1993 Dodge Caravan complaints

NO SUMMARY

WAS BACKING OUT OF DRIVEWAY WHEN THE STEERING WHEEL BROKE OFF IN DRIVER'S HAND. WAS TURNING STEERING WHEEL COUNTER CLOCKWISH AT THE TIME. THE STEERING WHEEL WAS HANGING BY THE WIRES. CONTACTED DEALERSHIP. WAS INFORMED IT WAS NORMAL WEAR & TEAR. MECHANIC WILL REPAIR STEERING WHEEL. *AK

BREAKS - AT 21,000 MILES BEGAN TO EXPERIENCE BREAK PROBLEMS - 1ST A BAD BREAK SPRING LATER - 48,000 ABS PUMP REPLACED; 56,000 BREAK PROBLEMS AGAIN AND WAS TOLD THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE PROBLEM; AT 80,000 PISTON ASSEMBLY (RECALL) WAS REPLACED AGAIN DUE TO LIGHT STAYING ON AND BREAKING FAILURE ENGINE - 18,000 MILES OIL LEAK WAS DISCOVERED; BAD GASKETS 48,000 INFORMED DEALERSHIP VAN WAS USING EXCESS OIL, THEY STATED NO PROBLEM 62,500 CYLINDER GASKETS HAD TO BE REPLACED, CAR HAD TO BE TOWED TO THE GARAGE 81,000 CAR DIED OUT - BAD INTAKE VALE, ALL EXHAUST GUIDES BAD, HEADS NEEDED REDONE, AND A NEW VALVE JOB TAILGATE - RATTLED AT 18,500 AND WAS ADJUSTED; 21,800 INSTRUMENT PANEL LIGHT STAYED ON AND DOOR WAS HARD TO CLOSED; TAILGATE HAS NEVER BEEN CORRECT AIR CONDITIONER - DOES NOT STAY COOL, DEALERSHIP CHECKED FOR LEAKS AND RECHARGED ; FOLLOWING YEAR IT IS WAS NOT COLD AGAIN RADIO - AT TIMES IT DOES NOT TURN ON, OR IT JUST TURNS OFF ON ITS OWN OTHER NOT LISTED - WINDOW SEALS SEEM TO BE LEAKING AIR

BOLT BROKE FROM THE TRUNK LID DOOR , AND PLASTIC ELECTRICAL WIRES ON THE INSIDE OF THE DOOR ARE COMING APART DUE TO THE LIFTGATE SUPPORT BRACKET BEING LOOSE. CONSUMER HAD VEHICLE IN REPAIR SHOP THREE TIMES, AND DEALER CAN'T DETERMINE THE CAUSE. *AK

WOULD LIKE CHRYSLER TO REPAIR REAR WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR BEFORE THE SNOW FALLS. THANK YOU.

THE SEATBELTS ARE JAMMING DUE TO RESIDUE IN THE SEATBELT CAUSING THE CLAMP/ BUCKLE TO FAIL. *YC

WE HAVE TAKEN CARE OF THE TRANSMISSION ON THIS VAN. IT HAS BURNED UP TWICE, WITH NO WARNING WHATSOEVER. WE HAVE REPLACE TORQUE CONVERTERS, AND GEARS. IT HAS NOW STARTED TO SHUDDER WHEN YOU TRY TO TAKE OFF, AND IT SHUDDERS AND JERKS IN REVERSE. AFTER FIRST PROBLEM, IT HAS NEVER BEEN THE SAME.

THESE ARE INTERMITTENT PROBLEMS, NOT RELATED TO WEAR & TEAR, THEY ARE COMPUTER AND/OR ELECTRICAL FAILURES. THE CAR DRIVES FINE FOR HOURS WITH NO PROBLEMS AT ALL, THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN IT NEUTRALS OUT. TURNED THE CAR OFF & ON AGAIN & IT DRIVES FINE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 15 MPH ANOTHER VEHICLE HIT THE CONSUMER'S VEHICLE HEAD-ON. UPON IMPACT, REAR SEAT AND BOLTS TO CAME LOOSE, AND REAR SEAT DROPPED INTO THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. *AK

TRANSMISSION WOULD VIBRATE UNDER A HARD PULL WITH THE CRUISE CONTROL SET. SHARP UPGRADES MAKE TRANSMISSION CHATTER. HAVE NOT TAKEN TO DEALER. *AK

PASSENGER'S SIDE SEAT BELT WOULD DISENGAGE WHILE DRIVING. DEALER NOTIFIED, AND WOULD ONLY REPAIR AT CONSUMER'S EXPENSE. CAN NHTSA HELP IN THIS MATTER. *AK

THIS VAN HAS HAD THE AIR CONDITIONER GO OUT AT LEAST 3 OF THE 6 YEARS THAT I HAVE OWNED IT. NOW, THE ABS COMPLETELY WENT OUT ALMOST CAUSING A CRASH WITH SEVERAL CHILDREN IN THE VAN; THE BRAKES ARE 90% GONE! THIS VAN HAS BEEN A LEMON AND IS IN NEED OF REPAIR EVERY YEAR. MANY OTHER THINGS HAVE GONE OUT TOP INCLUDE THE TRANSMISSION. WHAT CONCERNS ME MOST IS THAT THINGS LIKE THE AIR-CONDITIONING GO OUT EVERY 1 TO 2 YEARS AND MY EXTENDED WARRANTY EXPIRES IN MARCH OF NEXT YEAR. IS THERE ANYTHING I CAN DO TO GET THE THE AIR-CONDITIONING REPLACED ENTIRELY DUE TO IT ALWAYS FAILING? ALSO, I AM NOT SURE IF MY VEHICLE IS FUEL INJECTED OR NOT. BRIAN PABST 1614 HALL STREET DOWNERS GROVE, IL. 60516

THE VEHICLE KEEPS RUNNING HOT AND BLOWING HEAD GASKETS WITHOUT GIVING ANY WARNING OR LIGHT SIGNAL THAT IT IS RUNNING HOT. HAD IT REPAIRED TWICE...THE FIRST REPAIR LASTED ABOUT A YEAR THEN BLEW A HEAD GASKET AGAIN. THE MECHANIC SAID THAT THIS WAS DUE TO THE HEADS BEING MADE OF ALUMINUM. CANNOT FIND ANY DEFECT BULLITONS OF THAT NATURE. THANK YOU VIAN R. WOODS

WHENEVER IT RAINS THE FAN BELT KEEPS COMING OFF DUE TO THE WATER GETTING UNDER THE HOOD OF THE VEHICLE AND ON THE ENGINE. *AK

WHEN PULLING OUT OF DRIVEWAY / MAKING ANY TYPE OF TURN, THERE IS SOME TYPE OF KNOCKING NOISE WITHIN THE STEERING SYSTEM. DEALER CAN'T FIND THE PROBLEM. *YC

WHEN DRIVING TRANSMISSION DID NOT CHANGE GEARS. BROKEN ENGINE MOUNTS CAUSE MOVEMENT WITHIN ENGINE. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER, STATED TRANSMISSION NEEDED REPLACING. DEALER REPLACED THE ENGINE MOUNTS. TRANSMISSION REPLACED BUT THE NEW ONE WAS BAD ALSO--CAUSED AXLE TO GO BAD. *AK *ML

I HAD THE TRANSMISSION REPLACED @92,000,BY THE DEALER AFTER DRIVING ONLY 36,000 MILES I HAD DISCOVERED A LEAK WHEN I TOOK IT TO A TRANSMISSION PLACE THEY TOLD ME MY TRANS WAS GONE AND I NEED A NEW ONE I SAID I COULDN'T AFFORD IT HAD THE LEAK FIXED DROVE HOME SLOWLY AND PARKED THE VAN.I CALLED THE MANUFACTER OF THE CAR AND WAS TOLD THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO THE VAN HAD TOO MANY MILES I SAID THE TRANS WAS REPLACED,BRAND NEW AND IT SHOULDN'T HAVE GONE OUT WITH ONLY 36,000 MILES ON IT.THEY SAID SORRY AND THAT'S WHEN I NOTIFIED YOU GUYS HOPING YOU CAN HELP ME.

WHILE TRYING TO BUCKLE THE SEAT BELT, THE BELT COMES OUT AND DOES NOT SPRING BACK TO TIGHTEN THE SEATBELT BACK UP. *AK

WHEN WE BECAME AWARE OF A PROBLEM WITHIN THE ABS BRAKE SYSTEM ON THIS VAN WE TOOK THE VAN TO OUR MECHANIC RONNIE POE. HE INFORMED US THAT THIS WAS UNDER RECALL, WE THEN TOOK THE VAN TO MANASSAS DODGE ON JUNE 8, 1999, WHERE THEY SUPPOSEDLY FIXED THE PUMP COMPRESSOR ON THE ABS BRAKE SYSTEM. ON JULY 29, 1999 THE ABS BRAKE SYSTEM FAILED AGAIN. I HAD THE VAN TOWED TO MANASSAS DODGE IN MANASSAS VA BY HENRY'S TOWING. THE TOW TRUCK DRIVE AS WELL AS A CO-WORKER WITNESSED THAT THE ABS BRAKE SYSTEM LIGHT WAS ON AND THE BRAKES WERE NOT WORKING. MANASSAS DODGE COULD NOT FIND A PROBLEM. THEY SUGESTED THAT MY "ROTORS" HAD CAUSED THE PROBLEM. ONCE I RECEIVED THE VAN BACK FROM MANASSAS DODGE, MY HUSBAND INSPECTED THE ROTORS AND FOUND NO PROBLEM WITH THEM. AGAIN ON SEPTEMBER 18, 1999, WHILE MY HUSBAND WAS DRIVING THE ABS BRAKE SYSTEM FAILED, THE BREAK PEDAL WAS HARD AND HAD NO PRESSURE IN THEM. ONCE AGAIN, THIS PROBLEM SEEMED TO HAVE CORRECTED ITSELF. I CONTACTED THE DAIMLER CHRYSLER RECALL CENTER ON MONDAY, 9/20/99 AND ADVISED THEM OF THE PROBLEM. THEY GAVE ME A FILE # OF 6251453 AND ADVISED ME THAT THE "WHEEL SPEED CIRCUIT" MAY BE WHAT IS CAUSING THIS TO HAPPEN. AT THIS POINT I AM VERY FRUSTRATED AND VERY CONCERNED WITH MY SAFETY IN DRIVING THIS VAN. YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN THE BRAKES ARE GOING TO GO OUT ON YOU. YOUR HELP IN FINDING A TIMELY RESOLUTION TO THIS PROBLEM WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED.

DURING IMPACT VIOLENT DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAG RESULTED IN BRUISES AND SKIN BURNS TO CONSUMER. MJS

THERE HAVE BEEN MANY COMPONENTS REPLACED OVER 6 YEARS - PROBLEM KEEPS RECURRING.

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE AT ABOUT 60 TO 65MPH THE HOOD FLEW OPEN AND STUCK TO THE WINDSHIELD. OWNER HAD TO PULL OVER TO SHUT THE HOOD. DEALER HAS NOT SEEN CVEHICLE. *AK

ABS BRAKE LIGHT ILLUMINATES, INDICATING A MALFUNCTION WITHIN THE SYSTEM, CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

WHILE THE TRUNK LID WAS OPENED THE TRUNK SHOCKS GAVE AWAY AND CAUSED INJURY. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

THE ABS BRAKE LIGHT ILLUMINATES, INDICATING A MALFUNCTION WITHIN THE SYSTEM. DEALER CAN NOT IDENTIFY THE PROBLEM. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

A MALFUNCTION OCCURS WITHIN THE REAR WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR, CAUSING THE REAR WINDSHIELD WIPERS TO BECOME INOPERABLE. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

REAR TRUNK LID (LIFTGATE) EXPERIENCED FAILURE PRIOR TO RECALL NOTICE (95I001005). *YC

WHILE RIVING AT ANY SPEED AND APPLYING THE BRAKES THE BRAKE PEDAL IS HARD, AND THE ABS LIGHT KEEPS COMING ON, INDICATING THAT ABS BRAKES AREN'T WORKING. *AK

VEHICLE HAD BEEN PARKED. CHECKED VEHICLE NEXT DAY & NOTICED HEADLIGHT LENS MISSING. CONTACTED DEALER & INFORMED CONSUMER THAT ENTIRE UNIT HARD TO BUY TO DO REPAIRS. LENS COVER NOT SOLD SEPARATELY & THERE WERE NO INSTRUCTIONS REGARDING LENS COVER. MANUFACTURER IS BACKING DEALER. *AK

NO SUMMARY

THIS IS A SERIOUS FAILURE AS IT CAUSES THE BRAKES TO FAIL EACH TIME. THE DEALERSHIP HAS TRIED THREE TIMES TO CORRECT THIS UNSUCCESFULLY.

ENGINE BLOWN HEAD GASKET

I DROVE TO WORK AND EXPERIENCED NO PRESSURE ON MY BRAKES. I WAS UNABLE TO STOP MY CAR IMMEDIATELY WHEN I PRESSED ON THE BRAKE PEDDLE. I ALMOST HAD AN ACCIDENT. ON AUGUST 4, 1999, I TOOK THE CAR TO CRJ AUTO & TRUCK REPAIR INC. AT 1560 BRENTWOOD RD. IN BAYSHORE. UPON THEIR DIAGNOSTIC TEST, THEY CONCLUDED THAT THE ABS SYSTEM WAS NOT WORKING. AFTER CHECKING WITH DEALER FOR REPAIR PARTS, IT WAS CONCLUDED THAT THIS SYSTEM WAS A RECALL. I HAVE NO VEHICLE TO GO TO WORK AND DEALER REFUSE TO PROVIDE A RENTAL. THEY GAVE ME AN APPOINTMENT FOR AUGUST 16, 1999 AND STATED THEY WOULD ONLY DO REPAIRS IF INDEED IT IS THE ABS SYSTEM AND IF THERE IS A RECALL ON THE PART. AS PER THEIR COMPUTER INFORMATION, THE DEALER STATES THAT IT WAS REPAIRED IN 1996. I PURCHASED THE VAN IN 1996 AND DO NOT REMEMBER HAVING IT REPAIRED. HOWEVER, AS PER YOUR RECALL DATABASE, IF THERE WAS A REPAIR DONE, THE WARRANTY ON ALL ABS COMPONENTS WAS EXTENDED TO 10 YEARS OR 100.000 MILES. I HAVE USED 94,947MILES SINCE I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE. PLEASE ASSIST ME IN ANY WAY YOU CAN TO PREVENT INJURIES OR ACCIDENTS.

ENGINE COMPARTMENT A FIRE STARTED UNEXPECTEDLY. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

PASSENGER'S SIDE DOOR IS COMING OFF THE VEHICLE BY THE HINGE. DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR IS CURRENTLY MAKING NOISES, BUT NOT DISCONNECTING. HAD TAKEN VEHICLE TO BODY SHOP &CONSUMER WAS INFORMED OF A MANUFACTURER'S DEFECT. MANUFACTURER WOULD PAY 50% & OWNER PAY OTHER 50%. PROBLEM OF THE DOOR WAS NOTICED AFTER VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT. PAINT IS ALSO COMING OFF THE ROOF BY THE DRIP SYSTEM & THE HOOD. *AK

I REALIZE THAT ALL VEHICLES NEED REPAIRS BUT THIS ONE GOES TO THE SHOP REGULARLY. WE HAVE HAD THE VAN SERVICED, TUNED UP AND TAKEN CARE OF ON A REGULAR BASIS. I'VE ASK OTHER DODGE CARAVAN OWNERS ABOUT THEIR VAN AND NEARLY ALL HAVE REPLACED THEIR TRANSMISSIONS STARTING AT 50,000 MILES. THE TRANSMISSION IS MY MAIN CONCERN IN THIS COMPLAINT

ABS BRAKE LIGHT KEEPS COMING ON. THERE IS NO EVIDENCE OF BRAKE PRESSURE. *AK

LUGGAGE RACK CAME OFF DUE TO RAILS, MADE OUT OF PLASTIC, BROKE OFF. *AK

ROAD WAS WET & VEHICLE TRAVELING 50MPH WHEN BRAKES WERE APPLIED. VEHICLE SLID AND REARENDED VEHICLE IN FRONT. AIR BAG DID NOT FILL IN PLATE, BUT JUST POPPED OUT. *AK

THE FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM IS LEAKING FUEL ONTO THE ENGINE WHILE THE VEHICLE IS RUNNING. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACED. *AK

PEELING PAINT FROM ROOF AND HOOD. CAN HURT SOMEONE AS IT FLYES OF THE VEHICLE. NO SAFETY DEFECT MENTIONED IN THE SUMMARY. *AK

WHILE VEHICLE WAS PARKED IT CAUGHT ON FIRE. SOMEONE SAW IT AND CALLED THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. *AK

SHOULDER SEAT BELTS AREN'T WORKING AT ALL. WHEN PUTTING ON THE SHOULDER BELTS THEY WILL COME APART. *AK

HAD PARKED VEHICLE. LIFTED REAR HATCH. IT WOULDN'T STAY UP. KEPT CLOSING ON ITS OWN. RIGHT HYDRAULIC CYLINDER BOLT HAD BROKEN OFF OF FRAME. STRUT WAS HANGING OUT. THE BOLT LOOKED LIKE IT HAD BEEN SHEARED OFF. *AK

TRANSMISSION FAILED.

CONSUMER STOPPED TO MAKE A LEFT TURN AND A TOYOTA CAMRY REAR ENDED CONSUMER'S VAN. DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S FRONT SEATBACKS BROKE. UNIBODY/REAR LEAF SPRINGS WERE BENT, AND THE VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. THREE PASSENGERS SUSTAINED INJURIES. *AK

LEAKING OIL, CHANGED HEAD GASKET, NOW GETTING A WHITE SMOKE, MECHANIC CLAIMS IT'S NOW THE RINGS, BUT IT'S "STRANGE" FOR ALL THE RINGS TO GO ON A VEHICLE AT ONCE AND SPECIALLY ONE WITH SUCH "LOW" MILEAGE. I'M LOOKING AT HAVING TO REPLACE THE ENTIRE ENGINE ON A VEHICLE WILL EXTREMELY LOW MILEAGE

I AM REQUESTING INFORMATION RELATING TO 1993 DODGE CARAVANS IN REFERENCE TO TRANSMISSION FAILURE. MY TRANSMISSION FAILED AT APPROXIMATELY 63,000 MILES, AND REQUIRED TO PUT IN A REBUILT TRANSMISSION. MY TRANSMISSION WAS BEYOND REPAIR. I HAVE ATTEMPTED TO RESOLVE THIS WITH THE DEALER TO NO AVAIL. I PAID ALMOST $2,000 FOR THE TRANSMISSION.

ENGINE COOLING FAN BROKE, CAUSING VEHICLE TO OVERHEAT AND STALL. HAD ENGINE DAMAGE. THIS MAY HAVE RESULTED IN A CRASH. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION AND VIN#. *AK

THERE IS A LEAKAGE IN THE ENGINE HEAD GASKET WHICH IS CAUSING THE COOLING TO LEAK OUT, AND THE PRESSURE GAUGE IS HIGH.