1991 Dodge Caravan complaints

WHILE BACKING OUT THERE WAS A FUEL LEAKAGE. MECHANIC STATED FUEL RAIL LINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. ALSO, HAS A NEWER MODEL, AND THERE HAS BEEN A RECALL ON FUEL RAIL LINE.*AK

WHILE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING SOMETHING MADE A DROPPING SOUND, AUTO STOPPED ACCELERATING. FROM THEN ON VEHICLE BEGAN TO RATTLE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING REAR DOOR WILL MAKE A LOUD NOISE. HAD CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER STATED THAT IT COULD NOT BE FIXED. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION.*AK

WHILE DRIVING OVER A HOLE ON ROAD, IT COULD FEEL HARD ON THE VEHICLE. CONTACTED DEALER, AND THEY HAD TO REPLACED SHOCK ABSORBERS. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFOMATION.*AK

WHILE DRIVING A TANY MPH TRANSMISSION WILL DECELERATE WITHOUT A PRIOR WARNING. HAD CONTACTED DEALER. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION.*AK

WHILE TRAVELING AT 65 MPH THE CONSUMER TRIED TO SLOW DOWN BUT THE BRAKES WERE NOT WORKING, CONSUMER CONTACTED DEALER AND THE DEALER NOTED THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE ABS, BUT IT SHOULD ONLY HAPPEN ON ONE SIDE OF THE ABS, THIS WAS THE SECOND TIME THIS PROBLEM HAS HAPPENED. *AK CONSUMER STATED BOTH SIDES OF THE ABS FAILED AT THE SAME TIME.*SLC

WHILE DRIVING, VENTILATION SYSTEM BLOWS OUT COLD AIR, AND HEAT GETS LUKE WARM. HEATER CORE AND THERMOSTAT HAVE BEEN REPLACED. *AK CONSUMER STATES THAT THE PINS ON THE DRIVER DOOR HINGES KEEP FALLING OFF. *JB

WHILE ON FREEWAY AND TRYING TO PULL OFF FREEWAY VEHICLE HAD NO BRAKES. LOST CONTROL, AND AND RAN INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE. CONTACTED DEALER, AND THE DEALER WAS NOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING.PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION.*AK

DURING A HEAD ON COLLISION AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING AT 60-65 MPH BEFORE RUNNING INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER WAS NOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING.*AK

RECALL 91V191000/ MANUFACTURER'S RECALL 626. PUMP TO ABS BRAKES FAILED AT 45MPH. CONSUMER WAS ABOUT TO MAKE A TURN WHEN ALL BRAKES FAILED. CONSUSMER WAS ABLE TO COAST TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. FILTER WAS REPLACED ON 8-27-01. WHEN TAKEN BACK TO DEALER, HE SAID THERE MUST HAVE BEEN FORIEGN PARTICLES INSIDE THE PUMP BECAUSE FILTER WAS CLOGGED UP. *AK *JG

CONSUMER HAS HAD TO HAVE CONTINUOUS SERVICE ON THE VEHICLES BRAKE PUMP WHICH AT TIMES RENDERS HER UNABLE TO USE THE BRAKES, RECIEVED RECALL AND HAD ENTIRE BRAKE SYSTEM REPLACED, CONSUMER ALSO STATES ABS LIGHT AND BRAKE LIGHT ARE ON, AND PEDAL IS HARD, THIS WAS ALL DUE TO BRAKE PUMP NOT HOLDING PRESSURE, ALSO BRAKE FLUID WAS LEAKING OUT OF TOP WHEN PUMP KICKED IN, DEALER RECCOMENDED A COMPLET HYDRAULIC ASSEMBLY. *JG

THE ABS HAS BEEN CHECKED BY DEALER AND INDEPENDENT GARAGES AT LEAST EVERY 15,000 MILES, THE LIGHT CONTINUES TO STAY ON, THE BRAKE MOTOR CONTINUES TO RUN, EVEN WHEN NOT BRAKING, THE DEALER HAS STATED THAT THERE WERE NO CODES SHOWING UP FOR THE BRAKES, HOWEVER THERE WERE TIMES WHEN DEALER STATED THAT THE LIGHT WAS RESET, MOST RECENTLY, DEALER CLAIMED TO HAVE FOUND THE PROBLEM AS BEING A SPEED SENSOR, WHICH WILL COST CONSUMER $800.00.*JB

CONSUMER CONTACTED MANUFACTURER REGARDING RECALL NUMBER 96V099000. MANUFACTURER STATED THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL DUE TO VIN ALTHOUGH WAS HAVING THE SAME TYPE OF PROBLEMS AS STATED IN RECALL. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

TOOK VEHICLE INTO DEALER FOR RECALL# 964D806 ON SAFETY BELTS. DEALER STATED DID NOT HAVE PARTS.*AK

NHTSA RECALL 96V229000/MANUFACTURER'S RECALL 709 REPAIRS WERE DONE SEVERAL YEARS AGO. RECENTLY, CONSUMER HAS BEEN EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEM THAT HAS BEEN REMEDIED. CONSUMER WAS ATTEMPTING TO MAKE A TURN WHEN STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP.*AK CONSUMER STATES WAS AT A STOP SIGN AND WHEN ACCELERATED THE VEHICLE LOST ALL POWER, BECAME HEAVY AND THE STEERING WOULD NOT TURN, CONSUMER HAD TO TURN THE IGNITION OFF, CONSUMER STATES SOMETIMES WHEN BRAKES ARE NEEDED THE VEHICLE ACCELERATES BEFORE HE HITS THE BRAKES, CONSUMER FEELS AS THOUGH HE IS NOT GOING TO STOP IN TIME, WHEN GROUND IS WET AND NEED TO STOP AHEAD VERY SLOWLY, VEHICLE TENDS TO JUMP FOWARD IN A JERKING MANNER BEFORE IT STOPS.*JB

THE TENSIONER AND PULLEY TO THE POWER STEERING FAILED AND SO WE REPLACED IT ALREADY BUT WOULD LIKE YOU TO KNOW FOR OTHER CONSUMERS. WE HAVE A QUESTION REGARDING THE PAINT JOB. WE KNOW IT IS NOT A SAFETY ISSUE BUT MY FRIENDS WHO HAVE OLDER CARS DON'T HAVE THEIR PAINT COMING OFF ON THEIR ROOF OR HOOD. WE CAN SEE OTHER MINIVANS AROUND TOWN WITH THE SAME MODEL AND BLUE COLOR PAINT PEELING OFF ALSO. AND WE ARE THE ONLY CARS WHICH HAVE THIS PROBLEM. PLEASE CONTACT US REGARDING THIS PROBLEM. OUR DOOR HINGE IS BAD ALSO BUT WE THINK IT HAS ALREADY BEEN RECALLED.*AK

IS THER A CLASS ACTION LAW SUIT CONCERNING DANGER OF THIS ABS SYSTEM?*AK

WHILE TRAVELING 10MPH ON DRY ROAD CONDITIONS ATTEMPTED TO MAKE A GRADUAL STOP AND CONSUMER EXPERIENCED TOTAL FRONT BRAKE FAILURE. BRAKING SYSTEM WAS REPAIRED DUE TO RECALL 92V03000/ BRAKE LINES : FITTINGS. DEALER HAS YET TO BE CONTACTED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

BRAKE LINE WAS CUT.*AK CONSUMER STATES ABS LINE RUBBED A TIRE AND CAUSED THE BRAKES TO FAIL. CRUISE CONTROL DOES NOT WORK. AIR CONDITIONER CAUGHT ON FIRE. TRANSMISSION FAILED. SOMETHING IS WRONG WITH THE STEERING. *SLC

FILTER IN THE FUEL LINE SPRAYED FUEL DIRECTLY ONTO MUFFLER. VEHICLE HAS BEEN REPAIRED.*AK

CONSUMER'S VEHICLE REAR ENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE AT ABOUT 40-45MPH, AND DRIVER'S SIDE AIRBAG DEPLOYED, HITTING DRIVER IN STOMACH, AND ALLOWING DRIVER'S HEAD AND CHEST TO HIT STEERING WHEEL. DEALER HAS NOT SEEN VEHICLE. *AK

A SMALL CHILD WAS ABLE TO TAKE THE VEHICLE OUT OF PARK, CAUSING VEHICLE TO ROLL INTO A NEIGHBORS VEHICLE TWICE. THIS PROBLEM WAS THE RESULT OF A SHIFT INTERLOCK SYSTEM NOT BEING INSTALLED IN VEHICLE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS.*AK

DRIVER SIDE BACK REST BROKE WHILE DRIVING, THROWING DRIVER BACKWARDS, CONSUMER CONTACTED MANUFACTURER BUT RECEIVED NO RESPONSE. *JB

TOP OF SLIDING DOOR BROKE FROM TOP OF VEHICLE. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED.*AK

CONSUMER WAS GOING ABOUT 30 MPH AND NOTICED GAS GAUGE HAD DROPPED. CONSUMER STARTED SMELLING GAS INSIDE OF VEHICLE. CONSUMER PULLED OVER, GOT OUT, AND DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING. THEN, GOT BACK IN. WHEN CONSUMER AND CHILDREN GOT BACK INTO VEHICLE, FLAMES AND SMOKE WERE COMING OUT FROM UNDER HOOD. THEY GOT OUT, RAN ACROSS THE STREET, AND FIRE DEPARTMENT PUT OUT THE FLAMES. VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. INSURANCE COMPANY RULED THAT THE IT WAS A RUPTURED FUEL LINE THAT SPRAYED FLUID ONTO MANIFOLD, AND THAT MADE IT IGNITE. CONSUMER WILL CONTACT MANUFACTURER TO FILE A COMPLAINT. *AK

TRANSMISSION WOULD JUMP AND SKIP WHILE DRIVING. CONSUMER HAD TRANSMISSION REPLACED BECAUSE THERE WAS NO RECALL ON TRANSMISSION.*AK CONSUMER ALSO STATES ACCORDING TO THE ENCLOSED BILL THE TRANSMISSION WAS NOT REPLACED THEY CHARGED CONSUMER FOR A REBUILT TRANSMISSION, CONSUMER IS NOT SURE IF IT IS THE SAME THING AS A TRANSMISSION, IT IS ONLY GOOD FOR 1 YEAR OR 12,000 MILES. *JB

A FUEL LEAK OCCURRED AT THE CONNECTION BETWEEN A FLEXIBLE FUEL LINE FROM THE FUEL TANK TO WHERE IT JOINS A STEEL FUEL LINE ON THE REAR AXLE. THE FUEL LEAK WAS CAUSED BY FAILURE OF THE CRIMPED ALUMINUM CONNECTOR. THE CONNECTOR WAS SEVERELY CORRODED TO THE POINT WHERE IT BROKE. THIS ALLOWED FUEL TO LEAK FROM THIS CONNECTION WHENEVER THERE WAS PRESSURE IN THE FUEL SYSTEM.

BOLT THAT HOLDS TENSIONER BROKE, CAUSING IT TO SEPARATE FROM VEHICLE, AND RESULTING IN LOSS OF POWER STEERING AND VEHICLE TO OVERHEAT. OWNER REPLACED THE PART THREE TIMES. *AK CONSUMER STATES THAT WEBSITE SHOWS THIS FAILURE HAPPENING FREQUENTLY. *SLC

SLIDING DOOR LATCH WOULD MAKE CLICKING NOISES WHEN DOOR IS LOCKED. LOCKS WOULD JUMP UP & DOWN. LIGHT ON DASHBOARD INDICATES THAT DOOR IS AJAR WHEN ITS NOT.*AK

THE FAULTY FUEL RAIL CAUSED A SMALL ENGINE FIRE, THE 1996-2000 MODEL CARAVANS WERE RECALLED FOR FAULTY FUEL RAILS, THE CONSUMER REQUEST REIMBUSEMENT BECAUSE HE BELIEVES THIS IS A DESIGN DEFECT. NLM

WHILE MAKING A RIGHT TURN AT 5 MPH OR LESS DRIVER'S SEAT HAVE COLLAPSED COMPLETELY BACKWARD. DEALER NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT IT WAS NOT COVER UNDER A RECALL. *AK THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD BY THE DEALER TO FIND A USED SEAT AND REPLACE IT. *YH

VEHICLE'S HEADLIGHT COVERS ARE GETTING DARKER WITH AGE, LESS VISIBILITY WHILE DRIVING IN DARKNESS. *AK *SLC

ON THE 14 AND 28 OF FEBRUARY, 2001 LEFT REAR WHEEL LOCKED UP AND WOULD NOT MOVE IN ANY DIRECTION. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO DEALER. PROBLEM WAS RESOLVED TEMPORARILY.*AK

BOTH WINDSHIELD ARM BLADES LIFTED FROM THE REST OF THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS. NLM

THIS IS THE THIRD TIME THE TRANSMISSION HAS FAILED. OUR 1996 DODGE CARAVAN'S TRANSMISSION HAS FAILED ALSO. WE PUT OUR FAITH IN CHRYSLER PRODUCTS AND NOW WE ARE STRANDED. I BELIEVE CHRYSLER CORP. SHOULD BE HELD FINANCIALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL REPAIRS AS A RESULT OF THIS SAFETY DEFECT. *AK

SEAT FRAME BROKE IN HALF, AND DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT WENT BACKWARDS TOWARD BACK SEATS . DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM. *AK

WHILE TRAVELING DRIVER NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM ENGINE. UPON VISUAL INSPECTION ENGINE WAS ENGULFED IN FLAMES. INSURENCE COMPANY TOTALED VEHICLE.*AK

WHILE DRIVING PUT HEAT ON AND STARTED SMELLING GAS FUMES INSIDE OF VEHICLE. TOOK TO DEALER. MECHANIC COULD NOT LOCATE OR SMELL FUMES. NEXT DAY, TURNED ON HEAT TO WARM UP, WENT INSIDE, AND THEN CAME 15 MINUTES LATER AND VEHICLE WAS IN FLAMES. FIRE DEPARTMENT ARRIVED AND PUT FLAMES OUT. CONTACTED MECHANIC, WHO CHECKED VEHICLE , AND INDICATED FUEL LEAK CAUSED FIRE. *AK CONSUMER IS REQUESTING REIMBURSEMENT. *SLC

ORIGINAL PURCHASED ABS FAILED DURING THE FIRST YEAR. REPAIRED. FOLLOWED BY A RECALL IN LATER YEARS. CHRONIC PROBLEMS WITH ABS AND/OR HYDRAULIC BRAKE LIGHTS GOING ON. REPAIRS REQUIRED.*AK

SIDE DOOR AND THE HINGS SEPARATED FROM THE VEHICLE'S BODY. *AK

BACK LIFTGATE DOOR DOES NOT STAY OPEN UNLESS PUTTING SOMETHING IN THE DOOR TO HOLD IT OPEN. *AK

FUEL RAIL IS LEAKING INTO ENGINE COMPARTMENT. DELER HAS BEEN CONTACTED.*AK

CONSUMERS NEVER HAD ANY PROBLEMS WITH THE HATCH UNTIL THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DEALER FOR RECALL REPAIR 99V-213 OF THE REAR LIFT GATE, THE MECHANIC STATED THAT RIGHT REAR LIFT GATE SUPPORT WASHERS COULD NOT BE REPLACED PER RECALL DUE TO A PREVIOUS REPAIR TO THE HATCH, NOW THE HATCH CANNOT BE OPENED WITHOUT THE RIGHT SUPPORT FALLING OUT AND IT IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO CLOSE. NLM

FUEL INJECTOR RACK WAS CAUSING FUEL LEAKAGES ONTO ENGINE. MANUFACTURER NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER NO RECALLS ON THAT PART. *AK ON ONE OCCASION, A FIRE IGNITED DUE TO THE FUEL LEAKAGE, THE FIRE CAUSED DAMAGE TO MANY COMPONENTS, THE STRONG FUEL ODOR CAUSED HEADACHES AND NAUSEA. *SLC

THERE WAS A FIRE IN ENGINE COMPARTMENT DUE TO A FUEL RAIL LEAK. DEALER HAS NOT BEEN CONTACTED.*AK SUBSEQUENT INSPECTION SHOWED LEAKS AT BOTH JOINTS OF FUEL RAIL. THE MANUFACTURER OF THE VEHICLE CLAIMS THAT IT WAS NOT CAUSED BY MANUFACTURING ERROR, BUT THE CONSUMER CITS NTHSA WEBSITES WHERE FUEL INJECTION RAIL DESING WAS STATED TO HAVE CAUSED THE PROBLEM. *YH

PASSENGER'S AND DRIVERS SIDE DOORS DO NOT SHUT PROPERLY. ONE CAN HEAR AIR COMING IN, DOOR WAS LOOSE. THERE IS A PIECE OF THIN METAL WHERE DOOR LATCHES SHUT. IT IS WEARING BECAUSE OF THE MATERIAL IT'S MADE OFF. *AK THE METAL ON WHICH THE DOOR LOCKING DEVICE WAS MOUNTED CRACKED CAUSING THE BOLTS LOOSE AND THE DOOR NOT TO CLOSE PROPERLY. *YH

REAR WIPER STUCK IN UP POSITION, TOOK TO DEALER WHO INFORMED HER ONLY FRONT WIPER ON RECALL, SAID WIPER MOTOR NEEDS TO BE REPLACED.*AK

THERE WAS BLACK SMOKE COMING FROM WHAT LOOKED LIKE TIRES. THEN, BRAKES WENT OUT, HAD IT TOWED, AND MECHANIC SAID CALIPERS WERE MADE OUT OF PLASTIC AND HAD CRUMBLED.*AK

THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THA TTRANSMISSION FAILED ON THIS 91 DODGE CARAVAN. THE FIRST FAILURE OCCURRED AT 81000 MILES IN FEBRUARY '99 WHICH WAS THE ORIGINAL TRANSMISSION WHEN THE CAR WAS PURCHASED NEW. THE TRANSMISSION WAS REPAIRED AT A DODGE DEALERSHIP AND LASTED ONLY 28000 MILES THE SECOND TIME. THE TRANSMISSION IS A FOUR SPEED OVERDRIVE AUTOMATIC.*AK

CONSUMER EXPERIENCED PROBLEMS PRIOR TO RECALL 96V099, THE DEALERSHIP STATED THE PROBLEM WITH THE BRAKES WAS NOT RECALL RELATED, HOWEVER IT WAS FOUND THAT IT WAS THE RECALL COMPONENT THAT WAS CAUSING THE PROBLEMS, THE CONSUMER IS REQUESTING REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE REPAIRS. *SLC