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2005 Dodge Caravan latches & locks problems

203 complaints about latches & locks have been filed for the 2005 Dodge Caravan, which is 29% of all its NHTSA complaints. It is the most reported problem area for this model year.

At a glance

Complaints
203 29% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
65,000 miles 166 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
0 and 0
Injuries and deaths
0 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When latches & locks problems show up

Latches & locks complaints by mileage, 2005 Dodge Caravan Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 65,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 4 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 23 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 50 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 39 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 28 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 7 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 8 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 3 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 2 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 2 complaints 200k+ miles: 0 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 65,000 miles
Based on 166 complaints that include mileage. 46% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.
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MileageComplaints
0k to 20k miles4
20k to 40k miles23
40k to 60k miles50
60k to 80k miles39
80k to 100k miles28
100k to 120k miles7
120k to 140k miles8
140k to 160k miles3
160k to 180k miles2
180k to 200k miles2
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 166 latches & locks complaints that report mileage, the median is about 64,000 miles, and 46% were reported before 60,000 miles.

None of the latches & locks complaints mention a crash, fire, injury or death.

What owners wrote

Dt: 2005 dodge caravan. The consumer states the side door on the driver side comes open while driving. The vehicle has not been looked at yet. There has not been a determination as to why this is happening. Dodge told the consumer to take the vehicle to the dealership. This only happened once, he has bungee cordes and door cannot happen again. There were no indicator lights that the door was open.

September 2005

When tryin to unlock my power locks they would not work. I then tried the remote key lock/unlock. This also did not work. To exit the vehicle I had to manually unlock the doors. I found the 20 a fuse for the door locks and removed it, replaced it, then the power locks worked for just a couple days. I have to repeat this process every week to get my power locks to work properly.

Reported at 135,000 miles, June 2010

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