Battery Problems of Dodge Grand Caravan - part 1

The contact owns a 2008 Dodge caravan. The contact stated that while parked in a driveway, the horn, door locks, windshield wipers and fluid started operating independently. The contact mentioned that the battery had to be disconnected in order to stop the failure. The problem recurred several times. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic. The technician diagnosed that the tipm module needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 95,900.

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Battery is being drained overnight. No lights left on (turn all the way to the off position when the car is not running).

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The automatic door locks stop working. This has been discussed on the internet quite a bit. The problem is that the door will not lock or unlock with the key fob or door switch. The also do not automatically lock when the car starts moving thus creating a safety concern for kids riding in the back. Removing the negative battery terminal resets it so that it works again briefly. The problem recurs again after a brief time.

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Hi I own a 2000 Dodge Grand Caravan. Have been having problems for about a yr. Tried contacting Dodge they said they couldn't help me or give me any suggestions. They said because the van has a lot of miles. I went online to research the problem. Apparently a lot of people are having the same issues as me. I did have my mechanic chk it out. He could not resolve the issue after 1wk. It started with a dead battery,the gauges on the dashboard sometimes not working,the ac is blowing hot air or not working at all and the drivers side window not going down. Now none of the gauges work including my gas gauges, speedometer,air,window,car temp and the lights stay on when I turn the car on. I am a single mom I cannot pay ridiculous amounts of money for them to figure it out. There are a lot of people on the internet that have the same issues but have not addressed the issue with Dodge. Someone needs to do something about this issue. This is very dangerous I have run out of gas on the highway and on a road where gas is not off the exit. I am a mother of two and that's not safe. Please see if you could help me. Thank you.

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The sliding passenger door locks no longer lock automatically lock while driving. They have to be locked manually. This is a safety issue. With children in the back seat, they can now open the doors while the car is moving if an adult forgets to lock them. The lift gate in the back no longer chimes when opening. This is a safety issue. Someone can get whacked with the door, not kowing that it is about to open. The parking lights stay on or come on spontaneously after the headlights have been turned off. This is a problem. Very easy for the owner to come out in the morning to a dead battery and a car that won't start. Some owners have reported the headlights cutting out while driving, a serious safety issue.

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System will beep, dash lights and guages will flash and go dead. Door looks also stop working. One incident of battery being drained to nothing, no emergency standby power for starting. Many reports of the bcm module being the cause. Can be temporarily fixed by pulling the iod fuse to reset the bcm. Dodge TSB 08-040-04 reported to outline the problem. Replacing the bcm not always reported to fix. Flashing the bcm(updating code) more commonly reported to fix, also mention of corroded contacts being related. Repair is hard to determine as any work done on the bcm will result in a reset where it will temporarily start working again.

The contact owns a 2008 Dodge Grand Caravan. The contact stated while driving various speeds and making a right turn, the vehicle suddenly stalled. The contact was able to restart the vehicle within a few minutes. When she continued to drive the vehicle it suddenly stalled a second time and was told by a dealer the failure was caused by the battery. The vehicle was repaired. A few months later the failure recurred and the vehicle was towed to the dealer who advised her that the windshield wiper motor had completely burned out which caused the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure and current mileages were approximately 39,000. The VIN was unavailable.

The contact owns a 2005 Dodge Grand Caravan. The contact stated the keyless entry remote malfunctioned causing the contact to open the doors manually. The contact replaced the battery to the keyless entry; however, it had not remedied the failure. The contact did not call the manufacturer regarding the keyless entry remote. The VIN was not available. The failure mileage was 112,000.

Electric locks: after 36000 miles and no more warranty on the vehicle the power locks quit working. I found that pulling the battery would resolve the issue for a short while but it would come back again and that doing this could cause issues with how the engine ran for a while and of course the radio and clock would have to be reset. After researching the issue I found that this is known issue and that it would require a firmware upgrade on the vehicle on board computer. The manufacterer nor dealer would do this at no cost. It cost me $85. 00 to get the update. I do not feel this is right and only hope that others will file complaints to get Dodge to correct this and re-imburse their customers who have had to do this. As for me, this is my third Dodge and will no longer buy another.

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.

We have 2005 Dodge Grand Caravan, the lights on the van keeping turning on when opening the door they stay on for a long time, then they shut off and during the day they turn on by themselves and even in the middle of the night because the battery will loose power after it happens so many times, have not been able to find the problem, went by Dodge dealerships and they say they have never heard of such complaint.

Dodge Grand Caravan just went up in flames while driving within maybe 5 minutes fire fighters control the situation but the motor ,battery, everything in front inside hood just melted I really need help I had just finished paying it when this happened. I attribute this to the faulty electrical recalls it has as well as the fuel. Help. At least I want a replacement.

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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.

The headlights come on and go off on their own. Sometimes they won't come on. Sometimes they won't go off. They have come back on and killed the battery. They have even gone off while I was driving down the road at night in a rainstorm. This is very dangerous.

Automatic door locks quit working. Trouble with car computer after battery change.

Brake pads had to be replaced and rotors turned at 13,000 miles. Only made sound for one day grinding. Never had brakes on any car I have owned go out with that few of miles. Especially a new car. Battery was also leaking and inside functions like radio and wipers, locks , windows. . . Sometimes just don't work. It also feels like the transmission is dragging. They replaced the battery , I had to pay for the brakes and nothing was found for any of the other stuff. .

The contact owns a 2005 Dodge Grand Caravan. The contact stated that the power door locks do not work at all. When the battery is disconnected for a few minutes and then reconnected, the power locks still did not work. The computer must be reprogrammed in order for the locks to work again. The dealer stated that they would repair the failure at the contact's expense. The contact has researched several complaints regarding the same failure that he is experiencing. The failure and current mileages were 41,000.

Vehicle was parked in driveway and had not been driven for nearly 12 hours. A fire started near or between the battery and the electronic control center. The vehicle was declared a total loss by the insurance company.

Park the van,go out and van will not start-no radio or lights left on. Dealership has checked the battery several times and said it was not the battery yet it still does it and this is going on to two years now.

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Electric door locks stop working. Have to manually push down locks on all 4 doors. Remote keyfob also does nothing to lock/unlock. Have had to disconnect battery terminals to force a reset each time, then locks start working.

For the past 2 years I have had a problem wit the door locks not working. No warning they just quit. I have to disconnect the battery and reconnect to get them to start working. Last week my windows started working intermitenly. There isa definite electronics problem with this model of van.

We have a 2005 Dodge caravan that has electrical problems. We cannot get the power door locks to work and the turn signals behave poorly. We have tried replacing the fuse, to have it work for a few hours or days. We have also replaced the battery.

Oct 17 2007 my van started acting like this. The van will not start but everything worked that needing the battery. When drove for 2sec the van just lost all power and would not start. I checked the battery, fuses, and relays. I had it towed to a shop and they can not fined out. They was thinking the computer and keys need to redone.

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I recently had my 2005 Dodge Grand Caravan, 28000 miles, serviced only to find out that my front brakes are 100% gone, my throttle body is plugged up, and I had no power steering fluid. Of course, as the dealership tells me, the warranty does not cover any of these repairs that need to be done.

The battery light came on in my 1997 Grand Caravan and a couple of minutes later the abs light came on. When I got to work I cut the car off and tried to restart it. It did start but the cut off. Then it would not start at all. No dash lights anything. I waited about 3 hours and tried to start it again and nothing happened. When the tow truck came and the driver got in and tried to start it, again it was totally dead. He left the key in the on position while we talked and then about a minute later the dash light came on and he started it. The dealer could not find anything wrong with it. This happened once before about a year ago. On the way to work all the lights came on in the dash and I pulled over and cut the car off. After about 10 minutes I tried it again and it started with no problem. I am concerned that it is a problem with the computer. Have you heard of this problem before?.

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Radio malfunctioning intermittently over approximately one month eventually leading up to complete failure. Smelled smoke. Heard of recall on radio. Spoke with dealership. Dealership said my vehicle is not involved with recall announcement. Dealer checked and found no problems related to recall. Subsequent electrically-related failures in recent months involving headlights, fuel gauge light, windshield wiper light, washer fluid pump, dead battery.

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Had the 1696 Dodge Grand Caravan for almost 3 years , electrical problems I think. The speedometer, odometer, gear selector, water coolant gauge, fuel gauge stops working while driving and when I shut car off the gear selector and odometer stays illuminated even with the car off and lights off , or on. . Also the tachometer freezes up on a certain rpm . Depending what the rpm was when everything stoped working right. . Windshield wipers turn on automatically but 99. 9% of the time they wont shut off even if I select it to shut off , they keep going and going even on dry days and no rain . Took it to mechanic and they cant find what is wrong with it and they charge me 60 to 90 dollars just to test it and they never come up with a solution unless they disconnect the battery and let it sit for a few minutes so the computer or something resets, but this happens about every 3 to 6 months and also before this happens the car runs rough at idle or sitting at a red light or at a stop . The driver seat buckle sometimes dont unlatch, I have to use extra force to unlatch them, sometimes I dont even wear a seat belt cause I am scared that if something happens and I need to get out of the car quickly that I wont be able to. The middle bench seat seems loose , everythime I come to a stop or I take off a clucking sound comes from the middle row seats, I checked it and it seemed like its all locked in but I dont trust it. . I would never purchase a Chrysler product ever again even if it is given to me for free or even give it to my worst enemy. . Thank you . . Jz.

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Whom it may concerns: I am writing to you as a dissatisfied Dodge caravan owner. I purchased my van brand new on March 1999. I have had consistent problems with the car, since the day I purchased it: a) on January 24, 2000 we replaced the , sensor, transax le, turbin input in the transmission. B) February 17, 2000 we replaced the battery. C) February 20, 2001. We replaced the evaporetor, suction line, liquid line and the coil in the air condition unit. D) replaced the window lift motor. E) January 8,2002 replaced sop belt tensioner coil . F) January 4,2002 replace the battery. G) March 2, 2002 replaced windshield washer pump. H) June 2, 2002 replaced fuel seal. I) November 13, 2002 replaced the high pressure valve of the a/c now they are asking us to replace the evaporetor and the compressor which was replaced by maroone Dodge on February 2001!!! all repairs were done at authorize Dodge dealer: maroone Dodge located: 21151 n. W 2nd Ave miami, FL 33169 tel: 305-653-6343. We feel that for 44,000 miles car we should not experienced so much problem especially with the a/c which was fixed in 2001. We hope you will correct the wrong and repaired the car with no cost to us. Sincerely david and honey bouganim 239 atlantic isle sunny isles, FL 33160 tel: 305-945-5354.

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Battery exploded at first start, original part.

2001 Grand Caravan sport, consumer says headlights flickered unpredictably. Engine ran rough, and battery light came on. This happened at night at least once a month. Took vehicle to dealer, who checked the van but could not duplicate the problem, no fault codes found in computer, updated pcm. Vehicle was serviced regularly. Problem began not more than a month after purchasing van. The problem still persists periodically.

Battery blew up, rendering vehicle inoperable. Dealer was inspecting vehicle.

Consumer had parked vehicle and noticed fire 6 hours later, when vehicle was purchased new, an engine battery heater was installed, it was plugged in at the time of loss, possibly shorted out and caused the fire, claim 13-7233-513.

The consumer believes that the failure of turn signals, the coming on of wipers by themselves and shorting out the battery and the vehicle stalling were a fault of the electrical system which the dealer was unable to locate the problem.

Vehicle caught fire, fire contained to engine compartment only, apparenty there was a problem with the battery and it ignited the engine, claim 15-3030-879.

Vehicle caught fire, there was a problem with the battery and it ignited in the engine compartment, the fire was contained to the engine compartment only, claim 15-3030-879.