2000 Dodge Caravan complaints

CONSUMER STATES THAT THE BRAKES ON THE VEHICLE ARE NOT WORKING PROPERLY. THE BRAKE PADS HAVE WORNED DOWN TO THE POINT WHERE IT IS METAL AGAINST METAL. CONTACTED DEALER THREE TIMES ALREADY AND THE DEALER HAS TRIED TO REMEDY THE PROBLEM BUT WITHOUT ANY SUCCESS. *MR

CONSUMER STATES WHILE DRIVING 55MPH HIT A CAR BRODESIDE AND AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. CAUSING SERIOUS INJURIES.

CONSUMER STATES THAT DURING BRAKING THE VEHICLE WOULD VIBRATE AND RUMBLE AND THE STEERING WHEEL WOULD SHAKE. DEALER NOTIFIED AND REPLACE FRONT BRAKE ROTORS AND PADS AND THE CONDITION HAS REOCCUR. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. NLM

THE VEHICLE NEEDED RESHIMING AND BOLT KITS FOR THE FRONT WHEELS AT 20000 MILES. (CONSUMER NO LONGER OWNES VEHICLE) *YH

WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH VEHICLE EXPERIENCED EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE AND LOST CONTROL.*AK. CONSUMER COULD SMELL THE BRAKES AS THEY BECAME HOT. THE BRAKE LIGHTS ILLUMINATE AND THERE IS POOR BRAKE RESPONSE. CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE WAS LEAKING TRANSMISSION FLUID, THE AIR CONDITIONER WAS MAKING A HOWLING NOISE, THE BRAKE BOOSTER WAS REPLACED. *JG

THE AIR BAG LIGHT CAME ON AND THE HORN AND CRUISE CONTROL STOPPED WORKING ON 18 JULY 2002. REPAIRS WERE DELAYED UNTIL I HAD $224 TO PAY THE DEALER TO REPLACE THE CLOCKSPRING ON 8 AUGUST 2002. TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN NUMBER 0801001, NHTSA NUMBER 620059 AND ENGINEERING ANALYSIS EA01-007 DESCRIBE THIS PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE. RECALL NUMBER 01V153 DESCRIBES THIS PROBLEM WITH ANOTHER DODGE TRUCK. ALL MECHANICS CONTACTED KNEW IMMEDIATELY WHY ALL STEERING WHEEL WIRING STOPPED WORKING AT THE SAME TIME. THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM THAT SHOULD RESULT IN A RECALL.*AK

AS OF THIS DATE THIS IS THE THIRD TIME IN THIRTEEN MONTHS THAT THIS CAR HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP FOR THE SAME PROBLEM NEED LESS TO SAY THAT IT SEEMS TO HAPPEN ON A FRIDAY NIGHT EVERYTIME AND THEY CAN'T GET TO IT TILL MONDAY.NO SAFETY DEFECT LISTED. *AK

CONSUMER STATED THE TRANSMISSION FAILED.TS *JB

WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS HIT FROM BEHIND AND FRONT SEATS WENT IN A RECLINING POSITION ,CAUSING INJURIES.*AK

WE WERE RECENTLY REAR-ENDED BY ANOTHER VEHICLE TWICE, AND BOTH FRONT SEATS COMPLETELY BROKE, AND CAUSES SERIOUS INJURIES TO RIDER (TRAMATIC CONCUSSION, HEAD AND NECK INJURIES), INJURY TO DRIVERS BACK, NECK & HEAD....RIDERSIDE ALSO RECEIVED TERRIBLE TWITCHING IN RIGHT HAND AND ARM, AND LOSS OF USE OF RIGHT LEG...THIS IS A SERIOUS DEFECT FOR FRONT SEATS...THEY COMPLETELY BROKE AFTER THROWING US BACKWARDS....THE DRIVERS SEAT COULD NOT BE REMOVED OFF OF SECOND SEAT...IT WAS STUCK IN RECLINGING POSITION! IF OUR CHILDREN HAD BEEN IN THE CAR WITH US, IT WOULD HAVE CAUSED SERIOUS INJURIES TO THEIR LEGS, PROBABLY WOULD HAVE CRUSHED THEM!!! ALSO, OUR INSURANCE COMPANY ONLY WANTS TO GIVE US USED SEATS FROM ANOTHER CRASH AND PUT OUR MATERIAL OVER THEM AND INSTALL THEM INTO OUR VAN!! THIS IS TOITALLY REDICULOUS!!! IFG OURS BROKE, THEN ANOTHER VANS SEATS COULD ALSO BE WEAKEND BY A CRASH, AND THEN WE COULD POSSIBLE BE KILLED IF WE SHOULD EVER BE STRUCK AGAIN!!!! WE WANT TO FILE A FORMAL COMPLAINT TO ALL PARTIES INVOLVED WITH THE DODGE FRONT SEATS!!!*AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

TRANSMISSION FAILED AT 39,000 MILES. SEEMS TO BE MANUFACTURER'S DEFECT. REQUIRED A "SOFT OVERHAUL" BECAUSE IT WOULD NOT SHIFT INTO HIGHER GEARS. DEALERSHIP REPAIRED CLUTCH PACK SEALS THAT WERE NOT HOLDING PRESSURE. I FEEL THAT A TRANSMISSION SHOULD LAST MORE THAN 39,000 MILES. THIS IS THE SECOND DODGE I HAVE OWNED WITH THE SAME PROBLEM - SEEMS TO BE A TRANSMISSION DEFECT. DEALER REPAIRED UNDER EXTENDED WARRANTY SO I DID INCUR OUT OF POCKET EXPENSES. SUBSEQUENTLY TRADED IN THE CARAVAN AND LOST A REFUND OF $700 ON MY EXTENDED WARRANTY DUE TO THE TRANSMISSION REPAIRS, SO THIS REPAIR DID COST ME $800. KNOW TWO OTHER PEOPLE WITH RECENTLY (THIS PAST WEEK) FAILED DODGE CARAVAN TRANSMISSIONS.

CONSUMER STATES ANOTHER MOTORIST RAN A RED LIGHT, CONSUMER HIT THE VEHICLE AND THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, CONSUMER SUFFERED INJURIES.*JB

WHILE BUCKLING INFANT IN HARNESS BUCKLE PLATE SEVERED.*AK

WHILE TRAVELING AT 25 MPH ANOTHER VEHICLE HIT DRIVER'S FRONT SIDE, AND NONE THE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

WHILE IN MOTION, BRAKES FAILED CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. THE DEALERSHIP REPAIRED THE VEHICLE. SOON AFTER REPAIRS WERE DONE, THE BRAKES FAILED AGAIN. THE DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE VEHICLE WITH A NEW CARAVAN. SAME PROBLEM IS STILL EXISTING. *JG

AT 5MPH TRANSMISSION WENT OUT AND CONSUMER COULD ONLY REVERSE, BUT COULD NOT PUT IT IN DRIVE. CAUSE UNKNOWN. DEALER NOTIFIED.*AK

BRAKES WEAR PREMATURELY UNDER NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS. TWO (2) SETS OF FRONT PADS AND ROTORS HAVE BEEN REPLACED WITHIN 33,000 MILES. INBOARD SIDE OF PADS AND ROTORS WERE DEEPLY SCORED. OUTBOARD SIDES WERE OK. COULD THE BRAKE CALIBERS BE DEFECTIVE? DEALER HAS NOT SUGGESTED THAT THE CALIBERS BE REPLACED, WHICH ARE UNDER WARRANTY.*AK

THIS VEHICLE HAS A RECURRING PROBLEM WITHIN THE AIR CONDITIONING CONTROL SYSTEM, COMPONENT HAS BEEN REPLACED THREE TIME IN TWO YEARS. THE DEALER BLAMED THE PROBLEM ON A DESIGN FAILURE WHEREIN PLASTIC BAGS CAN BE SUCKED UP INTO THE INTERIOR A/C DRAFT SYSTEM BLOCKING THE FAN FROM WORKING. IN ADDITION, THE SUNVISORS WERE DEFECTIVE , REPORTED, AND NEVER REPLACED. DEALER HAS FOR THE MOST PART BEEN VERY RECEPTIVE TO VEHICLE PROBLEMS, HOWEVER, THIS VEHICLE IS UNINHABITATBLE WITHOUT AN A/C

WHY DOES A 2 YEAR OLD CAR WITH LESS THAN 50000 NEED A $2500 TRANSMISSION.???? I THINK IT IS UTTERLY RIDICULOUS FOR WHAT YOU SPEND ON A VEHICLE TODAY THAT YOU CAN'T GET 50000 TROUBLE FREE MILES OR EVEN THREE YEARS WITH NO PROBLEMS. I AM A PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE FREAK. I ALWAYS GOT 125000 TO 180000 MILES WITH MY GM VEHICLES AND NEVER SPENT A DIME ON A TRANSMISSION LET ALONE A MAJOR ENGINE REPAIR. THIS IS TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE IN THIS DAY AND AGE. *AK

WHEN CHANGING GEARS THERE IS A VERY HARD BUMP THAT ONE CAN FEEL ONCE IT'S IN GEAR. THIS HAPPENS WHENEVER CHANGING GEARS. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

THE TRANSMISSION SLIPS AND GOES INTO NEUTRAL WHILE DRIVING. THIS HAS NOW HAPPEND ON FOUR DIFFERENT OCCASIONS. AT FIRST I THOUGHT I JUST HAD NOT ENGAGED DRIVE ALL THE WAY, BUT THIS LAST TIME I ACTUALLY CHECKED AND THE GEAR STICK WAS FULLY ENGAGED IN DRIVE - I.E IT DID NOT WIGGLE AROUND. THEN AS I WAS ROUNDING THE CORNER AT A LIGHT IT ALL OF A SUDDEN STARTED TO REV AND I REALIZED IT WAS IN NEUTRAL. I SLIPPED IT BACK INTO GEAR AND PROMPTLY CALLED THE DEALER FOR AN APPOINTMENT. WHEN I WAS CALLED TO TELL ME MY CAR WAS DONE, THEY SAID THAT THIS HAPPENS WHEN THE TRANSMISSION FLUID IS LOW, AND THAT MY FLUID WAS LOW DUE A FAULTY HOSE CAUSING A LEAK. HOWEVER EARLIER THIS YEAR WHEN MY FLUID LEVEL WAS LOW THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND THEY ADDED FLUID THEN. THIS TIME THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT DID NOT COME ON TO INDIACATE THAT TRANSMISSION FLUIDS WERE LOW. SO I AM ALITTLE CONCERN ABOUT THE PROBLEM. HOWEVER SINCE TAKING IT TO THE DEALER, I HAVE NOT HAD ANY PROBLEMS WITH IT SLIPING, YET.*AK

WHILE DRIVING HEARD A LOUD NOISE AND GRINDING SOUND. STEERING WHEEL STARTED VIBRATING. HAD MECHANIC TO PUT UP VEHICLE, AND MECHANIC INDICATED NO SQUEALING. WARNING SYSTEM ON BRAKES, AND BRAKE ROTORS WERE TOTALLY TRASHED ON ONE SIDE. PLEASE ADD VIN. *AK

CONSUMER APPLIED BRAKES AT 40 MPH, PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR, NO BRAKING ACTION. CONSUMER SHIFTED TO PARK TO STOP VEHICLE, ENGINE STALLED. DEALER COULD NOT FIND A CAUSE. ON 2 MAY 2001, REAR DRUMS WERE FOUND TO BE OUT OF ROUND AND WERE RESURFACED. ON 31 JAN 2002 DEALER CHECKED BRAKES DUE TO VIBRATION AND STATED BRAKES HAD 50 PERCENT LEFT. *AK DEALER HAS REPLACED BOTH REAR DRUMS AND ALSO INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THE BRAKE SHOES NEEDED REPLACED, THE REAR WHEEL CYLINDER WAS REPLACED AND REAR BRAKES HAVE BEEN ADJUSTED. TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE THROWN INTO PARK WHILE DRIVING, DEALER COULD NOT FIND ANY PROBLEMS. *SLC

CONSUMER STATES THAT TRANSMISSION FLUID IS LEAKING INTO THE BRAKE LINE CAUSING BRAKES TO FAIL. NLM *TT

2000 DODGE CARAVAN. *TS *JB ***DIMSII IVOQ ENTRY POSTED AFTER 12-12-02 CUT OVER TO ARTEMIS***760839

2000 DODGE CARAVAN. *****DIMS 11 IVOQ ENTRY POSTED AFTER AFTER 12/12/02 CUT-OVER TO ARTEMIS****760839. *AK *JB

RIGHT SIDE SLIDING DOOR MECHANISM IS INOPERABLE. SOMEONE SITTING INSIDE VEHICLE WOULD HAVE TO OPEN DOOR FROM INSIDE TO UNLOCK DOOR. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER FOR REPAIRS.*AK.*MJ

WHILE DRIVING, ALL ELECTRICAL FUNCTIONS CEASED; CONTROLS, TURN SIGNALS, ETC. DEALER REPLACED A BLOWN FUSE. THIS HAPPENED 2 MORE TIMES. CONSUMER'S PRIVATE MECHANIC THEN DETERMINED A WIRE UNDER THE FENDER WAS EXPOSED AND KEPT SHORTING OUT, BLOWING THE FUSE.*AK *TT

WHILE DRIVING DOWN A STEEP INCLINE, CONSUMER APPLIED BRAKES AND THE STEERING WHEEL STARTED VIBRATING. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER AND DEALER INDICATED ROTORS WERE BROWN IN COLOR AND WARPED. DEALER TURNED ROTORS. *AK

VEHICLE WAS IN PARK ON AN INCLINE. KEY WAS TURNED A LITTLE, AND A CHILD HIT THE SHIFTER AND VEHICLE ROLLED BACKWARDS, HITTING A TRAILER.*AK *JG

MECHANISM ON ALL THE SEAT BELTS IS VERY SENSITIVE, WITH A SLIGHT TAP ON RELEASE BUTTON BELT WILL RELEASE AND UNDO.*AK

CHILD SEAT THAT WAS PLACED IN REAR OUTBOARD AND SEAT BELT RELEASED WHILE MAKINNG A SOFT LEFT TURN. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED MANUFACTURER. CHILD SEAT WAS SECURED BEFORE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN.

THE SEATBELT HOLDING MY CHILD'S CARSEAT CAME UNLATCHED TWICE - PRIOR TO THE "PRIMETIME" SHOW ON ABC. *AK

I AM OUTRAGED AT DAIMLER CHRYSLERS GEN-3 SEATBELTS! IT IS RIDICULOUS NOT TO RECALL THESE SEATBELTS THAT CAN BE UNLATCHED SO EASY. AT ANY ONE POINT I HAVE 5 CHILDREN IN MY VEHICLE, 2-3 IN CHILD CAR-SEATS AND NOW I DON'T EVEN WANT TO DRIVE IT ANYMORE!! I HAVEN'T HAD ANY INCIDENCES OF THIS, BUT NOW THAT I KNOW IT CAN HAPPEN, I AM SCARED FOR MY CHILDRENS LIVES! PLEASE CONSIDER ALL OF THE EVIDENCE IN THE SITUATION REGARDING THESE USELESS SEAT BELTS AND MAKE AN HONORABLE JUDGEMENT. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

WHEN GOING UPHILL, CONSUMER HAS TO SHIFT VEHICLE MANUALLY OR VEHICLE WILL STALL AND LOSE RPM, DEALER CONTACTED.*AK CONSUMER ALSO STATED WHEN GOING DOWNHILL VEHICLE DOES NOT HOLD SPEED, AND WOULD ROLL OUT OF CONTROL IF NOT CONSTANTLY BRAKING.*JB

MASTER CYLINDER WAS LEAKING, AND ROTORS WERE WARPING. DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK

ABOUT A QUART OF GASOLINE STARTED LEAKING FROM UNDER THE CAR WHEN FILLED UP. REPLACED THE CLAMP BETWEEN THE HOSE AND GAS TANK. THE LEAK OCCURED AGAIN WHEN FILLED UP THE NEXT TIME. DEALER SAID THE TANK WAS BOWED AND REPLACED THE GAS TANK, FUEL HOSE AND O RING. NO MORE PROBLEM

THE IGNITION ASSEMBLY NEEDS REPLACEMENT. THE KEY CONSTANTLY WONT TURN. THE SAFETY SWITCH TO PREVENT THE LEFT REAR DOOR FROM OPENING WHEN THE TANK IS BEING FILLED IS DEFECTIVE. THE DEALERSHIP HAD IT REMOVED. I REFUSED REPLACEMENT. THE DOOR WOULD NOT OPEN WHEN IT WAS JAMMED.

THE DRIVER OF THIS VEHICLE LOST CONTROL, CAUSING A ROLLOVER, ONE OF THE PASSENGERS WAS SITTING IN THE RIGHT HALF OF THE MIDDLE SEAT, THIS IS A DOUBLE SEAT WHICH DOES NOT EXTEND ALL THE WAY TO THE DOOR, THE SEATBELT FOR THE MIDDLE SEAT IS ANCHORED TO THE SIDE OF THE VEHICLE, NOT THE SEAT ITSELF, IN THIS CASE WHEN THE VEHICLE ROLLED OVER, THE DOOR OPENED AND THE VICTIM WAS EJECTED FROM THE VEHICLE AND WAS KILLED, THIS LETTER IS FROM THE CHAIRMAN OF THE PIMA COUNTY CHILD FATALITY REVIEW TEAM, THE OWNER OF THE VEHICLE IS CARTEMPS/ALAMO RENT A CAR, THE DRIVER AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT IS UNKNOWN. *SLC

UPON PLACING VEHICLE IN DRIVE AND WITHOUT WARNING VEHICLE WILL STALL, THEN JERK INTO FORWARD MOTION. ALL OTHER GEAR FUNCTION CORRECTLY, EXCLUDING DRIVE GEAR.*AK

CONSUMER STATED THERE IS A KNOCKING NOISE IN THE STEERING WHEN TURNING HARD AND WHEN TURNING AND NOT MOVING, CONSUMER ALSO COMPLAINED THAT THERE IS VIBRATION IN THE STEEING, DEALER BALANCED FRONT TIRES FROM A PREVIOUS COMPLAINT ABOUT THE STEERING.*JB

WHILE DRIVING, CONSUMER HEARD A LOUD NOISE AND VEHICLE WOULD NOT PULL. TOOK TO DEALER, AND DEALER INDICATED DIFFERENTIAL PIN BROKE IN TRANSMISSION.*AK CHRYSLER PAID FOR HALF OF THE BILL. *JB

THE TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE REPLACED WHICH DOES NOT SEEM RIGHT WHEN IT IS ONLY 2 YRS OLD WITH ONLY 47000. *AK

WHILE PARKING VEHICLE HEARD A BANGING NOISE FROM ENGINE. THEN, FELT THAT ENGINE DID NOT WORK, TOWED VEHICLE TO A MECHANIC, WHO FOUND OUT THAT RETAINER BOLT OF PULLEY, TENSIONER AND SERPENTINE BELT WERE BROKEN. *AK

WHILE DRIVING,THE TRANSMISSION INDICATOR LIGHT BEGAN FLASHING, SOON AFTER THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT SHIFT TO HIGHER GEARS. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED.*AK *SLC

IN A RECENT REAR-END ACCIDENT, THE BACK OF THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER SEATS COLLAPSED ALLOWING ME TO BE THROWN BACKWARD FROM MY SEAT ALTHOUGH I WAS WEARING MY SEAT BELT. I RECEIVED MANY CUTS, BRUISES AND ABRASIONS TO MY LEFT HAND THAT REQUIRED 64 STITCHES, AND THE REPAIR OF 2 LACERATED TENDONS. I ALSO RECEIVED SEVERAL SCRATCHES ON AND NEAR MY LEFT ELBOW. MY SON RECEIVED A SPRAINED RIGHT WRIST, BRUISED STOMACH, SORE NECK AND BACK. I HAVE HAD TROUBLE SLEEPING AND CONTINUE TO HAVE VIVID MEMORIES OF THE ACCIDENT. I HAVE HAD NO USE OF MY LEFT HAND AND AM IN CONTINUOUS PAIN, UNLESS I'M HEAVILY MEDICATED. I HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO BATHE, DRESS, WASH MY HAIR, OR PREPARE MEALS AND PERFORM OTHER HOUSEHOLD DUTIES WITHOUT HELP. I AM CURRENTLY USING MY FATHER'S CAR BECAUSE MY CARAVAN WAS MY ONLY MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION.*AK

VEHICLE DOES NOT HAVE SAFETY TRANSMISSION LOCK IN PARK, PULLS OUT OF PARK WITHOUT PUTTING THE BRAKE ON. *JG

WHILE APPLYING BRAKES TO SLOW DOWN, CONSUMER COULD SMELL RUBBER BURNING. HAD CONTACTED DEALERSHIP ABOUT PROBLEM. *AK *JB