1994 DODGE CARAVAN Latches/locks/linkages Problems

I TRIED TO OPEN THE HOOD OF MY MINIVAN AND THE RELEASE BROKE OFF. THE RELEASE WAS ON THE INSIDE OF THE 1994 DODGE MINIVAN AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT CAUSED IT TO BREAK OFF. I'VE CHECKED THE SAFETY DEFECT NOTIFICATIONS FOR "1994 DODGE MINIVANS" AND COULD NOT FIND ANY OTHER MENTIONS OF FAILURE OF THE HAND RELEASE FOR THE VEHICLES' HOODS. *TR

Mileage: 235,000

TAILGATE WILL NO LONGER LATCH PROPERLY, DOOR HAS TO BE SLAMMED A COUPLE OF TIMES BEFORE IT SHUTS.*AK

THE LATCH ASSEMBLY AT THE REAR OF THE DOOR IS JAMMED SO THAT THE DOOR WILL NOT CLOSE. I HAVE MANAGED TO GET IT BACK INTO THE RIGHT POSITION ON TWO OTHER OCCASSIONS BY PRYING IT INTO PLACE (NO, I DID NOT BEND IT OR ALTER IT IN ANY WAY). THIS TIME, HOWEVER, IT SIMPLY WON'T CLOSE. THE "LOOP" IS UP. THIS IS PARTICULARLY TROUBLESOME AS THE PROBLEM OCCURED WHEN I WAS SHOPPING. I HAD TO TAKE MY WIFE AND TWO CHILDREN HOME WITH THE DOOR BEING HELD SHUT BY A SEAT BELT. I DON'T BELIEVE A DOOR LATCH OF THIS AGE SHOULD FAIL. IT IS FULLY LUBRICATED.*AK

PASSENGER'S SIDE SLIDING DOOR FAILED TO LATCH PROPERLY. HINGES KEPT BREAKING. DOOR WOULD FLY OPEN WHEN GOING AROUND A CORNER OR CURB. CONTACTED MANUFACTURER, AND INFORMED CONSUMER OF NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR, NOT A DEFECT. HAD BEEN REPAIRED 15 TIMES, AND WOULD ONLY LAST ABOUT 3 MONTHS. TOOK BACK TO DEALERSHIP, AND MECHANIC REPLACED OLD DESIGN WITH A NEW DESIGN.*AK

SEATBELT GETS STUCK IN DOOR PATH; WHEN ENTERING VEHICLE SEATBELT IS LOOSE, AND WON'T PROTECT OCCUPANT IN A CRASH. ALSO, PROBLM WITH DOOR LATCH STRIKER WHICH THE OCCUPANT MUST SLAM DOOR IN ORDER TO SHUT. AK BECAUSE THE BELT RETRACTOR SPRING WAS WEAK, THE DRIVER SEAT BELT HAS ABOUT A FOOT OF SLACK. *YH

DRIVER SIDE DOOR OPENED WHILE ROUNDING A BEND CAUSING ME TO ALMOST FALL OUT OF THE VEHICLE, IF IT HADN'T BEEN FOR THE SEAT BELT I WOULD HAVE FALLEN OUT. AFTER THE DOOR OPENED I SWERVED LOSING CONTROL HOWEVER THER WASN'T AN ON COMING VEHICLE AT THE TIME.FROM THE FORCE OF THE DOOR SWINGING OPEN BOTH OF THE JOINTS BROKE OFF AND THE SERVICE MAN AT OUR LOCAL DEALER INFORMED US THAT HE SEES MANY OF THESE PROBLEMS ON THE 1994/1995 MODELS. I HAD ALL OF THE RECALLS DONE TO DATE INCLUDING THE REAR LATCH, THAT I NEVER HAD A PROBLEM WITH . I HAVE ALSO HAD TO REPLACE THE 02 SENSOR. I FELL THIS COULD HAVE BEEN FAR WORSE IF THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN AN ON COMING CAR AT THE TIME, WE WERE VERY LUCKY.*AK

DRIVER SIDE DOOR OPENED WHILE ROUNDING A BEND CAUSING ME TO ALMOST FALL OUT OF THE VEHICLE. IF IT HADN'T BEEN FOR THE SEAT BELT I WOULD HAVE FALLEN OUT. AFTER THE DOOR OPENED I SWERVED LOOSING CONTROL HOWEVER THERE WASN'T AN ON COMING VEHICLE AT THE TIME. FROM THE FORCE OF THE DOOR SWINGING OPEN BOTH OF THE JOINTS BROKE OFF AND THE SERVICE MAN AT OUR LOCAL DEALER INFORMED US THAT HE SEES MANY OF THESE PROBLEMS ON THE 1994/1995 MODELS. I HAD ALL OF THE RECALLS DONE TO DATE INCLUDING THE REAR LATCH THAT I NEVER HAD A PROBLEM WITH. I HAVE ALSO HAD TO REPLACE THE 02 SENSOR. I FEEL THIS COULD HAVE BEEN WORSE IF THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN AN ON COMING CAR AT THE TIME. WE WERE VERY LUCKY. *NLM **DIMSII IVOQ ENTRY POSTED AFTER 12/12/02 CUT-OVER TO ARTEMIS*734346

Mileage: 67,000

THE SIDE SLIDING DOOR AND THE PASSENGER'S DOOR WILL NOT SHUT. DEALER HAS INSPECTED THE VEHICLE. NO ASSISTANCE FROM CHRYSLER. *AK *ML

WINDSHIELD MOTOR (REAR) WAS RECALLED, VEHICLE TAKEN TO DEALERSHIP. CONNSUMER SAT AT DEALER ALMOST 2 HOURS BEFORE BEING TOLD THAT THEY DID NOT HAVE THE PART IN, SIDE DOOR OF VAN- WHEN HITTING A BUMP THE OVERHEAD LIGHTS GO ON AND OFF LIKE STROBE LIGHTS AND THE DOOR LATCH IS NOT LATCHING PROPERLY, THEREFORE THE DOOR AJAR LIGHT BLINKS ON AND OFF AND A BEEPING SIGNAL IN HEARD CONSTANTLY.. *AK

WHN PULLING THE SIDE SLIDING DOOR, LATCH POPS OPEN PERIODICALLY. CONTACTED DEALER. DEALER WAS NOT ABLE TO FIND THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. *AK

TRANSMISSION IS LEAKING FLUID SINCE PURCHASE FROM AXLE SEAL TRANSFER CASE. FRONT RIGHT STRUT ASSEMBLY MAKES EXSTREME NOISES OVER BUMPS AND SHARP CURVES. ENGINE HAS DEVELOPED A LEAK. LEFT DRIVER SIDE DOOR CAN NOT BE OPENED WITH KEY. SUSPECT FLOOD DAMAGE DUE TO A REOCCURRING ODOR FROM HEATER VENTS. WE HAVE CONTACTED DEALER MORE THAN THREE TIMES AND WERE GIVEN A "DODGE" ! DEALER HAS CHANGED THE BUISNESS NAME AND STATES HAS NO LONGER AN OBLIGATION TO HONOR THESE PROBLEMS WHICH WE ENCOUNTERED UNDER WARRANTY! ALSO, AIR CONDITION UNIT HAS BEEN LEAKING AND WAS SERVICED UNDER WARRENTY AND REMAINS A PROBLEM. THERE ARE SEVERAL OTHER ITEMS TOO LONG TO LIST. THE BOTTOM LINE IS THAT THIS VEHICLE IS FAILING RAPIDLY MECHANICALLY! I FEEL STRONGLY THAT I HAVE BEEN "RIPPED OFF!" BY THIS DEALER AND AM IN NEED OF SOME SORT OF SOLUTION!. *AK

DRIVING DOWN ROAD CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP AND THE BOLT UNDER THE HOOD THAT HOLDS THE TENSIONER BROKE IN HALF. VEHICLE WAS AT A STOP SIGN WHEN THIS OCCURRED BUT HAS CAUSED LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL WHEN IN MOTION. *AK

DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR HAS A PROBLEM WITH LATCHING PROPERLY SO THAT IT WILL STAY SHUT. CONSUMER HAD DOOR ADJUSTED, BUT IT STILL HAS THE PROBLEM. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

SLIDING DOOR WILL NOT REMAIN SHUT & LOCKED PROPERLY. THE LOCKING MECHANISM HAD JAMMED. PLASTIC PIECE BROKE OFF AT THE LATCH. *AK

SLIDING SIDE DOOR WILL NOT LATCH. PLASTIC PIECE USED TO STOP VIBRATION (?) BROKE AND JAMMED DOOR LATCH OPEN. DOOR WILL NOT SHUT. *AK

WHEN OPERATING VEHICLE AT NIGHT,HEADLIGHTS GO OUT MOMENTARILY,(2-3SEC),OR AFTER DRIVING FOR 50 TO 100 MILES AT NIGHT THEN STOPPING ,AND STARTING AGAIN ,LIGHTS WILL NOT TURN ON DOORS WILL NOT LOCK, HEATER CONTROLS WILL NOT FUNCTION.2TO3 HOURS. LATER EVERYTHING WORKS FINE AGAIN (FOR AWHILE UNTIL THE SAME PROBLEM SURFACES AGAIN) NO.OF OCCURRENCES 10. *AK

LATCH RECALL WORK PERFORMED HOWEVER FAILED.

TAILGATE LATCH FAILED WHEN VEHICLE WAS REAR ENDED.

THE HOOD UNLATCHED AND FLEW UP WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS GOING 55 MPH AND UP. NO ACCIDENT WAS CAUSED. *AK

REAR HATCH OPENED IN A ROLLOVER ACCIDENT.

RECALL RELATED, REAR HATCHBACK LATCH FAILED AFTER HITTING A WALL, THE LATCH OPENED, LOW IMPACT, SPEED 45MPH. *AK

HATCH RELEASE BROKEN.

FAILURE ON THE REAR HATCHBACK, THE REAR HATCHBACK CAN NOT OPEN FROM THE OUTSIDE.

WHILE WAITING FOR TAILGATE PART, LIFTGATE HINGE CRACKED, AS RESULT FROM IMPROPER SHUTTING OF TAILGATE LATCH, DEALER HAD NO PART, DLR/MFR INDICATE NOT RELATED. *JB

REPLACEMENT LIFT GATE ON SERV BULLTIN NOTICE INVESTIGATION,LIGHT COME IN VEHICLE AND THE CHIME COMES ON, DOME LIGHT IF DRIVE ON UNEVEN ROADWAY. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 50 MPH THE HOOD SUDDENLY FLEW UP AND ALMOST HIT THE WINDSHEILD. PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK

FRONT DRIVER AND PASSENAGER DOORS CAN BE LOCKED FROM THE INSIDE AND THE DOOR CAN STILL BE OPENED. *AK

DEFECTIVE REAR DOOR LOCKING MECHANISM. *SD

PURCHASE CAR NEW THE CYLINDER ON THE REAR HATCH LATCH BROKE THE REAR HATCH LATCH ALMOST INJURED CONSUMER. BOTH PARTS WERE REPLACED.*JB

PURCHASE CAR NEW THE CYLINDER ON THE REAR HATCH LATCH BROKE THE REAR HATCH LATCH ALMOST INJURED CONSUMER, PLEASE DESCRIBE .

CONSUMER HAD ACCIDENT AND BACK END DID POP-TOTALED AUTO-CONSUMER WAS INJURED. TT

CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AND STOPPED THE REAR HATCH LATCH CAME OPEN . TT

REAR LIFT GATE LATCH FAILS IN ACCIDENT, ALLOWING PASSENGERS TO BE EJECTED.

PURCHASE CAR NEW THE REAR HATCH LATCH MAKES NOISE WATER GETS IN THE CAR REAR DOOR DOESN'T CLOSE RIGHT . TT

THE VEHICLE WAS HIT IN THE REAR RIGHT QUARTER PANEL AND THE REAR LIFTGATE CAME OPEN. PLEASE DESCIRBE. TT

CHRYSLER HAS TAKEN AN EXCESSIVE PERIOD OF TIME TO REPLACE LATCH, MINIVAN HOTLINE COULD NOT GIVE A DATE WHEN PARTS WILL BE AVAILABLE. TT *JB

CONSUMER ITS TAKEN CHRYSLER TOO LONG TO REPLACE THE LIFTGATE LATCHES. TT

CHRYSLER HAS TAKEN AN EXCESSIVE PERIOD OF TIME TO REPAIR LATCHES, VEHICLE IS EQUIPPED WITH AUTOMATIC RELEASE. TT

THE REAR HATCH RELEASES ITSELF WITHOUT ANYONE TOUCHING THE BUTTONS. TT ON AT LEAST TWO OCCASIONS, THE REAR GATE HAD RELEASED BY ITSELF. *YH

THE REAR LATCH FAILED, CAUSING REAR LIFTGATE TO POP OPEN FOR NO APPARENT REASON, CAUSING OWNER TO LOOSE ITEMS ON THE ROAD. TT

WHEN REAR ENDED, REAR LHATCH LATCH FAILED, CAUSING LIGTGATE TO POP OPEN .*AK

TAILGATE LATCH FAILED, CAUSING RAR HATCH TO POP OPEN WHILE DRIVING WITHOUT ANY CONTACT OF THE RELEASE MECHANISM, DAMAGING GARAGE DOOR. TT TT

WHILE DRIVING, HEARD RATTLING SOUND, PULLED OVER, FOUND LATCH HAD COME UNDONE. TT

REAR LATCH KEEP POPPING OPEN WHEN RIDING OVER A BUMP IN THE ROAD. TT

INDICATOR LIGHT DO NOT COME ON WHEN GATES OPEN, REAR TAIL GATE FLEW OPEN, EJECTING A WHEEL CHAIR OUT OF THE BACK. TT

REAR HATCH/LIFTGATE OPENED WHILE DRIVING DUE TO DEFECTIVE BOLT/LATCH. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. TT

REAR HATCH LATCH BECOME OPEN ON IMPACT. TT

EA94-005 ACTIVE, REAR HATCH LIFTGATE LATCH OPEN WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEED. TT

REAR LIFTGATE LATCH OPENED WHILE DRIVING ON THREE DIFFERENT OCCASIONS, SPEED 40 TO 60 MPH. TT

REAR HATCHBACK LIFTGATE LATCH VERY HARD TO LATCH INTERMITTENTLY PROBLEM WITH LATCH. TT

VAN WAS PARK IN GARAGE SOME TIME GO GET IN THE VAN FOUND THE REAR HATCH LATCH OPEN NOT ALL THE TIME. TT

REAR LIFTGATE OPENED TWICE WHILE SITTING STILL WHILE OPENING PASSENGER DOOR WITHOUT TOUCHING REAR LATCH. TT

VEHICLE HIT BUMP; REAR LIFTGATE OPENED; HIT TOP OF GARAGE. TT

REAR LIFTGATE POPPED OPENED AFTER ACCELERATING FROM STOP LIGHT; ACCIDENTLY HIT RELEASE BUTTON WHICH IS ON KEY REMOTE; NO CATCH ON LATCH; LEAVES LID FREE. TT

NOTICE LAST MONTH THAT THE TAIL GATE OPENS ON IT'S OWN. TT

WHEN PULLING OFF REAR HATCH LATCH COME OFF. TT

REAR TAIL GATE LATCH RELEASED WHILE DRIVING. TT

DURING REAR SIDE-IMPACT COLLISION AT 15-20PH, REAR TAILGATE LATCH FAILED, CAUSING TAILGATE DOOR TO FLY OPEN AND BELONGINGS INSIDE OF VEHICLE FELL OUT. *AK