2005 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN — Complaint #927671
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NHTSA Complaint about ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:STARTER ASSEMBLY:RELAY filed July 12, 2012
NHTSA complaint #927671 (ODI reference 10465438) concerns a 2005 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN and was filed on July 12, 2012. The owner reports the failure occurred on July 11, 2012. The vehicle had 38,000 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to Florida based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as electrical system:starter assembly:relay, one of NHTSA's standardized taxonomy codes used to group defect patterns across make, model, and year.
The filer flagged the following severity indicators: crash: no, fire: no, injuries: 0, fatalities: 0. No crash, fire, or fatality was associated with this report, which places it in the early-warning stream rather than the priority-review stream. Because a VIN was supplied, this complaint is tied to a specific vehicle and not just a model-year cohort.
Individual complaints are consumer-submitted and unverified by NHTSA engineers — the agency's role at this stage is to collect, index, and make them searchable. What matters for federal action is the pattern: when many owners of the same DODGE GRAND CARAVAN cohort independently describe similar electrical system:starter assembly:relay failures, defect investigators have grounds to open a PE and request manufacturer data. Related filings for the same vehicle and component appear below, and the detail page for the full 2005 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER PARKING AND ATTEMPTED TO LOCK THE DOORS, THE POWER LOCKS ON ALL DOORS FAILED TO WORK. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO LOCK AND UNLOCK THE DOORS MANUALLY WITH THE KEY, HOWEVER THE POWER LOCKS REMAINED UNRESPONSIVE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OR THE FAILURE AND THEY STATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS POSSIBLY RELATED TO THE RELAY IN THE DOORS. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 38,000. UPDATED 09/11/12*LJ UPDATED 09/13/2012 *JS
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 927671 |
| ODI Number | 10465438 |
| Date Filed | July 12, 2012 |
| Failure Date | July 11, 2012 |
| VIN | 2D4GP24R15R |
Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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