1996 Dodge Caravan complaints

CONSUMER HAD EXPERIENCED SOME PROBLEM WITH TIMING BELT. TIMING BELT HAD TO BE REPLACED. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION.*AK

CONSUMER HAD FOUND A LEAKAGE OF OIL COMING FROM HEAD GASKET. HAD CONTACTED DEALER, AND THEY COULD NOT DETERMINE WHAT WAS THE CAUSE OF LEAKAGE. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION.*AK

WHILE DRIVING HEADLIGHTS WILL FLASH ON AND OFF/ WINDSHIELD WIPERS WILL NOT WORK OR SOMETIMES COME ON BY THEMSELVES, AND POWER DOOR LOCKS WILL COME UNLOCKED BY THENSELVES. HAS CHANGED CONTROL MODULE AT LEAST 4 TIMES. DEALER CONTACTED. PLEASE ADD VIN. *AK

CONSUMER, WITHOUT WARNING, SHIFTED VEHICLE INTO REVERSE, AND VEHICLE SHOOK, CAUSING VEHICLE TO SHUTDOWN.*AK

ENGINE IS LEAKING OIL BEHIND VALVE COVER ENGINE, CAUSING ENGINE TO SMOKE AND FILLING THE INSIDE OF VEHICLE. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED TO INSPECT THE GASKETS, SEALER WAS REPLACED 2 MONTHS AGO.*AK. CONSUMER STATED THE VALVE COVER GASKET, HEAD GASKET AND REAR ENGINE SEAL WERE ALL REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY.*JB

WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED IN A NORMAL SITUATION FRONT WHEELS WOULD LOCK UP. VEHICLE AT A REPAIR SHOP. SECOND OCCURANCE, VEHICLE SWERVED OUT OF CONTROL ON A SLIGHTLY SLICK ROAD. *JG *AK

CRANK ON CABLE WRETCH MECHANISM THAT HOLDS SPARE TIRE WILL NOT RELEASE SPARE TIRE. NO PHYSICAL WAY OF GETTING SPARE TIRE RELEASE. DEALER CONTACTED. *AK

CONSUMER STATED WHILE DRIVING, THE AIR BAG LIGHT CAME ON AND DID NOT GO OUT, ALSO THE HORN FAILED TO WORK, CONSUMER CONTACTED DEALERSHIP, AND THE DEALER INFORMED CONSUMER VEHICLE WAS NOT UNDER A RECALL, REPAIRS WERE NOT DONE. *AK *YD

THE HORN, SPEED CONTROL AND AIRBAG ARE ALL CONNECTED TO THE STEERING WHEEL THROUGH THE CLOCKSPRING. AT THIS POINT, BOTH THE HORN AND AIRBAG ARE COMPLETELY DISABLED AND THE SPEED CONTROL RARELY FUNCTIONS. I'VE CALLED MY LOCAL DEALER ABOUT RECALLS OR COURTESY REPAIRS AND THEY STATE THAT NONE ARE ALLOWED FOR THIS PROBLEM. REPAIRS HAVE NOT YET BEEN MADE. *AK

AIR BAG SENSOR LIGHT IS ILLUMINATING, INDICATING A MALFUNCTION WITHIN THE SYSTEM. VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY DEALER , WHO INDICATED THAT AIR BAG WOULD NOT FUNCTION. VEHICLE WAS NOT UNDER WARRANTY; THEREFORE, AIR BAG COULD NOT BE SERVICED . PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

CONSUMER STATED THE AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATES ON DASHBOARD, ALSO THE HORN MALFUNCTIONED. *AK. CONSUMER WAS INFOMRED THAT IT WAS DUE TO A DEFECTIVE CLOCKSPRING.*JB

HORN DOES NOT FUNCTION DUE TO THE ILLUMINATION OF AIR BAG SIGNAL ON DASHBOARD. THERE IS A DEFECTIVE CLOCKSPRING WIRING CAUSING HORN NOT TO WORK, ALSO AFFECTING THE AIR BAG AND CRUISE CONTROL. *JG *AK

CONSUMER STATED THE CRUISE CONTROL DOES NOT FUNCTION, DUE TO A MALFUNCTION OF THE AIR BAG AND HORN. *AK. CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THAT THE PROBLEM IS DUE TO A DEFECTIVE CLOCKSPRING CAUSING THE CRUISE CONTROL, AND HORN NOT TO WORK. *JB

STRAPS ON INTEGRATED CHILD SEAT IS TANGLED. STRAPS CANNOT BE ADJUSTED. STRAPS DO NOT HOLD CHILD IN SEAT PROPERLY. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

AIR CONDITIONER : EXPANSION VALVE FAILURE. *AK

TRAVELING SOUTH AT 55MPH. CAR FROM WEST SIDE STREET PULLED OUT ONTO HIGHWAY. STOPPED IN THE SLOW LANE THAT I WAS IN.TURNED MY WHEEL TO LEFT TO AVOID HITTING OTHER STOPPED CAR RIGHT IN DOOR. I HIT HER CAR IN FRONT OF DRIVERS DOOR. THEN WE HIT MY PASSANGER SIDE WITH OTHER CAR. TWO IMPACTS FIRST HEAD ON THEN ON SIDE. PASSANGER SIDE AIR BAG DEPLOYED DRIVERS SIDE DID NOT. AS THE DRIVER I SUSTAINED CHEST AND ARM FRACTURES. CONTACTED DODGE . INVESTOGATOR CAME OUT AND LOOKED AT VAN. REPORT FROM DODGE SAID THE VAN WORKED AS IT SHOULD. HOW DOES ONE AIR BAG GO OFF AND NOT THE OTHER. WHY BOTHER HAVEING TWO. BOTH HAD SEAT BELT ON.*AK

AIRBAG LIGHT IS ON CONSTANTLY, HORN WON'T BLOW AND CRUISE CONTROL DOES NOT WORK. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

WHEN APPLYING BRAKES VEHICLE GOES TO THE FLOOR. DRIVER HAS TO PUMP BRAKES TO GET VEHICLE TO STOP. CAUSE IS UNKNOWN. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

SECOND FAILURE AT 83,310 MILES ON 2/1/02 AT 65-75MPH ON INTERSTATE HIGHWAY.

AIRBAG LIGHT STAYS ON, HORN DOESN'T WORK, CRUISE CONTROL DOESN'T WORK. I WAS TOLD BY DEALER THE CLOCK SPRING NEEDS REPLACING AND THAT THIS DEFAULT COULD CAUSE THE AIRBAGS TO NOT DEPLOY IN A CRASH. THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD THAT NEEDS TO BE RECALLED BY CHRYSLER. *AK

BRAKE ROTORS ARE WARPED. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK

CHILD WAS IN INTEGRATED CHILD SEAT AND SEAT WOULD UNBUCKLE, BUT THE STRAPS WOULD NOT RETRACT SO CHILD COULD GET OUT OF SEAT. THIS HAS HAPPENED TWICE. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND DEALER INDICATED A CABLE AND/OR INTERNAL PARTS HAVE BROKEN. *AK

AIR BAG LIGHT STAYS ILLUMINATED WHILE DRIVING. ALSO, THE HORN ASSEMBLY AND CRUISE CONTROL ARE INOPERABLE. PLEASE ADD FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY DURING EXTENSIVE ACCIDENT, AND THE AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT IS ON CONSTANTLY, AS WELL AS THE HORN NOW DOES NOT WORK. BOTH FAILURES COINCIDED WITH EACH OTHER. THE SYMPTOM STARTED RATHER INTERMITTENT, THEN BECAME SOLID WITHIN ABOUT TWO WEEKS. I FOUND THAT I DO NEED A HORN, SOMETHING I THOUGHT I NEVER USED. A FUNCTIONING AIRBAG WOULD BE NICE!*AK

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 55MPH ON HIGHWAY AND VEHICLE STARTED LOSING POWER, ALSO THERE WAS GRAY SMOKE COMING FROM UNDERNEATH OF VEHICLE. DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM. *AK CONSUMER STATES THE MANUFACTURER ISSUED A RECALL #895 FOR FUEL RAIL O-RING LEAK, BUT WAS NOT IMPLEMENTED. THIS CAUSES THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT TO CATHCH ON FIRE. *YH

THE NORN DOES NOT WORK/ CRUISE CONTROL DOES NOT WORK, AND AIR BAG LIGHT STAYS ON, PARKING BRAKE LIGHT TURNS ON EVERY TIME YOU TURN THE WHEEL TO THE LEFT! WINDSHIELD WIPERS COME ON AND OFF WHEN THEY PLEASE, WE HAVE HAD THE TRANSMISSION REPLACED AT 68,000 MILES, WE WERE TOLD THAT WE CANNOT PASS INSPECTION AT OUR MILITARY BASE OVERSEAS UNTIL THIS SAFETY FEATURE IS FIXED!*AK

EA-01-007; AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATES ON THE DASHBOARD. ALSO, CRUISE CONTROL AND HORN ARE INOPERABLE. CONSUMER HAS YET TO CONTACT DEALER. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

ENGINE LIGHT HAS ILLUMINATED ON DASHBOARD. CONSUMER HAS NOT CONTACTED DEALER. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

HORN STOPPED WORKING ALSO WHEN AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT CAME ON. *AK

TRANSMISSION BREAKDOWN CAUSED THE ENGINE TO SHUT DOWN, CONSUMER FEELS THERE IS INFERIOR MATERIAL USED IN THE PIN, THE CONSUMER IS ASKING FOR A REFUND FOR REPAIRS AND OTHER EXPENSES. *YH

SHEAR PIN PULLED OUT AND GOT CAUGHT IN SPIDER GEARS. THIS CAUSED TRANSMISSION AND REAR END TO GO OUT ON VEHICLE. CONTACTED DEALER. PLEASE ADD VIN. *AK

AIRBAG LIGHT REMAINS ILLUMINATED ON DASHBOARD, ALSO HORN AND CRUISE CONTROL WORK INTERMITTENTLY. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK *SLC

WHILE DRIVING, THERE IS A VERY STRONG FUEL ODOR. THIS IS CAUSING OCCUPANTS OF VEHICLE TO BECOME ILL. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

AT TIME OF USING HORN TO COMMUNICATE OR ALERT OTHER DRIVERS, HORN WILL NOT OPERATE, AND COULD NOT BE FIXED BY DEALER. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION.*AK

CONSUMER STATED THAT COULD CLOSE THE SLIDING DOOR BUT IT WILL NOT LOCK WHERE WHILE DRIVING COULD FEEL THE OPENING OF THE DOOR DEALER WAS CONTACTED. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION.

VEHICLE IS LEAKING GREEN COOLANT AND KNOCKING VERY LOUDLY, CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO A MECHANIC, AND HE STATED ENGINE FAN WAS NOT WORKING AND CAUSING VEHICLE TO RUN HOT, TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND THEY STATED THAT BY FANS NOT WORKING, AND CAUSING KNOCKING AND LEAK. THERE IS A RECALL ON RADIATOR FAN RELAY. DRIVER IS HAVING RECALL PERFORMED. *AK *SLC

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED THE AIR BAG LIGHT STAYS ON. HORN AND CRUISE CONTROL ARE INOPERATIVE. CONTACTED DEALER.*AK

WHILE DRIVING AIR BAG LIGHT COMES ON. ALSO, HORN AND CRUISE CONTROL ARE INOPERATIVE. CONTACTED DEALER.*AK

WHEN I START TO DRIVE THE TRANSMISSION TAKES A LITTE TIME TO GET SPEED THEN WHEN I AM STOPPING AND I ONLY HAVE LIKE ABOUT 5 MILES TO GO TO A COMPLETE STOP I FEEL LIKE IF THE VAN WANTS TO CONTINUE TO RUN OR FOR ME IS LIKE THE TRANSMISSION AND I HEARD THAT ALL DODGE CARAVANS GETS DAMAGE FROM THE TRANSMOTION AND I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHICH IS THE LIST OF RECALL FROM THE MY DODGE CARAVAN PLEASE.*AK

AIRBAG LIGHT REMAINS ILLUMINATED ON DASH. HORN AND CRUISE CONTROL ARE INOPERABLE. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

WHILE DRIVING, POWER STEERING LOCKED AND ENGINE CAUGHT ON FIRE, CLAIM 52-2482-587. *SLC

CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL AND TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP FOR REPAIRS, HOWEVER WHILE DRIVING A FIRE STARTED IN THE UPPER ENGINE COMPARTMENT, CLAIM 11-3493-153. *SLC

VEHICLE WAS WARMING UP IN THE DRIVEWAY WHEN IT CAUGHT ON FIRE IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT, THE FIRE SWEPT FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT BACK THROUGH THE FIREWALL INTO THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT, CLAIM 38-J468-878. *SLC

CONSUMER HAD STOPPED ALONG SIDE THE ROAD TO ASSIST ANOTHER MOTORIST IN CHANGING A TIRE, A FEW MINUTES LATER HE SAW SMOKE COMING FROM UNDERNEATH THE HOOD OF HIS VEHICLE, CLAIM 11-3444-113. *SLC

WHILE TRAVELING, CONSUMER HEARD SOMEONE YELLING THAT THE VEHICLE WAS ON FIRE, FIRE WAS IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT, CLAIM 48-5125-308. *SLC

HORN DOES NOT FUNCTION, AND HAS REPLACED CLOCK SPRING. *AK

VEHICLE HAS A GAS LEAK UNDER HOOD AND IS POLLUTING INTERIOR OF VEHICLE.*AK

AIR BAG LIGHT REMAINS ILLUMINATED, INDICATING A MALFUNCTION WITHIN SYSTEM, DEALER STATES THAT THE CLOCK SPRING NEEDS REPLACING.*AK CONSUMER STATED THAT THE CLOCK SPRING ASSEMBLY WAS REPLACED.*SLC

EA-01-007/CLOCKSPRING CAUSED AIR BAG LIGHT TO STAY ILLUMINATED WHILE DRIVING, AND HORN/ CRUSIE CONTROL TO BE INOPERABLE. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED AND WILL REPLACED CLOCKSPRING. *AK

HEADLIGHT COVERS ARE MADE OF PLASTIC. THEN, MATERIAL DEVELOPS A NON REMOVEABLE FILM THAT DULLS HEADLIGHT COVERS. CONSUMER IS NO LONGER ABLE TO DRIVE VEHICLE AT NIGHT, LIGHTS ARE NO LONGER BRIGHT ENOUGH.*AK *JB