Problems with 2005 Dodge Grand Caravan ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

Doors fail to lock automatically with power locks or key transponders. *tr

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 dodge dealers are not able to do their job due to skills or ?. i sure hope that if you are in an accident and your unable to get out of the van due to the door locks you don't burn up or if you can not open the door that hopefully somebody can get the door open from the outside of the van. oh i forgot, when i go over a speed bump it sounds like the engine is going to ...

At 500 miles the electrical system malfunctioned leading to loss of instrument cluster, windshield wipers, ac, and power sliding doors.

Vehicle experienced problems with electrical odor constantly appearing to be burning, and the air bag light would intermittently illuminate while driving. vehicle had been to the dealer shop on several occasions, and they were unable to locate the cause of the problems.*ak phone interview update (oct 24, 2005): the dealer replaced both air bag frontal impact sensors (part # 4686957ac) one at a time. however, the air bag warning light still comes on during wet weather conditions.

2005 dodge grand caravan sxt intermittently shuts off/ stalls and power cuts out while driving, parking, stopping at traffic lights. we've been extremely fortunate that we haven't gotten into an accident with this vehicle since the problem can occur while doing 65 mph on the highway or 30 mph on local streets. *ak we've been experiencing the problem since a month into owning the vehicle. the problem has occured 9 times in the last 2.5 years. we've brought the van to the dealer numerous times with the same complaint, yet they are unable to determine what is causing the problem. the most recent incident (last month, feb 2007) where we experienced stalling and loss of power in the van, the dealer had a co-pilot diagnostics device setup in the van and it didn't get any readings when the problem occured because the electrical system shuts down (when the problem occurs). the dealer has since asked us to continue to drive the van with the co-pilot in it and "press the button" if we think the problem is going to occur. since we seem to know about as much as the dealer regarding what causes this issue to occur.... we're basically putting ourselves at risk anytime we drive the vehicle.

The lights will randomly come on and off while driving. sometimes you are unable to turn head lights on. i have replaced the lights switch and the dealer does not seem to know what the problem is. the last problem occurred on 8/26/2004. *tr

Electric locks fail. after r&r a fuse the locks would work for a period of time then fail again. repeat. *tr