Used 2015 Dodge Grand Caravan SXT Minivan Review
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Love my Van
Rob, Bakersfield, CA, 12/06/2016
2015 Dodge Grand Caravan SXT 4dr Minivan (3.6L 6cyl 6A)
I have a 2015 Grand Caravan SXT with navigation. I love the look of the outside and inside of the Dodge over that of the Toyota or Honda. I like how my car rides and handles. I like the Dash and console, both glove compartments (upper glove compartment has a USB port inside). I really like the fold in the floor middle seats, why Toyota or Honda have not installed these into their … vans is a big mistake. I love the navigation, it is very simple.
I like the Bluetooth, it is also very simple to use. My sister has a 2016 Honda CRV and her car phone is horrible and always calls the wrong person and her navigation is very confusing. I like the hard drive, I can save my favorite song or band, and then the radio will notify me if the song or band is playing on a different station, a very cool feature. I like how easy it is for a 6 foot 1 man to get into and out of the van. I have to duck to get into most cars, my sisters Tahoe, CRV, 4 Runner, or my aunts Honda Odyssey. My van has power sliding doors and tailgate, driver, passenger and back seat heating and air conditioning controls. The dash is laid out really nice and I love the full console, just wish it had a big armrest. Overall the van is very quiet and has very little road noise.
Ok, what I don't like. The air conditioning needs to be colder and it needs a sync so I don't have to turn each temp control, the seats could be a little bigger for large people, they are comfortable for me, but I do wish they were wider and I hate the little armrest, they need to put a big armrest on the console like the new Kia. The third-row back seat is uncomfortable and I wish you could adjust the seat for and aft and the seatback angle, it is very straight and needs to have adjustments. Also all the info is in one small digital gauge in the dash so to see the mileage, trip odometer, miles left till empty, or any of the other functions you have to change it.
No power seats and no blind sport monitoring or backup sensors, to get the safety equipment you had to get the RT model (my car does have a backup camera, you get that with the navigation) and if you want all the safety gear you have to buy the top of the line and that comes with leather and I hate leather. One last gripe, in a new car why no auto headlights? I had a hard time learning to make sure I turn on and off my headlights, funny, but the daytime headlights are so bright you can very easily drive with no headlights. Last of all MPG is not the best, but my aunt' Honda Odyssey is not great either. My car has a 10-year warranty and an 8-year bumper to bumper, plus tracking if my car is stolen. I paid 29,000 out the door for my van and you can not get a Honda or Toyota anywhere near that price with power doors or tailgate. The transmission does shift a lot, but besides that, I like the power of the car. For the price I paid I feel like a got a real nice van. Is the Dodge as nice as the Honda or Toyota, for the most part, yes! Their seats are nicer and they do ride quieter, but they can not match the versatility of the Dodge.
This is the first time I have ever bought a Dodge, I have always bought a new Toyota's, my last car was a 1998 Avalon that I had for 17 years, but I think that Toyota's are ugly today, same with the Honda's.
Last, of all, I bought a van and I have no kids. I love how my van can carry anything I want and it's not a truck. Don't skip looking at minivans just because of what people think. Minivans are far more practical than an SUV, truck, or car. Do yourself a favor and test drive one. They ride like a car and can carry 7 people in comfort, for the most part, plus with the seats down you can go shopping and bring home almost anything a truck can.
The only issues I have had was the driver's side window power regulator went out twice. The Dodge dealership fixed the regulator in 2 hours. No cost to me as my car has a 10-year warranty. Just this last month I heard a loud band and I could not figure out what caused it. I finally noticed that my headrest had popped open. My headrests have a feature that if you are in an accident they deploy like an airbag. I went online to check this our and it seems that a lot of manufactures that use this design, and the headrests have issues with going off when you are just driving. Besides these 2 issues my car is running like new. I like my van and am very happy with my purchase. I do change my oil every 3,000 miles and keep up with any maintenance and so far most of the cars I have bought last me a long time.
12-29-2018 - I still have no problems besides the ones I described before. I still really like my minivan and would buy one again. In fact, if you have never owned a minivan, then do yourself a favor and buy one. I will never go back to a car, SUV, or truck. A minivan beets them all.
410-15-2023 - 9 years later, there are still no major problems. Love my van!
Great Value Minivan
Steve, Morgantown, WV, 07/20/2016
2015 Dodge Grand Caravan SXT 4dr Minivan (3.6L 6cyl 6A)
Had this vehicle for 19 months and have already put 40,000 miles on it. Zero problems with it. We traded in a 2011 toyota sienna because of numerous electronic issues (battery drain, radio speakers cutting out when you turned left, power doors not working), so the caravan has been a nice change. Only complaint is everything seems a little tight in the interior. Particularly, leg room … is not very good for a minivan.
Highly Disappointed in Dodge.
Cary Lynn, College Station, TX, 08/17/2016
2015 Dodge Grand Caravan SXT 4dr Minivan (3.6L 6cyl 6A)
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.
Buy an old mini van
James w, Tomahawk, WI, 11/12/2015
2015 Dodge Grand Caravan SXT 4dr Minivan (3.6L 6cyl 6A)
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
Edmunds Summary Review of the 2015 Dodge Grand Caravan SXT Minivan
Pros & Cons
- Pro:Versatile seating and cargo bay configurations
- Pro:affordable base price.
- Con:Ride not as smooth as competitors
- Con:limited driver legroom
- Con:unrefined powertrain.
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