1994 Dodge Caravan complaints

WHILE ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE ONTO A BUSY STREET, THE ENGINE REVVED UP BUT THE VAN BARELY MOVED. THE TRANSMISSION SUDDENLY KICKED IN. REPLACE OF TRANSMISSION-$1,200.

RECALL REPAIR NOT COMPLETED DUE TO LACK OF PARTS, CONSUMER WAS LED TO BELIEVE REPAIRS WERE COMPLETED. (99V-113) MJS

SITTING IN DRIVER'S SEAT CONSUMER WA SPREPARING TO DRIVE WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN SEATBACK FELL BACKWARD TO A FULL RECLININ POSITION DUE TO SEA TADJUSTER CRACKING AND BREAKING IN HALF. *AK

I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF THERE HAS BEEN A RECALL FOR DODGE MINI VANS

MOUNTING BOLT SHEARED OFF, CAUSING SPRING-LOADED BELT TENSIONER TO FAIL. THIS RELEASED TENSION ON THE ACCESSORY BELT WHICH CAUSED LOSS OF POWER STEERING WHILE IN HEAVY TRAFFIC. ALSO CAUSED LOSS OF ALTERNATOR AND WATER PUMP WHICH MADE ENGINE OVERHEAT. VEHICLE HAD TO BE TOWED TO REPAIR SHOP.

THE VEHICLE DOES NOT SHIFT INTO GEARS PROPERLY. WHEN VEHICLE IS SHIFTED FROM REVERSE TO DRIVE IT DOES NOT SHIFT RIGHT AWAY. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

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RECALL # 99V113000 INTERIOR SYSTEMS:PASSIVE RESTRAINT:AIR BAG: DEALER COULD NOT COMPLETE REPAIRS BECAUSE THEY DID NOT HAVE THE PROPER PARTS. DEALER DID NOT KNOW WHEN THE PARTS WILL BECOME AVAILABLE. OWNER RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE IN THE MIDDLE OF AUGUST, 1999. *AK CONSUMER SAID IT IS A MISTAKE, NEVER OWNED A DODGE TRUCK OR HAD A FAILURE OF AN AIR BAG. *ET

VEHICLE STALLS FOR NO REASON AND WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING. MAY RUN JUST FINE FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS. CONTACTED DEALER, AND HE REPLACED THE FUEL PUMP. BUT STALLING CONTINUES. *AK

A RECALL LETTER CONCERNING AIR BAG FAILURE WAS RECEIVED BY CONSUMER. *AK

I AND 3 OTHERS I KNOW HAVE HAD OUR SLIDING DOORS BECOME STUCK OPEN AND /OR FALL OFF . IT STARTS WITH BECOMING HARD TO CLOSE AND THEN IMPOSIBLE. THE SLIDE GUIDE FELL OFF MY CAR . MY HUSBAND WAS ABLE TO FIX IT NOW IT'S STARTING TO JAM AGAIN SO I AM TAKING IT IN. JUST WEEKS AFTER MY INSIDENT MY FRIENDS DOOR ACTUALLY FELL OFF IN MY DRIVE WAY. LAST MONTH MY NIEGHBORS DOOR FELL OFF. ALL 1994 CHRYSLER/ DODGE MINI VANS.

THE FUSE FOR THE AIR BAG SYSTEM AND REAR WIPER MOTOR BLEW PRIOR TO RECALL NOTICE CAUSING THE AIR BAG LIGHT TO ILLUMINATE AND THE REAR WIPER SYSTEM NOT TO WORK. (99V-113) NLM

WHILE DRIVING AT 55 MPH VEHICLE STALLED, AND THERE WAS A LOSS OF POWER . ALSO, SOME TYPE OF KNOCKING NOISE CAME FROM VEHICLE. *AK

WHENEVER THE DRIVER'S/PASSENGER'S DOORS ARE CLOSED, THEY FAIL TO REMAIN LOCKED. THE MECHANISM FAILED TO WORK PROPERLY. HAS BEEN TO DEALER & MECHANIC COULD NOT SOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK

WITHIN FOUR MONTHS WATER PUMP WENT OUT TWICE, AND FAN BELT POPPED OFF WHILE DRIVING AT 45 MPH. ALSO, NO POWER STEERING, AND RADIATOR OVERHEATED. *AK

8/98-A/C FAILS-EVAPORATOR COIL LEAK BLAMED-RECHARGED-8/99 FAILED AGAIN

WHILE TURNING ON REAR WINDSHIELD WIPERS FUSE WOULD BLOW OUT. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED.

ANTI SKID SYSTEM LIGHT IS ON AND WON'T GO OFF. *AK

RECALL REPAIR NOT ABLE TO BE COMPLETED DUE TO LACK OF PARTS (99V-113). MJS

REAR WIPER MOTOR FAILED PRIOR TO RECALL NOTICE (99V-113). NLM

CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL 99V113000 CONCERNING AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT. CONTACTED DEALER, NO PARTS WERE AVAILABLE TO REMEDY RECALL PROBLEM. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

AT 67,125 MILES VEHICLE EXPERIENCED FAILURE OF THE AIR BAG LIGHT AND A AMP FUSE BLEW WHICH WERE REPLACED. HOWEVER, A COUPLE MONTHS LATER AT 71,725 MILES CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE (99V-113) REGARDING WIRING THAT INDICATES THE DRIVER / PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG FAILED WHICH COULD BE THE CAUSE OF OTHER ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS FAILURE. (99V113) *YC

AIRBAG SYSTEM EXPERIENCING WIRING FAILURE, PRIOR TO RECALL NOTICE (99V-113). HOWEVER, VEHICLE EXPERIENCING WIRING PROBLEMS MAY BE THE CAUSE OF WINDSHIELD WIPERS WORKING INTERMITTENTLY. *YC

TWO ABS PROBLEMS: 1) THE SYSTEM ACTIVATES INTERMITTENTLY AND PREMATURELY WHETHER THE VEHICLE IS COMING TO A STOP OR MERELY SLOWING IN TRAFFIC AND AT ALL SPEEDS - EVEN BELOW 15MPH. WHEN THE SYSTEM ACTIVATES, THERE IS SUDDEN PEDAL FADE ACCOMPANIED MOST OFTEN BY A GRINDING NOISE AND A NOTICEABLE SUDDEN SURGE FORWARD AS BRAKING IS REESTABLISHED. THE AFOREMENTIONED DEALERSHIP HAS THROWN NEARLY $800 WORTH OF PARTS AT THE PROBLEM OVER THE PAST TWO WEEKS INCLUDING REPLACING A 'DEFECTIVE' RR WHEEL SENSOR AND THE ABS MOTOR SYSTEM AND RECOMMENDED MORE THAN $600 ADDITIONAL EXPENSES SUCH AS REPLACING THE TWO REAR DRUMS, HAVING NEW BRAKES INSTALLED AND BUYING NEW TIRES. (I HAD THE REAR BRAKES AND DRUMS CHECKED BY ANOTHER MECHANIC WHO ASSURES ME THAT ALL ARE WELL WITHING SPECIFICATIONS. I DID BUY 4 NEW TIRES.)THE PROBLEM IS WORSE AFTER THE REPAIRS THAN IT WAS PREVIOUSLY. THE DEALER SAYS THAT CHRYSLER SAYS THAT IT IS NORMAL FOR THE ABS TO 'KICK-IN' ON ROUGH PAVEMENT. THE FACT THAT IT ALSO ENGAGES ON SMOOTH SURFACES AT SPEEDS UNDER 15 MPH DOESN'T SEEM TO REGISTER. 2) THE ABS LITE COMES ON AND THE SYSTEM DISENGAGES INTERMITTENTLY UNDER ALL ROAD CONDITIONS. TWO NIGHTS AGO, ON RELATIVELY SMOOTH PAVEMENT, IT DISENGAGED SEVEN TIMES IN A FIVE MILE STRETCH AT SPEEDS OF 35MPH OR LESS.

VEHICLE SLID OFF A GRAVEL ROAD AND HIT AN EMBANKMENT AT ABOUT 40 TO 45MPH. UPON IMPACT, DRIVER'S SIDE AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY. DLR HAS NOT SEEN VEHICLE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING OCCUPANT HEARD A "CLICKING" NOISE WHICH OPENED THE REAR LIFTGATE UNEXPECTEDLY. OCCUPANT PULLED OVER AND TRIED TO OPEN AND CLOSE THE LIFTGATE, BUT THE RIGHT SIDE BROKE AND COULD NOT CLOSE THE LIFTGATE. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR WHEN ATTEMPTING TO STOP -- REARENDED CAR INFRONT. BRAKES HAVE INTERMITTENTLY FAILED TO OPERATE - PEDAL GOES COMPLETELY TO FLOOR WITHOUT ANY STOPPING ACTION. UNKNOWN WHETHER THIS IS HYDRAULIC OR ABS PORTION OF THE SYSTEM. DEALER PROBLEM STARTED WHEN DEALER REPLACED PADS AND RESURFACED ROTORS AND CLEANED REAR BRAKES AT 87025 MILES. SINCE THEN THE BRAKES HAVE INTERMITTENTLY COMPLETELY FAILED 3 TIMES. HAVE REPEATEDLY HAD VAN BACK TO THE DEALER AND EACH TIME DEALER JUST SAYS "PEDAL GOOD" LATEST FAILURE ON 30 AUG 99, RESULTED IN REAR-ENDING ANOTHER CAR.

DRIVING DOWN ROAD CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP AND THE BOLT UNDER THE HOOD THAT HOLDS THE TENSIONER BROKE IN HALF. VEHICLE WAS AT A STOP SIGN WHEN THIS OCCURRED BUT HAS CAUSED LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL WHEN IN MOTION. *AK

FRONT R/L SEAT BELT/SHOULDER BELT DO NOT RETRACT, GETTING CAUGHT IN THE BOTTOM OF THE DOOR-WE HAVE TO LAY THE SEAT BELT IN THE SEAT-WE HAVE TRIED TO RETRACT MANUALLY BUT IT STILL DOES NOT WORK-HAS THERE BEEN A RECALL ON EITHER OUR TRUCK OR OUR VAN FOR THESE SEAT BELTS?

DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR HAS A CRACK WERE THE HINGES MEET THE BODY OF THE VEHICLE, CAUSING THE DOOR TO BECOME DETACHED. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE BEGINS TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY, AND TRANSMISSION BEGINS TO LOSE POWER .MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED ,AND STATED THAT THE PROBLEM COULD BE FIXED BY REBUILDING THE TRANSMISSION AT THE COST OF THE OWNER. *AK

IN WINTER TIME SLIDING DOOR WILL NOT OPEN FROM THE INSIDE AND OUTSIDE. IN THE SUMMER TIME IT STICKS FROM THE OUTSIDE. DEALER HAS NOT SEEN VEHICLE. *AK

THE SEATBACK COLLAPSED WHILE DRIVING DUE TO BROKEN BRACKET, CAUSING THE DRIVER TO FALL BACK AND RIDE UP ON THE SIDEWALK. DEALER REPAIRED VEHICLE AT OWNER'S COST. *YC *ML

TRANSMISSION STAYS LOCKED IN FIRST OR SECOND GEAR. TRANSMISION HAS BEEN REBUILT. TRANSMISSION SPECALIST STATED THAT THIS A PROBLEM THAT IS SEEN ALL THE TIME WITH CARAVANS. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR HAS A PROBLEM WITH LATCHING PROPERLY SO THAT IT WILL STAY SHUT. CONSUMER HAD DOOR ADJUSTED, BUT IT STILL HAS THE PROBLEM. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

WHEN DRIVING AT ANY SPEED, THE MIDDLE SEAT IN THE SECOND RAW KEEPS MOVING FORWARD AND BACKWARDS WHEN THE VEHICLE IS MOVING OR MAKE A STOP. *AK

THIS IS A RECALL ITEM AND BOTH DEALER AND MANUFACTURER ARE THROWING THERE HANDS IN THE AIR TELLING ME I'M ON MY OWN TILL I CAN GET THE VEHICLE INTO THE DEALER WHICH IS LIFE THREATENING IN IT'S SELF IF THE AIR BAGS DEPLOY AT IGNITION . THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME

94 DODGE CARAVAN INVOLVED IN TRAFFIC ACCIDENT WITH 86 CHEVY NOVA (VEHICLE #2). DRIVER OF VEHICLE #2 WAS OUI (DRUNK DRIVING) AND TURNED INTO INTERSECTION AGAINST RED LIGHT. DODGE CARAVAN PROCEEDING THRU INTERSECTION ON GREEN LIGHT WAS UNABLE TO AVOID COLLISION DUE TO PROXIMITY OF VEHICLE #2. CARAVAN SUSTAINED EXTENSIVE FRONT END DAMAGE (CAR DEEMED TOTAL LOSS BY INSURANCE COMPANY). NEITHER AIRBAG (DRIVER SIDE OR PASSENGER) DEPLOYED DURING THE COLLISION.

SLIDING DOOR WILL NOT REMAIN SHUT & LOCKED PROPERLY. THE LOCKING MECHANISM HAD JAMMED. PLASTIC PIECE BROKE OFF AT THE LATCH. *AK

VEHICLE WOULD INTERMITTENTLY STALL WITHOUT WARNING.VEHICLE BEEN IN/ OUT DEALER SHOP, AND NOTHING CAN BE FOUND. CAN NHTSA HELP IN THIS MATTER. *AK

THIS IS THE SECOND TRANSMISSION FAILURE IN THIS VEHICAL. BOTH HAVE OCCURED AT ABOUT 70,000 MILES. THIS IS A FAMOUS PROBLEM NOW WITH THESE VEHICALS. COUNTLESS MECHANICS HAVE TOLD ME THAT THESE TRANSMISSIONS "GO" AT ABOUT 70,000 MILES. THE WEB HAS PAGES DEDICATED TO THE FACT THAT THESE TRANSMISSIONS FAIL. THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD MAKE A CONCENTRATED EFFORT TO INVESTIGATE THIS ISSUE BEFORE THERE ARE MORE ACCIDENTS THAT PUT OUR TAXPAYING LIVES AT RISK. YOU SHOULD LOOK UP PAGES ON THE INTERNET THAT WILL DEMONSTRATE A CONSISTANT PATTERN OF TRANSMISSION FAILURE AT OR NEAR 70,000 MILES. ALSO AN INVESTIGATION SHOULD LOOK AT THE RACK AND PINION STEERING PROBLEMS FOR WHICH THERE IS AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT SET OF WEB PAGES DEDICATED TO THESE PROBLEMS. THE BOTTOM LINE IS THAT THESE ENGINEERING PROBLEMS ARE COSTING OWNERS OF THESE CARS ENOURMOOS AMOUNTS OF MONEY AND SEVERELY JEOPRODIZING PEOPLES' SAFTEY!! THERE MUST BE SOME RECOURSE FOR THE SHODDY ENGINEERING OF CHRYSLER/DODGE!! DON'T STOP AT JUST THE AIRBAG PROBLEMS!! THE LARGE AMOUNT OF FAMLIES WHO OWN CHRYSLER/DODGE MINI-VANS AND THE SERIOUS SAFTEY PROBLEMS- IMAGINE THE TRANSMISSION SLIPPING INTO 2ND AT FIFTY ON AN ICY MN ROAD, OR THE STEERING COMING LOOSE PASSING AT 60MPH - THAT THESE CARS EXHIBIT AT REGULAR INTERVALS SHOULD BE ENOUGH REASON TO START AN INVESTIGATION.

I HAVE HAD 4 TRANSMISSIONS REPLACED BY A RI DEALERSHIP, BECAUSE THE DEALERSHIP IN MASSACHUSETTS WHERE THIS VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED WENT OUT OF BUSINESS. THE LATEST TRANSMISSION WAS PUT IN ON JUNE 11TH 1999. THE TRANSMISSION PREVIOUS TO THAT WAS PUT IN IN APRIL 1999. AT THE TIME THE TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED IN APRIL, I PICKED UP THE VEHICLE AT THE DEALERSHIP AFTER HOURS AND WHEN I STARTED THE VEHICLE I IMMEDIATELY KNEW THAT A BAD TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED BY ANTOTHER BAD TRANSMISSION! I HAVE MADE NUMEROUS CALLS TO THE 800 TELEPHONE # IN MY OWNERS MANUAL AND HAVE HAD MANY DIFFERANT COMPLAINT CASE NUMBERS ASSIGNED. I HAVE SENT AN E-MAIL MESSAGE TO THE DISTRICT MANAGER FOR THIS AREA FOR CHRYSLER AND HAVE MADE MORE THAN 2 DOZEN REQUESTS AND DEMANDS THAT SHE CONTACT ME REGARDING THIS LEMON THAT I SPENT $17,000. ON! I HAVE NOT HAD ANY LUCK. THE FUSE FOR MY AIR BAGS WHICH ALSO CONTROLS THE REAR WINDSHIELD WIPER HAS BLOWN FOR THE SECOND TIME AND I NOW HAVE NO AIRBAGS! I HAVE NOT HAD A WORKING FLOAT IN MY GAS TANK SINCE I HIT THE 12,000 MILE MARK, NOW I HAVE NO AIR CONDITIONING. I HAVE NOT USED IT ALL THAT MUCH AND HAVE HAD IT RECHARGED AND IT STILL DOES NOT WORK. THIS CAR HAS BEEN A LEMON SINCE I PURCHASED IT. I KEEP ASKING THE PEOPLE AT CHRYSLER AND HAVE BEEN ASKING SINCE 1995, WHO I MAY TALK TO OR WRITE TO FOR SOME SATISFACTION, BUT THEY WON'T COOPERATE. N I DO NOT KNOW WHO TO TALK TO. I AM VERY NERVOUS DRIVING THIS VEHICLE, WHEN THE THIRD TRANSMISSION BLEW WE WERE ON OUR WAY HOME ON

AIR BAGS SENOR LIGHT CAME ON ONCE BEFORE IN JULY 9., VEHICLE INSPECTED AND REPAIRED BY DEALERAT AT CONSUMER'S COST. NOW PROBLEM REOCCURRED. DEALER INFORMED OF COST AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT VEHICLE WAS NOT UNDER A MANUFACTURER'S RECALL. SEEKING HELP FROM NHTSA IN THIS MATTER. *AK

WHEN DRIVING AT ANY SPEED AND APPLYING THE BRAKES, THEY GO STRAIGHT TO THE FLOORBOARD. ALSO, ABS LIGHT STAYS ON. THIS IS THE THIRD TIME THAT THE BRAKES WERE REPAIRED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 20 MPH AND APPLYING THE BRAKES, AND THE BRAKES WENT STRAIGHT TO THE FLOORBOARD. *AK

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WITHIN TWO WEEKS OF HAVING ROUTINE MAINTENANCE (INSPECTIONS - INCLUDING HOSES, OIL CHANGE AND CHANGE TRANSMISSION FLUID - A ROD BLEW ON THE TRANSMISSION, ALLEGEDLY DAMAGED THE RIGHT AXLE AND THE STARTER MOTOR, BOTH OF WHICH HAVE TO BE REPLACED ALONG WITH

I HAVE TALKED TO HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE WITH THE SAME PROBLEM ON THE SAME MAKE AND MODEL VEHICLE.

AIRBAGS DIDN'T DEPLOY DURING AN ACCIDENT WHILE DRIVING 15 MPH. CONSUMER CONTACTED DEALER. *AK

AIR CONDITIONER EVAPORATOR STICKING CAUSING FLUID LEAKAGE. MJS