2005 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN Complaints

2005 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. THE DOOR LOCKS WILL QUIT WORKING. YOU MUST MANUALLY LOCK THE DOORS BUT THE REAR HATCH WILL NOT LOCK. I CAN REMOVE THE FUSE FOR THE DOOR LOCKS AND THE PROBLEM IS FIXED, HOWEVER THIS DOES NOT LAST BUT A COUPLE OF WEEKS. *TR

THE POWER DOOR LOCKS STOP WORKING, PULL THE IOD FUSE OR DISCONNECT THE BATTERY TO RESET FOR AWHILE,THEN PROBLEM COMES BACK. *TR

HEADLIGHTS ON MY DODGE GRAND CARAVAN INTERMITTENTLY FAIL TO TURN ON. FAILURE OCCURS 60 - 75% OF THE TIME. AFTER WIGGLING THE KNOB FOR 5 - 10 MINUTES, LIGHTS USUALLY WILL FINALLY TURN ON. LIGHTS HAVE TURNED OFF WHILE DRIVING SEVERAL TIMES. *TR

ME AND A CO WORKER PURCHASED GOODYEAR REGATTA 2 TIRES APPROXIMATELY 2 YEARS AGO. BOTH OF OUR VEHICLES HAVE DEVELOPED UNSAFE TIRE OUT OF ROUND CONDITIONS THAT MAKE IT VERY DIFFICULT TO DRIVE OUR VEHICLES SAFELY. BOTH TIRE SETS HAVE UNDER 20,000 MILES ON THEM. GOODYEAR HAS BEEN UNRESPONSIVE TO COMPLAINTS AND I FEEL THESE TIRES ARE DANGEROUS. THERE HAVE BEEN REPORTS OF BLOWOUTS DUE TO SIDEWALL FAILURE AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS WITH THESE TIRES. I BELIEVE THEY SHOULD BE RECALLED IMMEDIATELY. *TR

2005 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. GAUGES FAIL INTERMITTENTLY. AFTER RESTARTING, GAUGES START WORKING NORMALLY AGAIN. DEALER INDICATES BCM AND INSTRUMENT CLUSTER NEED TO BE REPLACED. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED AND SHUT OFF WHEN THE CONTACT SMELLED A BURNING ODOR AND NOTICED THAT THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE TAILLIGHT WAS ON FIRE. THE FIRE WAS EXTINGUISHED BUT THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN INSPECTED OR REPAIRED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 100,000.

2005 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN - HEADLIGHTS RANDOMLY TURN OFF - THEY DO NOT DIM - THEY JUST SIMPLY TURN OFF. *TR

AT 32,050 MILES, THE POWER DOOR LOCKS ON OUR 2005 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN SUDDENLY FAILED TO WORK. THIS WAS DISCOVERED AFTER PARKING THE CAR AND TURNING OFF THE IGNITION. THE INSIDE DOOR LOCK SWITCHES AND KEY FOBS COULDN'T OPERATE THE LOCKS, DESPITE THE USUAL ACCOMPANYING PARKING LIGHT FLICKERS AND HORN TOOTS WHEN THE KEY FOBS WERE TRIED. I DISCOVERED THAT 75 OTHER DRIVERS REPORTED THE SAME PROBLEM ON THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE: HTTP://WWW.CARCOMPLAINTS.COM/DODGE/CARAVAN/2005/ELECTRICAL/POWER_DOOR_LOCKS_QUIT_WORKING.SHTML THE CUSTOMER INPUT ON THIS WEBSITE PROVIDES USEFUL INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROBLEM AND WHAT MAY BE CAUSING IT, AS WELL AS CHRYSLER'S APPARENT INDIFFERENCE TO IT. I WAS ABLE TO RESTORE OPERATION BY PULLING AND REINSERTING A 20A FUSE (MARKED IOD), WHICH AS I UNDERSTAND IT RESETS THE COMPUTER. THE SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM MAY BE THE REPROGRAMMING OF THE VEHICLE'S COMPUTER. I HAVE NO IDEA WHY THAT SHOULD BE NECESSARY AFTER 30,000+ MILES DRIVEN AND NO NEW ACCESSORIES INSTALLED OR MODIFICATIONS MADE TO THE CAR. IT SOUNDS LIKE A DEFECTIVE SOFTWARE GLITCH TO ME. THIS COULD HAVE DIRE CONSEQUENCES WHEN PROMPT OPENING OF ALL THE VEHICLE'S DOORS IS NEEDED DURING EMERGENCIES, AND MANY FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN DEPEND UPON MINIVANS LIKE OURS. *TR

HEADLIGHTS ON MY 2005 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN RANDOMLY TURN OFF BY THEMSELVES. NO EVENT LEADING UP TO THE INCIDENT. THE FAILURE OCCURS RANDOMLY WHILE DRIVING. NOTHING DONE SO FAR TO FIX THE PROBLEM. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN HE ENGAGED THE TURN SIGNAL, IT WOULD STOP FLASHING WHEN HE WAS HALFWAY THROUGH THE TURN. HE THEN NOTICED THAT WHEN HE TURNED THE TURN SIGNAL ON, IT WOULD NOT FUNCTION AT ALL INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALERSHIP WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT A TURN SIGNAL MODULE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE TURN SIGNAL LEVER WAS REPAIRED AT AN AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR SHOP. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER WHO OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 70,000. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 65,000. UPDATED 01/31/11 *BF THE CONSUMER STATED THE TURN SIGNAL LEVER WAS REPLACED BY AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP AFTER BEING TOLD BY THE DEALER THE VEHICLE NEEDED A TURN SIGNAL MODULE. UPDATED 03/22/11