2018 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN Complaints

DRIVER SIDE SLIDING DOOR STUCK ON LOCK POSITION CAN'T MANUALLY DOOR BUTTON ON DRIVER'S DOOR ALSO WON'T RESPOND AND FOB UNLOCKS OTHER DOORS EXCEPT THAT ONE. DOOR IS CLOSED AND LOCKED AND I HAVE SMALL CHILDREN IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY THERE IS NO WAY TO OPEN THE DRIVER SIDE DOOR TO GAIN ACCESS TO THEM OR TO SAFELY GET THEM OUT OF VAN IT'S A KNOWN ISSUE IN VANS FROM OTHER YEARS AND NEVER RECALLED.

SMALL OVERLAP VEHICLE ACCIDENT. DRIVER UNRESTRAINED. FRONT AIRBAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. DRIVER FATALITY.

2018 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN DRIVER SIDE PASSENGER SLIDE DOOR STUCK IN THE LOCKED POSITION WILL NOT RELEASE TO OPEN. VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION WHEN THE AUTOMATIC DOOR LOCKED, NOW IT WILL NOT UNLOCK AND UNABLE TO OPEN FOR NORMAL USE OR INCASE OF AN EMERGENCY. , PER DEALER THIS IS ONGOING PROBLEM AND ESTIMATED COST TO REPAIR $ 1100.00.

WE WERE DRIVING OUR VAN FROM YERMO, CA TO LAS VEGAS, NV ON 3/25/2021. WHEN WE ARRIVED IN LAS VEGAS, THE DRIVER-SIDE REAR SLIDING DOOR BECAME INOPERABLE BECAUSE THE LOCK WAS STUCK IN THE ENGAGED POSITION. THIS OCCURRED WITHOUT WARNING; THE DOOR WAS OPERABLE IN YERMO AND THERE WERE NO UNUSUAL SOUNDS THAT WOULD INDICATE AN IMPENDING PROBLEM. AFTER A LITTLE RESEARCH, I FOUND THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH GRAND CARAVANS, AND IS USUALLY CAUSED BY A FAILURE OF THE ELECTRONIC LOCK ACTUATOR. IT OFTEN OCCURS AFTER ABOUT 3 YEARS, OR 40K MILES. INDEED, OUR VAN WAS AT ABOUT 42K MILES AT THE TIME OF FAILURE. THE THING THAT TROUBLES ME ABOUT THE ELECTRONIC LOCK FAILURE IS THAT IT PREVENTS THE USER FROM MANUALLY UNLOCKING THE DOOR. IT SEEMS TO ME LIKE THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN DESIGNED TO COMPLY WITH 49 CFR 571.602 S4.3 FOR ONLY THREE YEARS. THEN DODGE CHARGES ~$1,100 TO REPLACE THE FAILED ACTUATOR, MEANING THAT THE ANNUALIZED COST TO THE DRIVER IS $367 PER REAR DOOR. WE HAVE FOUR YOUNG KIDS WITH AGES RANGING FROM 8 YEARS TO 5 MONTHS. THE INFANT CAR SEAT WAS PLACED ON THE PASSENGER SIDE, SO OUR OTHER THREE CHILDREN COULD ONLY REALLY ENTER AND EXIT THE VAN FROM THE DRIVER SIDE. THE FAILURE OF THE DRIVER-SIDE DOOR MEANT THAT WE HAD TO REMOVE THE ENTIRE INFANT CAR SEAT TO ALLOW THE OTHER KIDS EGRESS FROM THE VAN. HAVING ONLY ONE OPERATING DOOR IS NOT SUSTAINABLE FOR US, NOR IS SPENDING $733 PER YEAR TO KEEP BOTH DOORS OPERABLE.

I WAS DRIVING UP A BUSY INTERSECTION AND MY 2018 DODGE CARAVAN STOPPED RANDOMLY IN ON GOING AND ON COMING TRAFFIC AND I COULDN'T START IT. I HAVE HAD THE CAR FOR 8 MONTHS AND I KEEP UP WITH MAINTENANCE. MY FAMILY WAS AFRAID BECAUSE CARS WERE DRIVING UP FAST BEHIND US IN A NARROW TWO WAY STREET.

2018 GRAND CARAVAN DRIVER REAR SLIDER DOOR IS LOCKED CLOSE AND WILL NOT OPEN!!! I'VE SEEN MULTIPLE COMPLAINTS OF SAME ISSUE

DRIVERS SLIDING DOOR WON'T OPEN. IT'S STUCK IN THE LOCK POSITION WHICH MAKES IT A HUGE SAFETY ISSUE. DOOR WORKED ONE EVENING BUT NEXT DAY WENT TO OPEN THE DOOR & IT WOULDN'T OPEN. PRESSING THE KEY FOB UNLOCK & THE UNLOCK BUTTON ON THE DRIVERS DOOR DOESN'T DO ANYTHING. NO NOISE OR ANYTHING WHEN PRESSING UNLOCK BUTTON. FROM ALL THE RESEARCH I'VE DONE, IT SEEMS THIS IS A COMMON OCCURRENCE & SHOULD BE A RECALL AS THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE.

PASSENGER SIDE, REAR SLIDING DOOR LOCKING MECHANISM FAILED. THE DOOR IS STUCK IN THE LOCK POSITION AND CANNOT BE UNLOCKED REMOTELY OR MANUALLY. THIS CREATES A SAFETY ISSUE AS THE DOOR CANNOT BE OPENED.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2018 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE CONTACT WENT TO APPLY THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WHICH TRAVELED TO THE FLOOR WITHOUT WARNING. THE RPMS REVVED UP HOWEVER, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO RESPOND. THE CONTACT VEERED TO THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD AND CONTACTED HER HUSBAND. HER HUSBAND TURNED OFF AND RESTARTED THE VEHICLE HOWEVER, THE FAILURE PERSISTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO NYLE MAXWELL CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP RAM (14150 U.S. 79, TAYLOR, TX 76574 (512) 218-5300) TO BE DIAGNOSED, WHICH WAS STILL PENDING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT YET DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE SAME DEALER TWICE HOWEVER, THERE WAS NO SOLUTION TO THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 60,000.

MY POWER LOCKS WILL NOT WORK.I USED THE KEY FOB AND THE MANUAL IN THE VAN BUT THEY WORK OFF AND ON.THEN COMPLETELY LOCK UP AND WILL NOT LOCK OR UNLOCK.ITS NPT THE KEY FOB SO SOMETHING ELSE IS HAPPENING CAUSING ME TO BE LOCKED OUT OF MY VEHICLE.