2006 Dodge Grand Caravan

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2006 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. WHILE THE CONTACT'S DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING 35 MPH, SHE CRASHED INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY AND THE SEAT BELTS DID NOT RETRACT. AS A RESULT, THE CONTACT'S DAUGHTER STRUCK HER HEAD ON THE STEERING WHEEL. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE DAUGHTER SUSTAINED A HEAD INJURY AND WAS UNCONSCIOUS. MEDICAL ATTENTION WAS REQUIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED AND TOWED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 128,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN SXT. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO SHIFT THE VEHICLE INTO PARK, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED UNEXPECTEDLY. AS A RESULT, THE VEHICLE CRASHED INTO THE REAR OF ANOTHER PARKED VEHICLE. THE CONTACT SUFFERED FROM HIP PAIN. AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC CLEANED THE THROTTLE PLATE. THE VEHICLE SUSTAINED SEVERE FRONT END DAMAGE AND WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 102,000. UPDATED 05/18/2015 *JS

I WAS DRIVING MY 2006 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN SE ON THE NIGHT OF I02/11/2014 WHEN A WRONG-WAY DRIVER HIT ME (HEAD ON COLLISION). SHE TURNED RIGHT TO GET GASOLINE (NOTE: NOT TO AVOID US, DID NOT KNOW SHE WAS GOING WRONG WAY UNTIL WE HIT HER), AND WE HIT HER SIDE DOOR, TIRE AREA, AND THE VEHICLE BOUNCED BACKWARDS. I HAD TO PUSH OFF THE STEERING WHEEL TO PREVENT MY HEAD FROM GOING THRU THE WINDSHIELD, MY FATHER WHO WAS THE PASSENGER, HIT HIS ARM OFF THE DASHBOARD. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, WHICH WAS THE ISSUE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED, THEY LOOKED AT THE CAR AND SAID NOTHING IS WRONG WITH IT AND THAT THE CAR WOULD HAVE TO BE CRUSHED FOR THE AIR BAGS TO DEPLOY, THE AIR BAGS HAVE BEEN RECALLED BEFORE, WHICH IS A CONCERN TO ME. WHEN LOOKING AT THE VEHICLE DASH BOARD, IT DOES NOT APPEAR THAT THERE IS EVEN A PASSENGER AIR BAG IN PLACE. MY BUMPER HAD DAMAGE, A LONG WITH MY HEAD LIGHT, ALONG WITH MY HOOD. I WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 40MPH IN A 45MPH ZONE, AS WE WERE SLOWING DOWN AT A RED LIGHT AND WHEN IT TURNED GREEN AGAIN I CONTINUED ON. WE HAD INJURIES OF OUR NECK AND BACK AS WELL AS THE DRIVERS LEFT FOOT, MY WRIST HURT FROM TIME TO TIME AND STILL SOMEWHAT DOES, FROM PUSHING OFF THE WHEEL.UPDATED 06/03/14 *BF UPDATED 06/06/2014 *JS

2006 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN REAR ENDED A CAR PARKED AT THE STOP LIGHT. THE AIRBAGS DIDN'T DEPLOY. THE DRIVER SUFFERED INJURIES BECAUSE HER HEAD HIT THE STEERING WHEEL. THE CRASH WAS ALMOST STRAIGHT ON. IF THE AIRBAGS WOULD HAVE DEPLOYED THERE WOULD HAVE NOT BEEN ANY INJURIES LIKE SHE IS SUFFERING NOW. THERE HAS NEVER BEEN ANY MODIFICATIONS MADE TO THE VAN, IT IS THE SAME AS WHEN WE BOUGHT IT BRAND NEW. *TR

LOW SPEED (AROUND 15 MILES PER HOUR) FRONT END COLLISION RESULTED IN DEPLOYMENT OF DRIVER SIDE AIRBAGS. KNEE AIRBAG WITH HARD PLASTIC COVER DEPLOYED AGAINST SHINS OF DRIVER, MY WIFE. WITHIN MINUTES OF THE ACCIDENT SHE HAD SEVER BRUISING, SWELLING AND PAIN. WITHIN A FEW WEEKS, THE SKIN AND TISSUE ON LEFT LEG TURNED BLACK AND REQUIRED SURGERY TO REMOVE. A FEW DAYS LATER SHE HAD A SKIN GRAFT DONE. SIX MONTHS LATER SHE CONTINUES TO HAVE SIGNIFICANT ISSUES WITH SWELLING, PAIN AND CIRCULATION. SURGEON HAS NOW REFERRED HER TO ANOTHER SPECIALIST. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH, THE CONTACT HAD TO MAKE A SUDDEN SHARP TURN AND CRASHED INTO A TREE HEAD ON. NONE OF THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. THE CONTACT INJURED HER EYE, NOSE, AND FRACTURED ONE OF HER RIBS. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN DIAGNOSED BY THE DEALER. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 17,000.

I WAS INVOLVED IN AN TRAFFIC ACCIDENT WHEN ANOTHER CAR TURNED LEFT IN FRONT OF MY CAR AT A LIGHT. THE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED AND MY SEATBELT APPEARED TO WORK. I ONLY HAD A MINOR BURN MARK PROBABLY FROM THE AIRBAG, A BRUISE ON ONE HAND AND A BRUISE ON MY RIGHT KNEE WHICH PROBABLY CAME FROM THE COVER OF THE LOWER AIRBAG UNDER THE STEERING WHEEL. THERE IS NO PROBLEM WITH THESE. MY WIFE, THE PASSENGER, HAS BAD BRUISES, SOME WITH SCRAPS, ACROSS HER BODY FROM HER LEFT WAIST TO HER RIGHT SHOULDER. HER RIGHT HAND IS BADLY BRUISED AND APPEARS ONE OR MORE FINGERS WERE BENT BACKWARDS FROM BEING JAMMED INTO THE DASHBOARD. SHE ALSO HAS BRUISES ON HER UPPER THIGHS. IT APPEARS THE SEATBELT FAILED TO WORK AND THE AIRBAG STOPPED HER OR THE SEATBELT FAILED TO LOCK ON IMPACT THEN SUDDENLY LOCKED. THIS ASSUMPTION COMING BECAUSE OF THE TYPE INJURIES. I FEEL THIS SHOULD BE BROUGHT TO SOMEONE'S ATTENTION. I CHECKED THE WEBSITE FOR DODGE/CHRYSLER BUT COULD NOT FIND A LINK TO NOTIFY THEM. I KNOW YOU DO WATCH FOR POTENTIAL PROBLEMS SO I AM SENDING THIS COMPLAINT TO YOU. *TR

DURING A RECENT ACCIDENT IN MY 2006 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN, THE DEPLOYMENT OF THE KNEE AIRBAG CAUSED SUBSTANTIAL BRUISING AND ABRASIONS TO MY SHINS, AND I EXPECT TO BE PERMANENTLY SCARRED AS A RESULT. WERE IT NOT FOR THE KNEE AIRBAG, I WOULD HAVE WALKED AWAY FROM THE ACCIDENT WITHOUT A SCRATCH. *JB

I TURNED INTO A DRIVE WAY AND THE CAR LOST CONTROL. BREAKS LOCKED AND I WOULDN'T STOP

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN SE. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 20 MPH WHEN THE ENGINE STALLED WHILE ATTEMPTING A LEFT TURN. THE VEHICLE ALSO JERKED AND THE BRAKES LOCKED CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO CRASH INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE CHECK ENGINE AND TRANSMISSION WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED INTERMITTENTLY PRIOR TO THE FAILURE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AS A RESULT OF THE CRASH BUT THE POLICE WERE CONTACTED AND A REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 44,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. THE VEHICLE WAS MODIFIED WITH HAND CONTROLLED BRAKES. WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE BRAKES FAILED WHEN DEPRESSED. THE DRIVER SWERVED TO AVOID A CRASH, BUT ENDED UP CRASHING INTO A CEMENT BARRIER. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED AND TOWED AWAY. THE VEHICLE MODIFICATION COMPANY EXAMINED THE BLACK BOX AND CONCLUDED THAT THE BRAKES DID ENGAGE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT EQUIPPED WITH AIR BAGS. THE PURCHASE DATE WAS UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 4,500.

12-13-06 FRONT CAR COLLUSION WITH NO AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT. APPROXIMATE SPEED OF VEHICLE LESS THAN 40 MPH. APPROXIMATELY 24 INCH INTRUSION INTO MIDDLE OF THE FRONT OF THE CAR BY PASSENGER SIDE FENDER AREA OF CAR THAT CAUSED COLLUSION. DAMAGE TO CAR WILL REQUIRE COMPLETE REPLACEMENT OF EXISTING AIR BAG SENSORS. *JB

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE HE ATTEMPTED TO START THE ENGINE, SMOKE EMITTED UNDER THE HOOD. THE MAIN WIRING HARNESS WAS ON FIRE AND SPREAD TO THE CENTRAL COMPUTER SYSTEM AND THE WHEEL WELLS. THE MANUFACTURER INVESTIGATED THE FAILURE AND CONCLUDED THAT THE WIRING HARNESS FAILURE WAS NOT CAUSED BY A MANUFACTURING DEFECT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 162,000. UPDATED 3/31/14 *CN THE CONSUMER STATED AS OF FEB 27TH, THE INSURANCE COMPANY TOTALED THE VEHICLE, DUE TO THE EXTENSIVE REPAIRS OF $6,800. THE MAIN WIRING HARNESS AND ALL THE COMPUTERS WERE DAMAGED, ALONG WITH THE FUSE BLOCK. UPDATED 04/01/14 ..UPDATED 04-22-14 *BF UPDATED 04/23/14

MY SLIDING DOOR QUIT WORKING HALF WAY THRU CYCLE. MY POWER WENT DEAD IN DOORS AND LOCKS I TOOK IT TO THE DODGE DEALER THEY COULD NOT FIND THE PROBLEM SAID IT WAS EITHER THE ECM OR THE BCM BUT NOT SURE. THEY DID NOT WANT TO REPLACE AS THEY WOULD JUST BURN OUT AGAIN IF THIS WAS THE PROBLEM AND STILL A SHORT SOMEWHERE IT WAS SAFE TO DRIVE. I DROVE IT HOME AND NEXT DAY WENT TO START IT AND THE MAIN WIRING HARNESS UNDER THE BATTERY AND ABOVE THE DRIVERS SIDE WHEEL WELL BURST INTO FLAMES BURNING THE ENTIRE MAIN ELECTRICAL HARNESS AND ECM AND FUSE BOX UP. TOOK IT BY TOW TRUCK TO DODGE DEALER AGAIN THEY SAID LOOKS LIKE WIRING HARNESS WAS WORN THROUGH WHERE IT WAS FASTENED TO THE FRAME AT THE ASSEMBLY PLANT. CALLED DODGE AND THEY SAID THIS HAS HAPPENED BEFORE SUPPOSE TO SEND AN INSPECTOR AND NO ONE SHOWED UP IT HAS BEEN OVER A WEEK AND NO HELP FROM DODGE OR THE DEALER WHO TOLD ME IT WAS SAFE TO DRIVE. I RECEIVED A LETTER FROM CHRYSLER STATING IT WAS NOT A MANUFACTURER DEFECT YEAH RIGHT!! *TR

MY SLIDING DOOR QUIT WORKING HALF WAY THRU CYCLE. MY POWER WENT DEAD IN DOORS AND LOCKS I TOOK IT TO THE DODGE DEALER THEY COULD NOT FIND THE PROBLEM SAID IT WAS EITHER THE ECM OR THE BCM BUT NOT SURE. THEY DID NOT WANT TO REPLACE AS THEY WOULD JUST BURN OUT AGAIN IF THIS WAS THE PROBLEM AND STILL A SHORT SOMEWHERE IT WAS SAFE TO DRIVE. I DROVE IT HOME AND NEXT DAY WENT TO START IT AND THE MAIN WIRING HARNESS UNDER THE BATTERY AND ABOVE THE DRIVERS SIDE WHEEL WELL BURST INTO FLAMES BURNING THE ENTIRE MAIN ELECTRICAL HARNESS AND ECM AND FUSE BOX UP. TOOK IT BY TOW TRUCK TO DODGE DEALER AGAIN THEY SAID LOOKS LIKE WIRING HARNESS WAS WORN THROUGH WHERE IT WAS FASTENED TO THE FRAME AT THE ASSEMBLY PLANT. CALLED DODGE AND THEY SAID THIS HAS HAPPENED BEFORE SUPPOSE TO SEND AN INSPECTOR AND NO ONE SHOWED UP IT HAS BEEN OVER A WEEK AND NO HELP FROM DODGE OR THE DEALER WHO TOLD ME IT WAS SAFE TO DRIVE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, BOTH REAR SLIDING DOORS OPENED INDEPENDENTLY. THE CONTACT STOPPED THE VEHICLE AND MANUALLY CLOSED THE DOORS. WHILE PARKED, THE REAR SLIDING DOORS CLOSED INDEPENDENTLY AND HAD TO BE FORCED OPEN. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER AND DIAGNOSED THE CAUSE OF FAILURE AS ELECTRICAL. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 130,000. MA 08/11/15 THE CONSUMER STATED THE FAILURE CAUSES PHYSICAL PAIN AND ANXIETY TO OCCUPANTS. THE DOORS WOULD LOCK CHILDREN INSIDE THE VEHICLE. THE INTERIOR LIGHTS AND RADIO WOULD NOT OPERATE. THE VEHICLE WOULD ALSO SHAKE VIOLENTLY. UPDATED 8/14/15 *JS UPDATED 09/03/15*LJ UPDATED 3/29/2016 *JS THE CONSUMER STATED SHE AS WELL AS HER CHILDREN HAVE BEEN SMASHED BY THE DOORS AND HER FAMILY HAS BEEN UNDER DOCTOR'S CARE SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED. UPDATED 04/05/16.*JB

ON 6/27/11 THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED IN OUR 2006 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN FOR NO REASON WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS BEING DRIVEN AT ABOUT 25 MPH. THE DRIVER HAD MINOR INJURIES. CHRYSLER HAS REFUSED TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE AT THEIR COST AND HAVE GIVEN US A REPAIR QUOTE OF ABOUT $4000.00. CHRYSLER TOLD US THAT THE AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT WAS ON FOR 250 DRIVING HOURS BEFORE THE INCIDENT, BUT THAT IS COMPLETELY FALSE. THEY WILL NOT RELEASE THE REPORT TO US. AT THIS POINT, THE VEHICLE HAS NOT YET BEEN REPAIRED. AFTER THE INCIDENT, WE WERE TOLD ABOUT A PREVIOUS AIRBAG RECALL ON SOME 2006 GRAND CARAVANS. AFTER THE INCIDENT, THE 2008 GRAND CARAVANS WERE ALSO RECALLED FOR UNEXPECTED AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT. ALSO THE STEERING GEAR WAS LEAKING AND HAD TO BE REPLACED. ALSO, THE BATTERY WAS REPLACED. UPDATED 10/25/11 *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH, THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE FRONT AIR BAGS DEPLOYED UNEXPECTEDLY. AS A RESULT, THE CONTACT SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES FROM THE KNEE TO THE LOWER LEG AREA. THE AIR BAG MALFUNCTION OCCURRED WITHOUT ANY IMPACT TO THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE AN INDEPENDENT INSPECTOR EXAMINED THE VEHICLE. THE PRELIMINARY DIAGNOSTIC REPORT INDICATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS RELATED TO THE ELECTRONIC CONTROL MODULE AND WAS NOT DUE TO A MANUFACTURER'S DEFECT. ALSO, THE COMPUTER DETECTED THAT THE AIR BAG WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED FOR OVER TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY DRIVING HOURS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE WARNING LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED FOR NO LONGER THAN FIVE MINUTES, AND THE INFORMATION IN THE PRELIMINARY REPORT WAS FALSE, IN REGARDS TO THE OPERATIONAL HOURS OF THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT. AFTER THREE WEEKS, THE VEHICLE WAS STILL IN THE POSSESSION OF THE DEALER. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 55,000. UYPDATED 09/16/11 *BF UPDATED 2/10/12 *CN

CAR WAS PARKED. I HAD OPENED DOOR MANUALLY. THOUGHT IT WASN'T FULLY OPENED; HIT POWER BUTTON ON DOOR JAMB TO OPEN FULLY. THEN LEANED AGAINST DOOR WITH LEFT HAND AND BENT OVER TO REMOVE ICE TRACKS FROM SHOES. DOOR CLOSED INSTEAD OF OPENING AND BEFORE I COULD REACT IT CLOSED AND LOCKED ON THUMB AND SEVERED IT COMPLETELY JUST IN FRONT OF KNUCKLE . SENSORS SUPPOSEDLY DESIGNED TO PREVENT DOOR CLOSING ON LIMBS DID NOT WORK. SENSORS ARE SUPPOSED TO PREVENT THIS INJURY, OR SO I THOUGHT. CAR HAS 3 BUTTONS TO ACTIVATE DOORS: OVERHEAD CONSOLE; REMOTE KEY & INSIDE DOOR JAMB. IF SENSOR DOES NOT WORK POWER DOOR COULD ACTIVATED FROM ANY ONE OF THESE LOCATIONS BY SOMEONE NOT FULLY AWARE OF ACTIVITY AROUND DOOR TO CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY.

ON THE 2006 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN WITH REAR STOW N GO SEATING, A PASSENGER WAS SITTING IN A CHILD BOOSTER SEAT ON ONE OF THE BACK STOW N GO SEATS. THE SEAT APPEARED TO BE LOCKED INTO POSITION. HOWEVER, IN TRANSIT THE SEAT EXPLODED BACKWARDS WITH THE CHILD. THE CHILD HIT THEIR HEAD ON THE BACK DOOR. THE ENDING POSITION WAS THE TAILGATING POSITION WITH THE CHILD'S HEAD CAUGHT ON THE REAR DOOR. THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME THE FAILURE OCCURRED. WE ARE NOT SURE WHAT CAUSED THE FAILURE. *TR