Dodge Grand Caravan Complaints

13,518 consumer complaints on file.

#8001980January 11, 2002
EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY
THIS INCIDENT WAS REPORTED BY FAMILY OF THE DRIVER. VEHICLE HAD BEEN MODIFIED FOR USE BY A DISABLED PERSON. STEERING SYSTEM WAS CONTROLLED BY AN "ELECTRONIC MOBILITY SYSTEM (MODEL DS2000)". WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 TO 35 MPH, DRIVER LOST ALL DIRECTIONAL CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, AND WAS INVOLVED IN A HEAD-ON COLLISION WHEN HIS VEHICLE WANDERED INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC. THE DRIVER WAS KILLED . PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION / DOCUMENTATION / PHOTOGRAPHS.*AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
1
#8002030January 11, 2002
EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY
CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A COLLISION WHILE OPERATING A MODIFIED VEHICLE FOR THE DISABLED, THE ACCELERATOR HAND LEVER BECAME STUCK.*AK.*JB
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8001967January 10, 2002
STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST:PUMP
WATER GETS ON POWER STEERING BELT, MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO STEER VEHICLE. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8001969January 10, 2002
AIR BAGS
CLOCK SPRING HAS FAILED CAUSING AIR BAG LIGHT TO ILLUMINATE. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8001971January 10, 2002
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
INTERMITTENTLY ABS LIGHT WILL STAY ILLUMINATED WHILE DRIVING. DELAER HAS NOT BENE ABLE TO DUPLICATE PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8001833January 9, 2002
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD
VEHICLE WOULD NOT START. CONSUMER OPENED THE HOOD AND NOTICED SMOKE AND MELTED WIRES ON RIGHT SIDE. VEHICLE NOT TAKEN TO DEALER YET. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#756589January 8, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOV EVEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#756510January 7, 2002
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:MASTER CYLINDER
SUMMARY: SINCE NOVEMBER 2000 MY 2000 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP 7 TIMES RELATED TO THE BRAKE SYSTEM FAILING. THREE OF THOSE TIMES THE MASTER CYLINDER WAS REPLACED. THE MOST RECENT OCCURANCE WAS NOVEMBER 16TH. THEY ARE ONCE AGAIN FAILING. THE FOLLOWING IS THE TIMELINE OF REPAIRS: 11/29/00 MCKINNEY DODGE, 15,396 MILES, MASTER CYLINDER REPLACED, FRONT BRAKE ROTORS RE-MACHINED; 02/06/01 @ 19,224 MILES, SYSTEM "SLUSHY"- BRAKES BLED; 02/28/01 @ 20,334 MILES, SYSTEM "SLUSHY"- BRAKES BLED; 03/03/01@ 20, 527 MASTER CYLINDER REPLACED; 04/17/01, BENSON DODGE, 22,097 MILES, SYSTEM "SLUSHY" BRAKES BLED; 04/16/01 DAIMLER/CHRYLSER CONTACTED, REF # 8524982; 11/16/01 @ 32, 328 MILES, MASTER CYLINDER REPLACED; 11/16/01 DAIMLER/CHRYSLER CONTACTED, REF # 9367556; 11/19/01 @ 32,500, RETURNED TO BENSON DODGE, MASTER CYLINDER LEAKING FLUID; 01/07/02 DAIMLER CHRYSLER CONTACTED, REF# 9519579. THE VEHICLE IS GOING TO BENSON DODGE TOMORROW (01/08/02) ONCE AGAIN FOR THE SAME PROBLEM. THE BRAKE SYSTEM IS ONCE AGAIN "SLUSHY" AND THE PEDAL IS GRADUALLY GOING TO THE FLOOR.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#756526January 7, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
WE HAD TO TRADE IN OUR 1998 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN ON 01-05-02 AS THE ENGINE WAS WORTHLESS. WE LOST OVER $7500.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8001696January 7, 2002
SUSPENSION
UNABLE TO GET A FRONT WHEELS ALIGNED BECAUSE OF A POSSIBLE DEFECTIVE CAMBER OR STRUT THAT NEEDEDED TO BE REPLACED. DEALER / MANUFACTURER NOTIFIED, AND BOTH REFUSED TO ASSIST BECAUSE THERE WAS NO RECALL, AND OUT OF IT WARRANTY. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS MATTER.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#756481January 6, 2002
AIR BAGS
CLOCKSPRING ASSEMBLY IN THE STEERING COLUMN THAT CARRIES POWER TO THE DRIVER SIDE AIRBAG INSTALLED IN THE STEERING WHEEL IS BROKEN AND THUS THERE IS NO ELECTRIC CONNECTION TO THE AIRBAG. THE FAILURE IS DUE TO THE WAY THE CONNECTING WIRE, CONSISTING OF A FOIL ON A FLEXIBLE BELT, IS WOUND INTO "CLOCKSPRING". THE BELT MAKES TWO BENDS WHICH CAUSES STRETCHING PRESSURE TO THE FOIL AND IN THE LONG RUN WEARS THE FOIL AND BREAKS THE CONNECTION. THE SAME CONFIGRATION CARRIES ALSO THE SIGNAL HORN CONNECTION AND WHEN THE PARALLEL RUNNING FOILS BREAK ALSO HORN FAILS TO WORK. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#756397January 4, 2002
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
THE DEALER THAT MADE THE FIRST REPLACEMENT REFUSES TO SEE THE CAR AGAIN. NO SAFETY DEFECT LISTED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8001519January 4, 2002
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL, SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR
CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL CRASH TRAVELING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED. DRIVER'A AIR BAG FAILED TO DEPLOY, AND SEAT BELT RETRACTOR FAILED TO CATCH. CONSUMERS HEAD HIT WINDSHIELD, KNOCKING OUT TWO TEETH, AND ARMS WERE INJURED. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN EXAMINED TO DETERMINE CAUSE OF PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION / DOCUMENTATION. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#8001418January 3, 2002
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM
THERE IS A GAS SMELL INSIDE THE VEHCLE. CONSUMER FEELS THIS IS DANGEROUS BECAUSE GAS IS LEAKING ALL OVER ENGINE AND COULD CATCH ON FIRE. THERE IS A RECALL FOR THE FUEL RAIL, HOWEVER CONSUMER HAS YET TO CONTACT THE DEALER. *AK *YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8001460January 3, 2002
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
WHILE TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 15 MPH, VEHICLE "BOTTOMED-OUT" WHILE TRAVELING UP A DRIVEWAY. WHEN THIS OCCURRED, BOTH FRONTAL AIR BAGS IN VEHICLE DEPLOYED UNEXPECTEDLY. DEALERSHIP HAS REPLACED BOTH FRONTAL AIR BAGS, AND AIR BAG SENSORS. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION / DOCUMENTATION.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8001325January 2, 2002
VISIBILITY:REAR WINDOW WIPER/WASHER
REAR WIPERS STOPPED WORKING. THERE WAS A RECALL FOR WIPERS, TOOK TO DEALER, THEY CORRECTED THE PROBLEM. A YEAR LATER, WINDSHIELD WIPERS STOPPED WORKING AGAIN. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8001349January 2, 2002
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
WHILE TRAVELING AT30-35 MPH ON GRAVEL ROADS DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S AIR BAGS DEPLOYED WITHOUT ANY WARNING. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER WAS NOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#756245December 31, 2001
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS, EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TURN SIGNAL:SWITCH
PLASTIC HEADLIGHT COVERS (LEFT AND RIGHT) HAVE GLAZED OVER (ALMOST OPAQUE), RESULTING IN EXTREMELY REDUCED HEADLIGHT VISIBILITY DURING NIGHT DRIVING. PLASTIC TURN SIGNAL COVERS IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO HEADLIGHTS DID NOT SUFFER SAME GLAZING AND ARE STILL VERY CLEAR.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#756246December 31, 2001
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM
FUEL LEAKAGE VIA CRACKED FUEL RAIL AND O RINGS. DEALER STATES "NO RECALL" SO NO "FREE" REPAIRS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#756251December 31, 2001
POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DRIVESHAFT
THE DRIVESHAFT SPLIT IN HALF ..THE METAL TWISTED APART...IF I WAS GOING AT A FAST RATE OF SPEED SOMEONE ELSE WOULD BE WIRTING YOU..*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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