It does not shift into park. The transmission cable is broken. You have to put your had in and manually park the van. Before the cable broke it had troubles shifting and now went work at all.
2005 Dodge Grand Caravan: stuck in gear or won't shift
6 of the 995 complaints about the 2005 Dodge Grand Caravan describe stuck in gear or won't shift.
- owner complaints
- 6
- of this car's complaints
- 1%
- typical mileage
- 45,000
- recalls
- 0
Is there a fix? 2 service bulletins cover this area of the car. See below
Stuck in gear or won't shift by model year
What owners say
I originally called dodge when this issue started and they would not do anything about it but when we would put the van in reverse the engine would not go into reverse and if you were not listening for it to "catch" you would put on the gas and be going forward. After calling a few times we just gave up and began a habit of shifting into reverse and making sure the vehicle was indeed in reverse. After several years of this we started having a problem with the vehicle speed. The engine would rev but the vehicle would not go if it was under any kind of strain, uphill or grade. After replacing everything from fuel injector to catalytic converter to spark plugs, wires and sensors and spending close to $1000 on it we ended up in a transmission repair shop which found our problem to be a cracked flex plate. That was $1500 more but the problem was fixed. The reverse is now working properly as well so I feel that this flex plate may have been the reverse issue as well.
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 !!!
Cathedral city dodge refused to work on the recall because the vehicle was modified. The recall problem had nothing to do with the modifications but cathedral city dodge refused to work on it.. After several heated conversations with management cathedral city dodge returned my vehicle with a dead battery, and a leak in my engine and did not fix the recalled item. After I received my vehicle I noticed that the new problems with my vehicle had nothing to do with the modifications but were independent from any modifications previously made to my vehicle. After complaining to the dodge corporation I was referred to the dodge service center in laquinta. There my car was equipped with a new battery and the recall item was not fixed because the manager refused to work on the vehicle because of the modifications. I called laquinta dodge to complain and my vehicle was returned to me with the engine leak, the unserviced recall item and now in doesn't shift into gear. The cathedral city service center and the laquinta service center didn't even check to see if the problems were in anyway way connected to the modifications. They just refused to even look at it. Now there is another recall on my dodge grand caravan that has to do with the airbags and laquinta is refusing to work on it. In summary my vehicle arrived in palm springs fully operational in june 2006 and ever since the first contact with cathedral city service center my vehicle has been inoperable. Between the cathedral city and laquinta dodge service centers my car now has an engine leak, a bad heating coil, defected airbags problems shifting into gear and does not start. My vehicle was fully operational and had 80 miles on it when it arrived at cathedral city dodge in 2006 and now has 87 miles on it and is in operable. That?s 87 miles not 8,700 or 87,000 miles. It has only 87 miles because it hasn't been running since cathedral city and laquinta dodge have damaged my vehicle.
Transmission shifed from fourth gear to second gear at 60 MPH. Check engine light came on and transmission would not shift. Dealer replaced trans mission control module. Nine days later transmission would not shift out of second gear. Dealer replaced transmission solenoid.
Dt*: the contact stated there were multiple occasions were the transmission failed. When the transmission stuck in first gear the vehicle was taken to a dealership which replaced the veil body. Two years later the vehicle stalled twice while idling. Upon inspection the dealership determined although the rpms increased the vehicle failed to accelerate. The transmission stuck in second gear and the check engine light illuminated. The dealer rebuilt the transmission. Later, when the transmission slipped between first and second gears the dealership replaced the throttle position sensors. Afterwards the transmission had slippage and was slow to accelerate. Every incident occurred at 40 MPH or less. The check engine light illuminated. Updated 03/09/06
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Questions about the 2005 Dodge Grand Caravan won't shift
Is stuck in gear or won't shift a common problem on the 2005 Dodge Grand Caravan?
6 of 995 owner complaints about the 2005 Dodge Grand Caravan (1%) mention stuck in gear or won't shift. The model year with the most reports is 2016.
Is there a recall or service bulletin for this on the 2005 Dodge Grand Caravan?
There are 0 recalls and 2 service bulletins for the same area of the car. Check them below with your VIN.
Other symptoms on the 2005 Dodge Grand Caravan
Door locks 284Headlights 139Stalling 65Airbag light 64Key fob 49Wipers 18Fuel pump 13Loss of power 13ABS 12Power steering loss 12No deployment 9Adaptive cruise 8Fuel smell 8Power windows 8Grinding brakes 7Check engine light 7Fire or smoke 7Fuel gauge 7Fuel leak 7Jerking 7Warning lights 7Whining noise 7Harsh shifting 6Hesitation 6Brake failure 5Steering noise 5
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