What 87 owners told NHTSA about the 2012 Dodge Caravan

HORN DOES NOT WORK WHEN PRESSING THE CORRECT AREA ON THE STEERING WHEEL. STEERING WHEEL LIGHTS DO NOT WORK AND HEATED STEERING WHEEL DOES NOT WORK. FUSES CHECK OUT OK. HORN SOUNDS WHEN LOCKING WITH KEY FOB OR WHEN ALARM BUTTON ON KEY FOB IS USED. DISCOVERED WHEN ANOTHER DRIVER TURNED IN FRONT OF ME WITHOUT LOOKING AND NEARLY CRASHED. THIS IS A DEFINITE SAFETY PROBLEM. CHECKING THE INTERNET THERE ARE A NUMBER OF CHRYSLER VEHICLES THAT HAVE THIS PROBLEM. VEHICLE WILL NOT PASS STATE INSPECTION IN CURRENT CONDITION AND I AM NOT DRIVING IT FOR SAFETY REASONS. *TR

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MY VAN SHOWED THE BATTERY LIGHT I WENT TO GET THE BATTERY CHECKED OUT. THE TEST CAME BACK BAD BATTERY. I BOUGHT A NEW ONE EVERYTHING CHECKED GOOD. THE NEXT DAY THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT, AIR BAG LIGHT, ABS LIGHT AND BATTERY LIGHT LIT UP. AFTER THAT THE VAN WOULD NOT START. WE CHECKED FUSES THEY WERE GOOD. THE VAN WILL NOT START, IT WILL CRANK LIKE TRYING TO START BUT WILL NOT. WE ONLY HAVE 55000 MILES ON IT AND ARE BEING TOLD THE ROOM IS BAD.

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WHILE VEHICLE IS IN DRIVE, THE CAR WILL STALL AND THE VEHICLE WILL SHUT DOWN. EVERYTHING INCLUDING RADIO, AIR CONDITIONER AND PANEL SHUTS DOWN. THIS HAPPENS MULTIPLE TIMES WITHOUT WARNING. I THEN HAVE TO TURN THE KEY TO OFF THEN RESTART. IT MOSTLY HAPPENS WHEN VEHICLE IS MAKING A TURN.

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FAULTLY BRAKE CALIPAR - KEEP HANGING UP AND CAUSING TIRE TO GET HOT AND SMOKE COMES OUT VERY HOT.

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"TAKATA RECALL" WHEN DRIVING THE VAN THE ENGINE SHUTS OFF FROM TIME TO TIME ON THE FREEWAY, STREETS ANYWHERE WE HAVE ALMOST GOTTEN REAR ENDED ONE THEN ONCE. WE HAVE BEEN STUCK IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HIGHWAY AND STREET I HAVE SMALL KIDS AND I NEED HELP WITH THIS PLEASE. THIS IS A ON GOING PROBLEM

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I WAS IN THE DRIVEWAY THE FIRST TIME ACTED LIKE IT WAS GOING TO START THEN DIED ALL LIGHTS ON PANEL LITE UP HAD TOWED TO GALEANA DODGE FOUND IT WAS THE TIPM MODULE. COST OVER $1,000 TO FIX. TRIED TALKING TO DODGE CORPORATE TO TRY TO GET MONEY BACK AFTER NOTICING SO MANY COMPLAINTS AND NO HELP FROM THEM. NOW MY CAR IS BACK IN THE SHOP WITH SAME ISSUE, 3 WEEKS LATER. NO LOANER CAR AVAILABLE. MY ONLY VEHICLE. THIS TIME I WAS DRIVING AND THE CAR STALLED AND THEN ALL THE LIGHTS CAME ON AGAIN. WAITING TO HEAR WHAT IS THIS TIME SOUNDS LIKE THE SAME THING AGAIN. WAS TOLD BY CORPORATE TO POST COMPLAINT HERE AND MAYBE THERE WOULD BE RECALL THAT'S ALL THE HELP THEY OFFERED. WOW WAY TO KEEP CUSTOMERS DODGE. THE FIRST TIME THIS HAPPENED WAS ON 3/5/2016 THE SECOND TIME WAS ON 4/4/2016.

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SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION - WHILE STOPPED AT A TRAFFICLIGHT -- OF THE DRIVER-SIDE SWITCHBOX THAT CONTROLS THE WINDOWS, DOORLOCKS & OUTSIDE MIRRORS. FLAMES ERUPTED FROM THE ARMREST MAKING ESCAPE FROM VEHICLE DIFFICULT. FDNY WAS CALLED & EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. THIS HAPPENED EARLY FRIDAY MORNING/SNOWING. INSURANCE COMPANY EXAMINED CAR & AUTHORIZED REPAIR. CHRYSLER SENT AN ENGINEERING SAFETY INSPECTOR WHO HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO A DODGE DEALERSHIP WHERE INVESTIGATION WAS PERFORMED. WE RECEIVED A "SAFETY RECALL NOTICE" [ P25/NHTSA 14V-234] LATER THAT SAME DAY. CHRYSLER HAS IGNORED MY CALLS & LIVE-CHATS FOR THE PAST MONTH. DEALERSHIP STILL HAS THE VEHICLE BUT CAN'T GET A RESPONSE FROM CHRYSLER EITHER. INCIDENT OCCURRED 4 WEEKS AGO! HAVE BEEN FORCED TO RENT A REPLACEMENT VEHICLE -- AT MY EXPENSE -- FOR TRANSPORTATION PURPOSES.

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VAN SHUTS OFF AND COMPLETELY LOSES POWER WHILE MOVING WITHOUT WARNING. MUST BE PLACED IN PARK AND SOMETIMES RESTARTS. HAS BEEN TAKEN TO DEALER WHO COULD NOT FIND SPEIFIC REASON FOR THIS PARTICULAR PROBLEM.

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THE PROBLEM WITH MY 2012 DODGE CARAVAN IS DRIVING ALONG EASILY ON CITY STREETS BECAUSE WITH THIS PROBLEM IT CANT BE PUT ON THE INTERSTATE, WHEN GETTING READY TO GO UP A HILL AND IT GOES OUT OF GEAR, THE RPM HAND GOES AS FAR AS IT CAN GO, SOMETIMES EASING OF THE GAS THE RPM HAND WILL GO DOWN TO 1 AND THE TRANSMISSION WILL KNOCK, CHECK ENGINE LIKE WILL COME ON AND IT'LL GO BACK INTO GEAR, BUT SOMETIME YOU'LL HAVE TO PULL OVER AND PUT IT IN PARK AND TURN IT OFF AND START ALL OVER AGAIN, JUST FOR IT TO DO THE SAME EXACT THEN, AND REMIND YOU, YOU CAN'T GO OVER 50MPH IF 50. I'VE HAD THE TRANSMISSION SENSOR FLASHED AND THAT DIDN'T HELP, I HAD IT PUT ON A MACHINE AND IT READS 6TH GEAR OUT OF RATIO

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INSTALLED A CURTIS TOWING HITCH AND WIRING HARNESS FOR TRAILER LIGHTS, TWO WIRING HARNESS MODULES FOR TRAILER LIGHTS HAVE GONE BAD AFTER ONLY A SHORT TIME OF USE, CURTIS MANUF. SAYS THAT THEY ARE EXPERIENCING THIS PROBLEM ONLY WITH CERTAIN DODGE MODELS AND SEEMS THAT MINE IS ONE OF THEM. THEY SAID THAT A RECALL MAY APPEAR DEALING WITH THE ECM AND SYSTEM UNDER THE HEADING OF "TIPUM". I HAVE CONTACTED DODGE ABOUT THIS BUT THEY DON'T REPLY. THIS HAS BEEN ON -GOING PROBLEM FOR ABOUT A YEAR. CURTIS MANUF. HAS REPLACED THE LIGHT MODULE UNIT TWICE. IF THE PROBLEM IS WITH THE CAR REPLACING LIGHT MODULE ISN'T GOING TO DO A THING EXCEPT KEEP GOING BAD. IF THE PROBLEM IS WITH CURTIS MANUF. AND THEY AREN'T OWNING UP TO IT, WHAT WOULD BE MY OPTION TO PROCEED? THANK YOU FOR ANY HELP YOU CAN PROVIDE.ALSO THE VEHICLE HASN'T HAD ANY ISSUES BEFORE OR NOW EVEN AFTER HAVING TWO LIGHT MODULES FOR THE TRAILER LIGHTS HAVE GONE BAD, WITH THE LIGHTS OR ELECTRONICS ON VEHICLE. *TR

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2012 DODGE CARAVAN CONTINUALLY STALLS WHILE DRIVING AROUND ON THE HIGHWAY. USUALLY HAPPENS WHEN WE COME TO A STOP. OFTEN, THE VEHICLE RUNS ROUGH AND STALLS AFTER IDLING. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON REPEATEDLY, NEARLY WEEKLY THEN GOES OFF AFTER THREE SUCCESSFUL STARTS. HAVE TAKEN THE VAN TWICE TO LITHIA IN MEDFORD TO CHECK AND THEY LOCATED A RECALL ON THE HEADER. THE HEADER WAS REPLACED BUT THE PROBLEM PERSISTED. THE CHECK ENGINE HAS LOGGED MULTIPLE "MIS-FIRE" ERRORS AND NO OTHER ERRORS. THE PROBLEM, TO THIS DAY, HAS NOT BEEN LOCATED AND THUS THEY TELL US THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO. MEANWHILE, WE CONTINUE TO HAVE "MIS-FIRE" ERRORS AND STALL OUT IN INTERSECTIONS ALL OVER THE PLACE. ON THE FIRST VISIT, NEARLY TWO YEARS AGO NOW, LITHIA ALSO DISCONNECTED THE REAR WINDOW CONTROLS FOR A RECALL. THE PART WAS NOT AVAILABLE AND THE VEHICLE WAS SENT HOME. JUST OVER A YEAR AGO WE RETURNED THE VEHICLE TO HAVE THE MIS-FIRE PROBLEM CHECKED AND LITHIA STATED THEY STILL DID NOT HAVE PARTS FOR OUR REAR WINDOW RECALL. THEY TOLD US THEY ADDED US TO THE WAITING LIST. ITS BEEN NEARLY TWO YEARS, I'VE RECEIVED MY SECOND NOTICE ON THIS RECALL AND I STILL DON'T HAVE CONTROL OF MY REAR WINDOWS. I BELIEVE TWO YEARS IS VERY UNREASONABLE TO WAIT FOR A RECALL FIX.

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THE VEHICLE TIPM MODULE NEEDS REPLACING REGISTERED MECHANIC STATED THE MODULE MALFUNCTIONING IS THE PROBLEM FOR ME FUEL PUMP GOING OUT AND THE DRAINAGE OF TWO BATTERIES I PURCHASE. AND THE PROBLEM FOR OTHER ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS THAT HAVE OCCURRED WITH THE VEHICLE. TWO OTHER PROBLEMS; WHICH ONE WAS A RECALL WAS A MOTOR MALFUNCTION WHICH COULD HAVE POSSIBLE CAUSED A FIRE THE OTHER WAS A REPLACENT OF A ENGINE LEFT CYLINDER HEAD

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 DODGE CARAVAN. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V234000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM); HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE.

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I BOUGHT MY 2012 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN IN MARCH OF 2012, AND BY THE END OF THAT SAME YEAR HAD TO HAVE NEW TIRE PUT ON THE FRONT OF THE VAN, (THEY WERE COMPLETELY WORN). I HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE ELECTRONIC DRIVERS SET NOT WORKING IN FACT HAS NOT WORKED PROPERLY SINCE I HAVE HAD THE VAN, AND WHEN I TOOK IT TO HAVE IT LOOKED AT THEY OF COURSE COULD FIND NOTHING WRONG, TO THIS DATE IT IS STUCK IN THE SAME POSITION AND WILL NOT MOVE. THE SLIDING AUTOMATIC DOORS, AT TIMES DO NOT WORK FOR GREAT PERIODS OF TIME AND SOUND VERY GRINDING WHEN THEY ARE WORKING. THEN WITH IN THOSE SAME FEW MONTHS IN 2012 THE VAN STARTED TO RUST INSIDE THE GAS DOOR. IT HAS BEEN FIXED TWICE ALREADY AT DEALERSHIP AND STILL RUSTS! I HAVE ALSO HAD TO REPLACE THE BREAKS AND ROTORS ON THE BACK AND NOW THEY ARE NEEDING TO BE DONE ON THE FRONT. I HAVE APPROX. 30,000 MILES ON MY VAN. THE OTHER COMPLAINT WITH VAN IS THE LACK OF A/C POWER, AND THAT IT SOMETIMES FEELS THAT THE ENGINE IS BOGGED DOWN WITH NO LOAD, OR IS HESITANT JERKY.

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I HAVE A DODGE CARAVAN 2012 AND TAKING IT IN FOR SEVERAL ELECTRICAL ISSUES. WHEN IT WAS SENT TO THE DALLAS DODGE IN DALLAS, GA THERE WAS AN ISSUE WITH CAR KILLING TWO BRAND NEW BATTERIES. BROUGHT A THIRD ONE AND FINALLY CALL TO HAVE IT PICKED UP SO THEY COULD CHECK IT.HE THEN CALLED ME AND SAID IT WAS THE DRIVER SEAT WIRING SYSTEMS AND TO FIX IT WOULD BY $500.00. I ADVISED HIM IF THAT WAS THE ISSUE AND IT WOULD BE WORKING PROPERLY GO AHEAD.I PICKED UP MY CAR AND GOT IT HOME. THE NEXT MORNING THE BATTERY WAS DEAD. SO I HAD IT SENT BACK TO THEM AND THEY CHECK IT AGAIN AND DID NOT FIND ANYTHING. I GOT IT BACK THE NEXT DAY WHICH WAS A SATURDAY AFTER SITTING THERE MAKING SURE THEY CHECK EVERYTHING. BASICALLY THEY SAID THE BATTERY WAS DEAD AND NOTHING WAS WRONG. I TOLD THEM IF I HAD ANY ISSUES I WOULD BRING IT BACK ON MONDAY. I ADVISED I WILL REMOVE THE BATTERY CABLE TO AT LEAST GO TO CHURCH THE NEXT DAY. WHEN I GOT HOME FROM CHURCH I DID NOT TAKE CABLE OFF AND BATTERY DIED AGAIN. SO ON MONDAY 8/17, I WAS AT THE DEALERSHIP AGAIN. THEY SAID THE PUT IT ON A COMPUTER SYSTEM FOR SEVERAL HOURS AND ONLY NOTICE THAT MY BATTERY WAS HAVE WAY DRAINED. I STILL NO ANSWERS TO WHAT CAUSED IT TO DRAIN. I NOTICE THAT A MOTOR IN THE REAR AREA WOULD NOT STOP RUNNING. THE CAR WOULD COMPLETELY TURNED OFF. NO WE NOTICE THAT WE HAVING DELAYS IN STARTING THE CAR LIKE FUEL IS NOT GET THE ENGINE. AFTER A COUPLE OF MINUTES TRYING TO START, IT WOULD STALL OUT AND THEN FINALLY START. SO AGAIN I HAD TO TAKE BATTERY CABLE OFF UNTIL THE NEXT FOLLOWING MONDAY - 8/24, I THIS TIME THEY ADVISED ME IT WAS THE TIMP MODULE AND IT WILL COST ME $1000 TO FIX IT. ME AND FAMILY DON'T FEEL SAFE IN THE CAR, NOW WE ARE EXPERIENCING STALLING WHILE WE ARE DRIVING. THIS IS NOT GOOD SERVICE IF YOU KNOW THERE IS AN ISSUE AND THERE IS A RECALL FOR THIS PART.

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 DODGE CARAVAN. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED, THE DOOR WARNING LIGHT FLICKERED AND THE REAR DRIVER SIDE DOOR OPENED INDEPENDENTLY. IN ADDITION, SMOKE FUMES EMITTED INTO THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V234000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM); HOWEVER, THE RECALL PART NEEDED WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 51,000.

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 DODGE CARAVAN. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V234000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM) HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE RECALL REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THIS RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 DODGE CARAVAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT REMAINED ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND THE COMPUTER CHIP WAS REPLACED; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED MULTIPLE TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER TWICE, WHERE THE AIR BAG SENSOR AND THE AIR BAG HARNESS WERE REPLACED, BUT THE FAILURE PERSISTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 4,500.

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RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE ON REAR QUARTER VENT WINDOW SWITCH AS HAZARD IN EARLY 2014. CALLED DEALER; NO REPLACEMENT PARTS. CALLED DEALER AGAIN IN JULY 2014 (AND SEVERAL TIMES SINCE); STILL NO REPLACEMENT PARTS. TALKED TO DEALER TODAY (7/12/15) ; STILL NO INFO ON PARTS. DO WE HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL THERE'S A FIRE AND THEN FILE WITH OUR INSURANCE COMPANY?

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CYLINDER #3 MISFIRE CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO STALL AND WHEN RESTARTED STALL AGAIN AND LOSE BRAKES AND STEERING.. .UPDATED 07-16-15 *BF

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THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT WAS ON WHEN I STARTED THE VAN THIS MORING AND THE LIGHT HAS NOT GONE OFF.

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 DODGE CARAVAN. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V234000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM); HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE.

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 DODGE CARAVAN. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V234000 (REAR QUARTER VENT WINDOW SWITCH); HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE.

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I CONTACTED THE DEALER REGARDING THE POWER VENT SWITCH RECALL AND THEY FAILED TO PLACE THE ORDER FOR THE PART. ABOUT A MONTH LATER I HAD AN OIL CHANGE AND FOUND OUT THAT THE PART WAS NOT ORDERED SO I PLACED THE ORDER THEN. I AM STILL WAITING FOR THE PART TO COME IN. DEALER IS NEW RIVER AUTO MALL CHRYSLER/JEEP/DODGE IN HARDEEVILLE SOUTH CAROLINA.

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2012 DODGE CARAVAN. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO PARTS NOT AVAILABLE TO COMPLETE REAR WINDOW SWITCH RECALL NOTICE. *SMD THE CONSUMER *JB

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