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2016 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN — Complaint #1801432

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NHTSA Complaint about POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:FLUID/LUBRICANT filed March 14, 2022

NHTSA complaint #1801432 (ODI reference 11456678) concerns a 2016 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN and was filed on March 14, 2022. The owner reports the failure occurred on March 12, 2022. The vehicle had 135,000 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to Wisconsin based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as power train:automatic transmission:fluid/lubricant, one of NHTSA's standardized taxonomy codes used to group defect patterns across make, model, and year.

The filer flagged the following severity indicators: crash: no, fire: no, injuries: 0, fatalities: 0. No crash, fire, or fatality was associated with this report, which places it in the early-warning stream rather than the priority-review stream. Because a VIN was supplied, this complaint is tied to a specific vehicle and not just a model-year cohort.

Individual complaints are consumer-submitted and unverified by NHTSA engineers — the agency's role at this stage is to collect, index, and make them searchable. What matters for federal action is the pattern: when many owners of the same DODGE GRAND CARAVAN cohort independently describe similar power train:automatic transmission:fluid/lubricant failures, defect investigators have grounds to open a PE and request manufacturer data. Related filings for the same vehicle and component appear below, and the detail page for the full 2016 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.

Vehicle
2016 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN
Component
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:FLUID/LUBRICANT
State
Wisconsin
Mileage
135,000 mi

Complaint Description

The contact owns a 2016 Dodge Grand Caravan. The contact stated while driving 25 MPH, the vehicle started jerking and making an abnormal noise while accelerating. The check engine warning light was illuminated. The contact pulled over and attempted to reverse however, the vehicle stalled. The vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic to be diagnosed. The contact was informed that the transmission needed fluid and the transmission pump needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 135,000.

Complaint Details

NHTSA Complaint ID 1801432
ODI Number 11456678
Date Filed March 14, 2022
Failure Date March 12, 2022
VIN 2C4RDGCG7GR

Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.