2005 Dodge Grand Caravan complaints

SEVERAL PROBLEMS WITH 2005 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN.... *NM

EVERY TIME I TOOK MY VAN IN FOR AN OIL CHANGE I WAS TOLD THE POWER STEERING FLUID WAS LOW, OBVIOUSLY DIDN'T THINK MUCH OF IT AT THE TIME. I STARTED HEARING A WHINING SOUND 5,000 MILES AFTER THE WARRANTY WAS UP, TOOK THE VAN IN AND THEY FOUND THE POWER STEERING RACK LEAKING FLUID, RESERVOIR EMPTY AND BLOCKED WITH P/S GEAR REMAINS, AND P/S PUMP NOISY. THEY REPLACED THE P/S GEAR, PUMP, AND RESERVOIR AT MY EXPENSE OF $1200.00. I WOULDN'T THINK THAT A 2005 VAN SHOULD HAVE MAJOR POWER STEERING PROBLEMS AFTER 2 YEARS. I BELIEVE THIS IS A MANUFACTURING PROBLEM. *NM

THE FIRST TIME THE POWER STEERING RACK WAS REPLACED IN JAN 06 WITH 26,424 MILES ON THE VEHICLE. I NOTICED POWER STEERING FLUID WAS LEAKING WHICH THE DEALER DETERMINED WAS A BAD POWER STEERING RACK. THE SAME PROBLEM OCCURRED AGAIN IN JAN 07 WITH 35, 649 MILES ON THE VEHICLE. THIS TIME THERE WAS A DISTINCT HUMMING SOUND THAT CAUSED ME TO BRING THE VEHICLE IN FOR REPAIR. I ASKED THE DEALER IF THIS WAS A RECURRING PROBLEM AND HE STATED IT WAS NOT BUT READING OTHER COMPLAINTS, IT CERTAINLY IS NOT AN ISOLATED INCIDENT. *JB

DASH COVER HAS FOGGED UP SOME AFTER HAVING VEHICLE SEVERAL MONTHS. DEALERSHIP SAID SOMETHING WAS SPRAYED ON PLASTIC AND GOT BEHIND IT AND IS NOT A FACTORY DEFECT. WILL NOT BE COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. *NM

1) LEAKING TRANSMISSION FLUID; NOISY STEERING 2) NO FAILURE, PROMPTLY TOOK TO MECHANIC 3) REPLACED STEERING RACK, FRONT- END ALIGNED. *NM

DASH BOARD LIGHTS INTERMITTENTLY FLICKER. THE VEHICLE WILL BE TAKEN TO THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP TOMORROW FOR A RECALL AND WILL BE INSPECTED FOR THE FIRST TIME FOR THE LIGHTS FLICKERING. ADDITIONALLY, THE REAR PASSENGER DOOR HAS MADE A STRANGE NOISE WHEN THE CHAIN ENGAGES TO OPEN EVER SINCE THE VAN WAS PURCHASED. IT WAS INSPECTED ONCE WITH THE DEALER NOT FINDING ANYTHING WRONG. A YEAR LATER, THE DOOR ONLY OPENS 1/2 WAY WHEN REMOTE OR BUTTON IS USED AND WILL NOT CLOSE WITH THE USE OF EITHER. THIS WILL BE INSPECTED TOMORROW AS WELL. *JB

I PURCHASED A CPO 05 GRD CARAVAN FROM A LOCAL DEALER. WITHIN MONTHS THE ELECTRIC DOOR LOCKS WOULD GO UP AND DOWN WHILE UNLOCKING THE DOORS BY THE KEY, WOULD GO UP AND DOWN WHILE TRAVELING DOWN THE ROAD & WHILE OPENING THE ELECTRIC WINDOWS WHILE INSIDE THE VAN..* * THE STEERING WHEEL WOULD LOCK UP WHILE PULLING OUT ONTO THE ROAD. MY WIFE AND KIDS COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED BY THE APPROACHING FULLY LOADED LOG TRUCK. THE VAN WAS TAKEN TO THE LITHIA IN ROSEBURG & WAS INFORMED OF THE ISSUED. IT WAS INSPECTED AND THE REPLY WAS THAT "THEY COULD NOT FIND ANY PROBLEMS & THEY SAID THEY COULD NOT GET THE DOOR LOCKS TO GO UP AND DOWN. THE VAN WAS TAKEN IN A 2ND TIME ON 07/28/2006 WITH THE SAME ISSUES, AGAIN THEY KEPT THE RIG AND TOLD US THEY COULD NOT GET THE DOOR LOCKS TO DO ANYTHING. ON 04/07/2006 THE VAN WAS TAKEN IN TO LITHIA AFTER KENDALL SAID THAT THEY COULD NOT WORK ON THE VAN BECAUSE OF US BUYING IT FROM LITHIA. SO THE VAN WAS RETURNED TO LITHIA WITH THE SAME PROBLEMS ALONG WITH THE RT REAR BRAKE LIGHT STAYING ..YOU KNOW THE SAD THING IS I STILL OWN 15K ON THIS VAN. THE STEERING ON THE VAN LOCKED UP AGAIN WHILE TRAVELING DOWN THE ROAD AND ALMOST CAUSED AN ACCIDENT WITH MY WIFE AND KIDS IN THE VAN. I JUST PRAY THAT WHEN WE TAKE IT IN FOR THE "4TH TIME" AND WE LEAVE IT AT THE DEALERSHIP TO FIX, THAT THEY WILL GET IT DONE RIGHT AND THAT IF WE EITHER KEEP THE VAN OR TRADE IT OFF THAT NOBODY GETS KILLED FROM THIS MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE. I FEEL THAT I HAVE BEEN SHAFTED DUE TO HAVING A CPO AND

THE VEHICLE HEADLIGHTS STOPPED WORKING WHILE DRIVING ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS. WAS FORCED TO PULL TO THE ROADSIDE BECAUSE LIGHTS COULD NOT BE TURNED ON WITH THE SWITCH. A FEW SECONDS LATER THE LIGHTS ILLUMINATED ON THEIR OWN. RECEIVED A TICKET BECAUSE LIGHTS WENT OUT DURING A DAYTIME RAIN SHOWER. NORTH CAROLINA REQUIRES HEADLIGHTS TO BE TURNED ON WHILE OPERATING A VEHICLE IN THE RAIN. DODGE SERVICE DEPARTMENT REPLACED THE FRONT CONTROL MODULE (ITEM NUMBER 5144579-AC) ($220.87 PARTS AND LABOR). *JB SEE ALSO 10180964 *DSY

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS MANEUVERED OFF THE ROAD AND RESTARTED. THIS OCCURRED ON THREE OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO THE DEALER EACH TIME HOWEVER; THE PROBLEM COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED.

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 10 MPH AND TURNING RIGHT, THERE WAS A CLICKING NOISE COMING FROM THE STEERING COLUMN. THE STEERING BECAME VERY TIGHT TO THE POINT OF ALMOST LOCKING UP. EXCESSIVE FORCE WAS REQUIRED TO TURN THE STEERING WHEEL, ACCOMPANIED BY A NOISE AS IF THERE WAS PLASTIC FRACTURING INSIDE THE STEERING COLUMN. THE HORN, THE RADIO CONTROLS, THE AIR BAG, THE TRACTION CONTROL SWITCH, AND THE SWITCH THAT CONTROLLED THE PEDAL DISTANCE ALL DISENGAGED AT ONCE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A SERVICE DEALER, WHO DETERMINED THAT THE CLOCKSPRING HAD DETACHED. THE FIRST 3 TIMES THIS HAD OCCURRED, THE CLOCKSPRING WAS REPLACED. THE FOURTH TIME, THE STEERING WHEEL AND THE CLOCKSPRING WERE REPLACED. THIS WAS THE FIFTH OCCURRENCE. IN THIS INSTANCE, THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE PROBLEMS PERSISTED IN SPITE OF ALL THE REPAIRS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS ALSO NOTIFIED.

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE TRAVELING 50 MPH, THE VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A HEAD ON COLLISION, AND THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. 5 OCCUPANTS SUSTAINED INJURIES, AND A POLICE REPORT WAS TAKEN. THE AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT WAS NOT ILLUMINATED PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN TO A SERVICE DEALER AND WAS TAKEN TO A STORAGE YARD. (LAWYER ON BEHALF OF HIS CLIENT) UPDATED 01/09/07. *JB

BOUGHT MY 2005 GRAND CARAVAN IN JULY 2006 WITH 39,000 MILES ON IT. AT 41,000 HAD THE SWAY BAR BUSHINGS REPLACED, COVERED BY DEALERSHIP WARRANTY. THIS IS THE THIRD CARAVAN THAT I HAVE OWNED SINCE 2001 AND EVERY ONE HAS HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. *NM

I WRECKED MY 2005 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN INTO A HILL SIDE AND STRUCK A TELEPHONE POLE HARD ENOUGH TO BREAK THE POLE IN TWO. MY AIR BAG SYSTEM DID NOT DEPLOY. I DID OVER $6000.00 WORTH OF DAMAGE TO MY VAN BUT NO AIR BAGS. I HAVE HAD THE VAN SERVICED TWICE IN THE PAST FOR THE AIR BAG SENOR LIGHT COMING ON. I AM WORRIED THAT THE AIR BAG SYSTEM IS FAULTY. *JB

GAS GAUGE FAILURE ON 2005 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. GAGE READS FULL WHEN VEHICLE IS SERVICED WITH GAS AND TANK IS FILLED. AS GAS IS USED THE GAGE WILL DECREASE CORRECTLY UNTIL 1/4 TANK IS REMAINING. GAUGE THEN HANGS UP, SHOWING 1/4 TANK, AND DOES NOT DECREASE AS GAS IS USED BELOW 1/4 TANK. THIS RESULTED IN MY DAUGHTER-IN-LAW RUNNING OUT OF GAS WHILE IN HEAVY EVENING TRAFFIC. LUCKILY, SHE WAS ABLE TO COAST TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. I HAVE FOUND OUT FROM RELIABLE SOURCES (AUTHORIZED DODGE REPAIR SHOPS) THAT THIS GAS GAGE FAILURE IS COMMON AMONG THE DODGE CARAVAN'S AND GRAND CARAVAN'S. I FEEL THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AND SHOULD BE INVESTIGATED FOR POSSIBLE RECALL TO PREVENT ANY POSSIBLE INJURY OR DEATH RESULTING FROM RUNNING OUT OF GAS WHILE IN HEAVY TRAFFIC. *NM

REFERENCE TO CASE WITH SWAY BAR BUSHING PROBLEM REF. NUMBER 10173990 . I HAD THE SAME PROBLEM WITH MY 2005 GRAND CARAVAN WITH 25000 MILES ON IT. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND THEY REPAIRED IT NO PROBLEM AT NO COST. THEN ON 23 NOV 2006 MY VAN JUST DIED. BATTERY WAS DEAD. WOULD NOT JUMP START AT ALL. TOWING SERVICE COULD NOT JUMP START IT EITHER AND SAID SOMETHING MAJOR WAS WRONG. THEY TOWED TO DEALER IN SHREVEPORT ON FLAT BED WHERE THEY SAID THE BATTERY WAS BAD. BUT THE GOOD NEWS THEY SAID IT WAS ALL COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. AND THEY ALSO TOLD ME EVERYTHING FROM FRONT BUMPER TO REAR BUMPER IS 100 PERCENT COVERED UNDER THE WARRANTY FOR THE FIRST 3 YEARS/36,000 MILES. SO I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THE DEALERS ARE SO INCONSISTENT IS WARRANTY REPAIRS. IT STATES IN THE MANUAL WHAT IS AND IS NOT COVERED AND TO SUM THAT UP ANYTHING THAT SHOWS ANY SIGN IF HITTING A HAZARD IN THE ROAD IS NOT COVERED. MAYBE WE SHOULD START A CLASS ACTION HERE. *NM

2005 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN WHICH HAS 38500 MILES ON VEHICLE. THE FRONT SWAYBAR BUSHINGS ARE WORE OUT AND IT NOW MAKES A LOUD CLUNKING NOISE EVERY TIME IT GOES OVER A BUMP . DODGE SAYS IT IS A WEAR ITEM AND WILL NOT REPLACE IT EVEN THOUGH I HAVE AN EIGHT YEAR/80000 MILE WARRANTY. IF THEY WILL NOT FIX THIS I WILL SAY THIS IS THE LAST AMERICAN CAR I WILL BUY. *NM

SINCE PURCHASING IN 2004. I HAVE HAD TO TAKE BACK THE VAN NUMEROUS TIMES TO COMPLAIN TO THE DEALERSHIP ABOUT NOISES WHILE DRIVING IN THE STEERING BRAKES AND FRONT RIGHT WHEEL BASE AREA. BRAKES POPPING AND SCRUBBING, WHEEL BASE MAKES A SCRUBBING/CRACKING NOISES, AND THERE WAS A WHINING NOISE WHILE SLOWING AT STOPS AND IN PARKING LOTS. THEY HAVE REPLACED A MAP LIGHT. MY SLIDING DOORS HAVE STOPPED WORKING ONCE BUT THE PROBLEM HAS NOT OCCURRED AGAIN TO TAKE TO THE DEALER. AT A RED LIGHT WHEN IT TURNED GREEN I WENT TO GO AND THE ENGINE CUT OFF WOULD NOT RESTART IMMEDIATELY. LUCKILY NO ONE WAS BEHIND ME AND NO ONCOMING TRAFFIC. I WAS ON A HILL AND ABLE TO ROLL TO THE SIDE AND PUT THE VAN BACK IN PARK TO RESTART. 08/11/05 TOOK TO DEALER SHIP AND THEY PERFORMED A COMPUTER FLASH UPDATE AND LISTED A LABEL AUT AND LABEL GEN PART. HERE ARE THE SERVICE DATES WHEN I TOOK IN IT EACH TIME TO COMPLAIN ABOUT STEERING AND DRIVING NOISES. 08/04/05 TOOK TO DEALER ORDERED PARTS SERVICED ON 08/11/05 REPLACED POWER STEERING RESERVOIR. 11/17/05 REPLACED RACK AND PINION. 08/16/06 TOOK IN BRAKES STARTING MAKING NOISES TOLD WE HAD 20% LEFT AT 16,812 MILES THEY TOLD US TO REPLACE THE BRAKES. 08/16/06 ALSO HAD THEM LOOK AT THE SAME NOISE AS BEFORE AND THEY LUBED/GREASED STRUT DUST COVERS. 11/08/06 TOOK BACK FOR SAME NOISES AND THEY REPLACED THE SWAY BAR LINKS FOUND MY STEERING FLUID LOW, REPLACED FLUID AND STATED THEY COULD NOT FIND ANY CRACKS/LEAKS. I AM STILL HEARING NOISES COME FROM THE RIGHT FRONT WHE

THIS LETTER IS IN REGARDS TO A 2005 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN, WHICH WAS RECENTLY SERVICED BECAUSE OF A FAILED POWER STEERING RACK. THE POWER STEERING RACK WAS DIAGNOSED AS LEAKING DUE TO BAD SEALS AND THE UNIT WAS REPLACED. THE POWER STEERING RESERVOIR WAS ALSO REPLACED BECAUSE OF A RESTRICTION OF FLOW. ACCORDING TO DIALOGUE WITH THE DEALERSHIP, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE SCREEN IN THE RESERVOIR WAS PLUGGED, WHICH CAUSED THE SQUEAKING SOUND I WAS HEARING. I BELIEVE THE SCREEN WAS PLUGGED WITH DEBRIS GENERATED BY THE FAILING SEALS IN THE POWER STEERING RACK, SINCE THIS IS A RECIRCULATION HYDRAULIC SYSTEM. THE MILEAGE AT THE TIME OF FAILURE WAS 38,256 MILES, AND I BELIEVE THIS TYPE OF FAILURE WAS PREMATURE. I ALSO BELIEVE THAT THE FAILURE COULD HAVE HAD SERIOUS CONSEQUENCES HAD I INDEED LOST ALL THE FLUID FROM THE SYSTEM PRIOR TO MY DISCOVERY OF THE PROBLEM. I HAD THE POWER STEERING RACK REPLACED ON MY 2001 DODGE CARAVAN THIS YEAR, BUT THE MILEAGE WAS CONSIDERABLY HIGHER, AROUND 80,000 MILES. NEITHER THE PREVIOUS OWNER NOR I INFLUENCED THE PREMATURE FAILURE OF THE POWER STEERING RACK, NOR THE PLUGGED SCREEN IN THE RESERVOIR; EVEN THOUGH THE MECHANICS ATTEMPTED TO PLACE THE BLAME ON ME STATING THAT THE RESERVOIR FAILURE WAS DUE TO IMPROPER MAINTENANCE. SINCE I HAVE HAD THIS SAME PROBLEM ON A 2001 CARAVAN, I FEEL THAT THIS PROBLEM IS A DESIGN FLAW, AND SHOULD WARRANT A DESIGN CHANGE TO AVERT FUTURE HARDSHIPS BY CARAVAN OWNERS. FURTHERMORE, THERE IS NO MAINTENANCE INTERVAL SPECIFIED FO

DEAR SIRS: 2005 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN SE . IT HAS HAD NUMEROUS PROBLEMS, FEW OF WHICH WERE FIXED PROPERLY WHEN BROUGHT BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP. FINALLY, ON OCTOBER 04, 2006, WITH 29000+ MILES ON THE VEHICLE, AN AXLE BROKE AS MY SON, DAUGHTER-IN-LAW, AND TWO GRANDCHILDREN UNDER TWO YEARS OLD PULLED OUT OF A PARKING LOT ONTO THE ROAD. HAD THIS HAPPENED ON AN INTERSTATE, WITH THE VEHICLE MOVING AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED, THERE IS EVERY LIKELIHOOD THAT A FATAL ACCIDENT WOULD HAVE OCCURRED. AXLES DO NOT BREAK EXCEPT UNDER EXTREME CIRCUMSTANCES OR WHEN THERE IS SOME FATAL FAULT WITH THE MANUFACTURE ITSELF. THIS IS NOT A VEHICLE WHICH HAS BEEN ABUSED. IT HAS BEEN USED TO TRANSPORT HOUSEWIVES AND SMALL CHILDREN BACK AND FORTH TO SCHOOL, TO GROCERY, ETCETERA. IT HAS BEEN SERVICED AT ALL PROPER INTERVALS AT THE MECHANICSVILLE, VA DEALERSHIP WHERE IT WAS PURCHASED. EXCEPT TO MOVE THE VEHICLE SO AS TO AVOID STORAGE CHARGES, I WILL NOT HAVE ANY MEMBER OF MY FAMILY TRANSPORTED IN THIS VEHICLE. THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT AT MECHANICSVILLE DODGE CLAIMS TO HAVE REPAIRED THE VEHICLE AND THAT IT IS SAFE. THEY HAVE ALL ''' DRIVEN IT AND IT DRIVES FINE!'' THAT IS ILLOGICAL FOR A NUMBER OF REASONS. FIRST, IT ''DROVE FINE'' RIGHT UP UNTIL THE MOMENT THE AXLE BROKE, EVEN THOUGH NUMEROUS ELECTRICAL AND OTHER PROBLEMS EXISTED WHICH WERE NOT FULLY REPAIRED AT THAT TIME. SECOND, I HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO REASON, BASED ON MY PAST EXPERIENCES WITH SHODDY WORK AND OUTRIGHT FALSEHOODS AT THIS STORE, TO BELIEVE THAT THIS

PREMATURE FRONT BRAKE FAILURE-- WE PURCHASED OUR 2005 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN NEW, IN LATE SPRING 2004. SINCE THEN, WE HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THE FRONT BRAKES TWICE, ONCE AT 18,000 MILES, AND NOW AT 35,000 MILES. OUR DRIVING HABITS HAVE NOT CHANGED AND PREVIOUSLY (FOR THE LAST 25 YEARS, WITH 5 DIFFERENT CARS) WE HAVE GONE 30,000 - 40,000 MILES BETWEEN BRAKE JOBS. THIS VEHICLE REPLACED A 10-YEAR OLD PLYMOUTH GRAND VOYAGER WHICH HAD NO PROBLEMS WITH BRAKE WEAR. THE DEALER SERVICE MANAGER SAYS HE HAS SEEN 2005 GRAND CARAVANS COMING IN NEEDING BRAKE JOBS AT ABOUT 25,000 MILES, BUT NOT 18,000 MILES. YET, NEITHER THE DEALER NOR CHRYSLER ADMITS THAT THERE IS A SYSTEM OR COMPONENT PROBLEM. I SPOKE WITH CHRYSLER CUSTOMER SERVICE AND THEY WERE, AT BEST, RELUCTANTLY HELPFUL. THEY HAVE AGREED TO PAY FOR THE PARTS, BUT NOT THE LABOR. SO, I HAVE NOW HAD TO PAY, IN PART, FOR FRONT BRAKE JOBS TWICE IN LESS THAN 3 YEARS, AVERAGING LESS THAN 18,000 MILES BETWEEN THE REPAIRS. THIS IS TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE. NEEDLESS TO SAY, IF CHRYSLER DOESN'T DO SOMETHING ELSE TO REMEDY THIS SITUATION, THIS WILL BE THE LAST CHRYSLER PRODUCT I WILL OWN...AND I WILL NOT BE KEEPING THIS MINIVAN MUCH LONGER. *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE STARTING THE VEHICLE, THE ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP WHO DETERMINED THE EMISSION GAS RECIRCULATION VALVE (EGR) HAD TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED WHO COINCIDED WITH THE DEALERSHIP DETERMINATION. THE CONTACT WAS VERY CONCERNED BECAUSE THE EGR VALVE WAS PART OF THE EMISSION CONTROL. UPDATED 11/30/2006 - THE CONSUMER PURCHASED AND INSTALLED THE PART HIMSELF. *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, THERE WAS A CLUNKING NOISE COMING FROM UNDER THE VEHICLE WHENEVER IT WAS DRIVEN OVER AN UNEVEN SURFACE. THIS WAS ACCOMPANIED BY LOOSENESS IN THE STEERING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A SERVICE DEALER, WHO DETERMINED THE FRONT SWAY LINKS AND BUSHINGS NEEDED REPLACEMENT. THE PARTS WERE REPLACED, WHICH CORRECTED THE PROBLEM.

VEHICLE STOPS. MOTOR SHUTS OFF, NO POWER AVAILABLE. AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. VERY DANGEROUS LOSS OF CONTROL IN TRAFFIC! HAPPENED AT LEAST 4 TIMES FROM DATE OF PURCHASE MAY 2005 TO AUGUST 2006, BUT ONLY AT START UP IN PARKING LOT. THEN IT HAPPENED AT HIGHWAY SPEED ON THE HIGHWAY WITH 4 CHILDREN IN VAN AGES 1, 2, 8 AND 10 YEARS OLD! HAVE NO FAITH IN SAFETY OF VEHICLE! DEALER STILL WANTS ME TO DRIVE AROUND WITH THE KIDS IN THIS CONDITION AND I CANNOT PUT MY CHILDREN IN DANGER. *JB

I OWN A 2005 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN THAT IS APPROXIMATELY ONE YEAR OLD. ON 8/18/06, I WAS DRIVING AND A COOLANT SPRAYED ONTO MY LEG CAUSING BURNING AND PERMANENT SCARING. I WAS ABLE TO CONTROL THE VEHICLE TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. DEALER TECH INDICATED THAT THE HEATER CORE TUBE BROKE INSIDE THE VEHICLE AT THE HEATER CORE. I CALLED THE MANUFACTURER NUMBER AND WAS ADVISED THAT I WOULD RECEIVE A WRITTEN CORRESPONDENCE WITHIN 12 DAYS. WITHIN ONE WEEK OF THE ACCIDENT A MANUFACTURERS REPRESENTATIVE INSPECTED THE VAN. TODAY IS 9/27/06, I HAVE LEFT SEVERAL MESSAGES TO THE NUMBER PROVIDED BUT HAVE RECEIVED NO RESPONSE. I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE ROOT CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM IS OR IF THE CAR WILL BE SAFE AGAIN TO DRIVE. I HOPE YOU CAN HELP,ASIDE FROM PHYSICAL AND ECONOMIC DAMAGES INCURRED, I AM CONCERNED THAT IF A SIMILAR ACCIDENT OCCURS AN EVEN MORE TRAGIC RESULT MAY OCCUR. THE VAN IS NOW AT THE DEALER THAT WE PURCHASED THE VEHICLE FROM. *NM

LAST SATURDAY 09/16/2006 MY HUSBAND AND I WENT TO DROP OFF A KEY FOR THE OTHER CAR WE OWN. MY HUSBAND WAS DRIVING. HE DROVE OUT OF THE PARKING LOT THE VAN STALLED. HE TRIED TO RESTART THE VAN, IT WAS NOT STARTING. WE SWITCHED PLACES TO GET THE VAN OUT OF TRAFFIC. CALLED AAA AND HAD THE VAN TOWED TO TARPON DODGE LOCATED IN TARPON SPRINGS FL. THEY CHECKED THE VAN OUT AND SAID THE ENGINE WAS MESSED UP. IT WAS ENGINE BLOCK. THERE WAS NO WARNING LIGHTS TO INDICATE ANY PROBLEM. WE HAD OUR OIL CHANGED WE HAVE ONE RECEIPT ABOUT ONE OR TWO WEEKS OLD, CAN NOT LOCATE THE OTHER RECEIPTS. THEY CLAIM THEY TESTED THE OIL AND IT IS DIRTY. DAILMER CHRYSLER CORPORATION IS TURNING US DOWN ON REPAIRS AND WE ARE ONLY GOING TO RECEIVE 1 DAY RENTAL CHANGE OF $35.00. THE DEALER SAID TELL WOULD TAKE $150.00 OFF OUR $3800.00 PLUS BILL NOT INCLUDING TAXES. THERE HAS BEEN OTHER COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS SAME PROBLEM. FIRST I TOLD THEM TO REPAIR THE 2005 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN SO IT WOULD NOT VOID THE SO CALLED WARRANTY AFTER THE SHOCK OF THE BAD NEWS. FIRST I WOULD LIKE YOU TO INVESTIGATE THIS. SECOND I HOPE THAT OTHERS WILL BE PROTECTED BY YOUR INVESTIGATION, SO THEY WILL NOT HAVE TO GO THROUGH THIS ORDEAL. THIRD RENTAL CAR COST IS GOING TO BE AROUND $1500.00 APPROX. AND THEY SHOULD COVER THE COST WHILE THE REPAIR UNTIL THE VAN IS REPAIRED. I AM HOPEFUL THAT MAYBE THROUGH YOUR INVESTIGATION THAT SOME IF NOT ALL OF THE COST WOULD BE COVERED. BUT AS I STATED BEFORE IF YOU CAN ASSIST OTHERS SO THEY DO NOT HAVE T

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH ON A CITY STREET, THE LEFT FRONT DRIVER SIDE AXLE FRACTURED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT MANAGED TO PULL THE VEHICLE OVER WITHOUT INCIDENT. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHO REPLACED THE LEFT FRONT FRACTURED AXLE. AFTERWARDS, WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH ON A CITY STREET, THE RIGHT PASSENGER SIDE FRACTURED WHICH CAUSED A LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL. A CRASH WAS AVOIDED BY USING BRAKE PRESSURE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHO REPLACED THE RIGHT FRONT FRACTURED AXLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS ALERTED. UPDATED 09/16/06. *JB

2005 GRAND CARAVAN WITH PRIVACY GLASS, I WAS STANDING 10' FROM CAR PARKED IN DRIVEWAY PAST 14 HRS, LEFT REAR SIDE WINDOW EXPLODED OUTWARD SENDING GLASS SHARDS 10' PERIMETER. AMBIENT TEMP WAS 67'F. *JB

MY 2005 DODGE CARAVAN (ID4GP24RX5B305163) HAD THE RACK AND PINION REPLACED AT 30,709 MILES. AT 47,208 MILES THE RACK AND PINION AND PUMP HAD TO REPLACED AGAIN. THE VEHICLE WAS SEEN BY DEALER BEFORE SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE THEY CONFIRMED THE PROBLEM WITH THE RACK AND PINION. *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE POWER DOOR LOCKS DO NOT FUNCTION PROPERLY. THE DOORS HAVE TO BE LOCKED MANUALLY. THE DEALERSHIP DETERMINED THE LOCKS NEEDED TO BE UPDATED WITH NEW SOFTWARE.

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 10 MPH THROUGH A FLOODED AREA, WATER SEEPED IN THROUGH THE PLUG OPENING FOR THE SPARE TIRE. DUE TO THE WATER, THE PLASTIC COVER WAS PULLED HALFWAY OFF THE TIRE, CAUSING IT TO DRAG ON THE ASPHALT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A SERVICE DEALER, WHERE THE DEALER DETERMINED THE CAUSE OF THE DEFECT WAS DUE TO WATER SPRAYING UNDER THE COVER OF THE TIRE THEREFORE WEIGHING IT DOWN.

I BOUGHT MY VEHICLE IN DEC 2005, IN JUNE 2005 THE AIR CONDITIONER STARTED BLOWING HOT AIR, I BROUGHT IT TO THE DEALER ON 2 SEPARATE OCCASIONS AND THEY TOLD ME NOTHING WAS WRONG WITH IT. MY VEHICLE HAS 39,000 MILES ON IT AND THE A/C COMPRESSOR JUST SEIZED. I CALLED MY DEALER TO INFORM HIM OF THIS AND THAT IT SHOULD BE COVERED EVEN THOUGH I'M 4,000MILES OVER MY WARRANTY BECAUSE OF MY EARLIER COMPLAINTS, HE TOLD ME HE COULDN'T PROMISE ME ANYTHING BUT HE WOULD SPEAK TO HIS SUPERVISOR. I HAVE NOT HEARD BACK FROM MY DEALER AT THIS POINT. *NM

2005 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN PURCHASED APRIL 18, 2005 FROM ENTERPRISE CAR SALES. IT ALREADY HAD 24,000 MILES ON IT. IN JULY OF 2006- THE CV JOINT BROKE. THE VAN CURRENTLY HAD 39,000 MILES ON IT PUTTING IT JUST OUT OF THE WARRANTY BY A FEW THOUSAND MILES. THE CAR WOULD NOT GO INTO ANY GEAR SINCE THE JOINT WAS BROKEN- IT MADE A LOUD RUMBLING NOISE AS THE GEARS GROUND AGAINST EACH OTHER. IT HAD TO BE PUT IN NEUTRAL AND PUSHED INTO A PARKING LOT. THERE IS NO EXCESSIVE USE OR ABUSE OF THE VAN TO CAUSE THIS TO HAPPEN. THIS SHOULD BE COVERED BY THE MANUFACTURER. NEVER HAD I A CAR OR VAN THAT HAD THE CV JOINT GO WITHIN A YEAR'S TIME. THE MANUFACTURER DOES NOT SUPPLY CV JOINTS- THE ENTIRE SHAFT MUST BE REPLACED. HAD I BEEN TRAVELING ON A BUSIER HIGHWAY AND AT A HIGHER SPEED, IT COULD HAVE BEEN DEADLY. I HAD TWO SMALL CHILDREN IN THE CAR AND HAD TO PUSH THE VAN OUT OF A BUSY INTERSECTION CAUSING A POTENTIALLY DEADLY SITUATION. POWERTRAIN COVERAGE USED TO BE STANDARD AT 7 YEARS/70,000 MILE. WHY DID THIS CHANGE AND BECOME A PAID EXTENSION OF WARRANTY? DODGE SHOULD STAND BEHIND THEIR PRODUCT AND WARRANTY THEIR POWERTRAINS FOR LONGER THAN 36,000 MILES. *JB

I WAS BURNED ON THE FOREARM WHILE REACHING UNDER MY VAN FOR AN ITEM THAT HAD FALLEN ON THE GROUND. THE EXHAUST PIPE RUNS VERY CLOSE TO THE SIDE OF THE VEHICLE AND IS NOT PROTECTED BY ANY SORT OF HEAT SHIELD. *JB

AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT IS COMING ON INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE ONLY HAS 22K MILES. *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING IN THE RAIN THE WIPERS STUCK TOGETHER CAUSING THE MOTOR TO BURN OUT. THERE IS A NHTSA RECALL, # 06V067000, REGARDING THE WIPER/WASHER MOTOR. THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL.

FIRST NOTICED POPPING/RUBBING NOISE IN FRONT END. TOOK IN AND THEY REPLACED THE FRONT STABILIZER BUSHINGS AND ETC.. THAT WAS IN OCT 2005. I HAVE TAKEN BACK TO WILSON DODGE IN JACKSON, MS 3/4 TIMES SINCE. THE PROBLEM STILL EXIST. THE SERVICE MAN SAID HE HEAR NOISE WHEN TURNING 1/4 TO RIGHT. BUT WHEN I WENT TO PICK UP VEHICLE THEY HAD NOT DONE ANYTHING TO IT. I HAVE A FRIEND THAT'S A MECHANIC. HE SAID THE RACK AND PINION SYSTEM IS GOING OUT AND IS BAD. I HAVE STATED THIS TO WILSON DODGE. THEY WANTED ME TO SIGN THE LAST PAPER WORK BUT I WOULD NOT SIGN BECAUSE THEY HAD NOT FIXED PROBLEM. I AM TAKING TO OTHER DODGE DEALER SHIP THIS WEEK TO SEE IF THEY CAN FIND PROBLEM. ALSO I HAD TO REPLACE THE BRAKES ALREADY AT 26,000 MILES. AND THEY SAID I NEEDED NEW ROTORS. THIS IS RIDICULOUS. I HAD A 1998 DODGE CARAVAN AND ONLY HAD TO REPLACE BRAKES ONCE ON IT AND IT HAD 98,000 MILES ON IT. *JB

2005 GRAND CARAVAN INSTRUMENT PANEL LIGHTS ON THE HEAD LIGHT CLUSTER, CRUISE CONTROL, DRIVER SIDE WINDOWS AND LOCKS DID NOT WORK. * TS ***NAR*** THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD THE VEHICLE WAS DESIGNED WITH NO LIGHTS. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE EXHAUST PIPE PROTRUDES BELOW THE BOTTOM OF THE VEHICLE. THE CHILD MAY TOUCH THIS PIPE. UPDATED 5/10/2006 - THE EXHAUST PIPE PROTRUDES BELOW THE BOTTOM OF THE VEHICLE AND IS TOO CLOSE TO THE OUTSIDE EDGE (ROCKER PANEL). THE PIPE IS LOCATED ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE VEHICLE WHICH IS THE SIDE THE CONSUMER CHILD SAFETY SEAT IS INSTALLED. WHEN THE SLIDING DOOR IS OPENED THE CHILD COULD BE BURNED BY THE PIPE. THE CONSUMER INDICATED THAT THE PIPE IS ONLY LIKE THIS ON THE STOW AND GO MODEL GRAND CARAVAN. UPDATED 5/10/2006 - THE PARKING BRAKE CABLE HAD TO BE REPLACED AND REROUTED. THE ENGINE RAN ROUGH WHILE IDLING AND IN PARK. THE FUEL GAUGE WAS ERRATIC. AT 1/4 OF A TANK OR LESS THE NEEDLE MOVES BACK AND FORTH FROM EMPTY TO 1/4 OF A TANK. *NM

FRONT AIR BAG SENSOR REPLACEMENT COMPLETED FOLLOWING MULTIPLE SESSIONS OF AIR BAG LIGHT COMING ON, BUT GOING OUT AFTER A PERIOD OF TIME. BY TIME IT STAYED ON THE WARRANTY HAD EXPIRED DUE TO HIGH MILEAGE THAT I DRIVE. DEALER HAD TO SOLDER WIRE INTO SYSTEM TO MAKE REPAIR. *NM

2005 GRAND CARAVAN ELECTRICAL SYSTEM HAS BEEN SERVICED ON FIVE DIFFERENT OCCASIONS. DOOR LOCK AND AIR BAG INDICATOR MALFUNCTIONS. *TS ***NAR*** *JB

WE OWN A 2005 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN WITH NO AUTOMATIC BACK DOOR. AFTER PURCHASING IT IN NOV 2004 AND UPON PERIODIC OPERATION OF THE DOOR, MY BACK STARTED GETTING SORE AND PAINFUL. ONE DAY IN FEB OF 2005 AFTER CLOSING THE BACK DOOR MANUALLY WITHIN 2 DAYS I REACHED OVER FOR AN APPLE THAT FELL ON THE FLOOR AND FELL TO THE FLOOR IN TERRIBLE PAIN AND HAD TO BE RUSHED TO THE DOCTOR. I STILL HAVE PROBLEMS UNTIL THIS DAY AND NOW HAVE PROTRUDING DISKS IN MY LOWER BACK. I HAVE NEVER HAD LOW BACK PROBLEMS AND NOW SCIATICA BEFORE FEB 2005. I AM GETTING TIRED OF DOCTORS AND CHIROPRACTORS TO SOLVE THIS PROBLEM. WHAT CAN I DO? *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE HEADLIGHTS WERE DIFFICULT TO TURN ON/OFF. THE HEADLIGHTS STARTED CUTTING OFF INTERMITTENTLY WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO THE DEALERSHIP FOUR TIMES. THE FIRST TIME THE DEALER SAID THE ALARM SYSTEM PREVENTED THEM FROM REPAIRING THE VEHICLE. THE SECOND AND THIRD TIMES THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. THE FOURTH TIME THE BODY CONTROL MODULE WAS REPLACED. AFTER THE FOURTH TIME, THE HEADLIGHTS STARTED FLASHING FROM LOW BEAM TO HIGH BEAM INTERMITTENTLY FINALLY GOING COMPLETELY OFF. THIS LAST TIME, ALL OF THE LIGHTS ON THE DASH WENT OUT. TEN SECONDS LATER ALL OF THE LIGHTS RETURNED AS NORMAL.

THIS IS A COPY OF AN EMAIL I SENT TO CHRYSLER CONCERNING AN ACCIDENT ON 2-3-06 MY WIFE WAS INVOLVED IN. CHRYSLER HELD UP REPAIRS AND SENT A "SPECIAL INVESTIGATOR" TO LOOK AT THE VAN. TO MAKE A LONG STORY SHORT CHRYSLER NOW SAYS THE AIR BAG WORKED AS DESIGNED AND THEY ARE DENYING OUR CLAIM. WE ARE GETTING THE RUN AROUND ON THE PHONE AND CHRYSLER WILL NOT DISCUSS IT WITH US NOW. ALL I WAS ASKING WAS FOR THEM TO RECALL THIS FEATURE AND MAKE IT DEPLOY TO CAUSE LESS INJURY AND OR DISABLE IT ON OUR VAN. THANK YOU JIMMY SUTHERLAND MY WIFE WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT IN OUR 2005 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN, ALL THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED AND I WAS IMPRESSED WITH THE WAY THE VEHICLE PERFORMED WITH EXCEPTION TO THE DRIVERS KNEE AIRBAG. THIS AIRBAG IS LOCATED UNDER THE STEERING COLUMN AND BEHIND BOTH A METAL AND PLASTIC DASHPLATE, WHEN DEPLOYED THESE DASHPLATES WERE FORCED INTO MY WIFE'S LOWER LEGS CAUSING INJURIES FROM THE KNEES DOWN. NO OTHER INJURIES WERE SUFFERED BY ANYONE IN EITHER VEHICLE OTHER THAN THESE LEG INJURIES. THIS LEADS ME TO BELIEVE THAT IF THIS AIR BAG WASN'T THERE SHE WOULD HAVE HAD NO INJURIES EITHER. OR IF THIS AIR BAG WAS INSTALLED SIMILAR TO THE DRIVERS STEERING WHEEL AIR BAG AND NOT BEHIND THE TWO PLATES THEN NO INJURIES WOULD HAVE BEEN SUFFERED. I HAVE PICTURES IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO VIEW A SAMPLE AT THIS LINK HTTP://WWW.REBELWITHACLUE.COM/CINDYS%20ACCIDENT.JPG I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN PLEASED WITH THE DODGE PRODUCT I DO OWN A 2000 DAKOTA QUAD CAB ALONG WITH THE 2005 GRAND CARAVAN A

AFTER STOPPING VEHICLE IN DRIVEWAY,WITH FOOT ON BRAKE. THE VEHICLE LURCHED FORWARD AND STRUCK THE VEHICLE THAT WAS PARKED THERE. *JB

THIS IS THE LATEST IN A SERIES OF HEADLIGHT FAILURES ON A DODGE G.V. VAN. TODAY, THE HEADLIGHTS WOULD NOT COME ON WHEN THE SWITCH WAS PULLED UNTIL I CUT IT ON AND OFF 4-5 TIMES. THE DRIVING LIGHTS WOULD BLINK ON-OFF WHILE DRIVING AND THE SWITCH WAS OFF FOR THOSE LIGHTS. THEN THE HEADLIGHTS WENT OUT TOTALLY WHEN I WAS DRIVING ABOUT 45 MPH AFTER 7 :00 PM....IN THE DARK!! AS I SAID, THIS IS ABOUT THE 3RD-4TH TIME THAT THIS HAS HAPPENED AND IT IS NOT SOMETHING I WANT TO CONTINUE. I HAVE HAD IT TO TWO(2) DEALERS AND THEY CANNOT FIND THE PROBLEM. THANKS FOR LISTENING.*JB

AIR BAG LIGHTS COME ON WHEN DRIVING. *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING THE ENGINE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. ALTHOUGH THE DEALERSHIP WAS ALERTED NO APPOINTMENT WAS MADE FOR INSPECTION.

HAVE 2005 GRAND CARAVAN. IT HAS 24,000 MILES. THE AIR BAG LIGHT CAME ON. I AM TAKING IT TO THE DEALER TOMORROW. ALSO, THE DRIVER INTERIOR MAP LIGHT DOESN'T WORK, EVENTHOUGH THE BULB IS OK. (AM HAVING THAT CHECKED TOMORROW, TOO.) WHEN THE LIGHT FIRST WENT OUT, THE AUTOMATIC SIDE DOORS STOPPED WORKING. THEY DIDN'T WORK FOR ABOUT 2 WEEKS AND WHEN I DECIDED I HAD TIME TO GO TO THE DEALER TO GET IT CHECKED, THE DOORS STARTED WORKING AGAIN AND HAVE SEEMED FINE SINCE. THE LIGHT , HOWEVER, STILL DOESN'T WORK. THE REAR PASSENGER MAP LIGHTS ALSO COME ON RANDOMLY (USUALLY OVERNIGHT). THERE IS A CLUNKING NOISE IN THE DRIVER SIDE FRONT END. WE HAD SOME PARTS REPAIRED ON IT IN DEC. (THOUGH THE DEALER DID SAY THEY WEREN'T SURE WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS), BUT THE NOISE IS STILL THERE. (AM HAVING THAT CHECKED TOMORROW AS WELL.) *NM

ON JAN 22,05 I HAD MY 05' DODGE GRAND CARAVAN IN THE DEALERSHIP BECAUSE MY AIR BAG LIGHT HAD COME ON, THEY SUPPOSEDLY REPLACED MY SENSOR ALONG W/ MY WIRING HARNESS, WELL ON FEB 26 06 MY AIR BAG LIGHT CAME ON AGAIN, THE DEALERSHIP DEAL MAKER SAID I COULD BRING MY CAR IN BUT I'LL HAVE TO PAY FOR IT TO BE CHECKED ALONG W/ ANY REPAIR, AND THIS IS BECAUSE MY WARRANTY HAD EXPIRED. I DON'T FEEL I AM RESPONSIBLE TO PAY FOR ANY REPAIR ON THIS. NONE THE LESS FOR THEM TO SUPPOSEDLY REPLACE MY SENSOR LAST YEAR, ALONG W/ MY WIRING HARNESS AND SPARK PLUGS BEAUSE OF MISFIRING ETC. TO HAVE BOUGHT THIS CAR USED IN NOV OF 04 AND THEN TO HAVE IT IN ON JAN 05 IS A LITTLE RIDICULOUS. I HAVE 40 SOME THOUSAND MILES ON MY CAR. AND THIS ISSUE SHOULD OF BEEN DONE CORRECT THE FIRST TIME. *NM

RACK AND PINION STEERING ASSEMBLY IS LEAKING CLOCK SPRING FOR AIRBAG LIGHT IS BROKEN. *NM