1996 DODGE CARAVAN Electrical System Problems

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1996 DODGE CARAVAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE HORN FAILED TO FUNCTION. IN ADDITION, THE ODOMETER DISPLAYED AN INCORRECT READING AND THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE CLOCK SPRING NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT WAS AWARE OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 02V293000 (AIR BAGS), BUT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1996 DODGE CARAVAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE HORN FAILED TO FUNCTION. IN ADDITION, THE ODOMETER DISPLAYED AN INCORRECT READING AND THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE CLOCK SPRING NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT WAS AWARE OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 02V293000 (AIR BAGS), BUT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.

I PURCHASE THIS VEHICLE FROM OWNER IN DEC. 2013 AND START HAVING PROBLEM THE OWNER I PURCHASE IT FROM PURCHASE IT FROM A BANK BACK IN 2006. THEY DID KNOW ABOUT AN RECALL OR ETC. ABOUT THIS VEHCLE. THE ELECTRIC HAS PROBLEM AND AIRBAGS, THE FUEL TANK IS LEAKING AND FUEL INJECTION AND ETC,. WHERE CAN I CAN GET HELP FOR THESE PROBLEMS.ETC.,. *TR

THIS VEHICLE HAS A CHRONIC DESIGN PROBLEM WITH THROWING ITS SERPENTINE BELT WHENEVER THE TENSION PULLEY GETS WET. SOON AS THE BELT IS THROWN THERE IS NO POWER STEERING, AND IT STEERS 10 TIMES WORSE THAN A MACK TRUCK. THE LACK OF STEERING IS A DEFINITE SAFETY HAZARD TO EVERY OTHER VEHICLE ON THE ROAD. AS IT HAPPENS SUDDENLY BY DRIVING THROUGH A WATER PUDDLE, ETC. THERE IS VIRTUALLY NO TIME TO REACT. IN ADDITION TO LACK OF STEERING THERE IS NO ALTERNATOR OUTPUT, RESULTING IN RAPID BATTERY DRAIN. ALSO THERE IS NO COOLANT SYSTEM FAN RESULTING IN RAPID ENGINE OVERHEATING. THIS DESIGN FAULT HAS BEEN KNOWN FOR WELL OVER A DECADE, NO MAKE THAT 2 DECADES, BUT CHRYSLER HAS NEVER ACKNOWLEDGED A PROBLEM. THE PROBLEM DATES BACK TO ALL CHRYSLER MINI-VAN DESIGNS FROM THE EARLY 1990S TO AT LEAST 2000. IF THE LACK OF STEERING IS NOT A SAFETY RELATED DEFECT I DON'T KNOW WHAT IS. WE HAVE A USED WHEELCHAIR CONVERSION CARAVAN VAN TO TRANSPORT MY WIFE. THIS LATEST INCIDENT WAS THE PAST SATURDAY NIGHT AS WE LEFT A RESTAURANT TO RETURN HOME. IT HAD BEEN RAINING PROFUSELY AND SUDDENLY I HAD NO STEERING. I KNEW IMMEDIATELY WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS SINCE THIS IS THE 3RD OCCURRENCE IN THE PAST 6 MONTHS. DO YOU EXPECT YOUR VEHICLE TO BECOME INOPERABLE JUST BECAUSE YOU DRIVE IN THE RAIN? WHY HAS NOT CHRYSLER BEEN MADE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THIS PROBLEM AND ISSUE A REPAIR RECALL? I DON'T CARE IF THE VAN IS OVER A DECADE OLD. THIS DEFECT IS ONE WHICH ENDANGERS EVERYONE ELSE ON THE ROAD AND WHICH CHRYSLER SHOULD HAVE BEEN REQUIRED TO ADDRESS WELL OVER A DECADE AGO. *TR

Mileage: 72,000

CAR STOP HAVING ELECTRICAL OUTPUT. *TR

Mileage: 141,775

BCM-1, (WARRANTY) LOSS OF DASH FUNCTIONS 1996: BCM-2 ESTIMATE $1200 REPLACED CHRYSLER P/N P4686727 LOST 95,000 MILE ODOMETER FOR A WORKING BCM FROM JUNKYARD (2001), BCM-3, LOST FUEL GAUGE AND SPEEDOMETER BCM FROM JUNKYARD FIXED P/N P46867(2006) BAD WINDSHIELD REPLACEMENT LEAKS WATER INTO CABIN, BCM-3, FAILED AGAIN CURRENTLY NO WIPERS, NOT ABLE TO FIND A 1996/1997 BCM ONLY 1998 PLYMOUTH VOYAGER BCM P/N P04801062AE. WILL TRY TO VALIDATE COMPATIBILITY TONIGHT. ADEL CHRYSLER ESTIMATE $1,400 PLUS LABOR. ALREADY GAVE THEM $742 FOR TUNE UP AND TROUBLE SHOOTING WHAT THEY SAID WAS A BAD MULTI-SWITCH ($110) DID NOT FIX AND NO DISCOUNT FOR NOT KNOWING HOW TO DIAGNOSE A PROBLEM PROPERLY. THEIR NUMBER IS 515-993-4587 CORY (KARL IS THE SERVICE MANAGER-OWNER'S SON). *TR

Mileage: 18,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1996 DODGE CARAVAN. THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO DRIVE HER VEHICLE AND NOTICED THAT THERE WAS A FIRE NEAR THE HEADLIGHT SWITCH. THE FIRE WAS EXTINGUISHED BY THE CONTACT. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS NOT CALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO BE DRIVEN BACK TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN TO THE DEALER. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 192,400.

Mileage: 192,400

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1996 DODGE CARAVAN. WHILE DRIVING IN INCLEMENT WEATHER CONDITIONS, WATER, OR WITH THE AIR CONDITIONER ACTIVATED, THE VEHICLE TEMPORARILY LOSES CONTROL. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND THEY STATED THAT THE SERPENTINE BELT SLIPPED OFF. NO WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED AT THE TIME OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED APPROXIMATELY FIVE TIMES, HOWEVER, THE FAILURES RECURRED TWO MONTHS LATER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS UNABLE TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE. THE SPEED WAS UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 119,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 135,000. UPDATED 01-23-08. *KB THE DEALER STATED UPPER RADIATOR LOOSE, LOOSE CLAMPS, FRONT BRAKE PADS, BELT TENSIONER, OXYGEN SENSOR, AND ALTERNATOR BRACKET. UPDATED 01/23/08 *TR

Mileage: 119,000

IN 2003 BCM REPLACED FOR MY WINDSHIELD WIPERS WOULD NOT OPERATE. OVER $600 . LAST YEAR MY BATTERY CABLES AND BATTERY WERE SMOKING AND I WAS LUCKY I GOT TO THE DEALER JUST IN TIME AS BLACK SMOKE WAS GUSHING OUT FROM UNDER MY HOOD.... ANOTHER $600 REPAIR. IN JANUARY 2006 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM CRAZINESS. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS ON AND IT COULD NOT BE SMOGED. THEY REPROGRAMMED THE MODULE AND I WAS ABLE TO GET IT SMOGED 2 DAYS LATER THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND THE CAR WOULD TURN OVER AND DIE ....I RETURNED AND WAS TOLD I NEEDED A PCM MODULE REPLACED $719. GETTING THE CAR BACK WAS ONE ELECTRICAL MISHAP AFTER ANOTHER....THE GAUGES WENT CRAZY...TAKEN BACK TO DEALER....REPROGRAMMED ....AND THEN TOLD THEY WERE NOT SURE HOW TO FIX IT...THEN GOT THE CAR BACK AND THE CLOCK AND RADIO INTERMITTENTLY WENT ON AND OFF.. THE COMPUTER SHUTTING DOWN AND NOT ALLOWING THE REMOTE TO OPEN THE LOCKS USING THE KEY THE ALARM WOULD GO OFF AND I COULD NOT SHUT IT OFF UNTIL THE COMPUTER CAME BACK ON AND I COULD USE THE REMOTE....I WAS THEN TOLD BY THE SERVICE MANAGER THAT I NEEDED A BODY CONTROL MODULE(BCM) WHICH I REPLACED IN 2003. HE WAS NASTY AND RUDE. I TOLD THE GENERAL MANAGER I REALLY DID NOT BELIEVE THEY KNEW WHAT THEY WERE DOING ....FOR EACH TIME I BROUGHT THE CAR IN WITH ONE PROBLEM THEY RETURNED IT TO ME WITH ANOTHER. HE COULD ALSO NOT GUARANTEE THAT IF I PAID ANOTHER $550 FOR A NEW BCM THAT IT WOULD SOLVE ALL THE PROBLEMS.... ...AFTER 6 WEEKS AND FOUR TRIPS TO THE DEALER HAVING MY CAR OVER 2 WEEKS I WAS FRUSTRATED AND ANGRY....AND AFTER READING ON THE INTERNET COUNTLESS OTHER DODGE CARAVAN OWNERS HAVE THE SAME PROBLEMS I AM OUTRAGED DODGE HAS IGNORED ITS RESPONSIBILITY TO ITS CONSUMERS. .WHEN I DROPPED IT OFF THE CLOCK, RADIO, LOCKS AND ALARM WERE THE PROBLEM..BUT AN HOUR AFTER I PICKED IT UP IT STARTED RAINING AND GUESS WHAT....THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS WERE NOT OPERATING. *JB

Mileage: 144,345

IN 2003 BCM REPLACED FOR MY WINDSHIELD WIPERS WOULD NOT OPERATE. OVER $600 . LAST YEAR MY BATTERY CABLES AND BATTERY WERE SMOKING AND I WAS LUCKY I GOT TO THE DEALER JUST IN TIME AS BLACK SMOKE WAS GUSHING OUT FROM UNDER MY HOOD.... ANOTHER $600 REPAIR. IN JANUARY 2006 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM CRAZINESS. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS ON AND IT COULD NOT BE SMOGED. THEY REPROGRAMMED THE MODULE AND I WAS ABLE TO GET IT SMOGED 2 DAYS LATER THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND THE CAR WOULD TURN OVER AND DIE ....I RETURNED AND WAS TOLD I NEEDED A PCM MODULE REPLACED $719. GETTING THE CAR BACK WAS ONE ELECTRICAL MISHAP AFTER ANOTHER....THE GAUGES WENT CRAZY...TAKEN BACK TO DEALER....REPROGRAMMED ....AND THEN TOLD THEY WERE NOT SURE HOW TO FIX IT...THEN GOT THE CAR BACK AND THE CLOCK AND RADIO INTERMITTENTLY WENT ON AND OFF.. THE COMPUTER SHUTTING DOWN AND NOT ALLOWING THE REMOTE TO OPEN THE LOCKS USING THE KEY THE ALARM WOULD GO OFF AND I COULD NOT SHUT IT OFF UNTIL THE COMPUTER CAME BACK ON AND I COULD USE THE REMOTE....I WAS THEN TOLD BY THE SERVICE MANAGER THAT I NEEDED A BODY CONTROL MODULE(BCM) WHICH I REPLACED IN 2003. HE WAS NASTY AND RUDE. I TOLD THE GENERAL MANAGER I REALLY DID NOT BELIEVE THEY KNEW WHAT THEY WERE DOING ....FOR EACH TIME I BROUGHT THE CAR IN WITH ONE PROBLEM THEY RETURNED IT TO ME WITH ANOTHER. HE COULD ALSO NOT GUARANTEE THAT IF I PAID ANOTHER $550 FOR A NEW BCM THAT IT WOULD SOLVE ALL THE PROBLEMS.... ...AFTER 6 WEEKS AND FOUR TRIPS TO THE DEALER HAVING MY CAR OVER 2 WEEKS I WAS FRUSTRATED AND ANGRY....AND AFTER READING ON THE INTERNET COUNTLESS OTHER DODGE CARAVAN OWNERS HAVE THE SAME PROBLEMS I AM OUTRAGED DODGE HAS IGNORED ITS RESPONSIBILITY TO ITS CONSUMERS. .WHEN I DROPPED IT OFF THE CLOCK, RADIO, LOCKS AND ALARM WERE THE PROBLEM..BUT AN HOUR AFTER I PICKED IT UP IT STARTED RAINING AND GUESS WHAT....THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS WERE NOT OPERATING. *JB

Mileage: 144,345

IN 2003 BCM REPLACED FOR MY WINDSHIELD WIPERS WOULD NOT OPERATE. OVER $600 . LAST YEAR MY BATTERY CABLES AND BATTERY WERE SMOKING AND I WAS LUCKY I GOT TO THE DEALER JUST IN TIME AS BLACK SMOKE WAS GUSHING OUT FROM UNDER MY HOOD.... ANOTHER $600 REPAIR. IN JANUARY 2006 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM CRAZINESS. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS ON AND IT COULD NOT BE SMOGED. THEY REPROGRAMMED THE MODULE AND I WAS ABLE TO GET IT SMOGED 2 DAYS LATER THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND THE CAR WOULD TURN OVER AND DIE ....I RETURNED AND WAS TOLD I NEEDED A PCM MODULE REPLACED $719. GETTING THE CAR BACK WAS ONE ELECTRICAL MISHAP AFTER ANOTHER....THE GAUGES WENT CRAZY...TAKEN BACK TO DEALER....REPROGRAMMED ....AND THEN TOLD THEY WERE NOT SURE HOW TO FIX IT...THEN GOT THE CAR BACK AND THE CLOCK AND RADIO INTERMITTENTLY WENT ON AND OFF.. THE COMPUTER SHUTTING DOWN AND NOT ALLOWING THE REMOTE TO OPEN THE LOCKS USING THE KEY THE ALARM WOULD GO OFF AND I COULD NOT SHUT IT OFF UNTIL THE COMPUTER CAME BACK ON AND I COULD USE THE REMOTE....I WAS THEN TOLD BY THE SERVICE MANAGER THAT I NEEDED A BODY CONTROL MODULE(BCM) WHICH I REPLACED IN 2003. HE WAS NASTY AND RUDE. I TOLD THE GENERAL MANAGER I REALLY DID NOT BELIEVE THEY KNEW WHAT THEY WERE DOING ....FOR EACH TIME I BROUGHT THE CAR IN WITH ONE PROBLEM THEY RETURNED IT TO ME WITH ANOTHER. HE COULD ALSO NOT GUARANTEE THAT IF I PAID ANOTHER $550 FOR A NEW BCM THAT IT WOULD SOLVE ALL THE PROBLEMS.... ...AFTER 6 WEEKS AND FOUR TRIPS TO THE DEALER HAVING MY CAR OVER 2 WEEKS I WAS FRUSTRATED AND ANGRY....AND AFTER READING ON THE INTERNET COUNTLESS OTHER DODGE CARAVAN OWNERS HAVE THE SAME PROBLEMS I AM OUTRAGED DODGE HAS IGNORED ITS RESPONSIBILITY TO ITS CONSUMERS. .WHEN I DROPPED IT OFF THE CLOCK, RADIO, LOCKS AND ALARM WERE THE PROBLEM..BUT AN HOUR AFTER I PICKED IT UP IT STARTED RAINING AND GUESS WHAT....THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS WERE NOT OPERATING. *JB

Mileage: 144,345

THE CRUISE CONTROL,AND HORN BEGAN MALFUNCTIONING ABOUT 6 MONTHS AFTER I BOUGHT MY USED MINI VAN. I NOW HAVE NO HORN OR CRUISE AND AIR BAG IS IS DOUGHT. I HAVE HEARD THAT THE CLOCKSPRING IN THE 1996 DODGE VANS HAVE BEEN DEFECTIVE. I NEED TO KNOW IF THE NEW ONES HAVE BEEN INPROVED, OR IF THEY OR GOING TO BE REPLACED AS A MATTER OF SAFTY. ALSO FROM TIME TO TIME THE WIPER BLADES COME ON AND GO OFF BY THEM SELVES. AND ONE TIME THE RADIATOR FAN CAME ON THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT BY IT SELF AND DRAINED THE BATTERY DEAD. I ALSO HAVE A SIMMY IN THE FRONT END AT 35 TO 45 MILES PER HOUR.

THE AIRBAG LIGHT IS ON, THE HORN DOES NOT WORK, AND THE CRUSIE CONTROL DOES NOT FUNCTION......A CLOCKSPRING MALIFUNTION FROM ALL REPORTS....AND DEFINETLY A SAFETY ISSUE AND HAZARD. WILL ATTEMPT TO REPLACE BUT AT A HIGH COST....

DASHBOARD GUAGES INOPERATIVE, NO SPEEDOMETER, GAS GUAGE, TEMP GUAGE. THIS FAILURE SHOULD BE A SAFETY ISSUE. RESEARCH SHOWS IT HAS HAPPEND TO OTHER VEHICLES. *AK

I COMPLAINED TO THE CHRYSLER'S CUSTOMER SERVICE DEPARTMENT REQUESTING THAT THEY FIX A DEFECTIVE PART FREE OF CHARGE. THEY REFUSED TO REPAIR IT FOR FREE AND RECOMMENDED THAT I FIX IT ASAP SINCE ITS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE. IT IS A DEFECT AND I HAVE EVEN READ IT AS A RECALL IN OTHER DOCUMENTS. THE AIRBAG AND THE HORN DOES NOT WORK. TEXAS WILL NOT EVEN SAFETY APPROVE MY VEHICLE WITHOUT THIS BEING FIXED.*AK

1996 DODGE CARAVAN SUFFERS FROM INTERMITTENT "BODY CONTROL MODULE". ONE OF THE POSSIBLE SYMPTOMS OF THIS FAILURE IS RANDOM FAILURES OF THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS. THIS FAILURE IS UNPREDICTABLE AND APPARENTLY WIDESPREAD OVER SEVERAL MODEL YEARS. THE BODY CONTROL MODULE IS REPLACEABLE ONLY AT CHRYSLER DEALERS WHO CHARGE OVER $700 TO REPLACE THIS MODULE. THEY HAVE CONTRACTED WITH SOME NATIONAL SERVICE FACILITIES TO REPAIR THE MODULES (INCLUDING "UNITED RADIO" IN SYRACUSE NY) BUT THESE SERVICE FACILITES ARE CONTRACTUALLY PROHIBITED FROM PERFORMING REPAIRS ON MODULES SUBMITTED BY ANYONE EXCEPT DAIMLER-CHRYSLER. THIS FAILURE IS DANGEROUS AND DAIMLER/CHRYSLER IS USING IT AS A CASH-COW INSTEAD OF REPAIRING IT AT NO CHARGE.*AK

Mileage: 60,000

1996 DODGE CARAVAN SUFFERS FROM INTERMITTENT "BODY CONTROL MODULE". ONE OF THE POSSIBLE SYMPTOMS OF THIS FAILURE IS RANDOM FAILURES OF THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS. THIS FAILURE IS UNPREDICTABLE AND APPARENTLY WIDESPREAD OVER SEVERAL MODEL YEARS. THE BODY CONTROL MODULE IS REPLACEABLE ONLY AT CHRYSLER DEALERS WHO CHARGE OVER $700 TO REPLACE THIS MODULE. THEY HAVE CONTRACTED WITH SOME NATIONAL SERVICE FACILITIES TO REPAIR THE MODULES (INCLUDING "UNITED RADIO" IN SYRACUSE NY) BUT THESE SERVICE FACILITES ARE CONTRACTUALLY PROHIBITED FROM PERFORMING REPAIRS ON MODULES SUBMITTED BY ANYONE EXCEPT DAIMLER-CHRYSLER. THIS FAILURE IS DANGEROUS AND DAIMLER/CHRYSLER IS USING IT AS A CASH-COW INSTEAD OF REPAIRING IT AT NO CHARGE.*AK

Mileage: 60,000

CAR KEEPS STALLING OUT WITH NO WARNING. USUALLY WHEN SLOWING TO A STOP OR TO TURN, SUCH AS COMING OFF AN EXIT RAMP. ALL THE SUDDEN NO POWER STERRING AN CAR IS DEAD. HAVE ALMOST BEEN HIT BY OTHER VEHICLES SEVERAL TIMES.NOTHING DONE, CZN'T FIND PROBLEM WHEN HOOKED UP TO COMPUTER.*AK

THE VEHICLE WAS MAKING A POPPING NOISE WHEN ACCELERATING. ALSO, THE AIR CONDITIONER DID NOT WORK, THE ELECTRICAL DOORS WERE DEFECTIVE AND HORN DID NOT BLOW. *AK *SC *JB

THE VEHICLE STALLED WHEN ACCELERATING. THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT EXCEED 50 MPH. THE VEHICLE ALSO HAD ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS. THE DASHBOARD LIGHTS FLASHED ON AND OFF. *AK *NM

Mileage: 100,000

WHILE DRIVING HORN/CRUISE CONTROL FAILED AND AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM.*AK

Mileage: 106,000

WHILE DRIVING AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT CAME ON AND STAYED ON. WHEN THIS OCCURRED THE HORN AND THE CRUISE CONTROL BECAME INOPERATIVE. *AK

Mileage: 80,000

THE HORN ON MY 1996 CARAVAN HAS STOPPED WORKING; THE AIR-BAG WARNING LIGHT STAYS ON ALL THE TIME; THE CRUISE CONTROL SYSTEM IS STARTING TO FAIL.*AK I SAW THE REPORT THAT THERE HAVE BEEN COMPLAINTS ON NEWER MODELS. I THINK THE RANGE OF MODEL YEARS NEEDS TO BE BROADENED. I HAVE ALSO SEEN REPORTS OF OTHER 1996/1997 MODELS WITH THE SAME PROBLEMS ON INTERNET AUTO REPAIR WEB SITES.

Mileage: 125,000

CLOCKSPRING MECHANISM

Mileage: 115,335

WHILE PARKED VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE WITHOUT WARNING. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK

Mileage: 122,000

WHEN VEHICLE WAS PARKED, PUDDLES OF GAS IS FORMED UNDER IT. THIS HAPPENED ANYTIME VEHICLE WAS PARKED. VEHICLE WAS LEAKING GAS AND NO ONE KNEW WHY. ALSO THE AIR BAG LIGHT AND WINDOW WIPERS CAME ON INTERMITTENTLY. *TT

WHILE TRAVELING IN INCLEMENT WEATHER, WATER RAN DOWN INTO THE POWER ASSEMBLY WHICH CAUSED IT TO RUST. *JB

ELECTRICAL - WINDSHIELD WIPERS, RADIO, STATIC ELECTRICITY WINDSHIELD WIPERS WILL START OPERATION WHILE ACTIVATION SWITCH IS IN "OFF" POSITION AT RANDOM WHILE DRIVING. WIPERS ALSO WILL START OPERATING WHEN EVER TURN SIGNAL IS ACTIVATED. THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN ON-GOING SINCE THE PURCHASE OF THE VEHICLE IN 1996. EVEN THOUGH THIS PROBLEM WAS REPORTED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION OF WARRANTY, A REMEDY WAS NEVER OFFERED BY DEALER' SERVICE DEPARTMENT. STATIC ELECTRICITY IS A PROBLEM AT TIMES. UPON ENTERING VEHICLE ONE COULD EXPERIENCE AN ELECTRICAL SHOCK FROM TOUCHING DOOR HANDLE, STEERING WHEEL, ETC., RADIO/TAPE PLAYER MALFUNCTIONING OCCURRED QUITE OFTEN DURING FIRST FEW YEARS OF OWNERSHIP. WHEN REPORTED TO SERVICE DEPARTMENT, WAS INFORMED THAT WARRANTY HAD EXPIRED. SINCE THEN FM TUNER HAS COMPLETELY STOPPED WORKING. *JB

I PURCHASED MY VEHICLE USED, AND SINCE THEN, THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS CAME ON WITHOUT WARNING, AND AT THE ODDEST TIMES. ALSO, MY AIRBAG LIGHT TURNED ON AND MY HORN STOPPED WORKING BECAUSE OF IT. SUDDENLY, ABOUT 3 MONTHS AGO, THE CAR STARTED SMOKING. I TOOK IT TO GET IT SERVICED AND ASKED THEM TO CHECK THE SOURCE OF THE SMOKING. THE SERVICE MEN TOLD ME THAT IT WAS BECAUSE THE VEHICLE WAS BURNING OIL. I WAS TOLD BY OTHER MECHANICS, AFTER THE FIRE THAT I DESCRIBE BELOW, THAT IF THE VEHICLE BURNS OIL, THE SMOKE WOULD BE TEMPORARY, AND IT WOULD GO AWAY AFTER IT BURNS OFF. WELL... IT DIDN'T, AND THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED: ON APRIL 20TH, I PARKED MY CAR ON THE OUTDOOR PARKING LOT OF THE WHOLE FOODS MARKET, IN GLENDALE, CA. I HEARD AN ANNOUNCEMENT OVER THE PA, THAT THERE WAS AN EMERGENCY IN THE SOUTH PARKING LOT, AND THAT EVERYONE THERE SHOULD MOVE THEIR CAR. I WAS PARKED IN THE SOUTH LOT. ON THE WAY OUT, A LADY TOLD ME THAT THERE WAS A CAR ON FIRE, AND THE FIRE DEPT WAS ON ITS WAY. I CONTINUED ON MY WAY OUTSIDE, AND WHEN I GOT TO THE PARKING LOT, I SAW THAT IT WAS MY VEHICLE. THE FIRE DID NOT BURN THROUGH THE FIREWALL, BUT EVERYTHING UNDER THE HOOD WAS DESTROYED. THE FIRE DEPT FROM GLENDALE, SENT AN ARSON INVESTIGATOR, SINCE THE CAR WAS PARKED AND THERE HAD BEEN SOME CAR FIRES IN THE AREA. TURNS OUT, THE ARSON INVESTIGATOR TELLS ME, THAT THE FIRE WAS CAUSED BY SOMETHING ELECTRICAL. THE VAN DID NOT OVERHEAT. EVERYTHING SEEMED FINE, UNTIL THE THING CAUGHT FIRE ON SUNDAY. *JB

Mileage: 120,000

THE VEHICLE LOST POWER. *JB

THE POWER DOORS DID NOT LOCK.*JB

INTERMITTENT STALLING DUE TO ENGINE FAILURE. *AK A COUPLE OF MONTHS AFTER PURCHASE, THE VEHICLE SHUT DOWN WHILE IN MOTION. THE DEALER HAD THE VEHICLE ON MANY OCCASIONS AND CHANGED DIFFERENT ELECTRICAL PARTS AND THE PROBLEM COULD NOT BE FOUND. THE CONSUMER FOUND THE DEALER/MANUFACTURER WAS AWARE OF THE ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS IN THIS MAKE/MODEL. *SCC *JB

DASH , SPEEDOMETER, TACH. AND ALL GAUGES. IN MY 1996 DODGE CARAVAN WENT OUT .THIS HAPPEN ABOUT THE YEAR OF 2000 AND HAD TO HAVE THE DASH REPLACED WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF THERE HAS BEEN ANY OTHER COMPLAINTS. THE LOSS OF THE SPEEDOMETER SHOULD BE A SAFTY ISSUE I THINK.

Mileage: 112,000

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE WOULD SHUT OFF. CONSUMER STATES THERE WOULD BE NO LIGHTS AND THE HORN WOULD NOT WORK. DEALER NOTIFIED. PH

CONSUMER STATES THAT THE VEHICLE HORN DOES NOT WORK. ALSO THE AIRBAG LIGHT STAYS ON WHILE VEHICLE IS RUNNING. CONSUMER STATES THAT THE VEHICLE ONLY HAS HIGH BEAM LIGHTS THAT WORK IN VEHICLE. DEALER NOTIFIED. TS

WIPERS TURN ON INTERMITTENTLY, INAPPROPRIATELY. AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED. CRUISE DOESN'T WORK, HORN DOESN'T WORK. OTHER THAN THAT, THE CAR IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION AND HAS BEEN MAINTAINED WELL. *JB ***DIMSII IVOQ ENTRY POSTED AFTER 12/12/02 CUT-OVER TO ARTEMIS****769501

Mileage: 80,000

NO SUMMARY. DT

SEEMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM FOR CARAVANS, SAFETY IS DEFINITELY COMPROMISED WITHOUT THE HORN OPERATING PROPERLY. DT

FAILURE IN SAFETY COMPONENTS, HORN AND AIRBAG ALSO CRUISE CONTROL. ELECTRICAL FAILURE WHERE AIRBAG WARNING INDICATOR LIGHT IS CONSTANTLY "ON" HORN AND CRUISE CONTROL COMPONENTS NO LONGER FUNCTION. ITEMS ARE OUT OF WARRANTY, BUT SINCE THEY INVOLVE SAFETY FEATURES, A RECALL FOR ELECTRICAL FAILURES IN THE STEERING COLUMN/DASH AREA IS REQUESTED. DT

CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED AND NO WARNING THE CLOCK SPRING WENT OUT CAUSING THE CONSUMER HORN NOT TO WORK. DEALER NOTIFIED TS

THE CONSUMER STATES THAT THE STARTER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *SCC

CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING AND NO WARNING THE HORN WILL OPERATE INTERMITTENTLY. DEALER NOTIFIED. MR

AIR BAG LIGHT REMAINS ON, CRUISE CONTROL DOES NOT WORK, AND HORN DOES NOT WORK. MR

CLOCKSPRING (LOCATED IN THE STEERING WHEEL) FAILURE RESULTED IN LOSS OF USE OF BOTH AIRBAGS, THE CRUISE CONTROL AND THE HORN

FAILURE OF THIS PART CAUSES THE HORN AND THE CRUISE CONTROL TO BE INOPERABLE AND FOR THE AIRBAG LIGHT TO STAY ON ALL THE TIME. WITH THE NUMBER OF FAILURES OF THIS PART, A RECALL IS NECESSARY. MANY PEOPLE WILL NOT FIX AT THE COST OF THE PART AND WILL BE DRIVING AN UNSAFE VEHICLE.*AK

FIRE STARTED WHILE DRIVING. SPREAD QUICKLY, FULLY INVOLVED TOTAL LOSS. INSURANCE ADJUSTER FAMILAR WITH DODGE FIRES. THANK GOD CHILDREN WEREN'T IN AND STRAPPED AT THE TIME.*AK

FIRST THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS COME ON AUTOMATICALL,YTHEN THE CRUISE CONTROL STOPS, THEN THE HORN STOPS WORKING, THEN THE AIRBAG LIGHT COMES ON, NOW THE CAR OCCASIONLLY DOESN'T START UNLESS I ADJUST THE STEERING COLUMN

AIRBAG LIGHT HAS COME ON, AND HORN IS INTERMITTENTLY NOT WORKING. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED.*AK

AIRBAG LIGHT ON , NO SPEED CONTROL, NO HORN. AIRBAG LIGHT INDICATES NONFUNCTIONING RESTRAINT SYSTEM. *AK

EA 01 007/AIR BAG CLOCKSPRING:AIR BAG LIGHT REMAINS ON WHILE DRIVING, ALSO, BOTH HORN AND CRUISE CONTROL ARE INOPERATIVE. DEALER NOTIFIED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

WINDSHIELD WIPERS ARE INOPERABLE DUE TO DEFECTIVE BODY CONTROL MODULE. DEALER CONTACTED. *AK

AIRBAG LIGHT STAYS ON AND HORN IS INOPERABLE DUE TO THE BODY CONTROL MODULE. DEALER CONTACTED. *AK

FAILURE STARTED AS AN INTERMITENT ILLUMINATION OF THE AIR BAG LIGHT. LATER NOTICED THAT THE CRUISE CONTROL DID NOT WORK. APRIL 10, 2002 HORN WOULD NOT SOUND WHEN ATTEMPTING TO SIGNAL ANOTHER CAR BACKING OUT OF A PARKING SPOT. AVOIDED THE CAR AND AN DAMAGE. NOW THE AIR BAG LIGHT IS ON CONSTANTLY. NEITHER THE HORN OR CRUISE CONTROL WORK AND I ASSUME THE AIR BAG IS INOPERATIVE. THE VAN IS GOING IN FOR THE FUEL RAIL RECALL ON APRIL 29 AND I WILL ASK ABOUT THE CLOCKSPRING AT THAT TIME.

WHILE DRIVING OR STARTING UP VEHICLE, FUSE WILL BLOWOUT AND ENGINE WILL SHUTOFF. CAUSE UNKNOWN. DEALER CONTACTED.*AK THE CONSUMER STATES AFTER REPLACING THE FUSE THE ENGINE STARTS. *YH

DEVICES ON STEERING WHEEL DO NOT WORK. WINDSHIELD WIPERS/ CRUISE CONTROL, AND HORN DO NOT WORK. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

CLOCKSPRING FAILURE, AIR BAG LIGHT IS ON AND HORN DOES NOT WORK. *AK

AIR BAG LIGHT IS ON, AND HORN/ CRUISE CONTROL DO NOT WORK. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER IS NOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING.*AK

DEFECTIVE CLOCK SPRING CAUSED CRUISE CONTROL/ AIR BAG, AND HORN TO MALFUNCTION AT THE SAME TIME. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION, AND VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER.*AK

AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON AND STAYED ON, NO HORN OR CRUISE CONTROL. A FEW DAYS LATER I READ ABOUT CHRYSLER MINIVANS BEING INVESTIGATED BECAUSE OF FAULTY CLOCKSPRING ASSEMBLIES. AFTER READING THAT, I CALLED OUR DEALER AND ASKED IF THERE WAS A RECALL ON IT. NONE! THIS IS DEFINITELY A SAFETY ISSUE. NO AIRBAG, NO HORN MEANS DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. WE HAD TO PAY TO HAVE THE PART REPLACED. AFTER READING THROUGH 96 COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS PART ON YOUR WEBSITE, I THOUGHT I WOULD ADD MY COMPLAINT. CHRYSLER PAID FOR OUR NEW TRANSMISSION, BUT WE HAD TO PAY LABOR. ALSO PAID FOR THE NEW ELECT. FOR AC KNOB.*AK

WHILE DRIVING HEADLIGHTS WILL FLASH ON AND OFF/ WINDSHIELD WIPERS WILL NOT WORK OR SOMETIMES COME ON BY THEMSELVES, AND POWER DOOR LOCKS WILL COME UNLOCKED BY THENSELVES. HAS CHANGED CONTROL MODULE AT LEAST 4 TIMES. DEALER CONTACTED. PLEASE ADD VIN. *AK

THE HORN, SPEED CONTROL AND AIRBAG ARE ALL CONNECTED TO THE STEERING WHEEL THROUGH THE CLOCKSPRING. AT THIS POINT, BOTH THE HORN AND AIRBAG ARE COMPLETELY DISABLED AND THE SPEED CONTROL RARELY FUNCTIONS. I'VE CALLED MY LOCAL DEALER ABOUT RECALLS OR COURTESY REPAIRS AND THEY STATE THAT NONE ARE ALLOWED FOR THIS PROBLEM. REPAIRS HAVE NOT YET BEEN MADE. *AK

AIRBAG LIGHT IS ON CONSTANTLY, HORN WON'T BLOW AND CRUISE CONTROL DOES NOT WORK. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

AIRBAG LIGHT STAYS ON, HORN DOESN'T WORK, CRUISE CONTROL DOESN'T WORK. I WAS TOLD BY DEALER THE CLOCK SPRING NEEDS REPLACING AND THAT THIS DEFAULT COULD CAUSE THE AIRBAGS TO NOT DEPLOY IN A CRASH. THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD THAT NEEDS TO BE RECALLED BY CHRYSLER. *AK

AIR BAG LIGHT STAYS ILLUMINATED WHILE DRIVING. ALSO, THE HORN ASSEMBLY AND CRUISE CONTROL ARE INOPERABLE. PLEASE ADD FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

THE NORN DOES NOT WORK/ CRUISE CONTROL DOES NOT WORK, AND AIR BAG LIGHT STAYS ON, PARKING BRAKE LIGHT TURNS ON EVERY TIME YOU TURN THE WHEEL TO THE LEFT! WINDSHIELD WIPERS COME ON AND OFF WHEN THEY PLEASE, WE HAVE HAD THE TRANSMISSION REPLACED AT 68,000 MILES, WE WERE TOLD THAT WE CANNOT PASS INSPECTION AT OUR MILITARY BASE OVERSEAS UNTIL THIS SAFETY FEATURE IS FIXED!*AK

EA-01-007; AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATES ON THE DASHBOARD. ALSO, CRUISE CONTROL AND HORN ARE INOPERABLE. CONSUMER HAS YET TO CONTACT DEALER. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

HORN STOPPED WORKING ALSO WHEN AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT CAME ON. *AK

AT TIME OF USING HORN TO COMMUNICATE OR ALERT OTHER DRIVERS, HORN WILL NOT OPERATE, AND COULD NOT BE FIXED BY DEALER. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION.*AK

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED THE AIR BAG LIGHT STAYS ON. HORN AND CRUISE CONTROL ARE INOPERATIVE. CONTACTED DEALER.*AK

AIRBAG LIGHT REMAINS ILLUMINATED ON DASH. HORN AND CRUISE CONTROL ARE INOPERABLE. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

HORN DOES NOT FUNCTION, AND HAS REPLACED CLOCK SPRING. *AK

EA-01-007/CLOCKSPRING CAUSED AIR BAG LIGHT TO STAY ILLUMINATED WHILE DRIVING, AND HORN/ CRUSIE CONTROL TO BE INOPERABLE. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED AND WILL REPLACED CLOCKSPRING. *AK

AIR BAG INDICATOR LIGHT COMES ON AND OFF WHILE DRIVING. ALSO, HORN BUTTON DOESN'T WORK. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THIS CAUSED CRUISE CONTROL AND HORN TO MALFUNCTION. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

WHILE DRIVING AIRBAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED, CAUSING CRUISE CONTROL AND HORN TO MALFUNCTION. *AK POSSIBLY A CLOCKSPRING FAILURE. *JB

AIRBAG LIGHT ON , HORN DOES NOT WORK AND CRUISE CONTROL DOES NOT WORK. DEALER ACTS AS IF THIS IS A NEW PROBLEM AND HAS NEVER HEARD OF IT.

AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED/ HORN AND CRUISE CONTROL INOPERABLE/ SUSPENSION CONTROL ARM WORN OUT, AND WINDSHIELD WIPER PIVOTS AND ARMS WORN OUT. *AK

AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED/ HORN AND CRUISE CONTROL INOPERABLE/ SUSPENSION CONTROL ARM WORNOUT, AND WINDSHIELD WIPER PIVOTS AND ARMS WORN OUT. *AK

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ON HIGHWAY AND NOTICED A BURNING SMELL. AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON DASHBOARD. THERE WAS NO HORN, AND A SMALL FIRE STARTED IN THE BACK OF PANEL. DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM. *AK

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ON HIGHWAY AND NOTICED A BURNING SMELL. AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON DASHBOARD. THERE WAS NO HORN, AND A SMALL FIRE STARTED IN THE BACK OF PANEL. DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM. *AK

01 007; AIR BAG CLOCKSPRING: AIR BAG LIGHT REMAINS ON WHILE DRIVING, AND HORN/ CRUISE CONTROL ARE NON OPERATIONAL. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK *SLC

DEALER DIAGNOSED THAT THE CLOCK SPRING HAD FAILED WHICH IN TURN CAUSED THE FAILURE OF AN ELECTRICAL MODULE RESULTING IN DISARMING THE AIR BAG, HORN, AND CRUISE CONTROL. TOTAL COST TO REPAIR WAS $644.14.

CLOCK SPRING FAILURE CAUSES HORN AND CRUISE CONTROL TO STOP WORKING AND LIGHTS AIRBAG LIGHT. THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE.SAME PROBLEM AS EA01007. MANUFACTURER IS FULLY AWARE OF THE PROBLEM, BUT REFUSES TO COVER THE REPAIR COSTS.*AK

CLOCKSPRING "BROKE" AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON AND HORN/CRUISE CONTROL WOULD NOT WORK . REPLACED, BUT SAME SYMPTOMS ARE HAPPENING AGAIN. TRANSMISSION FAILED AND WAS REPLACED. I FOUND THIS HAS HAPPENED IN SO MANY MINIVANS MADE BY CHRYSLER.

MORE THAN A DOZEN TIMES THIS VAN WILL NOT START. DEALERSHIP CANNOT LOCATE PROBLEM, AND USUALLY IT OCCURS FROM COLD START, BUT HAS ALSO OCCURRED OVER 5 TIMES WHILE DRIVING AND THIS IS NOT SAFE. ALSO LOST TRANSMISSION SENSOR AND THAT KILLED CAR WHILE DRIVING BUT HAS BEEN REPLACED. CHRYSLER IS NOT HELPING AND I AM NERVOUS DRIVING MY KIDS IN THIS VAN. HAD IT 2 YEARS AND HAVE BEEN STRANDED MORE THAN A DOZEN TIMES. NOTICED OTHERS WITH SIMILAR UNSAFE SITUATIONS AND HOPE CHRYSLER WILL ADDRESS THEM SOON.*AK

1. AIRBAG LIGHT STAYS ON, HORN QUIT WORKING. WE WERE TOLD THIS IS THE CLOCK SPRING FAILURE. 2. ENGINE CHECK LIGHT ON - COMPUTER CODE INDICATES THIS IS A COIL PACK FAILURE. 3. TRANSMISSION REPLACED AT 55,000 MI. 4. WINDSHIELD WIPERS COME ON FOR NO REASON 5. A/C FREON CHARGE AT 98,000 6. WATER PUMP FAILURE AT 98,000

CLOCKSPRING IN STEERING COLUMN FAILED AND MY HORN AND CRUISE CONTROL FAILED AND MY AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON. I HAD THE CLOCKSPRING REPLACED AT A COST OF $330.28.

WITH THIS OUT YOUR AIR BAGS, HORN AND CRUISE CONTROL FAIL TO OPERATE. *AK

ENGINE SHUTS OFF DURING DRIVING OPERATION/DEALER THINKS IT'S A SHORT IN THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM (THEY CAN'T FIND IT)/PROBLEM HAS BEEN ONGOING SINCE1999/I'VE TALKED TO OTHER CARAVAN OWNERS WHO HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM; THEY HAVE NO ANSWERS EITHER. *AK

AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON FOR ABOUT A WEEK. THEN, HORN AND CRUISE CONTROL STOPPED FUNCTIONING AT SAME TIME. ALSO, WINDSHIELD WIPERS WILL COME ON BY THEMSELVES. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

EA 01 007/AIR BAG CLOCKSPRING: AIR BAG SENSOR LIGHT REMAINED ON WHILE DRIVING. ALSO, CRUISE CONTROL AND THE HORN WERE INOPERATIVE, AND WINDSHIELD WIPERS WOULD RANDOMLY OPERATE WHILE IN OFF MODE. DEALER/MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS ON THIS MATTER.*AK

CLOCK SPRING BROKE, CAUSING SEVERAL SAFETY FEATURES IN VEHICLE TO BECOME INOPERABLE. HORN AND CRUISE CONTROL ARE BOTH INOPERABLE. *AK CONSUMER STATES THAT THE FIRST INDICATION OF A PROBLEM WAS THE ILLUMINATION OF THE AIRBAG LIGHT, AND THEN THE CRUISE CONTROL AND HORN BECAME INOPERABLE, THE HORN BEGAN TO SOUND CONSTANTLY EVEN WITH THE VEHICLE TURNED OFF AND KEY OUT OF IGNITION, CONSUMER HAD TO DISCONNECT THE HORN TO GET IT TO TURN OFF. *SLC

PROBLEM HAS BEEN ON GOING SINCE 1998... TILL PRESENT ... MODULAR HAS BEEN REPLACED 4 TIMES ... AND DASH BOARD KEEPS GOING OUT ... THE ODOMETER, MILLAGE, SPEEDODMETER, GAS GAUGE, MILLAGE NUMBERS GO OUT, LIGHTS FOR PARK, NUETRAL, DRIVE, LOW, ETC, GO OUT, (WHILE DRIVING, OR WHEN YOU SHUT VECHILE OFF OR WHEN YOU START IT) WINDSHIELD WIPERS GO ON SPONTANIOUSLY,PARTS HAVE BEEN REPLACED 3 TIMES NOW ,, AND THIS TIME HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT THEY DON'T KNOW HOW TO FIX THE PROBLEM. *AK

AIR BAG LIGHT CAME ON, THEN HORN AND CRUISE CONTROL CEASED TO WORK. *AK

AIR BAG LIGHT STAYED ON AFTER STARTING VEHICLE UP AND DRIVING. ALSO, HORN AND CRUISE CONTROL DID NOT WORK PROPERLY WHEN PUT TO USE.*AK CLOCKSPRING FAILURE. *SLC

AIR BAG LIGHT HAS COME ON AND STAYED ON DURING NORMAL OPERATION OF VEHICLE. DEALERSHIP INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THE CLOCK SPRING WAS DEFECTIVE. *NOTE, CRUISE CONTROL AND HORN ALSO FAILED TO FUNCTION. *AK

AIRBAGS, HORN AND CRUISE CONTROL SPORATICLLY INOPERATIVE. *AK

AIR BAG LIGHT HAS COME ON AND WILL NOT GO OFF. CONSUMER HAS TAKEN VEHICLE TO LOCAL DEALERSHIP, AND THEY INFORMED HIM THAT DEFECTIVE COMPONENT WAS CLOCK SPRING. *AK THE HORN AND THE CRUISE CONTROL FAILED AS WELL. *YH

AIRBAG LIGHT STAYS ON WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING, AND THERE IS NO HORN . DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK

ABS BRAKING SYSTEM LIGHT AIRBAG LIGHT ARE ON DASHBOARD. ALSO, HORN DOESN'T WORK. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEMS.*AK DEALER REPLACED CLOCK SPRING. STARTER FAILED AND WAS REPLACED. *SLC

ABS BRAKING SYSTEM LIGHT AIRBAG LIGHT ARE ON DASHBOARD. ALSO, HORN DOESN'T WORK. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEMS.*AK DEALER REPLACED CLOCK SPRING. STARTER FAILED AND WAS REPLACED. *SLC

HORN FAILED TO WORK, AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON AND LEFT DIRECTIONAL DID NOT RETRACT. DEALER DIAGNOSED AS CLOCK SPRING FAILURE AND CHARGED 465.87 TO FIX. NOW, I READ IN PAPER THAT THIS ASSEMBLY HAS FAILED IN NUMEROUS CARAVANS FROM 1996 TO 2000. PLEASE ADVISE IF THIS IS GOING TO BE A RECALL AND IF I CAN BE COMPENSATED FOR MY EXPENDITURES. IN RETROSPECT, IT SEEMED AS IF THE DEALER KNEW EXACTLY WHAT PROBLEM I HAD AND WHAT NEEDED TO BE DONE WHEN I MADE THE APPOINTMENT; IN OTHER WORDS, MINE WAS NOT THE FIRST PROBLEM LIKE THIS THAT THEY SAW. THANK YOU

THE AIR BAG LIGHT STAYS ON AND THE HORN AND CRUISE CONTROL DO NOT WORK. NOT SURE IF AIRBAGS WOULD DEPLOY IN ACCIDENT.*AK

CRUISE CONTROL, HORN AND AIRBAG INOPERABLE. PAID $221.60 FOR REPAIR 9/13/00 AT TRAIL DODGE DEALER IN INVER GORVE HEIGHTS, MINNESOTA.

AIR BAG LIGHT CAME ON/OFF/ HORN HAS FAILED TO OPERATE. ALSO, CRUISE CONTROL FAILED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS.*AK

AIR BAG LIGHT HAS COME ON. HORN HAS FAILED, AND CRUISE CONTROL DID NOT FUNCTION. *AK

THE TWO TIMES WE HAD FAILURES WITH SIMILAR SYMTOMS (HORN, ENGINE LIGHT, CRUISE, WIPERS, ETC.... ) DIFFERENT PARTS WERE REPLACED. RECENTLY WE HAD ANOTHER "FLUKE" WITH THE WIPERS GOING HAYWIRE (STARTING ON THERE OWN) BUT IT HAS NOT DONE IT AGAIN SINCE. *AK

CONSUMER STATES THE ELECTRICAL POWER FOR THE HORN, CRUISE CONTROL, AND AIR BAG WERE INOPERABLE, ABS LIGHT ILLUMINATED, LOCAL GARAGE REPLACED AN ELECTRICAL RING ASSEMBLY INT THE STEERING WHEEL ASSEMBLY. *SLC

WHEN INTERIOR LIGHTS ARE TURNED ON, USING THE DIMMER SWITCH SETTING, WHILE THE VEHICLE IS RUNNING, THE DIMMER SWITCH STARTS TO BURN, INTERIOR LIGHTS DIM AND GO OFF AND ON, AND A ELECTRICAL FIRE SMELL FILLS THE VEHICLE.

HAVING PROBLEMS WITH HORN NOT WORKING WHEN IN USE. CRUISE CONTROL, WHEN IN USE, WOULD NOT WORK PROPERLY, AND WINDSHIELD WIPERS COME ON AND GO OFF ON THEIR OWN.*AK AIR BAG LIGHT IS ON COINCIDENT WITH OTHER FAILURES. *YH

HAD STARTED VEHCLE WHEN AIR BAG LIGHT REMAINED ON AND FAILED TO GO OFF. HORN FAILED TO WORK AS WELL AS CRUISE CONTROL WHEN NEEDED.*AK POSSIBLE CLOCKSPRING FAILURE. *SLC

AIR BAG, CRUISE CONTROL, HORN, WAS NOT WORKING. CLOCKSPRING WAS DEFECTIVE. CHANGE CLOCKSPRING MYSELF.

WAS DRIVING AND NOTICED AIR BAG LIGHT CAME ON & STAYED. HORN FAILED TO WORK PROPERLY. HAD USED CRUISE CONTROL, AND IT FAILED TO WORK AFTER BEING INITIATED.*AK

EA 01 007; AIR BAG CLOCK SPRING: AIR BAG LIGHT STAYED ON, AND HORN ASSEMBLY DID NOT OPERATE. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. *AK HEAD GASKET AND TIME CHAIN REPLACED DUE TO TREMENDOUS OIL LOSS, ENGINE LIGHT IS NOW ILLUMINATED, VEHICLE'S TEMPERATURE GAUGE WENT UP AND VEHICLE LOCKED UP. WINDSHIELD WIPERS COME ON BY THEMSELVES. SLIDING DOOR LATCH INOPERABLE. *SLC

THE AIRBAG INDICATOR GOES OFF AND ON. THE HORN DOES NOT WORK AND THE CRUISE CONTROL HAS GOTTEN STUCK.*AK

SRS LIGHT STAYS ILLUMINATED WHILE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION. ALSO, HORN ASSEMBLY AND CRUISE CONTROL ARE INOPERABLE.*AK *SLC

SRS LIGHT STAYS ILLUMINATED WHILE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION. ALSO, HORN ASSEMBLY AND CRUISE CONTROL ARE INOPERABLE.*AK

HORN STOPPED WORKING AND AIRBAG LIGHT WAS ON/OFF. VEHICLE HAD 68,000 MILES ON IT WHEN CLOCK, SPRING WAS REPAIRED. SINCE THEN THERE HAVE BEEN NO PROBLEMS.*AK

EA01007; CLOCK SPRING FAILED, CAUSING LOSS OF AIRBAGS/ HORN AND CRUISE CONTROL. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

EA-01-007; CONSUMER HAS NOTICED AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON DASHBOARD. ALSO, HORN WAS INOPERABLE/ WINDSHIELD WIPERS WORKED INTERMITTENTLY, AND ELECTRICAL DOOR LOCKS FAILED TO LOCK OR UNLOCK. ALSO, NOTE ABS BRAKE LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE DASH, BRAKES HAVE FAILED. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER, DEALER UNABLE TO DETERMINE CAUSE OF FAILURES. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

CLOCKSPRING FAILED ALSO DISABLING THE HORN AND THE CRUISE CONTROL. AFTER CONTACTING THE DEALER ABOUT THE AIRBAG LIGHT BEING ON AND DESCRIBING THE SYMPTOMS I WAS TOLD IT WAS GOING TO BE THE CLOCKSPRING. THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT ACKNOWLEDGED THIS IS A COMMON FAILURE IN THE CARAVAN BUT REFUSED TO WARRANT IT AS VEH OUT OF MANUFACTURERS WARRANTY. CONTACTED DAIMLER-CHRYSLER CUSTOMER SERVICE AND THEY ACKNOWLEDGED THE PROBLEM IS WIDESPREAD BUT NO RECALL ISSUED AND THEY ARE UNWILLING TO REIMBURSE ME AT THIS TIME.

MULTIPLE WARNING LIGHTS CAME ON, INCLUDING BRAKE, AIR BAG, FUEL. HORN STOPPED WORKING.*AK

AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON AND OFF, AND HORN FAILED ON VEHICLE. DEALERSHIP REPAIRED DEFECT IN CLOCK SPRING. *AK *SLC

WHILE TRAVELING NOTICED LOSS OF HORN. ALSO, AIR BAG INDICATOR LIGHT WOULD STAY ON.*AK

EA-01-007; CONSUMER NOTICED AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON DASH, HORN AND CRUISE CONTROL WERE INOPERABLE. ALSO, WINDSHIELD WIPERS WORKED INTERMITTENTLY. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER , DEALER NOTICED THE CLOCK SPRING BROKE, CAUSING PROBLEMS. *AK *SLC

EA-01-007- CONSUMER HAS NOTICED AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON DASH. ALSO, HORN AND CRUISE CONTROL WERE INOPERABLE. CONSUMER CONTACTED DEALER, DEALER NOTICED CLOCK SPRING IN STEERING COLUMN BROKE, CAUSING PROBLEM. *AK *SLC

AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT IS ILLUMINATED ON DASH PANEL, HORN DOSE'NT WORK AND CRUISE CONTROL ARE NOT WORKING. THIS IS DUE TO A BAD CLOCK SPRING. DEALR HAS BEEN CONTACTED.*AK

AIR BAG LIGHT STAYED ON. SHORTLY AFTER THAT HORN AND CRUISE CONTROL STOPPED WORKING. DEALER WANTED TO FIX VEHICLE AND CHARGE COUNSUMER $300.*AK *SLC

AIRBAG LIGHT IN VEHICLE HAS COME ON, AND THE HORN FAILED TO OPERATE. *AK

WHEN TURNING ON THE VEHICLE, I NOTICED THE AIR BAG LIGHT DID NOT GO OFF. THE NEXT DAY I SAW AN ARTICLE IN THE PAPER ABOUT THE PROBLEM AND UPON CHECKING THE HORN AND CRUISE CONTROL, DISCOVERED THEY DID NOT WORK EITHER. I TOOK THE ARTICLE TO THE DEALER BUT THEY SAID THE ITEM WAS NOT UNDER RECALL AND WOULD COST $210 TO REPAIR. I'LL WAIT FOR YOU TO ISSUE THE RECALL!*AK

AIRBAG LIGHT HAS COME ON. ALSO, FAILURE OF HORN TO OPERATE PROPERLY. *AK

WHILE TRAVELING, AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED FOR 1 YEAR. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. CONSUMER LOST HORN AND CRUISE CONTROL. *AK POSSIBLY FAILURE OF THE CLOCK SPRING ASSEMBLY. *SLC

WHILE TRAVELING, AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED FOR 1 YEAR. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. CONSUMER LOST HORN AND CRUISE CONTROL. *AK POSSIBLY FAILURE OF THE CLOCK SPRING ASSEMBLY. *SLC

WHILE DRIVING AIRBAG LIGHT WOULD COME ON AND HORN STOPPED WORKING. CONSUMER FELT THIS MAY BE A PROBLEM WITH CLOCK SPRING. *AK DEALER REPLACED CLOCK SPRING. *SLC

AIRBAG LIGHT STAYS ON DASHBOARD CONTINOUSLY, AND HORN/ CRUISE CONTROL DOESN'T WORK. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK

WHILE TRAVELING AND WITHOUT ANY INDICATION AIR BAG INDICATOR/HORN, AND DASHBOARD WENT OUT. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

WHILE TRAVELING AND WITHOUT ANY INDICATION AIR BAG INDICATOR/HORN, AND DASHBOARD WENT OUT. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

HORN AND CRUISE CONTROL DO NOT WORK. ALSO, AIR BAG LIGHT STAYS ILLUMINATED ON DASH PANEL WHILE DRIVING. DEALER HAS NOT BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

EA-010-007- CONSUMER HAS NOTICED AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON T DASHBOARD. ALSO, HORN WAS INOPERABLE/ WINDSHIELD WIPERS WORKED INTERMITTENTLY, AND CURISE CONTROL WAS INOPERABLE. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED T DEALER, DEALER NOTED SPRING WITHIN STEERING WHEEL NEEDED REPLACING. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

AIR BAG LIGHT WON'T GO OUT, HORN DOESN'T WORK. DELAYED ACTION BECAUSE OF EXPENSE. OIL LEAK: IGNORED BECAUSE I THOUGHT IT WAS USUAL VALVE COVER LEAK. NOW LOSES ABOUT A QUART OF OIL A DAY. DEALER DETERMINED IT WAS HEAD GASKET. TOTAL COST TO BE ABOUT $1500.00. FAILURE DATES APPROXIMATE.

AIRBAG LIGHT CONSTANTLY STAYS ON. ALSO, HORN AND CRUISE CONTROL DO NOT WORK. *AK

CONSUMER NEEDED TO HAVE TRANSMISSION REPLACED AGAIN BECAUSE IT WAS SHIFTING INCORRECTLY. PROBLEM COULD'VE BEEN A REBUILT TORQUE CONVERTER THEY USED. CLOCK SPRING NEEDED TO REPLACED BECAUSE HORN DIDN'T WORK. ALSO, AIRBAG LIGHT STAYED ON, AND CRUISE CONTROL WENT TOTALLY OUT.*AK DRIVERS SIDE SLIDING DOOR JAMS, LINKAGE APPEARS OKAY. WINDSHIELD WIPERS SOMETOMES WILL NOT SHUT OFF AFTER KEY IS REMOVED. *SLC

I WAS PULLING OUT OF A PARKING LOT FROM A STOP AND THE TRANSMISSION WENT OUT. WE HAD NO WARNING WHATSOEVER.THE TRANSMISSION COST US $1800. TO REPLACE. THE AIR CONDITIONER HAS BEEN NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS, WE HAD A NEW COMPRESSOR PUT IN AND HAVE HAD THE FREEON REPLACED SEVERAL DIFFERENT TIMES. THE CLOCK SPRING WHICH CONTROLS THE AIRBAG,CRUISE CONTROL AND HORN QUIT WORKING AND COST US $200. TO HAVE FIXED.*AK

VEHICLE STALLED WHILE GOING 55 MPH. UNABLE TO START VEHICLE AFTER COMING TO A STOP. *AK

WIRE HARNESS IN ENGINE COMPARTMENT HAD AN ELECTRICAL SHORT, RESULTING IN A FIRE ON DRIVER SIDE OF COMPARTMENT. FIRE WAS PUT OUT BY FIRE DEPARTMENT. DEALER HAS NOT BEEN OCNTACTED AT THIS TIME.*AK

FAILURE OF CLOCK SPRING CAUSED FAILURE OF AIRBAG, CRUISE CONTROL AND HORN. CHRYSLER CONTACTED AND REFUSED TO PAY FOR REPAIR.*AK

BLOWER MOTOR RESISTOR RUSTED/CONNECTOR HARNESS BURNT -- BURNING SMELL IN VEHICLE. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

UPON STARTING THE VEHICLE, THE BATTERY BLEW UP. THE VAN WAS TOWED TO A NEAR BY SERVICE STATION, AND THE BATTERY WAS REPLACED. *CJ

WHILE DRIVING DOWN ON ROAD AND HEARD NOISE COMING FROM ENGINE WHERE THE BELT TENSIONER WAS LOOSE, AND SERPENTINE BELT WAS NOT WORKING. ALSO, AIR BAG LIGHT WILL STAYED ON, AND CRUISE CONTROL/ HORN WILL NOT WORK. *AK

VEHICLE WILL STALL WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING. CONSUMER MUST WAIT FOR WHILE IN ORDER TO RESTART VEHICL., DEALER AND MECHANIC CANNOT DETERMINE CAUSE. THROTTLE BODY ,IDLE SPEED MOTOR, COMPUTER CHANGED , A SOLENOID REPLACED, BUT DEFECT KEEPS OCCURRING. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

UPON SLOWING DOWN TO 10-15 MPH VEHICLE WILL HESITATE, AND THEN COMPLETELY STALL, CAUSE UNKNOWN. DEALER CANNOT IDENTIFY THE CAUSE.*AK THE DEALER BELIEVED THE TRANSMISSION FAILURE IS CAUSING THE PROBLEM AND REPLACED IT . WHEN THE PROBLEM CONTINUED THE DEALER REPLACE THE TORQUE CONVERTORS, BATTERY AND FINALLY FUEL PUMP BUT THE PROBLEM CONTINUED. *YH

THIS VEHICLE HAS GONE THROUGH 5 ALTERNATOR/POWER STEERING BELTS (SERPENTINE) AND 3 BELT TENSIONERS OVER A PERIOD FROM 1/30/98 (12,858 MILES) TO 9/29/00 (39,761 MILES). THIS SEEMS TO BE FAR TOO MANY PROBLEMS FROM THIS COMPONENT AND COULD BE A SAFETY HAZARD IF IT FAILS WHILE DRIVING (NO POWER STEERING).

INTERMITTENTLY ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING WINDSHIELD WIPERS AND INSTRUMENT PANEL TO MALFUNCTIONED.. COMPUTER CHIP IN THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS HAS BEEN REPLACED; HOWEVER THE PROBLEM HAS REOCCURRED.*AK

HORN FAILED. *SLC

HORN FAILED. *SLC

ELECTRICAL PROBLEM CAUSING VEHICLE TO STALL INTERMITTENTLY. DEALER NOTIFIED FOR A APPOINTMENT. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING 60MPH ON HIGHWAY. A MOTORIST WAS HUNKING HORN TO GET CONSUMER'S ATTENTION. WHEN LOOKING THOUGH THE REARVIEW MIRRIOR HE SAW BLACK SMOKE COMING FROM UNDERNEATH VEHICLE. CONSUMER HAD TO PULL OVER ON THE SHOULDERS OF THE ROAD, AND HE/ HIS FAMILY JUMPED OUT OF VEHICLE. WHEN OPENING THE HOOD FLAMES CAME BURSTING OUT. VEHICLE BURNED TO A CRISP, AND WAS TOTALED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AIR BAG LIGHT WILL COME ON/HORN WILL NOT WORK/ CRUISE CONTROL MALFUNCTIONED, AND WINDSHIELD WIPERS WILL COME ON UNEXPECTEDLY. *AK

LIGHT SWITCH HAS SHORTED OUT, CAUSING BATTERY TO DIE. WHEN BATTERY IS CHARGED WITH JUMPER CABLES AND VEHICLE IS STARTED, SMOKE FROM LIGHT SWITCH FILLS CAB. I FEEL THAT THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD WHICH SHOULD BE LOOKED AT.*AK

ON 2/9/00 WE BROUGHT OUR 1996 DODGE CARAVAN TO CERRITOS DODGE TO FIND OUT WHY THE AIR BAG LIGHT STAYS ON. WE WERE TOLD THAT IT WAS DUE TO THE FAILURE OF THE "CLOCK SPING" PART IN THE STEERING COLUMN. IT WAS ALSO NOTED THAT THIS PART NEEDED TO BE REPLACED IN ORDER FOR THE AIRBAG SYSTEM TO OPERATE PROPERLY. I DID NOT HAVE IT FIXED AT THIS TIME BECAUSE I FELT THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE THAT SHOULD BE COVERED BY CRYSLER AS A RECALL ISSUE. ALSO IT IS NOT COVERED BY OUR WARRANTY. THEN ON 6/29/00 I BROUGHT MY CARAVAN IN TO THE SAME DEALERSHIP BECAUSE MY HORN WAS NOT WORKING- ANOTHER SAFETY ISSUE- AND WAS TOLD IT WAS NOT WORKING DUE TO THE "CLOCK SPRING" PART. SO I WENT AHEAD AND HAD IT FIXED BECAUSE I FELT IT HAD TO BE A SAFETY ISSUE. I FEEL THAT THIS PART NEEDS TO BE BROUGHT UP AS A RECALL FOR SAFETY ISSUE BECAUSE WITHOUT IT THE AIRBAG AND THE HORN CANNOT WORK. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. LARRY HILL. *AK

HORN ASSEMBLY FAILED WITHOUT WARNING, CAUSING A SAFETY HAZARD. *AK *ML

WHEN VEHICLE WAS PARKED AFTER BEING DRIVEN, AND WHEN ATTEMPTING TO START VEHICLE UP AGAIN, IT WON'T START. ALSO, BATTERY HAD TO BE REPLACED EVERY YEAR SINCE VEHICLE WAS BOUGHT. *AK

WHEN VEHICLE WAS PARKED AFTER BEING DRIVEN, AND WHEN ATTEMPTING TO START VEHICLE UP AGAIN, IT WON'T START. ALSO, BATTERY HAD TO BE REPLACED EVERY YEAR SINCE VEHICLE WAS BOUGHT. *AK

DEFECT IN HEAD GASKET CAUSED OIL TO LEAK CAUSING THE AIR IDLE VALVE CONTROL,PCV,FUEL FILTER, HORMICA BALANCING BOARD, THROTTLE,WATER PUMP, THEROMSTAT, IIGNITION MODULE TO HAVE TO BE REPAIRED . TIMING BELT WAS RECALL DODGE DID NOT PUT IT ON RIGHT CAUSING TO HEAD GASKET TO LEAK. TIMING BELT COVERS WAS NEVER REPLACE WHEN IT WAS RECALLED.WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THIS RECALL TIMING BELT BROKEN WHILE DRIVING. *AK

VAN SHUTS OFF WHILE DRIVING OR WILL NOT START......ONCE IT SHUTS DOWN U HAVE TO WAIT 15-30 MIN BEFORE IT CAN BE STARTED, WIPERS WILL SHUT DOWN OR WILL KEEP GOING AFTER CAR HAS BEEN SHUT OFF.....WILL RUNN AT WHATEVER SPEED THEY WANT.

THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN PARKED FOR OVER 8 HOURS , WHEN FIRE IGNITED UNDER HOOD (DETERMINED UPON , INVESTIGATION) AT WIRE HARNESS, CAR BECAME TOTALLY INVOLED IN FIRE , COMPLETE LOSS OF VEHICLE. *AK

THE WIRING HARNASS IS RESTING ON TOP OF THE IGNITION COIL CAUSING THE WIRES GOING TO THE FUEL INJECTORS TO MELT. *AK

THE WIRING HARNASS IS RESTING ON TOP OF THE IGNITION COIL CAUSING THE WIRES GOING TO THE FUEL INJECTORS TO MELT. *AK

IN FUELING OUR VAN, ON TWO DIFFERENT OCCASIONS, WE HAVE HAD A FIRE. THE FIRE COMES FROM THE FILLER PIPE ON THE VAN! THE VAN WAS TOTALLY TURNED OFF. IT DOES EXTINGUISH ITSELF AFTER AWHILE. WE ARE EXPERIENCING SHOCK CONSTANTLY WHEN WE TOUCH THE VAN. WE HAVE HAD IT TO THE DEALER ABOUT THE SHOCKING PROBLEM, BUT NOT THE FIRE. WE ASSUMED IT WAS WITH OUR PERSONAL GAS TANK. CONTACTED THE GAS CO. AND THEY INVESTIGATED AND CORRECTED WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN A PROBLEM. NO OTHER VEHICALS THAT ARE FILLED AT THIS TANK HAVE EXPERIENCED THIS DIFFICULTY. MY SON AND I WERE INVOLVED THE FIRST TIME THERE WAS A FIRE. HE WAS BURNT SLIGHTLY. THE SECOND TIME, ONLY MYSELF. WE ARE CONCLUDING NOW, THAT THE DIFFICULTY IS WITHIN THE VAN. WE ARE CONTACTING A DEALER IN THE AM BUT WOULD YOU PLEASE ASSIST. NOT ONLY WAS THE FILLER PIPE ON THE VAN ON FIRE, THE HOSE FROM THE STATIONARY TANK AND THE GROUND WAS ON FIRE. OUR MACHINERY SHOP AND EQUIPMENT COULD HAVE BEEN LOST, NOT TO MENTION LIVES! NEEDLESS TO SAY - WE ARE SCARED! THE FIRE DEPT. WAS CALLED BOTH TIMES! PLEASE HELP!!! *AK

WHILE TRAVELING AT 65MPH HE CONSUMER APPLIED BRAKES, AND THEY STUCK. ALSO, CRUISE CONTROL WOULDN'T SHUT OFF. CONSUMER STOPPED AT A GAS STATION BECAUSE ENGINE WAS ROARING UP. TOOK FUSE FROM THE FUSE BOX. *AK

WHILE DRIVING TWO DOGS RAN OUT INTO THE STREET, CONSUMER PUT ON BRAKES AND TRIED TO BLOW HORN, AND THE HORN DID NOT WORK. ALSO, AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON, AND CRUISE CONTROL DID NOT WORK. TOOK TO DEALER , AND THEY HAD TO ORDER A CLOCK SPRING. *AK *ML

A FIRE STARTED IN THE A/C VENT BY THE STEERING WHEEL, FROM WHICH FLAMES CAME OUT AND ENGULFED THE CAR. ALSO, DRIVER'S AIRBAG DEPLOYED. VEHICLE SHUT OFF. VEHICLE HAS PREVIOUSLY BEEN SERVICED FOR TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. *AK *ML

AIRBAG LIGHT STAYS ON ONCE VEHICLE IS STARTED AND CAUSES HORN AND CRUISE CONTROL NOT TO WORK. DEALER WAS CONTACTED 6 MONTHS AGO, AND THEY CONTACTED THE CONSUMER 3 MONTHS AFTER THAT TO TELL CONSUMER THAT THERE WILL BE A CHARGE FOR REPAIRS. CONSUMER BELIEVES IT IS A FACTORY DEFECT. *AK *ML

BATTERY FAILED. YH

BATTERY FAILED. YH

CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AT 25MPH ON THE HIGHWAY. HE WAS LOOKING IN HIS REAR MIRROR AND HE NOTICED SMOKE TRAIL. GASOLINE WAS DRIPPING FROM UNDERNEATH THE PIPE, AND THE CAR WAS ON FIRE. WHEN HE APPLIED BRAKES,THE CAR KEPT MOVING. *AK THE VEHICLE CUT OFF IN THE MIDDLE OF HIGHWAY TRAFFIC GOING 55 MPH DUE TO A FAULTY FUEL PUMP WHICH THE MANUFACTURER REPLACED. 15 MONTHS LATER FUEL BEGAN TO LEAK FROM UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE CAUSING FIRE WHILE THE CUSTOMER WAS DRIVING. *YH

THE HORN BUTTON IS HARD TO DEPRESS. NLM

AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON, AND DRIVER'S/PASSENGER'S AIRBAGS SEEMED TO BE COMING OUT. ALSO HORN WAS INOPERATIVE. IF THE AIRBAGS WERE TO DEPLOY UNEXPECTEDLY, IT MIGHT RESULT IN A CRASH. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

IT TOOK THE DEALER WITH THE PRODDING AND HELP OF THE MANUFATURER MORE THAN A MONTH TO CORRECT THIS PROBLEM. THE PROBLEM WAS NOT IN THE WINSHIELD WIPER ASSEMBLY ITSELF BUT IN THE 'ELECTRICAL CONTROL BOX'.

SOCKET FOR THE LIGHT BULBS HAD MELTED THE PLUGS. ALSO, SERPENTINE BELT WAS REPLACED 5 TIMES DUE TO BREAKING. LAST BELT WAS SHREDDED TO PIECES. THE TENSIONER GAUGE WAS REPLACED. IN ADDITION, AIR BAG LIGHT KEPT COMING ON & THE HORN FAILED TO WORK WHEN USED. TAKING VEHICLE TO DEALER TO CHECK PROBLEMS. *AK

THE VEHICLE IS EXPERIENCING SEVERAL ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS WHICH OCCUR AT THE SAME TIME (RADIO AND WIPERS COME ON AND OFF, THE INTERIOR LIGHTS WILL NOT COME ON AT TIMES WHEN OPENING THE DOORS). *MJS

WE HAVE MORE FAILURES THAT YOU DON'T HAVE ROOM FOR IN THIS QUESTIONNAIRE. WE HAVE A HUGE FILE ON THIS VEHICLE AND WANT OUT OF IT. IT IS A LEMON!

WE HAVE MORE FAILURES THAT YOU DON'T HAVE ROOM FOR IN THIS QUESTIONNAIRE. WE HAVE A HUGE FILE ON THIS VEHICLE AND WANT OUT OF IT. IT IS A LEMON!

THE ENGINE IS JUST THE MOST RECENT PROBLEM. WE WENT AHEAD AND BOUGHT THE EXTENDED WARRANTY EVEN THOUGH IT IS USUALLY NEVER USED. THIS TIME WE USED IT NUMEROUS TIMES. WE HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE ELECTRIC WINDOWS, THE STARTER HAS BEEN REPLACED, THE FUEL PUMP, THE ENGINE HEAD, THE ELECTRONIC LOCKS CURRENTLY DO NOT WORK. IT HAS JUST BEEN A REAL LEMON. WE JUST DO NOT KNOW WHAT TO DO. THIS TIME THE ENGINE BLEW AND THERE WAS NO CLUE THAT ANYTHING WAS WRONG. WE HAVE BEEN STRANDED SEVERAL TIMES AND LAST NIGHT JUST BARELY MADE IT HOME.

INTEGRATED CHILD SEAT WONT RETRACT WHEN PULLED OUT. WEATHERSTRIPPING ON DRIVERS DOOR FELL OFF FOUND OUT THE DRIVERS DOOR WAS NOT ALIGNED PROPERLY. CONSTANT BELT NOISE ESPECIALLY DURING WET CONDITIONS. DEALER MUST REPEATEDLY TIGHTEN THEM. BRAKES PULSATE WHEN APPLYING THEM. REPLACED NUMEROUS COMPONENTS ON REAR BRAKES. FUEL TANK WOULD NOT READ FUEL LEVEL CORRECTLY. DEALER HAD TO REPLACE FUEL TANK, FUEL PUMP, AND OTHER COMPONENTS AND SAID THE FUEL TANK WAS BOWED. DUAL SLIDING DOORS HAVE TO BE REPEATEDLY ADJUSTED BECAUSE THEY BECOME DIFFICULT TO SLIDE. DRIVER'S SIDE WINDOW REGULATOR BROKE FOR NO APPARENT REASON. RIGHT REAR CHILD SAFETY SEAT HAD HOLE IN THE BUCKLE. REPLACED BATTERY ONCE.INSTALLED CHILD SAFETY BELT EXTENSIONS DUE TO RECALL. VAN IS NOW BACK IN SHOP FOR UNKNOWN PROBLEMS, WILL NOT START.

WHILE DRIVING ENTIRE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED, BUT VEHICLE CONTINUED TO OPERATE WITH NO ELECTRIC COMPONENTS WORKING. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED REPLACED TRANSMISSION, STABILIZER SOCKETS, BRAKES AND BATTERY, LATCHES ON DOORS, HATCH REPLACED SEVERAL TIMES. AK

VEHICLE STALLED ON THE ROAD DUE TO ELECTICAL SYSTEM FAILURE CAUSING ALL DASH LIGHTS TO GO OUT. YH

4 TRIPS TO DEALER TO CORREC. -NOW IT NEEDS BODY COMPUTER. *AK

SINCE WE PURCHASED OUR VAN IN AUGUST OF 1997, WE HAVE HAD MANY REPAIRS AND VISITS TO THE DEALER. AS OF TODAY, THEY HAVE NOT FIXED OR DIAGNOSED THE BRAKE PROBLEMS. WHEN COMING TO A STOP OR APPLYING MY BRAKES, A CRUNCHING SOUND OCCURS ,AND I CAN FEEL IT IN THE PEDAL. IT IS A FAIRLY LOUD SOUND AND THE VIBRATION IS DISTRACTING BECAUSE YOU LOSE YOUR BRAKE PEDAL FOR A PERIOD OF 1-2 SECONDS. I HAVE TALKED TO OTHER DODGE CARAVAN OWNERS AND PLAN TO TAKE A DETAILED SURVEY ON THIS MATTER, BUT, NONE TO THIS POINT HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM. THIS LEADS ME TO BELIEVE THIS IS A DEFECT IN THE BRAKE SYSTEM OR ANTILOCK BRAKE COMPUTER SYSTEM WHICH IS UNDETECTABLE. THIS DOES NOT OCCUR ALL THE TIME, AND NOT UNDER THE SAME CONDITIONS. THIS, ALSO, LEADS ME TO THE CONCLUSION THERE IS A MAJOR SAFTEY DEFECT HERE. I HAVE HAD THIS TO THE DEALER AND THEY SAY THEY CANT DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM. WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO DO, GET IN AN ACCIDENT? I HAVE ASKED THAT THEY RECALL MY VAN, REFUND FULL PURCHASE PRICE OR REPLACE MY VEHICLE WITH ONE SIMILAR TO MINE. THIS IS NOT THE ONLY PROBLEM: TODAY IT WAS IN FOR BRAKES AND A BLOWN ENGINE HEAD GASKET. PREVIOUSLY, CATALYTIC CONVERTER/ BLOWER MOTOR/BATTERY/ SPEED SENSOR AND ANTI RATTLE BUMPERS THAT STILL HAVENT CORRECTED PROBLEM/FUEL FILTER GROUND STRAP AND FUEL FILLER TUBE GROUND STRAP HAVE BEEN REPLACED. ALSO, DEGLAZED BRAKES, BUT STILL BRAKES SQUEAK.FINALLY, HEADLIGHTS REPLACED W/HOUSING/LAMP, AND WHATEVER ELSE THEY HAVE DONE TO IT WHILE IN THE SHOP RIGHT NOW. IT HAS BEEN THERE SINCE TUESDAY FEB.02. THIS VAN IS NO WAY WORTH THE HASSLES THAT I HAVE BEEN PUT THROUGH AND I DONT THINK ANYONE SHOULD HAVE THIS MANY PROBLEMS SO EARLY ON. I HAVE DONE EXTENSIVE RESEARCH ON THIS MODEL AND HAVE FOUND ATLEAST 100 COMPLAINTS FOR TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS AND OTHER MAJOR REPAIRS AND UNDIAGNOSED PROBLEMS WITH THE ENGINE. I THINK IT IS TIME SOMEONE STEPPED IN AND TOOK A GOOD LOOK AT THIS 96 VEHICLE BECAUSE IT IS NOT UP TO SAFTEY STANDARDS BY A LONG SHOT. THANK YOU.

BATTERY FAILED SEVERAL TIMES.

IGNITION SWITCH FAILED.

TRANSMISSION/ALTERNATOR/BELTS/POWER WINDOWS/SHOCK ABSORBERS/BATTERY/COIL/SPARK PLUGS AND RADIO FAILED.

TRANSMISSION/ALTERNATOR/BELTS/POWER WINDOWS/SHOCK ABSORBERS/BATTERY/COIL/SPARK PLUGS AND RADIO FAILED.

TRANSMISSION/ALTERNATOR/BELTS/POWER WINDOWS/SHOCK ABSORBERS/BATTERY/COIL/SPARK PLUGS AND RADIO FAILED.

STARTER WIRE SHORTED OUT AND STARTED A FIRE INSIDE UNDER THE HOOD, FIRE DEPARTMENT CAME AND HAS A REPORT. DEALER CONTACTED AND REPAIR WORK DONE, VEHICLE UNDER WARRANTY. *AK

WHEN DRIVING THE AIR BAG LIGHT WAS COMING OFF AND ON. CONSUMER HAD TO TAKE THE AIR BAG AND HORN SWITCH TO DEALER FOR REPAIRS, AND THE DEALER PUT IN A NEW AIR BAG AND HORN. 831047 DUP 0F 831604; POSTED ON 09-07-1999. *AK

WHEN DRIVING AT ANY SPEED, THE TRANSMISSION WENT OUT, AND THE COMPUTER MADE THE VEHICLE SHIFT. THE COMPUTER WENT OUT AND THE VEHICLE STARTED UP, AND SOMETIMES THE VEHICLE WILL DELAY. *AK CONSUMER STATES PRIOR TO THE TRANSMISSION GOING OUT, THE ENGINE WOULD MAKE THE SAME NOISE EVERY TIME, TRANSMISSION HESITATES BEFORE GOING INTO GEAR, FINALLY ON 20-OCT-98, VEHICLE WAS HOOKED UP TO A COMPUTER SHOWING FAULTY TRANSMISSION. *SLC

WHEN REAR WINDSHIELD WIPERS ARE USED THE AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT COMES ON. DEALER NOTED PROBLEM WASA FUSE FOR REAR WIPERS WHICH WAS REPLACED, BUT PROBLEM RETURNED. *AK

IGNITION CABLE LOOSE.

BATTERY FAILED SEVERAL TIMES.

FUSE BLOWS WHEN VEHICLE IS IN PARK. ECM MODULE IS DEFECTIVE. VEHICLE MUST BE STARTED IN NUETRAL GEAR. OWNER NOTES OF SERVICE BULLENTIN FOR PROBLEM. *AK

FUSE BLOWS WHEN VEHICLE IS IN PARK. ECM MODULE IS DEFECTIVE. VEHICLE MUST BE STARTED IN NUETRAL GEAR. OWNER NOTES OF SERVICE BULLENTIN FOR PROBLEM. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 70 MPH IN LEFT LANE, HAD JUST PASSED ANOTHER CAR, THERE WAS A MAJOR ELECTRICAL INTERRUPTION, CAUSING CRUISE CONTROL/RADIO AND BLOWER TO FAIL, AND VAN DECELERATED FOR ABOUT 4-5 MINUTES. SUDDENLY POWER CAME BACK ALONG WITH ALL ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS.

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE FOR NO REASON. SEEMS TO BE ELECTRICAL. OWNER IS VERY CONCERNED FOR SAFETY.VEHICLE WAS A TOTAL LOSS. *AK

IGNITION COIL FAILED.

IGNITION SWITCH FAILED.

CONSUMER HAD BEEN HAVING ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS WITH VEHICLE. VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN AND OUT OF THE DEALER FOR REPAIR FOR THE WIRING AND ELECTRICAL UNIT 4 TIMES. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN THE POSSESSION OF THE DEALER, IT CAUGHT ON FIRE. *AK

RELAY SWITICH CAUSING ENGINE TO OVERHEAT WHICH CAUSE STEAM TO COME FROM THE ENGINE AND MAKING IT UNABLE TO DRIVE. WINDSHILED WIPERS COME OFF AND ON WITHOUT WARNING.

BATTERY FAILED.

HORN FUSE FAILED.

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE ENGINE SHUTS DOWN AT LOW AND HIGH SPEEDS. THE DEALER IS ATTEMPTING TO FIX THE VEHICLE, BUT HAS NOT BEEN SUCCESSFUL YET. *AK ALTERNATOR WAS REPLACED IN SEPTEMBER OF 1997. CONSUMER IS IN PROCESS OF PURCHASING A 1998 FROM DEALER, COLONIAL FITZGERALD DODGE HAS BEEN HELPING CONSUMER NEGOTIATE A BUYBACK. *SLC

WHILE DRIVING AT 55MPH THE DEFECTIVE COMPUTER MODULE WAS INOPERATIVE, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO STALL AND HAD NO POWER, ALMOST CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. *AK

ALTERNATOR BELT FAILED.

FUEL FILLER NECK OF TANK ASSMBLY NEEDS TO BE REPLACED DUE TO LEAKAGE, CAUSE UNKNOWN. *AK ALTERNATOR FAILED. PARKING BRAKE PEDAL KEEPS FALLING OFF. *YH

BATTERY FAILED.

CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER ON A NUMBER OF OCCASIONS DUE TO INOPERATIVE HORN ASSEMBLY. FUESES, WIRING AND OTHER PARTS HAVE BEEN REPLACED. PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. *AK

OWNER STATES THAT SHE HAS AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS WITH HER VEHICLE WHICH CAUSES IT TO STALL, DEALER CANNOT LOCATE THE PROBLEM. *AK

WHEN DRIVING ON A LONG DISTANCE TRIP THE TRUCK STALLS, TOOK TO DEALER CAN'T FIND PROBLEM . *AK

WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN THE OFF POSITION. A FIRE TOOK PLACE ON THE PASSENGER SIDE, BURNING THE WHOLE VEHICLE.

INTERMITTENT STALLING, ALSO POWER STEERING AND ANTI-LOCK BRAKES FAILED. *AK

WHILE RUNNING AIR CONDITIONING, CAR ENGINE CUTS ON AND OFF ,AND ENGINE HAS SHUT DOWN AT 60MPH AND STARTED UP WITH NO HELP.*AK

VEHICLE STOPS IN MOVING TRAFFIC WITHOUT WARNING. *AK

WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH OR ANY SPEED ENGINE DIES WITHOUT WARNING, CAUSE UNKNOWN, NEARLY CAUSED ACCIDENT.*AK

VEHICLE STALLS UNEXPECTEDLY IN TRAFFIC AT ITS HIGHEST RUNNING TEMEPERATURE. *AK

DESIGN OF HORN IN MIDDLE OF STEERING WHEEL MAKES IT DIFFICULT TO ACTIVATE HORN DURING PANIC STOPPING AND VERY FRIGID WEATHER; CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. *AK

WHEN DIVING DOWN THE ROAD AT 55MPH TRUCK GOES DEAD. PLEASE DESCRIBE . *AK

WHEN DIVING DOWN THE ROAD AT 55MPH TRUCK GOES DEAD. PLEASE DESCRIBE . *AK

VEHICLE STALLS OUT WHILE AT 55MPH ON HWY ON RAINY WEATHER ENGINE LIGHT IS ON.DEALER REPLACED COMPUTER. TT

#PE95-053 WHEN DRIVING TRUCK STALLS THREE TIMES NOW THE RACK AND PINION NEED TO BE REPLACED PURCHASE TRUCK NEW . TT

THE VAN LOSSES POWER AND CAN'T CLIMB HILLS. TT CHECK ENGINE LIGHT HAS ILLUMINATED, CONSUMER STATES THERE IS A FUEL LEAK, GAS TANK WAS REPLACED. *SLC

CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON, THEN VEHICLE STALLS OUT, ALMOST RESULTING IN ACCIDENT. TT

WHILE IN MOTION, VEHICLE WILL SHUT OFF AND THEN RESTARTS AND CONTINUES W/WINDSHIELD WIPERS DOING SAME BUT AT DIFFERENT TIME. THIS HAS OCCURED SEVERAL TIMES. TT

WHILE IN MOTION, VEHICLE WILL SHUT OFF AND THEN RESTARTS AND CONTINUES W/WINDSHIELD WIPERS DOING SAME BUT AT DIFFERENT TIME. THIS HAS OCCURED SEVERAL TIMES. TT