Dodge Grand Caravan Complaints (1999)

432 consumer complaints on file.

#10092218September 14, 2004
AIR BAGS, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
PROBLEMS WITH VEHICLE'S INSTRUMENT PANEL, AIR BAG SENSORS AND ASSOCIATED PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD MODULES. *MR THERE WERE PROBLEMS WITH THE PCM, THE SENSOR FAILED, THE ENGINE STALLED, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT HAD COME ON ALONG WITH THE MALFUNCTIONING INDICATOR LIGHT, THE SHIFT INDICATOR LIGHT HAD GONE OUT, THE DASH LIGHTS HAD GONE OUT, AND THE ODOMETER MALFUNCTIONED. THE CIRCUIT BOARD HAD TO BE REPLACED TWICE AND THE AIR BAG AND AIR BAG LIGHT RETURNED. THE CLOCK SPRING AND AIR BAG CONTROL MODULE WAS REPLACED. THE CONSUMER REQUESTED REIMBURSEMENT. *SC *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10091967September 13, 2004
VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS
MOTOR FOR THE PASSENGER'S SIDE WINDOW DOOR WAS DEFECTIVE. DEALER DONE A THOROUGH PROCESS TO ISOLATE THE PROBLEM, AND WILL REPLACE THE MOTOR. MANUFACTURER DID NOT COOPERATE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10090682September 9, 2004
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED (REMAINS ON). BOTH CRUISE CONTROL AND HORN ARE INOPERATIVE. RESEARCH HAS REVEALED THAT THIS IS AN IDENTICAL PROBLEM RELATED TO THE 96-98 RECALL FOR THIS VERY PROBLEM. SUGGEST THAT PROBLEM IS NOT LIMITED TO THOSE YEARS. VEHICLE MILEAGE 133000.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10090722September 9, 2004
AIR BAGS
AIRBAG INDICATOR ON DASHBOARD ILLUMINATED. DIAGNOSED AS CLOCK SPRING. FOUND THAT PROBLEM EXISTS IN 1996-2000 GRAND CARAVANS, BUT THAT RECALL HAS ONLY BEEN ESTABLISHED FOR 1996-1998 VEHICLES. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10090372September 3, 2004
AIR BAGS
AFTER STARTING THE VEHICLEAIR BAG WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10088758August 29, 2004
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON OUR 1999 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. ALSO THE HORN AND CRUISE CONTROL WERE NOT WORKING. TOOK IT INTO THE DEALER TO HAVE IT REPAIRED AND FOUND OUT IT WAS THE CLOCK SPRING. IT WAS REPLACED AT A COST OF $232. SINCE THEN I HAVE FOUND OUT THAT THIS HAS BEEN AN ISSUE WITH THE CARAVAN MODEL FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS AND THAT THERE IS A RECALL ON THE CLOCK SPRING ON THE '96, '97, AND '98 MODEL YEARS. IS THIS RECALL GOING TO EXTEND TO THE '99 MODEL YEAR? *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10088776August 29, 2004
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS:CONCEALMENT DEVICES
HEADLIGHTS HAVE BECOME CLOUDY AND LIGHT TRANSMISSION HAS DIMINISHED GREATLY. LIGHT IS VERY DIM DUE TO THE CLOUDINESS. IF THIS CONTINUES WILL BE UNABLE TO DRIVE AT NIGHT. THIS WAS BROUGHT TO THE ATTENTION OF DODGE SERVICE MANAGER WHO SAID THERE WAS NOTHING HE COULD DO ABOUT IT. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10088317August 21, 2004
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
AIR BAG LIGHT TURNS ON AND OFF WHILE DRIVING. USUALLY TURNS OFF AFTER STARTING ENGINE, BUT TURNS ON AND OFF PERIODICALLY. HORN STILL WORKS AT THIS TIME AND CRUISE CONTROL STILL WORKS...FOR HOW LONG? *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10086198August 4, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:HORN, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CRUISE CONTROL, AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH MY 1999 GRAND CARAVAN, THE AIR BAG LIGHT IS ON AND THE HORN WILL NOT BLOW, AND THE CRUISE WON'T WORK. I GOT IN CONTACT WITH CHRYSLER AND THEY TOLD ME THEY DON'T KNOW OF A RECALL. IT IS DANGEROUS TO DRIVE A CAR WITH NO HORN, AND WHAT IF THE AIRBAG COMES OUT AND CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10079462July 30, 2004
AIR BAGS
THE CLOCK SPRING INSIDE OF THE STEERING WHEEL MALFUNCTIONED. AS A RESULT THE AIR BAG SENSOR LIGHT STAYED ON AND THE HORN BECAME INOPERATIVE. *AK THE CRUISE CONTROL WAS ALSO INOPERATIVE AND THERE WAS A CHANCE THAT THE AIR BAG WOULD NOT HAVE FUNCTIONED DURING A CRASH. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10083635July 27, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:HORN, AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:SENSOR/CONTROL MODULE
AIR BAG SENSOR LIGHT STAYED ON. AS A RESULT, THE HORN FAILED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10082651July 26, 2004
STRUCTURE:BODY, STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR
CAR WAS REPORTED TO (CHRYSLER) TO HAVE RUST AT WELD SEAMS IN VARIOUS PLACES, BUT ONLY ON THE DRIVERS SIDE OF THE VAN. THE VEHICLE WAS AT THE END OR ONLY ONE WEEK OUT OF WARRANTY AND THE CHRYSLER SERVICE REP. WOULD NOT EVEN LOOK AT THE PROBLEM. IT IS AN OBVIOUS MANUFACTURING DEFECT FROM IMPROPER PAINT / WELD PREP AND COULD CAUSE A SERIOUS ACCIDENT (SHOCK TOWER RUST). THE SHOCK TOWER RUST IS ADMITTED IN A FACTORY SERVICE BULLETIN, BUT IS NOT A CURRENT RECALL (AS PER FORD'S RECENT RECALL) THAT COULD CAUSE THE STRUT TO PUNCH THROUGH THE SHOCK TOWER AND LODGE INTO THE ENGINE BAY, CAUSING AN ACCIDENT / VEHICLE FIRE. ADDITIONAL AREAS OF RUST EXIST AT THE BOTTOM OF THE DOOR SLIDER AT THE ROCKER AND AROUND THE REAR WHEEL LIP. VAN IS GARAGE KEPT AND WASHED REGULARLY, NEVER BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT AND DOES NOT OPERATE IN A CORROSIVE ENVIRONMENT. ABSOLUTE POOR WORKMANSHIP HAS LED TO THIS DEFECT.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10083249July 19, 2004
AIR BAGS
CONSUMER STATED THAT AIR BAG LIGHT CAME ON, AND TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALER. UPON EXAMINING THE VEHICLE MECHANIC FOUND THAT CLOCK SPRING WAS DEFECTIVE. LOOKED AT THE INTERNET, AND WAS TOLD THAT PART WAS ON ODI INVESTIGATION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10081070July 14, 2004
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:SENSOR/CONTROL MODULE
FIRST AIR BAG LIGHT CAME ON, FOLLOWED BY SUBSEQUENT FAILURE OF HORN & CRUISE CONTROL. OUR DEALERSHIP MENTIONED THE CLOCKSPRING AND THE AIR BAG MODULE NEEDED REPLACEMENT. THANKS TO THE SUMARRIES ON THIS SITE, WE WILL NOT BE APPROVING THE MODULE REPLACMENT (AN ADDITIONAL COST OF ABOUT 650). LAST EIGHT VIN: XB527782. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10080927July 13, 2004
POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DIFFERENTIAL UNIT
AT APPROXIMATELY 80,000 MILES AXLE PIN COME LOOSE AND BREAKS THROUGH THE TRANSMISSION CASE. NEED NEW TRANSMISSION. HAVE TO REPLACE TRANSMISSION BUT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THESE TRANSMISSIONS. I THINK IT SHOULD BE UNDER WARRANTY NO MATTER WHAT THE MILES BECAUSE IT IS A COMMON PROBLEM. THEY DO NOT SELL THE VEHICLE AS A 80,000 MILE THEN REPLACE VEHICLE AND IF IT IS COMMON, I THINK THEY SHOULD REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION AND REPAY EVERYONE WHO HAS HAD TO GET THERE TRANSMISSION REPLACED. *LA
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10080896July 12, 2004
AIR BAGS
MY AIR BAG LIGHT KEPT COMING ON AND I WAS TOLD BY A DEALER THAT MY AIR BAG WOULD NOT DEPLOY AND MY CAR WOULD NOT PASS INSPECTION UNLESS I GOT IT FIXED. WHICH I DID AND IT COST $250.00. MY CAR IS A 1999 GRAND CARAVAN. THERE WAS A RECALL ON THIS, BUT ONLY UP TO YEAR 1998. WHEN I WROTE TO DODGE THEY TOLD ME THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO, AND MY EMAILS WOULD NOT BE ACKNOWLEDGED. *LA
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10080439July 6, 2004
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
AIR BAG INDICATOR LIGHT IS ON, HORN AND CRUISE CONTROL DO NOT WORK ON MY 1999 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. HIGHLY LIKELY, THE PROBLEM IS THE CLOCK SPRING. THERE IS AN EXISTING RECALL FOR 1996 - 1998 GRAND CARAVANS WITH THE EXACT SAME SYMPTOMS. DODGE WILL NOT FIX THE PROBLEM UNTIL THERE IS A RECALL. THEY HAVE SAID THAT IT IS CURRENTLY UNDER INVESTIGATION FOR THE 1999 - 2000 MODEL YEAR, BUT APPARENTLY THAT HAS BEEN THE CASE AT THE NHTSA SINCE 2001. MY LAST 8 DIGITS OF MY VIN ARE XR412677. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10080458July 6, 2004
AIR BAGS, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
WELL A FEW MONTHS AGO WE HAD ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS WITH OUR 1999 GRAND CARAVAN. THE MILEAGE, GAS GAUGE, ODOMETER, SPEEDOMETER STOPPED WORKING WHILE I WAS IN THE VAN WITH IT RUNNING IN PARK . IT TURNED OUT BY A CERTIFIED TECH TO BE A MANUFACTURER'S DEFECT BECAUSE IT WAS A WIRE WAS RUBBING ON A MANUFACTURER'S WELD LOCATED IN THE OVERHEAD COMPARTMENT AREA. SO WE PAID FOR IT TO BE FIXED $500 AND NO PROBLEM SINCE. SO CURRENTLY WE HAD OUR AIRBAG LIGHT COME ON ALONG WITH NO HORN OR CRUISE CONTROL. SO I CONTACTED DODGE LIKE SOME OF THESE SITES I READ SAID TO DO BECAUSE SOME OTHER PEOPLE HAD THEIRS WORKED ON FOR FREE AND I GOT A EMAIL WHICH STATES THEY WILL NOT WORK ON EITHER REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE ONE AND NOT EVEN FOR THE AIRBAG LIGHT. I AM CURRENTLY NOT DRIVING THE VAN BECAUSE I WAITED FOR MY RESPONSE FROM DODGE. OUR VAN ONLY HAS AROUND 67,000 MILES ON IT. I HAVE THE EMAIL FROM DODGE IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN SHOWING HOW THEY RESPOND. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10079077June 30, 2004
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CRUISE CONTROL, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:HORN, AIR BAGS
AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON, HORN DOESN'T WORK, CRUISE CONTROL DOESN'T WORK. TOOK IT TO THE DEALER SAID THAT THERE HAD BEEN SOME RECALLS ON IT BUT NOT ON MY MODEL...DID SOME RESEARCH AND FOUND THAT THIS IS A CONSISTANT PROBLEM ON THE CARAVANS INCLUDING MY MODEL.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10076210June 14, 2004
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS
WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT HEADLIGHT LENSES WERE CLOUDY. THIS CAUSED POOR VISIBILITY TO THE DRIVER. CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, AND DROVE IT TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. HOWEVER, MECHANIC COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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