Power Train › Automatic Transmission
Filed Feb 21, 1997MD
TRANSMISSION FAILED THREE TIMES AND REBUILTED.
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1990 Dodge Grand Caravan complaints
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 1990 record →
Fuel System, Gasoline › Fuel Injection System › Fuel RailFire
Filed Feb 10, 1997CA
WHILE DRIVING, AT APPROX. 5MPH, SUDDENLY HEARD LOAD NOISE, THEN ENGINE SHUT DOWN, MOMENTS LATER BLACK SMOKE AND FLAMES STARTED COMING FROM ENGINE, UPON EXITING VEHICLE SAW FUEL LEAKING FROM UNDERNEATH ENGINE COMPARTMENT, FIRE DEPT SUSPECTED FUEL LINE RUPTURE. *AK
Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine › Gasoline
Filed Jan 13, 1997CA
WHILE ENGINES IS RUNNING RAW GASOLINE LEAKS/DRIPS OFF THE TOP OF ENGINE DOWN ONTO EXHAUST MANIFOLD. *AK
Power Train › Manual Transmission
Filed Jan 2, 1997NY
TRANSMISSION FAILED 4 TIMES.
Power Train › Automatic Transmission
Filed Aug 30, 1996MN
TRANSMISSION DOWNSHIFTS WITHOUT WARNING, CAUSING DRIVER TO LOSE CONTROL OF VEHICLE IN INCLEMENT WEATHER.
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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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