1996 Dodge Caravan complaints

TRANSMISSION COMPUTER HAD TO BE REPLACED, THEN ON APRIL 2, 2001 TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT SHIFT OUT OF 3RD GEAR, WOULD DOWNSHIFT WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, GO INTO NEUTRAL. DEALER FOUND TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK

THE AIR BAG LIGHT STAYS ON AND THE HORN AND CRUISE CONTROL DO NOT WORK. NOT SURE IF AIRBAGS WOULD DEPLOY IN ACCIDENT.*AK

HEAD GASKET IS LEAKING, CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER IS WILLING TO FIX PROBLEM AT OWNER'S EXPENSE. *AK

CRUISE CONTROL, HORN AND AIRBAG INOPERABLE. PAID $221.60 FOR REPAIR 9/13/00 AT TRAIL DODGE DEALER IN INVER GORVE HEIGHTS, MINNESOTA.

POWER STEERING WILL LOCK UP AND AFFECT STEERING CONTROL OF VEHICLE WHEN UNDER DAMP WEATHER CONDITIONS. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS. *AK

WINDSHIELD WIPER WILL BEGIN OPERATING ON ITS OWN. IT CAUGHT CONSUMER'S HAND WHEN HE WAS TRYING TO CLEAR ICE FROM WIPER. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS. *AK

AIR BAG LIGHT CAME ON/OFF/ HORN HAS FAILED TO OPERATE. ALSO, CRUISE CONTROL FAILED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS.*AK

FRONT DRIVERS SIDE MICHELIN RADIAL X TIRES, P215/65R15, DOT: HDT2472X215) ON 1996, DODGE, CARAVAN EXPERIENCED TREAD SEPARATION WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH. *AK CONSUMER NOTICED CRACK IN THE SIDEWALL OF THE LEFT REAR TIRE. *SLC

AIR BAG LIGHT HAS COME ON. HORN HAS FAILED, AND CRUISE CONTROL DID NOT FUNCTION. *AK

WHILE TRAVELING NOTICED AIR BAG INDICATOR LIGHT ON. TECHNICIAN STATED CLOCK SPRING NEEDEDTO BE REPLACED. ALSO, CRUISE CONTROL NEEDED TO BE REPLACED DUE TO CLOCK SPRING. PLEASE PROVIDE FUIRTHER INFORMATION.*AK

I'VE STARTED EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH MY TRANSMISSION ABOUT AT 51,602 MILES, THE BACK-UP LIGHTS WERE NOT OPERATING WHEN I WAS IN REVERSE. THE DEALERSHIP NOTICE THAT WHEN I HAD MY CAR IN FOR SERVICE, THEY TRIED CHANGING THE LIGHTS WITH NO SUCCESS. THEN THEY REALIZED THERE WAS A "GAP" IN THE TRANSMISSION, THE TECHNICIAN WAS ABLE TO PUT HIS HAND IN THE GAP!! THEY PULLED AND REPLACE VALVE BODY AND SEALS. STILL, I WAS ALWAYS TELLING MY FRIENDS THAT MY CAR WAS MAKING STRANGE NOISES WITH THE TRANSMISSION. AROUND 72,000 MILES I'VE STARTED EXPERIENCING BIGGER CHANGE WITH MY VEHICLE. IT WOULD NOT ACCELERATE OR CHANGE GEAR IN SECOND AFTER I'VE PRESSED ON THE GAS PEDAL, UNTIL IT SUDDENLY JUMPED TO THE THIRD GEAR. VERY SCARY AND ANNOYING. I THOUGH IT WAS WEATHER RELATED SINCE IT WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE WINTER IN WEST VIRGINIA. AFTER A WHILE I'VE CONTACTED MY DEALER IN ANSTED THEY TOLD ME TO HAVE IT CHECK AND DECICED TO REPLACE THE DEFECTIVE PART. I WAS APPALED SINCE I HAVE LOW MILEAGE ON MY CAR, 74,000 MILES. THERE IS A LONG LIST OF PROBLEMS WITH MY VAN, BRAKES PAD AND ROTORS, SWAY BAR BUSHINGS, FRONT STRUTS( CHANGED THE FIRST TIME AT 12,000 MILES) ENGINE AND A/C PROBLEMS TO NAME A FEW. I'VE BEEN PRETTY PATIENT WITH CHRYSLER SO FAR. I'VE CALLED THEM THIS MORNING REF#8474912, TO BE TOLD THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A SECRET WARRANTY, AND SINCE I WAS OUT OF MY WARRANTY TIME FRAME I WAS REGARDED AS LESS THAN A CHRYSLER CUSTOMER TO MY SURPRISE. COULD YOU DO ANYTHING FOR ME PLEASE? THANKS. *AK

THE TWO TIMES WE HAD FAILURES WITH SIMILAR SYMTOMS (HORN, ENGINE LIGHT, CRUISE, WIPERS, ETC.... ) DIFFERENT PARTS WERE REPLACED. RECENTLY WE HAD ANOTHER "FLUKE" WITH THE WIPERS GOING HAYWIRE (STARTING ON THERE OWN) BUT IT HAS NOT DONE IT AGAIN SINCE. *AK

CONSUMER STATES THE ELECTRICAL POWER FOR THE HORN, CRUISE CONTROL, AND AIR BAG WERE INOPERABLE, ABS LIGHT ILLUMINATED, LOCAL GARAGE REPLACED AN ELECTRICAL RING ASSEMBLY INT THE STEERING WHEEL ASSEMBLY. *SLC

WHEN INTERIOR LIGHTS ARE TURNED ON, USING THE DIMMER SWITCH SETTING, WHILE THE VEHICLE IS RUNNING, THE DIMMER SWITCH STARTS TO BURN, INTERIOR LIGHTS DIM AND GO OFF AND ON, AND A ELECTRICAL FIRE SMELL FILLS THE VEHICLE.

HAVING PROBLEMS WITH HORN NOT WORKING WHEN IN USE. CRUISE CONTROL, WHEN IN USE, WOULD NOT WORK PROPERLY, AND WINDSHIELD WIPERS COME ON AND GO OFF ON THEIR OWN.*AK AIR BAG LIGHT IS ON COINCIDENT WITH OTHER FAILURES. *YH

CRUISE CONTROL STOPPED WORKING, AND WINDSHIELD WIPERS WORK INTERMITTENTLY. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM. MECHANIC AT THE DEALERSHIP TOLD CONSUMER SHE NEEDED A CLOCK SPRING.*AK *SLC

HAD STARTED VEHCLE WHEN AIR BAG LIGHT REMAINED ON AND FAILED TO GO OFF. HORN FAILED TO WORK AS WELL AS CRUISE CONTROL WHEN NEEDED.*AK POSSIBLE CLOCKSPRING FAILURE. *SLC

AIR BAG, CRUISE CONTROL, HORN, WAS NOT WORKING. CLOCKSPRING WAS DEFECTIVE. CHANGE CLOCKSPRING MYSELF.

FUEL IS LEAKING FROM FUEL RAIL AND O-RING SEAL ONTO MOTOR. DEALER HAS REPLACED FUEL RAIL/ O-RING SEAL AND GASKET. A RECALL HAS BEEN ISSUED ON VEHICLE'S MAKE AND MODEL; HOWEVER, OWNER'S NOTIFICATION HAS NOT BEEN SENT.*AK

WAS DRIVING AND NOTICED AIR BAG LIGHT CAME ON & STAYED. HORN FAILED TO WORK PROPERLY. HAD USED CRUISE CONTROL, AND IT FAILED TO WORK AFTER BEING INITIATED.*AK

EA 01 007; AIR BAG CLOCK SPRING: AIR BAG LIGHT STAYED ON, AND HORN ASSEMBLY DID NOT OPERATE. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. *AK HEAD GASKET AND TIME CHAIN REPLACED DUE TO TREMENDOUS OIL LOSS, ENGINE LIGHT IS NOW ILLUMINATED, VEHICLE'S TEMPERATURE GAUGE WENT UP AND VEHICLE LOCKED UP. WINDSHIELD WIPERS COME ON BY THEMSELVES. SLIDING DOOR LATCH INOPERABLE. *SLC

THE AIRBAG INDICATOR GOES OFF AND ON. THE HORN DOES NOT WORK AND THE CRUISE CONTROL HAS GOTTEN STUCK.*AK

SRS LIGHT STAYS ILLUMINATED WHILE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION. ALSO, HORN ASSEMBLY AND CRUISE CONTROL ARE INOPERABLE.*AK *SLC

SRS LIGHT STAYS ILLUMINATED WHILE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION. ALSO, HORN ASSEMBLY AND CRUISE CONTROL ARE INOPERABLE.*AK

HAD TRANSMISSION REPLACED, 8 MONTHS LATER IT HAD TO BE REPLACED AGAIN. AIR COMPRESSOR BEING REPLACED AT THIS TIME. *AK

HORN STOPPED WORKING AND AIRBAG LIGHT WAS ON/OFF. VEHICLE HAD 68,000 MILES ON IT WHEN CLOCK, SPRING WAS REPAIRED. SINCE THEN THERE HAVE BEEN NO PROBLEMS.*AK

EA01007; CLOCK SPRING FAILED, CAUSING LOSS OF AIRBAGS/ HORN AND CRUISE CONTROL. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

SEAL FOR TRANSMISSION WHICH IS ON 3RD GEAR IS LEAKING - NOT GETTING ENOUGH PRESSURE TO SHIFT GEARS (TORQUE CONVERTER.) PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS.*AK

TRANSMISSION WAS LEAKING, AND THEN SOME TIME AFTER THAT TRANSMISSION WAS SLIPPING TO THE POINT WHERE VEHICLE WOULD NOT MOVE. CONTACTED DEALER ,AND THEN DEALER WAS NOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING. *AK

EA-01-007; CONSUMER HAS NOTICED AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON DASHBOARD. ALSO, HORN WAS INOPERABLE/ WINDSHIELD WIPERS WORKED INTERMITTENTLY, AND ELECTRICAL DOOR LOCKS FAILED TO LOCK OR UNLOCK. ALSO, NOTE ABS BRAKE LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE DASH, BRAKES HAVE FAILED. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER, DEALER UNABLE TO DETERMINE CAUSE OF FAILURES. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

THE VEHICLE WAS SHAKING DUE TO MOTOR MOUNT FAILURE, WHICH CAUSED THE ENGINE TO DROP DOWN, DAMAGING THE CV JOINT ON THE RIGHT SIDE. THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO SHAKE EVEN AFTER THE MOTOR MOUNT WAS FIXED. *YH

CLOCKSPRING FAILED ALSO DISABLING THE HORN AND THE CRUISE CONTROL. AFTER CONTACTING THE DEALER ABOUT THE AIRBAG LIGHT BEING ON AND DESCRIBING THE SYMPTOMS I WAS TOLD IT WAS GOING TO BE THE CLOCKSPRING. THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT ACKNOWLEDGED THIS IS A COMMON FAILURE IN THE CARAVAN BUT REFUSED TO WARRANT IT AS VEH OUT OF MANUFACTURERS WARRANTY. CONTACTED DAIMLER-CHRYSLER CUSTOMER SERVICE AND THEY ACKNOWLEDGED THE PROBLEM IS WIDESPREAD BUT NO RECALL ISSUED AND THEY ARE UNWILLING TO REIMBURSE ME AT THIS TIME.

MULTIPLE WARNING LIGHTS CAME ON, INCLUDING BRAKE, AIR BAG, FUEL. HORN STOPPED WORKING.*AK

TRANSMISSION FAILED TWICE ONCE AT 38,000 MILES AND AGAIN 130,000 MILES DUE TO A HARDEN PIN THAT WENT INTO TRANSMISSION , SNAPPED OFF AND FAILED. MANUFACTURER USED THIS HARD PIN INSTEAD OF ROLLED TYPE PIN. CONSUMER FELT THIS WAS A SAFETY DEFECT BECAUSE TRANSMISSION FAILED WITHOUT WARNING, AND THERE WERE NO REPLACEMENT PARTS AVAILABLE.*AK CONSUMER HAD TAKEN VEHICLE TO DEALER DUE TO PUTTING IT IN PARK AND IT STARTING TO ROLL, DEALER STATED EVERYTHING WAS OKAY, HOWEVER 7000 MILES LATER TRANSMISISON FAILED, CONSUMER WENT TO PUT IT IN DRIVE AND THERE WAS A GRINDING NOISE, VEHICLE JUST STOPPED, TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED AND 92000 MILES LATER TRANSMISSION FAILED AGAIN, CONSUMER HAS HAD 3 OF THE SAME VEHICLES AND THEY HAV ALL EXPERIENCED TRANSMISSION FAILURES, CONSUMER IS REQUESTING REIMBURSEMENT. *SLC

AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON AND OFF, AND HORN FAILED ON VEHICLE. DEALERSHIP REPAIRED DEFECT IN CLOCK SPRING. *AK *SLC

WHILE TRAVELING NOTICED LOSS OF HORN. ALSO, AIR BAG INDICATOR LIGHT WOULD STAY ON.*AK

EA-01-007; CONSUMER NOTICED AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON DASH, HORN AND CRUISE CONTROL WERE INOPERABLE. ALSO, WINDSHIELD WIPERS WORKED INTERMITTENTLY. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER , DEALER NOTICED THE CLOCK SPRING BROKE, CAUSING PROBLEMS. *AK *SLC

AIRBAG LIGHT WOULD COME ON AND OFF ABOUT 3 MONTHS AGO, AND NOW IT STAYS ON ALL THE TIME.*AK

EA-01-007- CONSUMER HAS NOTICED AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON DASH. ALSO, HORN AND CRUISE CONTROL WERE INOPERABLE. CONSUMER CONTACTED DEALER, DEALER NOTICED CLOCK SPRING IN STEERING COLUMN BROKE, CAUSING PROBLEM. *AK *SLC

AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT IS ILLUMINATED ON DASH PANEL, HORN DOSE'NT WORK AND CRUISE CONTROL ARE NOT WORKING. THIS IS DUE TO A BAD CLOCK SPRING. DEALR HAS BEEN CONTACTED.*AK

AIR BAG LIGHT STAYED ON. SHORTLY AFTER THAT HORN AND CRUISE CONTROL STOPPED WORKING. DEALER WANTED TO FIX VEHICLE AND CHARGE COUNSUMER $300.*AK *SLC

AIRBAG LIGHT IN VEHICLE HAS COME ON, AND THE HORN FAILED TO OPERATE. *AK

EA10007; CLOCK SPRING ASSEMBLY WAS REPLACED BY DEALERSHIP MECHANIC. HE STATED THAT AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON THE DASHBOARD, ALSO, HORN NOT WORKING.*AK CONSUMER STATED CRUISE CONTROL WAS ALSO INOPERABLE, AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED AT ALL TIMES UNTIL THE CLOCK SPRING ASSEMBLY WAS REPLACED. *SLC

WHILE DRIVING AIR BAG LIGHT WILL LIGHT UP, AND STAY ON FOR WHILE . CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND THEY REPLACED CLOCK SPRING ON THE DRIVER SIDE.*AK *SLC

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 20MPH ON STREET, PASSING ONTO HIGHWAY. WHEN ANOTHER VEHICLE VEERED INTO HER DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR, CAUSING A COLLISION, AND FORCING PASSENGER'S SIDE AIRBAG TO GO OFF. BUT DRIVER'S SIDE AIRBAG DIDN'T DEPLOY, THE CONSUMER WAS HIT BY A VEHICLE WHICH WAS GOING PAAROXIMARELY 40-50 MPH, VEHICLE WAS DEEMED A TOTAL LOSS. NLM. TWO PEOPLE WERE INJURED IN ACCIDENT.

WHEN TURNING ON THE VEHICLE, I NOTICED THE AIR BAG LIGHT DID NOT GO OFF. THE NEXT DAY I SAW AN ARTICLE IN THE PAPER ABOUT THE PROBLEM AND UPON CHECKING THE HORN AND CRUISE CONTROL, DISCOVERED THEY DID NOT WORK EITHER. I TOOK THE ARTICLE TO THE DEALER BUT THEY SAID THE ITEM WAS NOT UNDER RECALL AND WOULD COST $210 TO REPAIR. I'LL WAIT FOR YOU TO ISSUE THE RECALL!*AK

AIRBAG LIGHT HAS COME ON. ALSO, FAILURE OF HORN TO OPERATE PROPERLY. *AK

CRUISE CONTROL WOULD WORK SOON AFTER AIR BAG INDICATOR LIGHT WOULD FLASH ON. *AK CONSUMER STATES ON 2 OCCASIONS THE CRUSE WOULD ONLY DISENGAGE BY PUSHING THE OFF BUTTON, ALSO CRUISE CONTROL WOULD NOT WORK UNLESS THE STEERING WHEEL WAS TURNED AT A CERTAIN PLACE. *SLC

WHILE TRAVELING, AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED FOR 1 YEAR. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. CONSUMER LOST HORN AND CRUISE CONTROL. *AK POSSIBLY FAILURE OF THE CLOCK SPRING ASSEMBLY. *SLC