Dodge Grand Caravan Complaints (1999)

432 consumer complaints on file.

#10049759December 15, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE:BELTS AND ASSOCIATED PULLEYS
THE SERPENTINE BELT TENSIONER HAS A BROKEN SPRING THERE FORE NOT PUTTING TENSION ON THE SERPENTINE BELT CAUSING WATER PUMP AND ALTINATOR AND LATER BATTERY PROBLEMS.IVE DONE SOME RESEARCH ON THIS AND IT SEEMS TO BE A PROBLEM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY TO WHICH BELTS ARE FALLING OFF ETC.....THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP BEFORE AND WE WERE TOLD THAT ALL WAS WELL.IVE HEARD THE BELT SLIPPING FOR A WHILE NOW USUALLY AT START OF VEHICLE. THIS SEEMS TO BE A PROPLEM WITH MANY MORE 99 GRAND CARAVANS AT OR AROUND 40-50,000 MILES.THIS SHOULD BE A WARRENTY FIX BUT IS NOT!*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10049681December 13, 2003
AIR BAGS, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:HORN
WE PURCHASED A USED 1999 GRAND CARAVAN. THROUGH RESEARCH WE FOUND THE CLOCKSPRING WAS THE PROBLEM. CRYSLER REFUSES TO FIX IT BECAUSE THEY SAID A DIFFERENT PART WAS USED AFTER THE LAST RECALL. THEY SAID SAVE OUR RECEIPT AND IF THERE ACTUALLY A RECALL WE WOULD BE REIMBURSED 100%.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10049427December 8, 2003
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:SENSOR/CONTROL MODULE, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:HORN, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CRUISE CONTROL
CLOCK ASSEMBLY FAULTY ON 1999 GRAND CARAVAN. THIS VEHICLE IS USED AS A COMPANY VAN. FIRST AIIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON THEN THE CRUISE CONTROL AND HORN STOPPED WORKING. TWICE IN EMERGENCY SITUATIONS THE HORN DID NOT WORK. HAD CLOCK ASSEMBLY REPLACED AT A COST OF $304.53. THIS SEEMS TO BE A MANUFACTURER PROBLEM AND A RECALL SHOULD BE IN PLACE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10049430December 8, 2003
WHEELS:HUB, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:CALIPER, SEATS:MID/REAR ASSEMBLY
WE BOUGHT OUR DODGE GRAND CARAVAN ON MARCH 11TH 2000, WITHIN THE FOLLOWING MONTH WE TOOK THE VAN BACK TO THE LEITH DEALER SHIP THAT WE BOUGHT IT FROM TO COMPLAIN ABOUT A VERY LOUD POPPING NOISE THAT WAS COMMING FROM THE FRONT RIGHT WHEEL WELL AND WE WERE TOLD AND I QUOITE " THAT IS A NOISE THAT IS VERY COMMON TO DODGE VEHICLES" AND BASICLLY TOLD WE WOULD HAVE TO LIVE WITH IT. IT GOT WORSE SO WE TOOK IT BACK AGAIN TO THE SAME DEALERSHIP AND TOLD THEM THAT THE PROBLEM WAS DEFFIANTLY WORSE AND WOULD YOU PLEASE LOOK AT IT, AGAIN WE WERE TOLD THE SAME THING. ALL IN ALL WE TOOK IT BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP AT LEAST 3 OR 4 DIFFERENT TIMES AND EVERYTIME THE ANSWER WAS THE SAME. IN MARCH OF THIS YEAR (2003) WE TOOK OUR VAN IN TO A LOCAL FIRESTONE TO HAVE NEW TIRES BUT ON THE VAN AND I ASKED ONCE AGAIN IF THEY WOULD CHECK AND SEE IF THEY COULD FIND THE SOURCE TO THE NOISE, AND THEY DID. FOR 3 YEARS WE DROVE AROUND WITH THE WHEEL HUB COMMING OFF, IT TURNED OUT THE THE WHEEL HUB ASEMBLEY WAS LOOSE AND COMING OFF YOU COULD PULL THE WHEEL IN ALL DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS WITH IT TIGHTLY BOLTED TO THE VAN ITSELF, THE GAS STRUTS HAD TO BE REPLACED AND THE SWAY BAR LINK KIT HAD TO REPLACED ON IT ALSO. ALL IN ALL THE TOTAL BILL ENDED UP AS $800.09 TO GET THE VAN FIXED. WE HAVE ALSO HAD TO HAVE THE CALIPERS REPLACED TWICE ON THE VAN AND WE HAVE BEEN TOLD ONCE AGAIN THAT THIS IS ALSO COMMON TO DODGE VEHICLES. WE WOULD LOVE TO BE REIMBERSED FOR THIS BECAUSE THE DEALERSHIP SOLD US THIS VEHICLE IN THIS SHAPE AND KNEW IT AND THEN LIED ABOUT IT NOT ONCE BUT SEVERAL TIMES BUT THE DEALERSHIP IS NO LONGER IN BUSINESS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10047280November 20, 2003
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:SENSOR/CONTROL MODULE
I HAVE A 1999 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN WITH THE "AIR BAG" LIGHT ON. I HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT I NEED THE "CLOCK SPRING" REPLACED. THERE WAS A RECALL ON THIS ISSUE WITH DODGE IN 1998 AND 1999. I WILL SEND FEEDBACK TO YOU WHEN I GET THIS FIXED. I ALSO WILL KEEP THE PART THAT IS REPLACED. MANY THANKS JOHN BOUSMAN. *LA
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10048039November 17, 2003
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
WHILE DRIVING GEAR CAN BE EASILY MOVED FROM DRIVE TO NEUTRAL. VEHICLE WOULD LOSE POWER WHILE DRIVING.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10045890November 10, 2003
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
1999 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN, BLOWN TRANSMISSION, 41000 MILES. DEALER SAYS TRANSAXEL ASSEMBLY PIN BROKE? UNKNOWN WHY? FACTORY WON'T STANDBY PRODUCT ITS OUTSIDE THE 3YR, 36000 MILES. FACTORY CLAIMS THERE ARE NO PROBLEMS WITH TRANSMISSION. IT APPEARS TO BE A SAFETY ISSUE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10043551October 25, 2003
EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL, STEERING, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
I OWN A 1999 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN, SPORT EDITION. YESTERDAY WHILE MY WIFE WAS MAKING A RIGHT TURN ON THE STREET, THE STEERING FROZE AND THE BRAKES FAILED. SHE WENT STRAIGHT ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE CROSS STREET AND THE VAN WENT DEAD. UPON STARTING THE VAN AGAIN, THE "SERVICE ENGINE SOON" LIGHT CAME UP. THE SPEEDOMETER WAS UNRESPONSIVE AND SOMEHOW WE BROUGHT THE VAN HOME. THIS IS PROBABLY THE SPEED SENSOR THAT HAS GONE BAD AGAIN. THREE MONTHS AGO WHEN I WAS DRIVING THE VAN ON THE FREEWAY, THE VAN WENT UNRESPONSIVE AND I HAD TO PULLOVER. UPON STARTING THE VAN, IT SHOWED THE SERVICE ENGINE SOON LIGHT AND WOULD NOT CATCH UP HIGHWAY SPEED. I HAD TO DRIVE AT 35 MPH SPEED ON FREEWAY AT VERY HIGH ENGINE REVOLUTIONS AND COME HOME. THE DEALER REPLACED THE SPEED SENSOR TO FIX THE PROBLEM. THE SERIOUS THING OF THE PROBLEM IN THIS VAN IS THAT THE PROBLEM OCCURS SUDDENLY WHILE THE VAN IS IN MOTION. YESTERDAY AND THREE MONTHS AGO IT COULD HAVE RESULTED IN A FATAL ACCIDENT. *LA
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10037893October 23, 2003
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
INSTRUMENT PANEL LIGHTS FAILED TO WORK AND CAUSED A DISTRACTION TO THE DRIVER. *AK THE CONSUMER DID NOT KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON WITH THE VEHICLE DUE TO THE PROBLEM. *SCC *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10043304October 21, 2003
SEAT BELTS
MY SEAT BELTS KEEP COMING UNLATCHED. I HAVE GENERATION 3 SEAT BELTS. MY DAUGHTER'S CAR SEAT HAS COME UNDONE OVER 5 TIMES IN THE LAST TWO YEARS OF OWNERSHIP OF THIS CAR. MY TWO CLIENTS, WHO ARE SEMI-OVER WEIGHT, WHEN THEY SHIFT THEIR BODIES AROUND, THEIR BELTS COME UNDONE. IT IS BECOMING AN ISSUE WITH MY CLIENTS AND I FEAR THAT ONE DAY I MAY NOT NOTICE THEY ARE UNDONE. THE LAST TIME A SEAT BELT CAME UNDONE WAS YESTERDAY WHILE I WAS DRIVING. BUT IT HAS BEEN HAPPENING OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS, SINCE I HAVE OWNED THIS CAR. *LA
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10041789October 14, 2003
AIR BAGS, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CRUISE CONTROL, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:HORN, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
RE: 1999 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN HAD INTERMITTENT AND THEN CONSTANT AIR BAG LIGHT FOLLOWED SHORTLY THEREAFTER BY SIMULTANEOUS LOSS OF CRUISE CONTROL & HORN. *LA
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10038167October 1, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE:BELTS AND ASSOCIATED PULLEYS
WHEN DRIVING AT 30 MPH AND WITHOUT WARNING, THE SERPENTINE BELT DISCONNECTED FROM VEHICLE, WHICH CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO LOSE POWER STEERING AND ALL OTHER FUNCTIONS CONTROLLED BY THE BELT.*AK. THE CONSUMER STATED A NEW BELT AND TENSIONER WAS INSTALLED AT 26,215 MILES AND LESS THAN 10,000 MILES LATER THE BELT FELL OFF AGAIN. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10033799September 12, 2003
SUSPENSION:FRONT:MACPHERSON STRUT
THE LEFT FRONT STRUT TOWER, WHERE THE SUSPENSION WAS BOLTED TO THE VEHICLE, RUSTED OUT. THE STRUT CAN FALL OFF THE VEHICLE AT ANYTIME WITHOUT WARNING. *AK WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS FIRST PURCHASED, THE CONSUMER NOTICED MINOR RUST ON THE STRUT TOWER RIGHT HAND SIDE ONLY. THE CONSUMER SAID THAT THERE WERE OTHERS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. *SCC *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10037068September 2, 2003
POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE
UNIVERSAL BELT HAS COMPLETELY FALLEN OFF AND HAD TO BE REPLACED THREE TIMES IN THE LAST EIGHT MONTHS I HAVE HAD THIS AUTO. IT HAS FALLEN OFF THE PULLY AND HAD TO BE PUT BACK ON TWO OTHER ADDITINAL TIMES. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10017628September 2, 2003
AIR BAGS
THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED THE SAME DEFECT WITH THE CLOCK SPRING AS STATED IN RECALL 02 V 2930 000, HOWEVER THE VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER, MODEL, AND YEAR WERE NOT INCLUDED. *JB *NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10036786August 28, 2003
SEATS
ON AUGUST 22 OUR 1999 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN WAS REAR-ENDED. IN THE COLLISION, THE SEAT BACK ON 3 OF THE 4 BUCKET SEATS WAS BROKEN. BECAUSE OF THIS FAILURE, THE HEADREST OFFERED NO PROTECTION AGAINST WHIPLASH.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10030168August 22, 2003
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
THE CLOCK SPRING FAILED, WHICH RESULTED IN THE AIRBAG, HORN AND CRUISE CONTROL FUNCTIONS BEING INOPERATIVE. (THE RELATED RECALL# 02V293000) THE CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED DUE TO THE VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER. AK THE AIR BAG LIGHT STAYED ON. THE AIR BAG LIGHT WAS INTERMITTENT AND WHEN THE LIGHT HAD COME ON, THE CRUISE CONTROL AND HORN WOULD NOT WORK. *SCC *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10028642July 20, 2003
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
WITHOUT WARNING VEHICLE "LUNGED FORWARD" AND LOST SPEED AND SPEEDOMETER WENT TO "0MPH". VEH WOULD NOT SHIFT OUT OF 1ST OR 2D GEAR. WE ARE MILITARY STATIONED IN GERMANY AND THIS IS OUR OWN VEH. VEH TAKEN TO A LOCAL SHOP THAT HONORS U.S. WARRANTY AND WE WERE TOLD THAT 27 OTHER VANS HAD THE SAME PROBLEM AT THIS TIME AND WERE ALSO WAITING FOR A NEW TRANSMISSION. IT TOOK 6 WEEKS FOR A TRANSMISSION TO BECOME AVAILABLE...OBVIOUSLY A PROBLEM IF THAT MANY OTHER VEHICLES HAD THE SAME PROBLEM AND TOOK THAT LONG TO GET A TRANMISSION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10026852July 9, 2003
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS
THE FUEL LINE IS LEAKING. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, WHO ATTEMPTED TO FIX THE PROBLEM TWICE ON 6/5/2003 & 6/11/2003, BUT THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10025744July 9, 2003
AIR BAGS
THE AIRBAG LIGHT STAYS ON ALL THE TIME, THE HORN WILL NOT SOUND, AND THE CRUISE CONTROL DOES NOT WORK. THE DEALER HAD TO REPLACE THE CLOCKSPRING ON MY 1999 DODGE CARAVAN. DIAMLER-CHRYSLER HAD A RECALL ON THEIR 1996,1997,AND 1998 DODGE CARAVANS. WE OWNED A 1996 DODGE CARAVAN WHICH WE BOUGHT FROM THE DEALER AND HAD IT REGISTERED. WE HAD TO HAVE THAT CLOCKSPRING REPLACED APPARENTLY BEFORE THE RECALL AND WE WERE NOT NOTIFIED OF THAT RECALL. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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