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 1995 record →
POWER STEERING BELT CONTINUES TO COME LOOSE FROM PULLEY AND DISCONNECTS FROM VEHICLE. DEALERSHIP HAS EXAMINED THE PROBLEM THREE TIMES, AND CANNOT REMEDY THE SITUATION. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS.*AK
WELDING THAT HOLDS DOOR HINGES TO THE FRAME OF VEHICLE CRACKED AND COULD POSSIBLY DISCONNECT FROM VEHICLE. DEALERSHIP HAS EXAMINED PROBLEM, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THE PROCESS FOR REPAIRING THE HINGES WILL INVOLVE DEALING WITH WIRES UNDER DASH BECAUSE SENSORS FOR AIR BAGS RUN THROUGH THAT AREA. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS. *AK
AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILED AT 47,000 MILES. AFTER TRANSMISSION WAS REBUILT, INTERIOR COMPONENTS OF TRANSMISSION WOULD MELT, REQUIRING THAT TRANSMISSION BE REPLACED EVERY TWO TO FOUR WEEKS AFTER THIS PROBLEM OCCURRED. THIS CONTINUED FOR APPROXIMATELY FOUR TO SIX MONTHS. MECHANIC DID NOT GIVE CONSUMER A REASON FOR THIS PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS.*AK
THE A/C SYSTEM FOR EVAPORATOR CORD HAD FAILED A YEAR AGO AND WAS REPAIRED, NOW AGAIN THE A/C SYSTEM WAS NOT WORKING DUE TO COMPRESSOR FAILURE. THE CONSUMER WANTS THE MANUFACTURER TO REIMBURSE HIM FOR THE REPAIRS BECAUSE THE REPAIRS WERE UNUSUAL AND SHOWS THE VEHICLE LACK OF QUALITY. *YH
FOUR WAY HAZARD FLASHERS ARE INOPERABLE. DEALER CANNOT IDENTIFY CAUSE. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK
INTERMITTENTLY VEHICLE WILL STALL OUT AND DIE WITHOUT WARNING. DEALER HAS REPAIRED VEHICLE SEVERAL TIMES AND HAS REPLACED VARIOUS COMPONENTS. HOWEVER, PROBLEM STILL EXISTS.*AK
WHILE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION LOCKS ON ALL DOORS WILL LOCK AND UNLOCK. ALSO, INTERIOR LIGHTS WILL FLASH ON AND OFF. DEALERSHIP SAID THAT PASSENGER'S SIDE SLIDING DOOR SWITCH IS PROBABLY DEFECTIVE AND CAUSING THIS TO OCCUR. *AK THE DEALER REPLACED THE 3 FAILED SWITCH. ALSO, THE CUSTOMER HOOD RELEASE CABLE WAS INSTALLED. *YH
WHILE LIFTGATE DOOR WAS UP IT SUDDENLY RELEASED ON CONSUMER'S ARM. *AK
WHEN DRIVING ON HIGHWAY VEHICLE COMPLETELY SHUTSDOWN WITHOUT WARNING, CAUSE UNKNOWN. DEALER CANNOT IDENTIFY PROBLEM. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK
DRIVERS SIDE DOOR IS FAILING TO CLOSE/SHUT. DOOR IS COMING AWAY FROM FRAME. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS. *AK
WHILE STOPPING CONSUMER WAS REAR ENDED, CAUSING CONSUMER TO RUN INTO VEHICLE IN FRONT. UPON IMPACT, DRIVER'S SEAT CALLAPSED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK
AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION DOES NOT SWITCH PROPERLY CAUSING A MALFUNCTION IN TRANSMISSION. STICKS IN GEAR, BUT WILL NOT CHANGE GEARS.*AK A REBUILT TRANSMISSION WAS PUT IN VEHICLE, HOWEVER IT STILL DOES NOT WORK. *SLC
VEHICLE STALLS WHILE IN OPERATION. DEALERSHIP HAS INSPECTED VEHICLE AND CANNOT DETERMINE REASON. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS.*AK
WHEN APPLYING BRAKES THERE IS NO BRAKING POWER , PEDAL GOES ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR, AND THE PEDAL IS HARD.*AK
WHILE TRAVELING EAST ON HWY 70 (BETWEEN MOREHEAD CITY & HAVELOCK NC.) MY VEHICLE (1995 DODGE CARAVAN SE) I WAS STRUCK BY ANOTHER VEHICLE ON THE RIGHT FRONT SIDE OF MY VEHICLE. THE IMPACT WAS SUCH THAT THE AXLES WERE KNOCKED OUT. MY PASSENGERS AIR BAG DEPLOYED AND MY BAG FAILED TO DEPLOY ON IMPACT. THE BAG COMPARTMENT OPEN AFTER MY CHEST STRUC THE STEERING WHEEL. MY IMPACT WITH THE WHEEN WAS LESSENED AS I WAS WEARING MY SEAT BELT (AS WAS MY PASSENGER) THERE WAS A WITNESS TO MY AIR BAG FAILURE. THE HIGHWAY PATROL WERE TOLD OF THE FAILURE BY MYSELF AS WELL AS BY THE WITNESS. I AM CURRENTLY UBDER A DOCTORS CARE FOR EXTENCUVE SOFT TISSUE DAMAGE TO THE AREA OF MY BREAST BONE (INTERNALLY). MY DOGDGE WAS TOTALLED OUT BY THE NATIONWIDE INSURANCE ADJUSTER.*AK
I HAVE OWNED THIS VEHICLE SINCE NEW. I HAVE HAD THE OIL CHANGED AND TIRE ROTATED AS INSTRUCTED BY THE MANUFACTURER. I BELIEVE THE TIRES SHOULD HAVE LASTED LONGER THAN 28,XXX MILES AND THE BATTERY BEYOND 36,XXX MILES. IN THIRTY YEARS OF DRIVING I HAVE NEVER EXPERIENCED SO MANY FAILURES WITH A VEHICLE. THE DRAWER UNDER THE PASSENGER HAS NEVER CLOSE, THE VINYL FABRIC THAT WRAPS AROUND THE DRIVERS SEAT IS TORN DUE TO CRACKING, NOT ABUSE. THE HORN HAS REPEATEDLY FAILED. THE VEHICLE IS NOW STARTED TO RUST. I HAVE HAD WHAT I REFER TO AS A LIGHT SHOW ON THE INTERIOR OF THE VEHICLE. THE INTERIOR LIGHTS JUST FLASH ON AND OFF FOR NO APPARENT REASON. WHEN THIS OCCURS, BELLS CHIME AS WELL. THIS WILL OCCUR FOR DAYS AT A TIME AND THEN CEASE. THE PAINT ON THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE, BELOW THE HEADLIGHTS AT THE BASE OF THE BUMPER IS FLAKING OFF. THIS AREA OF THE VEHICLE RECEIVES THE MOST ABUSE FROM ROAD DEBRIS AND SHOULD HOLD UP BETTER. EVEN THOUGH A HEAD GASKET AND SENSOR HAS BEEN REPLACED, THE ENGINE WILL INDICATE IT IS OVERHEATED ON OCCASION. BRAKE PADS WEAR OUT OFTEN. EVERYTIME I TURN THE VEHICLE ON I DO NOT KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT. WHOEVER HAS HAD A CAR WHERE THE HORN DOESN'T WORK, THE INSIDE REAR VIEW MIRROR FALLS OFF WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD, THE HOOD RELEASE LATCH FAILS AND HAS TO BE REPLACED, INTERIOR LIGHTS WHICH FLICKER ON AND OFF AT RANDOM, PREMATURE REPLACEMENT OF THE ORIGINAL TIRES, SEATS FABRIC WHICH CRACKS, AND, OF COURSE, THE HEAD GASKET. EVEN THE SERVICE MANAGER AT THE DEALER S
THE VAN WAS STRUCK FROM THE REAR (APPROX. 35-40 MPH) AND WAS DRIVEN INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE ENTIRE FRONT END OF THE VAN WAS DRIVEN IN AGAINST THE MOTOR, BOTH FRONT BUCKET SEAT (BACKS) WERE BROKEN, THE DRIVER SEAT WAS FACING SLIGHTLY TOWARD THE DRIVER DOOR, THE DRIVERS KNEES WERE FORCED INTO THE DASH (WITH HER SEAT BELT ON) AND NEITHER ONE OF THE AIR BAGS WERE DEPLOYED. CHRYSLER SAID THIS WAS NORMAL WHEN I CONTACTED THEM ABOUT WHY THE BAGS DIDN'T DEPLOY. *AK
TRANSMISSION HESITATED ON UPSHIRT TO HI GEAR AT 45 MPH. *AK
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOV EVEHICLE. *AK
WHEN GOING DOWN STEEP GRADES CONSUMER PUTS VEHICLE IN 2ND GEAR, AND VEHICLE WILL STALL. FOUND INFORMATION ON INTERNET REGARDING THIS PROBLEM. THROTTLE PLATE CARBONS UP, AND CAUSES ENGINE TO STALL. ALSO, WENT TO DEALER WHO COULD NOT REMEDY PROBLEM. *AK THE VEHICLE STALLED THREE TIMES ON STEEP MOUNTAIN ROAD AND THE DRIVER LOST STEERING CONTROL AND THE BRAKES FAILED TOO. *YH
A VEHICLE HIT THE CONSUMER IN THE DRIVER'S SIDE REAR PUSHING THE VEHICLE INTO A LANDSCAPING WALL AND INTO A TREE, THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE WAS SMASHED INWARD, HOWEVER THE AIRBAG EXPERIENCED NO DEPLOYMENT, CAUSING THE CONSUMER TO SUSTAIN INJURIES, THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE AIRBAG (99V113) WHICH THE CONSUMER DID HAVE SERVICED. *SLC
I WENT TO TURN ON MY REAR WINDOW WIPER AND THE AIR BAG LIGHT CAME ON AND HAS NOT TURNED OFF.*AK
PASSENGER'S SIDE SLIDING DOOR WILL NOT UNLOCK AFTER VEHICLE HAS BEEN TURNED OFF. OTHER DOORS WOULD RELEASE THE LOCK. *AK
VEHICLE STALLED WHILE DECELERATING AND TURNING, VEHICLE ALSO LOST POWER STEERING AND BRAKING, THE DEALER REPLACED THE EGR VALVE, HOWEVER THIS DID NOT REMEDY THE PROBLEM. *SLC
THE CV JOINTS ON THE DRIVERS SIDE WERE BAD CAUSING WOBBLE IN THE FRONT END ON ACCELERATION. NLM
DRIVER'S DOOR IS FALLING OFF THE HINGES DUE TO CRACKING WHICH IS CAUSING DOOR TO SAG.*AK
CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING 25 MPH IN TRAFFIC. BOLT TO SERPENTINE BELT BROKE, CAUSING A LOSS OF POWER STEERING. DEALER WAS NO HELP TO PROBLEM. SO CONSUMER INSTALLED IT HIMSELF. *AK BOLT BROKE AT THE POINT OF FUSION TO PLATE. *YH
CV JOINT HAS BEEN REPLACED FOUR TIMES, AND NEEDS TO BE REPLACED AGAIN. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
NO DEPLOYMENT OF THE AIR BAGS DURING VEHICLE COLLISION, 2 INJURIES DURING COLLISION. (NO OTHER INFORMATION PROVIDED) *MJS
ENGINE STALLED WHILE DECELERATING AND TURNING. LOST POWER STEERRING AND BRAKES. ALMOST TURNED INTO ONCOMING 18 WHEELER AND ALMOST REAR-ENDED BY ANOTHER. THIS FAILURE HAS HAPPENED 10-12 TIMES PREVIOUSLY. HAVE TAKEN TO DEALER TWICE FOR PROBLEM. DEALER RESPONSE HAS BEEN THAT THIS IS NORMAL OR THAT IT MIGHT BE BAD GAS, BUT USE THE SAME GAS IN OTHER CAR WITH NO PROBLEM. REPLACED THE EGR VALVE, BUT NO IMPROVEMENT. *AK
I NOTIFIED THE DEALER AS WELL AS THE ZONE MANAGER FOR THE COMPANY OF THE PROBLEMS, AND NEVER RECEIVED ANY FEEDBACK AT ALL. WHEN I CALLED THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT, THEY SAID SINCE THEY DID NOT DO THE WORK, NOTHING MORE COULD BE DONE. THIS VEHICLE HAS BEEN NOTHING BUT MAJOR PROBLEMS. THE VEHICLES ARE KNOWN FOR THE TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS AND NOTHING IS EVER DONE. THE TRANSMISSION BEGAN FAILING AT 56,000 MILES. *AK
TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS HAVE EXISTED SINCE 6 MONTHS OF OWNERSHIP, AIR CONDITIONING AS WELL. WHY DOESN'T EXTENDED WARRANTY WITH WESTERN NATIONAL HONOR THEIR CONTRACTS?
WHILE TRAVELING AN D WITHOUT ANY INDICATION VEHICLE'S SPEED DROPPED. DEALER STATED TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK
GAS IS LEAKING FROM VEHICLE EVERYTIME CONSUMER PARKS CAR. MECHANIC SAID IT WAS THE CORROSION OF THE SENDING UNIT. CONSUMER IS HAVING ALMOST THE SAME PROBLEM AS THE RECALL ON DODGE NEON 1996 96V228000. CONSUMER FEELS THIS IS A MANUFACTURING DEFECT.*AK
PAINT CHIPPING OFF OF THE ROOF OF THE VAN AND ON THE SIDES THIS IS A DARK BLUE VAN.
ORIGINAL MOTOR AND TRANSMISSION MOUNTS BROKE IN JUNE OF 2000, REPLACEMENT MOUNTS IN OCTOBER 2000. VEHICLE HAS NEVER BEEN IN A COLLISION OR DRIVEN OFF ROAD. REPLACEMENT MOUNTS LASTED LESS THAN 2000 MILES.
ORIGINAL MOTOR AND TRANSMISSION MOUNTS BROKE IN JUNE OF 2000, REPLACEMENT MOUNTS IN OCTOBER 2000. VEHICLE HAS NEVER BEEN IN A COLLISION OR DRIVEN OFF ROAD. REPLACEMENT MOUNTS LASTED LESS THAN 2000 MILES. *NLM **DIMSII IVOQ ENTRY POSTED AFTER 12/12/02 CUT-OVER TO ARTEMIS*734333
CONSUMER NOTICED HESITATION SO TOOK TO THE SHOP TO GET FUEL INJECTORS CLEANED, A WEEK LATER, VEHICLE STARTED MAKING A WHINING NOISE AND WOULD NOT GO OVER 25MPH, NEXT DAY VEHICLE WOULD NOT MOVE AT ALL, DUE TO TRANSMISSION FAILURE. *SLC
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOV EVEHICLE. *AK
FIRST TIME WAS A MODULATOR, WE PAID FOR IT TO BE FIXED AT ABOUT 34 TO 40000 MILES.AT THAT TIME CAR WAS SHIFTING REPEATEDLY. THIS TIME IT WAS SHIFTING VERY HARD AND JERKY, WHILE DRIVING 3RD GEAR WENT COMPLETELY, ALMOST CAUSED AN ACCIDENT ON INTERSTATE. NOW THE DEALER SAYS THE TRANSMISSION NEEDS TO BE REBUILT, AT A COST OF $900 TO ME! SHOULDNT A TRANSMISSION LAST LONGER THAN THAT? THE CARS VALUE AS TRADE IN IS ONLY ABOUT 4000 WITHOUT THE TRANS PROBLEM. THAT WOULD MEAN I COULD ONLY GET 2800 IF I WAS LUCKY. WILL NEVER OWN ANOTHER. *AK
VALVE COVER GASKET LEAK @24000 MILES REPLACED BY DEALER. STILL LEAKING AT 26000 MILES REPLACED BY DEALER AT APPROX. 30000 MILES HEAD WAS CHECKED DEALER STATED HEAD WAS GOOD REPLACED HEAD GASKET AND VALVE COVER GASKET DEALER STATED THAT ANY FUTURE PROBLEMS WITH SAME COMPONENTS WOULD BE TAKEN CARE OF. EXPERTIENCED INTERMITTENT CHECK ENGINE LIGHT DEALER CHECKED AND STATED EVERY THING OKAY REPLACED OXYGEN SENSOR. STILL INTERMITTENT CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AT APPROX 70395 COOLANT BUBBLING OUT OF OVER FLOW REPLACED RADIATOR CAP VEHICLE NOW OVERHEATED TEST FOR CARBON MONOXIDE GAS IN COOLANT SYSTEM SHOWS POSITIVE INDICATION BAD HEAD GASKET OR HEAD DEALER DOES NOT WANT TO REPAIR EVEN THOUGH PROBLEM WAS NEVER PROPERLY REPAIRED *AK
THIS TIRE BLEW DENTICAL TO RECALLED ONES AND ONLY HAD 3K MILES ON IT STEEL OUT OF IT - ONE SECTION LATEX GLOVE THICK RUBBER ON INSIDE HAD WOBBLED SINCE THEY PUT IT ON IN APRIL BUT THEY TOLD ME IT WAS NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT.... THEN IT BLEW - THEY REPLACED IT WITH ANOTHER ONE LIKE IT WHEN I TOOK IT IN BUT I WORRY ABOUT THE OTHER ONE THAT IS FIRESTONE BOUGHT AT SAME TIME AND EVEN ABOUT THIS NEW ONE - ARE THEY SAFE IF THEY DONT BLOW OR SHOW SIGNS OF WOBBLE LIKE THE OTHER? I DRIVE WITH 3 KIDS IN CAR ON ROAD TRIPS AND I WORRY NOW HAD I BEEN GOING FASTER WHEN IT BLEW WE COULD HAVE DIED- THANKS( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P195/70R14 )
WHILE DRIVING ENGINE STALLED OUT WITHOUT WARNING, CAUSING A LOSS OF POWER STEERING. VEHICLE HAS TO BE TURNED COMPLETELY OFF IN ORDER TO START BACK UP. MECHANIC CAN'T DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM.*AK
THE HEAD GASKET HAD TO BE REPLACED BY DEALERSHIP 4/99 (MILEAGE: 40066) WHEN 3 YRS & 10 MONTHS OLD. THE HEAD GASKET AND CRACKED CYINDER HEAD HAD TO BE REPLACECD BY SAME DEALERSHIP ON 8/14/00 (MILEAGE: 57681) WHEN IT WAS 5 YEARS AND 2 MONTHS OLD.
THE TRANSMISSION FAILED. *MJS
STARTED TO LEAK FREON, EVAPORATOR BEHIND THE DASH WAS LEAKING
ON THE 21ST APRIL 2000 WHILE DOING 70MPH ON THE FREEWAY LEAVING EL PASO WE FELT A THUD UNDER THE CAR AND THEN WE VEERED TO THE LEFT. I MANAGED TO KEEP THE CAR UNDER CONTROL AND MADE IT TO THE HARD SHOULDER. I GOT OUT AND INSPECTED THE CAR AND THE TREAD HAD COME OFF MY BACK/LEFT TIRE AND WAS SCATTERED ALONG THE FREEWAY. A POLICE CAR ARRIVED AND ESCORTED US TO A FIRESTONE SERVICE CENTRE IN EL PASO WHERE WE HAD ALL FOUR TIRES REPLACED. THE DAMAGED TIRE WAS REPLACED FREE OF CHARGE BY THE GARAGE. IT WAS A VERY FRIGHTENING EXPERIENCE AS MY WIFE AND I WERE TRAVELLING WITH OUR FOUR CHILDREN. I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT TYPE OF FIRESTONE TYRES WERE ON THE CAR BUT AS THE ACCIDENT MIRRORS THOSE DESCRIBED IN THE RECENT NEWSPAPER REPORTS I AM ASSUMING THAT THEY WERE THE ONES BEING RECALLED.( DOT NUMBER: )
BOLT ATTACHING THE REAR DOOR SUPPORT SHOCK TO THE BODY BROKE OFF AT THE TOP THREAD. THE SHOCK IMMEDIATELY EXTENDED AND TORE THE HEADLINER. THE REAR DOOR SLAMMED CLOSED IN WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN A FATAL BLOW TO OUR 2 YEAR OLD CHILD. FAILURE IS A DESIGN FLAW IN USING A SHOULDER ON THE BOLT TO PUT THE THREADS IN TENSION WHILE A BENDING FORCE IS ALSO BEING EXERTED CAUSING THE THREADS TO FAIL. A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION FOR SMALL CHILDREN AS THESE VEHICLES GET OLDER.
ENGINE STALLED INTERMITTENTLY WHILE OPERATING THE AIR CONDITIONER/ DEFOGGER. DEALER NOTIFIED, AND UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
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