REAR SLIDING DOOR SUDDENLY BECAME STUCK IN THE LOCKED POSITION AND I AM UNABLE TO OPEN THE DOOR IN ANY WAY. THIS IS CAUSING MY CHILDREN TO HAVE TO EXIT THE VAN ON THE TRAFFIC SIDE OF THE CAR. THIS WOULD ALSO LEAVE MY CHILD TRAPPED IN THE CAR SHOULD AN EMERGENCY ARISE OR AN ACCIDENT OCCUR ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE VAN.
2016 Dodge Grand Caravan complaints
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STARTED THE CAR AND IT WAS MAKING A SOUND LIKE AN ELECTRICAL CAR WOULD. THOUGHT MAYBE IT WAS JUST WARMING UP AND I WAS IMAGINING IT. DROVE TO TOWN AND IT STARTED SHIFTING HARD. BY THE TIME I TRIED TO GO HOME IT WOULDN'T SHIFT INTO HIGHER GEARS, HAD REALLY HIGH RPM. I GOT IT INTO A PARKING LOT AND IT WOULDN'T DRIVE AT ALL!
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE REVERSING, THE VEHICLE STALLED. LEGACY CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP RAM (1798 HIGHWAY 3175 N BYP, NATCHITOCHES, LA 71457) WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE BUT INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN A RECALL AND THAT THE REPAIR WOULD BE AN OUT OF POCKET EXPENSE. THE VEHICLE WAS DIAGNOSED BY AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC AS A TRANSMISSION FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND CONFIRMED THAT THE VIN WAS NOT UNDER RECALL. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 111,000.
SHORTLY AFTER WE BOUGHT OUR VEHICLE, WHEN WE WOULD UNLOCK THE DOORS, THE VAN MADE A LOUD BUZZING SOUND. WE HAD IT CHECKED WITH ANOTHER WARRANTY ISSUE AND THEY FOUND NOTHING. THEN, IN DECEMBER, THE PASSENGER SIDE DOOR STOPPED WORKING AND IT WAS LOCKED. IT COULDN'T BE UNLOCKED OR OPENED BY ANY METHOD. LAST WEEK, I SCHEDULED IT TO BE FIXED AT THE DEALER. THEN THE DRIVER SIDE SLIDING DOOR ALSO LOCKED SHUT AND IT'S UNABLE TO BE OPENED. DEALER SAID IT IS THE DOOR ACTUATORS (COVERED UNDER WARRANTY). HOWEVER, SINCE THE ACTUATORS WENT BAD, THE DOOR CANNOT BE OPENED. THE DOORS MUST BE OPENED TO TAKE FOR PANELS OFF TO ACCESS/REPLACE ACTUATORS. THEREFORE, THEY HAVE TO BREAK DOOR PANELS TO ACCESS (NOT COVERED WARRANTY PART). QUICK RESEARCH ONLINE SHOWS ACTUATORS GOING BAD IS VERY COMMON ON MULTIPLE YEARS OF DODGE CARAVANS. THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE AS IT RENDERS THE PASSENGERS TRAPPED INSIDE THE VEHICLE, WHICH COULD BE A PROBLEM IN AN EMERGENCY. I FEEL REPLACING THE ACTUATORS SHOULD BE A RECALL AND SHOULD BE DONE ON ALL CARAVANS THAT HAVE THE PARTY THAT HAS BEEN SHOWN TO BE AN ISSUE. THIS SHOULD NOT BE WARRANTY WORK AFTER THERE IS AN ISSUE ON THAT SPECIFIC VEHICLE.
DRIVING MY RPM WOULD AUTOMATICALLY JUST KEEP GOING HIGH. THEN I'LL BE OK THEN IT WOULD GO HIGH WITHOUT ME HITTING GAS. IT GOT TO THE POINT WHERE I WAS SCARED DRIVING IT. HAD TO PULL OVER WITH HAZARDS ON CAUSE I COULDN'T ACCELERATE TO GET UP TO SPEED WITH RPM JUMPING HIGH. I WAS AFRAID SOMEONE WOULD HIT FROM BEHIND. I HAD TO GET MY VAN TOWED BACK TO ME HOUSE. I NEVER HAD THIS HAPPEN AND TODAY ALL OF SUDDEN OUT OF NOWHERE THIS STARTED TO HAPPEN. AT FIRST IT DID IT A LITTLE UP AND DOWN RPM AND DIDN'T THINK MUCH OF IT. IF I DIDN'T NEED TO ACCELERATE AND KEPT IT BETWEEN IT SEEMED LOW OR BETWEEN 1.5 AND 2.0 RPMS IT SEEMED OK. THEN GOING UP HILL/SLOPE MOSTLY DRIVING ON HIGHWAYS IF I PUSHED ON GAS PEDAL IT WOULD TRY TO ACCELERATE THE RPM'S HIGHER. THEN IT WOULD ACCELERATE ON IT'S OWN WITHOUT PUSHING GAS PEDAL. I PARKED ON SHOULDER SHUT OFF CAR AND RESTART TO FET GOING AGAIN. SAME THING ALL OVER HAPPENED. IT WAS SCARY.
MY 2016 DODGE CARAVAN BACK SLIDING DOOR STARTED BUZZING AND SOMETIMES DOESN'T UNLOCK. IT IS DRIVING ME INSANE. IT IS VERY LOUD. I'VE SEEN MANY PEOPLE COMPLAINING ABOUT IT.
WHILE DRIVING, VEHICLE BROKE DOWN WITHOUT WARNING OR ANY PRIOR ISSUE. NO POWER TO ENGINE AND RPM RACING TO RED LEVELS. I HAVE TAKEN IT TO TWO DEALERS WHO HAVE INFORMED ME THAT TRANSMISSION NEEDS TO BE REBUILT OR REPLACED. VEHICLE IS LESS THAN 6 YR. OLD AND HAS APPROX. 63,000 MILES.
THE DRIVER SIDE, REAR SLIDING DOOR ON MY 2016 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN WHEELCHAIR VAN WITH 38,806 MILES IS LOCKED SHUT. THIS HAPPENED ON APRIL 10, 2021. CANNOT ACCESS THE PERSON IN THE WHEELCHAIR IN THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE QUICKLY IN CASE OF A MEDICAL EMERGENCY. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE. THIS DEFECT APPEARS TO AFFLICT THIS DODGE VAN. THE DEFECT PART IS AN ELECTRICAL ACTUATOR THAT LOCKS/UNLOCKS THE SLIDING DOORS.
MY DRIVERS SIDE PASSENGER DOOR WILL NOT OPEN OR UNLOCK. AFTER SOME RESEARCH IT SEEMS ITS THE ACTUATOR. WHICH IS COSTLY TO REPAIR AND A SAFETY HAZARD. I READ LOTS OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE DOOR BEING STUCK AND ALL OF A SUDDEN COMING OPEN WHILE DRIVING. THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD ESPECIALLY WITH KIDS IN THE CAR. OR WHAT IF THERES AN ACCIDENT AND WE CANT GET THE DOOR OPENED TO GET EVERYONE OUT SAFETLY.
DRIVING NORMALLY ON 2 LANE ROAD WHEN TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT CHANGE FROM LOWER GEAR TO HIGHER ONE, LOSS OF POWER, AND HIGH RPM. COULD ONLY DRIVE IN LOW GEAR.
THE SLIDING DOOR ON MY 2016 CARAVAN SOUNDS A LOUD BUZZING ALARM WHILE DRIVING WHEN THE AUTOMATIC DOOR LOCKS ENGAGE. IT WILL PERIODICALLY NOT UNLOCK WHEN STATIONARY AND THE DOOR WILL NOT OPEN WHEN NEEDED. DISABLED MEMBERS ARE NOT ABLE TO HAVE A SAFE EXIT THROUGH THE DOORWAY.
BACK PASSENGER SEAT SLIDING DOOR LOCK BUZZES WHEN UNLOCKED FROM INSIDE THE VEHICLE, AS WELL AS WITH THE KEY FOB, WHILE THE VEHICLE IS STATIONARY. THE ASSUMPTION BEING MADE IS THAT THIS IS RELATED TO THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. THIS VEHICLE ONLY HAS 35,644 MILES, THUS THIS ISSUE SHOULD BOT BE OCCURRING. NOTHING HAS BEEN NOTED VISUALLY THAT WOULD CAUSE THIS NOISE WHEN UNLOCKING VEHICLE DOORS. CURRENTLY THE DOOR CAN BE OPENED AND CLOSED. THIS DOOR LOCK PROBLEM MAY BE A SAFETY CONCERN IN ITSELF, OR IF THIS IS AN ELECTRICAL ISSUE, THEN THERE IS A LARGER CONCERN. IT IS EVIDENT THAT THIS HAS BECOME A COMMON ISSUE WITH THIS VEHICLE BASED ON RESEARCH COMPLETED PRIOR TO FILING THIS CONCERN. THE MANUFACTURER SHOULD BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR THIS DEFECT IN THE DOOR LOCKING SYSTEM, ESPECIALLY SINCE THIS HAS BEEN SHOWN TO BE A COMMON OCCURRENCE IN THE 2016 MODEL. THANK YOU.
THE PASSENGER REAR SLIDING DOOR IS STUCK IN THE CLOSED POSITION. ATTEMPTS TO UNLOCK OR OPEN THE DOOR BOTH MANUALLY AND BY KEY FOB WERE UNSUCCESSFUL. DOOR WILL NOT OPEN NOR WILL IT UNLOCK. FIRST NOTICED WHILE VEHICLE WAS RUNNING BUT STATIONARY.
THE FRONT PASSENGER HEADREST POPPED FORWARD WHILE ADJUSTING THE SEAT TO LOAD EQUIPMENT IN THE REAR FLOORBOARD COMPARTMENT. THE PLASTIC ASSEMBLY THAT HOLDS THE METAL PIN WHICH IS USED TO KEEP THE HEADREST IN ITS NORMAL POSITION HAD BROKEN. THIS IS APPARENTLY A COMMON PROBLEM ACCORDING TO INTERNET RESEARCH BUT NO RECALL HAS BEEN ISSUED. THE VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY IN MY DRIVEWAY AND NOT RUNNING.
I'VE HAD NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS WITH MY 2016 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN I HAD TO REPLACE THE LEFT SIDE LIFTER FOR PENTASTAR TICK. BOTH DRIVER SIDE AND PASSENGER SIDE DOORS DON'T ALWAYS OPEN MANUALLY OR WITH REMOTE AND NEITHER ONE LOCKS ANYMORE. JUST HAD TO HAVE THE TRANSMISSION REBUILT, WAS DRIVING VAN IT SUDDENLY STOPPED WOULD NOT ACCELERATE, LUCKILY GOT OFF OF THE MAIN ROAD THEN HAD TO BE TOWED TO GARAGE. THIS VAN HAS COST ME SO MUCH MONEY OUT OF POCKET.
PASSENGER SLIDING DOOR LOCK ACTUATOR MAKING LOUD BUZZING SOUND.
DRIVER SIDE MOTORIZED SLIDING DOOR STUCK CLOSED AND WILL NOT UNLOCK TO OPEN. CANNOT MANUALLY UNLOCK DOOR AS THE MECHANISM WILL NOT MOVE. UNLOCKING BY KEY FOB OR BUTTON WILL NOT WORK EITHER. ISSUE FOUND AFTER PARKING VEHICLE UPON ARRIVAL HOME. THE DOOR WOULD NOT OPEN AND I HAD TO ROLL DOWN THE WINDOW TO GET MY INFANT OUT OF THE CAR SEAT LOCATED BY THE STUCK DOOR. I HAVE FOUR CHILDREN IN THE BACK WHO ARE NOW LIMITED TO ENTERING AND EXITING THROUGH A SINGLE PASSENGER SIDE DOOR. IF THERE WAS AN ACCIDENT OR EMERGENCY THEY WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO EXIT THE VEHICLE THROUGH THE DRIVER SIDE SLIDING DOOR. THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE WITH MY CHILDREN BEING THE MOST AT RISK DUE TO A FAILURE OF THE SLIDING DOOR LOCKING ACTUATOR. WITH A HIGH COST OF REPAIR AND NO RECALL CHRYSLER IS JEOPARDIZING THE LIVES OF MANY IN A VEHICLE MADE FOR FAMILIES. THE ISSUE IS ACKNOWLEDGED IN SAFETY BULLETIN 23-017-20 BUT THIS MAY NOT BE COVERED BY WARRANTY. THERE NEEDS TO BE A RECALL FOR THIS ISSUE IMMEDIATELY.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE STATIONARY AND DEPRESSING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO RESPOND. THE VEHICLE WAS RESTARTED AND MOVED TO A PARKING LOT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE LOCAL DEALER WALT MASSEY CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP RAM COLUMBIA (1470 HWY 98 E, COLUMBIA, MS 39429, (601) 633-0188) TO BE DIAGNOSED WHICH WAS STILL PENDING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. UPON INVESTIGATION, THE CONTACT ASSOCIATED THE FAILURE WITH NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V461000 (POWER TRAIN) HOWEVER, THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS INFORMED OF THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT WAS AWAITING A RESPONSE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 147,000.
THE SLIDING DOOR ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE OF THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY BECAME INOPERABLE FOR NO REASON. IT DOES NOT OPEN, CLOSE, LOCK, OR UNLOCK. IT WOULD TRAP A PERSON IN THE VEHICLE IF THE WAS A NEED TO ESCAPE FROM THAT SIDE.
THE DRIVER'S SIDE SLIDING DOOR IS STUCK IN A LOCKED POSITION. IT WILL NOT UNLOCK WITH THE FOB OR MANUALLY. I HAVE BEEN LIVING WITH THIS HAZARDOUS SITUATION FOR THREE YEARS, ONE YEAR AFTER PURCHASING THE VEHICLE AND THE VEHICLE WAS ONLY TWO YEARS OLD WHEN IT MALFUNCTIONED. I WENT TO A STORE, GETTING OUT OF THE VEHICLE THE DOOR WORKED, AND UPON RETURNING TO THE VEHICLE THE DOOR WOULDN'T BUDGE. AT THE TIME I CALLED MY LOCAL DEALERSHIP TO SEE HOW MUCH IT WOULD COST TO FIX AND THEY WOULDN'T QUOTE ME A PRICE SO I NEVER TOOK IT IN. UPON SOME QUICK RESEARCH ONLINE RECENTLY I REALIZED THIS ISN'T AN ISOLATED OCCURRENCE. APPARENTLY MANY DODGE CARAVAN OWNERS HAVE HAD, SPECIFICALLY THE LEFT DOOR, GET STUCK IN THE LOCKED POSITION PERMANENTLY. THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE HIS FIANC WAS DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH AND STOPPED AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT, THE VEHICLE STALLED BUT RESTARTED. THE CHECK ENGINE AND TRACTION CONTROL WARNING LIGHTS WERE ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT CALLED NORTHSIDE CHRYSLER JEEP DODGE, LLC (812 NORTHSIDE DR, SUMMERSVILLE, WV 26651, (304)712-2063) HOWEVER, THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 105,000.
THE DRIVER'S SIDE PASSENGER SLIDING DOOR HAS BEEN IN THE LOCKED POSITION FOR SOME TIME NOW AND IT CANNOT BE OPENED MANUALLY OR ELECTRONICALLY. I CAME OUT OF THE STORE INTO THE PARKING LOT AND TRIED TO OPEN THE SIDE DOOR TO LOAD MY GROCERIES WITH NO SUCCESS. I HAVE BEEN DOING SOME RESEARCH AND APPARENTLY THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM IN THE CHRYSLER/DODGE MINIVANS. THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD NOT TO MENTION A VERY EXPENSIVE PROBLEM TO FIX. I WOULD LIKE THIS ISSUE TO BE EXAMINED AND POSSIBLY RECALLED.
RPM STARTED BOUNCING BETWEEN 5-7K THEN I COULDN'T ACCELERATE ON FREEWAY AND KEPT LOSING SPEED. HAD TO ACCELERATE HARD TO GET TO THE SIDE OF FREEWAY
TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2016 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING AT 60 MPH, A DEER JUMPED IN FRONT WHICH RESULTED IN THE VEHICLE BECOMING DESTROYED. UPON IMPACT TO THE FRONT END OF VEHICLE, NO AIR BAGS DEPLOYED IN VEHICLE. THE CONTACT SUFFERED FROM WHIPLASH AND MEDICAL TREATMENT WAS NEEDED. NO POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE CONTACT STATED NO WARNING LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A COLLISION CENTER (KEVIN BALL AUTO BODY 100 E WOODLAWN DR, LEADINGTON, MO 63601 (573) 431-2767). THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT INFORMED OF FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 135,000. *LN Consumer claim number for State Farm is [XXX]. INFORMATION Redacted PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).”
BOTH LOCKS ON OUR SLIDING DOORS HAVE GONE BAD. ONE IS PERMANENTLY LOCKED AND ONE DOES NOT LOCK AT ALL. THE CAR HAS LESS THAN 60K MILES ON IT. THERE IS WEAR AND TEAR ON A VEHICLE, BUT IT SEEMS ODD BOTH WOULD FAIL THAT QUICKLY. A QUICK GOOGLE SHOWS THAT THIS APPEARS TO BE A KNOWN ISSUE.
MY 2016 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN HAS 67,842 MILES. I AM THE ORIGINAL OWNER. LOUD BUZZING SOUND EVERY TIME I PARK 2016 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN AND PRESS UNLOCK TO UNLOCK DOORS. I WAS TOLD IT IS THE ACTUATOR. I WAS TOLD ACTUATOR IS $500 TO $600 TO FIX. I WAS TOLD THIS IS COMMON IN 2016 DODGE GRAND CARAVANS WITH 60,000 MILES. NHTSA SHOULD CLASSIFY THIS COMMON ACTUATOR COMPLAINT ON 2016 DODGE GRAND CARAVANS WITH 60,000 MILES AS A RECALL.
I DRIVE 10 MINUTES AND PARKED. I WENT TO UNLOCK REAR DRIVER SIDE SLIDING DOOR. IT WAS STUCK. MY INFANT DAUGHTER IS THERE AND I COULD NOT MANUALLY OR ELECTRONICALLY GET THE DOOR TO OPEN. IT'S A SAFETY CONCERN.
MILEAGE NOW 41,000 MILES. VEHICLE PARKED. DRIVER'S SIDE REAR DOOR LATCH IS STUCK IN LOCKED POSITION. THE REAR DOOR CANNOT BE OPENED BY THE REMOTE, INSIDE DOOR BUTTONS OR MANUALLY. IN THE EVENT OF A CRASH INVOLVING THE PASSENGER SIDE DOOR,OCCUPANTS ARE STUCK IN THE REAR. POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. THIS IS THE SECOND FAILURE OF THE SAME LATCH. IT WAS REPLACED ORIGINALLY IN NOV 2017 UNDER WARRANTY AT 25,500 MILES. LOOKING AT OTHER INTERNET COMMENTARY, THIS IS A KNOWN PART FAILURE AND DEFECT WITH POTENTIAL TO CAUSE PASSENGER HARM. I FEEL CHRYSLER / DODGE SHOULD ISSUE A RECALL TO REPLACE DEFECTIVE PARTS OR AS A MINIMUM REPLACED FAILED LOCK ACTUATORS UNDER A SPECIAL WARRANTY.
OUR PASSENGER SLIDING DOOR, OF OUR 2016 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN, HAS BEEN MAKING A BUZZING NOISE WHEN WE HIT THE UNLOCK BUTTON. AFTER DOING SOME READING WE HAD CONCERNS THE DOOR WOULD SOON NOT FUNCTION. THEN, JUST A COUPLE WEEKS LATER, OUR DRIVER'S SIDE SLIDING DOOR WAS STUCK IN THE LOCK POSITION. IT CAN'T OPEN, MANUALLY OR AUTOMATICALLY. HUGE SAFETY CONCERN. I BROUGHT IT INTO THE SHOP AND THE DRIVER'S SIDE SLIDING DOOR WILL BE $1,000 TO FIX AND THE PASSENGER DOOR WILL BE SOON TO FOLLOW. IT SOUNDS LIKE THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM IN THESE GRAND CARAVANS. SOMETHING ISN'T RIGHT.
THE DRIVERS SIDE SLIDING DOOR WILL NOT UNLOCK MANUALLY, I WAS TOLD IT IS A BAD ACTUATOR. THIS POSES A SAFETY RISK FOR PASSENGERS IN THE SECOND AND THIRD ROWS IF THEY MUST EXIT THE VEHICLE IN AN EMERGENCY. THIS IS A PREVALENT PROBLEM WITH IS YEAR, MAKE AND MODEL AND SHOULD BE A RECALL DUE TO THE SAFETY RISKS
LEFT CYLINDER HEAD FAILURE. "PENTASTAR TICK" CYLINDER 2 MISSFIRE, RANDOM MISSFIRE. LOSS OF POWER IN MOTION. NO OVERHEATING. JUST FAULTY MECHANINCAL FAILURE. THIS IS COVERED UP UNTIL 2014. SAME ENGINE. SAME PROBLEMS!
LOUD BUZZING NOISE FROM AUTOMATIC LOCKS EITHER FROM KEY ACTUATION OR SPEED.
SIGNIFICANT OIL LEAK ON 2016 GRAND CARAVAN DUE TO OIL FILTER HOUSING CRACK. MECHANIC WAS CAREFUL NOT TO OVER TORQUE AND LEAK DID NOT OCCUR UNTIL OUTSIDE TEMPERATURES DROPPED BELOW ZERO. LEAK WAS DISCOVERED WHILE VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY BC OF LARGE PUDDLE OF OIL. VEHICLE IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE.
FAULTY DOOR LOCK ACTUATOR ON BOTH POWER SLIDING DOORS AND HAVE DONE NOTHING TO PROVOKE THE ISSUE JUST WENT OUT ON A VAN THAT'S 4 YEARS OLD ABSOLUTELY INSANE
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DRIVER'S SIDE SLIDING DOOR FAILED TO UNLATCH OR OPEN AS DESIGNED. THE CONTACT HAD NOT TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO A DEALER NOR AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC TO BE DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED. NEITHER THE MANUFACTURER NOR THE DEALER WERE MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 120,000.*DT*JB THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND IT WAS DETERMINED THE ACTUATOR FAILED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND DID NOT OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE DUE TO THE VEHICLE BEING OUT OF WARRANTY. THE DEALER EXPLAINED THE PASSENGER SIDE WOULD FAIL SOON. *JS
MY TRANSMISSION IS GOING OUT CAR GOES INTO 5 RPM WHEN ONLY GOING 30-40 MPH BACK SEATS DON'T UNLOCK TO FOLD AWAY BACK SLIDING DOORS DON'T LOCK EVEN AFTER ALARM IS ACTIVATED AND HAVE HAD A BRAKE IN
I WAS GOING BACK TO HOME AT 8:45 PM WHEN I TURN A ROAD AND PRESS THE GAS TO KEEP GOING THE VEHICLE NEVER MOVE FORWARD AND DID STOP COUPLE SECONDS LATER AND NEVER MOVED AGAIN THE VEHICLE START AND EVERYTHING DOES WORK BUT WON'T MOVE FORWARD OR BACK UP
VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION GOING DOWN ROAD WOULD REV REAL HIGH LIKE IT WAS A NEUTRAL EVERY ONCE IN AWHILE TO THE POINT WHERE IT DOESN'T WANT TO MOVE
THE LEFT PASSENGER SLIDING DOOR WILL NOT OPEN ELECTRONICALLY OR MANUALLY. THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE FOR PASSENGERS IN MIDDLE AND REAR SEATS. IT WAS REPAIRED ONCE BY A SHOP. RIGHT SIDE PASSENGER SLIDING DOOR IS MAKING A BUZZING NOISE, SIGNALING THAT IT MAY GO NEXT.
PASSENGER SLIDING DOOR LOCKS ARE FAILING. MAKE VERY LOUD BUZZING NOISE WHEN ACTIVATED. SOUNDS LIKE A WRONG ANSWER BUZZER... AND IT IS LOUD ENOUGH TO STARTLE PASSENGERS. ONE SIDE SEEMS TO NOT UNLOCK ON FIRST TRY. THIS HAPPENS ANYTIME LOCKS ARE ACTIVATED TO LOCK OR UNLOCK, BOTH WHILE MOVING AND WHILE STATIONARY.
MY HOOD FLEW OPEN WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY, AND I CHECKED THE NHTSA SITE AND SEE THERE WAS A RECALL FOR THE HOOD LATCHES, BUT APPARENTLY NOT FOR
TRANSMISSION WENT WHILE DRIVING ON A SECONDARY ROAD IN MAINE AROUND 30 MPH GOING STRAIGHT WITH 107,392 MILES.
DRIVER SIDE DOOR LOCK ACTUATOR HAS FAULTED RESULTING LOUD BUZZ SOUND DUE TO THE ELECTRICAL MOTOR IN ACTUATOR TO NOT PROPERLY MOVE. FEARFUL OF A ELECTRICAL SHORT OCCURRING ESPECIALLY SINCE THIS WHERE MY 4YR OLD DAUGHTER HAS TO SIT. ALSO IF THE LOCK POSSIBLY GOES COMPLETELY OUT I'M FEARFUL OF 2 THINGS 1. AS MY DAUGHTER SIT BY THAT DOOR IT AT ANY MOMENT BECOMES NOT LOCKED ALLOWING HER TO OPEN WHILE VEHICLE IN OPERATION 2. VEHICLE NO LONGER LOCKED WHILE VEHICLE UNATTENDED ALLOWING ANYONE ACESS IT'S BEEN BUYING FOR AWHILE NOW HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY SAFETY RECALL INFORMATION ON THIS YET. THANK YOU
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TRACTION CONTROL WARNING LIGHT HAD ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL AT VEHICLE START-UP. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE REMOTE START FAILED TO OPERATE AND THAT THE BRAKE LIGHTS INADVERTENTLY REMAINED ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO FIVE STAR CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP RAM OF WARNER ROBINS (2817 WATSON BLVD, WARNER ROBINS, GA 31088) WHERE SHE WAS INFORMED THAT THE HYDRAULIC CONTROL UNIT AND RELAY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND REFERRED HER NHTSA FOR ASSISTANCE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 86,000.
I WAS COMING OFF THE INTERSTATE I20 AT THE DOUGLASVILLE/ HWY 5 EXIT WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN MY VAN WILL NOT GO IN DRIVE IT WOULD NOT PULL FORWARD IN DRIVE SO I THREW MY HAZZERS ON AND HAD TO PUSH IT OFF THE EXIT AND DOWN THE ROAD INTO A GAS STATION AND GET A TOW TRUCK IT GET IT. IT'S IN A SHOP NOW AND THEY SAID THE TRANSMISSION WENT OUT AND IT ONLY HAS 67,000 MILES ON IT SO THEY ARE HAVING TO REBUILD THE TRANSMISSION I THINK ANYWAY I AM HAVING TO HAVE THE TRANSMISSION REPAIRED.
OUR 2016 TOWN & COUNTRY HAS A PROBLEM WITH THE DOOR ACTUATORS. I GET A BUZZING WHEN I UNLOCK THE DOORS IN THE PASSENGER SLIDING DOOR. I HAVE SEARCHED ON LINE AND THIS IS COMMON DEFECT IN THIS MODEL VEHICLE AND IT SEEM LIKE THE ISSUE IS KNOWN TO CHRYSLER AND REPORTED TO NHTSA.
BOTH OF THE SLIDING DOORS ARE STUCK IN THE LOCK POSITION
THE SLIDING DOORS MAKE A LOUD BUZZING SOUND WHEN TRYING TO LOCK OR UNLOCK.
WHEN DOORS ARE UNLOCKED A LOUD CLICKING/GRINDING NOISE HAPPENS IN BACK PASSENGER SIDE SLIDING DOOR ..NOT SURE IF DOOR STAYS LOCKED..HAVEN'T REALLY TESTED IN WHILE IN MOTION
THE REAR DRIVER SIDE DOOR WILL NOT UNLOCK. IT DOES NOT UNLOCK WITH THE KEY FOB, OR BY MANUALLY TRYING TO UNLOCK THE MECHANISM. THEREFORE, MY CHILDREN CANNOT EXIT THE CAR FROM THE DRIVERS' SIDE. THIS FIRST HAPPENED AFTER TRYING TO UNLOCK THE DOOR USING THE KEY FOB, WHILE PARKED, AND TRYING TO RE-ENTER THE CAR. THIS ISSUE PREVIOUSLY HAPPENED WITH THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE DOOR. THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE WITH THE CAR AND MUST BE RECALLED.
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