Dodge Grand Caravan Complaints

13,518 consumer complaints on file.

#750910August 22, 2001
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
NOTICED TREAD HAD STARTED TO SEPARATE FROM RIGHT AND LEFT FRONT TIRES ON MY 2000 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN, STEEL BELTS SHOWING AT EDGES. TIRE SHOWS EXCESSIVE WEAR AT EDGES (HOWEVER AIR PRESSURE CHECKED OK RECENTLY). REAR TIRES SHOW LITTLE WEAR. RECENT FRONT ALIGNMENT CHECK (8/21/2001) WITHIN SPECS. LOCAL AUTHORIZED GOODYEAR DEALER REFUSED TO HONOR WARANTY FOR REPLACEMENT TIRES. LEFT TIRE DOT M6VFHKDR449, RIGHT TIRE DOT M6VFHKDR449. *AK (DOT NUMBER: M6VFHKDR44 TIRESIZE: P215/65R15)
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#894902August 22, 2001
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:SWITCH/WIRING
WINDSHIELD WIPERS COME ON INVOLUNTARILY WHEN VHEICLE MAKES TURNS OR HITS BUMPS. DEFECTIVE WINDSHSHIELD WIPER SWITCH WAS REPLACE IN 2000. WINDSHIELD WIPERS ARE DISTRACTING WHEN THEY ARE NOT NEEDED. PROBLEM STILL EXISTS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#894932August 22, 2001
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
THROTTLE WAS STUCK WHILE TRAVELING AT HWY SPEED OF 70 MPH WITH CRUISE CONTROL ENGAGED. VEHICLE COMMENCED TO ACCELERATE UP TO 80 MPH BEFORE DRIVER COULD GAIN CONTROL. DEALER/MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED AT THIS TIME.*AK CONSUMER STATES DEALER REPLACED SPEED CONTROL , MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED.*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#750861August 21, 2001
AIR BAGS, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:HORN
CLOCKSPRING ASSEMBLY FAILURE/ AIRBAG, HORN FAILED TO WORK. DEALER ADVISED RECALL ON SAME ASSEMBLY FOR TRUCKS, NOT EFFECTING MINI-VANS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#6900652August 20, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
WHILE DRIVING CONSUMER COULD SMELL SMOKE, WHEN ARRIVING HOME, A FIRE WAS DETECTED IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT, CLAIM 42-1396-385. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#562605August 20, 2001
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:STARTER ASSEMBLY, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS, FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY, TRAILER HITCHES, CHILD SEAT:HARNESS BUCKLE:INFANT, INTERIOR LIGHTING, EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TURN SIGNAL:SWITCH, STEERING:COLUMN LOCKING:ANTI-THEFT DEVICE, STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING, PARKING BRAKE, POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY, AIR BAGS
BATTERY CRACKED AND LEAKED ACID INTO WIRING COVER AND AIR CLEANER HOUSING CAUSING VEHICLE NOT TO START, BATTERY WAS REPLACED AND BEGAN TO LEAK AGAIN APPROXIMATELY FOUR MONTHS LATER, SEVEN MONTHS LATER THE BATTERY HAD TO BE BOOSTED TO START VEHICLE, AGAIN DEALER REPLACED THE BATTERY, BATTERY WAS REPLACED A FOURTH TIME ALONG WITH A FAULTY STARTER. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#894715August 20, 2001
AIR BAGS, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:HORN, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
WHILE TRAVELING 45MPH AIR BAG LIGHT FLASHED ON/OFF UNTIL IT REMAINED CONTINOUSLY ON. PROBLEM EFFECTED HORN USAGE AND CRUISE CONTROL. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP, AND WAS INFORMED BY MECHANIC THAT CLOCK SPRING NEEDED TO BE REPLACED DUE TO BEING BROKEN. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#894756August 20, 2001
AIR BAGS, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:HORN
EA O1 007/AIR BAG CLOCKSPRING: AIR BAG SENSOR LIGHT REMAINING ON WHILE DRIVING. ALSO, INOPERATIVE HORN. DEALER NOTIFIED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#750794August 20, 2001
TIRES
I WAS TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY AT 55 MPH WITH MY WIFE AND 3 KIDS IN MY 2000 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. SUDDENLY THE PASSENGER SIDE REAR TIRE BLEW OUT AND WE HEARD A LOUD RUMBLING NOISE. I WAS ABLE TO CROSS OVER 2 LANES TO GET TO AN EXIT WITHOUT LOSING CONTROL OR HITTING ANY OTHER VEHICLES, MY WIFE AND KIDS WERE VERY SHOOK UP. AFTER INSPECTING THE BLOWN TIRE I FOUND 3 SEPERATE SLITS IN THE SIDE OF THE TIRE WERE IT APPEARED THE SIDEWALL JUST BLEW OUT. I COULD NOT FIND ANY TRACE OF A NAIL OR ANY OTHER OBJECT IN THE TREADS OR THE SIDEWALL. I BROUGHT THE TIRE TO NATIONAL TIRE AND BATTERY AND THE TECHNICIAN TOLD ME THAT THE RIM WAS SLIGHTLY BENT AND THAT THIS CAUSED THE BLOW OUT. I AM EXPECTING TO PAY ABOUT $135 FOR THE REPAIR, BUT I HAVE TALKED WITH SEVERAL PEOPLE WHO KNOW TIRES FAIRLY WELL AND THEY SAID A SLIGHTLY BENT RIM SHOULD NOT HAVE CAUSED THIS PROBLEM. I AM MORE CONCERNED THAT THE OTHER 3 TIRES MAY BLOW AT ANY TIME AND THAT MY FAMILY COULD BE AT RISK. I AM ASKING THE TECHNICIAN TO CHECK ALL THE TIRES FOR ANY DEFECTS AFTER EXPERIENCING THIS, HOPEFULLY IF THERE IS AN ISSUE THEY WILL NOT HIDE IT FROM ME SO THEY CAN MAKE A PROFIT. I FEEL LIKE I WAS VERY LUCKY THERE WERE NO INJURIES IN THIS CASE, BUT I WORRY ABOUT THE NEXT TIME.*AK (TIRESIZE: P215/65R15)
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#750795August 20, 2001
TIRES
NOTICED BULGE IN PARKING LOT -- TIRE WAS SEPARATING. *AK (TIRESIZE: P215/65R15)
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#750811August 20, 2001
AIR BAGS, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:HORN, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
CLOCKSPRING FAILED - AIRBAG, HORN, CRUISE CONTROL WILL NOT OPERATE. VERY SERIOUS SAFETY PROBLEM. PART SHOULD BE RECALLED.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#750755August 19, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE:BELTS AND ASSOCIATED PULLEYS, STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR
SERPENTINE BELT FAILED X3 OVER 3D INCL. ON HWY -> LOSS OF POWER. STEERING, ALTERNATOR AND OTHER FUNCTIONS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#750760August 19, 2001
POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DRIVESHAFT
ON APPROACH TO A STOP SIGN, A LOUD CLUNK WAS HEARD. FROM STOPPED POSITION VEHICLE NO LONGER MOVED ALTHOUGH ENGINE WAS RUNNING. MECHANIC STATED FRONT AXLE BROKE MID SHAFT. MECHANIC ALSO NOTED NO DAMAGE OR NOTICEABLE STRESS FRACTURES AND STATED IT WAS PROBABLY DEFECTIVE. I CAN'T HELP BUT WONDER WHAT THE RESULT MAY HAVE BEEN TRAVELING AT 75MPH!
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#750668August 17, 2001
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY
PLEASE REQUEST THAT MANUFACTURER REPLACE FAULTY FUEL SYSTEM PARTS AS INDICATED BY IIHS CRASH TESTS. DIAMLER-CHRYSLER REPLACED THE PART ON GRAND CARAVANS MANUFACTURED AFTER JULY, 2001 AS WELL AS ON ALL 2002 MODELS. OBVIOUSLY THEY TOOK THE IIHS REPORT SERIOUSLY, HOWEVER DIAMLER-CHRYSLER IS NOT WILLING TO REMEDY THE PROBLEM FOR THOSE OF US WHO PURCHASED THE PRE-JULY 2001 MANUFACTURED GRAND CARAVANS. ARE THEY WAITING FOR SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH? PLEASE HELP. WHEN I PHONED DIAMLER CHRYSLER THEY INFORMED ME THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FUEL LEAK IN THEIR OWN TESTS....YET THEY MODIFIED THE GRAND CARAVANS IN THE MIDDLE OF A MODEL YEAR??? WE NEED TO GET THIS MATTER RECTIFIED BEFORE SOMEONE IS INJURED OR WORSE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#750608August 16, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:MASTER CYLINDER
BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR, BUT VEHICLE CAME TO A STOP. DEALER REPLACED MASTER CYLINDER UNDER WARRANTY. BRAKES WORKING PROPERLY AFTER REPLACEMENT OF PART.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#894488August 16, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC
BRAKES DON'T RESPOND AND BRAKE WELL ENOUGH. ALSO, FRONT END PADS/ROTORS AND CALIPERS NEED REPLACING. DEALER STATED THEY PASSED INSPECTION WITH NO PROBLEM, AND IT WAS JUST WEAR AND TEAR. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#894491August 16, 2001
EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER
AIR CONDITIONER BLOWS OUT HOT AIR. CONSUMER PURCHASED VEHICLE IN MARCH AND THERE WAS NO REASON TO TURN IT ON. ON INSPECTION LIST AIR CONDITIONER WAS CHECKED AS WORKING. CONSUMER LIVES IN A HOT CLIMATE, AND AIR CONDITIONER IS VERY MUCH NEEDED. DEALER COULDN'T DETERMINE THE PROBLEM.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#6900644August 15, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
CONSUMER NOTICED VEHICLE SMOKING, VEHICLE STARTED TO HAVE FLAMES COME OUT, CONSUMER HAD COMPLAINED ABOUT VEHICLE IDLING FAST AND DEALER COULD NOT FIND CAUSE, CLAIM 52-2509-400. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#750560August 15, 2001
AIR BAGS
AIR BAG CLOCK SPRING FAILURE AT ABOUT 35,000 MILES. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#894455August 15, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
VEHICLE WAS GOING 15-20MPH AND LOST POWER AFTER EXITING FROM ONE HIGHWAY AND ENTERING ANOTHER HIGHWAY ON THE ON RAMP. VEHICLE COASTED TO SIDE OF ROAD. HAD TO BE TOWED TO DEALER. CAUSE OF TRANSMISSIONS FAILURE WAS NOT DETERMINED.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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