Dodge Grand Caravan Complaints

13,518 consumer complaints on file.

#715107November 22, 1999
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#715120November 22, 1999
STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST:PUMP, STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM
WHEN DRIVING THROUGH PUDDLES AT ANY SPEED, THE POWER STEERING GOES OUT. DEALER RECENTLY REPLACED BELT TENSIONER, BUT THIS DID NOT SOLVE PROBLEM. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#715138November 22, 1999
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DRUM:WHEEL CYLINDERS
RIGHT REAR HYDRAULIC WHEEL CYLINDER FAILED, CAUSING LOSS OF BREAKING POWER. THIS CAUSED PREMATURE WEAR OF FRONT DISC PADS WHICH RESULTED IN OVERHEATING AND WARPAGE OF FRONT ROTORS. REAR WHEEL CYLINDERS WERE REPLACED AS WERE FRONT DISC PADS AND ROTORS TURNED. DEALER STATED WEAR ON BRAKE PADS AND ROTORS WERE NOT UNDER WARRANTY AFTER 12000 MILES.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#851015November 19, 1999
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL
VEHICLE ISN'T GOING INTO GEAR PROPERLY. WHEN PUTTING FOOT ON GAS PEDAL VEHICLE JUMPS FORWARD, AND THE GEARS SHIFT. THEN VEHICLE CUTS OFF WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING, AND VEHICLE WON'T MOVE SOMETIMES. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#714992November 19, 1999
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY
I NOTICED A STRONG GASOLINE SMELL AFTER VAN HAD BEEN PARKED ON GARAGE OVER NIGHT. THE TANK WAS ABOUT 3/4 FULL. THE REPAIRING DEALER SAID THE TANK WAS LEAKING AT A VENT TUBE ACCESS PANEL AND COULD NOT BE REPAIRED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#714995November 19, 1999
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY
STRONG GAS SMELL IN GARAGE. TANK 3/4 FULL. DEALER SAID TANK LEAKING FROM VENT TUBE ACCESS COVER AND COULD NOT BE REPAIRED. NO INDICATION OF DAMAGE TO TANK; LEA CAUSED BY NATURAL FLEXING. MECHANIC SAID HE HAD REPLACED SEVERAL TANKS AND NEW TANKS RE-DESIGNED TO SOLVE PROBLEM. THIS IS DANGEROUS PROBLEM - FIRE HAZARD. RE-DESIGN INDICATES CHRYSLER HAS ACKNOWLEDGED PROBLEM BUT HAS NOT INITIATED RECALL ACTION.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#851893November 18, 1999
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSIMISSION DOES NOT SHFT INTO GEAR PROPERLY. DEALER HAS INSPECTED VEHICLE, AND MANUFACTURER NOTIFED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#853023November 17, 1999
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:LINKAGES
WHILE DRIVING WITH CRUISE CONTROL ACTIVATED AT ABOUT 75 MPH, CRUISE CONTROL CABLE GOT STUCK, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO SUDDENLY ACCLERATE. OCCUPANT HAD TO RIDE THE BRAKES FOR ABOUT 4 MILES, AND VEHICLE SLOWED DOWN TO 45 MPH. DRIVER HAD TO PUT VEHICLE IN PARK POSITION IN ORDER TO STOP. THIS MAY HAVE RESULTED IN A CRASH. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#714911November 17, 1999
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM
THIS FUEL RAIL WAS RECALLED ON THE 3.5 ENGINE IN THE DODGE CARAVAN BUT NOT ON THE 3.8 THE FUEL RAIL IS THE EXACT SAME PART AS WAS RECALLED ON THE 3.5 BUT WAS NOT RECALLED ON THE 3.8 I HAD TOP REPALCE THE FUEL RAIL ON MY 3.8 WITH THE SAME PART AS WAS RECALLED ON THE 3.5 ENGINE. I FEEL THAT CHRYSLER SHOULD BE MADE TO RECALL THE FUEL RAIL ON THE 3.8 ENGINE JUST AS IT HAD TO ON THE 3.5 WENGINE. I DO NOT BELIEVE I SHOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR THIS REPAIR WHICH WAS JUST UNDER $325. IT IS UNBELEIVABLE THAT I SHOULD HAVE TO REPLACE A BAD PART ON THE 3.8L ENGINE WITH THE EXACT SAME PART AS WAS RECALLED ON THE 3.5L: ENGINE. PLEASE CONTACT ME ABOUT THIS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#714748November 14, 1999
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
I WAS ASKED BY OTHER OWNERS TO POST A COMPLAINT HERE IN AN EFFORT TO HELP OTHERS WHO ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEMS WITH THEIR TRANSMISSIONS FAILING. ACCORDING TO THE INFORMATION I HAVE THE TRANSMISSION HAD BEEN REPLACED TWO TIMES PRIOR TO THE DATE I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE. I HAVE HAD THE TRANSMISSION REBUILT AGAIN. I HAVE A WEB SITE AND HAVE HAD AS MANY AS 80 RESPONSES OR SIMILAR COMPLAINTS PER WEEK. IT VARIES, BUT THERE HAS TO BE AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF TRANSMISSION FAILURES FOR THIS VEHICLE TO GET THAT KIND OF RESPONSE. I THINK CHRYSLER HAS A TRANSMISSION PROBLEM AND REFUSES TO MAKE IT RIGHT. THANKS, *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#714716November 13, 1999
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:HOOD:LATCH
PREMATURE TRANSMISSION FAILURE SEEMS PROBLEMATIC; NEEDS NHTSA INVESTIGATION & RECALL. HATCH LATCH FAILED AFTER RECALLED PART REPAIRED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#852818November 12, 1999
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE:BELTS AND ASSOCIATED PULLEYS
WHILE DRIVING THE SERPENTINE BELT CAME OF, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO SHUT DOWN. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#714677November 12, 1999
STRUCTURE:BODY
IN JAN 1998, I NOTICED SURFACE DAMAGE THAT LOOKED LIKE SPOTS. OVER THE MONTHS AFTER REPEATED WASHES AND WAXES, THE SPOTS GREW IN SIZE. THE SPOTS STARTED ETCHING BELOW THE TOP SURFACE. A COUPLE OF MONTHS AFTERWARD I STARTED TO SEE A GRAY SURFACES APPEAR WHERE THE SPOTS WERE. DURING A SERVICE VISIT IN MID 1998 TO MY LOCAL CHRYSLER/DODGE DEALER IN FORT COLLINS, CO., I THEN ASKED THEM WHAT CAUSES THIS AND WHETHER TOUCHUP PAINT WOULD WORK TO FIX THE SURFACE. THEY SAID THE CAUSE WAS ENIVORMENTAL EFFECTS ON PAINT. I TOOK THEIR WORD ON IT AND PURCHASED THE TOUCHUP PAINT. SINCE THAT TIME, THE PAINT ON THE TOP ROOF IS COMING OFF IN LARGE FLAKES. A GRAY SURFACE NOW COMPRISES ABOUT 15% OF THE TOTAL AREA. AT THE PRESENT RATE OF FLAKING, THE ENTIRE TOP WILL BE BARE WITHIN TWO MONTHS. ESTIMATES FOR SANDING AND REPAINTING THE TOP WITH BE $1500.00 AND CHRYSLER WILL PARTICIPATE $220.91 TOWARDS REPAINTING THE ROOF AS A GOODWILL GESTURE. THIS IS NOT ENOUGH COMPENSATION. I FEAR THAT OTHER AREAS ON MY VEHICLE WILL SOON START TO SHOW THE SAME PROBLEM. MANY OTHER FAMILY, FRIENDS AND OWNERS NATIONWIDE ARE REPORTING SIMILIAR PROBLEMS. INFORMATION THAT I OBTAINED THROUGH SOURCES INDICATES THAT CHRYSLER IS AWARE OF THE INCOMPATABILITY OF THE WATER BASED CLEAR COAT AND THE DRY BASED PRIMER AND HOW THE SUN CAUSED THE PRIMER TO OXIDIZE AND CAUSED THE PAINT NOT TO ADHERE. INFORMATION HAS BEEN PROVIDED BY A CHRYSLER EMPLOYEE ON THE INTERNET ON PAINTS USED BY CHRYSLER AND SOME OF THE RELATED PROBLEMS. THE PROBLEM SEEMS TO STEM FROM CHRYSLER NOT ACKNOWLEDGING A PEELING PROBLEM RELATED TO THE ELIMINATION OF SPRAY PRIMER ON THEIR ASSEMBLY LINES. THEY ARE PRESENTLY BEING SUED IN SEVERAL STATES OVER THIS PROBLEM, BUT THE LAWSUITS ARE NOT SPECIFIC ABOUT THE AFFECTED MODELS OR YEARS. THERE HAVE ALSO BEEN NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ABOUT CARS AND TRUCKS MANUFACTURED WITH SPRAY PRIMER, AS WELL AS VEHICLES NEWER THAN MODEL YEAR 1993. I WOULD BE WILLING TO SEND PHOTO'S TO BACKUP MY COMPLAINT. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#714695November 12, 1999
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
WHILE BRAKING, THE INSTANT THE BRAKE PEDAL IS DEPRESSED THE ANTILOCK BRAKE LIGHT COMES ON- AT THE SAME TIME IT FEELS LIKE THE FRONT BRAKES RELEASE, THE PEDAL FEELS HARD, AMOUNT OF BRAKING FORCE IS GREATLY REDUCED RESULTING IN NEAR ACCIDENT DUE TO INCREASE IN STOPPING DISTANCE. ESTIMATED OCCURRENCE IS FOUR TIMES OVER A FEW WEEKS. OCCURS WITHOUT WARNING. OTHERWISE BRAKING IS NORMAL. LOCAL DEALER ADVISED NO RECALL FOR THIS YEAR MODEL BUT THERE IS A RECALL ON PRIOR YEAR MODELS WITH SAME PROBLEM. THANKS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#714561November 10, 1999
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
NO SUMMARY
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#714577November 10, 1999
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION FAILED IN MIDDLE OF BUSY INTERSECTION
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#714579November 10, 1999
SUSPENSION
LEFT FRONT STRUT WAS WEAK, ALLOWING THE VEHICLE TO SAG, VERY POOR STABILITY AND VERY POOR HANDLING. LEFT FRONT STRUT WAS REPLACED AND VEHICLE REALIGNED, AFTER BRING THE VEHICLE BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP ON FIVE OCCASSIONS. I HAD TO PUSH TO GET THE VEHICLE REPAIRED, AND CONDITION IS NOW CORRECTED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#849731November 9, 1999
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
VEHICLE SHIFTED FROM PARK TO DRIVE TO REVERSE WITHOUT APPLYING THE BRAKES, RESULTING IN A MINOR COLLISION. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#714543November 9, 1999
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH
TRANSMISSION SWITCH ALSO FAILED THIS YEAR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#714538November 9, 1999
STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM
POWER STEERING COMPLETELY WENT OUT MOMENTARILY. DEALER SAID "NOTHING WRONG." *K
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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