Dodge Grand Caravan Complaints (1990)

55 consumer complaints on file.

#850516October 12, 1999
POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DIFFERENTIAL UNIT
STEEL PIN IN THE DIFFERENTIAL IS LOOSE, DESTROYING IT, AND CAUSING TRANSMISSION TO BECOME INOPERATIVE. TOTAL OF 3 TIMES PART HAS BEEN REPLACED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#849120September 29, 1999
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT COME OUT OF SECOND GEAR EVEN AT HIGH SPEEDS. DLR HAS REBUILT TRANSMISSION AND PROBLEM IS OCCURRING AGAIN.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#710852September 2, 1999
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILURE PREMATURE AND SUDDEN. VAN SUDDENLY WITHOUT CAUSE DOWNSHIFTS TO LOW GEAR. VAN ALSO UPSHIFTS SURGING FORWARD. DEALER EXPLAINS THAT THE TRANSMISSION ASSEMBLY AND TRANSMISSION CONTROLLER NEEDS REPLACEMENT. DEALER CHARGES ALMOST $1800.00 FOR REPAIR THAT THE SERVICE MANAGER ACKNOWLEDGES IS A COMMON DEFECT IN THE 604 TRANSMISSION. THE DEALER IS CHARGING US A COST OF $800 FOR THIS KNOWN DEFECT. THE SERVICE MANAGER ALSO STATED, "THE MANUFACTURER ACCEPTS RESPONSIBILITY FOR PART OF THE BILL DUE TO THE KNOWN DEFECT IN THE 604 TRANSMISSION". THE WEATHER WAS INCLEMENT THE EVENING THAT THIS SUDDENLY HAPPENED, THANK GOODNESS THAT THERE WAS NO ONE TOO CLOSE IN FRONT OR BEHIND OF HER ON THIS 45 MPH HIGHWAY. IF MY WIFE OR I DRIVING WITH OUR THREE CHILDREN HAD BEEN ON A HIGHWAY TRAVELING AT THE ACCEPTED SPEED OF 70 MPH AND THE VAN SUDDENLY DOWNSHIFTED, WE MOST ASSUREDLY WOULD HAVE BECOME A NATIONAL HIGHWAY STATISTIC. THIS IS TRULY A SAFETY ISSUE, AND SHOULD NOT BE OVERLOOKED ANYMORE BY THE NHTSA. THE RIGHT THING FOR DODGE TO DUE IS TO RECALL THE GRAND CARAVAN WITH THE 604 TRANSMISSION AND REPAIR THE PROBLEM ENTIRELY AT THEIR EXPENSE. HOW MANY ACCIDENTS WITH FATALITIES HAVE HAPPENED ALREADY DUE TO THIS COMMON DEFECT? IS NO ONE TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY? *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#846140August 30, 1999
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM
FUEL DISTRUBUTION RAIL BROKE AND SPRUNG A LEAK, ALMOST CAUSING A FIRE HAZARD. MECHANIC WILL REPLACED PART. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#710691August 30, 1999
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
PAINT IS BUBLED UP AND PEALING OFF IN LARGE SECTIONS OF FRONT HOOD AND ROOF OF VAN.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#708652July 15, 1999
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION FAILURES HAVE LED TO FOUR TRANSMISSION REPLACEMENTS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#708465July 10, 1999
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
THIS IS SECONED TRANSMISSION FOR THIS VEHICLE, WAS NOT TOLD THAT THIS WAS A REACOURING PROBLEM IN THIS VEHICLE ! PLEASE DO SOMETHING TO STOP THIS FROM HAPPENING TO OTHERS!
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#841957July 8, 1999
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR, SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
THE FRONT SEAT BELTS DO NOT RETRACT. DRIVER'S LATCHING PLATE COVER IS CRACKED & NOT WORKING. HAVE TAKEN TO DEALER & INFORMED NORMAL WEAR/TEAR & NOT A RECALL ISSUE. ALSO, BRAKE ROTORS WERE FLAKING & NEEDED REPLACING. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#837336May 3, 1999
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION LOCKED UP WHILE DRIVING 55MPH. HAD FELT A JERKING/PULLING SENSATION. TOOK TO MECHANIC & INFORMED TRANSMISSION GEARS WERE DEFECTIVE & NEEDED TO REPLACE TRANSMISSION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#705407April 8, 1999
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR THIS VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#703202February 11, 1999
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
THIS VAN BELONGS TO MY SON. IT HAS ALREADY HAD THE TRANSMISSION REPLACED AND NOW IT NEEDS IT AGAIN. I KNOW THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM IN THIS YEAR MAKE AND MODEL OF VAN. I USED TO WORK FOR RUSSWOOD CHRYSLER PLYMOUTH IN LINCOLN NE, SO I KNOW THE FACTS ON THIS. CHRYSLER HAS INFORMED MY SON THAT THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO AS THEY DO NOT KNOW OF THIS PROBLEM. NOW I DO NOT BELIEVE NO ONE ELSE HAS COMPLAINED ABOUT THIS. CAN YOU PLEASE HELP US WITH THIS PROBLEM. THE TRANSMISSION HAS OVER DRIVE AND THEY ARE THE ONES THAT HAVE THE PROBLEM, THE ONES WITHOUT OVERDRIVE DO NOT HAVE A PROBLEM. YOU CAN CHECK WITH ANY DODGE OR CHRYSLER PLYMOUTH DEALERSHIP AND THEY WILL TELL YOU THIS IS FACT ABOUT THIESE VEHICLES.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#702827February 1, 1999
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY, SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY
FUEL RAIL HAS DEVELOPED A SEVERE LEAK. CALLED DEALER (TOWSON DODGE) AND WAS TOLD THERE HAVE BEEN SOME PROBLEMS WITH THIS ASSEMBLY IN SOME DODGE PRODUCTS. CALLED ANOTHER DEALER ABOUT THIS PART AND WAS TOLD THAT IT IS BACK ORDERED TWO MONTHS BECAUSE OF THE MULTITUDE OF PROBLEMS WITH THIS PART. MECHANIC SAID THAT HE THOUGHT THERE MAY BE A RECALL ON SOME DODGE PRODUCTS, BUT NOT MINE. PLASTIC MOLDING ON SEATBELT BUCKLES HAS CRACKED AND CAN NO LONGER BE ADJUSTED PROPERLY. PASSENGER SEAT BELT IS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO RELEASE. LAST YEAR WHEN A TAILGATE LATCH RECALL WAS COMPLETED, I WAS TOLD THERE IS NO RECALL ON THE SEATBELTS ,AND THAT I WOULD HAVE TO REPLACE THEM. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#702499January 23, 1999
PARKING BRAKE:CONVENTIONAL:MECHANICAL:LINKAGE AND CABLE
AFTER RELEASING THE EMERGENCY BRAKE, THE BRAKSE REMAIN LOCKED, AND THE CAR WILL NOT MOVE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#701886January 5, 1999
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
THIS IS THE THIRD TRANSMISSION TO BE PUT IN THIS VAN. IN 1995 I HAD IT BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP 5 TIMES FOR THE TRANSMISSION BEFORE THE FINALLY REPLACED IT. NOW THE REPLACEMENT HAS TO BE REPLACED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#832235December 14, 1998
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
VEHICLE HAS HAD THREE TRANSMISSION REPLACEMENTS WITHIN LESS OF 100,000 MILES OF WEARS. DEALER REPAIRED/REPLACED TWO TRANSMISSIONS DUE TO WARRANTY , AND THE THIRD TRANSMISSION COST WOULD GO TO CONSUMER. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#824987July 6, 1998
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:MASTER CYLINDER, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:POWER ASSIST:VACUUM, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DRUM
ABS BRAKE PROBLEMS; WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES AND MAKING A QUICK STOP THE PEDAL TRAVELS ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOORBROAD AND THE VAN CONTINUES TO TRAVEL. THIS HAPPENS ON ANY TYPE OF ROAD SURFACE. THE MASTER CYLINDER WAS REPLACED TWICE, VACCUM BOOSTER AND ALL MOVING PARTS OF THE BRAKES, INCLUDING THE REAR BRAKE DRUMS AND SHOES WERE ALSO REPLACED. OWNER CONTINUES TO EXPERIENCE A PROBLEM WITH THE ABS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#536858June 14, 1998
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM
FUEL INJECTOR MALFUNCTION.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#536068May 27, 1998
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
FUEL INJECTORS IN MAY VEHICLE FAILED. LEAKING GASOLINE ALL OVER THE ENGINE. UPON SMELLING THE FUEL, SEEING THE PUDDLE OF GAS ON THE GROUND, AND THE POLICE SHOWING UP DUE TO COMPLAINTS OF A GAS ODOR.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#529176January 19, 1998
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY
DRIVER SIDE SEAT BELT BUCKLE FAILED WHEN 50LB PET DOG STOOD ON IT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#819112November 17, 1997
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
VEHICLE WAS IN A PARK POSITION, BUT ENGINE WAS STILL ON, PARK PAWL CHANGED FROM PARK TO DRIVE BY ITSELF,SUDDEN ACCELERATION. THIS DEFECT CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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