Service Brakes, Hydraulic
Filed Sep 17, 1998CA
DRIVER EXPERIENCES RANDOM LOSS OF BRAKE PEDAL PRESSURE WHEN STOPPED AT A STOP LIGHT. QUICK RELEASE AND PUSHING ON BRAKE REGAINS PEDAL PRESSURE.
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1998 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 1998 record →
Vehicle Speed Control
Filed Sep 3, 1998CO
CRUISE CONTROL FAILS TO HOLD SPEED AND OCCASIONALLY ACCELERATES WITHOUT CAUSE.
Fuel System, Gasoline › Storage › Tank Assembly
Filed Jul 9, 1998NC
WHEN THE FUEL TANK IS EMPTY AND THE WEATHER IS HOT, UPON FILLING UP THE FUEL TANK, FUEL LEAKS FROM THE GASKET ON THE TANK. THE FUEL TANK WILL LEAK ABOUT 3 GALLONS OF FUEL WHEN ONLY 18 GALLONS OF FUEL IN PUT IN THE TANK. THE FUEL TANK IS A 20 GALLON TANK. THE DEALER TIGHTENED UP THE GASKET ON THE FUEL TANK. A NEW FUEL TANK AND GASKET AS ALSO BEEN ORDERED.
Fuel System, Gasoline › Storage › Tank Assembly
Filed Jul 8, 1998NC
GAS TANK LEAKS WHEN THE FUEL LEVEL EXCEEDS 3/4 OF THE TANK.
Fuel System, Gasoline › Storage › Tank Assembly
Filed Jun 25, 1998MO
OWNER FILLED UP THE TANK AND DROVE 4 MILES AND MOST OF THE GAS HAD LEAKED OUT. DEALER REPLACED GAS TANK. *AK
Tires
Filed Feb 3, 1998CO
TIRE BLEW OUT.
Power Train › Automatic Transmission › Park/Neutral Start Interlock SwitchCrash
Filed Jan 30, 1998NJ
VEHICLE WA SPARKED USING THE GEAR SHIFT. KEY WAS REMOVED FROM THE IGNITION. AFTER SEVERAL MOMENTS, VEHICLE ROLED SLIGHTLY FORWARD, PICKE DUP SPEED AND CRASHE DINTO A TREE, STOPPING IT. GEA RSHIFT WAS NOT IN PARK AFTER THE COLLISION. *AK
Wheels
Filed Nov 18, 1997WI
FRONT WHEEL SHEARED OFF AND FELL OFF VEHICLE WHILE GOING AT 65 MPH. *AK
Power Train › Automatic Transmission › Park/Neutral Start Interlock Switch
Filed Nov 14, 1997IL
SHIFT INDICATOR GEAR DOES NOT CONTAIN A LOCKING MECHANISM, ALLOWING CHILD TO ENGAGE GEAR RESULTING IN A VEHICLE COLLISION.
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