2005 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN Complaints

DOOR LOCKS ON 2005 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN QUIT WORKING, HAVE SPOKE W/MANY ON INTERNET AND IT'S A COMMON PROBLEM. THERE IS A TSB ABOUT THIS BUT DODGE WILL NOT REPAIR WITHOUT CHARGING $100-$250.00 YOUR DOOR LOCKS ARE CONTROLLED BY THE BODY CONTROL MODULE (BCM). THE BCM MONITORS THE CURRENT DRAW ON THE LOCK AND UNLOCK CIRCUITS, AND WHEN IT GOES ACROSS A THRESHOLD IT WILL DISABLE THE LOCKS TO PRESERVE ITSELF FROM DAMAGE. IF A CIRCUIT WAS SHORTED TO GROUND AND THE BCM KEPT TRYING TO DRIVE THE LOCKS IT WOULD DAMAGE ITSELF. THE ORIGINAL BCM SOFTWARE ON THE 2005 VANS WAS A LITTLE SENSITIVE TO THIS, AND OVER TIME WHEN THE LOCK SOLENOIDS IN EACH DOOR START TO NATURALLY USE A LITTLE MORE CURRENT, THE BCM CAN SET A FAULT CODE AND DISABLE THE LOCKS A LITTLE PREMATURELY. THE BCM SOFTWARE WAS REVISED TO MAKE IT MORE FAULT TOLERANT TO STOP THIS FROM HAPPENING PREMATURELY. THE FIX IS TO REPROGRAM THE BCM SOFTWARE. THIS IS DONE WITH A DEALER SCAN TOOL, AND TAKES ABOUT A HALF HOUR OF LABOR TO PERFORM. *TR

RECENTLY MY AUTOMATIC DOOR LOCKS ON MY VAN HAVE STOPPED WORKING. AFTER RESEARCHING ON THE NET ABOUT HOW TO FIX IT, I NOTICED MANY MANY PEOPLE WITH THE EXACT SAME SITUATION! HOW IS THIS NOT MADE A RECALL BY NOW? HOW CAN WE GET THIS TO BECOME A RECALL? THE FIX TO MY PROBLEM WAS EXPLAINED ON THE NET, TO PULL OUT THE FUSE AND AFTER 5 SECONDS TO PLUG IT BACK IN. I DID THAT AND IT WORKED HOWEVER, MANY PEOPLE SAY THIS IS NOT A PERMANENT SOLUTION. I NOW HAVE PROBLEMS WITH MY INTERIOR AND HEADLIGHTS FLICKERING, AS IF THEY WERE GOING TO THE SOUND OF MUSIC. IT SEEMS AS THOUGH THERE COULD BE A SHORT SOMEWHERE CAUSING ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS. CAN YOU PLEASE HELP US TO OBTAIN A RECALL IN THIS MATTER? I SINCERELY HOPE YOU CONSIDER! JUST RESEARCH IT ON THE NET YOURSELF AND YOU WILL SEE MANY COMPLAINTS! *TR

2005 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN INTERMITTENT ELECTRICAL ISSUES WITH DASH LIGHTS AND DOOR LOCKS DOOR LOCKS WILL NOT LOCK, DOOR LOCKS CYCLE UP AND DOWN WHILE VEHICLE IS BEING DRIVEN, REAR PASSENGER DOORS WILL NOT OPEN WITH REMOTE OR UNLOCK WITH REMOTE OR BUTTONS INSIDE OF VEHICLE. *TR

ABOUT ONE WEEK AGO I GOT BACK FROM BUYING GROCERIES, AND WHEN I PARKED, GOT OUT AND WAS GOING CLOSE THE DOOR, I HEARD THE WARNING SOUND. THE SAME SOUND THAT RINGS WHEN YOU LEAVE YOUR KEYS IN THE IGNITION OR THE HEADLIGHTS ON, BUT I HAD THE KEYS IN MY HAND AND THE LIGHTS WERE ALL OFF. FROM THEN ON THE POWER LOCKS WILL NOT UNLOCK OR LOCK BY EITHER THE REMOTE OR THE DOOR SWITCH. I READ ONLINE THAT REMOVING THE IOD FUSE FOR 5 SECONDS AND REPLACING IT WOULD WORK, AND IT DID, BUT MANY ON THE ONLINE FORUM ALSO SAID THIS WAS TEMPORARY AND THAT IT WOULD HAPPEN AGAIN. I'M SURE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE HAVE COMPLAINED, PLEASE MAKE THIS A RECALL. :( *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED INTERMITTENTLY; HOWEVER, SINCE DECEMBER 2009, IT REMAINED ILLUMINATED. SHE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER WHO STATED THAT THE AIR BAG SENSORS WERE CORRODED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS BEING REPAIRED AT THE TIME OF THE COMPLAINT. SHE HAD NOT SPOKEN WITH THE MANUFACTURER. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 67,000. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 65,500.

2005 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN POWER LOCKS NOT WORKING. PULLED IOD FUSE AND ARE WORKING AGAIN. FOUND THOUSANDS OF COMPLAINTS ON WEB. IOD ONLY TEMPORARY FIX. DODGE KNOWS THE PROBLEM AND IS DOING NOTHING. SHAME!!!! *TR

2005 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN 3.8 STEERING NOISY AND RACK & PINION LEAKING. HAD TO REPLACE STEERING RACK AND RESERVOIR. $1000 AND ONLY HAD 50000 MILES. HAD IT TO DEALER 2 TIMES FOR STEERING NOISE UNDER 3-36 WARRANTY. *TR

THE HEADLIGHTS COME ON AND GO OFF ON THEIR OWN. SOMETIMES THEY WON'T COME ON. SOMETIMES THEY WON'T GO OFF. THEY HAVE COME BACK ON AND KILLED THE BATTERY. THEY HAVE EVEN GONE OFF WHILE I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AT NIGHT IN A RAINSTORM. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS. *TR

HEAD LIGHTS WON'T WORK. PARK LIGHTS WORK OK WHEN SWITCH IS MOVED TO THE HEADLIGHT POSITION. HAVE 100,125 MILES JUST PAID IT OFF NOW THIS. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AS IT IS INTERMITTENT RIGHT NOW BUT CAN'T RELY ON IT WORKING ALL THE TIME. *TR

FILLING VAN UP WITH GAS. ABOUT A MILE AFTER LEAVING THE STATION CAR STALLS. IT NOW OCCURS EACH TIME WE FILL UP WITH GAS. IF WE NEED TO GET ONTO THE INTERSTATE WE DRIVE AROUND FOR ABOUT A MILE FOR THE CAR TO STALL AND DIE BEFORE WE TRY TO GET ONTO THE INTERSTATE. APPARENTLY THIS IS BECOMING A PROBLEM WITH THE DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. DEALERSHIP SAID THIS IS HAPPENING MORE AND MORE. DEALERSHIP SAID WE HAVE TO REPLACE THE ENTIRE GAS TANK. APPROXIMATE COST IS $800. WE ARE HANDLING THE STALLING UNTIL WE CAN AFFORD THE $800 TO FIX A DESIGN PROBLEM. THE FUEL FILTER IS IN THE GAS TANK AND SINCE WE NEVER HAVE TO REPLACE THE FUEL FILTER DODGE THOUGHT THAT WOULD BE THE BEST PLACE FOR IT. BRILLIANT DESIGN. *TR