DRIVING FORWARD AND AS YOU CAN SEE THE LIGHTS CAME ON AND AT 1 POINT IT ACTUALLY SHOWED ME AS BEING IN REVERSE IT BEEPS AND GOES CRAZY
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11193843April 4, 2019
SERVICE BRAKES, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, POWER TRAIN
LEFT SIDE REAR PASSENGER DOOR STUCK IN THE LOCK POSITION, UNABLE TO OPEN IT NEITHER ELECTRIC OR MANUAL, NEITHER FROM OUTSIDE OR INSIDE. THE ENGINE JUST TURNED ITSELF OFF IN FOUR SEPARATE OCCASIONS, TWICE WHILE CROSSING THE INTERSECTION. GASKETS (Y CONECTOR BETWEEN HOSES) OF THE COOLING SYSTEM BLOWN OFF WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY , TOXIC ANTIFREEZE SPILLED OUT OF THE SYSTEM, DANGEROUS FOR PASSENGERS AND ENVIRONMENT. REAR CALIPERS JAMED BECAUSE OF EXCESSIVE AND UNUSUAL RUST. STEERING WHEEL JAMED FEW TIMES WHILE DRIVING, BEING NECESSARY TO STOP THE CAR, TURNING THE ENGINE OFF AND ON TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE DRIVING(THIS HAPPENED ON THE HIGHWAY, AND IN THE CITY, EXTREMELY DANGEROUS). TRANSMISSION SHATTERS IN DIFFERENT STAGES OF DRIVING, BEFORE STOPPING,AFTER STOPPING, WHILE REDUCING THE SPEED OR ACCELERATING.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11193886April 4, 2019
STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED, THE REAR DRIVER'S SIDE SLIDING DOOR FAILED TO OPEN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE RECURRED ONCE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT CONTACTED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 24,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11193594April 3, 2019
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
VEHICLE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM CONTINUES TO GET WORSE. DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AT 70MPH ALL OF A SUDDEN THE VAN LOOSES ALL POWER AND KILLS THE ENGINE. HAVE TO PUT IT IN NEUTRAL IN ORDER TO RESTART. THIS IS A FAMILY VEHICLE AND I WILL NOT LOOSE MY FAMILY OVER A FAULTY ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. NUMEROUS TIMES PULLING OUT ONTO THE ROAD FROM A PARKING LOT THE VAN HAS STALLED AS I AM TURNING WITH ONCOMING SEMI TRUCKS NEARLY HITTING ME.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11193438April 2, 2019
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, POWER TRAIN
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO START. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO NEW CARLISLE CHRYSLER JEEP DODGE RAM (580 N MAIN ST, NEW CARLISLE, OH 45344, (937) 845-1700) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE KEY FOB NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED WHILE IT WAS STILL AT THE DEALER. AFTER FURTHER DIAGNOSTIC TESTING, THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE SHIFTER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 147,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11193508April 2, 2019
STRUCTURE:BODY
I OWN A 2016 DODGE CARAVAN AND THE DRIVERS SIDE SLIDING DOOR LOCK IS STUCK BETWEEN THE LOCK AND UNLOCK MAKING THE DOOR UNABLE TO BE OPENED. IT WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP AND I WAS TOLD THE DOOR LOCK OR LACK WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED AND THE REPAIR WOULD COST $900 (AND DUE TO MILEAGE WAS NOT COVERED NOW BY THE WARRANTY). THE DOOR IS STILL UNABLE TO BE USED AND CAUSES A SERIOUS SAFETY CONCERN IF IN AN ACCIDENT DUE TO INABILITY TO GET OUT OF THE VEHICLE ON THAT SIDE. WHEN THE DEFECT WAS IDENTIFIED THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED AND HAS BEEN OVERNIGHT. I ATTEMPTED TO USE SLIDING DOOR CONTROL ON KEY FOB WHICH DIDN'T WORK AND SO ATTEMPTED TO UNLOCK DOOR WITH KEY FOB TO OPEN IT MANUALLY AND THAT DIDN'T WORK EITHER. I GOT INSIDE THE VEHICLE AND ATTEMPTED TO UNLOCK THE DOOR MANUALLY AND THAT WAS UNSUCCESSFUL. ADDITIONALLY, SLIDING DOOR CONTROL ON FRONT CEILING (ALLOWS DRIVER TO OPEN AND SHUT BOTH SLIDING DOORS) ATTEMPTED TO BE USED AND WAS ALSO UNSUCCESSFUL. THIS APPEARS TO BE A PROBLEM THAT MULTIPLE DODGE CARAVAN OWNERS ARE EXPERIENCING AND NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED ASAP.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11192775March 31, 2019
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
DRIVERS SIDE AIR VENTS BLOW COLD AIR, PASSENGERS SIDE BLOWS OUT VERY HOT AIR, EVERYTHING IN THE GLOVE BOXES GET VERY HOT. 2ND TIME THIS HAS OCCURRED. LAST TIME I TURNED THE TEMP CONTROL KNOBS VERY QUICKLY BOTH TIMES AND IT CORRECTED ITSELF, THIS TIME NOT. OTHER PEOPLE HAVE LOGGED THIS SAME COMPLAINT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11192503March 29, 2019
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, POWER TRAIN, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
ABOUT 3700 MILES THE A/C STOPPED BLOWING COLD AIR. VEHICLE EQUIPPED WITH R134A. PUT MY GAUGES ON VEHICLE WAY LOW ADD SOME STOP LEAK W/LEAK DETECTOR. FOUND THAT THE VALVE IN REAR A/C LEAKING. AROUND SAME TIME DRIVER REAR SLIDING DOOR STOPPED UNLOCKING AND OPENING, THE CHILD LOCK LEVER MOVED BY ITSELF. SO I MOVED IT BACK TO DISABLE AND THAT WORKED FOR ABOUT A WEAK. THEN IT STARTED TO MAKE A NOISE LIKE GEARS WERE JAMMED OR RUBBING TOGETHER AND THEN IT JUST STOPPED. DORR REMAINS UNLOCKED NOW W/NO SOUND FROM ACTUATOR. TRANSMISSION SEEMS TO SLIP AND LOSE POWER.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11192517March 29, 2019
TIRES
2006 DODGE CARAVANS HAVE A DUMMY SPARE TIRE LOCATED NEAR THE GAS TANK SUBJECT TO ALL WEATHER CONDITIONS AND THEY BECOME DRY ROTTED AND CAN EXPLODE.THERE IS NO PROTECTION COVER THAT PREVIOUS DODGE CARS HAD. I HAD ONE BLOW AS I WAS ABOUT TO USE IT ON THE VAN. I SINCERELY NO ONE HAS ONE BLOW WHILE MOUNTED NEAR THE GAS TANK. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11192530March 29, 2019
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
MONDAY 3/25/19 10:55AM CAR INDICATOR LIGHTS BRIEFLY FLASHED WHILE CAR WAS IN MOTION DURING A TURN AND THEN SUDDENLY DIED. NO BRAKES, NO POWER STEERING, ABSOLUTELY NOTHING WORKED. WAS ABLE TO TURN CAR BACK ON AND GET TO PARKING LOT. SAME DAY AFTER LEAVING(2:30PM) SITTING AT A BUSY INTERSECTION WAITING ON RED LIGHT. CAR DASH LIGHTS AGAIN BRIEFLY FLASH AND CAR TURNS OFF. TOOK ABOUT 10 MIN BEFORE I WAS ABLE TO START THE CAR AGAIN. WHILE SITTING IN A BUSY TURN LANE AND NOT EVEN HAVING HAZARD LIGHTS WORK WITH KIDS IN THE CAR. TOOK CAR TO GET BATTERY, ALTERNATOR, AND STARTER CHECKED. ALL CHECKED OUT GOOD. FRIDAY 3/29/19 WHILE DRIVING AT 45 MPH(8:30 AM) CAR DASH LIGHTS BRIEFLY FLASH AND CAR TURNS OFF. AGAIN NO POWER STEERING, BRAKES ECT. WAA ABLE TO COAST TO SIDE OF RODE. COULDN'T EVEN TAKE THE KEY OUT. ALSO TOOK ABOUT 1.5 HRS BEFORE IT WOULD START AGAIN. EACH OCCURANCE HAS ALSO SET CLOCKS BACK TO THE 12:00 TIME. RESEARCH HAS SHOWN ME THAT IT IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE AND THAT IT IS THE FUEL PUMP RELAY. THIS PART WAS RECALLED ON DURANGOS AND JEEPS BUT CARAVAN DID NOT MAKE THE LIST. ALTHOUGH PER WHAT I HAVE READ ON THIS SITE AND VARIOUS OTHERS IT IS AN OBVIOUS COMMON PROBLEM. VEHICLE IS AT 68,000 AND IS BEING TAKEN IN ON SUNDAY 3/31/19. WHERE I HAVE ALREADY INDICATED TO MECHANIC WHAT I WANT REPLACED DUE TO THE FACT IT IS NOT AN EASILY REPLICATED PROBLEM ON COMMAND AND THERE IS NO CODE TO CHECK. IT SEEMS LIKE THE BEST COURSE OF ACTION TO TELL THEM TO JUST REPLACE IT. THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL MATTER.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11192275March 28, 2019
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
APPROXIMATELY 1 WEEK AGO MY REAR DRIVER SLIDING DOOR BECAME STUCK. UPON SEARCHING ONLINE FOR A FIX I FOUND WHAT APPEARED TO BE HUNDREDS, IF NOT THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. I ATTEMPTED EVERY THING WE COULD THINK OF. TRYING TO OPEN OR UNLOCK THE DOOR VIA MANUALLY, VIA KEY FOB, AND VIA INTERIOR BUTTONS. NOTHING WILL OPEN THIS DOOR. IT IS STUCK AND CANNOT BECOME OPENED OR UNLOCKED. MY DAUGHTER HAS A DISABILITY AND SITS ON THIS SIDE. THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE THAT DODGE NEEDS TO ADDRESS. DOES MY DAUGHTER HAVE TO DIE BY BEING TRAPPED IN THE VAN BEFORE DODGE DOES SOMETHING? THIS ISN'T A NEW PROBLEM AND IS AFFECT MULTIPLE DODGE VEHICLES.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11191772March 27, 2019
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START. AND AS A RESULT I HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED TO RICK HARTMAN IN ABERDEEN, WA. WHEN THE VEHICLE ARRIVED IT STILL WOULD NOT START AND SO IT JUST SAT THERE. THE NEXT DAY, THEY ATTEMPTED TO START IT WHICH IT DID. BUT NO CODES CAME UP. MY ATTEMPTS TO GET HELP FROM DODGE HAVE COME UP A ZERO. THEY OPENED A CASE FOR ME AND STATED THAT SOMEONE NAMED AMBER WOULD GET AHOLD OF ME IN 1-2 DAYS. THAT DID NOT HAPPEN. NO LOANER WAS OFFERED. AND IT IS STILL SITTING THERE A WEEK AND A HALF LATER WITH NO ACTION.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11190773March 27, 2019
POWER TRAIN
2016 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARD TO TRANSMISSION FAILURE. *AS *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11190774March 27, 2019
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
2011 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARD TO VEHICLE'S PCM MALFUNCTION CAUSING THE ALTERNATOR TO OVERHEAT AND BATTERY TO FAIL. *AS *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11191536March 26, 2019
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
SINCE GETTING THE VEHICLE IN OCT. 2018, ITS BEEN IN THE SHOP FOR STARTER ISSUES. WE HAVE REPLACED THE STARTER 4 TIMES AND STILL DOESN'T WANT TO START. THE NEXT THING WE DID WAS REPLACE THE TIPM MODULE AND 2 DAYS LATER STILL HAVING A PROBLEM WITH IT STARTING. AT TIMES IT TAKES 1-5 MINUTES TO START AND AT TIMES IT DOESN'T WANT TO START AT ALL. NOT SURE WHAT IS WRONG WITH IT. NEEDLESS TO SAY WE HAVE PAID CLOSE TO $1600 ON THE VEHICLE AND IT STILL ISN'T FIXED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11191715March 26, 2019
ENGINE
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. WHILE ACCELERATING FROM A STOP, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO COAST THE VEHICLE TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND POWERED OFF THE ENGINE. THE VEHICLE FAILED TO RESTART AND WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER OR AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING OR REPAIRS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 238,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11191508March 25, 2019
SEATS
REAR SEAT IS ELECTRIC AND IT WILL NOT WORK. I JUST BOUGHT THIS VAN LAST YEAR AND THE SEAT LOCKS UP. THIS SEAT IS ELECTRIC. IF THERE'S ANYTHING YOU CAN DO FOR ME _ THANK YOU.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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