1991 Dodge Grand Caravan complaints

FUEL RAIL DEVELOPED LEAK. DRIPS GASOLINE ON HOT ENGINE PARTS. OTHER MAKES/MODELS HAVE BEEN RECALLED ACCORDING TO MY UNDERSTANDING. PARTS ARE EVEN ON BACK ORDER BY CHRYSLER UNTIL FEB 14TH AT LEAST. THE PARTS DEPARTMENT TELLS ME THESE HAVE BEEN "TRICKLING IN" I GUESS FOR OTHER MAKES/MODELS/YEARS?. BUT NOT FOR OUR PARTICULAR VEHICLE. THIS SEEMS TO BE A SERIOUS SAFETY CONCERN TO ME AND WILL COST IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF 350.00 FOR ME TO GET THIS REPAIRED.

THE BACK WINDOW OF THE HATCH SHATTERED FOR NO APPARENT REASON.

UPON ENTERING THE DRIVER'S SIDE AND SHUTTING DOOR, THE BACK WINDOW OF THE HATCH SHATTERED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING DAUGHTER TO DAYCARE VEHICLE ACTED LIKE IT WAS RUNNING OUT OF GAS. STARTED SHAKING VERY BADLY. PULLED OVER,WAITED A LITTLE BIT, DROVE, AND STARTED THE SAME PROBLEM AGAIN. CONTACTED DEALER, AND WAS TOLD THE FUEL INJECTION NEEDED TO BE CLEANED. HAD THAT DONE BY A LOCAL MECHANIC. PROBLEM WENT AWAY FOR ABOUT A WEEK. FOUND OUT BY THE MECHANIC THAT THE FUEL RAIL HAD A LEAK WHICH WAS DRIPPING ONTO THE ENGINE, WHICH COULD CAUSE A FIRE. TRIED TO CONTACT MANUFACTURER FOR THE FUEL RAIL, AND WAS TOLD THAT IT IS ON BACK ORDER FOR UP TO 6 MONTHS. *AK

DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT WILL NOT EXTEND FROM THE PANEL. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATON. *AK

VEHICLE ISN'T GOING INTO GEAR PROPERLY. WHEN PUTTING FOOT ON GAS PEDAL VEHICLE JUMPS FORWARD, AND THE GEARS SHIFT. THEN VEHICLE CUTS OFF WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING, AND VEHICLE WON'T MOVE SOMETIMES. *AK

BRAKES GOT RED HOT WITH SMOKE AS THE ONLY INDICATION. PEDAL STIFF AT TOP. NO BRAKE WARNING LIGHT AND NO ABS AMBER WARNING LIGHT. LOST PRESSURE DOWN TO 14.5 PSI IN FRONT DRIVER SIDE TIRE. TIRE TOO HOT TO TOUCH. BREAK BREAK//////// ON OLDER TRANSMISSION FAILURE THE FOL. APPLIES. TRANSMISSION SEIZED AS THOUGH IT WENT INTO PARK. VAN SHOOK VIOLENTLY UNTIL NEUTRAL SELECTED ON GEARSHIFT ALLOWING ME TO COAST TO STOP. SECOND COMPLETE TRANSMISSION SWAP OUT. FIRST WAS AT 90K MILES. STILL HAVE PART THAT FAILED. SECOND FAILURE I WAS ALMOST HIT FROM BEHIND.

RECALL 99V-21 IS FOR CRACKED LIFTGATE BOLTS, DEALER UNWILLING TO CHECK FOR HAIRLINE CRACKS AND STATED BOLTS COULD ONLY BE REPLACED IF BROKEN, CONSUMER NOT SATISFIED (NOT PLEASED). YH

SIDE DOOR WOULD BE STICKING. IT FELL OFF THE TRACK WHEN CLOSING. HAS NOT BEEN TO OR NOTIFIED DEALER AS OF YET. *AK

NO SUMMARY

WINDSHIELD WIPERS FLEW OFF THE VEHICLE, CAUSING POOR VISIBILITY. THE DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. WINDSHIELD WIPERS ARE ON BACK ORDER.

WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES PEDAL STIFFENS AND VEHICLE WILL NOT SLOW DOWN. OWNER HAS TO FORCE FULL BODY WEIGHT ON PEDAL IN ORDER TO STOP VEHICLE. DEALER HAS REPLACED THE ELECTRICAL RELAY. *AK

ABS LIGHT CAME ON. WHEN BRAKES WERE APPLIED, HAD NO BRAKES. PEDAL FAILED TO RESPOND. FELT VERY HARD. COASTED VEHICLE TO SIDE OF ROAD. HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO MECHANIC. INFORMED A RELAY/DUAL FUNCTION SWITCH HAD TO BE REPLACED. SWITCH ACTED AS IF IT WAS TURNED OFF WHEN IT WAS ON. *AK

ABS BRAKING SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED DUE TO A DEFECTIVE PUMP RELAY DUAL FUNCTION AND A SWITCH PRESSURE ACUTATOR, WHICH MAY RESULTIN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING, THERE IS A LOSS OF POWER, AND THEIR IS A FUEL LEAKAGE FROM THE FUEL RAILS. ALSO, THERE IS SOME TYPE OF KNOCKING NOISE COMING FROM THE VEHICLE, AND ENGINE CYLINDER HEAD HAD TO BE REPLACED. *AK

AIR BAG DEPLOYED WHILE CROSSING RAILROAD TRACKS DOING 15-20 MPH. CAN NHTSA HELP OR PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IN THIS MATTER. *AK

RECALL REPAIR ON THE ABS SYSTEM COMPLETED, HOWEVER FAILED THE NEXT MONTH. (96V-099)

LIFTGATE BOLT BROKE, CAUSING LIFTGATE TO FALL DOWN, AND MAY HAVE CAUSED INJURIES. THERE IS A RECALL FOR 1992 GRAND CARAVAN, RECALL 97V079000, BUT THIS VEHICLE IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO VIN ALTHOUGH IT HAS THE SAME PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED INTERMITTENT FAILURE OF THE BODY CONTROL MODULE PRIOR TO REPLACMENT, RESULTING IN MULTIPLE COMPONENT FAILURES. MJS

ONE OF THE TWO LIFTTGATE SUPPORT STRUT ANCHORS SHEARDED OFF CAUSING THE LIFTGATE TO FALL, COMPONENTS NOT REPAIRED UNDER RECALL DUE TO VIN.

WHILE UNLOADING GROCERIES, HATCH SUDDENLY SLAMMED SHUT DUE TO FAILURE (SHEAR) OF HATCHES RIGHT STRUT BODY ANCHOR. MY HEAD WAS GRAZED, BUT AM OK. PLASTIC TRIM BY ANCHOR DAMAGED. DOOR IS EXTREMELY HEAVY, AND WILL NOT OPEN WITHOUT STRUT ASSIST. A FAILURE OF THIS NATURE IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS - WHAT IF THE DOOR (500LBS + ENERTIA) FELL ON US OR THE KIDS WHILE UNLOADING GROCERIES, OR SITTING ON GATE FOR TAILGATE PARTY/DRIVE-IN? FALLING WITH THE SPEED AND FORCE IT DID WOULD ACT LIKE A LEG/NECK/BONE CRUSHING GUILLOTINE. IT IS LUCKY THAT NO ONE WAS HURT, BUT SOMEDAY, SOME ONE WILL IF THIS WEAK DESIGN IS NOT CORRECTED. I SAY IT IS WEAK BECAUSE ANCHOR DIAMETER APPEARS TO BE 1/4" WHICH IS RIDICULOUS. 3/8" WOULD BE MINIMUM DIAMETER FOR PROPER DESIGN. PLEASE DO SOMETHING BEFORE SOMEONE GETS KILLED. SIGNED - BRIAN D. LUBELL

FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM WAS LEAKING GAS ON TOP OF ENGINE. DEALER REPLACED DEFECTIVE INJECTORS TWICE, AND PROBLEM HAS NOT REOCCURRED. *AK.ET.

THE MOUNTING BOLT/STUD FOR THE DYNAMIC TENSIONER BROKE, CAUSING LOSS OF SERPENTINE BELT DRIVEN ACCESSORIES INCLUDING THE POWER STEERING PUMP, ALTERNATOR, AND WATER PUMP. THE FAILED TENSIONER WAS A DEALER-INSTALLED WARRANTY REPLACEMENT OF AN OEM PART; THE OEM PART WAS REPLACED DUE TO EXCESSIVE BELT NOISE ON 5/25/93 WITH 25,915 MILES ON THE ODOMETER.

THE FIRST REPAIR WE WERE CHARGED WITH THE REPLACEMENT OF THE MASTER CYCL AND THE ABS PISTON ASSY AND WE WERE NEVER TOLD IT HAD BEEN RECALLED, THEY CHARGED US FOR 5 PINTS OF BRAKE FLUID AND ALL PARTS TOTALLING $494.51 TO COMPLETE THIS JOB. SINCE THEY DID NOT KNOW ABOUT THE RECALL. I REALLY DOUBT THEY DID THE JOB CORRECTLY. THE NEXT OCCURRANCE EXPLAINS THE BRAKE FLUID. THEN APPROX 3 MONTHS LATER THE BRAKE SYSTEM COMPLETELY FAILED, THEY SAID THEY FOUND A FORIEGN SUBSTANCE IN THE BRAKE SYSTEM, IT LOOKED LIKE SOME TYPE OF GREASE, THEY SAID THEY CONTACTED A AREA REP AND THEY TESTED THE FLUID AND FOUND 20% OF PETROLIUM IN THE FLUID. THEY WERE THE ONLY ONES THAT HAVE EVER SERVICED OUR BRAKE SYSTEM, NOW THEY ARE DENYING ALL RESPONSIBILITY AND WILL NOT HONOR THE WORK THEY DID. I TALKED TO OTHER CHRYSLER DEALERS AND THEY SAID THIS JOB ONLY TAKE 2 PINTS OF BRAKE FLUID TO COMPLETE THIS TYPE OF JOB. 5 PINTS IS ENOUGH TO FILL THE SYSTEM 1 AND A HALF TIMES. I DO NOT HAVE A TECHNICAL SHEET FROM CHRYSLER DETAILING THE PROCED

THE SLIDING SIDE DOOR ON MY 19991 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN COMPLETELY FELL OFF WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS TURNING A CORNER. I HAVE NOTED THAT TSM'S (08-62-93; 08-21-94; AND 23-06-93) HAD BEEN ISSUED DESCRIBING A DEFECT IN THE SLIDING DOOR AJAR SWITCH (ADJUSTMENT).

WHILE GETTING OUT OF THE SIDE DOOR OF THE VEHICLE THE DOOR FELL OFF WITHOUT INICATIONS. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

DEFECTIVE ABS.

DRIVERS SIDE SEATBELT WOULD NOT UNBUCKLE. PROBLEM AREA IS BUCKLE HOUSING MARK PRESS. *AK CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO UNBUCKLE THE SEAT BELT, AFTER AN HOUR HE WENT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY WERE UNABLE TO UNBUCKLE IT SO THEY ADVISED HIM TO CUT IT OFF, THEY COULD NOT CUT IT OFF DUE TO LIABILITY REASONS. *SLC

WHILE DRIVING THE VAN CUT OFF. IT COASTED TO THE SIDE OF THE STREET, AND WHEN STOPPED DRIVER SMELLED SMOKE. SAW FLAMES COMING FROM UNDERHOOD. RESCUED THE CHILDREN FROM THE VEHICLE. PHONED 911, AND FIRE DEPARTMENT AND POLICE CAME. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO S & W TOWING LOT, AND THERE HAS BEEN NO INFORMAION OBTAINED AS TO THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE. *AK

WHEN DRIVING THE VEHICLE JUMPS INTO DIFFERENT GEARS AND JERKS ALL THE TIME. DEALER HAS NOT SEEN. *AK

WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES THE VEHICLE MAKES A GINDING NOISE AND EXCESSIVE PRESSURE IS NEEDED. *AK

ABS BRAKE FAILURE. ALSO REPLACED PISTON ACTUATOR.

BRAKE PADS ARE CORRODED AROUND THE EDGES. WINTER ROAD CHEMICALS DISINTEGRATED BRAKE PADS. THE DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

TRANSMISSION FAILED.

ABS BRAKES FAILED PRIOR TO RECALL, RECALL REPAIRS PERFORMED. HOWEVER ELECTRICAL PARTS WERE NOT CHANGED SINCE THEY WERE NOT COVERED UNDER THE RECALL. OWNER PAID $66.50. 96V-099.

CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE ON THE ABS SYSTEM. AT THE TIME THE VEHICLE WAS O.K. VEHICLE IS OVER THE EXTENDED WARRANTY OF 10 YEARS AND 100,00 MILES. THE DEALER IS NOT WILLING TO REPAIR THE SEAT AT THEIR EXPENSE. *AK

CONSUMER WENT TO REACH FOR SEATBELT, SEATBACK BROKE, CAUSING THE SEAT TO FALL BACKWARDS. SEAT COMPLETLY BROKEN, WILL NOT STAY UP. *AK

THE REAR WINDOW WIPER MOTOR SHORTED OUT DUE TO THE WINDOW WASHER CLEANER LEAKING INTO MOTOR. THE DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN CORRECTED. *AK

ABS BRAKES FAILED PRIOR TO/AFTER RECALL REPAIRS. ALSO BRAKE WARNINGSYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED. (96V-099). *AK

RETAINING BOLT FAILED CAUSING REAR DOOR TO FALL.

RETAINING BOLT FAILED CAUSING REAR DOOR TO FALL.

BELT TENSION PULLEY FAILED.

AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILURE. *AK

TRANSMISSION FAILS CONTINUALLY AFTER REPAIR.

WHILE DRIVINGHEARD A NOISE IN THE STEERING COLUMN . THEN TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE STEERING WHEEL WAS BROKEN. *AK

ABS FAILED.

EA-97-005, THE REAR MIDDLE SEATBELT ACHORAGE DOES NOT HOOK ON WHEN USING THE SEATBELT. WON'T PROTECT THE OCCUPANT IF IN AN ACCIDENT. *AK

THE BOLT THAT SUPPORTS THE STRUT, ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE TAILGATE , SHEARED OFF AND CAUSED THE GATE TO FALL, HITTING OWNER'S HEAD. THE PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN CORRECTED. *AK

SEAT BELT IN MIDDLE REAR BECOMES DETACHED DUE TO A FAULTY SPRING CLIP WHICH SNAPS INSIDE OUT. OWNER IS VERY CONCERNED FOR HIS SAFETY. *AK

SEAT BELT HOOK/FLOOR ANCHOR ON THE MIDDLE ROW/RIGHT SIDE FAILED.