ANTI-LOCK BRAKES LOCKED UP 4 TIMES, ONCE RESULTING IN AN ACCIDENT. *AK
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 →
TENSIONER BELT BROKE WHILE DRIVING CAUSING A LOSS OF POWER STEERING. TT
TRANSMISSION LOCKED UP, CAUSING VEHICLE TO COME TO A SUDDEN STOP/ACCIDENT. (ATTORNEY FOR CLIENT) *SKD
BOTH BUILT-IN CHILD SAFETY SEATS ALLOW CHILDS HEAD TO DANGLE WHEN SLEEPING, DUE TO LITTLE OR NO SUPPORT TO THE SIDES OF THE CHILD SAFETY SEATS. TT
REAR WINDOW BLEW OUT, WHILE HEATER WAS ON. TT
THE VAN IS SITTING STILL AND THE SIDE WINDOW BEHIND THE DRIVERS DOOR EXPLODED FROM INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE VAN. TT
ABS ANTI-LOCK BRAKE FAILS AND THE TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN REBUILT TWICE ONE AT 30,262 MILE AND THE OTHER AT 32,321 MILES STILL NOT WORKING RIGHT. TT
BROKEN TIE RODS. TT
REAR TAILGATE GLASS SHATTERED WITHOUT WARNING WHILE VEHICLE WAS PARKED. TT
SLIDING DOOR, WHILE IN USE, CAME OFF THE TRACK. TT
ABS BRAKE SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED, VERY LITTLE PRESSURE LEFT IN THE SYSTEM, RESULING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE, REPLACED ABS SYSTEM. TT
BRAKES DRAG WHEN ATTEMPTING TO STOP.
TRANSMISSION FAILS TO SHIFT INTO GEAR, ALSO ENGINE REVVS BEFORE FIRST GEAR ENGAGES. *AK
Reading these
NHTSA publishes every complaint as the owner wrote it and investigates only a fraction. Spelling, capitalisation and judgement are the filer’s own. What carries weight is repetition: the same component failing the same way across many filings, and whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.
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