2002 Dodge Caravan Exterior lighting Problems

“On 6/5/14 while driving down the hwy at 65mph a deer had bolted out in front of my 02 Caravan. I had reaction time with hitting my brakes until my brake light illuminated & my van continues sliding on dry pavement, I attempted hitting my horn but noticed the section of the steering wheel that the horn iss located was rock hard & could not be pushed in even the slightest. I ended up hitting the deer dead center of the front of my van, crumpled my hood, cracking my radiator, headlight assemlies, grill & cooling fans. My airbags never deployed. …”

“2002 Dodge Caravan. The headlights on my 2002 Dodge Caravan flash off and on intermittently driving at night. I had this problem since I purchased the vehicle I have not have an accidents there has not been any property damage or police reports taken. The vehicle has the original headlights. I reported this in an earlier complaint but I found the solution to the problem. Each time this has happened to me the obd fuse has been blown. The possible cause to it has been the vehicle was jumped due to a low battery.”

“7/31/05 consumer products safety commission daimler chrysler motors corporation to whom it may concern: I have a 2002 Dodge grand Caravan se that was designed and built with a dangerous defect. The tail light lenses or covers have been glued on but the glue has failed on both tail lights and both covers have fallen off onto the freeway exposing the bright white light bulbs and dropping a large plastic lens onto the freeway. When the first one fell off my wife stopped on the freeway and picked up the lens. What a great way to get killed. …”

“1. After leaving my 2002 Dodge grand Caravan (approx. 48000 miles) in long term airport parking for 12 days I drove two and a half hours home. Nothing of any consequence happened on the way home. * 2. At home I noticed that the brake lights were stuck on the on position. I do not know during what part of the trip the brake light got stuck on and fortunately I did not get rear-ended. However, a brake light that is always on increases the risk of rear end collision. 3. The next day I brought the car to my local Dodge dealer. …”

“The headlights flickers; once they went out completely for about five seconds. This has occurred about 20 times since november 2004. There is no time pattern as to when the headlights would go off. The dealer knows that the headlight switch is the problem. The manufacturer told the dealer that they have a back order of over 800 switches and that no one is making the switches.”