NHTSA Complaint #11374612 — 2013 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN

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. 2ND TIME OCTOBER 2020 PULLED VAN OUT OF GARAGE TO DRIVEWAY, TURNED IT OFF TO LOAD AND PUT GRANDCHILDREN IN CAR SEATS. VAN WOULD NOT RESTART, TOWED, REPLACED BATTERY. 3RD TIME 11/7/2020 WHILE DRIVING ON SUBURBAN BUSY ROAD AT NIGHT, SUDDENLY VARIOUS WARNING LIGHTS CAME ON AND OFF AND ON, WIPERS TURNED ON BY THEMSELVES, THEN ALL ELECTRICAL POWER WENT OUT. I GUIDED VAN INTO THE NEAREST PARKING LOT AS THE ENGINE DIED AND WOULD NOT RESTART. AAA CAME AGAIN, JUMPED THE CAR, AND WHILE WE DISCUSSED WHAT TO DO, THE CAR SHUT ITSELF OFF AGAIN. TOWED, MECHANIC REPLACED ALTERNATOR. I HAVE BEEN VERY LUCKY NOT TO BE HIT BY ANOTHER VEHICLE IN TWO OF THESE THREE INSTANCES. CURRENT MILEAGE: 102,201 I CAN PROVIDE REPAIR SHOP BILLS AND PROOF OF THE 3 TIMES VEHICLE WAS TOWED IN LAST 6 MONTHS!