I heard the sound of metal scraping on metal when I applied the brakes. I took it to Boubin Auto Repair and they said they replaced the rear calipers, rotors and pads. They failed to connect the parking brake cable on the right side. The parking brake cable broke later and I took it to Hubbell's Auto Repair and they replaced the parking brake cables. Years later, I once again heard the scraping sound of metal on metal when applying the brakes. This was about 2.5 years after it first happened. The vehicle has about 67,000 miles on it now. I bought it new in 2015. I took it to Hubbell's Auto Repair again and they said the right rear brakes had a piston blown out of the caliper and no pad left on one side. They replaced the rear calipers with non-Mopar (aftermarket) calipers, replaced the rotors and pads. That cost $863.23. Uneven and inefficient braking resulting from failed rear brakes could result in an accident.

- Cedar Rapids, IA, USA

Brake lights come on and off by them selves mechanic switched the brake light switch and still have issues.

- Riverdale, GA, USA

Rear brake condition, 2015 Dodge Grand Caravan SE (dual front piston brake version): A tire change at 85752 miles and slightly more than four years of road use revealed normal front rotors with 8mm of brake pad material remaining on the front pads but as little as less than 1mm on the rears with both rear rotors heavily corroded on their face as well as having significant areas of missing material on the face due to corrosion as large as 1.5' X 1' and as deep as 1mm. (this condition is additionally unusual as it is common for the front brakes to wear before the rear brakes due to weight shift under braking requiring that the front brakes endure the bulk of the burden of slowing any vehicle, as well as by design where brake bias is shifted to the front to prevent the rears from locking under braking via the use of a proportioning valve; the corrosion on the rotor face seems to be indicative of a lack of adequate rear pad contact.) the large area of missing rotor material corresponded with the most-worn pad, probably due to the sharp edges of the depression acting to slice, rather than abrade, the associated pad. Anecdotally, mechanics spoken with indicated they have frequently seen this generation of Dodge Grand Caravan with similar rear rotors and pads. This condition is unsafe due to the apparent lack of application of the rear brakes during the braking process, as well as being possibly indicative of a defect due to premature and abnormal wear of a brake component, along with the possibility of there being an error in the basic vehicle brake design/engineering as this condition may be due to an improperly specified or incorrectly functioning brake proportioning valve. Due to the safety critical nature of this discovery, it may be of value to have the rear brakes of all 2008-2020 Dodge Grand Caravan inspected.

- Needham Heights, MA, USA

The van was pulled in to a driveway with a slight tilt, put in park, with the key removed from the ignition, in park. The primary driver almost always uses the parking brake, and believes it was on at this time. The sliding door behind the drivers side door was opened, something taken out, and closed. At that point in time, the van started rolling backward, to the point where it actually impacted the house on the other side of the street. Problem has not been reproducible. Taken to the dealership, they performed basic testing, could not reproduce the problem, but will not state that the car is safe at this point in time.

- Ashburn, VA, USA

The contact owns a 2015 Dodge Grand Caravan. On several occasions, while driving various speeds, the contact was unable to depress the brake pedal. The contact stated that the brake pedal was very firm. Initially, the failure only occurred while the vehicle was in the reverse gear. Recently, the failure occurred with the vehicle in drive. On several occasions, the check engine warning indicator illuminated prior to the failure. The contact turned the vehicle off and on, which seemed to remedy the failure. Additionally, the contact stated that there was an abnormal grinding noise coming from the rear brakes. The contact stated that the failure was intermittent. The vehicle was taken to holden Dodge Chrysler Jeep Ram (640 S governors ave, dover, de 19904, (302) 734-5708) to be diagnosed. The contact was informed that the mechanic was unable to retrieve a fault code or duplicate the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 14,000.

- Wyoming, DE, USA

Approaching a T interesection on a reidential street at about 15 mph, I turned right and the vehicle steering was hard and I held on to the steering wheel to direct the vehicle to the street on the right. I stepped on the brakes it did not respond. I stepped on the parking brake foot pedal and the brake dashboard lite turned on but vehicle kept going..I panicked and somehow I managed to slow down and shift the vehicle to P the to D then to P and turned off the ignition. I checked the engine, brake fluid and power steering fluid..everything was ok.

- Orlando, FL, USA

Back left wheel smelled very hot when I got out of the van.went to touch very hot to touch took to local mechanic, after calling dealer ship said out of warranty.back left calipers were bad had to replace both rear calipers, rotors and brake shoes.I believe anything to do with brakes are a hazard the wheel got hot from calipers not working properly could have caused a blowout and brake system failure.im not a mechanic but the mechanic I took it to was disgusted that the calipers had gone bad expecially at that mileage. He suggested I called my dealership back and tell them want happened which I did.the owner said cant help when I take to an outside mechanic.I believe this is a safety hazard I also checked other online complaint seems to have been a problem with Dodge van for last 3-4 years.

- Elyria, OH, USA