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 1996 record →
CONSUMER HAD FUEL TANK REPLACED BECAUSE THE TANK HAD COLLAPSED AND COULD NOT BE FILLED ALL THE WAY,THE FUEL SEALS WERE DAMAGED DURING INSTALLATION CAUSING THREE GAS TO POUR OUT OF THE VAN IN THE AREA OF THE FUEL PUMP MODULE THREE DAYS AFTER REPAIR. *AK
AUTO TRANSMISSION FAILING. LOCAL SERVICE PROVIDERS INDICATE CHRONIC PROBLEM WITH THIS. *AK
WHILE DRIVING, CONSUMER WAS INFORMED BY SOMEONE THAT VEHICLE WAS ON FIRE IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT, CLAIM 48-512-308. *SLC
CONSUMERS FUEL TANK IS LEAKING FUEL AND WAS TOLD IT WAS DENTED BUT CONSUMER DOES NOT RECALL HITTING ANYTHING. NLM
WHILE DRIVING AIR BAG LIGHT CAME ON AND OFF. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND HE SAID THAT IT NEEDED A NEW CLOCK SPRING. BUT, DEALER WOULD NOT FIX IT BECAUSE VEHICLE NOT UNDER WARRANTY. ALSO, WHEN TURNING STEERING WHEEL, WIRES COULD POP OUT, AND THIS COULD CAUSE AIRBAG TO DEPLOY. CLOCK SPRING HOLDS WIRES IN PLACE. *AK
DEFECTIVE TRANSMISSION DESIGN CAUSES THE PART FROM INSIDE OF TRANSMISSION TO FAIL, WHICH MAY CAUSE A CRASH. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK
ANTI-LOCK BRAKE LIGHT KEEPS COMING ON. BRAKE FLUID LEAKS & IT WAS JUST CHANGED ON 5-31-00. DEALER FEELS NOTHING IS WRONG WITH VEHICLE.*AK
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
WHEN VEHICLE WAS PARKED AFTER BEING DRIVEN, AND WHEN ATTEMPTING TO START VEHICLE UP AGAIN, IT WON'T START. ALSO, BATTERY HAD TO BE REPLACED EVERY YEAR SINCE VEHICLE WAS BOUGHT. *AK
PASSENGER SEAT BELT FAILED. YH
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
THE FUEL PUMP MODULE SEAL AND LOCK NUT FAILED PRIOR TO RECALL NOTICE 99V-216. NLM
WHILE DRIVING AT HIGH SPEEDS FOR 65MPH THE THROTTLE CABLE GETS STUCK AND TANGLED WHICH CAUSES THE WIRES TO FRAY AND BREAK APART, RESULTING IN SUDDEN ACCELERATION. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
VEHICLE WAS IN PARK AND THE KEY OUT OF IGNITION, TRANSMISSION JUMPED OUT OF GEAR, VEHICLE LOST CONTROL, RESULTING IN A CRASH. DEALER SAID IT WAS THE CHARACTERTISIC OF THE VEHICLE. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
SEAT BELT KEEPS RETRACTING, AND CONSUMER HAD TO GET A KNIFE TO CUT BELT BECAUSE IT WOULD NOT RETRACT. THERE IS A RECALL ON THE INTERGRATED CHILD SEAT ON THESE VEHICLES, AND CONSUMER IS HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. *AK
THE PARKING BRAKE CABLE CAME UNDONE, UNABLE TO RELEASE PARKING BRAKE.*AK
EMERGENCY BRAKE CABLE WILL NOT RELEASE - CABLE COMES LOOSE THE MFGRS DESIGN INS IMPROPER. *AK
EMERGENCY BRAKE WOULD NOT RELEASE, CABLE DISCONNECTED MFGR DESIGN IS IMPROPER OR DEFECTIVED NOTRW. *AK
WHEN FUEL TANK IS FILLED, THE FUEL SPILLS OUT ONTO THE GROUND. VAN WAS TAKEN TO DEALERSHIP. THE FUEL TANK WILL HAVE TO BE REPLACED BECAUSE IT IS SPLIT ON THE TOP. *AK *ML
WAS PULLING OUT OF PARKING LOT WHEN VEHICLE JERKED HARD IN DRIVER'S HAND. LOST CONTROL & HIT A CURB. TOWED VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP & MECHANIC DISCOVERED THAT TENSIONER WHEEL BROKE, AND SERPENTINE BELT FELL OFF. ALSO, MOUNTS TO SIDE OF MOTOR & SHAFT HAD BROKEN IN HALF. TENSIONER WHEEL NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK
CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP. MECHANIC TOLD HIM THAT T REAR DRUMS AND FRONT ROTORS WERE WARPED. MATERIAL THEY USED FOR THE BRAKES WAS DEFECTIVE. MECHANIC PUT VEHICLE ON THE MACHINE TO SMOOTH THEM OUT. HOWEVER, CONSUMER IS STILL EXPERICENCING A LOUD SQUEAKING NOISE COMING FROM THE REAR WHEEL. *AK
WHEN DRIVING AT A LOW RATE OF SPEED AND UPON DEPRESSING BRAKE PEDAL TO MAKE A NORMAL STOP, ABS SYSTEM KICKS IN, CAUSING POOR BRAKING PERFORMANCE, AND RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. *AK
WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCES INTERMITTENT SHUT-DOWN RELATED TO A STEERING WHEEL LOCK WHEN ENGAGING THE TURN SIGNALS CAUSING CONTROL PROBLEMS WHILE TURNING. *MJS
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
DEFECT IN HEAD GASKET CAUSED OIL TO LEAK CAUSING THE AIR IDLE VALVE CONTROL,PCV,FUEL FILTER, HORMICA BALANCING BOARD, THROTTLE,WATER PUMP, THEROMSTAT, IIGNITION MODULE TO HAVE TO BE REPAIRED . TIMING BELT WAS RECALL DODGE DID NOT PUT IT ON RIGHT CAUSING TO HEAD GASKET TO LEAK. TIMING BELT COVERS WAS NEVER REPLACE WHEN IT WAS RECALLED.WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THIS RECALL TIMING BELT BROKEN WHILE DRIVING. *AK
CONSUMER HAD CRUISE CONTROL SET AT 70MPH. TAPPED ON BRAKES & HIT THE ON/OFF SWITCH TO DISENGAGE CRUISE CONTROL. VEHICLE KEPT ON ACCELERATING. FINALLY VEHICLE STOPPED. DEALER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE CAME OUT TO LOOK AT VEHICLE & FOUND THAT CRUISE CONTROL CABLE WAS JAMMED, SO DISCONNECTED IT TO ALLOW OWNER TO CONTINUE TRIP. CONSUMER WROTE LETTER TO MANUFACTURER. *AK *ML
VAN SHUTS OFF WHILE DRIVING OR WILL NOT START......ONCE IT SHUTS DOWN U HAVE TO WAIT 15-30 MIN BEFORE IT CAN BE STARTED, WIPERS WILL SHUT DOWN OR WILL KEEP GOING AFTER CAR HAS BEEN SHUT OFF.....WILL RUNN AT WHATEVER SPEED THEY WANT.
CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO OBTAIN A BILL FOR RECALL WORK PERFORMED 99V-216 OF THE FUEL PUMP MODULE SEAL. NLM
TUBULAR BAR SHEARED OFF, CAUSING DRIVER'S SEAT TO FALL BACK WHICH COULD HAVE CAUSED LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL AND INJURIES. *AK
FROM NOVEMBER OF 1998 UNITL MARCH OF 2000, SERPENTINE BELT AND TENSIONER HAS BEEN REPLACED FOUR TIMES. DEALER HAS NO IDEA WHY THE BELT CONTINUES TO BREAK. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
MULTI-FUNCTION SWITCH FAILED CAUSING THE FRONT AND REAR WINDSHILED WIPER TO COME ON SPORADICALLY. NLM
DOOR SWITCH WOULD NOT UNLOCK PASSENGER'S SLIDING SIDE DOOR. CONSUMER WOULD OPEN DOOR BY HAND BY REACHING AROUND FROM FRONT PASSENGER DOOR. *AK *ML
CONSUMER CONTACTED DEALER IN REFERENCE TO RECALL NUMBER 99V216000/ FUEL PUMP. DEALER CORRECTED THE RECALL PROBLEM, CONSUMER NOTICED FUEL WAS LEAKING FROM THE TANK. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
FUEL PUMP MODULE SEAL FAILED PRIOR TO RECALL (99V-216), THE VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE WHILE PARKED IN GARAGE CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE GARAGE AND ANOTHER VEHICLE PARKED NEXT TO IT ( ATTORNEY FOR CLIENT). YH
CONSUMER CONTACTED DEALER IN REFERENCE TO NHTSA RECALL NUMBER 99V216000/MANUFACTURER'S RECALL NUMBER 845. DEALER HAS REPLACED THE RECALL PROBLEM ON TWO OCCASIONS. HOWEVER, FUEL TANK IS NOW LEAKING AGAIN. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
CONSUMER TURNED ON SIGNAL LIGHTS & WINDSHEILD WIPERS CAME ON. VEHICLE IS AT THE DEALER TO QUOTE PRICE FOR REPAIRS. *AK
AUTOMOBILE WAS DRIVING FINE UNTIL CONSUMER TOOK IT TO DEALER FOR RECALL REPAIRS ON FUEL PUMP MODULE SEAL AND LOCK NUT. THEN, ON THE WAY HOME, VEHICLE DIED. ALSO, ALL THE GAS LEAKED OUT. *AK
TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE REBUILT. LOST POWER ON INTERSTATE BUT FAMILY IN JEPORDY. ACCORDING TO TRANSMISSION REPAIR VENDOR NOT UNCOMMON FOR DODGE MINIVANS. PLEASE NOTIFY IF THERE IS ANY RECOURSE OR OPPORTUNITY TO FILE COMPLAINT WITH OTHERS. *AK
THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN PARKED FOR OVER 8 HOURS , WHEN FIRE IGNITED UNDER HOOD (DETERMINED UPON , INVESTIGATION) AT WIRE HARNESS, CAR BECAME TOTALLY INVOLED IN FIRE , COMPLETE LOSS OF VEHICLE. *AK
DRIVER'S SEAT BELT DOES NOT FULLY EXTEND FROM THE RETRACTING MECHANISM, CAUSING THE SEAT BELT TO BECOME INOPERABLE. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
AIRBAG LIGHT STAYED ON, INDICATING A PROBLEM WITH THE AIRBAG SYSTEM WHICH WONT PROTECT THE OCCUPANT IN A CRASH OR DEPLOY UNEXPECTEDLY. ALSO, THE DOME LIGHT STAYED ON. WILL BE TAKING VEHICLE TO THE DEALER. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
THERE IS A DENT IN THE FUEL TANK, WHICH COULD LEAD TO A LEAK OR EXPLOSION. MANUFACTURER IS AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM, AND HAS OFFERED TO PICK UP HALF OF THE COST FOR A NEW FUEL TANK. FUEL TANK HAS NOT BEEN REPLACED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
DEFECTIVE ROCKER BRIDGE MOUNT CYLINDER HEAD BROKE, CAUSING A KNOCKING NOISE WHICH RESULTED INTO VERY SERIOUS ENGINE PROBLEMS. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
OVER A PERIOD OF 4 MONTHS, MY VEHICLE STALLED ON THE HIGHWAY AT 55 MPH ON 3 SEPARATE OCCASIONS. ON EACH OCCASION I TOOK THE CAR TO A DODGE DEALERSHIP FOR REPAIR. AFTER THE THIRD VISIT THE FUEL PUMP WAS FOUND DEFECTIVE AND REPLACED. COINCIDENTALLY MY LAST MINIVAN, A PLYMOUTH VOYAGER, ALSO NEEDED A NEW FUEL PUMP AT 18000 MILES! AFTER NOTIFICATION FROM CHRYSLER RE: FUEL PUMP MODULE SEAL RECALL I CALLED THE SERVICE MANAGER ( CHARLIE) AT HANOVER DODGE, 880 WASHINGTON ST, HANOVER MA. 02339 TEL 781-829-9200. HE SAID I SHOULD EXPECT A REFUND FROM CHRYSLER. CHRYSLER HAS DENIED MY REQUEST FOR REIMBURSMENT.AT. *AK
RECALL 96V006000/ENGINE: WHILE TRAVELING AT HIGHWAY SPEED OF 40 MPH ENGINE CHECK LIGHT CAME ON. SMOKE WAS COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD, AND OIL WAS SPILLING ON TOP OF ENGINE. VEHICLE TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIRR SHOP. DEALER/MANUFACTURER NOTIFIED. MANUFACTURER INFORMED CONSUMER THAT VEHICLE WAS NOT COVERED UNDER RECALL DUE TO VIN *AK
THE STRAPS ON THE CHILD SAFETY SEAT LOCKED UP AND I HAD TO CUT THEM TO GET MY DAUGHTER OUT.
THE WIRING HARNASS IS RESTING ON TOP OF THE IGNITION COIL CAUSING THE WIRES GOING TO THE FUEL INJECTORS TO MELT. *AK
I WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH. I HIT A SLIGHT DIP IN THE ROAD AND MY DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG DEPLOYED, CAUSING A TRAGIC ACCIDENT. WHEN THE POLICE ARRIVED MY CHILD'S SEAT WAS NOT RESTRAINED IN THE REAR SEAT. THEY CLOSED THE HIGHWAY FOR 5 HOURS LOOKING FOR A BABY, WHO MAY HAVE CLIMBED OUT ONE OF THE BROKEN WINDOWS, THEY THOUGHT. THANK GOD, SHE WAS AT HOME. *AK
SLIDING DOOR RATTLES AND MOVES OFF THE HINGES, AND HOLDS A GAP. ALSO, WINDSHIELD WIPERS COME ON INTERMITTENTLY. *AK
RECALL 99V216000/FUEL PUMP FAILURE. DEALER'S NEXT AVAILABLE APPOINTMENT IS MAY 22,2000. *AK
NHTSA publishes every complaint as the owner wrote it and investigates only a fraction. Spelling, capitalisation and judgement are the filer’s own. What carries weight is repetition: the same component failing the same way across many filings, and whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.
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