2005 Chrysler Town and Country: doors won't lock, open or latch

Filed Jul 21, 2015 · Electrical · 60,000 miles · WA · fire

Tl* the contact owns a 2005 chrysler town and country. While operating the vehicle, a burning plastic odor was present inside the vehicle and the passenger side sliding door would not open when pressing the button. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic who discovered that electrical wires inside the door panel were burned. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 60,000.

Filed Jun 3, 2015 · Airbags, Brakes · 148,000 miles · OH

My air bag and ABS lights stays on and my door locks and rear tail lights stop working I have to get fuses and lights regularly

Filed May 5, 2015 · Electrical · 85,000 miles · WA

Vehicle automatic door locks suddenly stop working and can only be manually used unless you pull the fuse under the hood to reset the system. Then it works again for a time (sometimes a day, sometimes longer) and then it will trip again and stop working until you pull the fuse to reset - rinse and repeat! Very annoying and found many complaints about this on the internet with others having problems as well. Here is one as an example - http://www.carcomplaints.com/chrysler/town_country/2005/accessories-interior/door_locks_not_working_properly.shtml.

Filed May 2, 2015 · Body, Electrical · 300,000 miles · FL

Sliding doors makes sound but does not open or close electrically. Sliding door locks does not work.

Filed Oct 9, 2014 · Body, Locks · 54,525 miles · FL

The electric door lock/unlock actuator on the driver's side door stopped unlocking that or any of the other locks. Several days later the actuator began to work again then a few days later again stopped working. This has repeated several times now. This problem occurred before several months after we had bought the vehicle used in mid 2012. At that time, a mechanic replaced the driver's side door actuator which seemed to solve the problem until it recurred this august. At all times, even when the driver's side door actuator did not function, the lock/unlock function on the remote has always worked. The safety issue is that in the event of an accident, the driver cannot unlock the passengers' doors.

Filed May 14, 2014 · Airbags, Electrical · 140,000 miles · KY · fire

Vehicle was running while parked. Smoke started coming from the steering column and air vents with a burning electrical smell. Got out of car to check under hood and airbag deployed. Turned the key off and found a fuse in the fuse box had melted. Car would then start, but die within seconds. The power door locks and radio would not work, but the power windows would.

Filed May 7, 2014 · Electrical, Locks · 102,000 miles · NJ

My power locks do not work with the fob or with the inside power lock button. I've read so many complaints online about this exact issue that it is actually making me more angry. The door looks are a pretty basic feature of a vehicle. Not to mention the fact that people don't normally buy minivans unless they have kids etc. We have 3 kids and not having this door lock feature is ridiculous. By the way, it makes the automatic opening doors pretty useless, bc they won't unlock!

Filed Oct 3, 2013 · Electrical, Locks · 215,000 miles · MI

2005 chrysler town and country power door locks & radio/dvd player inoperative. The power locks have stopped working at different intervals. Pulling the 20a iod fuse and reinserting it after 10 minutes or pulling the cable off of the battery for 10 minutes ***has not*** fixed the problem so far. Van is currently in shop and we were told it was the fuse box module.

Filed Sep 12, 2013 · Body, Electrical · 125,000 miles · IA

Automatic sliding doors continue to fail and need to replace electrical unit. Have replaced 2 times on both sides. Automatic door locks do not work by either keyless entry or by manually pushing button. Makes getting into vehicle with 2 small children very difficult especially since there is no key hole on passenger side door.

Filed Jul 31, 2013 · Electrical, Locks · 167,000 miles · IL

Power door locks stop working. Remote control activation of power liftgate activates alarm. Software defect in body control module. Chrysler charges for software update ($120 for half hour labor). Tsb 08-040-04 can temporary fix by removing iod fuse for 30 seconds to reset the body control module.

Filed Dec 17, 2011 · Electrical, Engine · 45,000 miles · MI

All failures progressed in sequence over a period of time. Door locks failed to lock and or unlock intermittently using power controls. Instrument panel lights and gauges would flicker and pulse on and off, at times just off at night for different periods of time, usually minutes. Headlights would flicker between brights and dims or on and off. Radio lights flicker on or off. Instrument panel indicators light up for minutes at a time and then shut off with apparently nothing wrong. Seat belt audible alarm sounds on occasion when driving for no apparent reason. Cooling fan turns on hours after parking and can only be shut off by removing fuse or draining battery. Engine stalls at high speed abruptly, and turns back on. Transmission disengages and then re-engages after a few seconds. Occasionally the ignition switch will not provide power to the starter until after a few attempts and a few minutes.

Filed Dec 5, 2011 · Locks · 90,000 miles · MN

Tl* the contact owns a 2005 chrysler town and country. While parked, the contact attempted to lock the doors with the key fob but the doors did not respond. The doors would not lock or unlock when the electronic door lock button was depressed. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer for diagnostics or repairs. The approximate failure mileage was 90,000.