general problems of the 2013 Dodge Grand Caravan - part 2

Driver side sliding door will not unlock/open. Unable to move the lock. Just stopped working. No warning. Now the electric door lock system makes a squealing sound when the door lock system is used.

Placed vehicle in park and the transmission showed it was in reverse. Tried shifting to another gear and vehicle remained in reverse. Placed in park vehicle started revving up. Turned off vehicle. Vehicle started once after three hours and you could drive it, but as soon as you placed it in park the vehicle revved up to 1500 rpms. Had to turn off and could never start vehicle again. Two weeks and certified dealers can't find problems. Escalated to fca for assistance.

My vehicles automatic locks are malfunctioing. Passenger back sliding door does not lock at all. Drivers side sliding back door does not open because its stuck in loxked position. Drivers side window geys stuck open.

Van cranks but will not turn over / start. Stationary.

My drivers side rear sliding door will not unlocked manually or with the key fob or with the unlock button in the van. So this door will not open at all. It's stuck shut. Also when I press the unlock button inside the van and on the fob it makes a loud buzzing noise. This happened last evening after I had loaded my kids in the car to go home and parked in the driveway. I was unable to get my 1 year old out of her car seat from the rear drivers side sliding door. This is definitely a safety hazzard. What if that was the only way out of the vehicle due to an accident. We would be trapped.

Passenger sliding door buzzes when locked or unlocked. Stationary.

The contact owns a 2013 Dodge Grand Caravan. The contact stated that while driving at various speeds, the vehicle stalled without warning. Additionally, the vehicle failed to shut-off, causing the battery to become drained. There was an abnormal humming noise detected while the vehicle was idling. The local dealer was not contacted. The vehicle was not diagnosed nor repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 166,160.

I can be driving at 40- 50 miles an hour and it just shuts down. The power steering goes out and brake light sometimes comes on. I can't steer it. Once I was in a curve on a narrow road when this happened and I almost ran off the road. At times when I'm going about 30 miles an hour and it just stops on me. It will start right back up. It has happened at least 3 times. Sometimes it will start up and immediately die. At other times it will start and run fine.

Our 2013 Dodge Grand Caravan would start fine and idle fine. Once on the road driving around locally nothing more than 10 -15 miles from the house with average speed of 35-45 mph the engine would just die! no warning lights or sounds it would just die. You would have to pull to the side of the road and restart the engine. You then would continue on with your drive and at the next stop sign or traffic light it would do it again, the engine would just die. You would have to repeat the steps all over again and restart the engine. Another time my wife (luckily none of my 3 children in the van at the time) took a left hand turn and midway through the turn the engine died and lost all control of the van! no steering or brakes! almost sent the van off into the ditch and almost rolled over. Now the engine will just die even when idling in the driveway. Once again no warning. No mil identification light comes on and no codes thrown. Van has in the past 6 months had the battery, fuel pump, injectors and coil packs replace. None of which solved the problem. Dodge has no recalls for this VIN in regards to random engine dying even though hundreds and hundreds of consumers have expressed their concerns of the same issues. This van is very unsafe and does not belong on the roads let alone having a family of 5 travel in it. We feel Dodge is literally dodging the issue and this is unsafe consumer practice.

A few weeks ago my 2013 Dodge Grand Caravan would have a hard time starting up. A few days after this happened the check engine light came on while I was driving and I took it in and had the battery replaced. This past week the same issue started happening. It would crank up, but not turn over. This happened 3 times before the car actually started. I also noticed that the passenger side door would lock and unlock when it felt like it (when the car was on) and the alarm lights would work intermittently (when trying to arm the car). Yesterday it cranked up and it took 3 times to turn over. When I got out of work it would crank, but didn't turn over at all. I had to get a jump and was able to drive it to an auto shop. They kept it overnight, called, and said I had to take it to the dealer because they concluded it was a bad tipm module.

Does not start it has tipm fuel pump relay failure.

When driving vehicle down a city street, vehicle died as there was no power available. The vehicle finally started after multiple attempts and was driven to the residence. Another trip was taken which created the same issue in a parking lot but was started by jumping the vehicle after not starting. Vehicle was towed to dealer where the vehicle was purchased and was diagnosed as having the total intergrated power module (tipm) failing. Vehicle has approximately 111,000 miles with no previous repair history for this issue.

The Dodge Grand Caravan 2013 has 147,631 miles on it, and when starting the vehicle for 2 weeks it occasionally took 3-7 seconds to start the engine. Then the fuse/relay shorted out for the fuel pump because of the faulty electrical fuse box, causing the fuel pump to burn out. A new fuel pump was installed into the gas tank, and a Dodge factory part called an external wire kit was hard-wired into the wires for the fuel pump so that it could bypass the permanently burnt-out fuel pump fuse/relay part of the fuse box.

Airbags lights keep going on and off. The vehicle stalled out during moving and the steering locked up.

Within 500 miles of owning this brand new, it started having trouble starting. Long story short, we were told it was a defective fuel pump. Fast forward to approximately 105,000 miles it's having the same symptoms but won't start at all now. Chrysler has issued recall v62 for durango's and cherokee's with the same tipm and engine as a Grand Caravan but didn't include it in the recall. Approximate cost of repair is $1350 and the part is on back order for at least 3 weeks. Leading me to believe there is a serious problem with the part!!!.

The contact owns a 2013 Dodge Grand Caravan. The contact stated while driving approximately 65 mph, the ignition turned off and the vehicle coasted. The contact stated that power steering and the brakes failed to function. The contact coasted to a parking lot and was able to restart the vehicle after several attempts. The contact stated that the failure had become a recurring failure. The contact had taken the vehicle to an independent mechanic who diagnosed that the ignition switch needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer had been informed of the failure. The contact researched online and related the failure to NHTSA campaign number: 14v373000 (electrical system, air bags). The failure mileage was approximately 160,000.

1st time June 2020: while driving on highway, suddenly warning lights started going on and off and on, van lost electrical power, shutting down all lights, windows, etc. Engine would not switch gears. Luckily, made it off the highway before the engine died. Towed to mechanic, could not find an issue after it was jump started. They tested it for 5 straight days. Could not drive the vehicle at a highway speed once this started happening, it would not accelerate or switch gears, top speed was 35 mph. Not sure of precise date off the top of my head, but it was July 2020. Exact date can be verified from mechanic and aaa towing info.

For the last few years the van just turns off while we are driving it. Completely turns off- we could be driving on a side street or going 75 mph on a highway. It's terrifying. We've tried to have it checked and fixed but it doesn't show up in the codes when the mechanic checks it. This is a terrible safety hazard.

The contact owns a 2013 Dodge Grand Caravan. The contact stated that while driving on a bumpy road, the ignition was jarred and shifted to the off position causing the vehicle to turn off. Darcars Chrysler Dodge Jeep ram of rockville (755 rockville pike, rockville, MD 20852, (301)424-1700) was contacted and informed of the failure. The contact was informed that the vehicle was not subjected to a recall. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 200,000.

The driver side rear sliding door cannot be opened manually or electrically. The door will not unlock electrically or manually, so the interior and exterior opening handles cannot be operated. Using the key fob or interior buttons to open the door cause a message to display on the dash information area saying "unlock door to operate. " this poses a risk if there is an accident and my children need to exit or be removed from the vehicle, especially if other doors are blocked or damaged due to an accident. The vehicle has been stationary. I have not tried to open the door while in motion.

While driving on the interstate with cruise control on, the car shut off entirely after hitting a bump. The rpm went down to 0 and the gas pedal did not work. Everything seemed fine as we were driving. We did not have any warning lights or check engine lights. The car simply shut off at 80 mph. Attempts to turn the car back on did not work. This has now happened on two separate occasions. Thankfully we were able to pull to the side of the road safely each time. We aren't sure if this is an electrical problem, since cruise control was on when the car shut off.

The vehicle will stop while driving. It cuts off after starting and sometimes takes up to 10 minutes just to start it. The battery is dying daily and has to be jumped or disconnected just to start in the morning. Have read several complaints and all end up having to bypass or change the tipm fuse box. It was defective on 2011 and 2012 models. The issue still exists on the 2013 model.

About a month ago the driver's side sliding door stopped working in my wife's 2013 Dodge Grand Caravan sxt. The lock will not actuate to either lock or unlock and so the door is stuck effectively locked and will not open. This is the only door that has this particular issue but a few times I have ridden with my wife I have noticed that the other door locks do not automatically trigger and auto-lock as they should when the vehicle is initially put into drive for about 10min after the vehicle has been in motion. The locked sliding door creates a safety hazard in my opinion since the door cannot be opened electronically or manually. The delayed activation of the auto-lock could also indicate a larger issue with either the door lock mechanisms in general or the electrical system that controls them. After searching online I have found that there is an abundance of issues like these concerning various years and models of Dodge minivans. Enough to possibly constitute a recall.

Tl-the contact owns a 2013 Dodge Grand Caravan se vehicle stalled the vehicle did not strt again tipm relay ( according to contact, not diagnosed byt dealer) the contact stated that while attempting to make a turn the vehicle stalled in the middle of the road. No warning indicators illuminated. The vehicle was pushed to the side of the road. The vehicle was not diagnosed by a dealer. The contact diagnosed and repaired the vehicle himself. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 89,000. Bp.

The lock/unlock button on driver side door stopped working, rear gate is closed tight but indicator says it's open and all interior lights stay on while driving.

Vie owned the van for a year now . And then without being involved in any kind of a bump or accident. No damage shown on the of any . The air bag light stated blaring on the dash . Im very concerned that if I was involved in a future accident. They would fail.

Initailly battery light came on unexpectedly. 30 mins later while driving on the street, the car would no longer pull as if it had been shifted into neutral. Constantly shifting the car into neutral and back into drive I was able to pull onto a side street. I could hear a solid click when doing the shifting. Checked transmissin fluid and it was clean and at a good level. Battery light stayed on and eventually car would no longer start.

Since I bought the vehicle from a previous owner, the car all of a sudden stalls on the highway, a total shut down occurs while driving on highway or local roads. It is really a scary situation. When I looked into product recall on this vehicle, nothing shows up, except several complaints of the same matter. I found out from the web it is a failure of totally integrated fuel system failure and also related to a fuel pump relay failure. So far, no recalls from Chrysler/Dodge manufacturers. No government actions either.

Fuel pump runs all night drains battery and later vehicle stalls and cranks but doesn't start.

This is the 6th time my van has died on me while driving it. I will be driving at any rate of speed and my van will just shut off. If I leave it sit for 45minites it will start back up. Today it died on me in the middle of an intersection with three kids in the car. We have taken it several places and no one seems to be able to help us. We have replaced the tipm. No check engine light is ever on when it happens.

~tl- the contact owns a 2013 Dodge Grand Caravan. The contact stated that rear ac evaporator blowing hot air. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic and was diagnosed that the evaporator rear ac expansion valve and the rear ac line needed to be replaced. The contact stated that the ac evaporator valve and expansion valve was replaced. The rear ac line was not replaced. The vehicle was not taken to a dealer. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 129,244. Aw.

Driver side passenger sliding door is stuck in the locked position. It will not unlock manually or with the key fob. Obviously Mini-vans are very popular amount moms with kids - this creates a serious safety risk. At the moment in the event of an emergency my passengers would only be able to get out of one functioning door.

Tl- the contact owns a 2013 Dodge Grand Caravan. The contact stated that while driving at various speeds, the transmission downshift or it went into neutral. The contact costed to the side of the road and powered off the engine. The vehicle was restated and was able to drive normal. The failure recurred. In addition, the contact stated that while driving, the battery warning light failed, the vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic where a code red indicated there was a problem with the windshield wiper and the fuel pump. The contact called greenville Chrysler Jeep Dodge dealer at (903) 454-0283, located at 5401 interstate hwy 30, greenville, TX 75402, and it was informed there was no recall associated with the vehicle. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and informed the contact that there was no recall associated with the VIN and did not offer further assistance. The approximate failure mileage was 130,000. Aw.

The passenger side sliding door does not open. I have four small children and I am concern that if their an accident I will not be able to get them out of the automobile.

As many have stated, I had intermittent stalling. After taking it to an independent repair shop, they diagnosed it with having a faulty fuel relay and are putting in a bypass kit. Why wasn't the recall expanded to included the minivans by Chrysler? the recall for this specific device failing was done for durango's and cherokee. $700 repair because the minivans were not included in the recall despite it being the same engine as the durango. . .