HYDRAULIC BRAKING SYSTEM PROBLEMS. PLEASE DESCRIBE. TT
1993 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 1993 record →
POWER STEERING PROBLEMS. PLEASE DESCRIBE. TT
ABS MASTER CYLINDER REPLACED TEN DAYS FROM SUBMITTING COMPLAINT. VEHICLE SUFFERED FAILURE OF BRAKE BOOSTER PUMP W/NO INDICATION, FLUID POURED IN ENGINE COMPARTMENT.*JB
ABS SYSTEM MALFUNCTION, UNABLE TO FULLY APPLY BRAKES. TT CONSUMER ALSO STATES THAT BRAKE WARNIGN LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE BRAKES FAILED, VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DEALER BUT PROBLEM COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED.*JB
DRIVE BELT POPPED OFF, CAUSED VEHICLE TO OVERHEAT AND LOST STEERING CONTROL. TT CONSUMER STATES TENSIONER PULLEY LET GO. *SLC
THE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY IN A COLLISION. TT
ALL FOUR GOODYEAR TIRES HAD NO TRACTION ON A WET PAVEMENT, CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL. *SD
ABS BRAKING PROBLEMS. TT SERVERE BRAKE FLUID LEAK. ABS LIGHT ILLUMINATED. EXTREME PEDAL PRESSURE REQUIRED TO OBTAIN VERY MINIMAL AMOUNT OF BRAKING.
ABS SYSTEM FAILURE, ABS ACTUATOR PISTON HAD TO BE REPLACED, INDICATOR LIGHT CAME ON, AND LEAKAGE OF BRAKE FLUID. TT *JB
BELT TENSIONER FAILED W/BELT LOSSENING WHILE DRIVING, TOTAL LOSS OF POWER. TT CONSUMER STATESH POWER STEERING WAS LOST, MECHANIC FOUND BELT OFF TRACK DUE TO FAILURE OF TENSIONER. *SLC
ABS BRAKING SYSTEM FAILS COMPLETELY LOSS OF BRAKING SYSTEM EA94-028. TT
POWER STEERING PROBLEMS. PLEASE DESCRIBE. TT
ABS BRAKING PROBLEMS. PLEASE DESCRIBE. TT
BELT TENSIONER BOLT SHEARED OFF, CAUSING TENSIONER TO FALL .
THE OWNER IS HAVING PREBLEM WITH THE STEER BELT TENSIONER. TT
HAD AUTO ACCIDENT AND DRIVERS AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. A PASSENGER WAS INJURIED. TT
EA94-028 ACTIVE, ABS BRAKE FAILURE, LOSS OF EFFECTIVENESS, PEDAL WAS REAL HARD. TT
DRIVER SEAT BELT RETRACTOR STICK AND GRIBS, RESULTING IN INOPERATIONAL SEATBELT. TT
ALTERNATOR FAILED. *SD
POWER STEERING TENSIONER BENT, CAUSING FAILURE. *SD
VEHICLE STALLS OUT DURING RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC AT ANY SPEED, RESULTING IN HARD BRAKING AND STEERING. TT *JB
THE FRONT BRAKES ARE SO HOT THEY ARE MELTING THE TIRES AND THEY KEEP GOING OUT. THEY ARE DISC BRAKES. PLEASE DESCRIBE. TT
POWER STEERING TENSIONER BOLT BROKE, CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL. *SD
INTEGRATED CHILD SAFETY SEAT IN VEHICLE HAS FAILED, CHILD CAN EXERT SUFFICIENT PRESSURE TO OPEN BUCKLE. TT
ABS BRAKING SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONS E94-028 BRAKE FAILURE. TT *SLC
BRAKE WARNING LIGHTS CAME ON, TRIED TO BRAKE, HAD TO USE PARKING BRAKE TO STOP. TT
ABS SYSTEM FAILURE, DEALER REPLACED ABS SWITCH, FRACTURED STEERING BELT. TT
ABS BRAKING SYSTSM FAILS MALFUNCTIONS EA94-028. TT
POWER STEERING BELT TENSIONER FRACTURED, RESULTING IN HARD STEERING, REPLACED BELT TENSIONER AND BELT. TT
STEERING BELT TENSIONER BROKE, TOTAL LOSS OF POWER STEERING. TT
# PE95-012 THE STEERING BELT TENSIONER WAS MAKING NOISE CONSUMER REPLACED IT . TT ALSO ELECTRIC MOTOR FAILED UNABLE TO OPERATE DOOR LOCKS.*JB
POWER STEERING PROBLEMS. PLEASE DESCRIBE. TT
#E94-028 THE ABS ANTI-LOCK BRAKE LIGHT KEEPS COMING ON . TT *JB
POWER STEERING BELT TENSIONER BROKE AND BELT FELL OFF. TT
THE ABS LIGHT KEEPS COMING ON, TOOK DEALER WHO COULDN'T FIND THE PROBLEM . TT DEALER FOUND MULTIFUNCTIO PRESSURE TRANSDCUER FAULTY AND REPLACED PUMP MOTOR ASSEMBLY IN THE HYDRAULIC BRAKE ASSEMBLY. *SLC
#PE95-012 THE STEERING BELT TENSIONER BROKE, #EA94-028 THE ABS BRAKE LIGHT KEEPS COMING ON AND BRAKES FAIL THREE TIMES THE STEERING IS NOT ALIGNED RIGHT . TT
THE STEERING BELT TENSIONER FELL OUT . TT
BELT TENSIONER FRACTURED, RESULTING IN LOSS OF POWER STEERING CONTROL, REPLACED BELT TENSIONER AND BELT. TT
ABS SYSTEM FAILURE, INDICATOR LIGHT TURNED ON, DEALER REPLACED A PUMP IN ABS SYSTEM. TT
SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER STEERING BELT TENSIONER #PE95-012. TT CONSUMER STATES WHILE DRIVING THE STEERING WHEEL VIBRATES, DEALER SAID IT WAS THE TRANSMISSION AND REPLACED IT, HOWEVER THIS DID NOT SOLVE THE PROBLEM, CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE BACK IN AND THIS TIME DEALER STATED THE PROBLEM WAS WITH THE TIRES, CONSUMER CHANGED THE TIRES AND THIS TOO DID NOT HELP, DEALER CAN NOT FIND PROBLEM, POSSIBLY STEERING OR SUSPENSION RELATED. *SLC
VEHICLE WENT INTO OPEN THROTTLE POSITION WHILE DRIVING AT SPEED 45 MPH, LOST CONTROL IMPACT 1:00 POSITION, AIR BAG DEPLOYED BUT WAS NOT INFLATED. TT
ABS: ABS AND BRAKE CAME ON; HEARD ABS PUMP MAKE LOUD NOISE; TODAY, WHILE DRIVING, BRAKES TOTALLY WENT OUT; PEDAL TRAVELED TO FLOOR. TT
WHILE DRIVING THE STEERING JUST WENT-CONSUMER LOST CONTROL. TT
STEERING WHEEL MALFUNCTIONED, HIT A UTILITY POLE, AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. TT
STEERING BELT TENSIONER FRACTURED, RESULTING IN POWER STEERING LOST AND VEHICLE OVERHEATED. TT CONSUMER STATES DESIGN OF THE PART IS POOR WITH METAL TO METAL CONTACT UNTIL CENTER PIVOT BOLT FREEZES TO THE HOUSING AND THE BOLT SHEARS. *SLC
CONSUMER IS VERY UPSET ABOUT THE TIME ITS TAKEN TO REPLACE THE LATCH. TT
EXITING PARKING LOT BELT TENSIONER FAILED W/LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. TT
EA94-028 ACTIVE, ABS BRAKES FAILURE, YELLOW LIGHTS ABS CAME ON, IN FOR REPAIR, REPLACED THE ABS SYSTEM. TT
VEHICLES ABS BRAKING SYSTEM HYDRAULIC ASSEMBLY FAILED.COULD NOT STOP REAR ENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE. TT
POWER STEERING NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. TT
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