2005 DODGE CARAVAN Complaints

2005 DODGE CARAVAN HAS APPROXIMATELY 65,00 MILES AND THE AUTOMATIC DOOR LOCKS STOPPED WORKING. THE REMOTE WOULD CAUSE THE LIGHTS TO FLASH AND THE HORN TO SOUND AS IF THE DOORS LOCKED BUT THEY DID NOT. THE DOOR LOCK BUTTONS INSIDE THE VAN DID NOT WORK, NOR DID THEY LOCK AUTOMATICALLY WHEN REACHING 20MPH. I DID A SCAN OF THE OBD II CONNECTOR AND NO FAULT CODES CAME UP. SO I FIGURED IT WAS SOMETHING SIMPLE LIKE A FUSE. I CHECKED THE FUSE/RELAY AND IT WAS GOOD. AS SOON AS I REPLACED THE FUSE THEY STARTED WORKING AGAIN. I TOOK IT TO A DEALER FOR A RECALL ON THE FRONT IMPACT SENSORS WHICH I HAD TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT FOR. I ASKED THE DEALER ABOUT THE DOOR LOCKS AND THEY SAID TO BRING IT IN WHEN THEY ARE NOT WORKING, SO THEY COULD CHECK IT OUT (FOR A DIAGNOSTICS CHARGE OF $120). THE SERVICE GUY DID STATE THAT IT PROBABLY NEEDED A "SOFTWARE UPDATE". THE IMPACT SENSOR RECALL WAS NOT COMPLETED DUE TO THEM NOT HAVING THE PARTS. NOW 2 WEEKS LATER STILL NO PARTS FOR THE RECALL (IMPACT SENSORS) AND THE DOOR LOCKS QUIT WORKING AGAIN. THIS TIME I DISCONNECTED THE BATTERY CABLE TO RESET THE COMPUTER. AND IT WORKS FINE. BEING A PERSON THAT LIKES TO RESEARCH THINGS I DID A "GOOGLE"SEARCH FOR "DODGE CARAVAN LOCKS WILL NOT WORK". I FOUND THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE WITH 40 COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE VERY SAME THING. I THINK THAT THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY PROBLEM AND DODGE SHOULD ACKNOWLEDGE THIS FOR A RECALL AND FIX THE KNOWN ISSUE. HTTP://WWW.CARCOMPLAINTS.COM/DODGE/CARAVAN/2005/ELECTRICAL/POWER_DOOR_LOCKS_QUIT_WORKING.SHTML. *TR

I HAVE A 2005 DODGE CARAVAN, PURCHASED NEW. IT HAS 64000 MILES AND HAS NEVER BEEN IN A COLLISION AND HAS NEVER HAD THE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. THE AIRBAG LIGHT HAS COME ON AND WILL NOT GO OFF. THERE WAS A RECALL IN MAY 2007, BUT THE DEALER STATES THAT MY VIN NUMBER IS NOT INCLUDED. WE LIVE IN WESTERN NY WHERE ROAD SALT HAS BEEN HEAVILY USED, WHICH HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS PART OF THE CAUSE OF THIS PROBLEM. THE DEALER STATED TO ME THAT IT WOULD COST ME $94.00 TO GET A DIAGNOSTIC TEST AND THEN AN ADDITIONAL $250.00 TO FIX IT. I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY I SHOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR THIS REPAIR WHEN 2005 DODGE CARAVANS IN 27 STATES HAVE BEEN RECALLED AND FIXED FREE. MY VEHICLE FITS ALL THE CRITERIA FOR THIS RECALL EXCEPT FOR THE VIN NUMBER. WHAT RECOURSE DO I HAVE IN THIS? *TR

THE POWER DOOR LOCKS STOPPED WORKING IN OUR FAMILIES 2005 DODGE CARAVAN. AFTYER DOING SOME RESEARCH ONLINS I'VE FOUND THIS HAS HAPPENED TO OTHER CONSUMERS WHOM OWN THE SAME VEHICLE YEAR MAKE AND MODEL. THIS IS NOT A PROBLEM THAT IS FIXED BY JUST SIMPLY REPLACING A BLOWN FUSE BUT IT SEEMS THAT IT IS A COMPUTER PROBLEM. WE HAVE SMALL CHILDREN WHOM COULD OPEN A DOOR THAT IS NOT LOCKED. *TR

WE OWN A 2005 DODGE CARAVAN AND THE AUTOMATIC DOOR LOCKS JUST QUIT WORKING. WE TOOK IT TO OUR CAR REPAIR AND THEY WERE ABLE TO GET THEM WORKING AGAIN, BUT ONLY FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS. WE EVENTUALLY TOOK IT BACK TO SAME REPAIR AND THEY CALLED CHRYSLER FOR INFORMATION REGARDING PART REPLACEMENT. WE TOOK THE VAN TO A DEALERSHIP WHERE IT WAS PUT ON A MACHINE TO READ AND DETERMINED A PART NEEDED REPLACED. IT WAS REPLACED AND WORK APPROXIMATELY TWO HOURS AND QUIT. IF YOU GO ON THE WEB YOU WILL FIND NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS REGARDING THIS SAME PROBLEM. STEP UP TO THE PLATE AND TELL THOSE OF US WITH THIS PROBLEM HOW TO RECTIFY PERMANENTLY. IT DOES NOT NEED TO WAIT UNTIL SOMEONE IS INJURED OR KILLED BECAUSE THESE LOCKS DON'T WORK. I HAVE SPENT NEARLY $500.00 IN REPAIRS NOT WITHSTANDING THE NUMBER OF TIMES WITHOUT MY VEHICLE AND THE INCONVENIENCE OF BACK AND FORTH TO THE REPAIR SHOP. THE VIN NUMBER ON THIS VEHICLE . *TR

POWER LOCK FAILURE: SUDDENLY THE POWER LOCKS STOPPED WORKING. THEY DON'T WORK FROM THE KEY FOB, OR THE POWER LOCK BUTTONS INSIDE THE VAN. ALLEGED SOLUTION IS A SOFTWARE UPDATE, COSTING UPWARDS OF $90.00 AT THE DEALERSHIP. SHORT TERM FIX CONSISTS OF DISCONNECTING BATTERY CABLE. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE, ANNOYANCE, AND CLEARLY A MANUFACTURING DEFECT THAT SHOULD BE FIXED BY THE MANUFACTURER FREE OF CHARGE. *TR

2005 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN AUTO LOCKS FAIL. KIDS CAN OPEN DOORS WHILE CAR IS MOVING. THE ISSUE HAS BEEN REPORTED BY MANY CUSTOMERS ON INTERNET SUPPORT FORUMS AND APPARENTLY DODGE REFUSES TO RECALL THIS ITEM. IT APPEARS TO BE A PROBLEM WITH THE COMPUTER MODULE OF SOME SORT AND FLASHING THE BIOS SEEMS TO HELP. THIS IS RIDICULOUS FOR THE CONSUMER TO HAVE TO PAY TO FIX SUCH AN ISSUE. *TR

ON OUR 2005 DODGE CARAVAN THE AIR BAG LIGHT CAME ON. WHEN WE BROUGHT IT IN TO THE DODGE DEALER WE WERE TOLD THAT THE RIGHT HAND FRONT IMPACT SENSOR WAS BAD. THEY SAID THE WIRES WERE CORRODED AND THE SENSOR WAS BAD. IT WAS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY AND WOULD COST $250.00 TO REPLACE. AFTER LOOKING AT THE DODGE RECALLS THEY DID RECALL THIS PROBLEM FOR THE 2005 DODGE CARAVAN BUT NOT OURS. THE PROBLEM WITH THE SENSOR ON OUR VAN IS THE SAME AS WHAT THE RECALL SAID. *TR

UPON CLOSING OF DRIVERS SIDE DOOR ON 2005 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN THE GLASS ON THE REAR DOOR SHATTERED AND SENT GLASS FLYING ALL THE WAY TO THE FRONT OF THE VAN. THE VAN WAS NOT RUNNING OR MOVING. THE VAN WAS NOT INVOLVED IN ANY ACCIDENTS OR UNUSUAL USE SINCE IT WAS PURCHASED NEW BY ME IN MAY OF 2005. IF VAN HAD BEEN MOVING AND HAD PASSENGERS IN REAR OF VAN, THIS INCIDENT COULD HAVE CAUSED INJURY. DEALER AND CHRYSLER WERE CONTACTED AND WERE NIT AWARE OF ANY OTHER PROBLEMS OF THIS NATURE. *TR

CAR WAS MAKING A WHINING NOISE WHEN RUNNING. IT BECAME HIGHER PITCHED WHEN TURNING, SOMETIMES A GRINDING NOISE. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 DODGE CARAVAN. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH ON NORMAL ROAD CONDITIONS, THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER FOR INSPECTION AND THEY STATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS RELATED TO THE POWER STEERING SYSTEM. IN ADDITION, THE AUTOMATED POWER DOOR LOCKS FAILED TO OPERATE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER AND THEY RECOMMENDED THAT THE COMPUTERIZED SYSTEM BE RESET. CURRENTLY, THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED FOR THE FAILURES. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 50,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 52,220. UPDATED 02-23-09 *BF UPDATED 02/24/09. *JB