Dodge Grand Caravan / 2018
2018 Dodge Grand Caravan problems
Owners have filed 356 complaints about the 2018 Dodge Grand Caravan with NHTSA. Electrical system accounts for 25.8% of them — the clear leader, ahead of structure at 16.6%. A further 18.5% were filed without a specific system named.
Complaints356
Crashes11
Fires0
Injuries13
Deaths2
What owners report breaking
Electrical system 25.8% · 92
Unknown or other 18.5% · 66
Structure 16.6% · 59
Engine 9.6% · 34
Power train 6.5% · 23
Latches/locks/linkages 4.5% · 16
Seats 3.7% · 13
Air bags 3.4% · 12
Severity
Of those complaints, 11 describe a crash, 13 report an injury and 2 report a death.
Reading the numbers
Across the 29 model years of the Dodge Grand Caravan in this data, 2018 sits 20th by complaint volume. 2008 draws the most.
Filings have fallen off, 104 in the last three years against 175 in the three before. The issues here may already have been addressed.
The median odometer reading at the time of complaint was 50,000 miles.
In owners' own words
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 Electrical system
Both sliding doors will not open manually or with the key fob. The lock is permanently stuck in place. I was told it was due to a bad actuator. When you google this issue there are 1000âs of other people that have this same issue. This is a huge safety concern as if I were in an accident all of my rear passengers wouldnât be able to get out of the car. Meaning my children would be STUCK. this is so unsafe. Electrical system
Passenger doors do not open automatically. They will not work from the driver controls, key fobs, or from inside the vehicle. They are locked and will not open. Went from working fine to not working at all. No accident occurred. Battery and all electric components are intact. Vehicle was stationary over night and next morning they didn't work. All other features on vehicle are as they should. Electrical system
Verbatim from NHTSA filings. Complaints are unverified owner reports.
Safety recalls
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