1995 Dodge Caravan complaints

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THE TRANSMISSION WILL NOT ENGAGE IN REVERSE IN COOLER WEATHER, IT WILL NOT UPSHIFT PROPERLY AND HAS OCCASIONALLY DOWNSHIFTED WITHOUT WARNING IN TRAFFIC CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO SLOW SUDDENLY AND DRAMATICALLY. NLM

CONSUMER STATES VEHICLE STALLS OUT WHILE DRIVING. INTERMITTENTLY LURCHES AND MISSES EITHER AT A STOP OR WHEN GOING ABOUT 50 MPH. WILL HAPPEN EITHER COLD OR WARM. LACK OF POWER WHEN TRYING TO ACCELERATE. *TT

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

SEAT BELT ATTACHMENT BOLT AT DRIVER'S SIDE SHOULDER WAS OVER TIGHTENED AT THE FACTORY AND MAY FAIL UPON IMPACT. THE SEVERLY SRTIPPED BOLT WAS REMOVED DURING SIDE WINDOW REPLACEMENT. *AK

WHILE TRAVELING ON HIGHWAY AND WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING VEHICLE WILL SHUT OFF. *AK

EVAPORATOR HAS A HOLE, CAUSING FREON TO LEAK OUT. THIS IS A YEAR OLD PROBLEM HAS PROGRESSED FROM REFILLING EVERY 3 WEEKS TO EVERY 2-3 DAYS. PART WAS REPLACED BUT NOT BY DEALERSHIP, AND DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. *AK NEW EVAPORATOR WAS INSTALLED BY A CERTIFIED DODGE DEALER. CONSUMER FEELS FREON LEAKING COULD CAUSE A HEALTH HAZARD. *TT

WHILE DRIVING, DRIVERS SIDE WINDSHIELD WIPER STOPPED WORKING. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER AND PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE, CONSUMER HAS BEEN WAITING FOR PARTS SINCE APRIL 29,2002. CONSUMER FELT THIS WAS VERY UNSAFE. *AK *JG

WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH THERE WAS A LOUD CLUNKING SOUND, ONLY ABLE TO DRIVE 1 MPH AFTER THAT. DEALER DETERMINED TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.*AK

AFTER AIRBAG WIRING SYSTEM RECALL HAS BEEN DONE, 2 BLOCKS AWAY VEHICLE SHUT OFF. VEHICLE LOST ALL POWER. DEALERSHIP NOTIFIED. *AK *TTVEHICLE IS STILL INOPERABLE AFTER THE INSTALLATION OF THE NEW AIRBAG. DEALERSHIP IS REFUSING TO HONOR THE WORKMANSHIP (AIRBAG RECALL). *JG

WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH, THE TRANSMISSION FAILED WITHOUT PRIOR NOTICE, DEALER DETERMINED TRANSMISSION NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. NLM *YH

ACCIDENT WAS: VAN HIT IN THE REAR WHILE STOPPED. DRIVERS SEAT BACK BROKE UPON IMPACT. *TS *JB ***DIMSII IVOQ ENTRY POSTED AFTER 12-12-02 CUT OVER TO ARTEMIS***760915

FRONT COLLISION AT 55 MPH, AND NEITHER AIRBAG DEPLOYED. NO INJURIES, VEHICLE WAS TOTALLED. *AK

I'M FILLING OUT THIS REPORT NOT TO COMPLAIN ABOUT AN INCIDENT BUT TO PREVENT FUTURE ONES. I'VE READ AND SEEN ON TELEVISION (PRIMETIME, ABC NEWS) THE REPORTS ABOUT THE SAFETY CONCERNS OF GEN 3 SEATBELTS THAT HAVE BEEN INSTALLED IN SOME DODGE VEHICLES. AS AN OWNER OF A DODGE CARAVAN (THAT HAS GEN 3 SEATBELTS) AND MORE IMPORTANTLY AS A MOTHER OF AN INFANT, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THESE SEATBELTS RECALLED AND REPLACED BY THE MANUFACTURER. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE SAFER GEN 4 SEATBELTS INSTALLED IN ALL THE VEHICLES THEY WERE ORIGINALLY PLACED IN. THANK YOU.*AK

INTERMITTENTLY VEHICLE WILL STALL OUT AND DIE WITHOUT WARNING AT 30 TO 40MPH. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.*AK

INTERMITTENTLY VEHICLE WILL STALL OUT AND DIE WITHOUT WARNING AT 30 TO 40MPH. DEALER HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.*AK

WHEN APPLYING GAS PEDAL VEHICLE WOULD LOSE POWER OR HESITATE, AND THEN JUMP FORWARD INTO GEAR. ALSO, STALLED COMPLETELY OUT. DEALER SAID IT NEEDED A NEW TRANSMISSION.

WINDSHIELD WIPERS, MOST OF THE TIME, WILL NOT OPERATE, AND WHEN OPERATING WILL QUIT WORKING. HAD CONTACTED DEALER, AND THEY SAID PROBLEM WAS WITH PIVOT, THAT HAD TO BE REPLACED. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFOMATION.*AK

BRAKE PEDAL HAS A SOFT SPOT. WHEN PRESSING BRAKES PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR, AND MAKES A GRINDING NOISE UNTIL IT COMES TO A COMPLETE STOP.*AK

WHEN APPLYING BRAKE PEDAL VEHICLE ACELLERATED WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING. DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK

WINDSHIELD WIPERS WILL INTERMITTENTLY WORK. CONSUMER WILL NOT BE ABLE TO SEE CLEARLY. CONTACTED DEALER. *AK

AIR BAG LIGHT WILL COME ON AND OFF PERIODICALLY. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER NOTED THAT CLOCK SPRING COULD BE REASON FOR PROBLEM.*AK

WHILE DRIVING, THE DRIVERS SIDE SEAT WILL RECLINE BACKWARDS ON IT'S OWN, RESULTING IN LOSS OF CONTROL. *AK

FAMILY TRANSPORTATION FAILURE CAN'T AFFORD TO FIX IT DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH IT. NO SAFETY DEFEC TMENTIONED. *AK

INTERMITTENT PROBLEM WITH PARKING BRAKE, RELEASES WITHOUT WARNING AND SOMETIMES NOT STAY SET. PROBLEM APPEARS TO BE RATCHET ASSEMBLY, THE PRIMARY LINKAGE GOING FROM THE PARKING BRAKE RELEASE HANDLE. THE BRAKE PEDAL RATCHET IS NOT BENT AND IS PROPERLY ADJUSTED.

SLIDING PASSENGER SIDE DOOR CONTINUES TO SLIP OFF TRACK. DEALER HAS YET TO BE CONTACTED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

REAR WINDSHIELD IS LEAKING GLUE THAT ATTACHES WINDOW TO FRAME OF VEHICLE, CAUSING POOR DRIVER VISIBILITY. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 15-20MPH, VEHICLE CRASHED. UPON IMPACT, AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED.*AK 2 PEOPLE WERE INJURED IN THE ACCIDENT. *JB

HEAD GASKET BLEW AND ENGINE CHECK LIGHTR ILLUMINATED ON THE DASH. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. PLEASE PROVIDE VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER.*AK

WHILE DRIVING, VEHICLE ENGINE CHECK ILLUMINATED, THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE MALFUNCTIONED, AND THE HEAD GASKET BLEWOUT. *AK. CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THAT THE REASON THE GUAGES WERE ACTING ERRACTICALLY WAS DUE TO THE BLOWN HEAD GASKET.*SLC

IN MAY, 200L, AT 51,365 MILES THE VAN'S TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT UPSHIFT ALL OF THE TIME. I TOOK IT INTO STAN MCNABB DEALER SERVICE AND WAS TOLD THEY COULD NOT FIND THE PROBLEM. ALTHOUGH THEY DID CHANGE FLUIDS AND ADJUST THE LINKAGE CHARGING ME $100.18.THIS SEEMED TO HELP UNTIL JULY WHEN I TOOK IT BACK TO THE SERVICE DEPT. AND THEY COULD NOT FIND A PROBLEM. ON OCT 31, 200L, THE CAR WOULD NOT UPSHIFT WHEN I WAS PULLING ONTO A BUSY HIGHWAY. I WAS ALMOST IN AN ACCIDENT WITH MY SON AS A PASSENGER. ON NOV. 1, 2001, AT 56,058 THE SERVICE MANAGER WITH STAN MCNABB SAID THAT THE TRANSMISSION HAD FAILED AND THEY REPLACED IT CHARGING ME $1,762.72. I FEEL DODGE KNEW ABOUT THE FAULTY TRANSMISSION WHEN THEY BUILT MY VEHICLE AND THEY SHOULD HAVE TO RECALL THESE TRANSMISSIONS!!!*AK

AT APPROXIMATELY 58500 MILES THE HEAD GASKET ON THE ENGINE FAILED. IT WAS REPLACED UNDER A PURCHASED EXTENDED WARRANTEE. I WAS NOT INFORMED BY ANYONE THAT CHRYSLER HAD A PROGRAM IN PLACE TO COVER THE COST OF REPAIRS THOUGH SUCH A PROGRAM EXISTED. AT 75419 MILES THE HEADGASKET BLEW AGAIN. ONLY THIS TIME THE HEAD WAS CRACKED AS WELL. I WAS CHARGED OVER $1625.00 FOR THE REPAIRS EVENTHOUGH IT APPEARS THE ORIGINAL REPAIRS WERE INEFFECTIVE. AFTER MUCH DISCUSSION THE CAR DEALER WARRANTEED THE REPAIRS FOR 36000 MILES OR 3 YEARS. THIS OFFER WAS NEVER MADE ON THE ORIGINAL REPAIRS. OTHER PROBLEMS WITH THE CAR INCLUDE THE FRONT STRUTS GOING OUT AT 42000 MILES (IT TOOK OVER FOUR TRIPS TO THE DEALER TO GET THE PROBLEM MOSTLY CORRECTED), A FROZEN BRAKE CALIPER CAUSING PREMATURE WARE OUT OF THE LEFT FRONT BRAKES, A SUSPENSION SYSTEM THAT BOTTOMS OUT HARSHLY ON ROADS WITH DIPS. WITH THE LATEST REPAIR THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE READ A HALF UNIT HIGHER THAN EVER BEFORE AND THE VENT BLOWS WARM AIR REGARDLESS OF OUTSIDE TEMPERATURE (EVEN IF IT IS VERY COLD). I AM VERY DISSATISFIED WITH THIS VEHICLE. *AK

HEATING CORE AND AIR CONDITIONER BELT BREAKS. *AK

ON AT LEAST 7 OCCASIONS WHEN STARTING THE VEHICLE IF THE AIR BAG LIGHT ON THE INFORMATION CENTER STAYS ON THE TURN SIGNALS,STOP LIGHTS ,A/C ETC WILL NOT WORK. IF I TURN OFF THE IGNITION AND RESTART AND THE AIR BAG LIGHT GOES OFF THEN EVERYTHING IS NORMAL. I KNOW THERE WAS A CAMPAIGN ON THE AIR BAGS SOMETIMES DEPLOYING THROUGH AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM BUT THE DEALER I CONTACTED AND GAVE THE ID # TO ASSURED ME THAT CAMPAIGN HAVE BEEN DONE ON THIS VEHICLE. I DO NOT WANT TO GET INTO A LENGHTY REPAIR BILL ON AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM UNLESS SOME ONE KNOWS SPECIFICALLY WHAT IS WRONG. I WOULD APPRECIATE ANY HELP YOU CAN PROVIDE IN REGARD TO THIS PROBLEM.*AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH TRANSMISSION SHIFTS INTO LOW GEAR, CAUSE UNKNOWN. TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN REPLACED THREE TIMES. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

PASSENGERS SIDE DOOR WAS DEFECTIVE, AND AT BOTTOM OF DOOR PANEL, HAS SEPARATED. ALSO, DRIVERS SIDE DOOR WILL NOT UNLOCK FROM OUTSIDE, CAN ONLY UNLOCK IT FROM INSIDE. SOMETIMES PASSENGERS DOOR WILL NOT STAY CLOSED. *AK CONSUMER STATES THAT THE PASSENGERS DOOR IS TOTALLY DISLOCATED AT THE BOTTOM HINGE AND WILL NOT STAY FASTENED, IT SOMETIMES WILL OPEN WHILE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION, DRIVERS SIDE DOOR WILL NOT OPEN FROM THE OUTSIDE. *SLC

THERE WAS A FRONT CRASH AT A SPEED OF 15-20 MPH, HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE. DRIVER RECEIVED SLIGHT INJURIES, NEITHER AIRBAG DEPLOYED. VEHICLE IS TOTALLED.*AK

MANUFACTURER'S INCIDENT REPORT 8962625 / NHTSA SIMILIAR REPORT 702363 01/16/1999 / MY ORIGINAL REPORT 749642 ORIGINAL PART (2) FUEL LINES HAVE BEEN SAVED FOR INSPECTION IF NECESSARY / ADDITIONAL NHTSA REPORTS OF ENGINE FIRES 810648 03/30/1997 AND 978765 01/07/1996 ... QUESTION "WERE THESE ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRES CAUSED BY FUEL LINE LEAKS"

WE BOUGHT THE 1995 DODGE CARAVAN USED. WE'VE REBUILT THE TRANSMISSION 4 TIMES.*AK

WHILE DRIVING TORQUE CONVERTOR MALFUNCTIONED CAUSING THE TRANSMISSION TO LOCK UP AND VEHICLE TO STALL, THE DEFECT WAS REPAIRED BY CHRYSLER.*AK THE CONSUMER IS REQUESTING REIMBURSEMENT. NLM

THE GEAR SHIFT INDICATOR AND THE EMERG. BRAKE FAILED ON A HILL. ACCIDENT WAS REPORTED TO THE WALTHAM POLICE EPT. IN WALTHAM, MA INCIDENT TOOK PLCE ON 07/27/2001. THERE WERE NO PEOPLE IN EITHER VEHICLE. A DOG WITH IDIOPATHIC EPILEPSY WAS IN THE BACK OF THE CARAVAN. THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN REPAIRED FOR THIS DEFECT AT BROOKFIELFD MOTOS IN BROOKFIELD , MA ON 07/23/2001. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO BROOKFIELD MOTOS ON 07/21/2001 FOR THE AIRBAG LIGHT BEING ON AND FOR THE PROBLEM WITH THE GEARSHIFT INDICATOR. THE VAN ROLLED UNATTENDED EXCEPT FOR A DOG IN THE VERY BACK OF THE VEHICLE DOWN A HILL INTO A PARKED VEHICLE. IT WAS TOWED TO PETER FULLER DODGE WHERE THE SERVICE MGR. KRISTIN CALLAN SAID THAT THERE WERE NO PROBLEMS.IN ADDITION TO THE BODY DAMAGE TO BOTH VEHICLES,THE INSURANCE AGENT ESTMATES A SURCHARGE OF 900$ PER YEAR TO ME FOR BOTH VEHICLES IN THE STATE OF MA. I AM BEING HELD AT FAULT FOR THE COLLISION ALTHOUGH I HAVE NEVER GOTTEN A TICKET OR CAUSED AN ACCIDENT AND HAVE DRIVEN IN MA SINCE 1968. IT IS INTERESTING TO NTE THE AIRBAGS DID NOT GO OFF..??? THANK YOU J KLORER. *AK

FUEL LINE LEAK, GAS FUMES ENTERING INTERIOR VENTILATION. *AK

THE BRAKE PADS HAVE BEEN REPALCED TWICE AND THE MASTER CYLINDE WAS REPLACED ONCE. NLM

BOTH THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER DOORS HAVE BROKEN AWAY FROM THE HINGES. WE CONTACTED THE DEALER AND THEIR REPLY WAS THAT THE WIND PROBABLY BLEW BACK THE DOORS AND BROKE THE HINGES. HOW CAN THIS HAPPEN TO BOTH DOORS IN EXACTLY THE SAME SPOT. WE HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION TWICE, ONCE A YEAR AFTER WE BOUGHT THE CAR, AND ANOTHER ABOUT A YEAR OR SO AGO.

WHEN APPLYING BRAKES PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

DRIVER'S SEAT FRAME BROKE IN 2 PLACES WHEN I JUST GOT IN THE VEHICLE. IF BREAKAGE WOULD HAVE OCCURRED DURING DRIVING OR AN ACCIDENT, SEVERE HARM COULD HAVE BEEN DONE TO MY TWO-YEAR-OLD SON WHO SITS DIRECTLY BEHIND ME. AT A MINIMUM, I FEEL DODGE SHOULD HAVE TAKEN CARE OF THIS PROBLEM, BASED SOLELY ON THE SAFETY ASPECT. BUT INSTEAD, THREE DEALERS PASSED THE BUCK TO EACH OTHER, WITH THE THIRD FINALLY SUGGESTING THAT I GO TO AN UPHOLSTERY SHOP. I DID AND THE SEAT WAS REPAIRED FOR $250.00. THE UPHOLSTERY SHOP GAVE ME THE OLD FRAME AND I PLAN TO MAKE PICTURES OF IT. IT IS CLEARLY JUST SNAPPED IN TWO DIFFERENT PLACES, WITH A THIRD PLACE SHOWING SIGNS OF CRACKING. WHAT ELSE CAN I DO TO ENSURE NO ONE ELSE IS HURT BY THIS FAULTY CONSTRUCTION????

THE DEALERSHIP TELLS ME THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH MY BRAKES, YET THE PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR. *AK

VEHICLE WAS IN PARK AND CONSUMER'S THREE YEAR OLD CHILD WAS ABLE TO PLACE GEAR FROM PARK TO DRIVE WITHOUT DEPRESSING BRAKE PEDAL. CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO STOP VEHICLE BY APPLYING BRAKES, AND PUTING CAR IN PARK. CONSUMER HAS YET TO CONTACT DEALER. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHUR DETAILS. *AK

WHEN CONSUMER FILLS FUEL TANK GAS GAUGE WILL REGISTER THAT THERE IS NO FUEL IN VEHICLE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS.*AK