Battery Cable problems of the 2005 Dodge Grand Caravan

The electric door locks do not work unless you reset the computer by removing the battery cable for one min. And connecting it back. Computer needs to be flashed for a permanent fix. The removing the cable is just a temporary fix. I bought it broken.

Started up the car and all the lights on the dash stayed on, fuel light, eng light, abs light . . . . All the lighted squares around the gear (dl321) stayed lit and would not shut off until I turned the engine off and then they didn't shut off until the automatic cut off . . Shut them down. Checked all the fuses and the fmc and the pdc to clean connections and didn't change. Disconnected the battery cables and then reconnected them. Still nothing called the dealer and he said that they could connect the diagnostic but sounded like the module needed to be replaced at a start of $500. My headlights have been having on and off problems every once in a while along with the drivers window not going down then it works fine for a long time and then stops again.

Door locks stopped working, no one fuse to change for it, different forums says to unhook battery cable and fuses to restore power to door locks, this worked for about 3 days, door locks are not working again. Over it!!!!.

The power door locks have been failing intermittently for 3 yrs. I unhook the iod fuse or the battery cable momentarily and this seems to work for a while. The door locks would work for a short time - then fail again until I repeated the fuse or battery cable removal procedure. As time went on the fix would last less & less time. Currently, the locks may only work for a day or so. This is unacceptable. My wife was really scared the other day when someone was approaching the car and she could not lock the doors. She was in an unfamiliar location with the 4 year old in the back seat. While it actually turned out to be a false alarm, it did open my eyes. While I have been just "fixing" it all the time, I realized that I cannot control when and where it will happen and you cannot always get out and reset the fuse. This is a program (firmware) that is failing on a large number of vehicles, see links below. This poses a safety hazard as the van cannot be secured without manually locking all doors, which leaves the tailgate. Why should consumers have to pay for a manufacturer defect? someone needs to protect the consumer. . . . . I am taking the van in to request it be reprogrammed. I am not going to wait until something bad actually happens first. . Read more...