1993 DODGE CARAVAN Structure Problems

THE PAINT JOB IS DEFECTIVE. THE PAINT HAS PEELED AND THE VAN IS RUSTING. *TR

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WERE BRAKE PROBLEMS AT VARIOUS SPEEDS. PRIOR TO THE PROBLEM THERE WAS EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE AND BRAKE LIGHT ILLUMINATED UNDER NORMAL BRAKING CONDITIONS. NATURE OF FAILURE WORSENED OVER TIME. CAMPAIGN ID # 96V099000 WAS OBSERVED ONLINE BY THE CONTACT PERTAINING TO SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC, ANTILOCK. THE DEALER CONFIRMED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED IN THE RECALL HOWEVER THE DEALER STATED THAT THE PISTON WAS COVERED UNDER THE RECALL AND THERE WERE OTHER REPAIRS THAT NEEDED TO BE DONE TO THE BRAKE SYSTEM NOT COVERED UNDER RECALL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT SERVICED YET. THE REAR HATCH STRUTS WERE REPLACED

PASSENGER AND DRIVER DOORS ARE NOT WORKING PROPERLY, PASSENGER DOOR CAN'T OPEN UP FROM INSIDE OR OUTSIDE. DEALER REPLACED THE HINGE, BUT THE PROBLEM WAS NOT RESOLVED, STILL CAN'T OPEN THE DOOR. *AK

I HAVE A 1993 DODGE CARAVAN. I BELIEVE THE PAINT ON THE CAR IS DEFECTIVE. I HAVE SEEN MOER THAN 50 OTHER DODGE CARS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. THE PAINT FIRST WEARS OFF ON THE ROOF OF THE CAR THEN THE HOOD OF THE CAR, LEADING TO RUST AND CORROSION.I AM SEEING THE SAME PATTERN IN ALMOST ALL DODGE CARAVANS. THANK YOU. *AK

THE BALL JOINTS AND STARTER FAILED, THE BRAKE LINE WAS BROKEN, THE SIDE DOOR FELL OFF, THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED OIL AND COOLANT FAILURES. ALSO THE VEHICLE NEEDED AN OUTER ROD END INSTALLED AND A NEW TRANSMISSION WITHIN ONE YEAR OF PURCHASING THE VEHICLE. *JG *JB

THE RUBBER THAT SEALS THE TAILGATE AND BLOCKS CARBON DIOXIDE FROM ENTERING THE VEHICLE SEPARATED. THIS RESULTED IN CARBON DIOXIDE ENTERING THE VEHICLE AND THE DRIVER SUSTAINED CARBON DIOXIDE POISONING. *PH *NLM

Mileage: 120,000

METAL THAT IS IN THE PASSENGER'S SIDE DOOR THAT HINCH IS WELDED TOO HAS BROKEN , CAUSING DOOR NOT TO CLOSE. ALSO, DOOR MAY FALL OFF.*AK

WELD HINCH BROKE OFF PASSENGER'S SIDE DOOR WHEN OPENED WITHOUT ANY FORCE.*AK

DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR OPENED WHILE DRIVING. DOOR WILL NOT REMAIN SHUT WITHOUT TAPE BEING USED. DEALE HAS YET TO BE CONTACTED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

THE LIFTGATE SUPPORT HAD BROKEN OFF. I CLOSED THE LIFTGATE NOT KNOWING THIS WAS THE CASE. THE HYDRAULIC ARM RAMMED THROUGH THE WINDOW SHATTERING GLASS EVERYWHERE INCLUDING MY EYES. I FLUSHED MY EYES AND SECURED A DOCTOR'S APPOINTMENT. THE EXAMINATION DID NOT REVEAL ANY DAMAGE. I PAID GEICO INSURANCE COMPANY MY DEDUCTIBLE OF $200 AND HAD THE WINDOW REPLACED. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF IT'S POSSIBLE TO BE REIMBURSED FOR MY OUT OF POCKET EXPENSE. *AK

FRONT AND PASSENGER'S SIDE DOOR HINGES ARE POORLY DESIGNED. BOTH HINGES ARE STRATING TO SEPARATE FROM DOOR. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

SLIDING DOOR FELL OFF THE VEHICLE WHILE ATTEMPTING TO CLOSE DOOR. CONSUMER FELT SOMEONE COULD HAVE BEEN SERIOUSLY INJURED. *AKTHE CONSUMER FEELS THIS ITEM SHOULD BE RECALLED BECAUSE OF THE WEIGHT OF THE DOOR. NLM

DRIVER'S SIDE AND PASSENGER'S SIDE DOOR HINGES BROKE LOOSE. WHEN GOING TO CLOSE DOOR LATCH WILLNOT SUPPORT THE BRACKETS. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM. *AK

CONSUMER TURNED WINDSHIELD WIPERS ON, AND LINKAGE ALMOST FELL OFF. ALSO, LIFTGATE NEEDED SUPPORT WASHER AND STEERING PLATES. THE DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEMS. *AK

SIDE SLIDING DOOR WILL NOT STAY IN PLACE WHEN PASSENGERS ARE GETTING IN OR OUT OF VEHICLE. *AK

SLIDING DOOR ON PASSENGER SIDE FELL OFF WHEN I WAS CLOSING IT. *AK

SLIDING DOOR NEEDS TO BE REPAIRED SECOND TIME, WILL NOT SHUT OR CLOSE PROPERLY, IT JUST HANGS THERE. *AK

VEHICLE PARKED; WHEN SLIDING DOOR WAS BEING OPENED IT CAME COMPLETELY OFF TRACK. WAS HELD ON BY TOP HINGE. IN PROCESS, DRIVER'S SHOULDER WAS INJURED TRYING TO KEEP DOOR FROM HITTING GROUND. THIS WAS THE 2ND INCIDENT THAT HAS HAPPENED WITH DOOR. AT THE DEALERSHIP, TECHNICAN REPLACED DOOR PART FIRST TIME. *AK

SLIDING DOOR WOULD NOT OPEN INTERMITTENTLY. DEALER WAS NOT NOTIFIED AT THIS TIME. *AK THE CONSUMER SAYS THE ONLY WAY TO OPEN THE DOOR WAS TO CONTINUOUSLY PRESS THE ELECTIC UNLOCK BUTTON. *YH

POWER DOOR LOCK SYSTEM DOES NOT UNLOCK REAR PASSENGER'S SLIDING DOOR. DOOR CANNOT BE UNLOCKED MANUALLY. DEALER HAS NOT BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

CONSUMER HAS MULTIPLE PROBLEMS WITH VEHICLE. PASSENGERS DOOR DIDN'T STAY CLOSE/ BACK DOOR HINGE BROKE & CONSUMER'S SON BUSTED HIS HEAD. SEAT BELT ISN'T CHILD SAFE, IT CHOKES THE CHILD. CONSUMER HAS BEEN DEALING WITH MANFACTURER AND DEALER, BUT HASN'T RECEIVED SATISFACTION. *AK

DRIVER SIDE DOOR WILL NOT SHUT DUE TO BROKEN HINGES. MECHANIC TOLD CONSUMER THAT DOOR HINGES WERE WELDED WRONGLY. *AK

PRIOR TO RECALL (99V-213) THE LIFTGATE BROKE, CAUSING THE TAILGATE TO FALL. TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY REPLACED BOTH REAR HATCH SUPPORT AND TOTAL PARTS. CONSUMER PAID FOR LABOR $ 250.00. *AK THE ABS LIGHT STAYS ON WHEN STARTING THE VEHICLE DUE TO PARICLES FOUND IN THE BRAKE FLUID. THE VEHICLE VIBRATES WHEN COMING TO STOP DUE TO BOTH FRONT AND REAR BRAKES WORN OUT AND ROTORS WERE BAD TOO. *YH

GRANDSON WAS GETTING GROCERIES OUT THE BACK, AND THE WENT TO PULL THE DOOR CLOSE, AND THE SHOCK BROKE AND THE DOOR CAME DOWN ON THE WIFE.*AK

RECALL REPAIR COMPLETED (95I-001) HOWEVER THE TRUNK HAS COLLASPED ON THE CONSUMERS HEAD DUE TO FAILURE AFTER REPAIR WORK. *MJS

FREON WAS LEAKING FROM AIR CONDITIONER. LEAK WAS COMING FROM UNDER DASHBOARD. TOOK VEHICLE TO MECHANIC, AND THEY HAD TO GO UNDER THE DASHBOARD, THEY FIXED THE LEAK. ONE MONTH BEFORE, HAD TO PUT A BRAND NEW TRANSMISSION. THEN DRIVESHAFT BELT BROKE. CONSUMER HAS HAD NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS WITH THIS VEHICLE. *AK LEFT DOOR SWITCH FAILED. HEATER CORE, EVAPORATOR, CONDENSER, O- RINGS AND SEALS ALL REPLACED. STARTER FAILED. ENGINE TIMING CASE COVER, GASKETS SEALS BELT AND TENSIONERS FAILED. *YH

PRIOR TO RECALL LIFTGATE SUPPORTS AND BOLTS ARE BROKE (999V-213). YH

RECALL COMPONENT FAILED PRIOR TO RECALL NOTICE (99V-213), THE LIFTGATE SUPPORT BOLT BROKE CAUSING THE LIFTGATE TO COLLAPSE UNEXPECTEDLY. *MJS

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED FAILURE OF THE RECALL COMPONENT PRIOR TO RECALL NOTIFICATION, REQUESTING REIMBURSEMENT DUE TO DEFECT (99V-213). *MJS

POWER LOCKS ON PASSENGER'S SIDE SLIDING DOOR ARE INOPERABLE. DOOR DOES NOT LOCK FROM THE INSIDE OR OUTSIDE CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

TRUNK SNAPS ON LIFTING DUE TO BROKEN PISTON. YH

BREAKS - AT 21,000 MILES BEGAN TO EXPERIENCE BREAK PROBLEMS - 1ST A BAD BREAK SPRING LATER - 48,000 ABS PUMP REPLACED; 56,000 BREAK PROBLEMS AGAIN AND WAS TOLD THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE PROBLEM; AT 80,000 PISTON ASSEMBLY (RECALL) WAS REPLACED AGAIN DUE TO LIGHT STAYING ON AND BREAKING FAILURE ENGINE - 18,000 MILES OIL LEAK WAS DISCOVERED; BAD GASKETS 48,000 INFORMED DEALERSHIP VAN WAS USING EXCESS OIL, THEY STATED NO PROBLEM 62,500 CYLINDER GASKETS HAD TO BE REPLACED, CAR HAD TO BE TOWED TO THE GARAGE 81,000 CAR DIED OUT - BAD INTAKE VALE, ALL EXHAUST GUIDES BAD, HEADS NEEDED REDONE, AND A NEW VALVE JOB TAILGATE - RATTLED AT 18,500 AND WAS ADJUSTED; 21,800 INSTRUMENT PANEL LIGHT STAYED ON AND DOOR WAS HARD TO CLOSED; TAILGATE HAS NEVER BEEN CORRECT AIR CONDITIONER - DOES NOT STAY COOL, DEALERSHIP CHECKED FOR LEAKS AND RECHARGED ; FOLLOWING YEAR IT IS WAS NOT COLD AGAIN RADIO - AT TIMES IT DOES NOT TURN ON, OR IT JUST TURNS OFF ON ITS OWN OTHER NOT LISTED - WINDOW SEALS SEEM TO BE LEAKING AIR

BOLT BROKE FROM THE TRUNK LID DOOR , AND PLASTIC ELECTRICAL WIRES ON THE INSIDE OF THE DOOR ARE COMING APART DUE TO THE LIFTGATE SUPPORT BRACKET BEING LOOSE. CONSUMER HAD VEHICLE IN REPAIR SHOP THREE TIMES, AND DEALER CAN'T DETERMINE THE CAUSE. *AK

BOLT BROKE FROM THE TRUNK LID DOOR , AND PLASTIC ELECTRICAL WIRES ON THE INSIDE OF THE DOOR ARE COMING APART DUE TO THE LIFTGATE SUPPORT BRACKET BEING LOOSE. CONSUMER HAD VEHICLE IN REPAIR SHOP THREE TIMES, AND DEALER CAN'T DETERMINE THE CAUSE. *AK

BOLT BROKE FROM THE TRUNK LID DOOR , AND PLASTIC ELECTRICAL WIRES ON THE INSIDE OF THE DOOR ARE COMING APART DUE TO THE LIFTGATE SUPPORT BRACKET BEING LOOSE. CONSUMER HAD VEHICLE IN REPAIR SHOP THREE TIMES, AND DEALER CAN'T DETERMINE THE CAUSE. *AK

WHILE THE TRUNK LID WAS OPENED THE TRUNK SHOCKS GAVE AWAY AND CAUSED INJURY. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

REAR TRUNK LID (LIFTGATE) EXPERIENCED FAILURE PRIOR TO RECALL NOTICE (95I001005). *YC

PASSENGER'S SIDE DOOR IS COMING OFF THE VEHICLE BY THE HINGE. DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR IS CURRENTLY MAKING NOISES, BUT NOT DISCONNECTING. HAD TAKEN VEHICLE TO BODY SHOP &CONSUMER WAS INFORMED OF A MANUFACTURER'S DEFECT. MANUFACTURER WOULD PAY 50% & OWNER PAY OTHER 50%. PROBLEM OF THE DOOR WAS NOTICED AFTER VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT. PAINT IS ALSO COMING OFF THE ROOF BY THE DRIP SYSTEM & THE HOOD. *AK

PEELING PAINT FROM ROOF AND HOOD. CAN HURT SOMEONE AS IT FLYES OF THE VEHICLE. NO SAFETY DEFECT MENTIONED IN THE SUMMARY. *AK

HAD PARKED VEHICLE. LIFTED REAR HATCH. IT WOULDN'T STAY UP. KEPT CLOSING ON ITS OWN. RIGHT HYDRAULIC CYLINDER BOLT HAD BROKEN OFF OF FRAME. STRUT WAS HANGING OUT. THE BOLT LOOKED LIKE IT HAD BEEN SHEARED OFF. *AK

BOLT THAT HOLDS THE HYDRALIC PUMP TO THE VEHICLE SNAPPED CAUSING HATCH BACK TO FALL ON THE BACK AND NECK OF CONSUMER KNOCKING HIM OUT. NLM

PASSANGER'S FRONT DOOR WELD AT HINGES BROKE LOOSE, DOOR NOT SHUTTING CORRECTLEY. HAD TO HAVE TEMPORARY WELD ON HINGES WHILE TRYING TO LOCATE REPLACEMENT DOOR. DOOR WAS NOT USABLE AT THIS TIME. DEALER ESTIMATED COST FOR DOOR REPLACEMENT UP TO $1500.00 WAS TOLD THAT THIS PROBLEM HAPPENS REGULARLY WITH THIS MAKE, AND HAS BEEN REPORTED TO DODGE, BUT NOTHING IS BEING DONE. WAS ALSO TOLD THAT DOOR COULD FALL OFF AT ANY TIME. SEEMS VERY DANGEROUS TO A FAMILY OF TWO SMALL CHILDREN. WANT TO KNOW IF DODGE IS DOING ANYTHING TO WARRANTY THIS PROBLEM SINCE IT IS A FACTORY DEFECT. *AK

THE REPAIR SHOP INDICATED THAT THEY'VE SEEN THIS EXACT PROBLEM ON ANOTHER MINIVAN. I KNOW OF SOMEONE ELSE WITH THE IDENTICAL PROBLEM. THE DEALERSHIP SAID THEY NEVER SAW THIS BEFORE. NO MENTION OF SAFETY DEFECT WITHIN SUNMMARY. *AK

DRIVER'S DOOR FRAME CRACKED, CAUSING THE DOOR TO SEPARATE FROM THE HINGES,RESULTING IN THE DOOR NOT PROPERLY SHUTTING. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

DRIVER'S SIDE AND THE PASSENGER'S SIDE SLIDING DOOR HANDLES FELL OFF. THE DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

THE HINGE ATTACHMENT ON THE DOOR IS BREAKING FREE FROM THE WELDS AND IS FAILING. MANUFACTURER CANNOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM AND VEHICLE IS NOT UNDER WARRANTY. *AK

SPRING MISSING FROM HOOD ORNAMENT CAUSING IT TO LAY DOWN ON THE HOOD.

WHEN OPENING THE SLIDING DOOR IT FELL OFF THE HINGES. THE DEALER IS AWARE OF THE PROLBEM. THE PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN CORRECTED. *AK

BOLT SECURING RIGHT SIDE TAILGATE LIFTER/SHOCK TO FRAME FELL OFF WHILE VEHICLE WAS IDLING AT STOP SIGN. *AK

RIGHT LIFTGATE SUPPORT ATTACHMENT BOLT: ATTEMPTED TO LIFT THE GATE TO LOAD SOME THINGS, THE ATTACHMENT TO THE BODY OF THE VAN BROKE OFF AND THE LIFTGATE FELL ON MY BACK. *AK

DURING NORMAL OPERATION OF SLIDING PASSENGER DOOR, WHILE IN LOCKED POSITION, DOOR DOESN'T STAY ATTACHED OR LOCKED. THE HINGES AS WELL DO NOT APPEAR TO BE HOLDING. PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK

WHILE SHUTTING THE REAR GATE DOOR THE STRUT THAT HOLDS THE DOOR UP FROZE AND THEN BROKE THROUGH THE DOOR AND INTO THE CEILING OF THE VAN. *AK

VEHICLE'S PASSENGER'S SIDE DOOR IS LOOSE WITH IN THE INTERIOR AND OUTSIDE UNIT DUE TO A PART BREAKING WITHIN THE DOOR. *AK

EA-96027, ALLEGED REAR LIFTGATE SUPPORT FAILURE. THE CYLINDERS THAT SUPPORT THE LIFTGATE ARE BROKEN. THE GATE DOES NOT STAY IN THE OPEN POSITION. COULD CAUSE SERIOUS INJURIES. THE PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN CORRECTED. *AK

THE SHOCK ABSORBER BRACKETS FOR THE REAR DOOR BROKE HITTING OWNER IN THE HEAD AND DOOR FELL ON HIS BACK.

ALL THREE DOOR HANDLES BROKE. *AK

HATCHBACK WINDOW BLEW OUT, CAUSING INJURY.

HATCHBACK SUPPORT ROD SCREW CAME OFF.

FAILURE ON THE SLIDING DOOR, CONSUMER WENT TO OPEN THE SLIDING DOOR AND THE DOOR FAILED, CAUSING INJURIES TO THE OCCUPANT. *AK *JB

THE PASSENGER'S SIDE DOOR IS COMING LOOSE FROM THE HINGE.*AK

RECALL RELATED 95I0001, IN FOR REPAIR LIFT GATE FAILED DUE FALUTY SUPPORT, SENLOID BURNED OUT.*AK

RECALL RELATED 95I0001, IN FOR REPAIR LIFT GATE FAILED DUE FALUTY SUPPORT, SENLOID BURNED OUT.*AK

DRIVER DOOR CAME UNBOLTED FROM THE FRAME AND CRACKED. DESCRIBE MORE IN DETAIL. *AK

DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR MISALIGNED.

HOOD BOLTS BROKE, CAUSING HOOD TO FLY INTO WINDSHIELD. *SD

BOLTS SECURING HOOD BROKE, CAUSING HOOD TO FLY UP IN FRONT OF DRIVER BLOCKING VISION, CAUSING INJURY. *DSH

THE SLIDING DOOR JUMPED OFF THE TRACK WHEN INSERTING THE KEY INTO THE LOCK. PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK

FRONT PASSENGER WELDING ON DOOR LOOSENS AND BREAKS LOCK; WEAK WELDING POINTS IN DOOR HINGE; DOOR DOES NOT CLOSED. *AK

GASKET ON DRIVERS DOOR LOOSE, CAUSING IT TO LEAK.

SIDE DOOR WON'T UNLOCK.

THREE OUT OF FOUR HINGE WELDS CRACKED.

# PE95-012 THE STEERING BELT TENSIONER WAS MAKING NOISE CONSUMER REPLACED IT . TT ALSO ELECTRIC MOTOR FAILED UNABLE TO OPERATE DOOR LOCKS.*JB

REPLACED SHEARED REAR DOOR SUPPORT RODS.

THE STOPPER BROKE ON THE SLIDING GLASS DOOR ON VAN, CAUSING THE DOOR TO FALL OFF THE VAN AND ONTO THE GROUND. *AK

REAR LIFT GATE OPENED BY ITSELF WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY. TT

DURING INCLIMATE WEATHER APPLIED BRAKES WENT INTO DITCH PASSENGER SEAT BELT UNLATCHED DRIVERS DID NOT RETRACT AND REAR TAILGATE FLEW OPEN. TT

SLIDING DOOR FELL OFF AND FRACTURED DRIVERS FOOT. TT

REPLACED DRIVER'S DOOR TWICE.

SIDE SLIDING DOOR FAILED. *SKD

HYDRAULIC CYLINDER LIFT STRUTS INOPERATIVE, WON'T STAY UP, WILL DECEND UNEXPECTEDLY, WITHOUT WARNING. TT

WITNESS REPORT: REAR LIFTGATE CAME OPEN AFTER BROADSIDED BY ANOTHER MOVING VEHICLE THAT RAN A RED LIGHT; LUGGAGE FLEW OUT INTO TRAFFIC. TT

CROSSING INTERSECTION HIT ON DRIVER'S REAR WHEEL LIFTGATE FLEW UP AND THREW DAUGHTER AND DOG OUT OF VEHICLE, INJURIES RECIEVED BRUISES. TT

INTERIOR LIGHTS/WARNING BELLS GO ON WHEN GOING OVER BUMPS. *SKD

MR. PHILIPS WITNESSED INCIDENCE OF EJECTION OF A CHILD WHEN VEHICLE WAS HIT BROADSIDE, THEN REAR LIFTGATE FLEW OPEN, RESULTING IN FATAL INJURIES. TT

IN A REAR END COLLISION THE REAR TAILGATE POPPED OPEN, AND THE TRANSMISSION SHUTTERS AT ABOUT 35MPH. TT

VEHICLE WAS HIT FROM REAR AT 6:00 POSITION, SPEED 50 MPH, REAR LIFTGATE CAME OPEN, EA94-005 ACTIVE. TT

WHILE DRIVING REAR HATCH LIFT GATE OPENED AND ALL CARGO IN VEHICLE FELL OUT NO WARNING LIGHTS CAME ON STATING HATCH WAS OPEN.DRIVERS AVOIDING CARGO IN HWY. TT

VEHICLES REAR HATCH GATE OPENS WHILE DRIVING WITH NO WARNING AND AT TIMES IS VERY DIFFICULT TO CLOSE. TT

VEHICLES REAR HATCH GATE OPENS WHILE DRIVING WITH NO WARNING AND AT TIMES IS VERY DIFFICULT TO CLOSE. TT