2005 Dodge Grand Caravan SXT from North America - Comments

Those of you that have headlight issues. I had the same thing. The cause for me was a bad headlight switch. Easy to fix, you just pop off the switch next to the steering wheel and unplug the harness. Replug in a new one. Available from the dealer.

We have had a 2005 Grand Caravan SXT and will definitely be the last Mopar product. This van is great feature wise - stow and go, power sliding doors, power liftgate, front and rear air etc. But at approx. 55,000 miles it fails at being problem free. We haven't had some of the problems that others have had. But our drivers window goes up extremely slow and sometimes doesn't at all in the winter. Right now the locks don't work which is a pain for our family of four. I will take it to the dealer soon (hopefully on my next vacation) to get the window fixed and lock situation fixed.

This will pretty much definitely be our last Dodge product. My 1999 Dodge Dakota so far has out performed this 6 year newer vehicle.

Ford or Foreign from now on.

I have a 2006 Dodge Grand Caravan. Never had a major problem with it. I love it, it's great.

Good gas mileage, rides smooth.

Recently the check engine light came on, EGR valve needs to be replaced. Bought the part and paid a mechanic $40.00 to install. The part was $65.00.

Only issue I have is the navigation disk (which was never ever taken out) was scratched. Bought a new one online for $50.00, all is great.

Keep oil changed ever 3,000 miles, rotate tires, replaced brake pads once.

Previous car was Pontiac Grand Prix GTP. Let me tell you about the nightmares; 3 engines, 3 transmissions (only good thing is GM paid for transmissions & 2 engines), and also chunks of metal found in the motor with serial numbers on them.

Our 2005 Caravan never has huge things go wrong with it, but lots of little things, and we only have 46,000 on it after 4 1/2 years of owning it. It's annoying that the power locks ALWAYS go out. We reset it, and they go out again. The bushing just had to be replaced, and we had some suspension issues over the summer. The lights burn out often as well. I've just never heard of a car with less than 50,00 having things go wrong, or rust out or in general go wrong. Scares me to read all the comments and makes me wonder how to think about the future. When should we give this van up because certain bigger problems are inevitable?