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Chrysler Town & Country and Dodge Grand Caravan 2005+

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#1363 of 1446 Fuel Gage problems. :( by bmw335xi

Jul 13, 2007 (9:14 am)

I hate the 2005 Town and country. I was in my fathers comeing back from a musical with almost a full tank of gas. It was dark on a twisty road and the engine just shut off. He pulled over on the side off the road and it was blided both ways.
We did not know what happend. We got a ride from our friends who lived by there. Towed it back to the dealership and they said the gas gade got stuck. They also said other ones had the same problem and it was not recalled. He said he will never by a Chrysler minivan again. Now he's looking a Buick Enclave. ( I said look at the new Highlander)Has this ever happened to any one else?

#1364 of 1446 cooling fan won't stop '98 voyager by hum3

Jul 18, 2007 (7:44 am)

EVen after turning off the ignition, the cooling fan continues. I did some searches and read a little about a problem with the relay, but have no idea where it is or if it is a different problem altogether. I meanwhile pulled the fuse. Any thoughts?

#1365 of 1446 2005 t&c lx sway bar links by gregman

Aug 11, 2007 (10:12 pm)

My wife just had our 3rd set of front sway bar links installed on our 2005 lx. It has close to 70k miles, but come on, that's unreasonable. First set I installed at about 50k because dealer wanted $400 plus (as a favor). My cost $80 plus my time. They went bad immediately because the dealer left the sway bar mounts loose after they replaced the front pump on the tranny.
Independent shop replaced the second pair at about 54k. Now they've gone out again. Alignment was checked with new tires at 45k. Dealer says 40k is normal replacement interval.
  My gm got it's first set at 225k, only because I hit a curb.
Is this a weak link?

#1366 of 1446 Re: Transmission Issues? [greener1] by veritasusa

Aug 15, 2007 (8:34 am)

Replying to: greener1 (Jan 08, 2007 12:57 pm)
I have taken the code info you supplied to two different dealers and the results have been just as I expected. Since you wouldn't give me a dealer name or date, the service managers at both dealers just told me that those codes didn't exist and, that if a code didn't show up in the on board computer, that code wasn't legitimate. I couldn't even get them to research the codes on their Chrysler computer network.
 
Thanks for a little, but not enough.

#1367 of 1446 What's the ON/OFF button in the overhead console do? by spectraman

Aug 15, 2007 (7:02 pm)

Wow... this one has me stumped!
 
Can anyone explain what the little 'ON/OFF' button does that's located immediately to the left hand side of the power sliding doors and power liftgate buttons in the overhead console?
 
This button appears to have NO function in either my 2006 or my In-laws 2005 Grand Caravan. I thought that it would be a lockout on the power doors, like the lockout buttons that are usually found next to a vehicle's drivers power window block. But.... that isn't what this button appears to be for.
 
The manuals in BOTH vehicles fail to mention this button, nor it's function.... although it's shown in two diagrams of the overhead console. WTH???? A search of the forums here came up empty, so I guess I'm the first person to wonder what this thing's for.
 
Thanks in advance for any feedback any of you have.
 
-SM

#1368 of 1446 Re: What's the ON/OFF button in the overhead console do? [spectraman] by xwesx

Aug 16, 2007 (11:01 am)

Replying to: spectraman (Aug 15, 2007 7:02 pm)
Just tossing out ideas here, but how about a key fob lockout? Switch for the passenger airbag?
 
I find it humorous that it would fail to be labeled (or documented in the owner manual), but then again, this is a Chrysler product....

#1369 of 1446 Re: What's the ON/OFF button in the overhead console do? [spectraman] by cbwilsha

Aug 16, 2007 (11:59 am)

Replying to: spectraman (Aug 15, 2007 7:02 pm)
My 2005 Chrysler T&C Manual (Page 31) says "To avoid unintentional operation of the power sliding door from the rear seats, press the button located in the overhead console to disable the switches for the rear seat passengers".
 
C.B.

#1370 of 1446 Re: What's the ON/OFF button in the overhead console do? [cbwilsha] by fiveohman

Aug 16, 2007 (12:10 pm)

Replying to: cbwilsha (Aug 16, 2007 11:59 am)
Thanks C.B.!
 
I didn't think to check to see if the rear B-pillar door buttons were disabled! I forgot about those! I'm sure that you've nailed it.
 
Thanks again.
 
-SM

#1371 of 1446 Re: Fuel Gage problems. :( [bmw335xi] by neile457

Aug 17, 2007 (2:30 pm)

Replying to: bmw335xi (Jul 13, 2007 9:14 am)
I hate the 2005 Town and country. I was in my fathers comeing back from a musical with almost a full tank of gas. It was dark on a twisty road and the engine just shut off. He pulled over on the side off the road and it was blided both ways.
We did not know what happend. We got a ride from our friends who lived by there. Towed it back to the dealership and they said the gas gade got stuck. They also said other ones had the same problem and it was not recalled. He said he will never by a Chrysler minivan again. Now he's looking a Buick Enclave. ( I said look at the new Highlander)Has this ever happened to any one else?
 
My wife had a 1994 Camry, and got stranded on the highway. Come to find out, she ran out of gas, even though the gas hand showed a half tank, it got stuck. That was a 2 yr old Camry with 25000 miles on it. I haven't bought a Toyota since, either (NOT).

#1372 of 1446 Automatic door locking fails by leotaur

Sep 06, 2007 (10:03 pm)

We have a 2005 Grand Caravan SXT with 75000 km on it and we are very pleased with the vehicle. Disappointed with the dealer constant wanting to add on services not mentioned in the service book when we go for regular maintenance, and suspect a bit of scamming.
Our automatic door locking which is supposed to occur at a certain speed ( about 17 mph or 25 kph) has stopped working so we have to remember to do it ourselves as we set off.
Has anyone else had this problem? Where is the likely location of the failed component?
 
DougW

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