10.0

really awful
Crashes / Fires:
2 / 1
Injuries / Deaths:
0 / 0
Average Mileage:
38,828 miles

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problem #73

Feb 222020

Grand Caravan

  • 180,000 miles
The sliding door on the passenger side makes a loud buzzing noise when you lock or unlock the door.

- Fort Worth, TX, USA

problem #72

Oct 102019

Grand Caravan

  • 55,000 miles
Automatic second row passenger doors and or locks are sealed shut. The doors cannot be opened or closed and are sealed completely and totally shut. There is no manual over ride system to manually open and close the doors or to manually unlock the doors to open them. These are the doors that children use to get in and out of the vehicle as these are the seats that children, toddlers, and babies ride in. These doors are completely and totally sealed shut and cannot be opened manually. They may or may not be locked and cannot be unlocked manually either. The auto mechanic cannot get inside of these door panels to find out what is wrong even after stowing the seats as there is also no way to get the door panels off from the inside of the car while the doors are sealed shut. You have to open the doors to get the door panels off to look inside of the doors to see what is wrong. But, you cannot do this because the doors are sealed shut. Faulty and defective design and engineering! serious safety issue for children! mechanic cannot get any information from Dodge about how to fix problem. Doors have been sealed shut for 6 months. Cannot get in or out of either door in second row. No manual override of any kind to use doors as manual doors. Automatic door design and automatic lock design are defective and present a serious safety issue. Dodge not telling dealers or mechanics how to fix this either. It is a mystery and Dodge is not sharing information to get it fixed.

- Oviedo, FL, USA

problem #71

Oct 092019

Grand Caravan

  • 45,000 miles
Loud buzzing noise on sliding door unlocking mechanism rear passenger

- Houston, TX, USA

problem #70

Dec 032019

Grand Caravan

  • 59,000 miles
My rear drivers side door lock will not move back to unlock. The key fab, the dome button, not the door handle will move the lock position to open the door. I noticed it after I was driving and turned off the car. It happened after the car was started and then shut off after driving it.

- East Syracuse, NY, USA

problem #69

May 222019

Grand Caravan

  • 56,000 miles
I have a 2016 Dodge Grand Caravan and every time I unlock the door or lock it it makes this loud buzzing noise, the door works fine it opens and close. But when using the unlock button from the key everyone can hear the load buzzing noise took the car to dealer and they stated the problem was a faulty door lock actuator. They want $650 dollars to fix the problem.

- Rose Hill, NC, USA

problem #68

Feb 022019

Grand Caravan

  • miles
The rear driver side sliding door will not open. One day it just stopped working. This car was not even 1 year old when this happened only 40,000 miles on the car. I have came to the conclusion this is a common problem among Dodge Caravan but this is a huge safety issue. Most people that purchase a minivan have young children and having a door that doesn't open poses a serious risk in an emergency. I have read many post with people having the same issue and hopefully they will file a complaint as well.

- West Roxbury, MA, USA

problem #67

Nov 072018

Grand Caravan

  • miles
The right rear sliding door makes a loud buzzing noise anytime the unlock button inside the vehicle or when the key fob is pushed to unlock.

- Duluth, MN, USA

problem #66

Jul 062018

Grand Caravan

  • 24,000 miles
Both sliding door locks have failed

- Panama City Beach, FL, USA

problem #65

Nov 032019

Grand Caravan

  • 65,000 miles
Passenger side sliding door makes loud buzzing noise when locking or unlocking the doors. I have researched the issue and it appears other people have had the same issue with this make and model.

- Wichita, KS, USA

problem #64

Jun 032019

Grand Caravan

  • 50,000 miles
The passenger sliding door is stuck in the locked position and will not open. The lock electronic lock switch will not disengage, the automatic door mechanism will not work, and the door will not function in manual mode. As a van with passengers in the back, this is posing a safety hazard with people having to exit the van on the side facing traffic. If the drivers side sliding door fails in a similar fashion, a greater safety would result if people cant egress the vehicle. The local Dodge dealer indicates this is a common issue and that there is no recall for this issue.

- Spotsylvania, VA, USA

problem #63

May 022019

Grand Caravan

  • 72,000 miles
My 2016 Dodge Grand Caravan makes a loud buzzing noise when pressing the unlock button, on the passenger side.

- Riverview, FL, USA

problem #62

Oct 282019

Grand Caravan

  • miles
The locking mechanism on my side door is making a loud buzzing noise - like it's not working correctly. I did some research and I'm not the only one having this problem. I don't think that I should be responsible for what looks to be a defect.

- Valrico, FL, USA

problem #61

Oct 012019

Grand Caravan

  • 70,000 miles
The liftgate will not open. Somedays it will open by push button or by the fob, but when it stops working it will be weeks before it starts to work again. The liftgate wont open manually which can be a safety hazard if there was a. emergency. The car is parked when this happens.

- Jacksonville, NC, USA

problem #60

Oct 232019

Grand Caravan

  • miles
The lock switch went out on vehicle after having it for 2 years. The ac unit in the back half goes in/out. The transmission is going out on the car after having it for 3years in May.

- Dallas, TX, USA

problem #59

Oct 122019

Grand Caravan

  • 57,000 miles
The sliding door makes a buzzing sound upon locking the door. The vehicle was stationary.

- Fleetwood, PA, USA

problem #58

Oct 012019

Grand Caravan

  • 54,000 miles
Passenger rear sliding door makes extremely loud buzzing noise when any doors lock or unlock. There had been no damage done to the vehicle and this came completely random. Very disappointed in Dodge! I walked out hit unlock on the key fob while vehicle was stationary in my driveway. Heard buszzzzzzz super loud got nervous couldn't figure out the noise. I figured it out when I turned the ignition and the doors then locked and the noise happened again. Has now happened everytime since then and it's extremely loud.

- Kirkland, IL, USA

problem #57

Oct 062019

Grand Caravan

  • 37,000 miles
Right passenger sliding door is stuck in locked position. Unable to open or unlock the door, and there is no manual override. This creates a safety issue due to inability to get my young child out. This problem occurred out of nowhere, one day it worked and the next it wasn't. the vehicle was stationary. The van only has 36 thousand miles on it.

- Gilbert, AZ, USA

problem #56

Oct 102019

Grand Caravan

  • 65,000 miles
My 2016 Dodge Caravan just shuts down while driving. After sending the car to the Dodge dealer 5 times, it still has the same issue. Now, it turns back on, so when I take it, they cant find the problem. I hear there are lots of these issues, but not sure what is wrong. 1st time, driving in a parking lot, just shut down. Lost all power steering, breaks, no lights, would not turn back on for two days, so I towed it to Dodge.they found failure in the tipm, 2nd same day I got the car back, I towed it in again driving home, it shut off, no signs, no brakes, no steering, very scarry city street, blocking traffic. Dodge said a wire was loose. 3rd time, could not diagnose as ot it started back up and no codes. 4th, this time it stopped, I smelled gas. The fuel line broke, it started up after a guy pushed the line back on. I drove it to Dodge, hoping it was the issue. It was not. 5th time, I was out of town, it drove the 4 hours, it was the next day it shut down on me twice on a busy freeway in austin tx. If I wait now about 5 to 10 minutes, it starts again. In between that time the the engine will not turn over. I towed it to carmax, they could not find anything wrong after 4 days in shop. Drove it home, and it died on me 4 times on the freeway, busy highway. Im so over this and scared. Drove it to Dodge again, no codes to show why.

- Kemah, TX, USA

problem #55

Aug 152019

Grand Caravan

  • 85,000 miles
When I open or unlock my doors, I get a loud buzzer. I see from on-line posts this is a common problem with 2016 vans like mine and it costs $600 to fix. This should be a recall.

- Wellsville, KS, USA

problem #54

Oct 082019

Grand Caravan

  • 69,000 miles
Driver's side sliding door stuck locked shut. Cant even manually unlock

- Lakewood, CO, USA

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