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Shifting Roughly
2014 Dodge Grand Caravan
This problem may be covered under warranty. Ask your Dodge dealer.
8.0
pretty bad- Typical Repair Cost:
- $4,000
- Average Mileage:
- 38,600 miles
- Total Complaints:
- 8 complaints
Most Common Solutions:
- not sure (7 reports)
- replaced transmission (1 reports)
transmission problem
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A D V E R T I S E M E N T S
I bought a 2014 Dodge Grand Caravan in 2019 that was at the end of its lease. (Company lease) Since the week I took ownership I noticed it was periodically jerking like a standard would if you were not changing gears properly. (It is automatic though) It was consistently getting worse as days went on. I reported this to the dealer that it was purchased from. They thought perhaps a spark plug issue so replaced them. This however did not fix the issue. When I spoke to them and let them know it was still doing this, they were not sure what the issue was. I then spoke to another one of the service techs about it, at which point he suggested checking to see if ECO mode was on as he had other customers have a similar issue when ECO was on.
Sure enough due to where the ECO button is on the console it was inadvertently turned on when getting items at the bottom of console from what it seems. So I turned it off and the jerking stopped. Unfortunately not soon enough in my opinion, that the motor/transmission have not been affected to some degree. And regardless of how careful I watch to make sure it does not get turned on again by accident, there have been times that it has, and starts jerking again, at which point it is noticed it is jerking again. Since this originally started occurring, the vehicle does not sound quite right (engine) when driving and I have noticed it is slower then it should be to pick up speed from stop. Sadly this vehicle was out of power train warranty at the end of the lease to my knowledge. I am not sure what to do about this from here, this is the first newer vehicle I have purchased.
I am really disappointed that there is a chance due to this situation, that the likelihood of it lasting a good number of years yet, is seeming slim. It does not sound good or run like it should a year after I purchased it, due to what appears to be no fault of mine. I have maintained all the inner workings as I should (and the company leasing prior to me also kept on repairs and maint), and never delayed on having repairs and maint done as needed. I have noticed in my research, that there are quite a few people that have also had this similar issue arise with ECO mode. So perhaps there is something that is not going quite right in the manufacturing process with this ECO option and needs to be looked into more. Maybe I just got a lemon. I am not sure but it is very stressful driving it wondering when it is going to bite the dust which I don't feel I should be concerned about since it is only 6 years old.
- Kristina K., Jarvis, ON, Canada