1993 Dodge Grand Caravan complaints

HAD PROBLEMS WITH MY 86 VAN, MORE WITH THE 93 VAN AND EXPECTING MORE WITH MY 98 VAN I MUST BE NUTS TO HAVE PURCHASED THE 98 VAN. THE ABS BRAKES IN 1993 VAN FAILED AND I WAS ABLE TO STOP BEFORE I RAN THE LIGHT, A FEW DAYS LATER THEY CAME BACK ON OUT OF NOWHERE. I DO NOT FEEL I SHOULD BE DRIVING A CAR THAT I CAN NOT TRUST THE BRAKES.*AK

PASSENGER'S SEAT BELT GETS STUCK, WORKS RARELY, DEALER TOLD CONSUMER TO LUBRICATE IT. THIS STARTED IN 1994 WHILE STILL UNDER WARRANTY, NOT REPAIRED.*AK

THIS IS THE SECOND REPLACEMENT TRANSMISSION INSTALLED IN THIS VEHICLE. I AM THE ORIGINAL OWNER AND HAVE FOLLOWED THE MAINTANENCE SCHEDULE. THESE TRANSMISSION FAILURES ARE GOING TO CAUSE A SEVERE REAR END TYPE ACCIDENT SOON IF CHRYSLER IS NOT HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR A DEFECTIVE PRODUCT. *AK

WHEN CONSUMER STARTED ENGINE, BACK WINDOW SHATTERED. NOT TAKEN TO DEALER, BUT REPORTED TO POLICE. *AK

INTERMITTENTLY WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED THE PEDAL BECOMES HARD, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. DEALER HAS INSPEPECTED VEHICLE AND HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED AND WAS REPAIRED UNDER RECALL 96V099000. MANUFACTURER WILL BE NOTIFIED.*AK

ABS LIGHTS COME ON/ STEERING: POWER ASSIST STOPPED WORKING .DEALER SAYS NOT PART OF RECALL 2-FUEL INJECTOR RAIL LEAKING ALL OVER ENGINE. *AK

I WAS TOLD TO REPORT THIS PAINT PROBLEM BECAUSE WINDOWS SHOULD NOT BE GLUED TO PEELING PAINT. NO SAFETY DEFECT. *AK

DRIVESHAFT IS SEPARATING. *AK

EHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A REAR IMPACT ABOUT 50 MPH WHICH CAUSED DRIVER'S SEATBACK TO COLLAPSE, AND DRIVER FELL BACKWARDS. THIS MAY HAVE CAUSED INJURIES. *AK

INTERMITTENTLY WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED ABS SYSTEM ACTIVATES, PEDAL BECOMES HARD, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. DEALER HAS INSPECTED VEHICLE. A RECALL HAS BEEN ISSUED ON THE ABS; HOWEVER, THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED DUE TO VIN.*AK

PASSENGER WINDOW IS INTERMITTENTLY INOPERATIVE. NLM

AIR CONDITIONER WON'T WORK, HAVE TALKED TO MANY PEOPLE WITH CARAVANS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. ALSO, HAVE SEEN A LARGE NUMBER OF VEHICLES WITH THE PAINT CHIPPING. THE PREVIOUS OWNER TOLD US AT THE TIME THAT WE PURCHASED THAT THERE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE SOME TYPE OF RECOURSE ON THE PAINT ON THE CARAVAN. I HAVE ONLY SEEN THIS PROBLEM ON THE 1993'S AND EARLIER MODELS. WE OWN A 1994, SAME COLOR, DRIFTWOOD, AND HAVE HAD NO PROBLEMS WHATSOEVER WITH AIR OR PAINT.

HEADLIGHT LENSES ARE YELLOWING AND CAUSING POOR VISIBILITY. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED.*AK THE MAUFACTURER SAYS THE PROBLEM IS CAUSED BY THE AGE AND MILEAGE OF THE VEHICLE. *YH

APPROACHED RED LIGHT, BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR, WENT THROUGH RED LIGHT. THERE WAS NO WARNING LIGHT. AFTERWARD, THE BRAKES RETURNED TO NORMAL. THE DEALER CAN FIND NOTHING WRONG.

I WAS UNSURE ABOUT THIS BEING A SAFTEY ISSUE BUT I WAS TOLD THAT IF WINDSHEILDS WERE ATTACHED TO PEELING PAINT THAT IT COULD POSE A PROBLEM. I TRUST THAT YOU WILL BE ABLE TO DECIDE IF THIS IS A PROBLEM. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. NO SAFETY DEFECT MENTIONED. *AK

DAIMLER/CHRYSLER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM WITH THE TRANSMISSION AND ARE CURRENTLY AWARE OF THE ONGOING PROBLEM WITH THE TRANSMISSION KNOWN AS A-604. THEY ARE, HOWEVER, UNWILLING TO TAKE CARE OF THIS MATTER SINCE THE WARRANTY HAS CONVENIENTLY EXPIRED. *AK

WHEN OPENING THE SLIDING DOOR WHICH DOES NOT STAY OPEN AND CLOSES IMMEDIATELY, MAY CAUSE INJURIES TO OCCUPANT ENTERING OR EXITING VEHICLE. *AK

FRONT BRAKE PADS HAVE BEEN REPLACED FOUR TIMES, ROTORS HAVE BEEN TURNED THREE TIMES AND REPLACED ONCE AFTER ALL THIS DONE VEHICLE HAVE A BAD SHIMMY. *YH

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING 10-15MPH IN RAINY WEATHER. SUN WAS GLARING IN CONSUMER'S FACE AND HE DIDN'T SEE A LIGHT POLE & HIT RIGHT SIDE OF LIGHT POLE HEAD-ON. AIRBAGS DIDN'T DEPLOY UNTIL 5MINUTES AFTER THE IMPACT. CONSUMER WILL BE CONTACTING MANUFACTURER. *AK

DRIVER'S SIDE SEATBELT HAS BECOME STUCK AND CANNOT BE PULLED OUT TO BE USED.*AK

THE LEFT WINDSHIELD WIPER PIVOT FAILED PRIOR TO RECALL NOTICE 99V-189 DURING A RAIN STORM RESULTING IN POOR VISIBILITY. NLM

TRANSMISSION WILL NOT ENGAGE IN ANY SELECTION IN COLD WEATHER. I BEGAN TO ENCOUNTER THIS PROBLEM THE FIRST WINTER I OWNED IT, IT WAS OUT OF WARRANTY. LAST WEEK THE TRANSMISSION FAILED. THERE WAS A LOUD BANGING NOISE. THE TRANS. WILL NOT ENGAGE. IF THE ENGINE IS RUNNING YOU CANNOT MOVE THE VEHICLE EVEN IN NEUTERAL. IF THE ENGINE IS NOT RUNNNING THE VEHICLE CAN BE MOVED. MECHANIC SAYS THERE IS A TRANSMISSION PROBLEM, HOWEVER AT THIS TIME THE NATURE IS UNKNOWN. *AK

THE LEFT HAND WINDSHIELD WIPER PIVOT ARM FAILED PRIOR TO RECALL NOTICE 99V-189 DURING INCLEMENT WEATHER CAUSING POOR VISIBILITY. NLM

ONGOING PROBLEM WITH TRANSMISSION FAILURE FROM 120,000 TO THE PRESENT OF 135,000 MILES. REPLACEMENTS WERE DONE ON FOUR OCCASIONS TWO BY INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOPS, AND TWO BY DEALERS. PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

WITHOUT WARNING- ENGINE STALLS IN TRAFFIC, USUALLY WHILE DECELERATING, AND CAN ONLY RESTART WITH GAS PEDAL FLOORED. PROBLEM IS INTERMITTENT, SPORADIC, AND CANNOT BE DUPLICATED. DLR/MFR. SAY CORRECT BY WARRANTY, BUT PROBLEM MAY NOT SHOW FOR MONTHS. *AK

PAINT IS FLAKING FROM HOOD AND ROOF, PARTICLES CAN BE INGESTED. DISTRICT MANAGER SAID UV STABILIZERS IN PAINT NOT CORRECT. PAINT IS FLAKING FROM RAIN GUTTERS, ROOF RIDGES, AND HOOD. NO SAFETY DEFECT LISTED IN THE SUMMARY. *AK

TRANSMISSION WAS SERVICED SHORTLEY AFTER PURCHASE FOR ROUGH SHIFTING. TRANSMISSION SERVICED AGAIN AND TRANSMISSION KIT PUT ON AFTER 3 YEARS. JUST NOTIFIED THAT TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE COMPLETELY REBUILT. FINDING MECHANICS WILL NOT WORK ON THIS TRANSMISSION BECAUSE OF POOR REPUTATION OF DODGE TRANSMISSIONS. I AM VERY FRUSTRATED THAT DODGE DOESN'T REPAIR THIS PROBLEM. *AK

DRIVER SIDE SEAT BELT WILL JAM UP AND NOT ALLOW MOVEMENT. MANY TIMES IT TAKES 5 MIN TO FIGHT THE SEATBELT JUST TO GET IT TO PULL OUT SO THAT IT MAY BE PUT ON. ONCE I GET IT ON, THERE IS NO GUARANTEE THAT I WILL BE ABLE TO MOVE AS MUCH AS TO ROLL DOWN THE WINDOW TO PAY TOLLS ECT. IT TIGHTENS UP AS I DRIVE AND THERE HAVE MANY TIMES WHILE DRIVING I HAVE HAD TO TAKE IT OFF BECAUSE IT BECOMES TO TIGHT. THEN I EATHER HAVE TO FIGHT WHILE DRIVING OR PULL OVER AND FIGHT WITH IT TO GET IT BACK OUT SO THAT I MAY COMPLY WITH THE LAW. I NEED TO GET IT IN SOON FOR REPAIR. *AK

THE LIFTGATE SUPPORT ATTACHING BOLT FAILED PRIOR TO RECALL NOTICE 99V-213. NLM

WHILE APPLYING BRAKES PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING WHICH CAUSED A MINOR COLLISION. PRIOR TO THE COLLISION, DEALER HAD REPAIRED THE VEHICLE UNDER A SAFETY RECALL FOR BRAKES. *AK

TRANSMISSION FAILURE POSSIBLY DUE TO PISTONS WITHIN THE TRANSMISSION THAT WERE MANUFACTURED ROUGH, AND PUT TEFLON ON IT. WHEN IT WORE OUT IT CAUSED PISTON TO BREAK OFF. COMMON PROBLEM WITH CARAVANS. *AK *ML

DRIVERS SIDE SEAT BELT FAILS TO RETRACT OR RELEASE (TOTALLY INOPERABLE). NLM

FRONT PASSENGER'S DOOR SEPARATED FROM ITS WELDING. DEALER HAS INSPECTED AND REPAIRED VEHICLE, AND DETERMINED THAT IT WAS A FACTORY DEFECT. SINCE REPAIRS WERE DONE,DOOR HAS SEPARATED AGAIN. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED PROBLEMS WITH THE ABS SYSTEM SINCE PURCHASE, THE BENDIX-10 ABS SYSTEM WAS PREVIOUSLY REPAIRED, PER RECALL #99V-099, HOWEVER FAILURE OF THE SYSTEM AFTER REPAIR RESULTED IN VEHICLE COLLISION. *MJS

NHTSA RECALL 96V099000/AND MANUFACTURER'S RECALL 685. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER ON 02-11-2000. , DEALER KEPT VEHICLE FOR THREE WEEKS. AFTER CONSUMER RECEIVED VEHICLE BACK, IT FAILED WITHIN AN HOUR. BROUGHT VEHICLE BACK TO DEALER. UPON RETURNING VEHICLE TO CONSUMER, IT HAD NO HYDRAULIC FLUID IN THE SYSTEM. CONSUMER RETURNED VEHICLE TO DEALER. ONCE AGAIN. AFTER REPAIRS WERE MADE, ABS LIGHT CAME ON. RETURNED IT BACK TO DEALER ON 02-24-2000, AND VEHICLE IS STILL IN THE SHOP. *AK THE CUSTOMER MADE SEVEN TRIPS TO THE DEALER. FIVE OF THE TRIPS WERE FOR FAILURES THAT OCCURED ONE HOUR AFTER REPAIR. THE BRAKES ALSO FAILED AND WERE FIXED. *YH

THE FIRST TRANSMISSION FAILURE OCCURRED AT 56,000MILES AND WAS REPLACED BY CHRYSLER. THE SECOND TRANSMISSION FAILURE OCCURRED AT 119,609 MILES AND CHRYSLER REFUSES TO ACCEPT ANY RESPONSIBILITY TOWARDS ITS REPLACEMENT. *AK

DRIVERSIDE AIRBAG DEPLOYED WHILE THE MINIVAN WAS IDLING AND IN THE PARKED POSITION WITH NO OTHER VEHICLES PRESENT. DEALER SAID IT WAS A BAD AIR BAG MODULE AND THE CHRYSLER CORPORATION SAID IT WAS BECAUSE OF A FRONT END COLLISION WHICH HAPPENED APPROXIMATELY 4 TO 5 YEARS AGO. *AK

THE DRIVER'S SIDE SHOULDER BELT STICKS IN THE RETRACTOR AND WILL NOT COME OUT. AFTER SEVERAL MINUTES/HOURS OF TUGGING, IT MAY/MAY NOT FREE UP AND PULL OUT. EVEN THEN, IT GENERALLY DOES NOT MOVE FREELY IN AND OUT OF THE RETRACTOR. I PREVIOUSLY HAD TO REPLACE THE PASSENGER SIDE SHOULDER BELT WHICH HAD THE SAME PROBLEM, AT A COST OF ABOUT $200. THE DEALER INDICATED THAT EVEN THOUGH IT WAS SAFETY RELATED, DODGE WOULD NOT PAY FOR THE REPAIR. *AK

THE SEAT BELT ON THE PASSENGER'S SIDE IS STUCK IN THE RETRACTOR. ALSO, SEAT BELT ON DRIVER'S SIDE STICKS WHEN PULLING OUT OF THE RETRACTOR. SOMETIMES SEAT BELT TIGHTENS AROUND THE DRIVER FOR NO REASON. PROBLEM WAS NOT REPORTED TO THE DEALERSHIP. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

DESIGN FLAW OF HAIR SPRING IN THE AIRBAG SENSOR HAS BROKEN, CAUSING THE AIRBAG TO FAIL. DEALER HAS REPAIRED THE VEHICLE. *AK *YC THE CLOCK SPRING ASSEMBLY IS THE ELECTRICAL HARNESS FOR THE CRUISE CONTROL AND AIR BAG. THE CLOCK SPRING ASSEMBLY FAILURE CAUSED THE AIR BAG INOPERABLE. THE CLOCK SPRING ASSEMBLY WAS REPLACED BUT FAILED AGAIN AND AIR BAG FAILED TO DEPLOY DURING COLLISION. THE CLOCK SPRING ASSEMBLY HAD BEEN DIAGNOSED TO BE DEFECTIVE AND SHOULD BE RECALLED. *YH

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED FAILURE OF THE RECALL COMPONENT PRIOR TO RECALL NOTICE (99V-213), CAUSED DAMAGE TO WINDOW WHEN FAILURE INCIDENT OCCURRED. MJS

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

TRANSIMISSION DOES NOT SHFT INTO GEAR PROPERLY. DEALER HAS INSPECTED VEHICLE, AND MANUFACTURER NOTIFED. *AK

REPLACED THERMOSTAT TWICE BUT ACTION DOESN'T CORRECT PROBLEM

ENTIRE ASSEMBLY NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. CAN'T USE FRONT SEAT BECAUSE OF SEAT BELT SAFETY LAWS. *AK

WHEN THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING. DISTANCE. DEALER HAS DRIVEN AND INSPECTED VEHICLE. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED.*AK

PLZ REVIEW THIS INFORMATION CAREFULY FRIENDS WHO HAVE SAME VEHICLE HAVE HAD ALL THE SAME PROBLEMS

MY TRANSMISSION STARTED ACTING UP AT 60000MI AND WE HAD A REPAIR DONE AT THAT TIME, BUT I FEEL THAT THIS IS PITIFUL TO HAVE TO REPLACE A TRANSMISSION ON A VEHICLE WITH LESS THAN 70000 MILES ON IT.

THE HINGE ASSEMBLY ON THE PASSENGER SIDE DOOR IS RUSTED AND CORRODED AND HAS BEEN WELDED TWICE AND THE NEXT TIME IT NEEDS REPAIR THE DEALER THAT I TOOK IT TO SAYS IT WILL HAVE TO BE (THE DOOR) REPLACED.