BRAKE FLUID IS LEAKING. 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 →
TRANSMISSION SLIPS. TT
HAD PREVIOUS BRAKE PROBLEMS AND REPORTED IT LAST YEAR TO THE MFR. REPLACED THE BRAKES AND THEY STILL DO NOT WORK. PLEASE DESCRIBE. TT
ABS: ANTI LOCK BRAKE LIGHT COMES ON INTERMITTENTLY WITH NO PROBLEM; LIGHT CAME ON STAYED ON; BRAKES HARD; MINIMUM BRAKING; REPLACED ACCUMULATOR UNIT. TT
WHILE DRIVING WHITE SMOKE WAS BEING EMITTED FROM EXHAUST MUFFLER DUE TO GASOLINE CBM FAILURE.GAS WAS COMING OUT. TT
GLUE ATTACHING LABELS TO THE SEATS DETERIORATED/PEELS , ENABLING CHILD IN CAR SEAT TO PEEL OFF THE LABEL, COULD CAUSE INFANT CHOKING/DEATH. *AK
SINGLE BELT DRIVE; BOLT GOING THROUGH IDLER PULLEY SHEARED WHILE SITTING STILL W/AC ON. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. TT
DURING INCLIMATE WEATHER APPLIED BRAKES WENT INTO DITCH PASSENGER SEAT BELT UNLATCHED DRIVERS DID NOT RETRACT AND REAR TAILGATE FLEW OPEN. TT
ABS SYSTEM FAILURE, LOSS OF BRAKING ABILITY AT LOW SPEEDS. TT
DRIVING ALONG IN THE RAIN DRIVER SIDE WINDSHIELD WIPER STOPPED AND THE PASSENGER SIDE WIPER WENT CRAZY. TT
SEAT BELT FAILURE, UNABLE TO LATCH SEATBELT. TT
AT 75,000 MILES THE MASTER CYLINDER BROKE PURCHASE MINIVAN USED. TT
CONSUMER WIFE WAS DRIVING AND THE ABS ANTI-LOCK BRAKE PUMP FAILED . TT
ANTILOCK BRAKES FADE WHEN CROSSING RAILROAD TRACKS
HI-SIDE HOSE THAT GOES TO AIR CONDITIONING REPAIRED. TT
WHILE DRIVING IN HIGH WINDS THE LUGGAGE RACK BROKE AND THE ATTACHED LUGGAGE CARRIER BLEW OFF OF VEHICLE AND INTO ON COMING TRAFFIC. TT
SLIDING DOOR FELL OFF AND FRACTURED DRIVERS FOOT. TT
REPLACED STEERING PUMP TWICE.
WHILE DRIVING, LOST BRAKE POWER ASSIST, WHEN PEDAL BECAME PUSH DOWN, RENDERING BRAKES INOPERATIVE. TT
THE WIPER SYSTEM HAS BEEN REPLACED ABOUT 20 TIMES, AND WENT OUT RECENTLY ALMOST CAUSING AN ACCIDENT, AND THE LIGHTS DO NOT WORK DUE TO A SHORT CIRCUT SOMEWHERE.
ABS: ANTI- LOCK BRAKE LIGHT GOES ON/OFF; BRAKES SOLID WHEN APPLIED; NO BRAKING EFFECT; RELACED DUAL FUNCTION SWITCH. TT
ABS BRAKES; WARNING LIGHT COMES ON INTERMITTENTLY DUE TO HYDRAULIC PUMP ASSEMBLY FAILING, CAUSING BRAKE PEDAL TO VIBRATE. TT TT
EA94-005 A, REAR HATCHBACK LATCH FAILED, POPPED OPEN WHILE DRIVING, NO IMPACT INVOLVED,CHILD FELL OUT. TT
ABS SYSTEM FAILURE, PARTIAL LOSS OF BRAKING ABILITY, ABS INDICATOR LIGHT TURNED ON. TT
ABS: INTERMITTENT LOSS OF ABS; DASH LIGHT COMES ON; WHEELS LOCKS UP AND SKIDS. TT
AIR IN HYDRAULIC SYSTEM, CAUSING BRAKE LIGHT TO COME ON. *AK
ANTI-LOCK BRAKES FAILED 3 TIMES, RESULTING IN LOSS OF CONTROL. *AK
1) BUCKET SEAT BACK REPAIRED/REPLACED DUE TO WEAKENING OR POSSIBLE COLLAPSING. 2) CALIPERS ARE FAILING. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. TT
DRIVER/PASS FRONT DOORS MALFUNCTION INTERMITTENTLY WHEN MANUAL LOCK/LATCH MECHANISM ACTS LIKE ELECTRIC LOCK, WHEN SHUT DOORS THEY LOCK WITHOUT ASSISTANCE. TT
THE TRANSMISSION HAS FAILED AFTER 37,000 MILES. PLEASE EXPLAIN. TT
WHEN MIDDLE SEAT SEAT BELT IS PULLED FORWARD TO BUCKLE, IT DETACHES FROM METAL CLIP ON FLOOR. *AK
SIDE SLIDING DOOR FAILED. *SKD
THE DRIVERS SIDE SEAT BELT LATCH CLOSED, WOULD NOT UNLATCH, AND ONCE UNLATCHED THE SEAT BELT NO LONGER WORKED. TT
THE ABS AND BRAKE SYSTEM WARNING LIGTS CAME ON THE ABS ANTI- LOCK BRAKES MALFUNCTIONED AND PEDAL WENT DOWN TO THE FLOOR. *AK
SIDE SLIDING DOOR WILL NOT LATCH LOCK. TT
SIX VEHICLES WITH SAME PROBLEM. BUZZING DURING BRAKE APPLICATION DUE TO ACCELERATOR AND PUMP. RESULTING IN ERRATIC OPERATION OF THE ANTI LOCK BRAKING SYSTEM.
INTERIOR LIGHT COMES ON PERIODICALLY INDICATING THAT REAR HATCH DOOR IS OPEN. TT
WHILE AT STANDSTILL; DRIVER'S BACK REST COLLAPSED BACKWARDS ONTO BACK SEAT; OCCUPIED; STUD THAT HOLDS SEAT BACK TO SEAT BOTTOM SNAPPED. TT
ANTI-LOCK BRAKE PUMP HAD TO BE REPLACED. TT
WHILE DRIVING, NOTICE RATTLE SOUND, WHICH MEANT LATCH MECHANISM WAS LOOSE, DEALER FIXED ONCE BUT PROBLEM PERSISTS. TT
PASSENGER'S SEAT BELT ANCHOR FAILS, CAUSING BELT TO DETACH FROM FLOOR. *SKD
WHILE DRIVING THE ABS ANTI-LOCK BRAKES FAILED AND THE WARNING LIGHT CAME ON. TT
ONLY 24 THOUSAND MILES AND THE ABS HAD TO BE REPLACED. TT
DRIVER SIDE SAFETY BELT DIFFICULT UNLATCH. TT
ABS LIGHT CAME ON, BRAKE PEDAL GOT HARD, RESULTING IN LONG STOPPING DISTANCE, REPLACE HYDRAULIC SYSTEM. TT
BOLT CAME OUT OF SEAT BELT ANCHORAGE AND HIT CHILD IN HEAD. TT
HYDRAULIC CYLINDER LIFT STRUTS INOPERATIVE, WON'T STAY UP, WILL DECEND UNEXPECTEDLY, WITHOUT WARNING. TT
ABS BRAKE SYSTEM LIGHT KEEP COMING ON, REPLACE HYDRAULIC CONTROL UNIT AT 24,837MILES, SECOND TIME ABS HYDRAULIC UNIT AT 29,000MILES. TT
BATTERY EXPLODED WHILE VEHICLE WAS BEING DRIVEN, FAULTY VOLTAGE REGULATOR. TT
ABS: WHOLE ANTI-LOCK SYSTEM WENT OUT WHILE DRIVING; BRAKES FAILED WHILE PULLING INTO PARKING LOT; DRIVER COULD NOT STOP VEHICLE; NO BRAKES AT ALL; REPLACED. TT
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