2016 Dodge Grand Caravan Steering Problems

Shortly after getting my van I felt that it did not handle properly. I experieced hydro planning when brand new to me. Tracking upon acceleration was pore.

7.5k miles on vehicle, moving from a parking spot the esc light came on, then the rack and pinion completely snapped. The vehicle is inoperable. Had my family and myself been on the highway and this happened would've resulted in serious injury or death.

While pulling into a parking lot, the engine suddenly died with no indicator lights or warning of any kind. Steering locked up and brakes were not functional. Coasted to a stop in a stall and put the vehicle in park.

While driving, several dash panel lights flashed, lost power steering, lost ability to increase speed with gas pedal. Engine stayed on but only at idle. Able to get out of traffic onto side road and stop.

While driving the entire vehicle including all functional systems simply shuts off. This has happened 2 times in the last 2 months. All systems are lost.

Steering locks while driving, usually making a left lane change or turn. This occurs multiple times even on short trips (less than 10 miles). No warning lights

Car loses all power and steering is lost as well. This has happened three times now, we have taken it to the dealership and they cannot find anything wrong with the car or recreate the issue. We have a family of 6 and are worried about driving our car, this is a safety issue that needs to be fixed.

Was driving on the highway in stop and go traffic when the vehicle died. The electrical system was still functional, but the brakes and the power steering were not working and the car appeared to be idling, but non-responsive. Was able to pull over and force the gear into park and turn the car off and when the vehicle turned on no warning lights were displayed.

WHILE DRIVING THROUGH A INTERSECTION TURNING RIGHT THE ENGINE SHUTOFF WITHOUT WARNING. ALONG WITH THE ENGINE SHUTOFF, POWER STEERING WAS LOST AND EVERYTHING ON THE DASHBOARD INCLUDING THE SPEEDOMETER, RPMS, RADIO. WITH THE LOSS OF ACCELERATION AND POWER STEERING IT MADE IT VERY DIFFICULT TO MANEUVER TO SAFETY. ONCE STOPPED I WAS ABLE TO PLACE THE VEHICLE IN PARK I TURNED THE KEY TO OFF AND RESTARTED THE VEHICLE AND IT STARTED BACK UP NORMALLY. ABSOLUTELY NO ENGINE LIGHTS OR WARNING WERE SHOWING BEFORE OR AFTER THIS INCIDENT. I SUSPECT THAT THE ISSUE IS THE TIPM BUT CAN'T BE EXACTLY SURE.

The power steering has gone out. It fully went out while driving into a parking lot from a highway exit. The truck started making sounds and will not turn now.

The steering and wheel alignment of the vehicle is habitually misaligned and pulling drastically to the right. The vehicle has been serviced and aligned multiple times, and the auto mechanic shop says that the alignment can no longer be set properly. They charged me extra for some additional part to help correct this and allow the vehicle to be aligned, however that did not help.

When exiting the freeway, the power gave out and the steering wheel locked up. However, the car did not shut down it was still running but was unable to steer. The engine light is on, had it checked out and there's issues with the heads.

I was driving home from the store on dec 8th 2019. When I went to make a left onto my street, my wheel locked up and I hit the curb at a low rate of speed. A warning came on that said "power steering unavailable" (see picture)

Purchased this brand new several months ago. Drove 8,000 miles to and from work. Twice within the past week the van has completely just turned off on the highway.