1999 Dodge Caravan complaints

WHILE DRIVING T AND WITH NO WARNING DRIVER'S SEAT BROKE, CAUSING CONSUMER TO FALL BACKWARDS INTO THE REAR SEAT.*AK

A BOLT IN THE TRANSMISSION BROKE AND DISLODGE A BEARING THAT BLEW A HOLE IN THE HOUSING. THIS RESULTED IN VEHICLE BEING UNABLE TO GO INTO GEAR, AND DRIVER LOSING CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE.*AK

CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALER BECAUSE ENGINE WAS NOT WORKING PROPERLY. DEALER STATED, HEAD GASKET BROKE, VEHICLE WAS OUT OF WARRANTY. *AK

GASOLINE SMELL IN PASSENGER COMPARTMENT, TIRES NEEDED TO BE REPLACED, CAR MILEAGE PLUMMETED. *MR DEALER FOUND INJECTOR LEAKING AND REMOVED AND REPLACED PLEMUIN AND REPLACED INJECTOR. SEAT BELT INSTALLED INCORRECTLY. ALL TIRES WERE UNDER PRESSURE. *TT *JB

THIS STARTED ABOUT A WEEK AGO AND IS INTERMITTENT. THE SPEEDOMETER STICKS ON A NUMBER USUALLY BETWEEN 0 AND 10 MPH, BUT THE VEHICLE IS GOING MUCH FASTER THAN INDICATED. IT BOBBLES UP AND DOWN AND THEN SEEMS TO FUNCTION OKAY. IT'S GOING TO THE DEALER THIS WEEK. *NLM

AIR BAG LIGHT ON - CRUISE AND HORN INOPERATIVE. DEALER SAYS REPAIR CLOCK SPRING - $225. THIS IS A FACTORY DEFECT. *NLM

SEAT BELT HOLDING OUR CHILD SAFETY SEAT CAME UNLATCHED. CONSTANT PROBLEM WITH GEN3 SEAT BELTS IN 1999 DODGE CARAVAN. *NLM

MY AIR CONDITIONING QUIT WORKING - COMPRESSOR AND EVAPORATOR COIL BOTH WENT OUT ON MY 1999 DODGE CARAVAN ABOUT A YEAR AGO. I HAVE NOT GOT THE MONEY TO FIX IT SO IT IS STILL OUT. IN MY ENTIRE LIFE I HAVE NEVER HAD THIS HAPPEN IN ANY VEHICLE. IT'S RIDICULOUS. *NLM

THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED AN OIL LEAK. *JB

WIRING HARNESS IS BAD ON VEHICLE.VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE. *AK

THERE WAQS A STRONG GASOLINE ODOR IN THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT OF THE VEHICLE. THE ODOR MADE THE PASSENGERS FEEL ILL. THE DEALER REPLACED THE VAPOR GASKET ON THE GAS TANK BUT THAT CURE WAS SHORT LIVED AND EVENTUALLY THE PROBLEM BECAME WORSE. *MR *SCC *NLM

THE ALTERNATOR BELT SHEARED AND CAME OFF. THE VEHICLE CANNOT BE DRIVEN. THIS IS THE FIFTH TIME THIS HAS OCCURRED. PLEASE PROVIDE DETAILS.*AK

AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED/ PROBLEMS WITH CLOCKSPRING. CONSUMER HAD NO HORN AND NEED HER BRAKES REPAIRED AS WELL. *MR PH

THE TRANSMISSION FAILED WHILE DRIVING. *NLM

WHILE IN AN INTERSECTION THE TRANSMISSION SLIPPED OUT OF GEAR AND THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT MOVE. *NLM

WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH THE VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A HEAD ON COLLISION BUT THE AIBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *NLM *TT

WHILE DRIVING, THE SERPENTINE AND POWER STEERING BELT SLIPPED OFF, WHICH CAUSED THE CONSUMER TO LOSE CONTROL OF VEHICLE'S STEERING. *JB

THE MECHANIC INFORMED THE CONSUMER, THE TRANSMISSION FAILED. *JB

THE CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL FOR THE FRONT SEAT BELT RETRACTOR ASSEMBLIES. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED AND THE TECHNICIAN RECOMMENDED THE SEAT BELTS BE REPLACED BUT THE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE. THE TECHNICIAN INDICATED THAT THE CONSUMER WOULD BE NOTIFIED WHEN THE PART BECAME AVAILABLE. MORE THAN A YEAR PAST AND THE CONSUMER STILL DIDN'T HEAR FROM THE DEALER. *AK *NLM

THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION CONTINUOUSLY FAILED. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHTS ILLUMINATED AND THE GEAR BECAME STUCK IN FIRST GEAR. *JB

DODGE CARAVAN 1999: WHILE USING CRUISE CONTROL ON HIGHWAY THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED. THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE DESPITE TURNING OFF CRUISE CONTROL AND BRAKING HARD. 911 EMERGENCY OPERATOR WAS CALLED VIA CELL PHONE. MY WIFE (THE DRIVER) WAS INSTRUCTED TO TURN ENGINE OFF AND PUT VEHICLE IN PARK AS IT GLIDED SLOWLY TO A STOP ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. WE AWAIT WORD FROM THE DEALER ON THE CAUSE. *JB

WIFE WAS LOADING GRAND KIDS INTO MINIVAN, GRANDSON CRAWLED ACROSS DRIVERS SEAT AND GRABBED THE SHIFTING LEVER, WHICH THE CAUSED VAN TO GO INTO REVERSE AND BACK UP INTO STEP WALL, WE REALIZED YOU DO NOT HAVE TO PUT FOOT YOUR ON THE BRAKE TO SHIFT INTO GEAR WHEN ENGINE IS RUNNING.*JB

THE REAR SEAT BELTS DID NOT LOCK. *NLM

THE TRANSMISSION PIN BROKE AND WENT THROUGH THE CASING. *JB

POWER STEERING PUMP RUST THROUGH MADE AS A 2 PART ASSEMBLY THE SHROUD AROUND THE POWER STEERING PUMP IS MADE FROM A THIN SHEET MEDAL WITH NO RUST PROTECTION. THE PART SIMPLY RUSTED THROUGH AND STARTED LEAKING POWER STEERING FLUID. *NLM

WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED, THE PEDAL TRAVELED TO THE FLOOR, WHICH CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO EXPERIENCE EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. *JB

WHILE DRIVING THE AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE CONSUMER WAS CONCERNED THAT IN THE EVENT OF AN ACCIDENT THE AIR BAGS WOULD NOT DEPLOY. *NLM THE HORN AND CRUISE HAD BECOME INOPERATIVE, AND THE CLOCKSPRING WAS FAULTY AND WAS REPLACED. *SCC

WHILE DRIVING THE TRANSMISSION SLIPPED. THE DEALER INDICATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION COMPLETELY BURNED OUT. *NLM

OIL LEAKING AT HEAD GASKET AT 43,000 MI (3YR 36K WARRANTY) WANTED A SECOND OPINION AS I COULD NOT BELIEVE IT. MECHANIC WHO LOOKED AT IT THEN WASN'T SURE BUT KEPT AN EYE ON IT. JUST BROUGHT IT TO A NEW MECHANIC NOW HAVE 60,000 MILES ON IT. NEW MECHANIC SAYS HE HAS SEEN THIS PROBLEM MULTIPLE TIMES IN THIS MODEL AND THE NEON. WE BOUGHT THIS CAR BRAND NEW. UPON DELIVERY IT HAD A DENT WHICH HAD TO BE REPAIRED ON MY TIME, WE HAD A/C REPAIRED TWICE, POWER TRAIN CONTROL MODULE REPLACED(KEPT STALLING WHILE DRIVING),AND VISOR BROKE, ALL DURING FIRST 6 MONTHS. NOW THIS. CHRYSLER SAYS THERE ARE NO RECALLS OR EXTENDED WARRANTY FOR THIS. I PLAN TO KEEP FIGHTING THIS ONE. *NLM

THE CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO GET AN APPOINTMENT TO HAVE THE FUEL LEAKAGE RECALL PERFORMED FOR 11 MONTHS. RECALL #00 V 268 000. *JB

THE AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE DASH BOARD, AND THE HORN AND CRUISE CONTROL WERE INOPERATIVE. *JB

THE TRANSMISSION LOCKED UP, AND CAUSED THE REAR TIRES TO LOCK UP, WHICH MADE IT DIFFICULT TO CONTROL THE VEHICLE. *JB

WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN IN THE RAIN OR SNOW, THE POWER STEERING FAILED. *JB

THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED THE SAME DEFECT AS STATED IN RECALL 02 V 293 000 , BUT THE MODEL YEAR AND VIN NUMBER WERE NOT INCLUDED. *NLM....*AK

THE VAN WAS EQUIPPED WITH AN AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. WITHOUT THE KEY IN THE IGNITION (2) FAILURES OCCURRED. THE FIRST WAS THE GEAR SHIFT LEVER COULD BE MOVED AND THE SECOND FAILURE WAS THE TRANSMISSION HAD DROPPED OUT OF GEAR. *JB

WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH VEHICLE RAN OVER A MEDIUM POTHOLE WHICH CAUSED SERPENTINE BELT TO CAME OFF. THIS RESULTED IN LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL/ CRASH. *NLM. *AK

CONSUMER INDICATED THAT THEIR VEHICLE'S AIR BAG CLOCKSPRING IS EXPERIENCING THE SAME DEFECT AS STATED IN RECALL NUMBER 02 V 293 000, BUT VEHICLE'S VIN NUMBER IS NOT INCLUDED. *NLM

THE VEHICLE CLOCK SPRING WAS DEFECTIVE AND CAUSED THE HORN AND AIR BAG TO BE INOPERATIVE. *NLM

THE SPEEDOMETER SUDDENLY FROZE, WHILE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION. *JB

IT IS AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM. THE SPEEDOMETER GETS STUCK ON A NUMBER BUT THE CAR IS STILL GOING FASTER OR SLOWER THAN SHOWN ON THE DISPLAY. IT STAYS STUCK FOR A FEW MINUTES WHEN IT HAPPENS. I TRY NOT ACCELERATE AND EVEN APPLY THE BRAKE, HOWEVER, THE NEEDLE REMAINS STUCK. THEN IT EVENTUALLY GOES BACK TO NORMAL. IT JUST RECENTLY HAPPENED AGAIN, SO I WAS CHECKING TO SEE IF A RECALL WAS ISSUED FOR THIS PROBLEM. IT WAS INVESTIGATED AS I SEE HERE, HOWEVER, IT WAS NOT RECALLED. THIS IS A DEFECT. I AM SURE, NOT POSITIVE THAT OTHER PEOPLE ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THEIR CARAVANS. NOTE, AUTOMOBILE STILLS ACCELERATES AND SLOWS BUT THE ACTUAL SPEED IS NOT KNOWN BECAUSE THE NEEDLE IS STUCK. *JB

THE SLIDING DOOR OPENS WHILE DRIVING, IT SEEMS TO OPEN WHEN DRIVING OVER BUMPS IN THE ROAD.*JB

THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED AND KEPT IN THE GARAGE.*JB

COMPLETE TRANSMISSION FAILURE ON A 1999 DODGE GE AND CARAVAN VIN# [XXX] AT 67,723 MILES. NO HELP FROM CHRYSLER ON THIS PROBLEM, BECAUSE OF HIGH MILEAGE. TRANSMISSIONS SHOULD NOT FAIL THIS SOON. WE HAD A TRANSMISSION FAILURE ON ANOTHER GRAND CARAVAN WITH VIN# [XXX] THAT HAD 37,491 MILES ON IT THAT WAS MOSTLY COVERED BY THEM. THESE VEHICLES APPEAR TO HAVE DEFECTS AND SHOULD BE COVERED BY CHRYSLER AND BUILT TO LAST. *JB INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

THERE WAS A RECALL ON DODGE, CARAVAN, 1998 FOR A FLAW IN THE AIR BAG, WHICH CAUSED THE CRUISE CONTROL TO RELEASE AUTOMATICALLY. CONSUMER FELT THAT RECALL SHOULD EXTEND TO DODGE, CARAVAN, 1999.*AK *JB

THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. *JB

ENGINE RACES, THE TRANSMISSION WHINES AND CHANGES GEARS WHILE IN THE PARK POSITION. THE CONSUMER ALSO COMPLAINED OF ANOTHER VEHICLE SHE OWNS A 1996 CHRYSLER CIRRUS. THE KEY LOCK WAS REPLACED 3 TIMES AND IT ACCELERATED ON ITS OWN. *JB

THE ROTORS CORRODED, WHICH CAUSED EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE.*JB

THERE WAS A RECALL REGARDING THE CLOCK SPRING, HOWEVER CONSUMER WAS INFORMED VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED, DUE TO THE VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER.*JB

HORN DOES NOT WORK, HAS BEEN REPAIRED TWICE. DEALER NOTIFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. PH

WHILE DRIVING, THE VEHICLE STALLED OUT. THE DEALERSHIP INDICATED THAT THIS WAS CAUSED BY A PIN IN THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION WHICH WAS COMING A LOOSE, AND HAD BLOWN A HOLE IN THE TRANSMISSION. PH SCC