2005 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN Complaints

THE WIPERS WILL STOP WORKING. STOPPED FOR WHILE. STARTED UP THEY STARTED WORKING AGAIN. THIS HAS HAPPENED MORE THEN ONCE .... HAVE HEARD OF THIS BEFORE...

THE AUTOMATIC LOCK SYSTEM ON MY 05 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN DOESN'T WORK, WITH THE KEY FOB OR WHEN PUSHING THE AUTOMATED LOCK BUTTONS INSIDE THE VEHICLE. THE CAR BEEPS LIKE IT IS LOCKING WHEN YOU PUSH THE KEY FOB. HOWEVER, IT REALLY ISN'T LOCKING. AFTER DOING SOME RESEARCH, I HAVE FOUND THAT THIS IS A COMMON ISSUE WITH THE 2005 DODGE CARAVAN MODELS. THAT BEING SAID, I CONTACTED THE DEALERSHIP & WAS TOLD THAT THERE HAS NOT BEEN A RECALL, BECAUSE THIS IS "NOT CONSIDERED A SAFETY ISSUE." HOW IS THIS NOT A SAFETY ISSUE? DODGE, THEMSELVES, ACTUALLY CALLS PART OF THE AUTOMATED LOCK SYSTEM A "SAFETY FEATURE." THE SYSTEM IS SUPPOSED TO AUTOMATICALLY LOCK, ONCE YOU REACH A SPEED OF 15 MPH. WELL, THIS NO LONGER WORKS EITHER. HOW IS IT CALLED A "SAFETY FEATURE" WHEN IT WORKS, BUT THEN IT ISN'T A "SAFETY ISSUE" WHEN IT DOESN'T WORK? I PHYSICALLY CANNOT LOCK THE PASSENGER DOORS MYSELF, WHEN DRIVING. I EITHER HAVE TO REMEMBER TO DO IT BEFORE I LEAVE, MAKE SURE THE PERSON THAT GETS OUT DOES IT BEFORE THEY LEAVE, PULL OVER TO LOCK THEM, OR DRIVE WITH THEM UNLOCKED. THAT'S NOT SAFE! I ATTEND NIGHT SCHOOL & AM NOT COMFORTABLE LEAVING MY CAR UNLOCKED, BUT IT IS NOT AS EASY TO GET INTO MY VEHICLE QUICKLY NOW. I HAVE TO MANUALLY OPEN THE DRIVER SIDE DOOR (ONLY DOOR THAT HAS A MANUAL LOCK), REACH IN, UNLOCK THE SIDE DOOR, THEN OPEN THE SIDE DOOR, PUT MY THINGS IN, LOCK THE SIDE DOOR, CLOSE THE DOOR, AND THEN GET IN THE FRONT. THAT IS A LOT OF EXTRA TIME IN A DARK PARKING LOT! NORMALLY, I WOULD JUST CLICK THE UNLOCK & THE OPEN DOOR BUTTON ON THE WAY TO THE VAN, PUT THE STUFF IN, CLOSE THE DOOR & GO. IN ADDITION, IF YOU ARE A PASSENGER, YOU HAVE TO STAND THERE & WAIT TO BE LET IN. AS MENTIONED, THERE IS NO KEY ENTRY ON THAT SIDE OF THE VEHICLE AT ALL. MANY TIMES, I AM LEFT STANDING THERE (WITH MY PURSE), AS MY HUSBAND WALKS AROUND TO THE DRIVER SIDE & LETS HIMSELF & THE KID'S IN THE VEHICLE. *TR

UPON REFUELING THE VAN STUMBLE AND STALLS AT VARIOUS SPEEDS. WHEN VEHICLE STALLS IN TRAFFIC, THE STEERING COLUMN LOCKS. NO LONGER IN CONTROL, THE DRIVER AND PASSENGERS ARE POWERLESS TO AVOID ROADSIDE OBSTACLES AS WELL AS OTHER AUTOMOBILES. *TR

ELECTRIC LOCKS FAIL. AFTER R&R A FUSE THE LOCKS WOULD WORK FOR A PERIOD OF TIME THEN FAIL AGAIN. REPEAT. *TR

2005 DODGE CARAVAN SXT STALLS UNEXPECTEDLY AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS AND AT LOW SPEEDS SHORTLY AFTER BEING FUELED TO A FULL TANK OF GAS. THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING MORE OFTEN AFTER THE MILEAGE HAS GONE OVER 100000 MILE. IT HAS BEEN STARTING BACK UP AFTER IT STALLED BUT HAS TAKEN LONGER TO START WITH EACH PASSING STALL. IF I DISCONNECT THE NEGATIVE BATTERY POST WAIT A FEW MOMENTS AND RECONNECT THE VAN WILL GET ME HOME TILL THE NEXT DAY WHEN THE STALLING START AGAIN. AFTER THE GAS TANK IS BELOW 3/4 THE STALLING ISSUE GOES AWAY. IN IT'S CURRENT CONDITION NOT A VERY RELIABLE OR SAFE AUTOMOBILE FOR ANY FAMILY TO BE USING ON THE HIGHWAYS. *TR

WENT TO THE VAN AND TRIED TO LOCK THE DOORS BUT THE ELECTRONIC DOOR LOCKS ARE NOT WORKING. I BEEN READING THAT THE SYSTEM NEEDS A UPDATE. WHY DOES THE COMPANY KNOW THAT THE UPDATE IS NEEDED BUT WANT TO MAKE MONEY OFF OF US FOR THEIR ERRORS. *TR

I HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING RANDOM ELECTRICAL ISSUES INTERMITTENTLY FOR A FEW WEEKS, BUT TODAY, IT WAS NOTICED THAT MY POWER LOCKS ARE NOT ABLE TO BE ENGAGED OR DISENGAGED VIA EITHER MY KEY FOB OR MANUAL BY THE BUTTON ON THE SIDE OF THE DRIVER'S OR PASSENGER'S DOOR. THEY ALSO DO NOT ENGAGE ONCE THE VEHICLE REACHES THE APPROPRIATE SPEED. THE ONLY WAY TO LOCK OR UNLOCK THE VEHICLE AT THIS TIME, IS VIA THE KEY IN THE DOOR, AND MANUALLY PUSHING DOWN/PULLING UP THE LOCKS THEMSELVES. AS A MOM OF THREE CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF 10, HAVING THEM RIDING IN THE BACK OF THE VEHICLE AND NOT KNOWING FOR SURE THAT THEIR DOORS ARE LOCKED, CAUSES DISTRESS IN REGARD TO THEIR SAFETY. I NEED TO KNOW THAT I CAN LOCK MY VEHICLE QUICKLY BEHIND MY CHILDREN, IF NECESSARY, AND KNOW THAT IF THEY HAPPEN TO PULL ON THE HANDLE ON THE SLIDING DOORS, THAT I CAN REST ASSURED THAT THE DOORS WILL NOT OPEN IN RESPONSE TO THIS AS I'M DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY. *TR

AFTER FILLING UP THE VEHICLE IT WOULD SPUTTER OR STALL. SOMETIMES WHILE IN TRAFFIC! IT DOESN'T OCCUR EVERY TIME AFTER FILL UP BUT HAS DONE IT MULTIPLE TIMES SINCE FOR ALMOST A YEAR. *TR

DOOR LOCK SYSTEM HAS FAILED DUE TO COMPUTER GLITCH. FROM WHAT I HAVE FOUND ON-LINE THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN HAPPENING FOR YEARS AND SHOULD BE COVERED BY A RECALL.

POWER LOCK FUNCTION STOPPED WORKING ON MY 2005 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. POWER DOOR LOCKS COULD NOT BE ACTIVATED USING THE POWER DOOR LOCK SWITCHES ON THE DRIVER'S DOOR, THE PASSENGER DOOR, THE KEY FOB, AND THE 15 MPH AUTO LOCK FEATURE. ATTEMPTING TO ACTIVATE POWER DOOR LOCKS FROM THE KEY FOB GIVES A FALSE INDICATION THAT THE DOORS HAVE LOCKED SINCE THE HORN BEEPS WITHOUT THE DOORS LOCKING. NOT HAVING THE AUTO-LOCK FEATURE AND NOT HAVING CONTROL OF THE POWER DOOR LOCKS FROM THE DRIVER OR PASSENGER DOORS IS A SAFETY HAZARD FOR PASSENGERS EXITING THE VEHICLE IN CASE OF EMERGENCY. *TR