Dodge Grand Caravan Complaints

13,518 consumer complaints on file.

#742920March 23, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
VEHICLE MANUFACTURED WITH DEFECTIVE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. FIRST REBUILD OCCURRED IN 01/1999, WHEN TRANSMISSION FAILED AFTER EXITTING OFF FREEWAY. LOSS USE OF 3RD AND 4TH GEARS. MILEAGE 35258. 2ND REBUILD OCCURED 12/2000 AFTER LOSS OF PERFORMANCE AND DETECTION OF TRANSMISSION OIL LEAK. MILEAGE 60085. TRANSMISSION HAS INHERENT DESIGN FLAW THAT I FEEL CHRYSLER NEEDS TO BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#883957March 23, 2001
STRUCTURE:BODY:TAILGATE:HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS
RECALL 97 V 079 000/LIFTGATE SUPPORT BRACKET: TAILGATE HINGES ATTACHMENT TO BODY, METAL IS BEING TORN AND CAUSES TAILGATE NOT TO STAY OPEN. COULD CAUSE HEAD INJURY. DEALER NOTIFIED AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT PART WAS NOT COVERED UNDER A RECALL. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS ON THIS MATTER. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#884001March 23, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
ON 3 OCCASIONS AT LOW SPEEDS AND TAKING OFF FROM A STOP BRAKES DID NOT RESPOND AND FAILED. DEALER HAS INSPECTED VEHICLE 3 TIMES, BUT COULD NOT DETERMINE CAUSE. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#884018March 23, 2001
AIR BAGS, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:HORN, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
AIR BAGS/HORN, AND CRUISE CONTROL ALL WENT OUT. MANUFACTURER HAS FIXED PROBLEM.*AK CONSUMER STATES SPRING IN THE STEERING COLUMN BROKE. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#883908March 23, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, STRUCTURE:BODY, UNKNOWN OR OTHER, SUSPENSION:FRONT
CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 40 TO 45 MPH WHEN TRANSMISSION SLIPPED AND CAUSED VEHICLE TO LOSE POWER. DEALERSHIP HAS NOT SEEN VEHICLE. ENGINE CHECK LIGHT HAS REMAINED ON. *AK DEALER STATED THAT SEALS AND PISTON FAILED, CONSUMER STATED THERE WAS A BANGING NOISE WHEN DOWNSHIFTING, DEALER STATED THIS WAS NORMAL OPERATION. WHILE DRIVING, STEERING WOULD SHAKE, DEALER STATED WHEELS WERE OUT OF BALANCE. CONSUMER STATED THERE WAS A RATTLE IN THE DASH. CONSUMER STATED PASSENGER FRONT WEATHERSTRIP WAS NOT TIGHT ENOUGH AND HAD A SMALL WATER LEAK, SIDE MOULDING AROUND DOOR IS MISHAPEN, DEALER REPLACED. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#742902March 22, 2001
AIR BAGS
AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT WENT ON IN APPROXIMATELY MARCH 2000. TWO DEALERS SAID THAT THERE WAS NO REAL PROBLEM AND TO IGNORE IT. THE THIRD DEALER CORRECTLY IDENTIFIED THE PROBLEM AS A MALFUNTIONING CLOCKSPRING MECHANISM AND FINALLY REPLACED IT 3/22/01. THEY STATED THAT THERE WAS NO RECALL AND THE COST WAS TO THE CONSUMER. WE ARE REPORTING THIS AS THE NOTICE ABOUT THIS ISSUE WAS JUST IN THE PAPER THIS MONTH. THANK YOU.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#883753March 22, 2001
AIR BAGS, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:HORN
AIRBAG LIGHT WAS ON, HORN AND CRUISE CONTROL STOPPED WORKING. DEALER REPLACED CLOCK SPRING ASSEMBLY. *AK *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#883770March 22, 2001
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM:INJECTORS, FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM
CONSUMER HAS FUEL LEAKING FROM FUEL RAILS AT O RING. IT'S A 3.8L ENGINE. CONSUMER IS CONTACTING MANUFACTURER TO SEE IF RECALL 000V268000/ MANUFACTURER'S 895 APPLIES TO THIS VEHICLE. *AK *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#883803March 22, 2001
AIR BAGS, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:HORN, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
HORN, CRUISE CONTROL & AIR BAG INDICATOR LIGHT STAY LIT. CONSUMER HAS NOTICED THIS FOR A WHILE, BUT WARRANTY HAS EXPIRED.CONSUMER SAW MEDIA ALERT, AND WILL BE CONTACTING MANUFACTURER. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#883805March 22, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION HAD 35,094 MILES AND CONSUMER PUT 48,000 MILES ON VEHICLE. VEHICLE HAD 5,000 MILES OVER THE WARRANTY TO GET FIXED. DEALER WILL NOT CONSIDER REPAIRING OR ASSISTING CONSUMER. *AK THE TRANSMISSION EXPLODED WHILE THE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING, AND THE CONSUMER WAS ASKING THE MANUFACTURER TO REIMBURSE HIM THE COST OF REPLACING THE TRANSMISSION. *YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#883823March 22, 2001
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE
VEHICLE IS LEAKING FUEL. DODGE DEALERSHIP INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THERE WAS A DEFECTIVE FUEL RAIL IN VEHICLE. CONSUMER WAS INFORMED VEHICLE WAS NOT PART OF ANY CURRENT RECALLS. THERE WAS A FUEL SMELL WHEN CONSUMER WAS INSIDE VEHICLE,. ALSO, A SMALL FIRE BEGAN FROM OVERHEATING OF MANIFOLD. *AK *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#883838March 22, 2001
AIR BAGS, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:HORN
EA 01 007/ AIR BAG CLOCK SPRING: VEHICLE EXPERIENCING NO HORN, AND AIR BAG LIGHT STAYING ON. DEALER NOTIFIED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS ON THIS MATTER. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#883870March 22, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
CONSUMER HAD TAKEN VEHICLE TO MECHANIC FOR AN OIL CHANGE , AND MECHANIC FOUND OUT THAT ANTI-FREEZ WAS LEAKING FROM HEAD GASKET. THEN, TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER TO BE REPAIRED, AND DROVE HOME FINDING OUT THAT DEALER DID NOT PUT FLUID IN TRANSMISSION, AND HAD TO RETURN FOR REPAIRS.*AK CONSUMER STATES THAT DEALER DID NOT PERFORM ALL REPAIRS, ONLY FIXED HEAD GASKET, DID NOT PROPERLY RE-CLAMP FUEL LINE. CONSUMER STATES THERE WAS TRANSMISSION PROBLEM DUE TO DEALER POSSIBLY REMOVING RADIATOR AND NOT PROPERLY RE-ATTACHING THE TRANSMISSION LINE, CAUSING LOSS OF TRANSMISSION FLUID AND NOISE. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#742782March 21, 2001
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TURN SIGNAL:FLASHER UNIT, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
I HAVE TWO RECENT PROBLEMS THAT DID NOT RESULT IN AN ACCIDENT. 1) THE TURN SIGNAL DOES NOT CANCEL ANY LONGER AFTER MAKING A TURN AND 2) THE IGNITION SWITCH IS STUCK IN THE OFF POSITION, WHICH IMMOBOLIZES THE CAR.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#742793March 21, 2001
AIR BAGS, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:HORN
MY AIR BAG LIGHT WILL NOT GO OFF, I HAVE NO HORN, AND I HAVE NO CRUISE CONTROL... WHEN I CONTACTED DODGE DEALER, THEY SAID IT WOULD COST APPROX. $100.00 TO PUT ON ANALYSIS, AND SEE WHAT THE PROBLEM IS... THEN I READ THIS ARTICLE LAST NIGHT, STATING 164 PEOPLE HAVE COMPLAINED ABOUT THE SAME PROBLEM... WHAT DO I NEED TO DO.. WILL THE DEALER, FIX THIS AT NO CHARGE?*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#883612March 21, 2001
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:HORN, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, AIR BAGS
THE HORN/CRUISE CONTROL DO NOT WORK, AND AIR BAG LIGHT IS ILLUMINATED. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED.*AK *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#883616March 21, 2001
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:HORN, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
WHILE DRIVING HORN AND CRUISE CONTROL STOPPED WORKING. TOOK TO DEALER, AND THEY SAID THAT CLOCK SPRING NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. ALSO, AIRBAGS WON'T DEPLOY. CONSUMER WAS WORRIED ABOUT THIS BEING A SAFETY PROBLEM.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#883641March 21, 2001
AIR BAGS
AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON,.TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER WHO STATED CLOCK SPRING ASSEMLY HAD TO BE REPLACED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#883646March 21, 2001
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:HORN, AIR BAGS, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
HORN HAS FAILED AND AIRBAG LIGHT HAS COME ON. *AK ALSO THE CRUISE CONTROL IN NOT WORKING. *YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#883657March 21, 2001
AIR BAGS, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:HORN
AIRBAG CLOCK SPRING NEEDED TO BE REPLACED BECAUSE AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON. ALSO, CRUISE CONTROL AND HORN WERE INOPERATIVE.*AK *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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