Front door hinge mount sheet metal tears or cracks. Door latches fail do to sagging doors. Sheet metal has cracked going back into the fire wall bulkhead. Doors can fly open on outside turns with out warning, potentially dislodging passengets.
1995 Dodge Caravan: doors won't lock, open or latch
12 of the 488 complaints about the 1995 Dodge Caravan describe doors won't lock, open or latch.
- owner complaints
- 12
- of this car's complaints
- 2%
- recalls
- 0
Is there a fix? No recall or service bulletin covers this area of the car yet.
Doors won't lock, open or latch by model year
What owners say
Intermittent electric door lock failure. Had the main control panel on the driver's door replaced shortly after discovering the problem at a cost of about $175 part and labor--changed nothing. Researched on line and found that removing negative battery cable from the negative post for about 30 minutes temporarily fixes the door locks for about 2-3 weeks. I am not putting out $150-$250 to have the bcm re-flashed. This is dodge's problem--please recall.
The sliding door was hard to close and would come open while driving. Then after a few days the sliding door locked and now it can not be unlocked or opened.
Passengers side door was defective, and at bottom of door panel, has separated. Also, drivers side door will not unlock from outside, can only unlock it from inside. Sometimes passengers door will not stay closed. *ak consumer states that the passengers door is totally dislocated at the bottom hinge and will not stay fastened, it sometimes will open while vehicle is in motion, drivers side door will not open from the outside.
Passenger's side sliding door will not unlock after vehicle has been turned off. Other doors would release the lock.
Electrical system failure caused the rear wiper, the door locks and gas gauge to fail. Yh
Re: doors and latches problem. Can document visit to dealer 3/26/96 although problem started earlier. They aligned doors which were sagging but wouldn't look at locks. Yesterday, 11/29/99 the lock on the drivers door failed completely. I had to drive home holding the door. When I took it to the body shop, the guy said, without even looking at it, what was wrong. The doors sag, a plastic casing in the lock wears down and binds the tumblers and the screws holding the lock/latch in fall out. He says he sees this 2-3 times a week on caravans but chrysler won't do anything about it. The pass. Side door latch will have to be replaced altogether. He couldn't understand why it was working at all given its condition. It will cost me 375-400 to fix both doors. The latches are $100 a piece, and the guy said they would fail again given their construction. Re: engine/AC problem I have had this problem with this vehicle since I purchased it. If you use the AC for any length of time, the car cuts off, especially when rounding a corner while in motion. It can be restarted but the idle must be kept high for over 10 mins before it will keep running again. It forces me to brake with my left foot just to keep the car running. It always does this with the AC, but also occurs other times randomly. This has always been the most dangerous thing about my car. I am scared to let my teenagers drive it. I worked for a company in baltimore and drove a van like this one on my job. That van had the same problem. I put it in the shop, they did $800 worth of work, replaced everything they could think of, but when I got it back, it did the same thing that very night. I can offer more details if you call. The dealer supposedly could not duplicate this problem. They speculated what it was, told me it was routine maintenace and wasn't covered under warranty. Yet wasn't listed in the manual for maintanence. Re: parking brake. This hasn't worked right for almost the life of the vehicle.
Automatic door locking system design inadequate, causing consumer's baby to be locked in the vehicle because consumer forgot to push the unlock button.this condition causes difficulty for consumer to remember whenever needs to leave vehicle.keys are also left in vehicle, and the door closes enough, but not completely. The system would lock all doors. Dealer will be contacted.
Rear door latch failed.
Center seat came unlatched from the floor attachment and rear door latch came loose and the door came open during impact. Tt
Sliding door lock failure.
Door lock design allows easy access into vehicle.
Related recalls
No recalls on record for this model year.
Questions about the 1995 Dodge Caravan door locks
Is doors won't lock, open or latch a common problem on the 1995 Dodge Caravan?
12 of 488 owner complaints about the 1995 Dodge Caravan (2%) mention doors won't lock, open or latch. The model year with the most reports is 2005.
Is there a recall or service bulletin for this on the 1995 Dodge Caravan?
There is no recall or service bulletin for this area of the car on record.
Other symptoms on the 1995 Dodge Caravan
Stalling 35No deployment 25Transmission failure 23Wipers 20Airbag light 17ABS 14Brake failure 12Loss of power 10Power steering loss 10Headlights 8Grinding brakes 6Overheating 6Won't shift 6Ball joint 5Fuel pump 5Hesitation 5Jerking 5
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