2005 dodge grand caravan has a lock failure. The door locks do not work with the remote, the remote will sound and you think its working but the locks stay up. I must lock doors manually. This is unsafe and should be recalled. There a many complaints this problem on the internet with this year make/ model with same lock problem. There is one key lock entry (manually) on the van's drivers side door only. This is a family van, and this is a safety issue.
2005 Dodge Grand Caravan locks complaints
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Automatic door locks not working.
The door locks on my 2005 dodge caravan would lock or unlock themselves after pressing the switch on the door. They have now quit working all together even quit locking at 18 MPH. I tried using the switch on the doors and do not get a reaction. I tried the remote and they will not respond. They worked 10 minutes earlier. I tried a couple hours later and still nothing. I have two small children and having the door locks is a huge safety issue. Now I even feel uncomfortable putting my kids in my van and walking around the other side with my keys and remote in my hand fearing that the locks might not unlock when should. I have visited numerous sites and found a large number of people with the same problem and temporary fixes or very expensive repairs. Please investigate this issue for the safety of small children that travel in these vehicles. The issues with the locks started in 2008 off and on and continued to get worse.
My young daughter was able to open the sliding door on our 2005 dodge caravan at highway speeds ! Apparently the automatic door locks failed to operate, and my research online indicates this is a common failure mode. Dealer update software flash rom but problem recurred shortly thereafter.
The powerlocks on my 2005 dodge grand caravan do not work. Normally they lock the vehicle at 20mph or greater. The only way to lock them is to manually lock them. The power key will not lock/unlock them either.
At 5 years our 2005 dodge caravan electric door locks stopped working. Door open or lock does not work from inside car on the door button or the remote entry keyring. Imagine not being able to open the door from the inside because the electric locks stopped working, or delays in a dark parking lot getting in because locks don't work. This is a safety problem dodge needs to fix.
Tl* the contact owns a 2005 dodge grand caravan. The contact stated that the power door locks failed. The contact stated in order to get the door locks to function, he would disconnected the battery and a fuse momentarily in order to get the computer to reset itself. The power door locks would then function for a brief period before failing again. The vehicle was neither inspected nor repaired. The manufacturer was not contacted. The VIN was not available. The failure mileage was approximately 46,900 and the current mileage was approximately 47,000.
My caravan has had numerous electrical problems and is now sitting in my driveway unable to be driven or to sell. Power window and door failure,gauges jumping, radio disconnecting itself, lights turning on and off when no one is in the car, and finally the end result is total power failure (sometimes in the middle of an intersection). Scared for my life and the life of my children I have stopped driving it. I have spent 1600.00 at the dodge dealership only to finally be told they can no longer help me. I have talked to chrysler directly and they stopped calling me back. There is clearly thousands of complaints about similar problems. I am sick over the junk pile I can't remove or replace in this economy. When will chrysler be held accountable?
The power door locks and power windows randomly stopped working on my van. There are numerous complaints about this from 1005 dodge van owners all over the internet. The equipment continues to fail and I have been unable to find a solution.
Electric door locks would not lock or unlock - unsure what precipitated the failure. Web searches have turned up "quick-fixes" which indicate pulling the iod fuse out for five seconds and replacing it. Further searching indicates a costly software upgrade and warnings by dodge dealers not to do this type of quick fix with no reason why. The quick fix appears to work for varying lengths of time until same failure occurs. Heat, cold, wet or dry do not seem to alter the failure rate.
Recently my power door locks quit on my 2005 dodge grand caravan, when trying to activate it either by my key or from the door panel. I gave it to my mechanic who fixed the problem.. The same problem recurred a week later. I was quite upset for paying money for a simple problem which was not fixed. The mechanic told me to disconnect the power from the battery (for at least 15 minutes) and then reconnect the battery. The power door locks now work. However this problem could happen again. I did a search on this problem on the web and found many other people complaining about this exact problem on the 2005 grand caravan. The correct solution seems to be going to a dealer. But I will not pay for a manufacturing defect ( and this defect is definitely a safety and security problem). This problem should be under a recall order.
Power locks stopped working on 2006 dodge grand caravan. There was no indication of this initially and my daughter opened the rear door while the car was in motion. Everyone I have spoken with is experiencing the exact same problem with this year and model.
Power windows & power locks don't work on key or doors and have not for the last year. Now transmission won't shift into higher gears, I've got 67,000 miles and luckily it came with a 7 year 70,000 drive train warranty, this thing is an electronic nightmare !!!
Tl* the contact owns a 2005 dodge grand caravan. The contact stated that the brakes have been repaired five times. The rotors have been turned once and replaced twice two months ago. When the complaint was filed, the rotors needed to be replaced again. The dealer stated that the failures are caused by "faulty" driving. Chrysler has not been contacted. The air conditioner malfunctioned three times and was repaired. Every season the air conditioner malfunctions. The rear hoses were replaced twice along with the compressor. The power locks on all of the doors were defective. The passengers were unable to open the door although the door locks were in the unlocked position. The passenger front windows started making a clanging noise when it was opened and that was repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 9,000. The current mileage was approximately 83,000.
The auto door locks stop working in my 2005 dodge grand caravan. This makes it very difficult with kids to get in and out of the car as on the driver's door has a key entry. I consider this a safety hazard especially with children because of the time it takes to lock and unlock the car. We risk car jacking or inability to leave the car quickly if there was danger. This is a problem widely reported on the internet. Yet, dodge dealership claims that have not heard of this problem and is going to charge $100 to diagnose the problem.
2005 dodge grand caravan door locks stop working.
Doors will not lock or unlock electronically on door switches or key fob. Can reset iod fuse by pulling out of fuse box and re-inserting; electric door locks will work for a few days then problem comes back.
2005 dodge grand caravan power locks do not work with the key fob or the interior door control.
I like many other 2005 dodge caravan owners has experienced a automatic door lock failure. After taking the van out once door locks operated perfectly, upon 2nd trip that day I noticed when I went to lock the doors with the remote they did not lock, I tried the internal door lock switch it did not work. I was advised (via website) to pull the 20a iod fuse and replace it which I did and the locks worked for about three cycles and stopped again. The doors no longer lock upon shifting into gear either which means the passenger doors (where the children sit) do not lock while on the road and can be opened while the vehicle is in motion without the effort of pulling up the door lock stem. I am going to take it to the dealer for a computer update which I am told sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't. The next step is to replace the module at considerable cost.
Power door locks stop working on dodge grand caravan 2005 model. This now happens everyday. When this happens it may allow occupants to be thrown from the vehicle in cases of accident or allow unwanted persons to enter the vehicle without forced entry. Initially this could be temporarily fixed by removal and re-insertion of the iod fuse under the hood. This procedure now does not work anymore. It is my understanding that this is a software issue that dodge must fix with a upgrade.
Doors do not lock/unlock when you press the automatic door lock/unlock button on either the keyless entry system or the door itself. Vehicle was taken to dealership who says that there is no problem with them and they are not aware of anyone else complaining. Internet is full of complaints from consumers on issue.
Failure of the auto door locking mechanism to work while driving the car or trying to lock car upon exiting the vehicle. I temporarily fixed the problem by removing the iod 20 amp fuse for 20 seconds and then replacing it thus resetting the system and then it works again. My research leads me to believe a fault in the bcm firmware of the main computer module for this car. This could be very dangerous in case of a accident as you cannot unlock the doors inside or outside with the remote if the doors are locked manually other than the drivers door with the key in case of an accident.
1. Power sliding doors on my 2005 dodge grand caravan opened about 6 inches then stop. Now they have stopped working altogether 2. The failure is constant 3. I have checked both fuses and relays. I took it into my electrical mechanic but he could not run a diagnostic because only chrysler diagnostic tools can read the doors.
2005 dodge grand caravan. Vin [xxx]. Power door locks will not function at all. Can only lock each door manually and separately. Beginning in 2007, I took the vehicle to the dealer on four separate occasions to have the problem corrected. Dealer followed guidelines each time and told me the problem was corrected. Each time the problem returned within a few days. I can neither lock or unlock the doors of the vehicle using the key fob or the door lock switch inside the vehicle. I searched online to see if others were having this same problem, and I immediately found that the door lock issue was the most reported problem for the 2005 dodge grand caravan. There seems to be no "fix" for the problem when taking the vehicle to the dealer. Many customers have reported the same experience that I encountered. They took their caravan to the dealer to get the problem corrected and work was done on the vehicle, only to have the problem recur within a few days or so. I have not been able to find one single customer online who reports they have been able to get a permanent solution for this issue, and chrysler corporation seems to be ignoring and even denying that the issue exists. Please help if possible!!! Information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6).
2005 dodge grand caravan sxt, drivers side automatic sliding door does not work.or lock.
Electronic door lock and unlock feature fails. There are only 2 doors where a manual key entry is available, the drivers door and tailgate. This also disables opening the sliding side doors as they won't automatically unlock. Also disabled are the automatic door locking at speed for safety. You can temporarily fix this by disconnecting the fuse or battery for a short time and reconnecting. There are numerous complaints on the internet about this problem. Dodge should fix this on a recall.
2005 dodge grand caravan-locked van prior to going to dinner . Noted it did not lock all the doors. Had to go in and manually lock all doors. Not sure how to lock the trunk. When we came out could not unlock doors had to go to only keyed lock and then send my son in to unlock the rest. Went to internet and found researched problem. Found I am not alone. Pulled fuse and reinstalled. This works for a short period of time before it has to be done again. No warning when it will happen. Wife is not big on doing this and I can't blame her. Car alarm sounds like alarm is set but unless you visually check you can't be sure. Aka van has been left unlocked when we thought it was ? In addition to a huge pain in the but this is a real safety issue when on tight streets with small kids(we have 5) .unlocking the van and resetting the fuse or fumbling around to unlock the doors is not right.
2005 dodge grand caravan - power door lock failure/intermittent operation. Temporary fix of removing fuse no longer works. Issuing occurring even when trying to lock doors with remote. Obvious manufacture issue due to numerous similar complaints, dealer network is aware of tsb, dealerships willing to charge for diagnosis of known issue.
We own a 2005 dodge grand caravan with 74.000 miles on it. The power locks will repeatedly lock when I use my keyless remote entry or the overhead console buttons to open the sliding doors. These doors should be unlocking but instead everything is locking. While I'm driving, I can hear the clicking of the locks "re-locking" even though they are in the locked position. This happens when the rear wiper is running or I press and release the window control button. Sometimes I hit the power lock button on the driver door to lock all doors but nothing locks. I have had this happen before, but for shorter periods of time. With 5 doors of entry, I never know if my car is truly locked.
Headlights will not turn on and have turned off (on their own) while driving. This has happened before and I had to mess with the switch repeatedly on multiple occasions before the lights would come back on. Also, the door locks stop locking/unlocking and we have to pull the fuse, then put it back in for them to work again. Vehicle is a 2005 dodge grand caravan sxt.
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