1992 Dodge Caravan complaints

WHILE DRIVING AND WITH NO WARNING CRANKSHAFT BECAME LOOSE AND WAS CAUSING VEHICLE TO VIBRATE AT ANY SPEED. DEALER NOTIFIED.*AK

DODGE HAS VARYING RECALL 96V099000 ON HYDRAULIC BOAST ABS SYSTEM: UNLIMITED ON BOAST PUMP, 100,000 MI ON ACCUMULATOR AND TRANSDUCER VALVES. DODGE REPLACES PUMP AND WARN THAT PUMP WILL FAIL. IF FAILED ACCUMULATOR AND TRANSDUCERS ARE NOT REPLACED: COST $850. SYSTEM WILL SUFFER INTEGRAL FAILURE. *PH *NLM **DIMSII IVOQ ENTRY POSTED AFTER 12/12/02 CUT OVER TO ARTEMIS**765657

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED APPLIES BRAKES AND ANTI-LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM WILL LOCK. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED; HOWEVER , WAS UNABLE TO SOLVE PROBLEM BECAUSE COULD NOT DUPLICATE IT. *AK

WHEN COMING TO A STOP BRAKE PEDAL WAS VERY HARD. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND THEY STATED THAT ABS HYDROLIC CONTROL UNIT FAILED. CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

ABS HAS FAILED THREE TIMES WHICH RESULTED IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE, AND BRAKES WERE APPLIED WITH EXCESSIVE FORCE. VEHICLE WAS GOING 20MPH, SLOWING FOR A STOP WHEN BRAKE PEDAL GOT STIFF AND ROLLED TO A STOP. ABS LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED AND STAYED ON. PROBLEM HAS GOTTEN WORSE SINCE A YEAR AGO. ABS PUMP/ MOTOR/ MODULE, AND FLUID WERE CHANGED. DEALER WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION.*AK

VEHICLE 2 SLAMMED ON BRAKES CAUSING VEHICLE 1 TO REAR END VEHICLE 2. AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, 2 PEOPLE WERE INJURED IN THE ACCIDENT, CLAIM 46-0463-331. *JG

FRONT COLLISION AT 45 MPH AND AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, CONSUMER SUFFERED EXTENSIVE BACK AND NECK INJURIES. VEHICLE WAS TOTALLED.*AK

WHEN DRIVER'S SEAT BELT HAS BEEN PULLED OUT FOR USE IT FAILS TO RETRACT BACK. ALSO THERE IS CONSIDERABLE SLACK IN SEAT BELT WHEN BEING USED. NOT ABLE TO ADJUST TIGHTNESS. HAVE NOT CONTACTED DEALERSHIP.*AK

WHILE APPROACHING VEHICLE 2 AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT, VEHICLE 1 WAS BRAKING, PAVEMENT WAS DAMP AND VEHICLE 1 SLID INTO REAR OF VEHICLE 2. AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, ONE PERSON WAS INJURED IN ACCIDENT, CLAIM 11-3696-209. *JG

WHILE TRAVELING VEHICLE 1 HIT VEHICLE 2. INSURED IS CONCERNED ABOUT THE AIR BAGS NOT DEPLOYING AND THE PASSENGERS SEAT BELT FAILED, ONE PERSON WAS INJURED IN ACCIDENT, CLAIM 16-N171-233. *JG

WHILE MAKING A SLOW TURN HEARD A CRUNCHING SOUND FROM STEERING WHEEL. AT SAME TIME AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON, AND HORN WAS SOUNDING INTERMITTENTLY. CONSUMER CONTACTED DEALERSHIP WHO DETERMINED THAT CLOCK SPRING ASSEMBLY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK

WHEN APPLYING BRAKES PEDAL FEELS STIFF, AND ABS LIGHT COMES ON. BRAKING DISTANCE IS NORMAL. VEHICLE AT DEALER AT THIS TIME.*AK

CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO REPAIR SHOP, AXLE WAS BENT UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE, CAUSING IT TO SHAKE AND VIBRATE. DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK CONSUMER WAS INFORMED BY MANUFACTURER THAT NOT ENOUGH PEOPLE WERE AFFECTED TO ANNOUNCE A RECALL.*NLM

ABS AND BRAKE LIGHTS COMES ON AND THE VEHICLE ROLLS TO A STOP. ABS AND BRAKE LIGHTS COME ON WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED AND GO OFF. CONSUMER HAD OTHER CLOSE CALLS BECAUSE OF BRAKES. THE DEALER SAID SOMETHING WAS REPLACED, BUT GAVE NO DETAILS PERTAINING TO WHAT. *AK CONSUMER STATES THERE IS A PUMP OR MOTOR THAT RUNS FOR ABOUT 30 SECONDS APPROXIMATELY EVERY 3-5 MINUTES, CONSUMER ALSO STATES THE BRAKE PEDAL GETS HARD. *SLC

WHEN BRAKES WERE APPLIED UNDER NORMAL STOPPING CONDITIONS, ABS SYSTEM ACTIVATED, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. OWNER HAS DEACTIVATED ABS SENSOR. *AK CONSUMER STATED THAT ON BOTH FRONT CV JOINTS THERE IS A TONE WHEEL TO PROVIDE WHEEL ROTATION INTO THE ABS, BOTH WHEELS HAVE CRACKED BETWEEN TEETH PROVIDING FALSE WHEEL ROTATION INTO ABS, CONSUMER BELIEVES THIS CONFUSES THE ABS RESULTING IN LOSS OF BRAKING POWER, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY RELEASES THE BRAKES CAUSING A GREATLY INCREASED STOPPING DISTANCE, IT APPEARS THAT THE TONE WHEEL MATERIAL WAS TOO THIN RESULTING IN THE CRACKS FROM THE PRESS-FIT MOUNTING TO THE CV JOINTS, CONSUMER STATED IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO REPLACE THE TONE WHEELS WITHOUT REPLACING THE ENTIRE AXLE AS THE MANUFACTURER WILL NOT PROVIDE THE PARTS.*JB

ELECTRIC RADIATOR FAN SEIZED UP AND BLEW A FUSABLE LINK THAT WAS LOCATED ** INSIDE ** THE MAIN WIRE HARNESS NEAR THE FRONT WASHER FLUID RESERVOIR. WHEN THE FUSABLE LINK BLEW, IT SET FIRE TO THE OTHER WIRES AND FUSABLE LINKS IN THE PLASTIC COMB SHEATH. THE DEALER FIX THIS BY PATCHING THE WIRE HARNESS. TWO WEEKS AGO MY VAN WAS WORKED ON BY THE DEALER FOR PROBLEMS WITH THE ABS SYSTEM LOCATED RIGHT NEXT TO WHERE THEY PATCHED THE WIRE HARNESS. LAST WEEK THE VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE IN THE VICINITY OF WHERE THE HARNESS REPAIR WAS MADE. I DO NOT BLAME THE DEALER BUT I CANNOT BELIEVE THAT THE DESIGN ENGINEERS WOULD PUT A FUSABLE LINK ** INSIDE ** OF A WIRE HARNESS!!*AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

RECALL WORK WAS DONE ON THE LIFTGATE SUPPORT WASHERS ON 10/15/97... COULD OVER TIGHTENING THE LIFTGATE ARM BOLT CAUSE THE BOLT TO SNAP OFF. (SNAPPED OFF ON 07/23/2001). DEALERSHIP IS SAYING THEY ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE AND I JUST WANT TO KNOW IF YOU HAVE HAD OTHER PROBLEMS WITH THIS BOLT BREAKING OFF. IF IT WAS IN THE LIFTED POSITION AND BROKE OFF IT WOULD HAVE PUT SOMEONE IN THE HOSPITAL OR WORSE. HERE IS THE INFO ON THE SALES TICKET AT THE TIME: CARD # 6986, J# 1 04D0Z730 LIFTGATE SUP WASHERS, 23730182 INSPECTED WASHER, REPLACE BOTH LIFTGATE SUPPORT WASHERS, WASHER # 18-50-3

THE ANTILOCK BRAKE LIGHT AND BRAKE LIGHTS, BOTH WERE COMING ON AND WOULD EVENTUALLY GO OFF AFTER 30 SECONDS TO A MINUTE. DURING THIS PERIOD, I WOULD FROM TIME TO TIME LOOSE BRAKE CONTROL - BRAKE PEDAL WOULD GET VERY HARD, AND IT WOULD BE DIFFICULT TO STOP. DEALERSHIP REPLACED ANTILOCK BRAKE SYSTEM AS IT HAD BEEN A 1994 RECALLED ITEM, BUT THE LIGHTS CONTINUED TO STAY ON AND I CONTINUED TO HAVE THE SAME PROBLEMS, ALTHOUGH THE DEALERSHIP ASSURED ME THAT THE LIGHTS WOULD GO OFF EVENTUALLY AND THAT THERE WOULD NOT BE ANY PROBLEMS. HOWEVER, WITHIN A WEEK THE LIGHTS DO NOT GO OFF AT ALL AND THE BREAKS ARE LOSING CONTROL MORE FREQUENTLY.*AK

AUTOMATIC SHIFT CABLE LOCATED IN THE STEERING COLUMN WILL BEND, NOT ALLOWING CONSUMER TO SHIFT GEARS. DEALERSHIP HAS NOT EXAMINED VEHICLE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS.*AK

EXTERIOR HANDLES ON TWO DOORS HAVE BROKEN OFF, HANGING LOOSE FROM FRAME.*AK

SPRINGS THAT HOLD ROLLING GEAR PIN WITHIN TRANSMISSION ARE NOT STRONG ENOUGH, AND PIN IS TURNING SIDEWAYS, CAUSING IT TO LOCK UP/ CANNOT GO INTO GEAR. CONSUMER HAS REPLACED TRANSMISSION 3 TIMES AT 90,000/ 110,000 MILES AND AGAIN A FEW WEEKS LATER. MANUFACTURER HAS ISSUED A TSB, STATING PART IS AVAILABLE THAT CAN BE INSTALLED IN TRANSMISSION, AND WILL PREVENT FAILURE. *AK

THE LENS COVER FOR THE HEADLAMPS BECOMES FILMY OVER THE YEARS. I NOTICED ALL THE DODGE MINIVANS HAVING THIS PROBLEM. AT NIGHT YOU HAVE TO DRIVE WITH YOUR HIGH BEAMS ON JUST TO SEE. THIS MAKES IT DANGEROUS TO ONCOMING TRAFFIC. I CONSIDER THIS A SAFETY HAZARD. I CONTACTED CHRYSLER AND THEY SAID IT IS NOT THEIR PROBLEM. THE COST TO REPLACE THESE LEN COVERS AER 100 DOLLARS EACH.NOT INCLUDING LABOR. I FEEL THIS IS CHRYSLER PROBLEM. I SEE OTHER CARS AND THEIR LENS COVER IS STILL CLEAR.RAINY OR AT NIGHT IT IS VERY UNSAFE.

THE ANTI-LOCK IDIOT LIGHT ON THE DASHBOARD HAS BEEN INTERMITTENTLY ON SINCE NOVEMBER 2000. BRAKE MODULE TESTED ON COMPUTER BY INDEPENDENT MECHANIC IN JANUARY 2001. TODAY 6/17/01 R AND L IDIOT LIGHTS ON DASHBOARD CAME ON AND BRAKES FAILED. IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE IS A 10 YEAR OR 100,000 MILE MANUFACTURER'S WARRANTY ON THIS SYSTEM. IF THIS IS CORRECT, WHERE CAN I FIND A COPY OF THIS WARRANTY. I WANT TO SHOW UP AT THE DEALERSHIP AND HAVE THE PROBLEM DEALT WITH WITHOUT ARGUMENT OR DIFFICULTY. *AK

NEED TO KNOW CAUSE OF GAS LEAK IN GAS LINE. *AK

WHEN PULLING INTO DRIVEWAY VEHICLE WAS BEING PLACED INTO REVERSE AND IT JUMPED OUT OF DRIVE GEAR INTO SECOND DRIVE, AND THEN JUMPED INTO FIRST DRIVE. VEHICLE FAILED TO RESPOND. CONSUMER CONTACTED SERVICE DEALER, WHO DETERMINED THAT SHIFT LEVER WAS BENT.*AK THE SHIFT LEVER WAS STRAIGHTENED AND THE PROBLEM WAS SOLVED. THE COMPUTER FAILED. *YH

ABS AND PARKING BRAKE INDICATOR LIGHTS CAME ON. HAD VEHICLE SERVICED, AND TECHNICIAN STATED THAT BRAKES NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

THERE IS RECALL 99V189000 CONCERNING WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR FAILURE. CONSUMER HAS TAKEN VEHICLE IN TO DEALER TO GET IT FIXED. BUT AFTER THEY FIXED IT, PROBLEM STILL OCCURRED.*AK *SLC

WAS MAKING LEFT TURN. ANOTHER VEHICLE RAN RED LIGHT AND HIT CONSUMER'S VEHICLE ON SIDE.UPON IMPACT, DRIVER'S AIR BAG FAILED TO DEPLOY. DRIVER SUSTAINED INJURIES, AND WAS HOSPITALIZED.*AK

FIRST, WINDSHIELD WIPER FLUID WOULD NOT SPRAY. THEN, AFTER ABOUT 3 MONTHS LATER WINDSHIELD WIPERS STOPPED WORKING. *AK AUTOMATIC LOCKS LOCK EVERYTHING BUT THE SIDE DOOR, THIS HAS TO BE MANUALLY LOCKED, MASTER KEY WOULD UNLOCK DRIVER AND PASSENGER DOORS, BUT NOT SIDE AND REAR DOORS. *SLC

WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 30 MPH DASH LIGHTS WENT OFF AND ON. VEHICLE LOST POWER. THEN, SMOKE AND FIRE CAME FROM UNDER HOOD, VEHICLE WAS TOTALLED. *AK

REAR WINDSHIELD WIPER STOPPED WORKING, AND FROZE IN CENTER POSITION OF REAR WINDSHIELD. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED.*AK

AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON. THEN THERE WAS A RUBBING NOISE IN STEERING COLUMN, HORN WENT OUT BEFORE, AND CONSUMER HAD TO KEEP REPLACING FUSE. CONSUMER FEARED AIRBAG WOULD DEPLOY IN FACE.*AK CONSUMER STATES THE CLOCK SPRING WENT OUT. *SLC

INTERMITTENTLY WINDSHIELD WIPERS BECOME INOPERABLE, OBSTRUCTING VIEW OF DRIVER. A RECALL HAS BEEN ISSUED ON VEHICLE'S MAKE AND MODEL. THE MANUFACTURER WILL BE NOTIFIED. *AK

RECALL 91 V 170 000/MECHANICAL SERVICE PEDAL: ON GOING / INTERMITTENT PROBLEM WHEN ABS LIGHT COMES ON IT CAUSES BRAKE PEDAL TO HARDEN. DEALER / MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT RECALL WAS ALREADY PERFORMED. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS ON THIS MATTER. *AK

MOMENTARY LOSS OF BRAKES WHEN ABS AND BRAKE LIGHT COME ON INTERMITTENTLY. BRAKES WOULD RETURN WHEN LIGHTS GO OUT. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS ON THIS MATTER. *AK

WHILE DRIVING IN VERY BAD STORM, WINDSHIELD WIPERS WITHOUT WARNING CEASED TO OPERATE PRIOR TO RECALL NOTIFICATION OF THE PIVOT ASSEMBLY (99V-189). *JB

WHILE TRAVELING DOWN ROAD IF VEHICLE HIT ANY LITTLE PEBBLES, VEHICLE WOULD GO TO THE RIGHT VERY BADLY. VEHICLE CONSTANTLY PULLED TO RIGHT. SOMETIMES WHEN TRYING TO PUT CAR IN PARK, IT WOULDN'T GO, AND WOULD HAVE TO SIT FOR ABOUT 5 MINUTES BEFORE GETTING IT INTO PARK.*AK *SLC

FUEL PUMP IS GOING OUT, VEHICLE STALLS DUE TO NOT ENOUGH FUEL BEING PUMPED IN. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEED TRANSMISSION WILL DOWNSHIFT INTO SECOND GEAR. THIS IS AN ELECTRONIC AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. PLEASE ADD ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

MY DRIVERS SIDE SEAT BELT MALFUNCTIONED THAT IT WOULD NOT RETRACT AND WAS LOOSE AND I COULD NOT EVEN BUCKLE UP MY SEATBELT. I HAD THE VEHICLE IN FOR SERVICE ON A RECALL AND I HAD THE DEALER LOOK AT THE SEATBELT TO FIX IT. THE DEALER ADVISED ME THAT IT NEEDED PARTS AND WITH PARTS AND LABOR IT WOULD COST ME $300 DOLLARS TO FIX IT. I CONTACTED DODGE AND THEY SAID THAT THEY COULD NOT DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT SINCE IT WAS OUT OF WARRANTY. MY FEELINGS ARE THAT THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AND IT IS A STATE LAW TO WEAR SEATBELTS. I DID FEEL THAT I HAD TO PAY $300 TO FIX THE PROBLEM, THEY WOULD NOT EVEN MEET ME HALF WAY $150. MAYBE YOU CAN HELP RESOLVE THIS PROBLEM, I WAS NEVER IN A ACCIDENT. AND SINCE YOU ARE THE FEDERAL TRAFFIC SAFETY ORGANIZATION YOU MIGHT HAVE SOME INPUT IN THIS MATTER. THANKING YOU IN ADVANCE. RONALD LULA. *AK

TRANSMISSION FAILED TWICE. *SLC

SPARK PLUGS WERE REPLACED DUE TO BEING WORN. *SLC

THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THIS COMPONENT FAILED, THE REPLACEMENT WAS OEM. THEY STILL HAVE NOT GOTTEN IT RIGHT. THIS FAILURE CAUSES THE LOSS OF POWER STEERING, WATER PUMP & ALTERNATOR. IF THIS HAPPENED AT A CRITICAL TIME IT COULD EASILY CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. THIS PROBLEM HAS HAPPENED TO SEVERAL OF MY FRIENDS AND A LOCAL SERVICE STATION EVEN CARRIES THE PART DUE TO ITS HIGH FAILURE RATE. NO SAFETY DEFECT THAT FAILED MENTIONED IN SUMMARY. *AK

LAST YEAR, THE VAN STARTED REFUSING TO UP SHIFT WHILE DRIVING. I WOULD HAVE TO PULL OVER, STOP THE ENGINE, AND RESTART IT TO GET THE TRANSMISSION TO START TO WORK. I HAD THE TRANS REBUILT (DODGE KIT) FOR $1700. LESS THAN 6 MONTHS LATER, WHILE DRIVING 55 ON THE FREEWAY, THE VAN STOPS MOVING FORWARD AND THE TRANS IS DEAD AGAIN. I HAVE SEARCHED THE INTERNET AND FOUND NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ABOUT OTHER YEARS AND OTHER MODELS OF DODGE TRANSMISSIONS (WWW.AEI.CA/~GREGOIRE/CLAUDE.HTML). SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE ABOUT DODGE AND THEIR TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. OUR MECHANIC NOW WANTS $1200 MORE TO FIX OUR VAN. WE JUST CAN'T AFFORD IT AFTER THE $1700 LAST YEAR. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A CLASS ACTION SUIT FILED AGAINST DODGE. THIS PROBLEM SHOULD HAVE BEEN CORRECTED, NOT SWEPT UNDER THE CARPET. I TRY TO BUY AMERICAN, BUT INCIDENTS LIKE THIS MAKE WE WISH I HADN'T.*AK

ABS LIGHT & BRAKE LIGHT ARE BOTH ON. BRAKES WERE LOCKED, AND IT WAS VERY HARD FOR VEHICLE TO MOVE. RECALL 96V099000 WAS ISSUED/ ABS BRAKES, RECALL REPAIRS WERE DONE. BUT IT STARTED TO HAPPEN AGAIN.*AK

GOING THROUGH A CONTRUCTION AREA AT 10MPH SON NOTICED SWAY BAR HANGING BY LEFT WHEEL. VEHICLE KEPT DRIFTING, BUT WAS CONTROLLEABLE. WAS ABLE TO DRIVE VEHICLE HOME & PARKED IT. HAVE NOT TAKEN TO DEALER AS OF YET. *AK

CONSUMER NOTICED AN OIL LEAK. TOOK VEHICLE TO MECHANIC, AND HE SAID IT WAS A HEAD GASKET PROBLEM, IT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. CONSUMER STATED THAT HEAD GASKET HAS BEEN CHANGED 3 TIMES. *AK

AFTER THE ELECTRIC DEFROSTER WAS TURNED ON TO CLEAR THE GLASS, THE REAR GLASS BROKE, CONSUMER BELIEVES THE GLASS WAS DEFECTIVE. NLM

THE VEHICLE LEFT WIPER PIVOT FAILED PRIOR TO RECALL NOTICE 99V-189, CONSUMER REQUEST REIMBURSEMENT. NLM