Brake Sensor Problems of Dodge Grand Caravan

7/21/2020 - driving through a left turn on a main road and lost all electric- steering, brakes, dashboard. Coasted to the left turn lane. Applied pressure to brakes, but was still rolling. Had to throw it into park to stop an accident from happening. Turned van off and restarted van. Drove to the gas station across the street and had it towed. I had five children in my van, this major safety malfunction could have killed all of us. Dealership had the van for 10 days and claimed one possibility was winter gas still available at gas stations combined with warm weather. Offered no solution other than to pick up my van. I have had this happen to my other Dodge Grand Caravan multiple times until I finally felt like I couldn't chance my life anymore and turned it in. This is a well known, documented Dodge issue!! the service agent ignored my requests to look into it. No code shows for this issue and it didn't happen during their drive, so there is nothing they can do. They are selling death traps. Additionally, when I pump gas and my tank is already over a half of tank, the sensor reads full and the handle clicks off.

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Everything to do with the braking system needs to be recalled including the sensors. 2018,2019,2020 I had to replace brakes, calipers, rotors, and hub assembly multiple times. This is not normal to keep replaces these parts. Many people experienced this problem and I sure many others will. There needs to be a recall on this.

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I bought my 2010 van in 2017. March 1st 2019 my complete and brake control module has completely failed. My brake, abs, esp bad and traction sensor lights remain on my dash board, and I have no emergency braking at all. I have no idea how a complete abs braking system computer can just fail. The light came on while I was driving in traffic.

I was driving down the road on a shallow left-hand curve when I turned the steering wheel to the right, coming out of the curve, all the sudden the left front brake (lfb) began to chatter as though the lfb abs was engaging. The esp bas and the traction control lights came on. The van violently swerved towards the oncoming lane. Luckly, there was no traffic come at me. I was able to over correct with the steering and regain control. I took the van to a local shop which diagnosed the steering position sensor inside the air bag clockspring to be bad. It was replaced and the problem went away. I feel this is very dangerous problem and should be addressed with a recall before someone is killed!.

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Traveling down a street, the esp and traction warning lights came on. Checked the owners manual, it states not to drive over 30 mph when that occurs if the lamps cannot be reset. Reset lamps, lamps came back on, speed was reduced to 30 mph and after traveling a short distance, without touching the brake pedal, the brakes on both front wheels applied and brought the vehicle to a complete stop in the middle of the street in traffic. The brakes would not release until the motor was shut off and restarted. We were not hit by other vehicles, but it could have been very tragic. We were told by the dealer that failure of the steering angle sensor in the steering column will cause the brakes to engage and stop the vehicle. The cost for replacing the failed sensor and realigning the system was $712. 45.

I turned the ignition on, put the car in reverse and backed out of a parking space. I pushed on the brakes and put the car in drive. The car began moving forward for about 10 seconds and then it lost all power with no warning, just stalled. The car's heat sensor gauge was normal just below halfway and I had a half tank of gas. There were no warning lights on the dashboard prior to the incident. It didn't feel like the brakes were working either. I put the car in park and then started it up again with no problems. It drove to my destination without any further problems.

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We purchased vehicle with @ 15k miles in may 2010 - in January 2011 at @ 30k miles we had to replace the brakes and rotors the whole way around. I spoke with 3 mechanics who 1) said rotors at this low mileage was unheard of and 2) this was a known problem with Dodge Grand Caravans. Then, just 3 weeks ago, at 55513 miles, my left front axle / cv joint snapped. From (plenty of) online research, I learned 2 things - 1) this break should not occur in a vehicle so new and 2) all 2008 Chrysler / Dodge vehicles are known for this! in fact there was a recall in 08 for a lot of vehicles (not the caravan) for just this! when I called Chrysler/Dodge - they first said that this wasn't a part of the powertrain warranty (um, it's an axle!!! attached to the drive shaft) and second - if I was the original owner, it'd be covered, but since I'm not, it wasn't. This was a $500 repair job. 2 weeks later!!!!!!! at @ 56000 miles, I started having front end problems again - back to the garage - this time, I'm surprised with the fact that I need brakes and rotors the whole way around again. And, abs sensors, a new caliper and brake hoses. New brakes - again?!?!? here comes the online research again. . . I found a website (carcomplaints. Com) that had 1027!!! entries from 08 Grand Caravan users that have had to repair or replace their brakes and rotors at an average of every 10000 miles - that is not normal!.

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Four cars in front of me at an intersection with traffic light when I lost all brakes. The pedal went right to the floor. I had to pull over to the right and almost right onto a persons lawn to keep from rear ending the vehicle in front of me. If my daughter had been driving there would have been an accident report with this. Thank goodness no one was hurt. My husband had just been driving and he said the pedal was feeling soft. It would grip and then give. I have had this 2005 Dodge caravan for a little over a year. I bought it at a used car dealer, but I have had no recalls on anything by the dealership. When contacted they can not help me. I do not know if this has happened before with the vehicle, but the dealership website has problems with the brakes and the 2005 is the worst. There was really no warning and there is still no sensory lights on either.

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