My air bag light is on all the time. I'm on my third sensor. For me, they last about six months before the problem returns. My mechanic says the airbag won't deploy if needed, others say it could deploy for no reason. The vehicle is beyond the original warranty and because the vehicle is beyond the original warranty, the dealer is not willing to cover the costs even though it is clearly a flaw with this vehicle. There is currently no recall that I am aware of.
2005 Dodge Caravan airbags complaints
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Within a month of purchasing my 2005 dodge caravan se, the airbag light came on. I have since had it back to the dealer for repair several times. I have been informed that it should now be fixed (11/06). I am not optimistic.
I have had to replace the airbag sensors or my airbags could have deployed! I have a 2005 dodge caravan sxt. The brakes and rotors for this vehicle are bad to they have had to been replaced and this was costly!
I have a 2005 dodge caravan that I bought new from foster motors, a dodge dealer from middlebury, vt. This winter, the air bag warning light came on and stayed on. I took the car to the dealer and they replaced front air bag sensors that had rusted. They did this under warranty and I did not have to pay. I thought it was very odd seeing how the car is about a year old. I have never had any problem with any air bag of any vehicle I owned before. Perhaps some parts made of bamboo from overseas? Perhaps not because bamboo will not rust. At any rate, I see where there is an investigation of this problem. You can add mine to the list if you wish. The date of the problem is an estimate. Thank you, dennis from vermont.
I noticed in a news article that there may be an investigation of dodge caravan's with issues related to their air bag sensors. My company leases a 2005 caravan for me, and I have had the air bag sensor replaced once and it has now failed again. I'm not sure how you collect this information, but thought it might be important to you.
Dt: contact owns a 2005 dodge caravan. On 10-11-05 was driving home from a trip when the airbag warning light came on. Took it to the dealer the next day, the vehicle was put on a machine where they found that the sensors and the wiring harness were defective. This was located on the passenger's side. The one on the left side which was the driver's side was not fixed. The contact felt that the manufacturer should pay to have the driver's side sensors and the wiring fixed at no charge to the contact because they also were defective.
Dt: the consumer drove the vehicle 600 miles before noticing that there was no horn. This was on 8-9-05. The vehicle was a rental. It was rented on august 7, 2005. The consumer took the vehicle to a dealership in the area where she was on a trip. He told her that the wire to the horn was clipped. On the return trip she noticed that the air bag warning light flickered on and off. This was on 8-15-05. She returned the vehicle to the rental company. *ak
Consumer's air bag light is on. Consumer is concerned that if involved in an accident no air bag will deploy. Also, engine makes noise, and driver's side window regulator does not work.*ak phone interview update (oct 24, 2005): the passenger side air bag module was defective.
My mother was involved in an accident, driving at 23 MPH in a chrysler minivan. She hit a telephone pole head on. The air bags deployed, although they did not touch my mother, she was wearing her seatbelt. When the knee airbag deployed however, the door covering it was what hit my mother in both her shins with the force of the air bag behind it! Although it did not break any bones, the impact caused extensive bleeding and edema under the skin. She suffered a cracked rib and breast bone in the accident, which we all understand, but the added agony of having two extremely bruised and swollen legs (purple, green, red--with lime sized clots under the skin) from her knees to her ankles caused by this "safety device" is infuriating!!! Where do I go for answers???
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