The original child safety lock on the right sliding door broke. The replacement part from the dealer had plastic parts instead of metal as did the original and would not work more than 3 times before it also broke.
1996 Dodge Grand Caravan locks complaints
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Transmission failed.
Power door lock failure.
Front windshield wipers come on without activating them. In addition, bench passenger seatbelt disconnects when buckled; brakes wore out when the car had 32,000 miles; left front tire blew out on the freeway at 7,000; transmission overhauled at 44,000 miles; passenger's sliding door locks do not open when unlocked, and gas tank was leaking.
The driver side sliding door does not open from the inside, preventing occupants from exiting the vehicle. Consumer has contacted the dealer. Please provide any further details.
Slide door would not open, locking mechanism failed. Qcaw
Design of the door lock allows for the passenger to open from inside when locked, resulting in accidental opening while traveling 60 MPH.
Gas tank door occasionally does sticks.
Experienced sliding door latch button failure which prevents doors from opening and exiting vehicle.
The sliding door is hard to close, if not closed right the door comes open .
Sliding side door will not latch properly, had three attempted fixes.
The driver's side sliding door sometimes will not latch after closing the door.
The passenger's side sliding door is locked in place. Consumer was unable to open the door.
Inoperative passenger sliding door--doesn't properly latch.
The passenger's side sliding door, when opened, the door wouldn't hold, it shut on passenger. Please describe .
Hit inside of garage at 3 MPH, and rear tailgate flew open, dealership could not find a problem with vehicle. *ak
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