2005 DODGE CARAVAN Complaints

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 DODGE CARAVAN. WHENEVER THE CONTACT ATTEMPTS TO USE THE POWER LOCKS IN HIS VEHICLE, THEY MALFUNCTION. THE VEHICLE WILL NOT LOCK WHEN THE POWER LOCK BUTTONS ARE PRESSED OR WHEN THE KEYLESS REMOTE IS USED. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS PRIOR TO THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN DIAGNOSED BY THE DEALER. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 50,000.

WE HAVE A 2005 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN AND THE AUTOMATIC LOCKS ARE NOW NOT WORKING AND THIS IS CAUSING A HUGE SAFETY ISSUE. PLEASE HELP. WE HAVE RESORTED TO THE ORIGINAL MANUAL AND THEIR SUGGESTION(S) ARE NOT WORKING. AGAIN, THIS IS A TERRIBLE SAFETY ISSUE...I HAVE THREE SMALL CHILDREN AND NEED TO BE ABLE TO SAFELY AND QUICKLY LOCK AND LOCK MY DOORS AS WELL AS MAINTAIN LOCKED DOORS WHILE THE VAN IS IN MOTION. PLEASE HELP. *TR

POWER DOOR LOCKS, STOP WORKING. THIS COULD BE A DANGER TO KIDS IN BACK WHEN DOORS DON'T LOCK. 2005 DODGE CARAVAN HAD THIS DEFECT. THEY SAID IT WAS A SOFTWARE DEFECT, COULD CORRECT FOR $70.00 OR UP. YOU CAN PULL BATTERY CABLE OFF TO GET WORKING FOR A DAY OR TWO. *TR

HEADLIGHTS DO NOT COME ON HAVE TO TURN SWITCH MANY TIMES BEFORE YOU GET THEM TO COME ON AND THEN SOMETIMES IT STILL DOES NOT WORK. LIGHTS WILL ALSO DIM ON THEIR OWN WHILE YOU ARE DRIVING HAVE ACTUALLY GONE OFF AND HAD TO PULL OVER UNTIL I COULD GET THEM BACK ON. MECHANICS SAY THEY CAN NOT DO ANYTHING UNTIL THEY SEE IT HAPPEN. THERE ARE NEVER ANY MECHANICS OPEN WHEN IT IS DARK SO YOU CAN NEVER PROVE THIS REALLY HAPPENS. THEY HAVE CHECKED SWITCHES AND THINGS ALL SEEM TO BE FINE. AUTOMATIC DOOR LOCKS JUST STOPPED WORKING ONE DAY. TRIED THE OTHER KEY THOUGHT MAYBE THE BATTERY IN MY KEY WAS DEAD. NOTHING. THE LIGHTS WILL STILL FLASH AND THE HORN WILL SOUND WHEN YOU USE BUTTONS ON THE KEY BUT LOCKS DO NOT OPEN OR CLOSE. THE BACK DOOR HATCH SEEMS TO WORK BUT OTHER FOUR LOCKS DO NOT. VERY FRUSTRATING AND UNSAFE THESE DAYS TO BE IN SOME AREAS WE DRIVE WITHOUT HAVING OUR DOORS LOCKED. ALSO YOU CAN ONLY GET INTO ONE SIDE OF THE CAR AND THE HAVE TO REACH OVER TO UNLOCK ALL OTHERS VERY INCONVENIENT! I'M ACTUALLY AFRAID THEY WILL LOCK AND NEVER UNLOCK AT THIS POINT. I'VE READ MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE LOCKS AND THINK DODGE SHOULD BE LOOKING INTO THIS SERIOUSLY. I HAVE ALSO READ A REPORT ABOUT THE LIGHTS AND AM GLAD SOMEONE ELSE HAS EXPERIENCED THIS SO I KNOW I AM NOT CRAZY. THIS IS ALSO A VERY HUGE SAFETY ISSUE AND SHOULD BE LOOKED AT IMMEDIATELY! *TR

POWER LOCKS FAILING TO WORK ON 2005 DODGE CARAVAN. AN UPDATE TO SOFTWARE WAS REQUIRED. SAFETY RATING OF VEHICLE WAS REDUCED WHILE MALFUNCTION WAS ONGOING. AUTO DOOR LOCK WAS NOT FUNCTIONAL WHILE CHILDREN WERE TRAVELING IN VAN. THIS IS THE ONLY FORM OF CHILD SAFETY LOCKS ON THE VEHICLE. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 DODGE CARAVAN. HE STATED THAT THE ELECTRIC DOOR LOCKS STOPPED WORKING WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE DISCONNECTED THEN RECONNECTED THE FUSE AND THAT TEMPORARILY SOLVED THE FAILURE. AS OF MAY 13, 2008, THE DEALER HAD NOT INSPECTED OR REPAIRED THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 29,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 30,000.

VEHICLE'S AUTOMATIC DOOR LOCKS STOP WORKING. WORKED FINE UNTIL AROUND 36,000 MILES THEN STOPPED WORKING. CAN REMOVE BATTER CONNECTION AND RECONNECT AFTER A FEW MINUTES AND THE LOCKS WILL WORK WITHOUT ISSUE. VEHICLE IS SUPPOSE TO LOCK DOORS AT MINIMUM SPEED AND THIS FEATURE DOES NOT WORK. DEALER SAYS PROBLEM CAN BE FIXED WITH A SOFTWARE UPDATE BUT NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. PROBLEM SEEMS TO BE A SAFETY ISSUE SINCE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED WITH THIS SAFETY FEATURE IN MIND. AFTER RESEARCH FOUND THAT THIS ISSUE IS OCCURRING TO MANY CONSUMERS OF THIS TYPE OF VEHICLE. COULD LEAD TO INJURY FOR A CHILD IF THE DOORS DO NOT LOCK AS EXPECTED. *TR

2005 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN'S POWER LOCKS STOPPED WORKING. THEY DO NOT LOCK WHEN YOU REACH 30 MILES AN HOUR. AND THE LOCK BUTTON DOES NOT WORK AT ALL. *TR

THE POWER DOOR LOCKS SUDDENLY QUIT WORKING ON MY 2005 CARAVAN. AFTER LOOKING AT THE INTERNET I DISCOVERED THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS VAN AND DODGE KNOWS ABOUT IT. THIS ISSUE NEEDS TO HAVE A RECALL ISSUED TO MAKE DODGE FIX THE PROBLEM. NOT HAVING DOOR LOCKS IS VERY DANGEROUS WITH TODAY'S RAMPANT CRIME. *TR

ONE WEEK AFTER PURCHASING A 2005 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN, THE RACK AND PINION HAS TO BE REPLACED. ORIGINAL COMPLAINT # 10225466 4/23/08. *TR