SIDE SLIDING DOOR FELL OFF. TT
1992 Dodge Caravan complaints
Owner reports filed with NHTSA about this vehicle, newest first and reproduced as filed. They are unverified accounts: one proves nothing, and a pattern across many is the thing worth reading. Back to the full 1992 record →
ANTI-LOCK BRAKE FAILURE. *AK
SEAT BELT FAILURE, IN MIDDLE BENCH SEAT. TT
HATCHBACK DOOR WILL NOT STAY UP BECAUSE OF BROKEN STRUTS. *AK
VEHICLES ABS BRAKING SYSTEM HAD COMPLETE FAILURE PRIOR TO WARNING LIGHTS CAME ON. AND PEDAL WAS HARD.(EA94-028). TT
THE REAR LIFTGATE DOES NOT STAY OPEN WHEN LIFTED. PLEASE EXPLAIN. TT
ABS, BRAKE WHEN MAKING SEVERAL STOP, FRONT BRAKES OVER HEATING AND SMELL OF SMOKE, LOCKUP OF BRAKES WILL NOT RELEASE. TT
REMANUFACTURED TRANSMISSION FAILED. *SKD
APPROACHED A TOLL, CROSSED A MEDIAN AND IMPACTED THE SIDE OF A TRUCK BACK LATCH POPPED. TT
ABS SYSTEM FAILURE. TT
SIDE SLIDDING DOOR HAS FALLEN OFF HINGE ON TWO OCCASIONS, DUE TO STRESS. TT
WHILE DRIVING, EXPERIENCED REAR LIFTGATE FAILURE, RESULTING IN 2-YEAR OLD FALLIN GOUT OF VAN WHEN DOOR FELL OFF, ALSO INDICATOR LIGHT ON DASH CAME ON. *AK
FRONT HOOD FLEW UP ALMOST RESULTING IN ACCIDENT AT 65MPH AND DAMAGING WINDSHIELD AND TOP OF VEHICLE. TT
ABS SYSTEM FAILURE, PARTIAL LOSS OF BRAKING ABILITY. TT
ABS, BRAKE FAILURE, BRAKE LIGHT COMES ON ( YELLOW) AND BRAKE LIGHT (RED) LOSS OF BRAKE EFFECTIVENESS, REPAIRED THE HYDRAULIC SYSTEM. TT
ABS ANTI-LOCK BRAKE WARNING SIGNAL CAME ON . TT
TRANSMISSION FAILURE. TT
INTERNAL MECHANISM CAUSES THE TAILGATE LATCH NO TO OPEN PROPERLY. *AK
REAR HATCH FAILS TO LATCH, CAUSING HATCH TO POPP UP. *AK
WARNING LIGHTS CAME ON RELEASE PEDAL NOTICED PRESSURE. DIAGNOSIS ANTI LOCK PUMP FAILED. TT
ABS BRAKING SYSTEM FAILURE. TT
HYDRAULIC ASSEMBLY OF THE ALL WHEEL BRAKE SYSTEM FAILED. TT
REAR WINDOW SHATTERED. *SKD
ANTI-LOCK BRAE DUAL FUNCTION SWITCH MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING A LOSS OF BRAKES. TT
REAR DOOR RATTLES AND WOULD NOT LATCH PROPERLY. HAD TO HAVE PISTONS REPLACED. TT
ABS BRAKE FAILURE, WHEN APPLIED LOSS OF BRAKE EFFECTIVENESS, ABS LIGHT STAYS (RED), PUMP CONTINUE TO PUMP, EA94-028 ACTIVE. TT
WAS DRIVING CONSUMER PULL OUT HIT A CAR AND THE REAR HATCH LATCH OPEN VAN WAS TOTALED. TT
DURING SIDE-IMPACT AT 35-40MPH REAR HATCH TAILGATE FLEW OPEN CAUSING CONTENTS TO FALL OUT.AFTER ACCIDENT TAILGATE CONTINUE TO OPEN DURING HIGH ACCELERATION/STOP
HAD A REAREND COLLISION AND REAR DOOR POPPED OPEN. TT
SPARE TIRE CABLE BROKE THAT HOLDS THE SPARE TIRE UP, ALLOWING THE TIRE TO DROP OFF. TT
ABS BRAKES FAILS TO STOP VEHICLE EFFECTIVELY. ABS INTERIOR LIGHTS STAYS ON WHILE DRIVING AND BRAKE PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. TT
REPLACEMENT OF BRAKES THREE TIMES A YEAR DUE TO DEFECT ROTOR. TT
ABS BRAKES FAILED TO STOP VEHICLE WHEN APPLIED CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING. PREVIOUSLY REPAIRED DUAL FUNCTION SWITCH. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. TT
REAR WINDOW SHATTERED.
ABS SYSTEM FAILS INTERMITTENTLY. *DSH
VEHICLES ABS BRAKING SYSTEM HAS COMPLETE FAILURE WITH SOFT PEDAL TO FLOOR WITH NO WARNING.2 TIMES 15,000 AND 30,000.(EA94-028). TT
VEHICLES ABS BRAKING SYSTEM FAILUIRE ABS LIGHT WAS ON AND CAR DID NOT STOP.DEALERSHIP SAID WHOLE SYSTEM NEEDS REPLACEMENT.(EA94-028). TT
ABS BRAKING SYSTEM FAILURE WHEN DRIVING ON WET SURFACES. TT
TRANSMISSION LOCKED UP (LITIGATION MANAGER FOR CLIENT). *TW
NOTICED ABS LIGHT KEEP COMING ON AT 37,000 MILES AND STAYED ON, NO ACTUAL INCIDENT HAPPENED. TT
DURING A PANIC STOP, WHEELS LOCKED AND VEHICLE SKIDDED ALL OVER ROAD, NO PRIOR WARNING. TT
BRAKE PEDAL IS SOFT/SPONGY, GOES ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR. TT
SNAP RING BROKE AND FLOATED THROUGH TRANSMISSION AND RUINED IT. TT
VEHICLES SERPENTINE BELT FALLS OFF WHILE DRIVING.OCCURED 2 TIMES.MFR IS AWARE OF IT. TT
VEHICLES CENTER BENCH SEAT BELT CAME OFF THE FLOOR. TT
DASH FIRE AFTER DRIVER TURNED ON DEFOGGER. *SKD
WHILE DRIVING, NOTICED A CLANKING NOISE LOOKED BEHIND SAW PLASTIC PIECES AND BOLTS LYING ON ROAD, THEN SUDDENLY LOST STEERING CAPABILITY, PULLED VEHICLE TO SIDE
ANTI LOCK BRAKE RESERVOIR BROKE RESULTING IN A CATASTROPHIC FAILURE. TT
ABS BRAKES SYSTEM LEAKS. TT
ELECTRICAL MALFUNCTION CAUSES SPEEDOMETER/CRUISE CONTROL TO FAIL AT START-UP, POWER RETURNS WHILE DRIVING, ALSO POWER DOOR LOCKS CLICK WHEN POWER RETURNS. *AW
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