2006 Dodge Grand Caravan Lights Problems

Your headlights shut off when water splashes up under the car during rain, forcing you to pull over and restart the vehicle multiple times to get them working again—though they only stay on briefly before cutting out again. This happens repeatedly in wet conditions. Additionally, your airbag warning light flickers on and off whenever you turn a corner or hit a bump. The issue likely involves water damage to electrical connections and may require inspection of weatherproofing seals and the airbag sensor system.

Your turn signals are working backwards—when you signal left, the right signal lights up instead. You have to switch to right and back to left to get the left signal to work properly. The problem happens while driving but not when the car is parked. This will likely require replacing the turn signal switch or checking the wiring connections in the steering column.

Your headlights and taillights turn on randomly while the car is parked and off, draining your battery. You also hear warning chimes every time you open the door, even though the lights are actually off. This electrical issue has been present since you got the vehicle.

I AM HAVING A INTERMITTENT ISSUE WITH MY HEADLIGHTS, THEY ARE SHUTING OFF WHILE DRIVING AND ALTHOUGH CRYSLER HAS A LIFETIME WARRANTY ON THE HEAD LIGHT SWITHCH FOR THIS EXACT ISSUE MY VEHICLE VIN IS NOT INCLUDED IN THIS WARRANTY. THIS IS DANGEROUS AND SHOULD BE A RECALL AS PEOPLE COULD BE IN DANGER OF CRASHING IF THIS HAPPENS AND THEY ARE UNABLE TO SEE.

THE HEADLIGHTS FUNCTION INTERMITTENTLY WITH THE SWITCH AND ALSO TURN OFF INTERMITTENTLY WHILE DRIVING EVEN THOUGH THE HEADLIGHT SWITCH REMAINS ON. TURNING THE SWITCH ON AND OFF MULTIPLE TIMES SOMETIMES WILL CAUSE THE HEADLIGHTS TO TURN BACK ON BUT NOT ALWAYS. SOMETIMES THE HEADLIGHTS WILL TURN BACK ON BY THEMSELVES. *TR

WE WERE DRIVING ALONG AND THE HEADLAMPS RANDOMLY TURNED OFF FOR NO APPARENT REASON. WE JIGGLED THE SWITCH AND THEY CAME BACK ON. THIS NOW HAPPENS FREQUENTLY. *TR

HEADLIGHTS SPONTANEOUSLY EXTINGUISH WHILE OPERATING THE VEHICLE ON AN INTERMITTENT BASIS. INITIAL ACTIVATION OF THE HEADLIGHT SWITCH SPORADICALLY FAILS TO ACTIVATE HEADLIGHTS, OR ACTIVATION IS DELAYED BY SEVERAL SECONDS. TOGGLING THE SWITCH WILL OCCASIONALLY RETURN FUNCTION TO THE HEADLIGHTS. THESE INCIDENTS OCCUR DAILY. *TR

WHEN I GOT TO WORK AND WENT TO TURN THE HEADLIGHTS OFF. THE LIGHTS SHUT OFF BUT IT KEPT DINGING LIKE THEY WERE STILL ON. I TURNED THE SWITCH ON THEN OFF AGAIN AND IT STILL KEPT DINGING AND THE SMALLER HEADLIGHTS CAME ON AND DIDN'T SHUT OFF AFTER I HAD SHUT OFF LIGHTS. I HAD TO GO BACK AND DO THE SAME THING WITH THE LIGHT SWITCH AND THEN THEY FINALLY SHUT OFF. THIS HAS HAPPENED ON SEVERAL OTHER OCCASIONS. *TR

PRESS DOWN ON TURN SIGNAL STALK AND THE RIGHT TURN SIGNAL COMES ON. PRESS UP ON TURN SIGNAL STALK AND LEFT BLINKER COMES ON. SOMETIMES NEITHER TURN SIGNAL WILL WORK AT ALL WHEN TURN SIGNAL STALK IS PUSHED UP OR DOWN. *KB

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TURN SIGNALS WERE DEFECTIVE AND WOULD ONLY FUNCTION INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN FOR INSPECTION OR REPAIRS. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 105,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE OPPOSITE TURN SIGNAL WOULD ILLUMINATE WHEN HE ATTEMPTED TO OPERATE THE TURN SIGNALS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THE CLOCK SPRING WAS REPLACED. THE CONTACT WAS ALSO STATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS A WIDESPREAD ISSUE AMONG HIS VEHICLE MAKE AND MODEL. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 72,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 77,000. UPDATED 08/31/11 *BF THE DEALER REPLACED THE CLOCKSPRING ASSEMBL. UPDATED 09/09/11

INTERMITTENT HEADLIGHT FAILURE ON 2006 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. UPON TURNING ON HEADLIGHTS, THEY OCCASIONALLY DON'T WORK. THEY INTERMITTENTLY FAIL COMPLETELY WHILE DRIVING WITHOUT NOTICE OR PROVOCATION RESULTING IN A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. THERE ARE NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS OF THIS WELL KNOWN PROBLEM CONCERNING OTHER YEARS OF THESE VEHICLES ON INTERNET FORUMS. THERE ARE NO KNOWN REASONS FOR THE PROBLEM. I'VE ASKED MY MECHANIC AND A DODGE DEALER AND THEY BOTH SAY IT'S A WELL KNOWN PROBLEM WITHOUT ANY ANSWERS. *TR

APPROXIMATELY 10 TIMES OVER THE LAST 3 YRS. THE HEADLIGHTS ON MY VAN HAVE MALFUNCTIONED. ABOUT 6 OF THOSE 10 TIMES THE PROBLEM WAS THAT I COULDN'T GET THE LIGHT TO TURN ON. THE OTHER TIMES, I COULDN'T GET THEM TO TURN OFF. WHEN THE LIGHTS WERE NOT WORKING THE ONLY WAY TO SEE WAS TO MANUALLY HOLD THE LEVER TO TURN THE BRIGHTS ON AND DRIVE WITH ONE HAND ON THE WHEEL AND THE OTHER ON THE LEVER. AS FAR AS THE LIGHTS NOT TURNING OFF, I HAD TO MANIPULATE THE SWITCH BY TURNING IT OFF AND ON AND PULLING IT OUT TO THE FOG LIGHT POSITION AS WELL AS BANG ON THE DASH TO GET THE LIGHTS TO TURN OFF. *TR

SOMETIMES MY HEADLIGHTS TURN ON SOMETIMES THEY DON'T. THE SWITCH IS FINE AND THE FUSES ARE GOOD. *TR

THE HEADLIGHTS ON MY 2006 DODGE CARAVAN HAVE BEEN INTERMITTENT ON A HALF DOZEN OCCASIONS SINCE I PURCHASED IT NEW. IN ALL INSTANCES, BY JIGGLING (TURNING ON/OFF) THE SWITCH, I HAVE GOTTEN THE LIGHTS BACK ON. THE LAST INCIDENT WAS ON 01/25/2010 COMING HOME IN A SNOWY (WHITE OUT) CONDITIONS IN IOWA AND MY LIGHTS WENT OUT COMPLETELY. I WAS ABLE TO GET THEM BACK ON IN A RELATIVELY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME, BUT COULD NOT SEE THE ROAD, ETC., BECAUSE OF THE SNOWY WHITE OUT CONDITIONS. COULD VERY WELL HAVE RESULTED IN AN ACCIDENT OF MAJOR INJURY. I SEE MANY POSTS ON THE INTERNET RELATED TO THIS SAME PROBLEM ON VARIOUS DODGE/CHRYSLER MINI VANS OF VARIOUS YEARS.*CW

2006 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN HAS INTERMITTENT ISSUES WITH HEADLIGHTS NOT FUNCTIONING PROPERLY (WILL NOT TURN ON, OR MAY GO OFF WHILE DRIVING, OR MAY FLICKER WHILE DRIVING). THESE ARE SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUES BECAUSE IT IS INTERMITTENT AND DRIVER CAN NOT ALWAYS TELL IF LIGHTS ARE OUT WHILE DRIVING. CAR IS USED FREQUENTLY AND PROBLEMS OCCUR AT LEAST ONCE A DAY. DODGE SERVICE RECOMMENDED REPLACING FRONT CONTROL MODULE AND POWER DISTRIBUTION MODULE ($900 PARTS AND LABOR) BUT COULD NOT PROMISE THIS WOULD CORRECT THE ISSUE SO NO REPAIRS HAVE BEEN MADE TO DATE. *TR

TURN SIGNAL SWITCH SIGNALS THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION CHOSEN FREQUENTLY USUALLY WHEN TURNING RIGHT. *TR

OCCASIONALLY, MAYBE FIVE OR SIX TIMES IN THE LAST YEAR, I WOULD TURN THE HEADLIGHTS ON IN MY 2006 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN AND THEY WOULD NOT TURN ON. I COULD TURN THEM OFF THEN ON AGAIN AND THEY WOULD STAY ON. LAST NIGHT, THEY TURNED ON THE FIRST TIME I TRIED. I HAD BEEN ON THE ROAD APPROXIMATELY ONE HOUR WHEN THEY WENT OUT ON ME. I TURNED THE ON/OFF SWITCH A FEW TIMES AND THEY CAME BACK ON. AFTER 3-4 MINUTES THEY WENT OFF AGAIN, SO AGAIN I TURNED THE SWITCH OFF AND ON AND THEY CAME BACK ON. THEY WENT OUT AGAIN AND I FOUND THEY WOULD STAY ON IF I HELD THE HIGH BEAM LEVER DOWN. AFTER ABOUT 5 MINUTES I RELEASED THE HIGH BEAM LEVER AND THE HEADLIGHTS STAYED ON FOR THE NEXT 20 MINUTES UNTIL I GOT HOME. I WILL NOT BE DRIVING THIS VEHICLE AGAIN AT NIGHT UNTIL I CAN GET IT FIXED. THE PROBLEM IS THAT 99% OF THE TIME, THE LIGHTS OPERATE CORRECTLY. *TR

THE TURN SIGNAL SWITCH ON THIS VEHICLE DOES NOT WORK PROPERLY. MANY TIMES, WHEN IT IS SWITCHED ON, THE OPPOSITE TURN SIGNAL TURNS ON (IE. THE SWITCH IS FLIPPED TO MAKE A RIGHT TURN, BUT THE LEFT SIGNAL LIGHTS). SOMETIMES IT WILL COME ON FOR THE PROPER DIRECTION, BUT THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN STARTS FLASHING TO THE OTHER SIDE. SOMETIMES THE SIGNAL TURNS ON PROPERLY BUT THEN JUST STOPS DOING ANYTHING, EVEN THOUGH THE SWITCH IS STILL "ON". AND YET OTHER TIMES, THE TURN SIGNAL DOES NOT TURN ON AT ALL. THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING OVER THE LAST MONTH OR SO, BUT IS GETTING PROGRESSIVELY WORSE. THE VEHICLE IS LESS THAN 2 YEARS OLD, BUT BECAUSE THE VEHICLE IS 2000 MILES OUT OF WARRANTY, DODGE IS NOT WILLING TO REPAIR THIS WITHOUT A CHARGE. *TR