2005 DODGE CARAVAN Complaints

DT: 2005 DODGE CARAVAN. THE CONSUMER STATES THE SIDE DOOR ON THE DRIVER SIDE COMES OPEN WHILE DRIVING. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN LOOKED AT YET. THERE HAS NOT BEEN A DETERMINATION AS TO WHY THIS IS HAPPENING. DODGE TOLD THE CONSUMER TO TAKE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP. THIS ONLY HAPPENED ONCE, HE HAS BUNGEE CORDES AND DOOR CANNOT HAPPEN AGAIN. THERE WERE NO INDICATOR LIGHTS THAT THE DOOR WAS OPEN. *AK

MY WIFE WAS ON THE HIGHWAY PASSING ANOTHER CAR WHEN THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL OF HER 2005 DODGE CARAVAN SE SUDDENLY DROPPED TO THE FLOOR. SHE BARELY GOT OFF THE ROAD WITHOUT CAUSING AN ACCIDENT AND WAS SURE IF IT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED ON A BUSIER HIGHWAY SHE WOULD HAVE CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. SHE WAS STRANDED ALONG THE HIGHWAY FOR TWO HOURS WAITING FOR HELP. SHE WAS TOWED TO A DODGE DEALER WHO TOLD HER THE LITTLE PLASTIC RETAINER WHICH SECURES THE THROTTLE CABLE GOING FROM THE ACCELERATOR TO THE ENGINE HAD BROKE AND THEY CONSEQUENTLY FIXED IT. IT IS PART#4287736 RETAINER. AFTER LOOKING AT THIS LITTLE PLASTIC RETAINER I FEEL IT IS A SAFETY HAZARD AND SHOULD BE REDESIGNED AND MADE OUT OF STEEL OR SOMETHING THAT WON'T BREAK AS EASILY. I THINK IT SHOULD BE INVESTIGATED AS A SAFETY HAZARD. *JB

DT: WHILE PARKING THE BACK WINDSHIELD EXPLODED. THE GLASS CAME INWARDS TOWARDS THE INSIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE DRIVER WAS PARKED, THEN THERE WAS AN EXPLOSION SOUND, AND OWNER LOOKED OUTSIDE TO SEE IF SOMEONE THREW SOMETHING AND SAW NOTHING. THERE WAS NO SIGN OF THE WINDSHIELD BEING HIT WITH AN OBJECT, AND NO OBJECTS INSIDE THE VEHICLE. THE CAR HAS NOT DRIVEN OVER ANY BIG BUMPS OR POTHOLE. SDEALERSHIP OR THE MANUFACTURER HAD NOT BEEN CONTACTED. THERE WERE NO INJURIES, BUT IF SOMEONE WOULD HAVE BEEN IN THE BACK SEAT T COULD HAVE BEEN INJURED BY THE GLASS. THE VEHICLE IWASREGULARY SERVICED. 2005 DODGE CARAVAN. *AK

DT: CONSUMER STATED THAT 2005 DODGE CARAVAN ACCELERATOR STUCK AND SHE COULD NOT STOP. OWNER PUT BOTH FEET ON THE BRAKES, AND THE VEHICLE COULD NOT STOP. THE BRAKES WERE NOT WORKING WELL ENOUGH TO GET THE VAN TO STOP WITH THE ACCELERATOR STUCK. THE VAN WILL STILL NOT COME TO A COMPLETE STOP. CONSUMER CAME TO A RED LIGHT; AND THE VEHICLE DID NOT STOP OR SLOW DOWN. CONSUMER HAD TO RUN THE RED LIGHT TO KEEP VEHICLE FROM HITTING ANOTHER VEHICLE/PEDESTRIAN. CONSUMER PULLED THE VAN INTO A PARKING LOT, TRYING TO GET OUT OF THE WAY, AND KEEP IT FROM HITTING ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE VAN WENT UP ON BOTH LEFT WHEELS WHEN THE CONSUMER TURNED INTO THE PARKING LOT AFTER THE VEHICLE CAME BACK ON ALL 4 WHEELS. CONSUMER QUICKLY TURNED OFF THE IGNITION AND VEHICLE STOPPED. COMPLETELY. LEFT FRONT SIDE TIRE SUFFERED A BLOW OUT PRIOR TO THIS INCIDENT, SEVERAL MONTHS AGO. THE TIRE WAS REPLACED AT NO CHARGE. CONSUMER DID NOT RAN OVER ANYTHING FOR THE TIRE TO BLOW OUT. THE VAN WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL DEALERSHIP ON GASTONIA, APPROXIMATELY 40 MILES FROM THE ORIGINAL DEALER WHERE THE VAN WAS PURCHASED. THE ORIGINAL WANTED CONSUMER TO BRING THE VAN TO THEM SO THEY COULD INSPECT IT THEMSELVES. THE DEALER OFFERED CONSUMER A RENTAL FOR THREE DAYS WHILE THE DIAGNOSTIC TEST WAS PERFORMED. CONSUMER HAD A RENTAL CAR FOR 5 DAYS, BUT SHE REFUSED TO PAY FOR THE RENTAL. *AK

DT: SINCE MARCH WHILE DRIVING SLOWLY ABOUT 20 MPH, THE VEHICLE MADE RUMBLING SOUNDS LIKE IT WAS DRIVING OVER RUMBLING STRIPS ON THE HIGHWAY. THIS PROBLEM IS SPORADIC. NO DASH LIGHT ILLUMINATED INDICATING THERE WAS ANY TYPE OF PROBLEM. THERE IS A TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN WHICH REFERENCES THIS PROBLEM. THE CONSUMER NOTICED THAT THIS SEEMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM WITH SPRINTERS WHICH LATER TURNS INTO A TORQUE CONVERTER PROBLEM. IT MAY ALSO CAUSE PROBLEMS WITH THE TRANSMISSION. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN TAKEN INTO TO THE DEALER YET. THE OWNER HAS NOT CONTACTED DAIMLER CHRYSLER. THIS PROBLEM HAS EXISTED EVER SINCE THE PURCHASE OF THE VEHICLE. THE OWNER WOULD LIKE TO REFER THE INVESTIGATOR TO [email protected] WEBSITE FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROBLEM. OWNER ALSO WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS FRUSTRATION ABOUT THE SPRINTER NOT BEING AVAILABLE AS ONE OF THE CHOICES IN THE COMPLAINT DATABASE. *NM

2002 DODGE CARAVAN, STEERING PROBLEMS, NOISES, RATLLING, SHAKING. TRIED TO FIX 4 TIMES. FINALLY WE TRADED IT IN FOR 2005. SAME PROBLEMS STARTED UNDER 10,000. IN SHOP NOW 2ND ATTEMPT TO FIX. ALSO VAN LOOSES ALL POWER AND STEERING WHILE DRIVING. IT HAS HAPPENED 5 TIMES.

CONSUMER DEVELOPED NAUSEA, SKIN RASH AND RESPIRATORY DISTRESS WITH THE SUSPICIONS THAT THESE SYMPTOMS WERE COMING FROM THE 2005 DODGE CARAVAN.*MR RESPONDED ON 4-29-05 AAE 10117170 THE CONSUMER BELIEVES THAT A PRODUCT WAS USED INSIDE THE VEHICLE PRIOR TO IT BEING DELIVERED TO THE CONSUMER. THE CONSUMER HAD AN INDEPENDENT LABORATORY CONDUCT TESTS ON HE VEHICLE AND CONCLUDED THAT A HAZARDOUS CHEMICAL CALLED HEXANE WAS PRESENT. *NM

I HAVE HAD A MISS FIRE FROM THE ENGINE SINCE I BOUGHT IT. TAKEN IT BACK TO THE DEALER FOR SERVICE AND HAD THE PCM REPROGRAMED, TRANS SERVICED AND STILL THE PROBLEM PERSISTS. NOW THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS ON AGAIN AND THE TROUBLE CODE ARE SAYING BAD PLUG-WIRE OR COIL PACK. LAST TIME IT WENT IN THEY SAID IT WAS A BAD PLUG AND WIRE ON CYL. 4.

DT: CONTACTS WAS ON THE INTERSTATE GOING APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH, THE ENGINE LOST ALL POWER. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A SERVICE DEALER AND THERE WAS A FUEL PUMP REPLACED, BUT THIS DID NOT FIX THE PROBLEM. THE DEALERSHIP SUGGESTED A CO-PILOT ON THE VEHICLE, BUT THEY DO NOT HAVE ONE TO PUT ON THE VEHICLE.*AK

DODGE CARAVAN 2005, UNUSUAL CHEMICALS USED DURING THE PREPARATION FOR DELIVERY. *BF THE CONSUMER BEGAN TO EXPERIENCE NAUSEA, SKIN RASH AND SEVERE RESPIRATORY DISTRESS. *JB