9:45 pm I had just taken the exit for 781 off off I-81 in jefferson county, NY to head to fort drum. I was in the right hand lane. I set the cruise control to 62, the speed limit is 65. It was about a mile or so down from the on ramp when the van shut off by itself at 62mph. There was no electrical or lights, not even the headlights worked. The steering wheel locked, the brake pedal locked and would not work. I had no control. There is no road lighting in that area and no other cars were around so I could not see the road or anything around me. My first instinct was that I needed to try to get out of the middle of the highway because no other cars could see me but the vehicle was still moving. I tried the hazard lights and they worked so I tried as hard as I could to pull the wheel to the right to get to the shoulder. I ended up hitting a guard rail and that's what ultimately stopped the vehicle. I was able to put it in park, and then I called 911. I tried to restart the vehicle and it worked fine. It took about 15 minutes for the police officer to arrive. She asked what happened, looked at the guard rail and the vehicle. I gave her my license, insurance and registration and she did the paperwork. I left the scene in the vehicle at 10:35pm. There is damage to the right side bumper and wheel well as well as damage to the hub cap. This was terrifying to experience. I am very, very lucky that I was alone on a straight, one way piece of highway. Total loss of control of the vehicle at a high rate of speed could have resulted in a catastrophic accident had the circumstances been different. I could have gone into oncoming traffic, I could have been rearended, my children could have been injured. There is an open recall for this model year Grand Caravan and the powertrain control module, but if I input my VIN it says there's no recalls for that VIN.

- Watertown, NY, USA

Sliding side door lock issues. One day works other days don't. sliding power door does not latch on in open position thus keep closing and hitting a person when its automatically closing. My son and myself has slammed by door more than I would like to say.

- Homer Glen, IL, USA

At power outlet the wiring harness rubs on the frame and caused the connector to get hot and melt the connector, wiring and melts the carpet it is a fire hazard

- Portsmouth, VA, USA

This problem began about a month ago. We had locked the door and we heard a loud buzzing sound come from the right side sliding door. Now every time we open, lock or unlock the car it makes a loud buzzing sound on that side.

- Woodburn, OR, USA

Just like the thousands of other my rear sliding door is locked shut and will not open. It started as a buzzing sound then completely failed. This is a huge safety issue and now my almost new van with only 54,000 miles is worthless. The whole point of buying it is to have the two sliding doors. The dealer says it will be $1,700 to fix. I promise this much. If Dodge does not do a recall on this specific issue I will never purchase from them again. This is ridiculous that there is no recall already on the doors. I have read all the forums and submittions and this is a wide spread issue. Chrystler/Dodge is well aware of the problem and have stepped up like an honest company and made it right. Buyers beware.

- Valdosta, GA, USA

Passenger sliding door will not unlock/lock other than doing so manually by moving the lock by hand. This renders the automatic lock/unlock button, key fob and automatic opener useless.

- Fayetteville, NC, USA

All the emergency light going on in the dash board, wipers working by them self, doors, radio, ac not working. Took to the mechanic center they change the fuse box but it did not solve the problem. Is their any explanation to fix this issue??

- Brooklyn, NY, USA

Without warning, the drivers side sliding door of my 2018 Dodge Grand Caravan initially began making a very loud buzzing noise when the automatic power locks engage while driving, however, this quickly escalated to not only an extremely loud buzzing noise when locked while driving, to an extremely loud buzzing noise anytime the locks are activated at all. This issue alone, while not exactly a safety concern, is concurrent with the same door intermittently either staying locked despite any effort to open it, or not being able to lock at all. Both of these latter problems could present a dangerous situation if not rectified.

- Louisville, KY, USA

I have less than 56,000 miles and have already had to replace the locking mechanisms on both sliding doors. The drivers side was stuck in the lock position and the passengers side was stuck in the unlock position. Both pose a safety concern for children in the backseat and theft of valuables because I could not lock one of the doors. Both were repaired by chronic Chevrolet under my paid extended warranty but I still had to pay the deductible for each one.

- Locust Grove, GA, USA

Our Dodge Caravan is 2 years old and the passenger side door locks won't lock or unlock with the fob or the actual door locks on the inside. It just stopped working. It was stuck in the lock position and we couldn't get my daughter out of the car without using the other door. The van is not longer under warranty for this issue as it has 45,000 miles on it. We bought the van from hertz 11 months. This is a safety issue and is a known issue with Dodge Caravan. There should be a recall on it. The Dodge dealership wants to charge $1700 for the actuator another ott that will probably break when they replace it and also an issue with the left control stick although working wasn't registering with the codes. It is $1300 just for the actuator, master switch and labor. The van was stationary when we first noticed it. We got back to the van when it was locked and parked and we couldn't open the passenger side door because it was stuck in the lock position.

- Oakland, FL, USA

Sliding door locks malfunctioning. At times even trying to manually unlock the door will not unlock. This is extremely unsafe should a situation requiring a quick exit arise and the children are unable to open the door(s). This happens with the vehicle is in park. The rear locks always make a buzzing sound but will lock/unlock only when it feels like it.

- Fort Worth, TX, USA

The first time this happened I was (June 22, 2020) on my way home from the dealership where I had just purchased the vehicle. I purchased it from out of state so it was about a 400 mile drive home. I was coming to a stop light and the brakes stiffened and didn't work. Also the power steering was gone. Luckily, I was able to pull over and turn the car off and then turn it back on again. A brake light was flashing on the dash so, I pressed the parking brake release twice and restarted it again. After I did this the car seemed fine. I drove home very carefully and called the dealer. They said to take it to the closest dealer to my house. I did the next day (June 23, 2020). The only problem code they found was in the brakes so they replaced those parts. I went home thinking that all was fixed. I drove the vehicle another 500+ miles in the next week without any problems. Then on July 4th it happened again, no brakes or power steering. I was lucky again in that I could pull over and restart the car. I took it in to the dealer when they opened on July 6th. They found no problem code and said until they had it happen while they were driving it, there was nothing they could do. The first time this happened I was driving downhill slowing down to a stoplight. The second time I was driving downhill and slowing for traffic when I noticed it. I was lucky that I was not on fast highways when this happened.

- Davenport, FL, USA

Bought the van in December of 2019. A few months ago I noticed that the van wasn't accelerating/shifting when going up hills. It delayed started one night and I had to shift if off and restart it. My front A/C stopped working and kicks on randomly. The doors don't automatically lock until a few minutes after being put into drive. Back right door doesn't lock. Recently took it to my mechanic and was informed that there is burnt wiring and possible plugged cad. Converter.

- Los Lunas, NM, USA

Driver side slide door stuck on lock.

- Patterson, LA, USA

The driverside door lock does not operate with remote or unlock or lock using the inside door lock button. Must use the key inside the fob remote device to unlock door from outside. I manually have to push knob down to lock and inside handle to unlock door.

- Staten Island, NY, USA

Driver's side sliding door will not unlock/open. I got to my destination and used the power button over visor to open the door and unload children. Used power button at the door to close the door after unloading children. Came out to van to go home and door would not open. The vehicle had around 42,000 miles and I had only owned the vehicle for 3 months. I bought it used from a dealer. I have researched this problem and it appears to be a common problem with the vans models 2014 and later. The repair cost is about $1100 for a faulty lock mechanism.I have tried multiple times to force the door to unlock and it will not unlock and can not be opened which limits access to the back on the van on the driver's side.

- Owensboro, KY, USA

The driver-side rear sliding door has locked and will not unlock manually, with door unlock button, or by key fob. When trying to unlock manually the mechanism rubber bands back to the lock position as if the locking mechanism in the door is stuck. This presents a safety hazard in case of emergencies. This luckily happened as I was going to put my son in the vehicle before leaving my home.

- Eglin Afb, FL, USA

Engine stalls without warning when gas gauge gets to 1/4 of tank. It has happened when going 70 mph on highway, in stop and go traffic on highway, going slow speeds on a residential street, or at a stop sign. Loose power steering and power brakes. Have to come to complete stop, put it in park, and restart it. No warning, no engine misfires, just abrupt sudden stop. The only common thing is the level of gasoline in the van. As long as it is filled before it gets to 1/4 tank, it doesn't have problems. Took to dealer who could not duplicate problem (had more gas in it) and they said there were no codes. They would not perform diagnostic tests on all systems. Asked them to test power control module since same problem was subject to recall of other 2018 Dodge Caravan under recall no. U87 for Chrysler and NHTSA campaign id 18V524000, but they would not, even though vehicle was still under the warranty provided as a certified used vehicle.

- Spring, TX, USA

On 9/19 the power locks are failing to work. Right now passenger door and sliding door locks stopped working. Sometimes you cant even unlock the door to open them. Which is a big safety problem. Now 12/19 driver side locks are having problems and not locking and unlocking. And sometime the driver side sliding door will not unlock so the door is stuck making it a major problem for exit if there was an emergency

- Cape Coral, FL, USA

The power locks are failing to work. Right now passenger door and sliding door locks stopped working. Sometimes you cant even unlock the door to open them. Which is a big safety problem.

- Cape Coral, FL, USA