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Highly Disappointed in Dodge.
Cary Lynn, 08/17/2016
2015 Dodge Grand Caravan SXT 4dr Minivan (3.6L 6cyl 6A)
14 of 28 people found this review helpful
After being a 2008 SE Grand Caravan owner, I expected so much out of my "upgrade" to the 2015 SXT. I owned my 2008 until it had 192,000 miles on it. We drove it hard, were rough on the inside, and used every feature it had. I have only owned the 2015 for 2 days and I am already very, very disappointed in Dodge. The first thing I noticed was that this SXT has a smaller engine. I had a 3.8 in my 2008, these new ones, no matter the trim level, only have 3.6. I didn't expect to notice what I thought was going to be such a small difference, but man, do I ever! These new vehicles have FuelEcon. This causes all kinds of different things to happen, which are supposed to be more fuel efficient.... "The feature adjusts engine timing and transmission shift points to optimize fuel economy. The transmission will upshift sooner, downshift later and skip select gears during shifts to allow the engine to operate at lower speeds. The torque converter clutch will engage sooner and remain on longer, and the engine idle speed will be lower." I am torn on using this feature. It was turned on when I picked it up, and I have driven over 75 miles in the 2 days I have had it. I live right off of a major highway, and acceleration is important. My 2008 got it, it would zoom up onto the highway, no problem. Eventually, when this 2015 finally accelerates, it does drives nice. It feels smooth and the seats are more comfortable than the '08. But, the acceleration on this '15 in no way compares to what I could do with the '08. I plan to drive with the FuelEcon off and see if this makes a difference. The next thing I noticed was that there was no "Info" button (so I can see who is singing), and no Bluetooth or UConnect. I had UConnect on my SE and an Info button, which I used all of the time to check out artist's names. Two nice features gone on this "upgrade". They also rearranged the dash, it looks a lot sharper, but the steering wheel blocks my speedometer and I can't see how fast I am going. I did find that I can now display my speed digitally, which is nice, so I keep that on so I can watch my speed. My son about flipped when he got in the car, to plug in his laptop, and there is no 110V plug!!! We use the plug for so many things. He charges his laptop, I run my oil diffuser, we used the wall charger plugged into it for one phone while another phone is plugged into the car charger. This feature can be added, by purchasing an adapter, but we will lose a car charger port in the process. The 2015 SXT has no compass, garage door opener, overhead storage or fog lights, all of which my 2008 SE had. The new van has both 3rd row vented windows on one switch, so you can't choose to open one or the other, it is both or nothing. Another thing that I will miss, in loosing these overhead bins, is the lighting. The 2008 had a nice lighting system. Each seat had their own reading light, and there was also a nice glowing light I could turn on and still see my kiddos but not impair my outside visibility at night. I have noticed a slight decrease in the cabin noise from my '08, but it is still considerably noisy. The 2008 had vibration noise with the overhead bins, by not having them, I have lost some of that noise. I was thoroughly disappointed that there is not USB in this vehicle. There was one available at the next trim level, but for a 2015 vehicle that is designed to carry many passengers, this was a shocker. Overall, if this one preforms as well, and for as long as my last one, I will ultimately be happy with it, but I just can't believe that Dodge took away so many features that were available 8 years ago on the lower, SE model. One feature that I do absolutely love is the new, taller console. Before, I had to reach down to the floor to get to the car charger. This new, taller center console, makes that so much more convenient.
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Buy an old mini van
James w, 11/12/2015
updated 12/05/2018
2015 Dodge Grand Caravan SXT 4dr Minivan (3.6L 6cyl 6A)
16 of 33 people found this review helpful
So first new car.. junk. Took me a bit to find all the faults. But this is unacceptable from a new car. Went back to the old van parked the new one. So hear is what I found is all wrong. Drive by wire is safety problem will not accelerate when needed. Can not make any little speed adjustments when driving works like an on off switch. the transmission wont stop shifting up shift and down shift. Clanks and clunks alot. Has 283hp good luck using it my old 102hp van will beat of the line and at top end. The new van is limmed to 113mph. No covers over the seat hooks on the floor so you cant use it to go camping with out being jabed with one. Sliding doors are slow. Far back seat cover over the junk is cheap plastic with no hing so im sure it will break in a couple of years. The far back seat does not move back or forward. So if your tall you wont fit in the back. The heat is ok not great. The duct gates for if the air is blowing on the floor or window leak badly so there is all ways air blowing in the wrong way. The stereo renders everything in two speaker stereo though 6 speakers. Any classic songs rendered in 7.1 sound horrible. There is no base from the back most of the base is from the front speakers. Rear visibility is poor. Don't lean on the side of the van or it will dent. On cold mornings first startup is accompanied by howling power stearing pump. Even when warm it idles at 1000 rmp vs 500 on the old van. When its running you will know it, noisy idle and acceleration poor exhaust design. Fuel mileage is poor for the vans size. O and the tracking controll doesn't do anything other then shuts down the rpms so you cant get up that last bit of driveway. The side windows cant be opened at highway speed with out risking poping a ear drum. The far back windows you cant open just one. Over all find an older minivan with out the drive by wire and with out the crapomatic 6 speed. Save your money. updated 12/4/17 Welp its broken again, trans died at 36k, paint is now pealing off the hood. replaced trans under warranty, failed again at 46k. currently at the dealer again. the last failure caused it to roll uncontrollably down a hill and smashed the back of it up. and they have found something wrong with the ecm controls. since its been broke so much i have replaced it with a 2005 with 170k on it. so far 20k on the 2005 no problems. updated 6/4/18 at the 46k break point it spent 3 months at the dealer being fixed. we got it back. they reprogrammed the ecm or something like that and replaced a few things. now it sits in the driveway and the lights blink randomly. i notice now it has a lot more transmission shudder as in all the time. and it will not backup any kind of hill with out shaking. It still randomly wont go in to gear i'm in drive but have no drive. and it still rolls uncontrollably. and if you slam on the breaks on pavement and the abs kicks on there are no breaks just a shuddering sound. we are only driving it when one of the other cars we have needs to go in for service. this one gets parked out back with the other junk cars. so far the 2005 van we picked up has been working flawlessly 215,000 tires and oil change and that's it. we have been getting 28mpg out of the 2005 as well. 12/4/18 It still runs. It's been at the shop as allways
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Jeremy, 03/17/2017
updated 03/20/2020
2015 Dodge Grand Caravan SE 4dr Minivan (3.6L 6cyl 6A)
3 of 5 people found this review helpful
Just out of warranty only HOT air blows from the passenger vents. Transmission went out at 84,000 miles.
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First time I own a minivan!
Wilma, 10/06/2015
2015 Dodge Grand Caravan SE Plus 4dr Minivan (3.6L 6cyl 6A)
2 of 3 people found this review helpful
We went to the dealer looking to buy a Durango, but the second row seats didn't recline enough so we decided to give the DGC a try and fell in love with it. We have two teens only, but travel 15+ hours a couple of times during the year so it made sense for us to have the space. Reclining seats on the second row were important to us because during our road trips, we often stop at rest areas and sleep for a few hours before taking the road again. I wanted my kids to be comfortable too. We have a Jeep Grand Cherokee Laredo and it will s great for traveling but it will be even better with the minivan. The DGC is our new "baby" I just wish the third row was bigger and had a better fit of the outboard seatbelts. We decided to not go for power doors because my husband didn't want any malfunctions down the road, but we did get the TV system and backup camera, which I love as it has made the transition from SUV to a HUGE minivan easier on me.
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Tire Pressure Issue/Sensor constantly on 2015
Sabina Ruggiero, 04/11/2016
2015 Dodge Grand Caravan American Value Package 4dr Minivan (3.6L 6cyl 6A)
7 of 16 people found this review helpful
I have bought my 2015 Dodge Grand Caravan in November 2014, first winter no problem, but 2nd winter in 2015 the problem began constantly light comes on that tire pressure is low, constantly going to garage to have tires filled up, light goes off for a couple of day and than it's comes on again. Took it finally April 2016 to Dealer to have it looked at, they said it was fine however, I left the dealer and the light was still on so they didn't do anything to fix it either, not even filled the air in tires so light would go off - never will buy a dodge again!!
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Reliable family car, won't change it for the world
John, 02/02/2021
2015 Dodge Grand Caravan SXT 4dr Minivan (3.6L 6cyl 6A)
1 of 1 people found this review helpful
Bought it new in 2015, cloth interior, DVD entertainment, stow-and-go. It drives like a charm, we had a lot of long trips and it is our main family car. It loves speed and the average gas mileage is 10L/100km (sorry US readers, I grew up in metric). Had minor issues with the front side around 30,000km and changed the link bars under warranty, not happy with the dealerships (in general), but no blame on the car. At 100,000km when there was no more warranty or free oil changes I started with my favorite fully synthetic oil, Amsoil, and put the same brand in the transmission plus iridium sparkplugs. No issues before this maintenance work but the car works better and acts happier after the work was done. Few small spots of rust around the wheels, not happy here but this is a minor thing and I'll take care of it this year. Other then that what can I say, sad to see them gone. there are still few left at the dealerships at awesome prices but I have no space for 2 of them in our garage, otherwise I would've bought a new, last model, last production one. Drives like a dream, comfortable for the whole family, good on gas, good looking, a reliable working horse (one of not so many vans who can fit 4x8 sheets of everything inside, with the gate closed). You take care of your car and she takes care of you. Very happy with the car. Now February 2021 she has almost 140,000 km and drives and feels like new.
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Do not waste your time and money and sanity
frotaine, 06/09/2015
2015 Dodge Grand Caravan SE 4dr Minivan (3.6L 6cyl 6A)
13 of 42 people found this review helpful
This vehicle is not reliable with little notice of impending problems. The cheap base price is a reflection of the cheap materials used to build it. Things will fall off or break easily and they are expensive to repair. Also Google complaints about the car and watch the flood of transmission, brake, and warranty problems that popped up. Buyer beware!
A piece of Junk!!!
Young k, 10/15/2020
2015 Dodge Grand Caravan American Value Package 4dr Minivan (3.6L 6cyl 6A)
3 of 9 people found this review helpful
I bought 2015 Dodge Grand Caravan. I drove for 5 years and 9 month and the transmission broke down after mileage 85000km. I had to rebuilt the damn transmission for 5000 dollars. Do not buy. Bought it cheap but now it is not cheap at all.
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actually a cool looking minivan..blacked out trim
bill roackitsch, 08/18/2016
2015 Dodge Grand Caravan R/T 4dr Minivan (3.6L 6cyl 6A)
1 of 3 people found this review helpful
yeah in a Grand Caravan, but its an R/T version. towing, dvd, sound quality, great gas mileage. leather with red trim; nice. and its the end of the line so I had to grab it. I suppose its exterior trim is considered blacked out but its not a thug statement, its just cool contrast!!! my one down side is as I've seen other places...highway noise. and jumpy on bumpy turns. overall I would grab another one for future use as it is a statement not a bland minivan!!!!
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Ken Maloney, 07/13/2016
updated 07/17/2017
2015 Dodge Grand Caravan SXT 4dr Minivan (3.6L 6cyl 6A)
3 of 31 people found this review helpful
Bought new and sight unseen-no driver aids-no climate control-a very dangerous vehicle to drive. Vehicle too unsafe, traded for Toyota Sienna in November, 2016
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