Dodge Grand Caravan Complaints (2016)

1,002 consumer complaints on file.

#11353786September 8, 2020
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
THE DRIVER BACK DOOR MAKES A LOUD SOUNDS WHEN IS BEING LOCKED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11353717September 8, 2020
POWER TRAIN
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH, THE POWER TRAIN WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE LOSS MOTIVE POWER AND WAS COASTED TO THE SHOULDER OF THE ROADWAY. THE VEHICLE WAS TURNED OFF AND AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WAS CALLED OUT TO THE LOCATION TO HAVE THE VEHICLE DIAGNOSED. THE MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE TRANSMISSION PUMP FAILED. THE CONTACT RESTARTED THE VEHICLE AND DROVE TO CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP RAM FIAT FT. WALTON (541 MARY ESTHER CUT OFF NW, FORT WALTON BEACH, FL 32548) WHERE A SECOND DIAGNOSTIC TEST WAS PERFORMED AND IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE TRANSMISSION PUMP FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CONTACT REFERENCED NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V461000 (POWER TRAIN) AS A POSSIBLE SOLUTION TO THE FAILURE HOWEVER, THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND INFORMED THE CONTACT TO CONTACT NHTSA FOR ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 91,000.*DT*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11353542September 7, 2020
POWER TRAIN
UPON PRESSING THE GAS PEDAL TO ACCELERATE IT FEELS AND SOUNDS AS IF MY VAN IS IN THE NEUTRAL POSITION. IT TAKES TIME FOR IT TO FINALLY 'CATCH' AND BEGIN TO ACTUALLY ACCELERATE. THE HOTTER IT IS THE WORSE THE VAN SEEMS TO GET WITH THIS PROBLEM TO THE POINT WHERE IT MAKES A HIGH PITCH SOUNDS LIKE IT IS JUST BEING SET TO A NEUTRAL POSITION AND PRESSING THE GAS PEDAL TO MAKE A HIGH PITCHED SOUND. AT THIS POINT IT DOES NOT MOVE UNTIL SOMETHING FINALLY 'CATCHES' AND MAKES IT GO-EVEN THEN MOVING FROM A CRAWL SPEED. WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE IT ALSO MAKES A HIGH PITCH SOUND FROM THE ENGINE AREA.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11353430September 6, 2020
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
THE SLIDING DOORS ARE LOCKED, WILL NOT OPEN, STUCK CLOSED, WILL NOT MANUALLY OR POWER OPEN. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUES AS MY CHILDREN CANNOT ENTER OR EXIT THE VAN. THERE IS NO WAY TO FOR PASSENGERS TO OPEN THEIR DOOR. WILL NOT OPEN FROM INTERIOR OR EXTERIOR.*DT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11353269September 5, 2020
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ENGINE
ALL OF THE SUDDEN, I HAVE NO POWER TO EVEN GET OVER 40 MPH. GREAT TO HAPPEN IN A BUSY CITY WITH MY CHILD IN THE CAR RECOVERING FROM SURGERY. HAD TO PULL OVER AND GET A RIDE HOME.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11352677September 1, 2020
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM, POWER TRAIN, SEATS
IF THE TRANSMISSION LOSES HYDRAULIC PRESSURE, THE VEHICLE MAY LOSE MOTIVE POWER, INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11352349August 31, 2020
STRUCTURE:BODY
I BOUGHT A 2016 DODGE CARAVAN NEW FROM THE DEALERSHIP AND HAVE HAD SEVERAL ISSUES WITH REAR SLIDING DOORS NOT OPENING. THEY REPLACED THE DOOR RELAY SHORTLY AFTER PURCHASING THIS VEHICLE. ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS 1 OR BOTH REAR SLIDING DOORS WITH LOCK AND WON'T RELEASE FROM THE INSIDE OR OUTSIDE AFTER UNLOCKING WITH KEY FOB AND THEN TRIED MANUALLY UNLOCKING FROM INSIDE. THIS HAS HAPPENED MANY TIMES IN THE WINTER AND AFTER ABOUT 5 MINUTES OF DRIVING THE DOOR WILL OPEN AS I'M DRIVING. I HAVE SMALL CHILDREN AND THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE. THIS IS NOW HAPPENING IN THE SUMMER AS WELL MAKING ME THINK IT WASN'T DUE TO FROZEN DOORS. I'VE TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY CAN'T FIND THE PROBLEM BECAUSE THE DOORS WILL EVENTUALLY RELEASE BEFORE I CAN GET TO DEALERSHIP AFTER WORK.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11352122August 30, 2020
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
THE DOOR LOCKS ON BOTH SLIDING PASSENGER DOORS FAILED. THERE IS NO MANUAL LOCK TO BE ABLE TO INGRESS AND EGRESS THE VEHICLE. IT STARTED WITH AN OBNOXIOUS BUZZING SOUND WHEN THE LOCK OR UNLOCK BUTTON WAS PRESSED. IT QUICKLY THEN STOPPED WORKING AT ALL SO THAT PASSENGERS HAVE TO CLIMB IN THROUGH THE REAR. THIS IS NOT ACCEPTABLE FOR ELDERLY PEOPLE OR VERY SMALL CHILDREN. IT IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION IN AN EMERGENCY AND HIGHLY ANNOYING TO SAY THE LEAST IN DAY TO DAY USAGE. THIS HAPPENED WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS JUST TWO YEARS OLD! NOT ACCEPTABLE! JUST WAIT UNTIL SOMEBODY IS TRAPPED IN A DANGEROUS SITUATION THAT LEADS TO DEATH OR SEVERE INJURY. THERE SHOULD ALWAYS BE A MANUAL WAY TO ENTER AND EXIT A VEHICLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11351295August 26, 2020
STRUCTURE:BODY
THE DRIVER SIDE SLIDING DOOR STOPPED FUNCTIONING. IT IS STUCK IN LOCKED POSITION RENDERING IT UNUSABLE IN AN EMERGENCY SITUATION. THE LOCK CANNOT BE FREED AUTOMATICALLY OR MANUALLY.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11351416August 26, 2020
ENGINE, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
WHEN IDLING THE CYLINDER #2 MISS FIRES, TUNE UP WAS DONE, OIL CHANGED, I SEARCHED THE VIN NUMBER AND IT SAYS NO RECALLS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11351148August 25, 2020
STRUCTURE:BODY
THE SIDE POWER DOOR ON THE LEFT DRIVER SIDE IS STUCK SHUT WITH NO WAY TO OPEN IT. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS WITH NO WAY TO GET IT OPEN MANUALLY IN AN EMERGENCY SITUATION. THIS APPEARS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM ON DODGE CARAVAN VEHICLES AND SHOULD BE ADDRESSED WITH A WAY TO MANUALLY OPEN THESE SIDE DOORS WHEN THE POWER FAILS AND THEY WILL NOT OPEN?*DT Consumer has contacted the manufacture and CAIR number [XXX] was issued. INFORMATION Redacted PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).”
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11350332August 19, 2020
POWER TRAIN
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH, THE ENGINE BEGAN MAKING AN ABNORMAL WINDING NOISE WITHOUT WARNING. AS THE CONTACT PROCEEDED TO DRIVE, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO STALL AND HESITATE UPON DEPRESSING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT INITIALLY DROVE THE VEHICLE TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE THE MECHANIC INFORMED HER THAT THE TRANSMISSION PUMP HAD FAILED. THE MECHANIC HAD ALSO INFORMED HER OF A RECALL THAT HAD BEEN PLACED ON HER MODEL VEHICLE NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V461000 (POWER TRAIN). THE CONTACT THEN HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO ANOTHER INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR A SECOND OPINION AND HE ALSO DETERMINED THAT THE TRANSMISSION PUMP HAD FAILED AND THAT THE VEHICLE NEEDED A TRANSMISSION REPLACEMENT. THE MANUFACTURER WAS THEN NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND INFORMED HER THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. THE VEHICLE HAD YET TO BE REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 70,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11350352August 19, 2020
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
THE SLIDING DOOR ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE HAS FROZEN. THE DOOR IS STUCK IN THE LOCKED POSITION AND WILL NOT OPEN. IT WILL NOT OPEN WITH THE REMOTE BUTTONS OR MANUALLY. I HAVE CHILDREN, SO THIS IS DEFINITELY A SAFETY ISSUE. I HAVE LOOKED ON THE INTERNET AND OBSERVED THAT MANY PEOPLE HAVE HAD SIMILAR EXPERIENCES WITH THE SAME MODEL VEHICLE. THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL FOR THIS PROBLEM. THE AVERAGE COST FOR THE REPAIR SEEMS TO BE $1000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11349610August 15, 2020
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
TODAY, ARRIVING HOME, PARKED IN MY GARAGE AND TURNED OFF THE VEHICLE, I WAS TRYING TO TAKE MY 2 YEAR OLD BABY OUT OF MY 2016 DODGE CARAVAN AND THE PILOT SLIDING DOOR (REAR) IS STUCK IN THE LOCK POSITION. I CAN NOT OPEN THE DOOR. LOOK LIKE THE CABLE, INSIDE HANDLE, IS STUCK.*DT CONSUMER STATED REPLACEMENT PART HAS BEEN REPLACED.*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11349069August 13, 2020
STRUCTURE:BODY
THE SLIDING DOOR STARTED MAKING BUZZING/GRINDING NOISE WHEN ACTIVATED. PAYED A DEALERSHIP $1000 TO REPAIR AND WAS TOLD BY THE SERVICE PERSON THEY'D SEEN 3 OF THESE IN THE PAST WEEK. GOOGLE SEARCH SHOWS LOTS OF COMPLAINTS FOR THE SAME ISSUE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11348749August 12, 2020
STRUCTURE:BODY
OUT OF THE BLUE, WITH JUST OVER 60K MILES, THE DRIVER SIDE SLIDING DOOR, WON'T OPEN WITH THE KEY FOB, NEITHER BY PULLING ON THE INSIDE OR OUTSIDE HANDLE, NOR PUSHING THE INSIDE BUTTON (BY THE DOOR) OR PUSHING THE CONSOLE BUTTON. IT IS STUCK CLOSED. THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD AS THIS SITUATION TRAPS PASSENGERS.*DT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11348693August 11, 2020
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
THE SLIDING DOOR ON THE RIGHT SIDE MAKES A LOUD BUZZING NOISE WHEN YOU UNLOCK THE DOOR.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11348704August 11, 2020
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
DRIVER SIDE PASSENGER SLIDING DOOR WILL NOT UNLOCK/OPEN. COULDN'T GET MY CHILD OUT. HAD TO GO AROUND.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11348723August 11, 2020
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
CAN NOT UNLOCK OR OPEN MY LEFT SLIDER DOOR AT ANY TIME.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11344191August 9, 2020
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
2016 DODGE CARAVAN WITH 53,000 MILES ON IT. BOTH SLIDING DOORS STOPPED WORKING. ONE WAS IN THE LOCKED POSITION AND ONE IN THE UNLOCKED POSITION. WE WERE ABLE TO GET THEM TO WORK BY PUSHING THE LOCK BUTTONS MANUALLY WHILE HITTING LOCK/ UNLOCK BUTTONS. NOW BOTH DOORS MAKE A LOUD BUZZING NOISE WHEN LOCKING AND UNLOCKING. WE BOUGHT THE EXTENDED WARRANTY AND THEY TELL US THIS IS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. DEALER WANTS $900 PER DOOR TO FIX. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE BECAUSE THEY WILL GET STUCK AGAIN IN THE LOCKED POSITION AND WITH SMALL CHILDREN IN CAR SEATS THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS AND UNACCEPTABLE. CHRYSLER NEEDS TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR POOR PRODUCTS. LAST VAN WE WILL EVER PURCHASE BY CHRYSLER OR DODGE. TOYOTA OR HONDA HERE WE COME!!! ALSO WHEN A VEHICLE CANT BE LOCKED WHO KNOW WHO IS HIDING INSIDE WHEN YOU GET OUT OF WORK. IT GETS DARK BY 5PM WHERE I LIVE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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