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2005 Dodge Caravan lighting problems

92 complaints about lighting have been filed for the 2005 Dodge Caravan, which is 13% of all its NHTSA complaints. It is the 3rd most reported problem area for this model year.

At a glance

Complaints
92 13% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
89,000 miles 80 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
1 and 0
Injuries and deaths
0 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When lighting problems show up

Lighting complaints by mileage, 2005 Dodge Caravan Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 89,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 3 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 6 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 11 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 12 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 18 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 11 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 9 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 3 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 6 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 0 complaints 200k+ miles: 1 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 89,000 miles
Based on 80 complaints that include mileage. 25% 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 miles3
20k to 40k miles6
40k to 60k miles11
60k to 80k miles12
80k to 100k miles18
100k to 120k miles11
120k to 140k miles9
140k to 160k miles3
160k to 180k miles6
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles1

What the data shows

Of the 80 lighting complaints that report mileage, the median is about 89,000 miles, and 25% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 1 crash.

What owners wrote

Tl* the contact owned a 2005 dodge caravan. While driving approximately 45 MPH, the low beam headlights failed. The contact veered off the road and crashed in a field. There were no injuries and a police report was not filed. The vehicle was towed to the contact's residence and then taken to the dealer. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and assigned an investigator to inspect the vehicle. The vehicle was deemed destroyed. The manufacturer was notified of the failure.

Reported at 165,000 miles, October 2015 Crash

1. No events leading to failure; event appears to be random. 2. Headlights will not turn on and/or will turn off while driving. Failure is random but mostly occurs just after startup. Consequences are obvious; have had several nighttime failures where crashing was narrowly avoided. Otherwise, just an aggravation upon startup. 3. Headlight switch was replaced under warranty approximately 3 years ago. However, problem has been intermittent since then, with failures now occurring more often.

Reported at 135,000 miles, May 2011

Other problems reported for the 2005 Dodge Caravan

Lighting problems in other years

Lighting problems across all Dodge models