Dodge Grand Caravan Complaints (1998)

559 consumer complaints on file.

#745432May 16, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION FAILED SUDDENLY; TRANSMISSION FAILURE AT <70K MI HAS OCCURRED WITH 3 OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS - RECALL NEEDED?*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#888193May 14, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:PARK/NEUTRAL START INTERLOCK SWITCH
VEHICLE WAS TURNED OFF WITH KEYS AND VEHICLE STARTED ROLLING BACK, AND HIT A PARKED CAR. CONSUMER WAS TAKING VEHICLE IN AS OF 14TH OF MAY TO DETERMINE CAUSE. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#886847April 26, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:PARK/NEUTRAL START INTERLOCK SWITCH
CONSUMER IS ABLE TO SHIFT GEARS WITHOUT APPLYING BRAKES. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#886626April 24, 2001
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
FRONT CRASH AT 20 MPH, VEHICLE HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE, AND NEITHER FRONTAL AIRBAG DEPLOYED. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#744425April 23, 2001
STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST:PUMP
DURING RAIN, SNOW, OR ICY CONDITIONS, THE ACCESSORY BELT PULLY OR IDLER GETS WET AND THE BELT COMES OFF RESULTING IN LOSS OF POWER STEERING, POWER BRAKES, ALTERNATOR, ETC. THIS HAS HAPPENED ON 4 SEPARATE OCCASIONS, THE MOST RECENTLY 04/22/01 DURING A RAIN STORM IN CHICAGO. I BELIEVE THAT THERE IS A SHEILD OR SOMETHING MISSING TO PREVENT WATER, SNOW, AND/OR ICE FROM SPLASHING UP ONTO THE BELT PULLIES. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#744426April 23, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC
DIRT, SAND, AND MUD GETS ONTO THE ROTOR DISC AND THE BRAKE PADS AND CAUSES THE BRAKES TO SLIP AND ALSO WEAR PREMATURELY. THE REPAIR SHOP SAYS THAT THE MANUFACTURER ELIMINATED THE SHIELD ON THE INSIDE SO THAT DEBRIS CAN GET ONTO THE DISC AND PAD MUCH EASIER. THEY ALSO SAID THAT THE ROTOR DISCS ARE WEARING PREMATURELY FROM THIS AS WELL AS THE FACT THAT THE DISCS HAVE DEFECTIVE STEEL (AIR BUBBLES ENTRAPPED DURING MANUFACTURING OF THE DISCS BECOME EXPOSED AT PITS THROUGH WEAR RESULTING IN ADDITIONAL BUILDUP OF DIRT AND WEAR).
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#743689April 7, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE, SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY
HEAD GASKET FAILED AT 45,000 MILES, ALLOWING COOLANT TO FLOW OUT OF THE DRIVER'S SIDE OF THE ENGINE. DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT RETRACTOR FAILED TO SPOOL OUT AND ALLOW THE OCCUPANT TO BUCKLE THE LATCH PLATE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#743397April 2, 2001
PARKING BRAKE:CONVENTIONAL
PARKING BRAKE RELEASED IT SELF WHILE PERFORMING TRANSMISSION OIL CHECK. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#743205March 28, 2001
AIR BAGS
I HAVE TO PAY FOR THIS REPAIR AND THERE IS A KNOWN PROBLEM WITH THIS CLOCKSPRING ASSEMBLY. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A RECALL AND BE REIMBURSED FOR MY REPAIR.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#884490March 28, 2001
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY, UNKNOWN OR OTHER, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
HAD JUST FILLED FUEL TANK, GOT INSIDE VEHICLE, AND SMELLED AN ODOR OF GASOLINE FUMES. ENGINE CHECK LIGHT CAME ON & STAYED. TOOK VEHICLE TO MECHANIC, AND RAN DIAGNOSTIC TEST. MECHANIC RESET THE ENGINE CHECK LIGHT, AND IT CAME BACK ON.*AK CONSUMER STATES ENGINE LIGHT IS CONTINUOUSLY ILLUMINATED AND THERE IS A STRONG ODOR COMING FROM THE FUEL TANK DOOR. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#884264March 27, 2001
AIR BAGS, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:HORN
AIRBAG LIGHT STAYS ILLUMINATED WHILE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION DUE TO BAD CLOCK SPRING. ALSO, HORN ASSEMBLY AND CRUISE CONTROL ARE INOPERABLE. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#884216March 26, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE:BELTS AND ASSOCIATED PULLEYS, STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST:PUMP
TENSIONER ON ENGINE HAD BROKEN TWICE. REPAIRED FIRST TIME UNDER WARRANTY. SECOND TIME NOT UNDER WARRANTY. HAD LOST POWER STEERING DUE TO TENSIONER BREAKING.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#883805March 22, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION HAD 35,094 MILES AND CONSUMER PUT 48,000 MILES ON VEHICLE. VEHICLE HAD 5,000 MILES OVER THE WARRANTY TO GET FIXED. DEALER WILL NOT CONSIDER REPAIRING OR ASSISTING CONSUMER. *AK THE TRANSMISSION EXPLODED WHILE THE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING, AND THE CONSUMER WAS ASKING THE MANUFACTURER TO REIMBURSE HIM THE COST OF REPLACING THE TRANSMISSION. *YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#883870March 22, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
CONSUMER HAD TAKEN VEHICLE TO MECHANIC FOR AN OIL CHANGE , AND MECHANIC FOUND OUT THAT ANTI-FREEZ WAS LEAKING FROM HEAD GASKET. THEN, TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER TO BE REPAIRED, AND DROVE HOME FINDING OUT THAT DEALER DID NOT PUT FLUID IN TRANSMISSION, AND HAD TO RETURN FOR REPAIRS.*AK CONSUMER STATES THAT DEALER DID NOT PERFORM ALL REPAIRS, ONLY FIXED HEAD GASKET, DID NOT PROPERLY RE-CLAMP FUEL LINE. CONSUMER STATES THERE WAS TRANSMISSION PROBLEM DUE TO DEALER POSSIBLY REMOVING RADIATOR AND NOT PROPERLY RE-ATTACHING THE TRANSMISSION LINE, CAUSING LOSS OF TRANSMISSION FLUID AND NOISE. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#742782March 21, 2001
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TURN SIGNAL:FLASHER UNIT, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
I HAVE TWO RECENT PROBLEMS THAT DID NOT RESULT IN AN ACCIDENT. 1) THE TURN SIGNAL DOES NOT CANCEL ANY LONGER AFTER MAKING A TURN AND 2) THE IGNITION SWITCH IS STUCK IN THE OFF POSITION, WHICH IMMOBOLIZES THE CAR.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#883691March 21, 2001
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
HAD LEFT STOP LIGHT AND ABOUT TO MAKE LEFT TURN WHEN ANOTHER VEHICLE KEPT STRAIGHT, AND WAS HIT ON DRIVER'S SIDE WITH DRIVER SIDE OF CARAVAN. AIR BAG FAILED TO DEPLOY.*AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#742718March 20, 2001
AIR BAGS
THE AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT ON THE DASH HAS BEEN COMING ON INTERMITTENTLY SINCE LAST NOVEMBER APPROXIMATELY. IT SOMETIMES LIGHTS WHEN STARTING THE VEHICLE, OR WHILE DRIVING, OR WHILE STOPPED IN TRAFFIC. THERE APPEARS TO BE NO PATTERN OR CIRCUMSTANCE THAT TRIGGERS THE LIGHT. I HAD THE PROBLEM CHECKED BY THE DEALERSHIP ON MARCH 3, 2001. I WAS TOLD THEY HAD CHECKED IT OUT AND RESET THE "TROUBLE CODES" AND TEST DROVE THE VEHICLE AND THERE WAS NO FURTHER PROBLEM. THEY SAID IF THE PROBLEM RECURRED, THEY WOULD HAVE TO DIAGNOSE IT FURTHER. I WAS CHARGED ABOUT $25.00 FOR THE WORK THEY DID. THE LIGHT AGAIN CAME ON BEFORE I REACHED HOME FROM THE DEALERSHIP, AND THE LIGHT CONTINUES TO INTERMITTENTLY COME ON AND OFF AS BEFORE. I HAVE NOT CONTACTED THE DEALERSHIP AGAIN REGARDING THE CONTINUING PROBLEM. I AM FILING THIS REPORT BECAUSE I BECAME AWARE OF YOUR INVESTIGATION INTO WHAT SOUNDS LIKE THE SAME PROBLEM I AM HAVING. WHEN I WAS AT THE DEALER, I ASKED IF THERE WERE ANY SIMILAR PROBLEMS REPORTED BY OTHER OWNERS AND WAS TOLD BY THE SERVICE MANAGER HE WAS NOT AWARE OF ANY, BUT SOMETIMES THE CLOCKSPRING COULS CAUSE A PROBLEM. BUT WITH MY MILEAGE, THERE WASN'T ANY WARRANTY COVERAGE FOR REPAIR. PLEASE ADD MY REPORT TO YOUR DATABASE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#882776March 12, 2001
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY
FUEL WOULD LEAK FROM GASKETS "O" RING FROM GASOLINE TANK, WHICH WAS CORRODED. *AK THE LEAK WAS FROM CONNECTION BETWEEN TANK AND FUEL LINE. *YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#742091March 7, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
A INTERNAL PART FAILED IN TRANSMISSION. MINIVAN WAS NEVER USED FOR TOWING. A TRANSMISSION SHOULD NOT FAIL AT 56000 MILES DURING NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS. THIS IS NOT A UNUSUAL CIRCUMSTANCE, THIS IS A DEFECT.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#882085March 5, 2001
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
VEHICLE PARKED WITH ENGINE RUNNING ACCELERATED ON ITS OWN AND HIT A TREE.$ 3000 DAMAGE. CHRYSLER REFUSED TO HONOR WARRANTY, SAID NOTHING WRONG WITH VEHICLE. YET DEALER FOUND ELECTRICAL PROBLEM, COMPUTER NEEDED TO BE RESET. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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