1995 Dodge Caravan complaints

DEFECTIVE LIFTERS IN THE ENGINE GASKETS CAUSE THE VEHICLE TO MOVE FORWARD UNEXPECTEDLY WHEN STARTING THE VEHICLE UP/ MAKES A LOUD NOISE IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. ALSO AN OIL LEAK MAY OCCUR. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS REPORTED IN OTHER DODGE CARAVANS, FIRST HAD SEALS, GASKETS REPLACED, DEALERSHIP DID NOT DO CORRECTLY CAUSING EXTRA DAMAGE, DROVE OVER 200 MILES NOT REALIZING IT WAS LEAKING FLUID.

TRANSMISSION SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO HESITATE OR STALL WHILE DRIVING WHICH MAY RESULT IN A CRASH. DEALER CANNOT DETERMINE THE CAUS EOF THE PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

SERVICE SHOP SAID DODGE CARAVANS HAVE PROBLEM WITH TRANS. REPAIRED SEVERAL WITH SIMILAR PRBLM. WITH PAN UNDERNEATH ALLOWING DIRT AND ALL TO COLLECT INSIDE AN CLOG FILTERS AND CAUSE DAMAGE.

HAD RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE #99V113000. CONTACTED DEALER. INFORMED THE AIR BAGS COULD BE REPAIRED, BUT HAD NO PARTS FOR WINDSHIELD WIPERS. THEY WERE ON BACK ORDER & DID NOT KNOW WHEN THEY WILL BE AVAILABLE. TOOK VEHICLE ON DATE GIVEN & HAD AIR BAGS REPAIRED. WAITING ON PARTS FOR THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS. *AK

FRONT HUB GREASE SEAL ASSEMBLY FAILED. NLM

DEALERSHIP SERVICE DEPT. DOESN'T WANT TO HONOR EXTENDED WARRANTY (7YR./70,000MILE) OR MAKES SURE YOU HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO KEEP BRINGING THE VEHICLE BACK TO THEM FOR REPAIRS.

SLIDING DOOR ON THE PASSENGER SIDE IS COMING OFF THE TRACKS WHEN OPENING THE DOOR . PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

RECEIVED NOTICE #99V113000 IN THE MAIL. CONTACTED DEALER TO SET APPOINTMENT. WAS INFORMED THAT PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE FOR THE REAR WIPER MOTOR. THIS PROBLEM CAN CAUSE THE AIR BAG LIGHT TO REMAIN ON CONSTANTLY WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE. *AK

DRIVERS SEAT BROKE TO A RECLINED POSITION, FORTUNATLY AUTOMOBILE WAS NOT IN MOTION. THE PROBLEM OCCURRED SUDDENLY, WITHOUT WARNING, DRIVER AND A CHILD IN THE BACK SEAT WERE SLIGHTLY INJURED. HAD THE VEHICLE BEEN IN MOTION, A POSSIBLE LOSS OF CONTROL WOULD HAVE RESULTED IN A SERIOUS ACCIDENT.

THE HORN KNOBS ARE JUST TO SMALL AND DIFFICULTE TO LOCATE WHEN YOUR DRIVING. YOU DON'T HAVE TIME TO BE SEARCHING FOR THE HORN WHEN YOUR DRIVING.

DRIVER'S SIDE RESTRAINT COLLAPSED ONTO THE PASSENGER'S COMPARTMENT. THE DEALER WILL BE NOTIFIED. *AK

REAR SEAT SAFETY BELT BUCKLE CAME LOOSE. THERE WAS NO SEATBELT SUPPORT. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 55 MPH HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE WITH THE FRONT END ,DUAL AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY WHICH COULD HAVE CAUSED INJURIES. *AK

TRANSMISSION IS SLIPPING AND BANGING GEARS, I'VE BEEN TOLD IT HAS TO BE REBUILT OR REPLACED

DROVE VEHICLE OVER METAL DEBRIS LEFT IN ROAD. THE DEBRIS RUPTURED THE FUEL TANK AND FUEL SPILLED INTO THE ROAD AND ONTO REAR OF VEHICLE. FIRE DEPT ARRIVED & SPRAYED FOAM CHEMICAL ON FUEL. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER AND ENTIRE FUEL TANK SYSTEM REPLACED. MJS

BRAKES WORK FINE SAYS CONSUMER. BUT, THE ABS WARNING LIGHT STAYS ON AS SOON AS THE VEHICLE IS STARTED UP. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

WHEN THE SLIDING DOOR SHUTS THE LOCKS BECOME JAMMED. THE LOCKS HAVE TO BE LOCKED AND UNLOCKED OVER AND OVER, IN ORDER TO GET THEM UNJAMMED. DEALER HAS NOT SEEN VEHICLE. THIS HAPPENS SPORADICALLY.*AK LOCKS HAVE EXPERIENCED PROBLEMS SINCE OWNERSHIP.*MJS

COMPLETE TRANSMISSION FAILURE. ASSESSMENT BY MECHANIC IS THAT THE TRANSMISSION FLUID PUMP FAILED, STOPPING FLUID FLOW TO THE TRANSAXLE. THIS WAS FOLLOWED BY FAILURE OF THE CLUTCH PLATES AND RUNNING CLUTCHES. I HAVE MAINTAINED THE VEHICLE WITH REGULAR CHECKS ON FLUID LEVELS, OIL CHANGES, ETC AND THIS FAILURE WAS TOTALLY UNEXPECTED.

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED LOSS OF CONTROL AND HIT A TREE RESULTING IN SERIOUS INJURY TO CONSUMER. (ATTORNEY FOR CONSUMER). NLM

CONSUMER UNABLE TO HAVE RECALL REPAIRS FOR AIRBAG WIRING (99V-113)PERFORMED WITHOUT CHARGE THEREFOR THE WORK WAS NOT DONE. NLM

DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT. UPON IMPACT, PASSENGER'S SIDE AIRBAG DEPLOYED WITH GREAT FORCE WHICH CAUSED A WINDOW TO EXPLODE CLEAR ACROSS THE STREET, CAUSING INJURY TO THE DAUGHTER. *AK

ROTORS HAVE CRACKED. DEALER SAIDTHAT THERE WAS NO PROBLEM WITH THE ROTORS. THIS WAS THE SECOND TIME THAT THIS HAS OCCURRED. *AK

DEALER REFUSED RECALL REPAIR (99V-113). *YC

AIRBAG SYSTEM EXPERIENCING WIRING FAILURE PRIOR TO RECALL NOTICE (99V113000). HOWEVER, VEHICLE EXPERIENCING WIRING PROBLEMS MAY BE CAUSE OF WINDSHIELD WIPERS MOTOR FAILURE. *YC

HOOD LATCH BROKE OFF FROM HINGES; AND MAY CAUSES ADDITIONAL DAMAGES IF ENOUGH AIR COME IN CONTACT UNDER THE HOOD AND FORCED IT UPWARD. DEALER NOTIFIED AND REFUSED TO REPAIR UNLESS COST GOES TO CONSUMER. CAN NHTSA HELP WITH THIS MATTER. *AK

ONGOING PROBLEM WITH REPLACING TRANSMISSION MOUNT. ON ONE OCCASION; NOW AT 41.000 THE CONDITION REOCCURRING, AND NEEDS ANOTHER REPLACMENT. IT CAUSES THE GAS VAPOR TO LEAK INTO VEHICLE. CAN NHTSA HELP IN TIS MATTER. *AK

WHILE CLOSING THE REAR LIFTGATE THE DOOR SNAPPED (I HEARD A SNAPPING SOUND) AND UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION, I REALIZED THAT ONE OF THE BOLTS HOLDING THE DOOR FROM THE TOP SNAPPED OFF. I CAN'T CLOSE THE REAR LIFTGATE, OR KEEP IT OPEN ALL THE WAY. I BELIEVE THAT THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT KIND OF MECHANIC CAN FIX SUCH A PROBLEM. THE ONLY WORK I HAD DONE ON THE DOOR WAS A RECALL THAT DODGE HAD ABOUT THE LOCK ON THE DOOR, AND THAT WAS DONE BY AN AUTHORIZED DEALER.

AIR CONDITONING EVAPORATOR FAILED AT 42,000 MILES, CAUSING LEAK. *YC

WHILE TRAVELING AT ANY RANDOM SPEED CAR WILL STALL AND CUT OFF.NORMALLY THE CAR WILL START BACK UP AGAIN THEN THE PROBLEM REPEATS ITSELF.DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND STATED THEY COULDN'T FIND THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. *AK

FRONT END CONSTANTLY SHIMMIES WHEN DRIVING AT ANY SPEED. EXCESSIVE REPAIRWORK DONE, COVERED BY WARRANTY. PROBLEM STILL EXISTS, BUT WARRANTY EXPIRED. PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION . *AK

ABS LIGHT KEEP COMING ON AND THE BRAKES ARE WORKING INTERMITTENTLY.

NO SUMMARY

ENGINE CHECK LIGHT IS ON. AIR CONDITIONING ISN'T WORKING. AS A RESULT, WARM AIR IS COMING OUT. ALSO, CONSUMER HAD TO REPLACE THE FUSE DUE TO THE HORN NOT WORKING.*AK

CYCLINDER HEAD CRACKED AT AROUND 40,000 MILES AND WAS REPLACED BY THE DEALER. AT APPRORIMATELY 69,500 MILES THE HEAD THE DEALER REPLACED AT 40,000 MILES CRACKED AGAIN. IN TALKING TO A FRIEND IN LOUISIANA THEIR VAN HAD THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM AT ALMOST THE SAME MILEAGE. I HAVE ASKED THEM TO EMAIL THIS SAME QUESTIONAIRE TO YOU. THE HEAD CRACKES AND LEAKES ANTIFREEZE AND WATER INTO THE CYCLINDER COMPARTMENT CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO RUN REAL ROUGH AND OVERHEAT.

I WAS MAKING A SLOW LEFT HAND TURN FROM RTE 83 ONTO THRONDALE AVE IN ELKGROVE VILLIAGE IL.AS I MADE THE TURN IT FELT AS THOUGH I HAD LOST A TIRE ON THE VAN.THE VAN STARTED TO SHAKE AND VIBRATE REALLY BAD. THE PASSENGER SIDE FRONT DOOR FLEW OPEN, AT THE TIME IHAD JUST MADE THE TURN AND WAS TRYING TO GET UP SPEED,BUT COULDN'T.JUST MADE IT ABOUT 500 FT ON THORNDALE.LOOKED UNDER THE VAN IT LOOKED AS THOUGH THE FRONT AXLE AND CV JOINT FELL APART. CURRY MOTORS WAS SUPPOSE TO HAVE CHANGED THE FRONT HUB BEARINGS WHEN I BOUGHT THE VAN, THEY ALSO HAD SAID THAT THEY CHECKED AND REPLACE THE FRONT BRAKES AND THAT THE REAR BRAKES WERE OKAY. THIS WAS WHEN I HAD PURCHASED THE VAN.W HEN I TALKED TO THE MGR AT CURRIE MOTORS LAST SATURDAY AND HAD TOLD HIM WHAT HAPPENED HE SAID QUOTE IT'S IMPOSSIBLE SOMETHING LIKE THAT CAN'T HAPPEN . IT TRULY DID HAPPEN THOUGH. THE VAN IS CURRENTLY AT LARRY ROESCH AUTO BODY 300 W.ARTHUR CT.BENSENVILLE,IL 60106 TEL 630-616-1110

WHILE DRIVING AT 35 TO 40 MPH APPLIE DE BRAKE'SAND ENTIRE VEHICLE WAS GOING INTO ANTI-SKID MODE. *AK

DRAIN HOSE FROM AIR CONDITIONER INTO ENGINE COMPARTMENT COLLAPSED AND PLUGGED. CAUSED WATER TO BACK UP INTO INTERIOR AND SPLASH ONTO PEDALS AND COMPUTER BEHIND CENTER CONSOLE. SYMPTOMS INCLUDED THE "CHECK ENGINE" LIGHT ACTIVATED, WINDSHIELD WIPERS OPERATING UNEXPECTEDLY WHEN SWITCH IN "OFF" POSITION AND (YOU GUESSED IT) WET FEET. SOLUTION, CUT A LITTLE OFF THE FREE END OF THE HOSE. THE AIR CLEANER HOUSING MUST BE REMOVED TO DO THIS. SINCE THE WATER IS NOW DRAINING PROPERLY, THE SYMTOMS HAVE GONE. IF THE WATER HAD CONTINUED TO BACK UP ONTO THE COMPUTER AND WIRING, I SUPPOSE COMPLETE FAILURE OF THE ELECTRONICS WOULD HAVE RESULTED.

WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN FRONTAL IMPACT WITH A DEER. VEHICLE SUSTAINED SEVERE FRONTAL DAMAGE. ALSO, UPON IMPACT, DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, THUS, NOT PROTECTING THE OCCUPANT IN THE CRASH. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION AND VIN#. *AK

FIRST, WE WERE RUNNING THE A/C ON THE HIGHWAY FOR ABOUT 15 MINUTES AND WHEN WE GOT OFF ONTO ANOTHER FREEWAY AND STOPPED FOR A TRAFFIC SIGNAL THE ENGINE STALLED. EVERY TIME WE STOPPED IT FAILED AGAIN. THEN THE A/C ALSO CAUSED THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT TO COME ON ON THE INTERSTATE AT 65 MPH AND REMAIN ON, WE TOOK TO A REPAIR SHOP AND THE DIAGNOSTIC SHOWED A BAD EGR VALVE. THEN THE REAR LIFTGATE SUPPORT HAS BROKEN CAUSING THE LIFTGATE TO FALL ONTO A PERSON AND CAUSED INJURY TO THE HEAD. *AK

VENTILATION SYSTEM HAS RODENTS INSID., WHEN AIR CONDITIONER /VENT OR HEATER ARE ON, EVERYONE IN CAR GETS SICK WHEN RIDING. DEALER CONTACTED AND AWARE OF PROBLEM. NO REPAIRWORK HAS BEEN DONE. PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

TRANSMISSION WORKS INTERMITTENTLY. IT EXPERIENCED FAILURE APPROXIMATELY FIVE TIMES. VEHICLE WAS SERVICED, BUT PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. VEHICLE WAS NOT FULLY REPAIRED. REBUILT TRANSMISSION WERE INSTALLED BUT NEVER FIXED THE PROBLEM. THE DRIVE SHAFT GETS STUCK.. *AK *YC

DURING 11/98, THE FRONT COVER OF THE RIGHT FACTORY INSTALLED FOG LIGHT CAME OFF. THE DEALER SAID THE FOG LIGHT IS ONE UNIT AND THE COVER COULD NOT COME OFF UNLESS THE ENTIRE UNIT WAS STRUCK VERY HARD. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE, BUT WHEN MY HUSBAND REMOVED THE UNIT TO REPLACE IT WITH A NEW LIGHT FROM THE DEALER ($95), THERE WAS A CRACK IN THE UNIT. THE DEALER HAD NO EXPLANATION FOR THE CRACK. IN APRIL 1999, I DISCOVERED THAT THE LEFT FOG LIGHT COVER WAS MISSING. THE DAMAGE WAS IDENTICAL. SINCE THAT TIME MY HUSBAND AND I HAVE NOTICED MANY DODGE CARAVANS WITH MISSING FOG LIGHT COVERS. THE DEALERS HAVE OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE IN TRYING TO INVESTIGATE THE PROBLEM. *AK

CONSUMER'S WIFE WAS DRIVING VEHICLE. WHILE TURNING STEERING LOCKED UP DUE TO POWER STEERING BELT COMING OFF. VEHICLE LOST CONTROL AND RAN OVER CURVE. NO DAMAGE OR INJURY. MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. *AK

THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION DOES NOT SHIFT APPROPRIATELY, REMAINS IN LOW GEAR WHEN ACCELERATING AND HAS OCCASIONALLY SHIFTS INTO NEUTRAL AND THEN BACK INTO GEAR WHILE DRIVING. *ET

CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A 30 MPH FRONTAL COLLISION IN WHICH DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTE FOR THIS VEHICLE. *AK

EVAPORATOR CORE FOR THE A/C HAS BEEN REPLACED THREE TIMES. MJS

CONSUMER STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE ABOUT 40 MPH SHE COULD STPE ON THE BRAKES PEDAL TO STOP BUT THE VEHICLE WON'T STOP RIGHT AWAY.

WHEN COMING TO A STOP AFTER LONG DISTANCE DRIVING , VEHICLE LOSES POWER. DEALER HAS REPLACED FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM. MANUFACTURERS HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK