1992 Dodge Caravan complaints

WINDSHIELD WIPERS LEFT ARM MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING VISUAL DIFFICULTY WHICH MAY RESULT IN A CRASH. THERE IS RECALL 99V189000 FOR SAME MAKE/MODEL. BUT THIS VEHICLE IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO VIN. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

WHILE DRIVING 40MPH W ALL INSTRUMENT PANEL LIGHTS WENT OUT. PULLED VEHICLE OVER & CHECKED LIGHTS. NOTICED NO TAIL LIGHTS. STOPPED AT STORE TO GET FUSES. REPLACED OLD FUSES. THE NEW FUSES ALSO BLEW OUT. ALSO, WINDSHIELD WIPERS IN REAR FAILED TO WORK PROPERLY. HAD HEAD LIGHTS & PARKING LIGHTS. HEATER FAILED TO COME ON WHEN TRYING TO USE IT. WHEN VEHICLE WAS PARKED FOR AWHILE, IT WOULD FAIL TO START. WOULD NEED A JUMP TO GET STARTED. WILL BE GOING TO DEALERSHIP TO HAVE VEHICLE CHECKED. *AK

HEADLIGHT LENSES DISCOLORATION /FOGGING UP, CAUSING POOR VISIBILITY. DEALER NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED THAT PART WAS NOT ON RECALL, AND REPLACEMENT WOULD BE AT CONSUMER'S COST. *AK

IN FEBRUARY, 1999, VEHICLE WOULD NOT SHIFT OUT OF GEAR. TRANSMISSION WAS OVERHAULED THROUGH THE INSTALLATION OF A KIT. IN JULY, VEHICLE WOULD NOT STAY IN PARK. WHEN ON AN INCLIDED IT WOULD BOUNCE TO THE GROUND. WHILE IN DECEMBER, VEHICLE WOULD NOT GO INTO PARK. CONSUME RTHINGS PROBLEMS RELATED TO THE ORIGINAL, AND THAT THE WORK WAS NOT DONE PROPERLY. WHILE VEHICLE WA SFIXED, CONSUMER HOPES IT WOULD OUTLAST THE WARRANTY. *AK

FUEL IS LEAKING ALL OVER THE ENGINE. CONSUMER FEELS THAT FAMILY COULD BE BURNED BECAUSE OF THIS PROBLEMS. *AK

CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AND THE REAR WINDOW EXPLODED. THE KIDS WERE IN THE BACK SEATS AND SUSTAINED INJURIES. THE GLASS COMPANY STATED THAT THIS WAS THE FOURTH VEHICLE THAT THE BACK WINDOW EXPLODED. *AK *ML

CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL LETTER 96V099000 CONCERNING ABS HYDRAULIC UNIT. NO PARTS WERE AVAILABLE TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. *AK

THE SPIDER GEAR PIN IN THE TRANSMISSION BROKE, CAME OUT OF THE TRANSMISSION CASE AND HIT THE FLOORBOARD. TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN REPLACED ONCE. THE PROBLEM HAS BEEN REPORTED TO THE MANUFACTURER AND DEALERSHIP. PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN CORRECTED. THIS IS ACOMMON PROBLEM WITH THE 604 TRANSMISSION. *AK

WHILE DRIVING T A FIRE BRIKE OUT IN THE FUEL TANK, RESULTING IN MINOR INJURIES. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

CONSUMER WAS DRIVING VEHICLE ON THE HIGHWAY AND THE SEATBELTS BROKE . *AK

RECALL # 97V079000 STRUCTURE: DOOR ASSEMBLY: WHILE VAN WAS BEING SERVICED FOR AIR CONDITIONER AND OTHER PROBLEMS, DEALER FORGOT TO PERFORM RECALL WORK. THIS WAS THE SECOND TIME THAT OWNER BROUGHT THIS OT DELAER'S ATTENTION. THE LAST TIME VAN WAS TAKEN TO DEALERSHIP WAS ON AUGUST 8, 1999. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

DEALER FAILED TO MAKE REPAIR TO RECALL #685 OF THE ANTI LOCK BRAKES WHICH CAUSES THE WARNING LIGHT TO ILLUMINATE. NLM

WHILE FILLING THE FUEL TANK, A FIRE ERUPTED DUE TO THE FUMES COMING FROM THE TANK, POSSIBLY FROM STATIC ELECTRICITY. THE NEXT DAY I TOOK THE VAN IN TO MY LOCAL DODGE DISTRIBUTOR TO CHECK OUT THE INTEGRITY OF THE FUEL TANK ( NO DAMAGE WAS VISIBLE, EVEN TO THE PAINT) AND THEY SUGGESTED I LET THEM INSTALL A "GROUND STRAP ON FUEL FILLER NECK" OF THE FUEL TANK. I AGREED, AND ASKED WHY SOMETHING LIKE THAT WAS NOT ALREADY IN PLACE, BUT DID NOT RECEIVE A SATISFACTORY ANSWER. I WOULD LIKE TO CHECK FOR RECALLS ON DODGE CARAVANS FOR "GROUND STRAPS ON THE FUEL FILLER NECK."

THE FUEL RAILS THAT JOIN TOGETHER ARE LEAKING FLUID FROM THE CONNECTION POINT. THE "U" SHAPE RAIL AT BOTH CONNECTING ENDS IS WHERE LEAK IS HAPPENING. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP & WAS INFORMED BY MECHANIC THE PARTS NEEDED TO BE ORDERED & WOULD NOTIFY CONSUMER WHEN THEY ARE IN FOR REPAIRS. *AK

DOOR HINGES ARE COMING LOOSE. FRONT PASSENGER'S DOOR CAME OPEN WHILE TRAVELING. NOW THE DOOR IS JAMMED AND WON'T OPEN. DOOR IS OFF TRACK SO WHEN IT RAINS, WATER GETS IN. *AK

WE HAVETHE BRAKES FIXED4TIMES , A NEW FUEL PUMP

REPAIRS TO FRONT END SUSPENSION TO STOP VIBRATION, HOWEVER CONTINUES TO EXPERIENCE PROBLEMS. MJS

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR THIS VEHICLE. *AK

SINCE ABOUT 1997 THE EXTERIOR PAINT HAS LITERALLY PEELED AWAY FROM THE CAR; DOWN TO THE BARE METAL IN MOST AREAS. I HAVE OBSERVED LITERALLY HUNDREDS OF THESE VEHICLES(SAME VINTAGE) WITH THIS PROBLEM.

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED FAILURE OF RECALL COMPONENT PRIOR TO RECALL NOTICE. (ABS SYSTEM) MJS

RECALL 99V-189 000/WINDSHIELD WIPER. VEHICLE HAS EXPERIENCED LEFT SIDE WIPER PIVOT DRIVE ARM DISENGAGING FROM SHAFT, LEADING TO LOSS OF WIPER FUNCTION. DRIVER'S VISIBILITY WOULD BE IMPAIRED AND CAUSE A VEHICLE COLLISION. *AK

WHILE RIVING ON THE INTERSTATE 55MPH THE TRANSMISSION SLIPPED OUT OF GEAR, AND THE ENGINE WAS JUST RACING. PULLED OFF THE ROAD TO RESET THE VEHICLE. THE CAR WAS IN OVERDRIVE, SLIPPED OUT OF OVERDRIVE TO SECOND GEAR. PULLED OVER AGAIN TO RESTART. WAS GOING UP THE HILL, HEARD A CLUNKING NOISE AND COULD FEEL IT. THEN IT DROPPED INTO A LOWER GEAR. WAS TOLD BY A LOCAL TRANSMISSION SHOP THAT A COMPUTER SENSOR WHICH WAS ATTACHED TO THE TRANSMISSION WENT OUT. AS A RESULT, TRANSMISSION REPLACED. *AK

REAR HOOD LATCH IS WORKING INTERMITTENTLY. *AK

RECALL REPAIR NOT COMPLETED DUE TO DEALER PROBLEM (97V-149). MJS

WHEN DRIVING AT ANY SPEED THE VEHICLE IS SHIFTING HARD AND THHEN JERKS. ALSO, THERE IS A LOSS OF POWER. *AK

CLEARANCE LIGHTS WHERE THE TAG PLATE IS LOCATED AREN'T WORKING, AND THE PLASTIC PART/ SOCKET MELTED. CONSUMER HAS TO KEEP PUTTING IN NEW BULBS. *AK

DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT BUCKLE RELEASE BUTTON DOES NOT WORK, ALLOWING THE DRIVER TO BE STUCK IN THE SEAT. ALSO DRIVER'S THUMB GOT CAUGHT IN BELT BUCKLE. DEALER HAS REPAIRED SEAT BELT BUCLE UNDER RECALL. *AK

ABS BRAKE SYSTEM WORKS INTERMITTENTLY. ALSO, DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT KEEPS LOCKING UP, AND THE CONSUMER IS UNABLE TO USE THE SEAT BELT. *AK

NO SUMMARY

DRIVER'S SEAT BELT BROKE, CAUSING THE SEAT BELT TO INOPERATIVE, WHICH WON'T PROTECT THE OCCUPANT IN EVENT OF A CRASH. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

STEERING IS WORKING INTERMITTENTLY AND THE DRIVER SIDE SHOULDER BELT IS'NT RETRO PROPERLY.

WINDSHIELD WIPERS ARE STUCK IN A UP POSITION, AND THE FLUID WITHIN THE WINDSHIELD WIPER FLUID RESERVOIR ISN'T WORKING. ALSO, DOOR LOCKS AREN'T WORKING , AND PASSENGER DOOR ONLY OPENS FROM THE INSIDE. *AK

ABS BRAKES DON'T WORK AT ALL, AND ABS LIGHT COMES ON. ALSO STATED WHEN APPLYING BRAKES, THE BRAKES MAKE A CRAZY SOUND. *AK

NO SUMMARY.

THE SLIDING DOOR ON PASSENGER'S SIDE CAME OFF THE TRACKS, CAUSING THE ENTIRE DOOR TO FALL OFF. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

WHEN DRIVING AT ANY SPEED THE VEHICLE WON'T GO INTO REVERSE AND THE VEHICLE IS STALLING AND JERKING DUE TO THE TRANSMISSION GOING OUT. *AK

PAINT PEELED BY EXPOSURE TO SUNLIGHT TO EXPOSE PRIMER COAT IN SEVERAL LOCATIONS

WHILE DRIVING THE BACK WINDOW SUDDENLY WAS SHATTERED. *AK

TRANSMISSION JUMPED INTO LOW GEAR WHILE DRIVING. NLM

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE BURSTED INTO FLAMES DUE TO THE FUEL PUMP MALFUNCTIONING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER HAVE NOTIFIED. *AK

THE TRANSMISSION SLIPPED INTO LOW GEAR WHILE TRAVELING 70 MILES PER HOUR, WHICH INSTANTLY SLOWED THE VEHICLE DOWN TO 45 MILES PER HOUR. THIS OCCURRED ON A HIGHWAY WHERE THE SPEED LIMIT IS 70 MPH. WE WERE STUCK IN LOW GEAR. AFTER WE STOPPED AND THE VEHICLE SAT A WHILE, IT WOULD GO BACK INTO HIGH GEAR. THIS HAPPENED WHEN WE WERE SEVERAL HUNDRED MILES FROM HOME. WHEN WE RETURNED HOME, WE HAD THE TRANSMISSION REPLACED.

WHEN ENTERING VEHICLE CONSUMER NOTICED SLIGHT MOVEMENT IN THE DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT. ALSO, NOTICED LOSS OF THE DASH LIGHTS AND LOSS OF ALL GAUGES. CONSUMER CONTACTED THE DEALER, DEALER DETERMINED THE CAUSE DUE TO THE COMMMAND CONTROL MODULE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

HILE DRIVNG AT 15 MPH WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING TRANSMISSION LOCKED UP AND BLEW OUT ON THE INSIDE WHILE ENGINE WAS RUNNING, AND CONSUMER COULD SHIFT GEARS. BUT VEHICLE WOULDN'T MOVE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING IN LOW SPEED AND APPLYING BRAKES, THEY WERE HARD, AND CONSUMER HAD TO HOLD DOWN HARD ON THE BRAKE PEDAL FOR VEHICLE TO COME TO A STOP. *AK

PAINT IS PEELING ON ROOF AND HOOD OF MINI-VAN

WINDSHIELD WIPERS ARE INOPERATIVE, CAUSING VISIBILITY PROBLEM. *AK

THEA PAINT IS COMING OFF IN SHEETS. WHEN IT RAINS OR THE CAR GETS WET THE PAINT SLIDES OFF IN SHEETS, CAUSING A VISIBILITY PROBLEM. THE PAINT STICKES TO THE WINDOW UNTIL I PULL OF THE ROAD TO SCRAPE IT OFF. MANY OTHER CARAVANS OF THE SAME COLOR (BLUE) ARE IN THE SHAPE. *AK

REAR WINDOW EXPLODED AND SHATTERED INTO PIECES WITHOUT WARNING OR REASON, WHILE VEHICLE WAS PARKED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 50 MPH CONSUMER HEARD NOISE COMING FROM THE TRANSMISSION. BEFORE SHE STOPPED VEHICLE AND LOOKED TRANSMISSION FLUID WAS COMING OUT. THIS WAS THE SECOND TIME THAT SHE HAD PROBLEM WITH THE TRANSMISSION. *AK

ABS DUAL PRESSURE SWITCH FAILED RESULTING IN AN OPEN CIRCUIT WHICH ALSO CAUSED THE POWER ASSIST IN ABS SYSTEM TO FAIL WHILE DRIVING. NLM