Why is my grand caravan rear hatch dinging and beeping and trying to open and close continuously, even when it it is closed all the way?
Asked by brad__p Dec 17, 2012 at 10:45 AM about the 2005 Dodge Grand Caravan SXT FWD
Question type: Maintenance & Repair
The van is shut off with the key out, and the rear hatch dings and buzzes and tries to open and close continuously. I open it manually at the back and cloe it tight, seems fine. Then after about 3 or 4 minutes, it starts up again. This continues until the the battery is dead. Help!
4 Answers
It's a 2004, not a 2005.
Forester_3061 answered 7 years ago
Did you ever fix the problem? I have the exact same problem
I had the same problem tonight ( the night before Easter 2018) I have an 05 caravan and the trunk kept popping and draining my battery. I'd go out and shut it, a few minutes later my dome lights were on again. I read that the latch is closed when voltage is applied and the latch opens when voltage is removed. So I started at the source, I i decided to clean my battery teminals (which had quite a little bit of corossion on them) as soon as I lossened the bolt on my ground terminal the trunk popped and the dome lights came on. I found the problem, I just cleaned the terminals and hooked the battery back up and the trunk stayed latched, and the dome light has yet to come back on. Hope this helps someone, I know it's not going to be the answer for everyone, but it worked for me.
