Dodge Grand Caravan Complaints (1996)

1,157 consumer complaints on file.

#712364September 28, 1999
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH
I HAVE REPLACED EVERY LOCK (FIVE OF THEM) ON THE CAR 2 - 4 TIMES AND ALL THE DEALER CAN TELL ME IS THAT THERE IS NOTHING THEY FIND WRONG. THE WARRANTY RAN OUT THREE LOCKS AGO AND SO I HAVE TO PAY. I WAS GIVEN ONE LOCK AND LABOUR FREE AS A CURTESY FROM THE COMPANY (NOT THE DEALER) AND THE LAST LOCK I HAD TO PAY THE LABOR WHICH WAS 3 X THE COST OF THE PART.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#712227September 27, 1999
STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR
POWER DOOR LOCK ACTUATORS HAVE BEEN REPLACED 3 TIMES ON SLIDING DOORS - TWICE ON RIGHT, ONCE ON LEFT. ACTUATORS FAIL AND DOORS WILL NOT LOCK.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#844939September 23, 1999
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY
WHEN FILLED FUEL TANK AROUND THE TOP SEAM BEGAN TO LEAK. DEALER CONTACTED AND COULD NOT REMEDY PROBLEM. REPAIRWORK DONE AT OWNER'S EXPENSE. *AK *ML
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#848496September 23, 1999
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY
VEHICLE HAD DEFECTIVE FUEL TANK, RESULTING IN FUEL LEAKAGE. CONSUMER HAD TANK REPLACED . *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#848393September 22, 1999
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE STALLS/ HESITATES AND JERKES. THIS MAY CAUSE A LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL AND A POTENTIALCRASH. DEALER CANNOT DETERMINE THE PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION AND VIN#. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#711844September 22, 1999
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
WHEN THE TENSIONER PULLEY FAILED AND SNAPPED OFF OF THE ENGINE AT THE BLOCK MOUNT I WAS PROCEEDING IN A LEFT HAND TURN ONTO A BUSY STREET. LOSS OF THE PULLEY CAUSED LOSS OF POWER STEERING WHICH CAUSED A HAZARDOUS CONDITION THAT NEARLY CAUSED A BAD CRASH.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#848172September 21, 1999
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
ONGOING / INTERMITTENT PROBLEM WITH SUDDEN ACCELERATION; SOMETIMES THE PROBLEM WOULD OCCUR AFTER SHIFTING GEAR INTO DRIVE OR DURING IDLE STOPPING. VEHICLE BEEN IN / OUT OF DEALER SHOP ON 6 OCCASIONS, AND MANUFACTURER SENT OUT AN INVESTIGATOR , BOTH WAS UNABLE TO FIND ANYTHING WRONG. ( CRUISE CONTROL WAS NOT ENGAGE) SEEKING HELP FROM NHTSA IN THIS MATTER. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#711629September 20, 1999
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DRUM
GROANING/RUBBING SOUND AND FROM REAR WHEN BRAKES APPLIED
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#711551September 19, 1999
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER
I HAVE GONE ROUND & ROUND WITH SOUTH COUNTY DODGE ABOUT MY CARAVAN. THE WIPERS SHOULDN'T BE MALFUNCTIONING LIKE THIS. THEY AGREE TO PAY FOR PART BUT NOT LABOR. THIS IS A DEFECT ON THEIR PART REGARDLESS! I AM VERY DISSATISFIED WITH DODGE & WILL NEVER BUY ONE AGAIN! A WORK ORDER WAS WRITTEN UP 2 TIMES WHILE STILL UNDER WARRANTY & WAS NOT FIXED. 04/97 & 05/97
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#711429September 16, 1999
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM, EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER
REPLACEMENT OF AC COMPRESSOR & EVAPORATOR COST $1450; ENGINE HEAD WAS REPLACED FREE EVEN THOUGH WARRANTY HAD EXPIRED(SPENT $870 ON MAINT AND REPAIRS OF WHICH $300 WAS TO REPLACE SPARK PLUG WIRES AND RESISTOR PACK THAT WAS SAID TO CAUSE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. HEAD WAS ACTUALLY CASUING PROBLEM); FAN RELAY REPAIRED UNDER WARRANTY; FIRESTONE SAID WATER PUMP FROZED AND CAUSED BELT TO BREAK ($300 REPAIR).
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#711460September 16, 1999
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION IS FAILING- WONT SHIFT WHEN FIRST PULLING AWAY...OR WHEN TURNING CORNERS...DANGEROUS IN INTERSCETIONS...WHEN GOING 45-55 MPH AND ABOVE- TRANSMISSION SHUDDERS VIOLENTLY- DEALER WONT HONOR ANY REPAIRS- OFFERED TO PAY HALF FOR SOMETHING THAT WAS A PROBLEM FROM DAY ONE>....FINAL COST TO REBUILD TRANSMISSION AND REPLACE TOURQUE CONVERTER...1400 TO 2000 DOLLARS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#847583September 13, 1999
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY
FUEL TANK CRACKED AT THE SEAM, CAUSING FUEL LEAKAGE. THE DEALER WILL BE NOTIFIED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#847104September 8, 1999
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY
THE TOP OF THE FUEL TANK WHICH IS ALSO ATTACHED TO THE VEHICLE CRACKED, RESULTING IN A FUEL LEAK WHICH MAY CAUSE A FIRE. DEALER NEED TO REPLACED FUEL TANK. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#846998September 7, 1999
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
VEHICLE WOULD STALL OUT FOR NO REASON & NO WARNING. SPEED WOULD NOT BE A FACTOR. HAS TAKEN TO DEALER & NO ERROR WOULD APPEAR ON DIAGNOSTIC MACHINE. SO FAR, PROBLEM IS INTERMITTENT & ONLY HAPPENED TWICE SINCE. IT SEEMS TO OCCUR WHEN TRAVELING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS THEN LETTING OF THE ACCELERATOR AND GRADUALLY DECELERAING. THE VEHICLE WILL STALL INSTEAD OF IDLING. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#710919September 4, 1999
POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION
AT 52,00 MILES THIS CAR SHOULD NOT HAVE TRANSMISSION TROUBLE THAT. DODGE WILL NOT STAND BEHIND THEIR PRODUCT. I HAVE SPOKEN TO MANY PEOPLE THAT HAVE HAD SIMILAR PROBLEMS WITH THEIR VANS ( ALL VANS ARE 96-97 ) . IF DODGE KNOWS THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THERE CARS ISN'T IT THEIR RESPONSIBILITY TO MAKE THE NESSASARY ADJUSTMENTS?
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#846814September 3, 1999
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY:FILLER PIPE AND CAP
FILLED THE GAS TANK, DROVE HOME AND PARKED VEHICLE IN THE GARAGE. SMELLED GAS, PUSHED CAR OUT OF THE GARAGE AND THER EWAS NO EVIDENCE OF GASOLINE LEAKAGE. TOOK CAR TO THE DEALER, AND WAS TOLD THAT THE NIPPLE TO THE FEEDER LINE HAD DISINTEGRATED.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#710882September 3, 1999
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
GOING 60 MPH. VAN JERKS AND SHIFTS INTO NEUTRAL OR LOW. NEEDED TO STOP, TURN VAN OFF AND THEN EVERYTHING IS FINE AGAIN. SAME PROBLEMS OCCURRED AT 35000 AND A REPLACEMENT TRANSMISSION WAS INSTALLED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#843616September 2, 1999
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY
EA99013, THE VALVE LOCATED ON TOP OF THE GAS TANK LEAKS, WHICH MAY CAUSE A FIRE IF THERE IS A SOURCE OF IGNITION. TANK REPLACED BY DEALER, AT HALF COST TO THE OWNER. *ML
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#846210August 31, 1999
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:COOLING UNIT AND LINES, EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:STARTER ASSEMBLY, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
TRANSMISSION IS LEAKING AND THE VAN DOES NOT BACK UP. STARTER, AIR CONDITIONER, AND BRAKE PADS ALL HAD TO BE REPAIRED. DEALER CONTACTED. *AK *ML
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#845810August 25, 1999
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER
WHILE DRIVING WINDSHIELD WIPERS WILL ACTIVATE ON THEIR OWN AND SWIPE ACROSS THE WINDOW THREE TO FOUR TIMES AND SHUT BACK OFF WITH OUT WARNING. DEALER REPLACED THE MULTIFUNCTION SWITCH, BUT THE PROBLEM RETURNED. *AK *ML
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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