Owners/service Manual Problems of Dodge Grand Caravan - part 2

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.

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Sliding passenger doors on both sides of van refuse to open or unlock. Doors cannot be opened manually, with key fob or with the button on the interior of the car. This prevents passengers in rear (usually children) from being able to exit the vehicle, which could be particularly dangerous in the event of a crash.

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Drivers side door will not open. Manually or by remote. It is stuck in lock mode. Serious safety issue! I have an infant in a carseat and 3 other children that this impacts! if we were in an accident someone could die!!.

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Electric door locks and air bag system have stopped functioning normally. When you first start driving, the electric door locks are supposed to lock at 15 mph. Sometimes they will not lock until you are going 30 mph or 45 mph. Note that all three speeds are multiples of 15. After the doors eventually lock themselves, all of the door locks in the vehicle will unlock without warning as you are driving. This can happen at any speed - 20 mph, 70 mph, whatever. Once they unlock, the vehicle will continue "unlocking" the doors repeatedly every 5- 10 seconds continuously. The front doors can be manually locked by pushing down the door lock button located at the top rear section of the door. As soon as you manually lock the doors, they will unlock again and continue to unlock the doors every 5 - 10 seconds as you are driving the car. In addition, the air bag warning light in the dash lights up when you start the car and stays continuously lit as you are driving it. I consider these dangerous defects. It is unsafe to drive, and my Dodge dealership told me there no "open recalls" for my vehicle. This vehicle has only 86,000 miles on it.

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2017 Dodge caravan rear driver side sliding door is stuck in the lock position. It won't open or unlock automatically or manually. It was fine when I went to bed the night before. Went to put the kids in the car the next morning it wouldn't open.

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While stationary, passenger side sliding door will not reliably open; manually or with keyless entry. Key fob does not activate the actuator to unlock the door. Unable to get into the vehicle in the event of an emergency. Door can only be opened from inside.

The passenger rear sliding door has locked and will not open manually, with button, remote and overhead button. This presents a safety hazard incase of emergencies. Upon further research, it seems this is a common problem with Dodge Grand Caravans and have cost customers more than $1,000 for repairs. This should be recommended for a recall.

When I was driving my car and coming to a stop the engine would suddenly shut off. All lights would remain on but my power steering would go away and the rpm's would drop to 0. When I would try to start it after pulling over (manually cranking the steering wheel) the car would turn over, start, and then shut off immediately. Then randomly, usually after 15 minutes, the car would start up like normal and stay on without incident. This happened twice within 5 minutes of each incident.

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The driver side sliding door is stuck shut in locked position. We are unable to manually or electronically unlock. We also cannot open the door electronically or manually. Door was working properly with no issues until this point.

The sliding door locks are making a loud buzzing sound and not locking properly when I use my remote to lock the van. I have to manually unlock and lock the door.

My passenger sliding door in a permanent locked position. I am not able to even manually open the door. This is security issue.

Vehicle was stationary, had the car for not even one year. The driver's side back sliding door is stuck in the lock position. It will not unlock manually or electronically. We have 2 little kids and this would be a dangerous situation if an accident occurred and we had to get our kids out quickly.

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.

Van accelerated for approximately 1 minute. I was on the highway. I slammed on the breaks and was able to maintain a speed of 55 miles per hour. Gas peddle seemed stuck. A red flashing lightning sign illuminated and then went away. The van then stopped accelerating. I called a tow truck to take to dealership and now lights are on at all. User manual states that it is an electronic throttle control indicator light.

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.

Our 2017 Dodge Grand Caravan drivers side sliding door is locked and won't ipen with any remotes, buttons or manually. This is a huge safety concern if we need to get out that door. I noticed a lot of other people on the internet are stating the same problem with back to 2014. The other consumers encourage us to report. We have just had that seat stuck and won't stow/ fixed to tune of $800, several complaints online about same problem and same side, replaced a battery on 2 year old van!!?? Dodge needs to make this one right- it's a safety issue!!.

Driver's side sliding door stuck locked shut. Cant even manually unlock.

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.

First incident was in August 2017. I had service done because the driver's side sliding door stopped working and did not open. Second incident - this August 2019 the same door stopped working and does not open. Third incident - now my passenger side sliding door does not open either. Both sliding doors currently do not open. They are locked with no manual way to unlock or open. These doors are faulty and a serious safety concern. I have to small children that in the event of an emergency, are not able to escape. Dodge service centers aren't able to provide courtesy vehicles during the repair, which according to my experience, would take approximately 3-4 days to repair the faulty sliding door. There are several complaints regarding these sliding doors. If the same issue keeps happening with these doors, then the problem is not with the users. The issue is in the mechanism of these sliding doors.

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.

"takata recall" driver sliding door is stuck in the locked position. Door will not open even manually. It's a very bad safety hazard. It just stopped working with no warning.

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Drivers side sliding door locked and will not unlock manually or with the electronic mechanism. This causes the door to not be able to open. Thank god there was not an emergency that required quick access to my 17 month old daughter as I had to crawl through the other door to get her out. The door opened perfectly fine to put her in the car. After researching this I'm seeing hundreds of others who have experienced the exact same issue and there are still no recalls. This could be a deadly issue. Will someone have to die for this to be taken care of???.

The drivers passenger door does not open or close manually or electronically. It is a safety hazard when you are not able to exit in an emergency.

Drivers side sliding door does not unlock. Causing vehicle door not to open on command. Was told it has faulty actuator. To manually unlock it is extremely difficult for small children. Could become hazard in an emergency.

Both the driver side and passenger side rear power sliding doors will not open manually or via the power buttons on the key. The driver side rear door did stopped opening at 38k miles and the passenger side rear door stopped working at 46k. This is a safety issue as we have children in carseats, and we cannot open the doors to remove them.

Ret'd from a week long trip into my driveway, ready to unload clothes, etc. Driver side sliding door would not activate, nor could I open it manually. Tried, tried, tried - both manually and with key fob & with button above dash, to no avail. In early am left military facility lodging in indiana - no prob. Took to local hertrich dealer pocomoke city, MD. Indicated �actuator� at a cost of over $700. Decided to check recall possibility as a true safety problem if my great grand children were inside. Started copying all the 2019 complaints only to find out that out of 222 complaints the large majority are related to this problem. Surely Dodge should put out a recall. Sudden, unexpected, had bought 2016 Dodge as used car w/remaining warranty. Had to fix passenger side door while still under warranty because of a growling sound in mid 2017. Hertrich Dodge can provide those details. Yes, I want this covered, after seeing all the complaints just in 2019. Will inform my Dodge dealer re this complaint & await a recall surely! car has over 79k miles. At 81, don't need someone killed or injured on my watch because they cannot exit in an emergency! 7/2/19 - am lvg lodging fine; home in driveway it occurred.

Driver side sliding door is locked and can't be unlocked manually or with fob or overhead button. Very worried about passengers not being able to exit during an emergency.

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Passenger side sliding door lock is stuck in the locked position. It will not unlock with the key fob or by manually unlocking. It has worked fine for the 2 and 1/2 years we have had the vehicle and then it suddenly stopped working.

Drivers side sliding door is stuck in locked position and cannot open door manually or with key fob or any other buttons that would normally open door. Cannot manually unlock door and when I try to open it it says you have to unlock first but cannot.

Driver's side sliding door would not open manually, with the key fob button, or with either button inside the vehicle. Door was also stuck in "lock" position and could not be unlocked manually, with key fob, or with interior buttons.

When the car is in park, ignition on or off, the driver's side sliding door is locked and closed and will not open using the keyfob, the door button on the ceiling console, the door button on the door wall, the inside or outside door handles. The lock will not manually lock or unlock. You cannot exit the van on that side.

Stationary in driveway, drivers side rear door unable to open manually or electronically. Brought to dealership where purchased and left it to the tune of $296 labor for diagnosing. Not fixed that would be another $600 for parts plus labor. Needs to be recalled, dangerous if in a accident.

Drivers side sliding door won't open or unlock, manually or with fob or ceiling button.

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.

My passenger side sliding door stopped working. I tried opening it manually and with the key off and dome switch, but not doing anything. Even with vehicle in start and also parked.