I have a 2016 Dodge Grand Caravan with approx. 80,000 miles. My check engine light recently came on, cylinder 2 misfire. I had code read at auto zone and they suggested a tune-up. My husband and his friends replaced the spark plugs and the coils. Light stays on but eventually goes away. I begin my summer travels and the light comes back on. Same code. I ended up taking it to an independent shop where they tell me I will need a new cylinder head and my VIN is not covered under the warranty for the other models of the van (I believe the 2010-2013 models). Has anyone else had this problem with the 2016 models? Any insight is appreciated. It frustrates me that I may have to pay A LOT of money to fix a car I am still paying on. TIA

 

some models did have cylinder head problems.

 

Hi Akaempfe1s,

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I also have a 2016 with 70,000 miles and cylinder 2 misfire. I changed plugs, then after the light came back, I swapped coils around. I have not taken it to get a compression or leak down test. Have you heard anything else with getting yours fixed?

 

I had the same issue on my 2015 T&C with 64k miles. Replaced all plugs and coils and light came back. Ended up being cylinder head. Dealer replaced under 100k powertrain warranty. Quote for all work done was over $4500. Thankfully I had the factory powertrain warranty. My 2017 Grand Caravan only has a 60k powertrain warranty from the factory.

 

Misery loves company.....

I have a 2017 Dodge Caravan that is the 4th Mopar product that I have had and we have always been thrilled. We bought the Van last year with about 50,000 miles and now it has about 80,000. We recently got the check engine light and diagnosed as a P0302. We took it to a shop and the recommendation was to change the coil and plug. While they had it apart, they upsold us on changing out the 2 other plugs and coils on that side of the motor. It was a reasonable expense to expect on a vehicle with that kind of mileage. I was a little upset but felt sure that was going to be the solution.

Quickly after having this replaced (1 day), the CEL came on again and we took it to the dealer at the request of our local shop. The local dealer quickly told us that it would be about $500 to test the compression and their guess was that it was going to require about $4,000 to repair the head.

Needless to say, that was a big surprise and a pill that I was not willing to swallow.

I have seen this as an issue with older Dodge Caravans at which an extended warranty was extended to these models... not the newer models.

We continue to drive the van as little as we can while I continue to research options. I don't want it stranding my family but I also don't want to spend $500 for a compression test and then likely $4,000 on a repair that will not add .01 to the value of the vehicle... it will just reduce the value.

Any recommendations how to have a conversation with Dodge? I did contact them through their website and they gave me an apology but now ideas on how to get help on this issue.

Thank you to anyone that is reading this.

Humbly,
Dodge Caravan Owner - Eric

 

I did talk to Chrysler about the issue after they commented on my post on this forum. It was evident pretty quickly that I wasn't going to get anywhere. I was forced to do the coils first, which was not covered under the powertrain warranty, before they would do the compression test. After less than a month with new coils the same code came back. They did the compression test and found issues with the head. Luckily my work was covered under the powertrain warranty. We bought the van new so Iknew it well. We had some other issues (clock spring, power door, cracked fuel line) which made me lose all confidence in the van. I didn't want my wife to be stranded again so we traded it on a new Honda Odyssey. There is no comparison in the 2. The Honda is 10x the van. Both van's are higher trim level but everything about the Honda is better. I obviously dont know your situation but I would trade it in if I were you. I also have a 2017 Grand Caravan that I bought new because i got an unbelievable deal. It's an SE with the blacktop package and single DVD. Sticker was 31k and I got it for 21k out the door. I planned on keeping it for a long time but my experience with my 2015 has me second guessing. I may get rid of it once the 60k mile powertrain warranty expires. Just my 2 cents. Hope all works out for you.

 

Hi Eric, we'd be happy to help! Please follow up with us via PM to provide more details regarding your concerns so we may determine how to best assist you.
Rob
DodgeCares

 

Did you ever get it fixed? I have the same problem and my mechanic is telling me that he thinks it's the head.

 

I have a 2016 Dodge Grand Caravan with approx. 110,000 miles. When my car was about 75000 My check engine light came on, cylinder 2 misfire. I had code read at auto zone and they suggested a tune-up. I took to a shop to replaced the spark plugs and the coils. Changed plug, coil and injector and told it is a factory compression fault and I have to pay to have it fixed, few thousand. Loses power on acceleration and almost caused me to be rear ended. My VIN is not covered under the warranty or any recall. Has anyone else had this problem with the 2016 models? I already pay a LOT of money to get this fixed and no lucky so far.