2005 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN Complaints

TRAVELING EAST ON THE NYS I90 YESTERDAY, 12:45PM - LUNCH RUSH HOUR TIME, APPROXIMATE SPEED 62 MPH WHEN SUDDENLY THE VEHICLE STOPPED ACCELERATING. PUMPING THE GAS PEDAL, HOLDING IT DOWN TO THE FLOOR MADE NO DIFFERENCE, ALTHOUGH THE RPMS WERE RACING. LUCKILY WE WERE TRAVELING IN THE FAR RIGHT LANE (OF THE THREE AVAILABLE) AND AS I WAS COASTING WAS ABLE TO DO SO ON THE SHOULDER. WE WERE ALSO FORTUNATE THAT WE WERE NEAR AN EXIT AND WE ABLE TO COAST ALONG TO THIS POINT BEFORE WE FINALLY HAD TO SHUT OFF THE CAR, MIDWAY ALONG AN EXIT RAMP, ALONG THE SHOULDER. HAD WE BEEN IN ONE OF THE OTHER LANES DURING THIS MISHAP I PROBABLY WOULD NOT BE IN ANY CONDITION TO FILE A REPORT. VEHICLE WAS PLACED ON A FLAT BED, DRIVEN TO OUR MECHANIC, WHERE IT CURRENTLY IS. I HAVE NOTICED SEVERAL COMPLAINTS REGARDING THE AUTOLOCKS ON THIS VEHICLE. OURS WERE FIXED (PARTIALLY) ONCE. THE DRIVER'S SIDE REAR STILL DOES NOT FUNCTION AS IT SHOULD AND NEEDS TO BE LOCKED AND UNLOCKED MANUALLY. THIS VEHICLE HAD NO PRIOR OWNERS, PURCHASED NEW. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE ENGINE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE SHIFTING HAD TO BE TAMPERED IN ORDER TO RESTART THE VEHICLE AFTER MULTIPLE ATTEMPTS. IN ADDITION, THE AUTOMATIC DOOR ON THE DRIVER SIDE WOULD NOT CLOSE PROPERLY,WHICH CAUSED HER TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE WITH THE DOOR COMPLETELY OPEN. THE PROBLEM RECURRED MULTIPLE TIMES. ALSO, THE DRIVER SIDE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED CONTINUOUSLY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A MECHANIC FOR A DIAGNOSIS AND THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 104,000.

I ACTIVATED THE PASSENGER SIDE AUTOMATIC SLIDING DOOR. THERE WAS A POP AND A FLASH INDICATIVE OF AN ELECTRICAL SHORT AND THE DOOR NO LONGER OPENED OR CLOSED AUTOMATICALLY. I INSPECTED THE WIRES AND FOUND THAT TWO WIRES WERE BROKEN AND POSSIBLY MADE CONTACT WITH EACH OTHER, CAUSING AN ELECTRICAL SHORT. THE VEHICLE WAS INSIDE MY GARAGE AT THE TIME AND NO ONE WAS INSIDE. HOWEVER, THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION SHOULD THE VEHICLE CATCH FIRE BECAUSE OF THE FLIMSY WIRING ON THE DOORS. THE DRIVER SIDE DOOR STOPPED WORKING TWO DAYS LATER, BUT WITH NO POP OR FLASH. I NOTICED SEVERAL OTHER VEHICLES HAD THE SAME PROBLEM, AND THERE ARE SEVERAL DOCUMENTED CASES OF THE SAME PROBLEM THROUGHOUT THE WEB. *TR

2005 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN HEADLIGHT SWITCH WILL NOT TURN THE LIGHTS ON. YOU HAVE TO KEEP TURNING THE SWITCH TO MAKE IT TURN ON. AS YOU ARE GOING DOWN THE ROAD AT NIGHT THE LIGHTS WILL FLASH OR THEY WILL JUST TURN OFF. *TR

THE HEADLIGHTS STARTED GOING OFF WHILE DRIVING. FIRST THE FOG LIGHTS STARTED FLASHING ON AND OFF ON THEIR OWN AND WHEN I WOULD PULL ON THE HEADLIGHT SWITCH OUT TO ENGAGE THE FOG LIGHTS, THE HEADLIGHTS WOULD TURN OFF. I SAW ON LINE THAT MANY OTHER PEOPLE ARE HAVING THIS PROBLEM WITH THEIR GRAND CARAVANS. *TR

CHRYSLER PERFORMED RECALL FOR FRONT CRASH SENSORS ON NOVEMBER 2011 AIR BAG LIGHT ON 7/3/2014. SAME ISSUE EVEN AFTER RECALL. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE VEHICLE JERKED AND THEN STALLED. THE FAILURE OCCURRED AFTER THE CONTACT FILLED UP THE FUEL TANK. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE FUEL TANK NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 120,000.

THE POWER FUNCTION TO BOTH REAR SLIDING DOORS FAILED WITHIN THE PAST 18 MONTHS, THE RIGHT REAR SLIDING DOOR WILL NOT OPEN MANUALLY NOW. IT WILL MOVE APPROXIMATELY 2 INCHES, THEN STOP AND NO MATTER HOW MUCH PHYSICAL FORCE YOU APPLY, THE DOOR REMAINS IN THAT POSITION. SHOULD SOMEONE NEED TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY EGRESS FROM THE VEHICLE THEY COULD NOT USING THIS DOOR. *TR

I WAS GOING THROUGH A DRIVE-THRU WHEN MY KNEE ACCIDENTALLY BUMPED THE KEY IN THE IGNITION AND THE VEHICLE CUT OFF. I TURNED IT BACK ON AND BUMPED IT AGAIN TO TEST IT, AND IT HAPPENED AGAIN. I TRIED IT WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN PARK AS WELL AS IN DRIVE AND REVERSE AND IT HAPPENED EACH TIME. I RECENTLY READ ABOUT THE GM / DODGE /CHRYSLER IGNITION AND AIRBAG ISSUES, BUT MY VEHICLE YEAR IS NOT BEING INVESTIGATED OR RECALLED. I DEMAND THAT THE INVESTIGATION AND RECALLS ARE EXPANDED TO INCLUDE MODELS GOING BACK TO AT LEAST 2005, INCLUDING ANY VEHICLES WITH THIS ENGINEERING OR PART DEFECT. *TR

THE AUTOMATIC DOOR LOCKS FAILED. THEY DO NOT LOCK AT 18MPH, THEY DO NOT OPEN OR CLOSE BY BUTTON OR KEY FOB. HAVE DISCOVERED HUNDRED OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS ISSUE. DEALER DATA SUGGESTS FLASHING THE BCM HOWEVER NOT A PERMANENT CURE, DEALERS REPLACING OTHER PARTS IE MOTORS, ACTUATORS WIRING, FRAUDULENTLY TO ALLEGEDLY REPAIR A KNOWN DEFECT IN SOFTWARE OR THE BCM THEMSELVES. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUES AND A EXTREME INCONVENIENCE TO DISABLED PERSONS TRYING TO REACH DOOR LOCKS INSIDE OF VEHICLES AS THERE ARE NO KEY OPTIONS EXCEPT DRIVERS DOOR AND HATCH. HATCH CANNOT BE LOCKED WHEN THIS FAILURE OCCURS. *TR