Dodge Grand Caravan Complaints

13,518 consumer complaints on file.

#712611October 1, 1999
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM
THIS COMPONENT FAILURE IN HEAVY TRAFFIC COULD CAUSE LOSS OF ALL POWER ASSIST EQUIPMENT DUE TO CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGE TO SURROUNDING COMPONENTS. THE MANUFACTURER CLASSIFIES IT AS A "WEAR PART". THE SHAFT CONNECTING THE PART TO THE ENGINE SHOWED QUITE CLEAR EVIDENCE OF A FRACTURE LINE. THE DEALER SEEMED UNFAZED BY OUR COMPLAINT OF PART DEFECT AND APPEARED TO CONSIDER THIS A COMMON FAILURE. THE COMPONENT FAILURE COULD EASILY HAVE CAUSED MY WIFE TO LOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE IF SHE HAD BEEN DRIVING AT HIGH SPEED IN TRAFFIC.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#712621October 1, 1999
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION SPECIALIST SAID LIFE EXPECTANCY IS 50,000 - 70,000 MILES. MADE HIGH PITCH WHINING NOISE GOING UP A HILL AND THEN WOULD NOT GO VERY FAST(APPROX 15 MPH) SPECIALIST SAID OVERDRIVE TRANSMISSIONS ARE RATED ON CUNSUMER REPORTS WEBISTE AS NOT VERY GOOD. CHRYSLER NOTIFIED AND NOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING REGARDING PROBLEM. LOCAL DEALER STATES REBUILD A LOT DUE TO SEALS HARDENENNG AND NOT FLEXIBLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#846579September 30, 1999
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, PARKING BRAKE:CONVENTIONAL
THERE IS EXTREME PEDAL PRESSURE WHEN TRYING TO STOP, THE BRAKES AND WHEELS OVERHEAT, AND THE EMERGENCY BRAKE STICKS. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. BRAKE REPLACED TO SOLVE LOCKING UP PROBLEM, BUT NEW BRAKES REQUIRE MORE PRESSURE, BRAKES FAIL AFTER EXTENDED DRIVING, AND EMERGENCY BRAKE NO LONGER WORKS. *AK *ML
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#849363September 30, 1999
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING, VISIBILITY:REARVIEW MIRRORS/DEVICES:INTERIOR
THE AIR CONDITIONER/ HEADLIGHTS & RADIO FAILED TO WORK DUE TO THE ELECTRICAL HARNES SHORTING OUT. HAD IT REPAIRED AT DEALER. ALSO THE ELECTRIC MIRROR FELL OUT OF THE VISOR ONTO THE DRIVER'S LAP. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#849418September 30, 1999
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:PARK/NEUTRAL START INTERLOCK SWITCH
AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION SHIFT: SOLENOID MANFUNCTIONED, CAUSING VEHICLE TO STICK IN OVERDRIVE . TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN REPLACED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#849437September 30, 1999
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY
HAD FILLED VEHICLE WITH FUEL, DROVE HOME & PARKED VEHICLE. HAD NOTICED FUMES COMING FROM INSIDE OF GARAGE. THE FUEL HAD LEAKED OUT OF FUEL TANK. NOTIFIED FIRE DEPARTMENT OF FUMES & LEAKING GAS. WAS INFORMED TO DRY VEHICLE & TAKE VEHICLE OUT OF GARAGE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#849076September 29, 1999
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER
WINDSHIELD WIPERS FLEW OFF THE VEHICLE, CAUSING POOR VISIBILITY. THE DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. WINDSHIELD WIPERS ARE ON BACK ORDER.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#849105September 29, 1999
STEERING:LINKAGES
THE ROD THAT HOLDS RIGHT FRONT TIRE STRAIGHT BROKE, CAUSING A POTENTIAL SAFETY HAZARD. VEHICLE TAKEN TO DEALER FOR REPAIRS. *AK *ML
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
#849162September 29, 1999
EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER
DUE TO DEFECTIVE A/C SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING SMOKE ENTERING THE VEHICLE WHICH MAY START A FIRE. PREVIOUSLY, HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE AC SYSTEM 5 TIMES. DELAER CANNOT DETERMINE THE PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#849242September 29, 1999
STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR
THE OUTSIDE DOOR HANDLES BROKE, MAKING IT HARD TO OPEN THE DOORS FROM THE OUTSIDE. DEALER HAS NOT SEEN EHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#849271September 29, 1999
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
ENGINE CHECK LIGHT CAME ON, AND THERE WAS OIL LEAKING FROM THE HOOD. CONSUMETOOK CAR TO DEALERSHIP. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#712449September 29, 1999
POWER TRAIN
THIS VAN AT VARIOUS SPEEDS WILL JERK SUDDENLY AS IF IT IS LOSING POWER. IT ALSO STALLS OUT AND HAS DONE THIS AT SPEEDS AS HIGH AS 40 MPH DRIVING IN TRAFFIC. I ADMIT THAT THIS IS A INTERMMITENT PROBLEM. I HAVE HAD IT TO THE DEALER SEVERAL TIMES AND THE PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN DIAGNOSED. OBVIOUSLY THIS IS AN ACCIDENT WAITING TO HAPPEN THAT COULD BRING SEVERE INJURY TO MY FAMILY.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#712451September 29, 1999
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
ABOUT EVERY 10,000 MI. TRANSMISSION NEEDS TO BE WORKED ON. OF COURSE THERE IS ALWAYS AN EXCUSE FROM THE DODGE MECHANICS AND I END UP PAYING FOR IT. I,M SURE THE TOTAL IS AROUND 5,000.00. THESE PROBLEMS HAD ALSO HAPPEN TO THE PREVIOUS OWNERS BECAUSE ALL THE RECEIPTS HAVE BEEN FORWARDED TO EACH OWNER, ME BEING THE LAST.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#712465September 29, 1999
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
UPON TALKING TO THE DEALER SALES MANAGER AND SERVICE MANAGER I WAS TOLD THAT THERE WAS NO HISTORY OF TRANSMISSIONS FAILURES IN THE MINI VAN. HOWEVER, ON THE NET THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT REPEATED TRANSMISSION FAILURES FOR THE VANS AND THAT IT HAS BEEN OCCURING SINCE THE LATE 1980S AND CHRYSLER DOES NOT CARE. THEY ARE BASICALLY FORCING PEOPLE TO PAY THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS TO REPEATEDLY REPAIR THE TRANSMISSIONS INTHE MINIVANS, BECASUE THE OWNERS CAN NOT AFFORD A NEW CAR AFTER HAVING JUST PAID ALMOST $20,000 FOR THE CURRENT VEHICLE. THERE HAS TO BE SOME CONSUMER PROTECTION SOON TO HELP THE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE ALREADY HAD THE PROBLEM AND FOR THOSE WHO SOON WILL. I AM VERY DISAPPOINTED IN CHRYSLER AND ANY FEDERAL AGENCIES WHO MONITOR THIS KIND OF PROBLEM. THIS TIME I WAS STRANDED AT WORK AND MY KIDS WERE STUCJ AT DAYCARE UNTIL 8:30 PM. WHERE WILL IT HAPPEN NEXT TIME? WILL ONE OF US BE INJURED? SINCE THE TRANSMISSION GOES OUT WITH NO WARNING IT IS A VERY SCARY PROPOSITION.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#712485September 29, 1999
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
NO SUMMARY.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#712529September 29, 1999
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
ALL MAJOR REPAIRS DONE ON THIS VAN HAVE BEEN DONE THROUGH DODGE DEALERSHIPS. THIS VEHICLE HAS HAD MORE WORK DONE ON IT IN IT'S FIRST THREE YEARS THAN ANY OTHER CAR I EVER OWNED, EVEN MORE THAN MY VOLVO. THE REPAIRS, WHETHER UNDER WARRANTY OR NOT CAUSES AN EXTREME INCONVENIENCE TO THE OWNER. (IE: TAKING OFF WORK, TRANSPORTING YOUNG CHILDREN, DOING WITHOUT A VEHICLE, PAYING FOR UNWARRANTIED REPAIRS. THERE ARE SEVERAL THINGS WRONG WITH THIS VEHICLE THAT WE HAVE NOT REPAIRED BECAUSE THEY DO NOT THREATEN THE SAFETY OF THE OCCUPANTS, SUCH AS; WINDSHIELD WIPERS INADVERTANTLY TURN ON BY THEMSELVES, AUTOMATIC DOOR LOCKS DO NOT WORK ON DRIVER SLIDING DOOR OR PASSENGER DOOR. LIGHTS HAVE TO BE TURNED OFF MANUALLY SOMETIMES AFTER STARTING VEHICLE. THIS HAS BEEN A HIGH MAINTENANCE VEHICLE. IT SURPRISES ME I CANNOT FIND ANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS VEHICLE BECAUSE ASKING AROUND TO THOSE I NOTICE HAS ONE, COMPLAIN ABOUT SIMILAR TYPE PROBLEMS. TRANSMISSION BEING THE MOST MAJOR COMPLAINT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#548740September 28, 1999
POWER TRAIN
THE FAILURE OF TRANSMISSION TWICE INDICATES INHERENT FACTORY DEFECT NOT NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#548743September 28, 1999
STEERING:RACK AND PINION
THE VEHICLE DRIFTED AND STEERING WAS LOOSE BECAUSE THE RACK AND PINION STEERING UNIT WAS FALLING OUT. YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#848885September 28, 1999
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
THE VEHICLE WILL DROP FROM OVERDRIVE TO 2ND GEAR AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. DEALER HAS REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION TWO TIMES PRIOR TO THIS INCIDENT. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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