2005 DODGE CARAVAN Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 DODGE CARAVAN. THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO UNLOCK THE DOORS USING THE KEY FOB BUT THE DOORS WOULD NOT RESPOND. THE CONTACT WAS FORCED TO USE THE KEYS MANUALLY TO ENTER THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE KEY FOB ALSO WOULD NOT LOCK THE DOORS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THEY WERE UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE AND THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED WHENEVER SHE WOULD DISCONNECT THE BATTERY FOR APPROXIMATELY TEN MINUTES, THE KEY FOB WOULD FUNCTION NORMALLY FOR APPROXIMATELY TWO DAYS. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 112,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

WHILE USING THE REMOTE TO LOCK THE DOORS THE HORN BEEPED INDICATING DOORS WERE LOCKED BUT THE DOORS NEVER LOCK. THIS HAS HAPPENED 5 TIMES WITH NO SET PATTERN OR METHOD TO MAKE IT HAPPEN AGAIN. FOUND THAT REMOVING A FUSE FROM UNDER THE HOOD AND RE-INSTALLING SEEMS TO RESET THE SYSTEM ALLOW PROPER LOCKING OPERATION. PULLING THIS FUSE ALSO RESETS THE RADIO PRESETS BUT SINCE THE WARRANTY EXPIRED THIS SEEMS LIKE A LITTLE INCONVENIENCE FOR THE COST TO FIX A PROBLEM THAT HAPPENS RANDOMLY. *TR

DRIVING 2005 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN ON HIGHWAY AT POSTED 55 MPH, BANG SOUND UNDER VAN, PULLED OVER WITHIN 10TH OF MILE, SPARE TIRE HAD COME LOOSE, WAS TRAPPED UNDER VAN, SPARE TIRE APPEARS TO NEVER HAVE BEEN USED, RAISED VAN UP WITH A LARGE ROCK PLACED UNDER FRONT WHEEL, DROVE UP ROCK AND WITH THE DECLINE OF HIGHWAY ALLOWED VAN TO COME UP HIGH ENOUGH THEN PULLED SPARE TIRE OUT, WIFE BURNED ARM ON EXHAUST PIPE WHEN PULLING TIRE OUT, HAVE NOT HAD SPARE TIRE PLACED BACK UNDER VAN OR INSPECTED AS OF YET. *TR

2005 DODGE CARAVAN HEADLIGHT LOWBEAMS WILL NOT TURN ON UNTIL SEVERAL TRIES, THIS PROBLEM IS INTERMITTENT. ALSO THE HEADLIGHTS WILL TURN OFF WHILE DRIVING. VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. SEE THIS LINK FOR OTHERS HAVING THE EXACT SAME ISSUE. HTTP://WWW.TOPIX.COM/FORUM/AUTOS/DODGE-CARAVAN/T5IHKIQMTBK2HCUA7. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 DODGE CARAVAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE INTERIOR POWER LOCKS MALFUNCTIONED. THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO ELECTRONICALLY LOCK THE DOOR BY USING THE POWER LOCKING SYSTEM AND HAD TO MANUALLY LOCK EACH DOOR SEPARATELY. THE KEYLESS REMOTE LOCK ALSO DID NOT LOCK THE DOORS. BEFORE PURCHASING THE VEHICLE, THE DEALER INFORMED THE CONTACT OF THE FAULTY DOOR LOCKS AND STATED THAT THEY WOULD REPAIR THE DOOR LOCKS BEFORE TAKING POSSESSION OF THE VEHICLE. ONE WEEK AFTER PURCHASING THE VEHICLE, THE DOOR LOCK MALFUNCTIONED. THE CONTACT HAD NOT TAKEN THE VEHICLE BACK TO THE DEALER FOR FURTHER REPAIRS. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 53,000.

TRAVELING BETWEEN STATES ON HWY, HEADLIGHTS JUST TURN OFF FOR A FEW SECONDS FOR NO REASON. HAPPENED 3 TIMES GOING 70 MPH AT 2AM AT NIGHT. PRETTY SCARY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF NO WHERE. GOOGLE SEARCH INDICATES THIS IS VERY COMMON. WHAT DOES IT TAKE FOR A RECALL? SOMEONE TO DIE? *TR

I OWN A 2005 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN THAT HAS THE TIRE PRESSURE SENSORS ON EACH WHEEL. ON FEBRUARY 28TH I DROVE TO WORK, ABOUT 12 MILES. IT WAS A SNOWY DAY AND I PULLED INTO MY PARKING LOT AND PARKED THE VAN WHERE I ALWAYS DO. ABOUT 15 MINUTES LATER, ABOUT 8:00AM, MY SON CAME TO WORK AND UPON ENTERING OUR STORE SAID THAT I HAD A FLAT TIRE ON MY FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE. HE SAID HE GOT OUT OF HIS CAR AND WATCHED AS THE TIRE WENT FLAT. THE VALVE STEM CAP HAD SNAPPED OFF RIGHT AT THE BOTTOM OF THE THREADS. MY DEALER PUT A RUBBER STEM IN IT'S PLACE. THE REPLACEMENT IS ON BACK ORDER ALONG WITH THOUSANDS OF OTHERS!!! I HAVE THE BROKEN PART AS I FOUND IT A FEW WEEKS LATER AFTER THE SNOW MELTED AWAY. *TR

DEFECTIVE HEADLIGHT SWITCH - WORKS INTERMITTENTLY. PARKING LIGHTS WORK, BUT NEITHER HEADLIGHT. THE LIMP-HOME WORK-AROUND WAS TO HOLD THE HIGH BEAM SWITCH LEVER ON THE STEERING COLUMN WHILE DRIVING; A SAFETY DISTRACTION IN ITSELF AS THIS IS TIRESOME TO KEEP THE LIGHTS ON, NOT TO MENTION THAT OPPOSING TRAFFIC DOES NOT APPRECIATE THE HIGH BEAM. SO IT IS HIGH BEAMS OR NOTHING, SO LONG AS YOU HOLD THE HIGH BEAM LEVER. THIS IS WIDELY MENTIONED BY OTHER DRIVERS ON THE INTERNET. IT IS A SAFETY HAZARD TO LOSE YOUR LIGHTS WHILE DRIVING! IT IS ALSO A SAFETY HAZARD TO NOT HAVE BOTH HANDS AVAILABLE TO DRIVE WITH. FOR THOSE DRIVERS WHO DID NOT HAVE THE LUXURY OF DISCOVERING THE HIGH BEAM LEVER TRICK, THEY COULD EASILY END UP IN A CRASH BEFORE GETTING STOPPED.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 DODGE CARAVAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ELECTRIC LOCKS HAVE STOPPED WORKING ON ALL OF THE DOORS WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE REAR HATCH. THE CONTACT WAS ONLY ABLE TO USE THE KEY TO OPEN AND LOCK THE FRONT DRIVERS SIDE DOOR. THE CONTACT HAD TO LOCK AND UNLOCK EACH DOOR FROM THE INSIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 50,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 70,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 DODGE CARAVAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAG LAMP ILLUMINATED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND REFERRED HIM TO THE DEALER TO HAVE THE FAILURE DIAGNOSED. THE DEALER WAS CONTACTED BUT A DECISION WAS NOT MADE TO PERFORM A DIAGNOSTIC TEST. THE CONTACT WAS CONCERNED THAT HE HAD TO PAY FOR A DIAGNOSTIC TEST SINCE THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED THE SAME FAILURE SPECIFIED IN NHTSA RECALL CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 07V192000 (AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:SENSOR/CONTROL MODULE) AND RECALL NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 10V008000 (AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:SENSOR/CONTROL MODULE). THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 64,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 65,000.