2005 DODGE CARAVAN Complaints

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 DODGE CARAVAN. WHILE DRIVING BETWEEN 35-40 MPH, THE THIRD ROW REAR CORNER WINDOW EXPLODED. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE REPAIR WAS THE CONTACT'S RESPONSIBILITY. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 45,301. UPDATED 02-25-08 *BF UPDATED

POWER DOORS CEASED TO WORK. TECHNICAL ADVISE WAS REQUESTED AND IT WAS TOLD TO ME THAT A POSSIBLE UPGRADE TO THE BSM WOULD CORRECT THIS PROBLEM. DEALER IS CHARGING $180.00 FOR THIS UPGRADE WHICH IN MY OPINION IS A SAFETY ISSUE SINCE CHILDREN MAY OPEN THESE DOORS OR MAY OPEN AS WELL. *TR

I HAVE A 2005 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. THE POWER DOOR LOCK STOP WORKING WHEN THE WIRELESS REMOTE IS PRESS IT WILL NOT LOCK THE DOORS. IF I DISCONNECT THE NEGATIVE TERMINAL OF THE BATTERY AND LEAVE IT DISCONNECTED FOR 5 MINUTES IT WILL WORK AGAIN. I HAVE TO DO THIS EVERY OTHER DAY. I HEAR SAME PEOPLE HAVING THIS PROBLEM HAVE TAKING THE CAR BACK TO THE DEALER AND THE DEALER HAVE CHARGE $130 TO REPROGRAM THE BCM. IF SO MANY PEOPLE IN THE INTERNET ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM THE DEALER SHOULD NOT BE CHARGING THIS CRAZY AMOUNT SINCE IS PROBLEM WITH THE SOFTWARE IN THE BCM. *TR

2005 DODGE CARAVAN RECEIVED ENGINE COOLANT DARING/FLUSH/REFILL BY AN AUTHORIZED CHRYSLER/JEEP/DODGE DEALER (CUTRONE'S, MOON TOWNSHIP, PA 15108) ON 1/10/08. FIVE DAYS LATER THE HOSE ON THE OUTLET TUBING COMING THROUGH THE FIREWALL FROM THE HEATER CORE CAME OFF OF THE TUBING, CAUSING THE RAPID LOSS OF ALL THE ENGINE COOLANT. THE DEALER CLAIMS THAT THEY DID NOT TOUCH THIS HOSE DURING THE ENGINE COOLANT REPLACEMENT ON 1/10. THEY CLAIM THAT IT IS JUST A COINCIDENCE THAT THE HOSE CAME OFF FIVE DAYS AFTER THEY SERVICED THE VEHICLE. THEY ALSO CLAIM THAT IT IS JUST A COINCIDENCE THAT THE CLAMP THAT HOLDS THE HOSE IN PLACE WAS FOUND TO BE ABOUT 4 INCHES FURTHER BACK FROM THE CONNECTION END OF THE HOSE THAN IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE IN ORDER TO EFFECTIVELY CLAMP IT ONTO THE TUBING. EVEN THOUGH THE CLAMP WAS FIRMLY COMPRESSING THE HOSE IN THE WRONG POSITION THAT IT WAS FOUND AFTER THE INCIDENT, THE DEALER MAINTAINS THAT IT MUST HAVE HAPPENED BY ITSELF, OR BY SOMEONE WHO SERVICED THE VEHICLE BEFORE THEM. AS THE VEHICLE WAS ORIGINALLY PURCHASED WITH 5 YEAR / 100,000 MILE ENGINE COOLANT, THE COOLANT SYSTEM HAD NEVER EVER BEEN SERVICED BEFORE 1/10/08. THIS WAS THE FIRST ENGINE COOLANT SERVICE, FOLLOWED BY THE FIRST SPONTANEOUS DETACHMENT OF AN ENGINE COOLANT HOSE. SINCE THE DEALER IS ABSOLUTELY CERTAIN THAT THE PROBLEM WAS NOT CAUSED BY THE SERVICE PROCEDURE, THEN THE PROBLEM HAD TO BE CAUSED BY SOME KIND OF DEFECTIVE CONDITION THAT IS INHERENT TO THE HOSE, TUBING, AND/OR CLAMP THAT CHRYSLER/DODGE USES ON THE 2005 CARAVAN. THE RAPID LOSS OF ENGINE COOLANT IS A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS, UNSAFE, AND LIFE-THREATENING EVENT. THIS INCIDENT SHOULD BE THOROUGHLY INVESTIGATED, BECAUSE MOST OF THESE TYPES OF VEHICLES CARRY YOUNG CHILDREN WHO COULD BE SERIOUSLY INJURED OR KILLED IF THE ENGINE COOLANT IS RAPIDLY LOST UNDER CERTAIN TRAFFIC, WEATHER, OR ROADWAY CONDITIONS. *TR

THE ELECTRIC DOOR LOCKS QUIT WORKING, BOTH FROM INSIDE THE CAR AND FROM THE REMOTE KEY. THE FIRST TIME IT HAPPENED WAS SEPT. 2007. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND THEY FIXED IT BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW. NOW JAN. 2008 IT HAS HAPPENED AGAIN. *TR

MY 2005 DODGE CARAVAN DOOR LOCKS HAVE STOPPED WORKING. I TOOK THE VAN TO THE DEALER AND THEY COMPLETED A FIX THAT DID NOT LAST 24 HOURS BUT IT COST ME $100. WHEN WE TOOK IT BACK THEY BILLED ME ANOTHER $100 TO SAY THAT I NEEDED THE BCM REPLACED AT A COST OF $400. IN DOING MY RESEARCH I SEE THAT THIS MOST LIKELY WOULD NOT FIX THE PROBLEM. I FEEL IT IS VERY DANGEROUS THE ONLY WAY TO UNLOCK THE VAN IS TO GO TO THE DRIVERS SIDE WHERE THERE IS A KEY ENTRY POINT. GOD FORBID IF MY FAMILY IS EVER IN THE CAR AND I CAN NOT ENTER FROM THE DRIVERS SIDE AJD THE DOORS ARE LOCKED. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 DODGE CARAVAN. THE AIR BAG WARNING INDICATOR LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED BECAUSE THE VEHICLE CRASHED AND THE SENSOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THERE WAS NO IMPACT OR CRASH. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 07V192000 (AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:SENSOR/CONTROL MODULE). THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 17,750 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 17,806.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 DODGE CARAVAN. WHEN LOCKING AND UNLOCKING THE DOORS ON THE VEHICLE, IT ALERTS THE OWNER AS IF THE ALARM IS SET, THE DOOR IS LOCKED OR UNLOCKED. THE CONTACT OBSERVED THAT THE DOORS WERE NOT LOCKED OR UNLOCKED AND THE ALARM WAS NOT SET ON THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT WASN'T NOTIFIED THAT THERE WAS AN UPDATE AVAILABLE UNTIL HE CALLED TO DEALER ABOUT THE FAILURE. AFTER NOTIFYING THE DEALER, THEY STATED THAT THERE WAS AN UPDATE TO THE SOFTWARE FOR $130. THE UPDATE TO HIS VEHICLE WAS PERFORMED ON NOVEMBER 8, 2007. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 42000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 43845. RK

DRIVING DOWN FREEWAY AND THE DRIVER SIDE SLIDING DOOR GLASS SHATTERED. I CANNOT CONTINUE TO DRIVE FOR FEAR OF THE GLASS TO FALL COMPLETELY OUT. IT HAPPENED ON FRIDAY EVENING, SO I'M WAITING TO CONTACT DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION ON MONDAY MORNING. *JB

I DROVE 2 HOURS ON THE HIGHWAY AND PARKED THE CAR WHEN I ARRIVED AT MY DESTINATION. AFTER 10 MINUTES I WENT TO LEAVE AND I PUT THE CAR IN DRIVE; IT STARTED CRANKING AND STARTED TO ROLL BACKWARDS. PARTS OF MY CAR STARTED FALLING OUT OF THE TRANSMISSION. MY CAR ONLY HAD 32,000 MILES ON IT. THE AXEL GOT CAUGHT IN THE TRANSMISSION AND BROKE ALL THE PIECES IN THE TRANSMISSION. IT TOOK 3 WEEKS FOR MY CAR TO BE REPAID AND I WAS NOT ABLE TO GET A LOANER CAR FROM DODGE EVEN THOUGH I COMPLAINED.I COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED IF THIS HAD HAPPENED AN HOUR EARLIER ON THE HIGHWAY. THE SECOND INCIDENT OCCURRED IN OCTOBER. I WAS DRIVING ON MY WAY HOME WITH MY SISTER AND MY 6 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER IN THE CAR. IT WAS RAINING AND ALL OF A SUDDEN MY ELECTRICAL SYSTEM WENT HAYWIRE. MY WINDSHIELD WIPERS STOPPED WORKING AND MY WINDOWS WOULDN'T OPEN. A FEW MINUTES LATER WHEN I ARRIVED HOME, I NOTICED THAT MY CAR WAS SMOKING. ABOUT 15 MINUTES LATER, I WENT OUT TO CHECK ON MY CAR AND FOUND THAT IT WAS RUNNING WITHOUT THE KEY IN THE IGNITION. I PUT THE KEY IN AND THE CAR SHUT DOWN. THE NEXT MORNING, I WENT TO CALL THE DEALERSHIP AND WHEN I WENT TO LOOK AT MY CAR, IT WAS RUNNING ONCE AGAIN. BY THE TIME THE TOW TRUCK ARRIVED, MY BATTERY WAS DEAD. ONCE AGAIN WE COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED IN AN ACCIDENT. THESE ARE TWO MAJOR SAFETY ISSUES. I AM AFRAID TO DRIVE MY CAR NOW. I THINK THAT I SHOULD RECEIVE A NEW CAR THAT DOESN'T HAVE ALL OF THESE MAJOR SAFETY ISSUES. *TR