2005 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN Complaints

DOORS WON'T LOCK WITH FOB HAVE TO LOCK THEM EACH BY HAND ALSO AUTOMATIC LOCKING OF ALL DOORS AT APP. 20 MILES AN HOUR DOES NOT WORK EITHER . I READ ABOUT PULLING 20 AMP FUSE OUT THEN PUTTING IT BACK IN IT WORKED . IT LASTED ABOUT 2 WEEKS THEN HAPPENED AGAIN, DID THE SAME THING WITH THE FUSE IT WORKED AGAIN FOR ABOUT 3 WEEKS THEN STOPPED WORKING AGAIN, PULLED FUSE AND PUT BACK IN IT WORKED AGAIN FOR ABOUT 2 WEEKS. *TR

THE VAN HAS HAD A PROBLEM FOR THE LAST 3 MONTHS. RIDING ON THE VAN, SUDDENLY THE GAUGES IN THE DASHBOARD START TO FLICKER AND JUMP LIKE CRAZY AND THE ENGINE STALLS AND DIES IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD.THIS IS DANGEROUS. I CAN CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. I HAVE CHANGED THE ALTERNATOR, THE BATTERY, THE PCM, AND STILL HAVE THE PROBLEM. I HAVE CONTACTED THE FACTORY AND THEY DON'T HAVE A SOLUTION FOR THIS DANGEROUS SITUATION. THERE ARE MANY VEHICLES IN THE SAME SITUATION. DOES THE FACTORY HAVE TO ASSUME SOME RESPONSIBILITY? *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AUTOMATIC LOCKS FAILED TO LOCK AND UNLOCK AS DESIGNED. AFTER EXTENSIVE RESEARCH ON THE INTERNET AND OTHER VEHICLE OWNERS, THE CONTACT DETERMINED THERE WAS NO FIX FOR THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 140,000.

MY DAUGHTER 8 CAN NOT OPEN THE SLIDING DOORS IN THE BACK BECAUSE THE BUTTON IS TO HARD TO PUSH ALSO ON ONE SIDE YOU CAN NOT OPEN IT FROM THE INSIDE AND I THINK THIS SHOULD BE CHECKED ON IT IS A SAFETY HAZARD. *TR

THE HEADLIGHTS WILL FLICKER, THE SAME TIME THEY FLICKER THE DASH LIGHTS FOR THE ODOMETER WILL FLICKER AS WELL. I'VE ALSO NOTICED WHEN THIS STARTED THE SMALL LIGHT NEXT TO MY HAZARD BUTTON ON THE DASH FLICKERS AS WELL, EVEN THOUGH NO ONE IS IN THAT SEAT. THIS PROBLEM IS DISTRACTING AND MAKES IT DIFFICULT TO DRIVE AT NIGHT. THIS PROBLEM HAS SEEMED TO HAVE GOTTEN WORSE SINCE IT STARTED. I'VE TRIED RUNNING THE VAN WITH AND WITHOUT THE A/C BUT THIS DID NOT SOLVE THE ISSUE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT A LOUD NOISE EMITTED OUTSIDE OF THE VEHICLE WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH. UPON COMPLETING A TURN, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO WOBBLE VIOLENTLY AS THE PASSENGER'S SIDE OF THE VEHICLE SLIGHTLY COLLAPSED TO THE GROUND. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, WHO STATED THAT THE FRONT AXLE WAS FRACTURED AND THE FRAME WAS COMPLETELY RUSTED. THE AXLE WAS REPLACED. IN ADDITION, THE BRAKES WOULD NOT RESPOND WHENEVER DEPRESSED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 83,000.

POWER LOCKS DO NOT WORK WITH DOOR SWITCHES OR KEY FOB. KEY FOB ONLY UNLOCKS REAR HATCH. ALL OTHER LOCKS MUST BE LOCKED AND UNLOCKED MANUALLY. I HAVE TRIED INTERNET SUGGESTIONS ALL ENDING IN THE SAME RESULTS. AFTER HEARING OF OTHER COMPLAINS ON THIS ISSUE, I HOPE I DON'T GET LOCKED IN AND CANT GET OUT!!! *TR

LEFT REAR BRAKE LINE HAS BROKEN IN THE SAME PLACE AS THE PREVIOUS 2 LINES BROKE. I AM LOOKING AT A FOURTH BRAKE LINE IN TWO YEARS! THESE BRAKE LINES ARE FACTORY PARTS WITH IDENTICAL DEFECTS IN THE WELDED STEEL LINE. *TR

I LOVE OUR VAN AS FAR AS CONVENIENCE AND FEATURES, BUT HAVE HAD PROGRESSIVE ELECTRICAL ISSUES. THE FIRST ISSUE WAS THE AUTOMATIC SLIDING DOORS STOPPED WORKING. WE HAD TO SWITCH OFF THE POWER AND USE THEM MANUALLY. THE INTERIOR LIGHT AT THE DRIVER'S SIDE SLIDE SHORTED OUT. EVERY NOW AND THEN IT DECIDES TO WORK. THEN THE DOOR LOCKS ON BOTH OF THE SLIDES STOPPED WORKING. SOME TIMES THE DOOR LOCKS WILL NOT UNLOCK THE LIFT GATE AND WE HAVE TO OPEN IT WITH THE KEY. THE FRONT MAP LIGHTS WORK SOME OF THE TIME. MY FRONT WINDOWS HAVE STOPPED WORKING AT DIFFERENT TIMES AND THE BEGIN WORKING AGAIN. SOMETIMES THE THINGS HAVE RESET IF I HAD TO GET MY BATTERY JUMPED OFF OR WHEN I REPLACED MY BATTERY. THE MOST CONCERNING THING TO ME IS THAT MY RIGHT REAR BRAKE LIGHT AND TURN SIGNAL LIGHTS KEEP BLOWING. I HAVE REPLACED THEM NUMEROUS TIMES AND THE LAST TIME IT STILL DID NOT WORK. NOW I JUST DON'T HAVE A LIGHT. NOT SURE HOW EXPENSIVE THIS WILL BE TO FIX. VERY FRUSTRATED AT THE CONTINUOUS AND COMPLEX ISSUES THAT ARE GOING ON. SEEMS THAT THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL SINCE I HAVE HEARD OF VARIOUS OTHERS THAT I KNOW HAVING THESE TYPE OF ISSUES. *TR

THE DRIVER SIDE WINDOW STOPPED WORKING. BOTH SLIDING DOORS WORK ONLY OCCASIONALLY. MOST OF THE TIME THEY HAVE TO BE OPENED AND CLOSED MANUALLY. NONE OF THE DOOR LOCKS WORK. I HAVE TO OPEN THE DRIVER'S DOOR WITH THE KEY THEN REACH OVER TO THE OTHER DOORS AND MANUALLY PULL THE LOCKS UP TO UNLOCK AND DOWN TO LOCK. NEITHER THE REMOTE NOR THE INTERNAL AUTO LOCK WORKS. ONLY THE TRUNK LOCK WORKS WITH THE REMOTE. *TR