Latches/locks/linkage Problems of Dodge Caravan - part 1

The contact owns a 2020 Dodge Caravan. The contact stated that after securing her infant child inside the vehicle, his wife started the vehicle and then exited the vehicle. After closing the door, it was discovered that all the doors had erroneously locked causing the child to become trapped inside the vehicle until her husband was able to open the door using a second key fob. The cause of the failure was not yet determined. Prior to the failure, the contact indicated that the key fob auto start feature had malfunctioned and failed to start the vehicle. The local dealer was notified of the failure. The manufacturer was not yet contacted. The VIN was not available. The approximate failure mileage was 13,000.

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Plastic piece in the latch system snapped in half. Whole new car seat shipped to me. (related vehicle information: model year=2006, make=Dodge, model=caravan).

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The contact owns a 2005 Dodge grand Caravan. The contact stated that the doors could only be opened and closed manually. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The current and failure mileage was 68,000.

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The contact owns a 2006 Dodge Caravan. The contact stated that while parked, the locking system for both rear doors failed to unlock. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer for diagnostic testing. The contact called her local dealer, who advised that the vehicle was not included in any recalls. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The approximate failure and the current mileage was 77,123.

The contact owns a 2005 Dodge Caravan. The contact stated that the power door locks failed to function. The vehicle had to be manually locked and unlocked. The vehicle was taken to a dealer who could not diagnosed the failure. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage 131,000.

The contact owns a 2005 Dodge Caravan. The contact stated that the door power locking system failed. The contact mentioned that the vehicle doors only locked manually. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic. The technician diagnosed that the electronic body control system needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 55,000 and the current mileage was 62,000. Updated 08/14/lj the dealer informed the consumer, the computer needed to be re-flashed at a cost of $85. 00. Updated 08/19/14.

The contact owns a 2005 Dodge Caravan. The contact stated that while parked, the doors could not be unlocked with the remote key fob. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer for diagnostic testing. The vehicle was not repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 88,000.

The contact owns a 2005 Dodge Caravan. The contact stated that when attempting the lock the doors with the key alarm or manually, the doors failed to lock. The vehicle was not repaired and the manufacturer was not notified. The approximate failure mileage was 100,000.

Power door locks failed on 2005 Dodge Caravan sxt purchase new on December 21, 2004. Doors will work manually, but will not operate with the remote or power lock buttons. The back door gate will not lock without the power locks working. The power door locks are designed to automatically lock when reaching speed of approximately 20 mph. It does not. This is a safety issue. Why doesn't Dodge admit to this problem and provide a free software upgrade? if you google it there are many complaints of this. This should be a recall for safety issues.

The contact owns a 2005 Dodge grand Caravan. The contact stated that the door locks failed and the doors could not be opened automatically or manually. The driver's side door was the only door that could be unlocked manually by using the key. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 78,000.

The contact owns a 2005 Dodge Caravan. The contact stated that while parked the doors would not lock or unlock with the key fob. The vehicle was taken to the dealer for diagnostic testing. The technician stated that the door lock relay needed to be cleaned. After the repair the failure continued. The vehicle was not repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 53,210.

Power door locks stopped working.

Locking system failed to work, doors need to be locked and locked manually. Fuse removed and replaced but only solves the problem temporarily. This should be a recall by Dodge. So many reported failures.

The contact owns a 2005 Dodge Caravan. The contact stated that the door locks only functioned manually and she was unable to control them using the key fob. The vehicle was not taken to have the failure diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 131,000. Updated 06/05/lj the consumer stated the doors did not lock automatically while driving. The consumer took the vehicle to the dealer to be repaired according to invoice. Updated 06/06/12.

The power lock will not work. Van was taken back to dealer 2 times. Last time was a year ago .

Power door locks do not lock and unlock.

The contact owns a 2009 Dodge Caravan. The contact stated that the lift gate did not have a keyhole in which you could lock or unlock the liftgate. The vehicle was taken to the dealer who was unable to repair the lock. The manufacturer was notified of the failure who advised the contact that there were no recalls for the vehicle. The contact filed a complaint with the manufacturer but the manufacturer offered no further assistance. The failure mileage was 71,282.

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The contact owns a 2010 Dodge Caravan. The contact stated that the power lock system malfunctioned on the rear driver’s side sliding door. As a result, the door would not lock when the contact attempted to lock the door using the key fob. The contact stated that the door would unlock, but it would not lock. The contact took the vehicle to a local dealer for a diagnostic test. The test results stated that there was a defect in the software and the software needed to be upgraded. The failure mileage was 56,000.

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My 2005 Dodge Caravan smelled strong gasoline odor in and out. When I took it to the mechanic he knew exactly what was wrong because he serviced 3 vans like mine with similar issue. When he lifted my van and started the gas started to pour. The fortunate part was that I am lucky that it didn't explode on me while driving. Here is the worst part, I called rancho Jeep chryler in san diego to order a new fuel pump, I was told that the parts is nationally back ordered and it will take 3 to a month waiting period and nowhere available as per parts technician. If it is back ordered nationally, will it constitute recall? this situation is a major safety violation just waiting a major explosion to occur. My van only have 50k miles in it and I bought it brand new and always service timely. I am hoping that the company will take some action immediately to prevent costly lawsuits. I am receiving all my receipts as a proof when something happen. I will be the first one to come forward. My second complain is the lock, it is very uncomfortable if you manually lock and unlock all doors. I have to pull out the iod fuse everytime to reset, this is also a national issue because I found this from the blogs of other Dodge Caravan owners. My 3rd complain is why are my front brakes always shakes no matter what I do to it. I replaced both rotors and pads.

The contact owns a 2005 Dodge Caravan. The contact stated that the door locks failed. The door locks could not be unlocked with the keyless remote. The contact's personal mechanic removed the iod fuse for a brief moment and when the fuse was replaced, the doors unlocked with the keyless remote but the failure was not permanently corrected. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 30,000 and the approximate current mileage was 36,500. Updated 4/22/cn updated 04/25/2014.

The contact owns a 2005 Dodge Caravan. The contact stated that the power door locks failed. The keyless entry did not work on the vehicle and the locks would not engage automatically. The contact replaced a 20 amp fuse to correct the failure. The VIN was not available. The failure and the current mileage was 104,000.

The contact owns a 2005 Dodge Caravan. While driving approximately 18 mph the contact noticed the automatic door lock failed and would not lock the doors automatically. The door fob also would not lock the doors when the lock button was engaged; however, the horn would blow. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer for diagnostic testing. The contact stated after disconnecting the iod fuse and later reconnecting it the automatic door lock function would activate. After two days, the automatic door lock would failed again. The vehicle was not repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 85,000. Updated 09/27/11 the consumer contacted the dealer and was informed there was no recall and therefore, he would have to pay for the repairs himself. Updated 10/31/11.

Power lock failed on all locks. The rear gate can not be locked.

Power door lock on passenger sliding door of my 2005 Dodge Caravan has failed in the locked position, so I cannot open the door. This has been an intermittent problem for several months, but completely failed two weeks ago.

¿I have a 2006 grand Caravan sxt. I have previously owned 2 grand Caravans and 1 town and country. The rear right side door lock does not go up or down unless I manually pull it up or down. . The door does ¿click¿ when I hit the key remote or overhead button, but the door will not open. If I pull the door the knob up manually, the key remote or overhead will allow the door to open and close. I went on the internet and the repair forum indicated that hundreds of the same situation existed with the grand Caravan. No recall existed, but this certainly should have been with this safety malfunction. I was advised to remove the oid fuse and remove the battery cable. While this worked in a majority of cases, it did not work for me. I called Chrysler and was told that it could be the bcm or door lock actuator or door harness. If the ¿harness¿ was broken would the door be able to close or open? I was also advised that this could cost between $80. 00 and $500. 00. Seems like a large ¿spread of cost¿ to me. Certainly not acceptable because you know as well as I do that if they find it to be a fuse, they¿ll charge the top price for repair. I have had experience with dealers before¿.

I own a 2005 Dodge Caravan and starting at the begining this summer the doors started to not lock or unlock with switch inside or with key lock button. We have had to giggle the fuses at least 3 times. Just fixed again today. There is only one lock on driver side door that uses key to enter it.

Driving down the highway at 65mph the automatic side door on my Dodge Caravan opened up automatically. Personal items fell out of the car and were destroyed. My son was seated next to the door. This has happened before at slower speeds and was supposedly fixed.

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The contact owns a 2005 Dodge Caravan. The contact stated that the interior power locks malfunctioned. The contact was unable to electronically lock the door by using the power locking system and had to manually lock each door separately. The keyless remote lock also did not lock the doors. Before purchasing the vehicle, the dealer informed the contact of the faulty door locks and stated that they would repair the door locks before taking possession of the vehicle. One week after purchasing the vehicle, the door lock malfunctioned. The contact had not taken the vehicle back to the dealer for further repairs. The failure mileage was 53,000.

The contact owns a 2005 Dodge Caravan. The contact stated that the door locks malfunctioned on all four doors and when locked from the interior of the vehicle, the contact was unable to unlock the doors from the exterior. The vehicle was inspected by an independent mechanic who advised him that the body control module would need to be replaced. The vehicle was reprogrammed for the body control module. The manufacturer was contacted and they offered no assistance. The failure mileage was approximately 55,000.

2003 Dodge Caravan only equipped with 3 tether latches. Two on the 2nd row buckets and one in the middle of the rear bench. If a child seat is placed in the middle of the bench, you can not fit another child seat beside it. It is not possible to legally and safely install more than three child seats in a 2003 Caravan.

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The contact owns a 2008 Dodge Caravan. The vehicle was parked when the contact engaged the key fob to close the rear driver side sliding door. The door began to close but then stopped and began to open involuntarily. The contact stated it took numerous attempts before the door fully closed and the failure would recur intermittently. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer but the contact did not have the failure diagnosed and the vehicle was not repaired. The failure and current mileage was 61,000. Updated 06/01/lj updated 06/02/11.

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Power door locks no longer work. Neither the buttons on the key fob nor the switches on the inside door panels will lock or unlock the doors. If I disconnect the battery for a few minutes and then re-connect it, the locks will work properly, but only for short time periods.

Electric door locks not working.

The automatic door locking system on my 2005 Dodge Caravan stop working . It can be reset by pulling the iod 20amp fuse in the main fuse panel for 5 seconds and reinstalling it which resets the system. It will then work for a short period of time before the problem reocurrs. I have had to reset the system many times. There are many Caravan owners with this problem. I feel this a serious safety issue and more so if you have kids. While Chrysler has apparently denied that this problem exists I have done research and found that it is a factory defect and Chrysler possibly has a software update which can correct the problem. Chrysler should be made to bear the cost of the repair to the automatic door locking system on my Caravan via a recall.

Power door locks stopped working about 2 months ago. I read on the internet how to fix it, most suggestions were to replace the fuse. We have cleaned and replaced the fuse several times, but the door locks still go out erratically. This is a major issue because I have a very bad back and it is impossible for me to reach/lean across or to crawl to the back to lock the door manually. There are so many complaints about this issue. Why hasn't Dodge or the government taken care of this problem. How many complaints does there have to be in order to have something recalled?.