1998 DODGE CARAVAN Problems & Recalls

AIRBAG LIGHT ON NO TURN SIGNALS AND NO REVERSE LIGHTS DUE TO FAILED AIRBAG CLOCKSPRING

AIRBAG LIGHT ON NO TURN SIGNALS AND NO REVERSE LIGHTS DUE TO FAILED AIRBAG CLOCKSPRING

AIRBAG LIGHT ON NO TURN SIGNALS AND NO REVERSE LIGHTS DUE TO FAILED AIRBAG CLOCKSPRING

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 1998 DODGE CARAVAN. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE CRASHED INTO A SECOND VEHICLE. THE FRONT END WAS SEVERELY DAMAGED. THE DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG DEPLOYED ALTHOUGH NO PASSENGER WAS PRESENT IN THE VEHICLE. THE...

Mileage: 135,000

THE INDICATOR LAMP AIR BAG IS ON CONTINUOUSLY. I DRIVE A VEHICLE ALL THE TIME, AND MY TRIP 50% HIGHWAY AND 50% CITY.

Mileage: 104,580

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 DODGE CARAVAN. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE POWER STEERING SEIZED WITHOUT WARNING. THE FAILURE WAS PERSISTENT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE SERPENTINE BELT FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED ...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 DODGE CARAVAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN DRIVING ON WET ROADS, THE POWER BRAKES AND STEERING FAILED. THE FAILURE RECURRED SEVERAL TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE PULLEY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT R...

Mileage: 150,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 DODGE CARAVAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN DRIVING ON WET ROADS, THE POWER BRAKES AND STEERING FAILED. THE FAILURE RECURRED SEVERAL TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE PULLEY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT R...

Mileage: 150,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 DODGE CARAVAN. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 11V139000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM); HOWEVER, THE PART NEEDED TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MA...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 DODGE CARAVAN. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH, THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED INDEPENDENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 55,000.

Mileage: 55,000

I WAS BACKING OUT OF A PARKING SPACE IN 2012, WHEN THE BRAKES COMPLETELY FAILED, I HAD TO PUT MY VEHICLE INTO GEAR IN ORDER FOR IT TO STOP. EVEN THOUGH I WAS ONLY GOING 5 MPH OR LESS, I WAS ON A DOWNHILL SLOPE. THERE WASN'T AN ACCIDENT NOR ANY DAMAGE, SO I DON'T HAVE THAT TO REPORT. THE VAN WAS ...

Mileage: 132,000

I WAS BACKING OUT OF A PARKING SPACE IN 2012, WHEN THE BRAKES COMPLETELY FAILED, I HAD TO PUT MY VEHICLE INTO GEAR IN ORDER FOR IT TO STOP. EVEN THOUGH I WAS ONLY GOING 5 MPH OR LESS, I WAS ON A DOWNHILL SLOPE. THERE WASN'T AN ACCIDENT NOR ANY DAMAGE, SO I DON'T HAVE THAT TO REPORT. THE VAN WAS ...

Mileage: 132,000

I WAS BACKING OUT OF A PARKING SPACE IN 2012, WHEN THE BRAKES COMPLETELY FAILED, I HAD TO PUT MY VEHICLE INTO GEAR IN ORDER FOR IT TO STOP. EVEN THOUGH I WAS ONLY GOING 5 MPH OR LESS, I WAS ON A DOWNHILL SLOPE. THERE WASN'T AN ACCIDENT NOR ANY DAMAGE, SO I DON'T HAVE THAT TO REPORT. THE VAN WAS ...

Mileage: 132,000

I AM THE SECOND OWNER OF A 1998 DODGE CARAVAN AND BOUGHT A CARFAX REPORT WHEN PURCHASING WHICH WAS CLEAN SHOWING NO ACCIDENTS, NO PROBLEMS. THE ONE RECALL ALERT ON THIS YEAR AND MODEL WAS TAKEN CARE OF PREVIOUSLY. THE CAR HAS GENERALLY BEEN DEPENDABLE, OTHER THAN ONGOING PROBLEMS WITH THE INSTRUMEN...

Mileage: 150,677

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 DODGE CARAVAN. WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH OVER A PUDDLE, THE SERPENTINE TIME BELT DETACHED FROM THE ENGINE. THE VEHICLE WAS DIAGNOSED AND REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 119,000.

Mileage: 119,000

THE LOS ANGELES CBS AFFILIATE STATION AIRED A STORY ABOUT CHRYSLER VEHICLES YEAR 2007 TO 2012 THAT WERE BEING INVESTIGATED FOR A POTENTIAL RECALL. THE PROBLEM IS A FAULTY TIPM, ALSO KNOWN AS A POWERTRAIN CONTROL MODULE. VEHICLE OWNERS REPORT INSTRUMENT PANEL PROBLEMS, GAUGES NOT WORKING, AIRBAG NO...

Mileage: 116,850

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 DODGE CARAVAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 20 MPH THE ENGINE STALLED. THE INSTRUMENT PANEL WAS INOPERABLE THE FUEL GAUGE WAS INACCURATE. THE CONTACT COULD NOT RESTART THE VEHICLE AND THE INSTRUMENT PANEL LIGHTS WERE BLINKING ON AND OFF. THE CONTACT ALSO STATE...

Mileage: 99,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 DODGE CARAVAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 20 MPH THE ENGINE STALLED. THE INSTRUMENT PANEL WAS INOPERABLE THE FUEL GAUGE WAS INACCURATE. THE CONTACT COULD NOT RESTART THE VEHICLE AND THE INSTRUMENT PANEL LIGHTS WERE BLINKING ON AND OFF. THE CONTACT ALSO STATE...

Mileage: 99,000

ONLY A BLOCK OR 2 FROM HOME, DOING 20 MPH THERE WAS THE SMELL OF SMOKE THEN FLAMES SHOT OUT FROM UNDER THE DRIVERS SEAT. WE BAILED FROM THE VAN AND BEFORE 911 COULD BE CALLED THE VAN WAS ENGULFED IN FLAMES. A TOTAL LOSS. *TR

Mileage: 16,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 DODGE CARAVAN. THE CONTACT WAS TRAVELING 5 MPH WHEN THE SERPENTINE BELT BECAME DETACHED FROM THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A PRIVATE MECHANIC, WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE SERPENTINE BELT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE FAILURE RECURRED SEVERAL TIMES. THE FAILUR...

Mileage: 119,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 DODGE CARAVAN. THE CONTACT WAS TRAVELING 5 MPH WHEN THE SERPENTINE BELT BECAME DETACHED FROM THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A PRIVATE MECHANIC, WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE SERPENTINE BELT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE FAILURE RECURRED SEVERAL TIMES. THE FAILUR...

Mileage: 119,000

I HAVE A 98 DODGE CARAVAN IT HAS NO DASH LIGHTS PARKING LIGHTS OR HORN. I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT IT COULD BE. *TR

THE BELT KEEPS SLIPPING OFF ON MY DODGE CARAVAN. THIS HAS BEEN CONTINUAL. THE FORUMS ARE FULL OF THESE COMPLAINTS. IT IS THE SERPENTINE BELT. I HAVE BEEN BACK AND FORTH TO THE MECHANIC. THEY TRY EVERYTHING, BUT WHEN IT IS WET, IT COMES OFF. I EVEN TRY NOT TO DRIVE IN RAIN, BUT AFTER THE RAINS,...

DRIVING DURING HEAVY RAIN/SNOW OR GOING THROUGH STANDING WATER, THE SERPENTINE BELT SLIPS OFF OF THE PULLEYS. THIS LEADS TO A LOSS OF POWER STEERING, POWER BRAKES AND ENGINE COOLING. MILEAGE AND DATE ARE APPROXIMATE. MULTIPLE OCCURRENCES. *TR

Mileage: 136,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 DODGE CARAVAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE VEHICLE SWERVED TO THE RIGHT LANE INDEPENDENTLY. THE CONTACT INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND DISCOVERED CORROSION THROUGHOUT THE FRAME. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS...

Mileage: 117,000

MAJOR CONCERN IS ABOUT THE STRUT HOUSING ROUGHING OUT BEEN LOOKING THIS UP AND FROM 97 TO 2000 MAYBE A BIT LONGER THIS HAS BEEN A MAJOR ISSUE THAT CHRYSLER NEED TO ADDRESS. I KNOW THEY DON'T WANT THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE MATTER ,BUT SOME ONE COULD GET HURT FROM THIS.I JUST FOUND OUT ABOUT THIS AND ...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 DODGE CARAVAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 10 MPH, THE VEHICLE LOST POWER AND BECAME INOPERABLE WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE A FAILURE. THE FAILURE RECURRED FREQUENTLY HOWEVER, THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE...

Mileage: 155,000

HORN STOPPED WORKING. HORN FUSE IS GOOD. AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT CAME ON AND HAS STAYED ON. *TR

HORN STOPPED WORKING. HORN FUSE IS GOOD. AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT CAME ON AND HAS STAYED ON. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 DODGE CARAVAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT A FIRE BEGAN ON TOP OF THE FUEL TANK AFTER REFUELING AND THE VEHICLE EXPLODED. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO EXIT THE VEHICLE PRIOR TO THE EXPLOSION AND STATED THAT THERE WERE NO FUEL SYSTEM FAILURES PRIOR TO THE EXPLOSION. THE MANUFACTURE...

Mileage: 130,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 DODGE CARAVAN. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS BEING INSPECTED AT AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR A BRAKE REPAIR, THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE STRUT TOWER WAS CORRODED AND THE VEHICLE WAS UNSAFE TO DRIVE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE AP...

Mileage: 80,000

1998 DODGE CARAVAN STRUT TOWERS RUSTING THROUGH. DODGE SAID ITS A COSMETIC REPAIR. I BOUGHT THIS VAN USED AND THE DRIVERS SIDE STRUT IS NOW MADE MY VAN DANGEROUS TO DRIVE BECAUSE THE DRIVERS SIDE IS NOW RESTING ON STRUT. THE SELLER WILL NOT LET ME RETURN IT. *TR

Mileage: 172,000

FOUR COOPER FUTURA 2000 LTE P205/70R14 TIRES (DOT U9KE XAD3906) WERE REPLACED ONTO MY MINIVAN WHEELS ON 4/4/2011 AFTER SITTING FOR 16 MONTHS IN PROTECTIVE BAGS IN MY GARAGE. THEY ARE TOURING TIRES AND WERE SWAPPED OUT FOR THE COLD WEATHER TIRES THAT HAD BEEN ON THE VAN FOR THE PREVIOUS 16 MONTHS. ...

Mileage: 155,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 DODGE CARAVAN. WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH THE SERPENTINE BELT BROKE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE STALLED AND COULD HAVE CAUSED A CRASH TO OCCUR DUE TO INCLEMENT WEATHER AFTER THE FAILURE OCCURRED. THE SERPENTINE BELT WAS REPLACED THREE TIMES. THE CONTACT STATED THERE W...

Mileage: 470,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 DODGE CARAVAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING IN WET CONDITIONS, THE SERPENTINE BELT WOULD DETACH ITSELF FROM UNDER THE VEHICLE. ONCE THE FAILURE OCCURRED, THE POWER STEERING WOULD FAIL AND BECAME DIFFICULT TO MANEUVER. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED AND REPAIRED BY THE ...

1998 DODGE CARAVAN SE FRONT STRUT COVERS ARE COMPLETELY ROTTED THROUGH AND I CAN VIEW THE GROUND BENEATH. NOT ONLY IS THIS A SAFETY ISSUE, BUT AN OBVIOUS MANUFACTURER DEFECT IN THE MATERIAL USED IN SUCH A CRITICAL LOCATION TO THE VEHICLE'S STRUCTURE. I AM CONCERNED THE VEHICLE WILL BECOME UNCONTROLL...

Mileage: 117,171

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE SPEEDOMETER WAS READING A SPEED OF 0 MPH. THE FAILURE RECURRED INTERMITTENTLY, BUT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO BE EXAMINED FOR THE CAUSE OF FAILURE AND WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS U...

Mileage: 47,000

MY 1998 DODGE VAN WAS IN TO MY LOCAL DEALER FOR SOME GENERAL SERVICE. I ASKED THE MECHANIC ABOUT THE CONSIDERABLE RUST AROUND THE TOP OF THE DRIVER SIDE STRUT. HE SAID THAT IT HAD BEEN A PROBLEM WITH SOME VANS AND THAT A SERVICE BULLETIN HAD BEEN ISSUED REGARDING. IF THE STRUT WERE TO GO BREAK TH...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE STRUT THAT SECURED THE WIRE TO THE WHEELS AND OTHER STRUCTURES HAD RUSTED UNDER THE HOOD. THE CONTACT HAD NOT CALLED THE DEALERSHIP OR THE MANUFACTURER AT THE TIME OF THE COMPLAINT. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 200...

Mileage: 200,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED, IT SUDDENLY CAUGHT FIRE. THE FIRE BEGAN UNDER THE HOOD. A FIRE REPORT WAS FILED. ONLY THE ENGINE WAS DESTROYED BUT THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED AT THE TIME OF THE COMPLAINT. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED BY THE DEALER THAT...

Mileage: 80,000

THE SERPENTINE BELT ON MY 98 DODGE CARAVAN KEEPS BREAKING. WHEN IT DOES, I LOSE CONTROL OF THE CAR. I BOUGHT THE CAR DECEMBER 17, 2009 AND HAVE HAD THE BELT BREAK 4 TIMES SINCE THEN, CAUSING ME NEAR MISS ACCIDENTS AND HAS LEFT ME STRANDED ALONG THE HIGHWAY WITH MY YOUNG CHILDREN. *TR

Mileage: 100,000

THE SERPENTINE BELT ON MY 98 DODGE CARAVAN KEEPS BREAKING. WHEN IT DOES, I LOSE CONTROL OF THE CAR. I BOUGHT THE CAR DECEMBER 17, 2009 AND HAVE HAD THE BELT BREAK 4 TIMES SINCE THEN, CAUSING ME NEAR MISS ACCIDENTS AND HAS LEFT ME STRANDED ALONG THE HIGHWAY WITH MY YOUNG CHILDREN. *TR

Mileage: 100,000

THE SERPENTINE BELT ON MY 98 DODGE CARAVAN KEEPS BREAKING. WHEN IT DOES, I LOSE CONTROL OF THE CAR. I BOUGHT THE CAR DECEMBER 17, 2009 AND HAVE HAD THE BELT BREAK 4 TIMES SINCE THEN, CAUSING ME NEAR MISS ACCIDENTS AND HAS LEFT ME STRANDED ALONG THE HIGHWAY WITH MY YOUNG CHILDREN. *TR

Mileage: 100,000

THE SERPENTINE BELT ON MY 98 DODGE CARAVAN KEEPS BREAKING. WHEN IT DOES, I LOSE CONTROL OF THE CAR. I BOUGHT THE CAR DECEMBER 17, 2009 AND HAVE HAD THE BELT BREAK 4 TIMES SINCE THEN, CAUSING ME NEAR MISS ACCIDENTS AND HAS LEFT ME STRANDED ALONG THE HIGHWAY WITH MY YOUNG CHILDREN. *TR

Mileage: 100,000

LTR ON BEHALF OF (IN) RE 2 KNOWN DEFECTS (SEAT BELT LATCHES & GEAR SHIFT INTERLOCK) IN DODGE CARAVANS REQUESTING AN INVESTIGATION INTO POSSIBLE SAFETY RECALL FM OWNER OF A 1998 DODGE CARAVAN. *KB THE CONSUMER FOUND THE GENERATION 3 SEAT BELT LATCHES HAVE BEEN KNOWN TO UNBUCKLE, ON SOME VEHICLES, W...

I BOUGHT A 1998 DODGE CARAVAN FROM FALLS CHURCH MOTORS FALLS CHURCH VA AFTER A COUPLE OF MONTHS OF DRIVING I STARTED TO NOTICE AND FEEL A WOBBLE IN THE FRONT LEFT DRIVERS FRONT TIRE A FEW MONTHS LATER I HAD A FLAT WHILE THE VAN WAS PARKED IT TOOK ME AND TWO OTHER MEN TO LOOSEN THE LUGS ON THE TIRE T...

Mileage: 10,600

I BOUGHT A 1998 DODGE CARAVAN FROM FALLS CHURCH MOTORS FALLS CHURCH VA AFTER A COUPLE OF MONTHS OF DRIVING I STARTED TO NOTICE AND FEEL A WOBBLE IN THE FRONT LEFT DRIVERS FRONT TIRE A FEW MONTHS LATER I HAD A FLAT WHILE THE VAN WAS PARKED IT TOOK ME AND TWO OTHER MEN TO LOOSEN THE LUGS ON THE TIRE T...

Mileage: 10,600

I BOUGHT A 1998 DODGE CARAVAN FROM FALLS CHURCH MOTORS FALLS CHURCH VA AFTER A COUPLE OF MONTHS OF DRIVING I STARTED TO NOTICE AND FEEL A WOBBLE IN THE FRONT LEFT DRIVERS FRONT TIRE A FEW MONTHS LATER I HAD A FLAT WHILE THE VAN WAS PARKED IT TOOK ME AND TWO OTHER MEN TO LOOSEN THE LUGS ON THE TIRE T...

Mileage: 10,600

I FOUND OUT THAT THE 1998 DODGE CARAVAN THAT I PURCHASED HAS TWO DESIGN FLAWS. ONE IS THAT THE VEHICLE DOES NOT HAVE BRAKE-SHIFT INTERLOCK. THE OTHER IS THAT THE VEHICLE IS EQUIPPED WITH CHRYSLER GEN3 SEAT BELTS THAT, IN SOME VEHICLES, HAVE UNLATCHED WHILE PEOPLE WERE DRIVING. I BELIEVE THAT THE ...

I FOUND OUT THAT THE 1998 DODGE CARAVAN THAT I PURCHASED HAS TWO DESIGN FLAWS. ONE IS THAT THE VEHICLE DOES NOT HAVE BRAKE-SHIFT INTERLOCK. THE OTHER IS THAT THE VEHICLE IS EQUIPPED WITH CHRYSLER GEN3 SEAT BELTS THAT, IN SOME VEHICLES, HAVE UNLATCHED WHILE PEOPLE WERE DRIVING. I BELIEVE THAT THE ...

THE SERPENTINE BELT POPPED OFF MY 1998 DODGE CARAVAN, IT IS 02/10/10 -- THE DAY OF THE BLIZZARD. THIS HAPPENED BEFORE ON THE DAY OF THE BLIZZARD IN DECEMBER. THIS LEADS TO AN IMMEDIATE LOSS OF POWER STEERING DURING THE WORST POSSIBLE DRIVING CONDITIONS. WHEN I TRIED TO FIND OUT WHAT HAD HAPPENED ...

Mileage: 250,000

THE SERPENTINE BELT POPPED OFF MY 1998 DODGE CARAVAN, IT IS 02/10/10 -- THE DAY OF THE BLIZZARD. THIS HAPPENED BEFORE ON THE DAY OF THE BLIZZARD IN DECEMBER. THIS LEADS TO AN IMMEDIATE LOSS OF POWER STEERING DURING THE WORST POSSIBLE DRIVING CONDITIONS. WHEN I TRIED TO FIND OUT WHAT HAD HAPPENED ...

Mileage: 250,000

DEFECTIVE ENGINE INTAKE MANIFOLD BOLT BROKEN INSIDE HOUSING. 1998 DODGE CARAVAN SE, 121000 MILES. *TR

Mileage: 121,000

1998 DODGE CARAVAN STRUT TOWER IS RUSTING THROUGH ON PASSENGER SIDE. WE HAD TAKEN THE VEHICLE IN FOR FRONT BRAKE SERVICING AND THE MECHANIC INFORMED US OF THE STRUT ISSUE. HE SAID THIS COULD CAUSE STEERING AND BRAKE FAILURE. IF THE PROBLEM IS NOT CORRECTED AND THE TOWER COLLAPSES WHILE DRIVING WE WI...

Mileage: 128,000

THE INSTRUMENT PANEL COMPONENTS BEGAN TO TURN ON AND OFF QUICKLY LIKE A FLICKER. THE FIRST INSTANCE WAS IN AUG AND SINCE THEN IT HAS HAPPENED ABOUT FIVE TIMES. TWO TIMES THE CAR STOPPED AND WOULD NOT START FOR A FEW MINUTES. *TR

Mileage: 105,000

THE INSTRUMENT PANEL FLAT LINES IN OTHER WORDS SPEEDOMETER, GAS GAUGE AND TEMP GAUGE ALL DROP TO ZERO. IT MIGHT RETURN AT ANY TIME MOST OFTEN AFTER HITTING A BUMP IN THE ROAD. *TR

Mileage: 85,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 DODGE CARAVAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE GAUGES ON THE INSTRUMENTAL PANEL ARE INOPERATIVE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND A TECHNICIAN CONCLUDED THAT THE ENTIRE INSTRUMENT CONTROL PANEL NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. NO REPAIRS WERE MADE. A COMPLAINT WAS FILED WITH TH...

Mileage: 130,000

THE AMOUNT OF LIGHT THAT OUR HEADLIGHTS EMIT IS VERY LOW AND CREATES SIGNIFICANT DIFFICULTY WITH VISIBILITY AT NIGHT. *TR

Mileage: 130,000

I PURCHASED A USED 1998 DODGE CARAVAN VAN AT WESTSIDE DODGE 1672 CASSAT AVE JACKSONVILLE FL 32210 AND WAS TOLD BY THE SALESMAN THAT THE AIRBAG LIGHT WAS SUPPOSE TO STAY LIT AND THE A/C LIGHTS WERE SUPPOSED TO BE BLINKING. WHEN I FOUND THE OWNERS MANUAL THE DAY AFTER I PURCHASED THE VAN I READ THAT T...

I PURCHASED A USED 1998 DODGE CARAVAN VAN AT WESTSIDE DODGE 1672 CASSAT AVE JACKSONVILLE FL 32210 AND WAS TOLD BY THE SALESMAN THAT THE AIRBAG LIGHT WAS SUPPOSE TO STAY LIT AND THE A/C LIGHTS WERE SUPPOSED TO BE BLINKING. WHEN I FOUND THE OWNERS MANUAL THE DAY AFTER I PURCHASED THE VAN I READ THAT T...

I TOOK MY VEHICLE IN FOR AN INSPECTION AND THE MECHANIC INFORMED ME THAT THE UPPER STRUT TOWERS ON MY 19998 DODGE CARAVAN ARE RUSTING THROUGH CAUSING POSSIBLE STEERING AND BRAKE FAILURE. I WAS TOLD IF THE PROBLEM IS NOT CORRECTED AND THE TOWER COLLAPSES WHILE DRIVE I WILL LOOSE TOTAL CONTROL OF STE...

Mileage: 170,000

I TOOK MY VEHICLE IN FOR AN INSPECTION AND THE MECHANIC INFORMED ME THAT THE UPPER STRUT TOWERS ON MY 19998 DODGE CARAVAN ARE RUSTING THROUGH CAUSING POSSIBLE STEERING AND BRAKE FAILURE. I WAS TOLD IF THE PROBLEM IS NOT CORRECTED AND THE TOWER COLLAPSES WHILE DRIVE I WILL LOOSE TOTAL CONTROL OF STE...

Mileage: 170,000

1998 DODGE CARAVAN FRONT STRUT TOWER FAILURE. THE TOWER IS COLLAPSING ON BOTH SIDES OF VAN. *TR

Mileage: 155,000

1998 DODGE CARAVAN FRONT STRUT TOWER FAILURE. THE TOWER IS COLLAPSING ON BOTH SIDES OF VAN. *TR

Mileage: 155,000

BOTH STRUT TOWERS ON MY 1998 CARAVAN HAVE RUSTED OUT TO THE POINT OF FAILURE. SPEAKING TO MANY CARAVAN OWNERS AND GOING TO MANY SITES THIS PROBLEM SEEMS TO BE VERY COMMON ON THESE VEHICLES. WHY DOES CHRYSLER NOT HAVE TO BE RESPONSIBLE TO ALL THESE VEHICLE OWNERS OR THE ONES THAT MIGHT BE INVOLVED IN...

BOTH STRUT TOWERS ON MY 1998 CARAVAN HAVE RUSTED OUT TO THE POINT OF FAILURE. SPEAKING TO MANY CARAVAN OWNERS AND GOING TO MANY SITES THIS PROBLEM SEEMS TO BE VERY COMMON ON THESE VEHICLES. WHY DOES CHRYSLER NOT HAVE TO BE RESPONSIBLE TO ALL THESE VEHICLE OWNERS OR THE ONES THAT MIGHT BE INVOLVED IN...

NO ACCIDENT. *TR

Mileage: 214,000

A/C FAN BELT. I HAVE WENT THROUGH 3 FAN BELTS FOR THIS VAN AND MY PARTS DEALER TOLD ME TO FIND OUT IF ANY RECALLS FOR THE PULLEY WAS OUT THERE. *TR

THE INSTRUMENT PANEL KEEPS GOING DEAD, NO GAUGE READINGS AT ALL. THE ABS LIGHT COMES ON AND THE GAS,TEMP, SPEEDOMETER,MILEAGE AND GEAR LIGHTS DON'T WORK, THEY JUST GO OUT. SO YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT YOUR SPEED IS WHICH CAN CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME THAT THIS HAS HAPPENED AND WE HA...

I HAVE A 1998 DODGE VAN CARAVAN. INTERMITTENTLY THE CRUISE CONTROL STAR TO FAIL, SOME TIME WOULD TURN ON OTHER TIMES WOULD NOT WORK AT ALL AND THEN DIED THEN THE HORN QUIT WORKING AND THEN E FEW WEEKS LATER THE AIR BAG LIGHT CAME ON AND STAYED ON. FEW WEEKS AFTER THAT THE VAN AT PARKED WOULD STAR...

Mileage: 95,000

OUR MIDDLE ROW SEAT BELTS STOP WORKING. THEY DON'T RETRACK ON THEIR OWN. THIS IS ABOUT THE 4TH WE HAVE TO REPLACE THEM BOTH. WE JUST REPLACED THEM IN JANUARY OF 07 AND THEY DON'T RETRACK AGAIN. ACCORDING TO THE DEALER THE PIN OR I FORGET WHAT THEY CALLED IT SNAPPED AGAIN. WE HAVE NOT BEEN IN AN ACCI...

1998 DODGE CARAVAN SE FRONT STRUT COVERS ARE COMPLETELY ROTTED THROUGH AND I CAN VIEW THE GROUND BENEATH. NOT ONLY IS THIS A SAFETY ISSUE, BUT AN OBVIOUS MANUFACTURER DEFECT IN THE MATERIAL USED IN SUCH A CRITICAL LOCATION TO THE VEHICLE'S STRUCTURE. I AM CONCERNED THE VEHICLE WILL BECOME UNCONTRO...

Mileage: 142,000

SERPENTINE BELT COMES OFF OF ACCESSORY PULLEYS, RESULTING IN LOSS OF POWER STEERING AND OTHER VEHICLE FUNCTIONS, POSSIBLY AT ANY SPEED. WET WEATHER IS A CONSTANT CONTRIBUTING FACTOR, ALTHOUGH IS NOT REQUIRED FOR THIS DEFECT TO OCCUR. *TR

Mileage: 86,500

MY DAUGHTER'S VAN WITH 2 KIDS INSIDE. (1) NO CAUSE. FOUR FAILURES OF SAME PARTS. BELT AND RELATED PULLEYS. DEALER(S) CAN'T REPAIR PROPERLY. (NUMEROUS SIMILAR PROBLEMS NOTED ON THE NET.) (2)REPEATED SERPENTINE BELT FAILURE - 98 DODGE CARAVAN, 3.0L ENGINE. CAUSES INSTANT POWER STEERING LOSS, ENG...

Mileage: 130,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 DODGE CARAVAN. AFTER PARKING AND EXITING THE VEHICLE, THE CONTACT NOTICED FLAMES RISING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. WHILE INSIDE THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT, THE DRIVER FELT HEAT UNDERNEATH HER FEET. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A GARAGE AND LABELED AS DESTROYED. THE FUEL PUMP AND ...

Mileage: 148,000

LENS ON HEADLIGHTS FOG UP WITH TEXTURED SURFACE ON OUTSIDE. UNABLE TO GET LIGHT THROUGH. *JB

Mileage: 105,000

1998 DODGE CARAVAN WITH STRUT PROBLEMS CONCERNING RUST. CUSTOMER STATES THAT THE STRUTS MOUNT TOTALLY RUSTED OUT. CUSTOMER STATES THAT THIS COULD CAUSE A SERIOUS ACCIDENT IF THIS PROBLEM GOES UN-REPAIRED. *KB THE CONSUMER WAS INFORMED BY A MECHANIC, THAT THERE IS A DESIGN DEFECT WITH CARAVANS. THE...

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 DODGE CARAVAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HIS VEHICLE WAS REAR ENDED BY AN AMBULANCE. THE CRASH CAUSED HIM TO LIE FLAT ON HIS BACK AND THE SEAT TO BEND BACKWARDS. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. HE ATTEMPTED TO PULL THE SEAT UPRIGHT, BUT COULD NOT BECAUSE THE SEAT FAILED IN TH...

Mileage: 165,000

DASHBOARD DISPLAY INCLUDING SPEEDOMETER, TACHOMETER, AND FUEL GAUGE SUDDENLY STOPPED WORKING. *AK

Mileage: 220,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 DODGE CARAVAN. WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH IN RAINY CONDITIONS, THE SERPENTINE BELT DETACHED FROM THE VEHICLE. THIS FAILURE OCCURRED MORE THAN 20 TIMES. THE MECHANIC HAS BEEN UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT MILEAGE IS 153,242 AND FAILURE MIL...

Mileage: 151,000

TL*- THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 DODGE CARAVAN. SHE NOTICED THE HEADLIGHTS WERE DIM DUE TO THE PLASTIC COVERING OF THE HEADLIGHTS TURNED YELLOW. SHE STATED THAT EVEN WITH THE HIGH BEAMS ON IT IS HARD FOR HER TO SEE. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 150,000. THE CONTACT DID NOT WANT TO ESTIMATE FAILURE MILEAG...

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 DODGE CARAVAN. THE CONTACT HAS CHANGED THE VEHICLE'S SERPENTINE BELT EIGHT TIMES. THE BELT HAS EITHER DETACHED, SHREDDED, OR BECOME WORN WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH. THE VEHICLE'S PULLEYS AND BELT ACCESSORIES HAVE ALSO BEEN REPLACED. SHE BELIEVES THAT IT IS A DESIGN FLAW DUE ...

Mileage: 36,351

TL*- THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 DODGE CARAVAN WITH 130,000 FAILURE MILEAGE. WHILE DRIVING AT 55 MPH AND ATTEMPTING MAKE A STOP THE CONTACT PUT HIS FOOT ON THE BRAKE, BUT NOTHING HAPPENED. THE PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE FLOOR. THE CONTACT STARTED PUMPING THE BRAKE AND THE VEHICLE SLOWED DOWN,...

Mileage: 130,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 DODGE CARAVAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE HEADLIGHT COVERS WERE TARNISHED AND DECREASED VISIBILITY WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT. THE DEALER INFORMED THE CONTACT TO PURCHASE A NEW HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLY. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 96,000, AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 86,000.*AK

Mileage: 86,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 DODGE CARAVAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SERPENTINE BELT WHICH CONTROLED THE ENGINE BECAME DETACHED ON FIVE DIFFERENT OCCASIONS. THE BELT FAILED WHEN DRIVING AT 50 MPH. THE BELT DETACHED ONCE DURING RAINY CONDITIONS , AND SEVERAL TIMES DURING FAVORABLE CONDITIONS....

TL*- CONTACT OWNS A 1998 DODGE CARAVAN AND SAID THAT THE HYDRAULIC BRAKE LINE WAS RUSTED TO THE POINT WHERE IT LEAKED AND IT CAUSED BRAKE FAILURES. THE CONTACT BELIEVED THAT IT WAS A SAFETY ISSUE TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE BECAUSE THE BRAKES DID NOT WORK PROPERLY. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 56400, AND THE ...

Mileage: 56,400

TL*- THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 DODGE CARAVAN AND WANTED TO FILE A COMPLAINT BECAUSE THE HYDRAULIC BRAKE LINES WERE RUSTED AND APPEARED READY TO FAIL. THE CONTACT DIDN'T PROVIDE ANY MORE INFORMATION. FAILURE MILEAGE WAS AT 56,234.*AK

Mileage: 56,234

MATERIAL ON HEADLAMPS OF 1998 DODGE CARAVAN IS FOGGING OVER AND IS OBSTRUCTING THE HEADLIGHTS. CONDITION HAS BEEN GETTING PROGRESSIVLY WORSE OVER TIME.*AK

CLOCK SPRING WENT OUT WITH 113,000 ON VEHICLE. WAS REPLACED BY DEALER AT NO CHARGE IN ABOUT AN HOURS TIME. *JB

Mileage: 113,000

WE HAD A EURO TOUR TIRE FROM BIG O (SERIAL #U9YTT2N3903 PRODUCED BY COOPER TIRES SIZE 205/70R15 [THIS SIZE IS NOT LISTED ON THE TIRE SECTION]) ON THE FRONT OF OUR DODGE CARAVAN. MY SON WAS DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY THAT HAD BEEN COMPLETED APPROXIMATELY A YEAR BEFORE SO THE FREEWAY WAS IN EXCELLENT CON...

MATERIAL HEADLAMPS ARE MADE OF IS YELLOWING/DULL TO THE POINT THAT IT INTERFERES WITH YOUR VISION AT NIGHT. WE HAVE TRIED TO CLEAN AND BLUFF THEM. THEN WE WERE TOLD TO TRY WET SANDING AND CLEANING THEM. THIS HELPED SOMEWHAT FOR AWHILE. REPLACEMENT FOR BOTH HEADLAMPS COST OVER $700 TO REPLACE. THE ...

Mileage: 100,000

SUBJECT: DEFECTIVE SERPENTINE BELT DESIGN I HAVE A CONCERN ABOUT A RECENT MALFUNCTIONING SERPENTINE BELT IN MY 1998 CARAVAN. THE BELT HAS SLIPPED OFF TWICE LAST MONTH WHILE DRIVING IN THE RAIN. THE FIRST INCIDENT LEFT ME STRANDED OFF THE SIDE OF THE FREEWAY WAITING FOR A TOW TRUCK. THE SECOND INCI...

Mileage: 880,007

SUBJECT: DEFECTIVE SERPENTINE BELT DESIGN I HAVE A CONCERN ABOUT A RECENT MALFUNCTIONING SERPENTINE BELT IN MY 1998 CARAVAN. THE BELT HAS SLIPPED OFF TWICE LAST MONTH WHILE DRIVING IN THE RAIN. THE FIRST INCIDENT LEFT ME STRANDED OFF THE SIDE OF THE FREEWAY WAITING FOR A TOW TRUCK. THE SECOND INCI...

Mileage: 880,007

TL*- THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 DODGE CARAVAN, AND HAD TO REPLACE THE SERPENTINE BELT 8 TIMES SINCE 05/06. THE LAST INCIDENT WAS ON 01/25/07. WHILE MAKING A 10 MPH TURN THE SERPENTINE BELT CAME LOOSE CAUSING THE LOSS OF THE POWER STEERING AND BRAKES. THE CONTACT TOWED VEHICLE TO A LOCAL REPAIR SHO...

Mileage: 117,000

DRIVING 20 MPH ON LOCAL ROAD, HAD FRONT AND REAR PASSENGER SIDE TIRES INCUR BLOWOUTS WITHOUT ANY APPARENT CAUSE. TIRES WERE ROTATED EVERY 6,000 MILES AND INFLATION CHECKED AT LEAST MONTHLY. TIRES WERE 3 YEARS OLD AND HAD APPROXIMATELY 22,000 MILES OR WEAR.*JB

HEADLAMPS ON 1998 DODGE CARAVAN HAVE CLOUDED OVER SO MUCH THAT IT MAKES IT DIFFICULT TO SEE WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT. RECEIVED TWO ESTIMATES ON REPLACEMENT OF HEADLAMPS. BOTH WERE BETWEEN 600 & 700 DOLLARS. INFORMED BY BOTH MECHANICS THAT REPLACEMENT LAMPS WOULD MORE THAN LIKELY DO THE SAME THING AF...

98 DODGE CARAVAN, PURCHASED FROM DEALERSHIP: SECURITY SYSTEM LOCKS UP AND WILL NOT ALLOW THE CAR TO START. I WAS INFORMED BY AN OLDER MECHANIC THAT THIS PROBLEM WAS COMMON TO ALL DODGES WITH SECURITY SYSTEMS BUILT SINCE 91. IF THIS IS SO COMMON WHY HAVE THEY NOT FIXED THE PROBLEM AT THE SOURCE? I ...

MY 98 DODGE CARAVAN SPORT IS HAVING REPEATED PROBLEM WITH THE SERPENTINE BELT AND BELT TENSIONER. FROM A QUICK SEARCH ON THE WEB IT APPEARS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM, THAT THE BELT WOULD SLIP OFF WHEN IT GETS WET. I HAVE EXPERIENCED THIS PROBLEM 3 TIMES SO FAR, TWICE IN JAN 2006 AND ANOTHER ONE JUST TO...

Mileage: 60,000

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED A NHTSA RECALL LETTER #02V293000, PERTAINING TO THE AIRBAG:FRONTAL, WAS RECEIVED AFTER HAVING THE PART REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED ABOUT REIMBURSEMENT FOR PARTS AND LABOR. THE MANUFACTURER ONLY AGREED TO REIMBURSE FOR PARTS NOT LABOR. THE CONTACT WOULD LIKE TO ...

Mileage: 133,000

HEADLIGHTS ARE CLOUDED OVER, LIGHTS ARE DIM, CAN'T SEE WELL AT DARK. POTENTIAL FOR AN ACCIDENT. *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE HEADLIGHT LENSES WERE CLOUDED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER.

Mileage: 125,000

I HAVE A 1998 DODGE CARAVAN THAT THE GAUGES DO NOT REGISTER OCTOBER OF LAST YEAR, THE LIGHTS, HORN, TURN SIGNALS AND ACCESSORIES STILL WORK, ON THE CAUTION PANEL THE ABS LIGHT STAYS ON, THE DODGE DEALER(OZARK, ALABAMA) HAS REPLACED THE VEHICLE COMPUTER, AND ELECTRICAL BLOCK UNDER THE HOOD IT WORKS ...

Mileage: 65,400

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED AFTER REFUELING, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP WHERE IT WAS DETERMINED THE FUEL PUMP DETACHED, FELL INTO THE TANK ASSEMBLY AND NEEDS TO BE REPLACED.

Mileage: 102,000

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE HEADLIGHTS ON THE VEHICLE HAVE A FILM OVER THEM WHICH MAKE IT HARD TO SEE AT NIGHT. THE DEALER WAS ALERTED. UPDATED 05/22/06. *JB

Mileage: 89,700

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE HEADLIGHTS ON THE VEHICLE HAVE A FILM OVER THEM WHICH MAKE IT HARD TO SEE AT NIGHT. THE DEALER WAS ALERTED. UPDATED 05/22/06. *JB

Mileage: 89,700

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 40MPH, THE TRANSMISSION BEGAN LEAKING FLUID. THE DEALER DETERMINED THE TRANSMISSION FAILED DUE TO A PIN LOST INSIDE THE TRANSMISSION. THE DEALER RECOMMENDED REPLACING THE TRANSMISSION.

Mileage: 73,000

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO THE DEALERSHIP MULTIPLE TIMES, BUT THE DEALERSHIP IS UNABLE TO DETERMINE A PROBLEM.

Mileage: 88,000

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED IN WET CONDITIONS, THE SERPENTINE BELT FRACTURED AND SLIPPED OFF. THE SERPENTINE BELT WAS REPLACED 5 TIMES OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO THE LOCAL INDEPENDENT SHOP FOR INSPECTION AND REPAIR.

Mileage: 60,000

MY 1998 DODGE CARAVAN (CURRENT MILEAGE 108,000 MILES) HAS SEVERE CORROSION AROUND THE TOP TO THE DRIVER'S SIDE STRUT TOWER. IT WAS FIRST NOTICED BY A MECHANIC LAST SUMMER, BUT HAS SINCE ACCELERATED QUICKLY AND LOOKS LIKE A SAFETY RISK SHOULD THE TOWER COLLAPSE INTO THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. I AM CONC...

Mileage: 95,000

WINDSHIELD WIPERS HAVE BECOME INTERMITTENT AND GETTING WORSE TO THE POINT OF NOT COMING ON UNTIL THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN ON FOR A HALF HOUR. THIS HAPPENED AFTER THE PANEL LIGHTS SUCH AS FOR THE AC UNIT ETC BEGAN TO BLINK AT A CONSTANT RATE AND THEN THEY STEADY OUT AFTER 20 MINUTES. HAVE GONE TO TWO ...

Mileage: 110,000

DT: THE CONTACT STATED THE REAR WINDSHIELD WIPER FAILED TO OPERATE . HE WAS TOLD BY THE DEALERSHIP THE BODY CONTROL MODULE WAS DEFECTIVE. HE CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER; THEY SAID THE WARRANTY EXPIRED. NO REPAIRS HAVE BEEN MADE. *AK

CONSUMER FENDER/BUMPER HANGS PULLING IT LOWER TO THE GROUND. *TS THE CONSUMERS VEHICLE WAS DAMAGED WHEN BEING TOWED BY A TOW TRUCK. *JB

DT: THE CONTACT STATE THAT 1998 DODGE CARAVAN WAS HAVING AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM WITH STARTING AND STOPPING. THE PROBLEM OCCURRED ON AND OFF FOR ABOUT TWO YEARS. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO THE DEALERSHIP, THEY HAVE SEEN THE PROBLEM, BUT COULD NOT DUPLICATE IT. ALSO, THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO AN INDEPEND...

Mileage: 90,000

DT: THE CONTACT STATE THAT 1998 DODGE CARAVAN WAS HAVING AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM WITH STARTING AND STOPPING. THE PROBLEM OCCURRED ON AND OFF FOR ABOUT TWO YEARS. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO THE DEALERSHIP, THEY HAVE SEEN THE PROBLEM, BUT COULD NOT DUPLICATE IT. ALSO, THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO AN INDEPEND...

Mileage: 90,000

DT: THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 DODGE CARAVAN. THE VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL ACCIDENT AT 55 MPH. UPON IMPACT, THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, AND THE SEAT BELT DID NOT RESTRAIN. THE CONTACT'S HUSBAND WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE AND HE HIT THE STEERING WHEEL, AND HIS COWORKER WAS THE PASSENGER, AND ...

DT: THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 DODGE CARAVAN. THE VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL ACCIDENT AT 55 MPH. UPON IMPACT, THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, AND THE SEAT BELT DID NOT RESTRAIN. THE CONTACT'S HUSBAND WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE AND HE HIT THE STEERING WHEEL, AND HIS COWORKER WAS THE PASSENGER, AND ...

DT: CONTACT OWNS A 1998 DODGE CARAVAN. THE CONTACT STATED THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER FAILED. THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THE MILEAGE AND THE GASOLINE INDICATORS WERE NOT WORKING SO ONE CANNOT SEE IF VEHICLE IS RUNNING LOW ON FUEL. THE SERVICE DEALER STATED HE WOULD HAVE TO REPLACE THE ENTIRE DASHBOA...

Mileage: 66,700

DT: THE CONSUMER OWNS A 1998 DODGE CARAVAN. SERPENTINE BELT FAILED FIVE TIMES. WHEN THIS OCCURRED THERE WAS A LOSS OF POWER STEERING AS WELL AS THE CHARGING OF THE BATTERY. THIS ONLY HAPPENED IN WET OR RAINY CONDITIONS. THE CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO A DEALER, WHO SAID THEY COULD AGAIN REPLACE T...

Mileage: 30,000

DT: THE CONSUMER OWNS A 1998 DODGE CARAVAN. SERPENTINE BELT FAILED FIVE TIMES. WHEN THIS OCCURRED THERE WAS A LOSS OF POWER STEERING AS WELL AS THE CHARGING OF THE BATTERY. THIS ONLY HAPPENED IN WET OR RAINY CONDITIONS. THE CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO A DEALER, WHO SAID THEY COULD AGAIN REPLACE T...

Mileage: 30,000

DT: THE CONSUMER OWNS A 1998 DODGE CARAVAN. SERPENTINE BELT FAILED FIVE TIMES. WHEN THIS OCCURRED THERE WAS A LOSS OF POWER STEERING AS WELL AS THE CHARGING OF THE BATTERY. THIS ONLY HAPPENED IN WET OR RAINY CONDITIONS. THE CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO A DEALER, WHO SAID THEY COULD AGAIN REPLACE T...

Mileage: 30,000

THE LENSES ON THE HEADLIGHTS OF MY DODGE CARAVAN (1998) HAVE BECOME ALMOST FROSTED DURING THE PAST 3 OR 4 YEARS, WHICH CAUSES INADEQUATE LIGHTING OF ROADS AND INCREASED GLARE. THE DEALER TOLD ME THAT BOTH ENTIRE HEADLIGHTS WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED FOR A COST OF $500-600 PLUS LABOR. HE SAID THAT SO...

Mileage: 84,000

DT: CONTACT STATED ON 3-20-05 ANOTHER VAN VEERED INTO CONTACT'S VEHICLE LANE AND HIT IT AND RAN IT INTO A CEMENT POLE. VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. UPON IMPACT, DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY, BUT PASSENGER'S SIDE AIR BAG DEPLOYED. THERE WAS ONE INJURY. CONTACT NOT YET TALKED TO DEALER OR MAN...

DT: CONTACT STATES THERE IS A PIN LOCATED IN THE HUB THAT SEPARATES THE DRIVESHAFT FROM THE AXLE. THIS PIN CAUSED THE HUB TO BUST THE CASING ON THE TRANSMISSION. *AK THE CONSUME BELIEVES THE SMALL PIN IS NOT LARGE/STRONG ENOUGH FOR ALL THE PRESSURE. *NM

Mileage: 102,000

DT: CONTACT STATES THERE IS A PIN LOCATED IN THE HUB THAT SEPARATES THE DRIVESHAFT FROM THE AXLE. THIS PIN CAUSED THE HUB TO BUST THE CASING ON THE TRANSMISSION. *AK THE CONSUME BELIEVES THE SMALL PIN IS NOT LARGE/STRONG ENOUGH FOR ALL THE PRESSURE. *NM

Mileage: 102,000

DT: FRONT SUSPENSION: STRUT RUSTED. THERE IS NOISE IN THE FRONT SUSPENSION, BUT THE CONSUMER IS NOT SURE IF THIS WAS RELATED TO THE CORRODED STRUTS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND THEY SAID THAT THE STRUTS SHOULD BE REPLACED WITHIN A COUPLE OF MONTHS. THE DEALER WAS GOING TO CHARGE THE...

DT: FRONT SUSPENSION: STRUT RUSTED. THERE IS NOISE IN THE FRONT SUSPENSION, BUT THE CONSUMER IS NOT SURE IF THIS WAS RELATED TO THE CORRODED STRUTS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND THEY SAID THAT THE STRUTS SHOULD BE REPLACED WITHIN A COUPLE OF MONTHS. THE DEALER WAS GOING TO CHARGE THE...

CONSUMER'S VEHICLE BRAKE PEDAL WILL NOT REACH THE FLOOR, AND THE BRAKES HAVE JUST FAILED. THE CONSUMER BACKED OUT OF THE GARAGE, AND BRAKES FAILED , RESULTING IN A CRASH.*AK...HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO DEALER, WHO STATED THAT FRONT DISC BRAKES FAILED. CONSUMER PAID $160.OO TO REPLACE BRAKES. *AK *SB

Mileage: 80,000

CONSUMER'S VEHICLE BRAKE PEDAL WILL NOT REACH THE FLOOR, AND THE BRAKES HAVE JUST FAILED. THE CONSUMER BACKED OUT OF THE GARAGE, AND BRAKES FAILED , RESULTING IN A CRASH.*AK...HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO DEALER, WHO STATED THAT FRONT DISC BRAKES FAILED. CONSUMER PAID $160.OO TO REPLACE BRAKES. *AK *SB

Mileage: 80,000

DT: THE CONSUMER IS HAVING PROBLEMS WITH HIS SERPENTINE BELT. HE STATES THAT THE BELT KEEPS COMING OFF OF THE PULLEYS CAUSING HIS VAN TO OVER HEAT AND LOOSE STEERING. *TT

CONSUMER STATES: HAVE PUT ON 3 SERPENTINE BELTS, AND IS GETTING READY TO PUT ON 4TH SERPENTINE BELT. HAD THE VEHICLE LESS THAN A YEAR. *AK

DT: THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 DODGE CARAVAN. THE CONTACT STATES THAT HORN WON'T BLOW. THIS ALMOST CAUSED SEVERAL ACCIDENTS, AND ALMOST CAUSED HIM TO HIT ONE PERSON. HE HAS HAD THE HORN REPLACED SEVERAL TIMES, BUT PROBLEM RECURRED. *AK

DT: THE CONTACT OWNED A 1998 DODGE CARAVAN. SHE STATED THAT THE TIMING BELT KEPT COMING OFF. DEALER SAID THEY HAD NUMEROUS SIMILAR COMPLAINTS, AND THEY DO HAVE A TSB, BUT IT HAS NOT BEEN MADE A RECALL YET.*AK

DT: DURING A VEHICLE ACCIDENT THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE VEHICLE WAS HIT ON THE RIGHT FRONT PASSENGER SIDE. *AK

DT: AIR CONDITIONING LIGHT IS BLINKING; ENGINE CHECK AND AIR BAG LIGHT IS ON, NOTHING ON THE DASH (SPEEDOMETER ETC) DOES NOT WORK. DOOR LOCKS DO NOT WORK; IT'S LIKE IT ALL WENT OUT AT ONCE.*AK

Mileage: 135,000

DT: AIR CONDITIONING LIGHT IS BLINKING; ENGINE CHECK AND AIR BAG LIGHT IS ON, NOTHING ON THE DASH (SPEEDOMETER ETC) DOES NOT WORK. DOOR LOCKS DO NOT WORK; IT'S LIKE IT ALL WENT OUT AT ONCE.*AK

Mileage: 135,000

DT: AIR CONDITIONING LIGHT IS BLINKING; ENGINE CHECK AND AIR BAG LIGHT IS ON, NOTHING ON THE DASH (SPEEDOMETER ETC) DOES NOT WORK. DOOR LOCKS DO NOT WORK; IT'S LIKE IT ALL WENT OUT AT ONCE.*AK

Mileage: 135,000

DT: AIR CONDITIONING LIGHT IS BLINKING; ENGINE CHECK AND AIR BAG LIGHT IS ON, NOTHING ON THE DASH (SPEEDOMETER ETC) DOES NOT WORK. DOOR LOCKS DO NOT WORK; IT'S LIKE IT ALL WENT OUT AT ONCE.*AK

Mileage: 135,000

THE LEFT FRONT STRUT TOWER ASSEMBLY WAS RUSTED, WHICH COULD CAUSE THE STRUT TO COME OUT ON THE SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. CONSUMER ANTICIPATED THAT THIS COULD CAUSE THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE TO DROP UNEXPECTEDLY.*AK

GAS LEAK AT THE TOP, BEFORE THE OVERFLOW WHEN FILLING. HAVE A SHOP CHECKED, THINKING THERE WAS A LEAK IN THE GAS TANK. THE SHOP FOUND NO LEAK. BROUGHT TO LOCAL DEALER TO FIND IF THERE IS OR WAS ANY RECALL THAT I MISSED. DEALER SAID THAT THRE IS NONE AND IF I WANT IT FIX I HAVE TO PAY FO...

Mileage: 44,000

WHILE MY WIFE AND DAUGHTER WERE DRIVING, THE TIMING BELT ON HER 1998 DODGE CARAVAN (2.4 L)BROKE. THE CAR IMMEDIATELY DIED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET CREATING A VERY HAZARDOUS SITUATION FOR MY FAMILY. LOOKING AT THE RECOMMENDED MAINTENACE ON THIS CAR I NOTED THAT THERE IS NO RECOMMENDED MAINTEN...

Mileage: 72,000

A THICK FILM IS COVERING THE HEADLIGHT LENS. AS A RESULT, THE LIGHTS ARE VERY DIM AT NIGHT. *AK...*AK

Mileage: 118,000

TRANSMISSION FAILED AT 86000 MILES. THE TRANSAXLE WAS PERFORATED BY BROKEN PIN. THE 2ND TRANSMISSION AT THE TRANSMISSION SHOP COULD NOT BE INSTALLED BECAUSE OF A CRACK IN HOUSING DUE TO SAME PROBLEM. TRANSMISSION #3 THAT WAS INSTALLED LASTED ABOUT 3 MONTHS AND FAILED IN THE SAME MANNER. #4 COULD NO...

Mileage: 86,000

WHILE DRIVING AT LOW SPEEDS TRANSMISSION FAILED. THIS CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO STALL. CONSUMER HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED. THEN, DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK. TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED TWICE, BUT PROBLEM RECURRED.*AK

Mileage: 85,506

STRUT TOWER CORROSION - FAILURE IN NEAR FUTURE 1998 DODGE CARAVAN 86000 MILES QUOTED $ 800 TO REPAIR THIS SHOULD BE A GENERAL RECALL BY MANUFACTURER !!!!!*JB

WHILE DRIVING BETWEEN 35-45 MPH, GOING AROUND A CURB, THE BACK OF THE VAN SKIDDED. THIS RESULTED IN THE VEHICLE GOING OVER A HILL, AND IMPACTING A TREE HEAD ON. UPON IMPACT, ONLY PASSENGER'S AIR BAG DEPLOYED. ALSO, THE SEAT BELT FAILED TO RETRACT. DRIVER SUSTAINED I FACIAL INJURIES. VEHICLE WAS TO...

Mileage: 100,000

WHILE DRIVING BETWEEN 35-45 MPH, GOING AROUND A CURB, THE BACK OF THE VAN SKIDDED. THIS RESULTED IN THE VEHICLE GOING OVER A HILL, AND IMPACTING A TREE HEAD ON. UPON IMPACT, ONLY PASSENGER'S AIR BAG DEPLOYED. ALSO, THE SEAT BELT FAILED TO RETRACT. DRIVER SUSTAINED I FACIAL INJURIES. VEHICLE WAS TO...

Mileage: 100,000

A MECHANIC INFORMED THE CONSUMER THAT THEY SHOULD NOT PUT A FULL TANK OF GAS IN THE CAR AND SHOULD ONLY FILL HALF A TANK. WHEN THE TANK WAS FULL THIS WOULD CAUSE A LEAK/RUST. THE DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION. *NM

Mileage: 56,000

NHTSA RECALL 04V480000 ON THE AIR BAG CLOCKSPRING. AFTER HAVING THE CLOCKSPRING ASSEMBLY REPLACED, THE CRUISE CONTROL LIGHT APPEARED ON THE DASHBOARD. THE CRUISE CONTROL WAS INOPERATIVE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. THE CAUSE HAS NOT BEEN DETERMINED AT THIS TIME. PLEA...

LEFT STRUT TOWER RUSTED ALMOST THROUGH. MECHANIC REFUSED TO REPLACE STRUT. CURRENTLY SEARCHING FOR REPAIR ALTERNATIVE.*AK

WHEN CONSUMER PUT KEY INTO THE IGNITION TO CRANK THE VEHICLE IT MADE A SQUEAKING/GRINDING NOISE. WHILE THE ENGINE WAS STILL RUNNING BLACK SMOKE CAME FROM UNDER THE HOOD. WAS NOT ABLE TO TURN VEHICLE OFF. VEHICLE TURNED OFF AUTOMATICALLY ON ITS OWN AFTER SMOKE STOPPED BILLOWING. VEHICLE WAS N...

I OWN A 1998 DODGE CARAVAN 3.3L AND LESS THAN 55,000 MILES, THE TENSIONER PULLEY WENT OUT OF ALIGNMENT, THE BOLT HOLDING THE TENSIONER IN PLACE WAS SHEARED IN HALF, THE BELT FELL OFF, AND THE STEERING LOCKED UP IMMEDIATELY. THANK GOD THIS HAPPEN IN THE SHOPPING MALL PARKING LOT AND NOT ON FREEWAY,...

Mileage: 54,223

I OWN A 1998 DODGE CARAVAN 3.3L AND LESS THAN 55,000 MILES, THE TENSIONER PULLEY WENT OUT OF ALIGNMENT, THE BOLT HOLDING THE TENSIONER IN PLACE WAS SHEARED IN HALF, THE BELT FELL OFF, AND THE STEERING LOCKED UP IMMEDIATELY. THANK GOD THIS HAPPEN IN THE SHOPPING MALL PARKING LOT AND NOT ON FREEWAY,...

Mileage: 54,223

I OWN A 1998 DODGE CARAVAN 3.3L AND LESS THAN 55,000 MILES, THE TENSIONER PULLEY WENT OUT OF ALIGNMENT, THE BOLT HOLDING THE TENSIONER IN PLACE WAS SHEARED IN HALF, THE BELT FELL OFF, AND THE STEERING LOCKED UP IMMEDIATELY. THANK GOD THIS HAPPEN IN THE SHOPPING MALL PARKING LOT AND NOT ON FREEWAY,...

Mileage: 54,223

THE CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE IN FOR THE RECALL ON THE CLOCK SPRING. HOWEVER, WHEN HE ARRIVED HE WAS TOLD THE PART WAS NOT AVAILABLE. *JB THE CONSUMER CALLED THE DAY BEFORE AND WAS TOLD THAT THE PART WAS IN STOCK. *NM

THE SERPENTINE BELT CONTINUED TO BREAK OFF. THE OWNER HAS TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER WHO CONTINUED TO REPLACE THE BELT. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *JB *TC

Mileage: 40,000

VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN A LEVEL PARKING LOT, AND WHILE IDLING IN NEUTRAL VEHICLE SUDDENLY SLIPPED INTO REVERSE INADVERTENTLY. THEN, VEHICLE ROLLED BACKWARDS INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE'S LEFT SIDE PANEL IN FRONT OF THE LEFT REAR WHEEL. *AK THE CONSUMER WAS CAUGHT IN THE DRIVERS SIDE DOOR AND DRAGGED TO T...

Mileage: 66,000

MY WINDSHIELD WIPERS TURN ON EVEN IN THE OFF POSITION AND I HAVE HAD TO REMOVE THE FUSE SO THAT THEY WON'T RUN CONTINUOUSLY. I HAVE A 1998 DODGE CARAVAN. THE DEALER CAN'T SEEM TO FIND THE PROBLEM. I NOW HAVE TO DRIVE WITHOUT ANY WINDSHIELD WIPERS OR IF IT IS RAINING I HAVE TO STOP AND OPEN THE H...

Mileage: 83,000

VEHICLE WAS LEAKING FUEL. IT WAS DISCOVERED WHEN THE CONSUMER SMELLED GAS. CONSUMER MADE CONTACT WITH THE MANUFACTURER, AND H WAS TOLD THAT VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN 03E450000, 03E530000, AND 00V268000. *AK

Mileage: 148,500

VEHICLE WAS LEAKING FUEL. IT WAS DISCOVERED WHEN THE CONSUMER SMELLED GAS. CONSUMER MADE CONTACT WITH THE MANUFACTURER, AND H WAS TOLD THAT VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN 03E450000, 03E530000, AND 00V268000. *AK

Mileage: 148,500

THIS VEHICLE HAS MULTIPLY PROBLEMS. CONSUMER NOTICED THAT THE AIR BAG LIGHT APPEARED ON THE DASHBOARD AND REMAINED ON. WHEN PRESSING THE HORN IT FAILED TO COME ON ITS OWN. ALSO, SMOKE WAS COMING FROM THE STEERING COLUMN. THE SMOKE EXTINGUISHED ITSELF OUT. NO INJURIES REPORTED. HAZARD LIGHTS FA...

THIS VEHICLE HAS MULTIPLY PROBLEMS. CONSUMER NOTICED THAT THE AIR BAG LIGHT APPEARED ON THE DASHBOARD AND REMAINED ON. WHEN PRESSING THE HORN IT FAILED TO COME ON ITS OWN. ALSO, SMOKE WAS COMING FROM THE STEERING COLUMN. THE SMOKE EXTINGUISHED ITSELF OUT. NO INJURIES REPORTED. HAZARD LIGHTS FA...

THIS VEHICLE HAS MULTIPLY PROBLEMS. CONSUMER NOTICED THAT THE AIR BAG LIGHT APPEARED ON THE DASHBOARD AND REMAINED ON. WHEN PRESSING THE HORN IT FAILED TO COME ON ITS OWN. ALSO, SMOKE WAS COMING FROM THE STEERING COLUMN. THE SMOKE EXTINGUISHED ITSELF OUT. NO INJURIES REPORTED. HAZARD LIGHTS FA...

THIS VEHICLE HAS MULTIPLY PROBLEMS. CONSUMER NOTICED THAT THE AIR BAG LIGHT APPEARED ON THE DASHBOARD AND REMAINED ON. WHEN PRESSING THE HORN IT FAILED TO COME ON ITS OWN. ALSO, SMOKE WAS COMING FROM THE STEERING COLUMN. THE SMOKE EXTINGUISHED ITSELF OUT. NO INJURIES REPORTED. HAZARD LIGHTS FA...

THE HOOD LATCH BROKE WITHOUT EXCESSIVE FORCE BEING APPLIED. AS A RESULT, THE HOOD FAILED TO OPEN EVEN WHEN IT WAS UNLOCKED. DEALERSHIP INDICATED THAT THEY REPAIRED THE HOOD LATCH THE FIRST TIME IT FAILED, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. CONSUMER FELT THE PROBLEM WAS NEVER CORRECTED, BUT WENT UNNOTICED ...

Mileage: 52,000

EXPERIENCE LOST OF ENGINE POWER AND STEERING. BOLTS BROKEN AND REPLACE GASKETS. LOST STEERING WHILE DRIVING. *BF THE FRONT END APPEARED TO BE MUCH LOWER THAN USUAL AND THE BELT WAS HANGING BELOW THE CHASSIS. *SC

EXPERIENCE LOST OF ENGINE POWER AND STEERING. BOLTS BROKEN AND REPLACE GASKETS. LOST STEERING WHILE DRIVING. *BF THE FRONT END APPEARED TO BE MUCH LOWER THAN USUAL AND THE BELT WAS HANGING BELOW THE CHASSIS. *SC

EXPERIENCE LOST OF ENGINE POWER AND STEERING. BOLTS BROKEN AND REPLACE GASKETS. LOST STEERING WHILE DRIVING. *BF THE FRONT END APPEARED TO BE MUCH LOWER THAN USUAL AND THE BELT WAS HANGING BELOW THE CHASSIS. *SC

CONSUMER STATED THAT DODGE WILL NOT REPAIR THE VEHICLE WHICH WAS UNDER RECALL 04V480000. VEHICLE HAD OVER 70,000 MILES ON IT. CONSUMER BELIEVED THAT VEHICLE SHOULD BE REPAIRED AS STATED FOR THE ONES WITH LESS THAN 70, 000 MILES. CONSUMER CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER, AND WAS TOLD THAT HE WOULD H...

DODGE CARAVAN 1998, PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH DOOR FIRE IN VAN. *BF *JB

THE HEADLIGHT LENSES HAS PRODUCED A THICK HAZE ON THEM. AS A RESULT THE LIGHT WERE BECOMING VERY DIM AND THE CONSUMER HAD TO DRIVE WITH THE HIGH BEAMS ON. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *JB

Mileage: 87,000

THE AUTOMATIC SLIDING DOOR OPENED. ALSO, THE HANDICAP LIFT OPENED , AND FOLDED OUT. CONSUMER PULLED OVER, AND CLOSED THE LIFT AND THE DOOR. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM.*AK

Mileage: 70,000

THE AUTOMATIC SLIDING DOOR OPENED. ALSO, THE HANDICAP LIFT OPENED , AND FOLDED OUT. CONSUMER PULLED OVER, AND CLOSED THE LIFT AND THE DOOR. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM.*AK

Mileage: 70,000

CONSUMER STATED HALF OF THE ENGINE HAD TO BE REPLACED BECAUSE THE VEHICLE FAILED THE EMISSION TEST. AS A RESULT, OIL BURNED EXCESSIVELY. *AKI

Mileage: 77,000

WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKE PEDAL ABS LIGHT COMMENCED TO ILLUMINATE. BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR, AND THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE BEFORE STOPPING. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DEALER FOR REPAIRS.*AK

Mileage: 62,000

WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH VEHICLE STALLED. CONSUMER WAS NOT ABLE TO RESTART VEHICLE. HAD IT TOWED TO A GARAGE FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK

VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION AT 45-50 MPH IMPACT WITH A TRACKER TRAILER AND DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG FAILED TO DEPLOY. DRIVER RECEIVED FACIAL AND BODY BRUISES. DRIVER DID NOT GO TO THE LOCAL HOSPITAL UNTIL A WEEK OR TWO LATER. DEALER WAS NOT NOTIFIED.*AK

Mileage: 82,000

WHILE DRIVING CONSUMER PRESSED DOWN ON THE BRAKES AND PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, AND NOTICED THAT THE ABS BRAKING LIGHT APPEARED ON THE DASHBOARD AND REMAINED ON. CONSUMER DROVE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED TH...

PLASTIC HEADLIGHT COVERS ARE CLOUDY AND CANNOT BE CLEANED. NIGHTTIME DRIVING IS HAZARDOUS.

Mileage: 80,000

CLOCK SPRING MALFUNCTIONED. AS A RESULT, AIR BAG LIGHT</A> STAYED ON. A RECALL WAS ISSUED, HOWEVER THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO VIN. *AK CONSUMER PAID FOR REPAIR. *TC

Mileage: 64,341

WHEN THE CONSUMER APPLIED BRAKES, THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. THE CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND SKIDDED INTO EMBANKMENT AND FLIPPED TWICE. THE DRIVER 'S SIDE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY, BUT THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR DID DEPLOY. THE DRIVER WAS DEAD ON ARRIVAL. THE INSURANC...

WHEN THE CONSUMER APPLIED BRAKES, THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. THE CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND SKIDDED INTO EMBANKMENT AND FLIPPED TWICE. THE DRIVER 'S SIDE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY, BUT THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR DID DEPLOY. THE DRIVER WAS DEAD ON ARRIVAL. THE INSURANC...

ON THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2004 I WAS INFORMED BY MY DEALER ROUEN CHRYSLER IN WOODVILLE, OHIO THAT MY LS FRONT POWER TOWER (HOUSING FOR LEFT STRUT, ENGINE BRACKET, ETC) WAS RUSTED THROUGH AND WOULD IMMEDIATE REPAIR OR THE STRUT WOULD COLLAPSE, ENGINE BRACKET AND ENTIRE FRONT END OF THE CAR WOULD COL...

ON THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2004 I WAS INFORMED BY MY DEALER ROUEN CHRYSLER IN WOODVILLE, OHIO THAT MY LS FRONT POWER TOWER (HOUSING FOR LEFT STRUT, ENGINE BRACKET, ETC) WAS RUSTED THROUGH AND WOULD IMMEDIATE REPAIR OR THE STRUT WOULD COLLAPSE, ENGINE BRACKET AND ENTIRE FRONT END OF THE CAR WOULD COL...

THE CONSUMER SMELLED A STRONG ODOR OF GASOLINE WHILE STANDING NEAR THE VEHICLE. UPON ARRIVING TO WORK THE ODOR BECAME STRONGER. THE CONSUMER LOOKED UNDER THE VEHICLE AND FOUND THAT THE GASOLINE WAS LEAKING FROM THE FUEL TANK. THERE WAS A RECALL FOR AN EARLIER MODEL OF THIS VEHICLE. *JB

Mileage: 61,773

THE ENGINE APPEARED TO CONTINUE RUNNING ONE DAY AFTER A SHORT RUN TO THE GROCERY STORE. I WENT TO MY MECHANIC AND HE DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM AS MY RADIATOR FAN. FURTHER, HE FOUND THE ITEM WAS A RECALL PROBLEM AND SUGGESTED I TAKE THE VAN TO THE DEALER. I DID THE FOLLOWING DAY, THEY RESEARCHED AND ST...

Mileage: 92,661

SRS LIGHT APPEARED ON THE DASHBOARD AND REMAINED ON. HORN AND CRUISE CONTROL FAILED TO OPERATE. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT CLOCK SPRING NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK

SRS LIGHT APPEARED ON THE DASHBOARD AND REMAINED ON. HORN AND CRUISE CONTROL FAILED TO OPERATE. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT CLOCK SPRING NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK

SRS LIGHT APPEARED ON THE DASHBOARD AND REMAINED ON. HORN AND CRUISE CONTROL FAILED TO OPERATE. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT CLOCK SPRING NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK

DRIVER'S SIDE STRUT TOWER RUSTED AND WAS COMING THROUGH THE TOP OF THE VEHICLE. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, BUT PROBLEM WAS NOT RESOLVED. *AK

1998 DODGE CARAVAN, VIN [XXX]. I WAS DRIVING IN TOWN AND STARTED TO SMELL GASOLINE. I PULLED OVER TO A GAS STATION AND THE VAN CAUGHT FIRE. I CALLED THE FIRE DEPT AND THEY PUT IT OUT. THE VAN IS STILL SITTING AT MY HOUSE. THE PLASTIC, HOSES, AND BELTS ARE MELTED. I HAVE CALLED DAIMLER/CHRYSLER AND ...

Mileage: 11,600

AFTER STARTING THE VEHICLE, THE AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE HORN AND CRUISE CONTROL FAILED TO WORK INTERMITTENTLY. THE DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK *SC *JB

Mileage: 100,000

DUE TO THE FAILURE OF THE CLOCK SPRING ASSEMBLY. THE HORN BECAME INOPERABLE AND THE AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATE ON THE THE DASH BOARD. *JB ALTHOUGH THE CONSUMER'S VEHICLE EXHIBITED SYMPTOMS OF RECALL 02V-293000, THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED DUE TO VIN. THE CONSUMER PAID TO HAVE THE CLOCKSPRING REP...

Mileage: 65,616

THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THE RADIATOR FAN DID NOT WORK WHICH CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO OVERHEAT. THE CONSUMER HAD THE FAN RELAY REPLACED BY AN AFTERMARKET REPAIR SHOP. THIS VEHICLE'S YEAR, MAKE, AND MODEL IS CURRENTLY BEING RECALLED FOR THIS DEFECT, HOWEVER THE VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER WAS NOT INCL...

Mileage: 73,500

WHILE DRIVING FRONT DRIVER'S SEAT COLLAPSED FORWARD. CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, AND DROVE IT TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE SEAT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. BUT THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT AN RECALL, AND WARRANTY EXPIRED. *AK

I WENT TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE I HAD PURCHASED THE VAN IN 1998 WITH THE INTENT OF RESEARCHING THE VALUE FOR A TRADE IN. FIRST ITEM THEY LOOKED AT WAS THE SHOCK TOWERS IN THE FRONT OF THE VAN. SHOWED ME HOW THEY HAD ALMOST RUSTED THROUGH, EXPLAIND TO ME HOW THIS WAS A COMMON ISSUE FOR THIS VAN, THUS ...

CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO DEALER FOR ROUTINE MAINTENANCE, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE STRUT TOWER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED DUE TO CORROSION. *AK A RECALL WAS ISSUED FOR THIS PROBLEM BUT THE CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED DUE TO VINE. THE CONSUMER HAD TO PAY $500 FOR THE REPAIRS. *NM

I STARTED OUT IN THE MORNING TO TAKE MY SON TO SCHOOL, AND WE HAD TO MAKE A STOP AT THE GROCERY STORE. WHEN I GOT TO THE STOP SIGN TO TURN INTO THE GROCERY STORE I HEARD THIS CLANKING SOUND. THE CAR HAD STOPPED AND WOULD NOT MOVE. I HAD MY CAR TOWED TO A REPAIR SHOP, AND THEY SAID MY TRANSMISSION...

Mileage: 67,069

WE SMELLED COOLANT, AND BROUGHT OUR VAN TO A MECHANIC. HE TOLD US WE HAD A BLOWN HEAD GASKET. HE SAID OUR ENGINE WAS FAULTY. WE HAD 48,300 MILES ON THE ENGINE. THE HEAD GASKET WAS REPAIRED, DON'T KNOW IF OUR MECHANIC KEPT THE OLD GASKET. *AK

Mileage: 48,300

I HAVE A 1998 DODGE CARAVAN WITH ONLY 66,332 MILES THE PROBLEM'S THAT HAVE COME UP IS FIRST THE TRANSMISSION HAD A INTERNAL PIN BUST WHICH CAUSED SEVERAL PARTS TO COME APART. THIS CAUSED THE TRANSMISSIONTO BREAK, IT HAD TO BE REBUILT ON 2-17-04 WITH 61995 MILES AT THE COST OF $1685.25. THE SECOND PR...

Mileage: 61,995

I HAVE A 1998 DODGE CARAVAN WITH ONLY 66,332 MILES THE PROBLEM'S THAT HAVE COME UP IS FIRST THE TRANSMISSION HAD A INTERNAL PIN BUST WHICH CAUSED SEVERAL PARTS TO COME APART. THIS CAUSED THE TRANSMISSIONTO BREAK, IT HAD TO BE REBUILT ON 2-17-04 WITH 61995 MILES AT THE COST OF $1685.25. THE SECOND PR...

Mileage: 61,995

AIR BAG LIGHT WAS ON, THE HORN DID NOT WORK, AND CRUISE CONTROL MALFUNCTIONED. RECALL 02V950000 CONCERNING CLOCK SPRING FAILURE WAS ISSUED. *AK

Mileage: 87,000

AIR BAG LIGHT WAS ON, THE HORN DID NOT WORK, AND CRUISE CONTROL MALFUNCTIONED. RECALL 02V950000 CONCERNING CLOCK SPRING FAILURE WAS ISSUED. *AK

Mileage: 87,000

AIR BAG LIGHT WAS ON, THE HORN DID NOT WORK, AND CRUISE CONTROL MALFUNCTIONED. RECALL 02V950000 CONCERNING CLOCK SPRING FAILURE WAS ISSUED. *AK

Mileage: 87,000

PREPARING FOR TRIP, NOTICED LARGE AMOUNT OF RUST/CORROSION ON DRIVER SIDE STRUT TOWER. LARGE CHUNCKS OF RUSTED METAL LOOSENED WHEN LIGHTLY TOUCHED. THIS WAS WITHIN TWO WEEKS OF AN OIL CHANGE, LUBE AND FILTER AT THE DEALERSHIP WHERE PURCHASED IN 1999. HAD CHECKED BY LOCAL MECHANICS, ALL SAID, "GET...

Mileage: 115,000

BRAKE LINE ERUPTED BECAUSE OF CORROSION. THIS CAUSED LOSS OF BRAKING WHILE DRIVING. VEHICLE TOWED TO A REPAIR SHOP. *AK

Mileage: 63,600

WHEN PUTTING THE CAR IN REVERSE TO LEAVE FOR WORK, I HEARD A GRINDING NOISE. AS I LET THE VAN RUN, THE NOISE SLOWLY STOPPED BUT THE VAN WOULDN'T MOVE. I TALKED TO SEVERAL PEOPLE WITH CARAVANS TO SEE IF THIS WAS COMMON. AND TO MY SURPRISE, EVERYONE SAID THEY HAD TO REPLACE/OVERHAUL THEIR TRANSMISS...

Mileage: 78,000

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE CONSUMER HEARD A NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE STRUTS RUSTED.*AK

CONSUMER HAD THE POWER STEERING BELT REPLACED FOUR TIMES. EVERY TIME IT RAINED THE BELT FELL OFF. CHRYSLER REPAIRED FOUR TIMES AT NO COST TO CONSUMER. THE BELT FELL OFF AGAIN YESTERDAY WHEN IT RAINED. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER, AND WASS AWAITING REPAIR.*AK

Mileage: 100,601

WHILE DRIVING THE CONSUMER HEARD A GROANING NOISE.. THE DRIVER STARTED TO PULL OF F TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WHEN SHE EXPERIENCED A MOMENTARY LOSS OF CONTROL. WHEN THE CONSUMER'S HUSBAND CHECKED THE POWER STEERING RESERVOIR HE NOTICED IT WAS DRY. UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION THE CONSUMER FOUND OUT TH...

Mileage: 58,800

THE VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION WHILE DRIVING AT 60 MPH. THE VEHICLE HYDRO-PLANED,STRUCK THE MEDIUM, WENT OVER 5 LANES AND CRASHED INTO THE GUARD RAIL. THE FRONTAL AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY UPON IMPACT. THE DRIVER SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES INCLUDING A SORE NECK AND BURIES. *NM TH...

Mileage: 111,000

ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS MY 1998 DODGE CARAVAN WOULD STALL WHEN STARTING UP, IT HAS A REOCCURING AIRBAG LIGHT, CRUISE CONTROL MISFUNCTIONING AND HORN STALLING ISSUES. I CURRENTLY HAD TO TAKE IT TO CHYRISTLER FOR REPAIRS. I WAS TOLD FROM THE MANUFACTURER THAT THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE DODGE CARAVAN 1996-...

ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS MY 1998 DODGE CARAVAN WOULD STALL WHEN STARTING UP, IT HAS A REOCCURING AIRBAG LIGHT, CRUISE CONTROL MISFUNCTIONING AND HORN STALLING ISSUES. I CURRENTLY HAD TO TAKE IT TO CHYRISTLER FOR REPAIRS. I WAS TOLD FROM THE MANUFACTURER THAT THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE DODGE CARAVAN 1996-...

ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS MY 1998 DODGE CARAVAN WOULD STALL WHEN STARTING UP, IT HAS A REOCCURING AIRBAG LIGHT, CRUISE CONTROL MISFUNCTIONING AND HORN STALLING ISSUES. I CURRENTLY HAD TO TAKE IT TO CHYRISTLER FOR REPAIRS. I WAS TOLD FROM THE MANUFACTURER THAT THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE DODGE CARAVAN 1996-...

ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS MY 1998 DODGE CARAVAN WOULD STALL WHEN STARTING UP, IT HAS A REOCCURING AIRBAG LIGHT, CRUISE CONTROL MISFUNCTIONING AND HORN STALLING ISSUES. I CURRENTLY HAD TO TAKE IT TO CHYRISTLER FOR REPAIRS. I WAS TOLD FROM THE MANUFACTURER THAT THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE DODGE CARAVAN 1996-...

CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL 02V293000 CONCERNING AIR BAG CLOCK SPRING FAILURE. AIR BAG LIGHT AND THE LEFT SIGNAL LIGHT ILLUMINATED WHILE IN MOTION, ALSO, HORN WAS INOPERATIVE AND THE LEFT TURN SIGNAL GAVE OFF AN CONSENT ALARM SOUND WHEN ENGAGED. *AK

Mileage: 138,444

CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL 02V293000 CONCERNING AIR BAG CLOCK SPRING FAILURE. AIR BAG LIGHT AND THE LEFT SIGNAL LIGHT ILLUMINATED WHILE IN MOTION, ALSO, HORN WAS INOPERATIVE AND THE LEFT TURN SIGNAL GAVE OFF AN CONSENT ALARM SOUND WHEN ENGAGED. *AK

Mileage: 138,444

CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL 02V293000 CONCERNING AIR BAG CLOCK SPRING FAILURE. AIR BAG LIGHT AND THE LEFT SIGNAL LIGHT ILLUMINATED WHILE IN MOTION, ALSO, HORN WAS INOPERATIVE AND THE LEFT TURN SIGNAL GAVE OFF AN CONSENT ALARM SOUND WHEN ENGAGED. *AK

Mileage: 138,444

WHILE DRIVING,THE THERMOSTAT LIGHT FLASHED ON THE DASHBOARD AND REMAINED ON. CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE JUNCTION BOX NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AND REWIRED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 65 MPH, WITHOUT ANY WARNING CONSUMER LOST THE CONTROL OF THE STEERING WHEEL. DUE TO ONE SECTION OF THE STEERING PUMP IS RUSTED AND LEAKING FLUID. DEALER NOTIFIED. *LA

ON AUGUST, 1, 1998, ALLEN AND ANNE MAZEROLLE PURCHASED A NEW 1998 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN SE MANUFACTURED BY CHRYSLER FROM LEE DODGE IN WESTBROOK, MAINE. AT THE TIME OF THEIR PURCHASE, NEITHER THE DEALER NOR CHRYSLER PROVIDED ANY DISCLOSURE TO THE MAZEROLLES CONCERNING THE DIFFERENTIAL TRANSMISSION DEF...

I WAS FORCED TO BRAKE SUDDENLY AND THE CAR SEAT MY 4 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER WAS BUCKELED INTO WENT FLYING INTO THE BACK OF THE PASSENGER SEAT. THE PROBLEM IS THAT THE SEAT BELTS IN THE 1998 DODGE CARAVAN ARE EASILY DEPRESSED BY A GAME BOY, DOLLS OR MY OLDER DAUGHTER EITHER BUCKELING OR UNBUCKELING HER B...

THE VEHICLE IS EQUIPPED WITH GEN3 SEAT BELTS WHICH HAS A RELEASE BUTTON WHICH PROTRUDES FROM THE REST OF THE BUCKLE. THE BUTTON CAN BE ACCIDENTALLY Y BUMPED WHICH CAUSES THE BUCKLE TO RELEASE. THE CONSUMER CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER ABOUT THE BUCKLE BUT THEY REFUSED TO REPLACE THE SEAT BELTS. *...

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED IN THE RAIN, THE SERPENTINE BELT SLIPPED OFF. THE BELT DISCONNECTED FROM THE PULLEY FIVE TIMES IN THE LAST FIVE MONTHS. THE CONSUMER EXAMINED THE PULLEY AND FOUND THAT IT WAS SMOOTH AND DID NOTR HAVE A LIP TO HOLD THE BELT ON. *AK *SC *JB

Mileage: 55,000

MY CASE IS ABOUT WHAT THE CALL THE " CLOCKSPRING" I AM VERY CONCERN ABOUT THIS, I THINK DODGE SHOULD LOOK AT THIS LIVES COULD BE LOST. BECAUSE OF THIS.......

WHILE PLACING KEY IN THE IGNITION THE VEHICLE FAILED TO START. THE DRIVER HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. THE MECHANIC REPLACED THE IGNITION SWITCH DUE TO WORN PARTS. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *NM

WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED, THE CONSUMER SAW THAT ALL FOUR TIRES WERE CRACKED. PLEASE PROVIDE TIRE INFORMATION. *JB

Mileage: 53,000

AFTER STARTING THE VEHICLE AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED, AND THE HORN BECAME DISABLED. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK

AFTER STARTING THE VEHICLE AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED, AND THE HORN BECAME DISABLED. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK

I HAVE 2 CHRYSLER MINI VANS ONE 1997 & 1998. WE RECEIVIED A RECALL REGARDING DEFECTS WHICH RELATED TO MOTOR SAFETY RECALL IN SOME 1996 THROUGH 1998 MINIVANS. SINCE MY 1998 WAS EXPERIENCING THE DEFECT LISTED FAILED CLOCKSPRING ALLOWING AIR BAG LIGHT TO BE ILLUMINATED AND SPEED CONTROL SYSTEM TO BE ...

WHEN THE FUEL TANK IS FULL A GASOLINE ODOR ENTERS THE PASSENGER CABIN OF THE VEHICLE, AND GASOLINE LEAKS UNDER THE VEHICLE. THE FUEL TANK SEAL WAS REPLACED, BUT THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. *AK WHEN CONSUMER WENT BACK TO THE DEALER, THEY SUGGESTED TO REPLACE THE FUEL TANK BECAUSE THE COLLAR ON TOP...

WHILE DRIVING AIR BAG LIGHT SUDDENLY ILLUMINATED ON THE DASHBOARD. WHEN THIS OCCURRED IT RENDERED THE HORN AND CRUISE CONTROL INOPERATIVE. RECALL 02V290000 WAS ISSUED FOR THE AIR BAG, BUT THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO VIN. *AK

Mileage: 125,000

WHILE DRIVING AIR BAG LIGHT SUDDENLY ILLUMINATED ON THE DASHBOARD. WHEN THIS OCCURRED IT RENDERED THE HORN AND CRUISE CONTROL INOPERATIVE. RECALL 02V290000 WAS ISSUED FOR THE AIR BAG, BUT THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO VIN. *AK

Mileage: 125,000

WHILE DRIVING AIR BAG LIGHT SUDDENLY ILLUMINATED ON THE DASHBOARD. WHEN THIS OCCURRED IT RENDERED THE HORN AND CRUISE CONTROL INOPERATIVE. RECALL 02V290000 WAS ISSUED FOR THE AIR BAG, BUT THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO VIN. *AK

Mileage: 125,000

CONSUMER WAS COMPLAINING ABOUT FRONT AIR BAG LIGHT COMING ON INTERMITTENTLY.*AK *LA

Mileage: 65,000

AFTER STARTING MY VAN, WHETHER I HAVE IT IN PARK, DRIVE, NEUTRAL, OR REVERSE, I AM ABLE TO REMOVE MY KEY FROM THE IGNITION. ALSO, IF I AM TURNING MY VAN OFF, AND I ACCIDENTALLY TURN IT TO AUXILLARY, I AM STILL ABLE TO REMOVE MY KEY FROM THE IGNITION.*AK THIS ISN'T SUPPOSE TO HAPPEN, IS IT?

TRANSMISSION FAILURE AT 115,000 MILES. *NM

Mileage: 115,000

ALL SEAT BELTS IN 1998 DODGE CARAVAN POPPED OUT WHEN LATCHED.*AK

WHEN DRIVING AT AN UNDETERMINED SPEED AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT APPEARED ON THE DASHBOARD CONSUMER INFORMED THE DEALERSHIP ABOUT THIS ISSUE. HOWEVER, THE MECHANIC WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *AK

THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT STAYED ON WHICH RENDERED THE CRUISE CONTROL AND THE HORN INOPERATIVE. THERE WAS AIR BAG CLOCK SPRING RECALL 02V293000, BUT THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED DUE TO VIN. *AK *JB

Mileage: 50,000

I OWN A 1998 V6 DODGE CARAVAN. MY WIFE WAS TRAVELING ON THE INTERSTATE AND THE TRANSMISSION LITERALLY BLEW APART. IT WAS NOT MERELY A TRANSMISSION FAILURE, BUT THE TRANSMISSION CASE WAS DESTROYED ALONG WITH THE TRANSMISSION. I HAVE CHECKED THE TRANSMISSION MONTHLY SINCE I PURCHASED THE VAN IN 199...

Mileage: 104,000

AIR BAG LIGHT WILL NOT GO OFF. LOST USE OF HORN. REPLACED TRANSMISSION IN FEBRUARY 2003, THIS CAR IS TERRIBLE. MECHANIC ADVISED ME THAT THE CLOCK SPRING IS OFF, SUGGESTED I TAKE IT TO THE DEALER. I WILL DO SO AND AM PURCHASING A NEW CAR. DO NOT FEEL SAFE RIDING WITH KIDS IN CAR.

Mileage: 77,950

AIR BAG LIGHT WILL NOT GO OFF. LOST USE OF HORN. REPLACED TRANSMISSION IN FEBRUARY 2003, THIS CAR IS TERRIBLE. MECHANIC ADVISED ME THAT THE CLOCK SPRING IS OFF, SUGGESTED I TAKE IT TO THE DEALER. I WILL DO SO AND AM PURCHASING A NEW CAR. DO NOT FEEL SAFE RIDING WITH KIDS IN CAR.

Mileage: 77,950

WHILE DRIVING CONSUMER LOST THE HORN, CRUISE CONTROL, AND AIR BAG LIGHT APPEARED ON THE DASHBOARD. DEALER DETERMINED CLOCK SPRING FAILURE. *AK

Mileage: 64,700

WHILE DRIVING CONSUMER LOST THE HORN, CRUISE CONTROL, AND AIR BAG LIGHT APPEARED ON THE DASHBOARD. DEALER DETERMINED CLOCK SPRING FAILURE. *AK

Mileage: 64,700

WHILE DRIVING CONSUMER LOST THE HORN, CRUISE CONTROL, AND AIR BAG LIGHT APPEARED ON THE DASHBOARD. DEALER DETERMINED CLOCK SPRING FAILURE. *AK

Mileage: 64,700

TRANSMISSION FAILED AT 80,000 MILES. ALSO, ENGINE HEAD GASKET WAS REPLACED TWO MONTHS AGO.*AK

Mileage: 80,000

TRANSMISSION FAILED AT 80,000 MILES. ALSO, ENGINE HEAD GASKET WAS REPLACED TWO MONTHS AGO.*AK

Mileage: 80,000

WHILE DRIVING THE CONSUMER NOTICED THAT THE VEHICLE'S HEAD LIGHTS BECAME DIM AND PROVIDED POOR VISIBILITY. THE DEALERSHIP HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *NM THE HEAD LIGHT LENSES WERE ALSO FOGGED. *NM

CONSUMER NOTICED GRINDING SOUND IN FRONT END. REPLACED BRAKE PADS, NOISE STILL EXIST. SERVICE MANAGER FOUND THAT NOISE WAS COMING FROM VEHICLE'S TRANSMISSION, AND WAS REPLACED BECAUSE INSPECTION REVEALED THAT NUMEROUS PARTS HAD BEEN DAMAGED. *LA *MR

MY 1998 DODGE CARAVAN HAS A FAILED CLOCKSPRING, WHICH HAS CAUSED THE AIRBAG LIGHT TO STAY ON AND THE HORN AND CRUISE CONTROL TO NOT WORK. I UNDERSTAND THAT MY VAN IS NOT IN THE ORIGINAL RECALL FOR THE CLOCKSPRING BECAUSE OF THE MANUFACTURE DATE, WHICH IS TO LATE. THE BILL FOR THE REPAIRS IS APPROX...

Mileage: 90,000

EMERGENCY BRAKES INOPERABLE, AIRBAG LIGHT TURNS ON, HORN DOES NOT WORK, HARD TIME REMOVING KEY FROM IGNITION AND I CAN GO FROM "P" TO "R" OR "D" WITHOUT PRESSING ON THE BRAKES (EVEN IF THERE IS NO KEY IN THE IGNITION). *JB

EMERGENCY BRAKES INOPERABLE, AIRBAG LIGHT TURNS ON, HORN DOES NOT WORK, HARD TIME REMOVING KEY FROM IGNITION AND I CAN GO FROM "P" TO "R" OR "D" WITHOUT PRESSING ON THE BRAKES (EVEN IF THERE IS NO KEY IN THE IGNITION). *JB

EMERGENCY BRAKES INOPERABLE, AIRBAG LIGHT TURNS ON, HORN DOES NOT WORK, HARD TIME REMOVING KEY FROM IGNITION AND I CAN GO FROM "P" TO "R" OR "D" WITHOUT PRESSING ON THE BRAKES (EVEN IF THERE IS NO KEY IN THE IGNITION). *JB

EMERGENCY BRAKES INOPERABLE, AIRBAG LIGHT TURNS ON, HORN DOES NOT WORK, HARD TIME REMOVING KEY FROM IGNITION AND I CAN GO FROM "P" TO "R" OR "D" WITHOUT PRESSING ON THE BRAKES (EVEN IF THERE IS NO KEY IN THE IGNITION). *JB

AT ANY SPEED AIR BAG LIGHT STAYS ON. ALSO, HORN IS INOPERABLE, AND CRUISE CONTROL DOES NOT WORK. THERE IS RECALL 02V293000 CONCERNING CLOCK SPRING FAILURE. HOWEVER, THIS VEHICLE IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO VIN. *AK

Mileage: 151,000

AT ANY SPEED AIR BAG LIGHT STAYS ON. ALSO, HORN IS INOPERABLE, AND CRUISE CONTROL DOES NOT WORK. THERE IS RECALL 02V293000 CONCERNING CLOCK SPRING FAILURE. HOWEVER, THIS VEHICLE IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO VIN. *AK

Mileage: 151,000

AT ANY SPEED AIR BAG LIGHT STAYS ON. ALSO, HORN IS INOPERABLE, AND CRUISE CONTROL DOES NOT WORK. THERE IS RECALL 02V293000 CONCERNING CLOCK SPRING FAILURE. HOWEVER, THIS VEHICLE IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO VIN. *AK

Mileage: 151,000

VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED A FRONTAL CRASH. UPON IMPACT, AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED. *AK

Mileage: 33,000

I HAVE A 1998 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN WITH JUST UNDER 71,000 MILES ON IT. WE FIRST NOTICED SOME ANTI FREEZE ON THE GROUND AND COULD SEE IT LEAKING THINKING IT WAS A HOSE OR SOMETHING. I WENT UNDER TO TAKE A LOOK AND IT WAS LEAKING FROM THE ENGINE BLOCK. I BROUGHT IT IN TO HAVE IT CHECKED OUT AND IT TURN...

DEALER REPLACED THREE TIMES THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION IN THE LAST PAST TWO YEARS AT OWNER'S EXPENSE. *AK

Mileage: 98,000

TRANSMISSION NOT PROPERLY SHIFTING IN 2 ND GEARS. AIR CONDITIONING STILLS BLOWS SEMI-WARM AIR. SWAY BARS REPLACED.

Mileage: 65,000

TRANSMISSION NOT PROPERLY SHIFTING IN 2 ND GEARS. AIR CONDITIONING STILLS BLOWS SEMI-WARM AIR. SWAY BARS REPLACED.

Mileage: 65,000

TRANSMISSION NOT PROPERLY SHIFTING IN 2 ND GEARS. AIR CONDITIONING STILLS BLOWS SEMI-WARM AIR. SWAY BARS REPLACED.

Mileage: 65,000

5 BATTERIES SINCE PURCHASED NEW. THREE WERE NOTED AS HAVING LEAKED BATTERY ACID. IN MAY/JUNE 2003, THE WIRING HARNESSES (MAIN ONES) HAD BEEN EATEN BY BATTERY ACID CAUSING ALL SORTS OF ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS. THE HARNESSES ARE ROUTED UNDER THE BATTERY PAN. STUPID PLACEMENT. DEALER SPLICED WIRES TOGETHE...

Mileage: 59,000

5 BATTERIES SINCE PURCHASED NEW. THREE WERE NOTED AS HAVING LEAKED BATTERY ACID. IN MAY/JUNE 2003, THE WIRING HARNESSES (MAIN ONES) HAD BEEN EATEN BY BATTERY ACID CAUSING ALL SORTS OF ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS. THE HARNESSES ARE ROUTED UNDER THE BATTERY PAN. STUPID PLACEMENT. DEALER SPLICED WIRES TOGETHE...

Mileage: 59,000

5 BATTERIES SINCE PURCHASED NEW. THREE WERE NOTED AS HAVING LEAKED BATTERY ACID. IN MAY/JUNE 2003, THE WIRING HARNESSES (MAIN ONES) HAD BEEN EATEN BY BATTERY ACID CAUSING ALL SORTS OF ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS. THE HARNESSES ARE ROUTED UNDER THE BATTERY PAN. STUPID PLACEMENT. DEALER SPLICED WIRES TOGETHE...

Mileage: 59,000

TRANSMISSION ------------ SUDDEN FAILURE OF ALL FORWARD AND REVERSE GEARS. KEY OFF-ON BRINGS BACK FORWARD DRIVE FOR ABOUT 100 YARDS THEN FAILS AGAIN. NO REVERSE GEAR AT ALL. COMPUTER DIAGNOSTIC INDICATES 3 TRANSMISSION ERRORS RELATED TO SHIFTING. SENSORS LOOK OK. SHOP HAD TO REBUILD TRANSMISSION AT ...

Mileage: 69,000

TRANSMISSION ------------ SUDDEN FAILURE OF ALL FORWARD AND REVERSE GEARS. KEY OFF-ON BRINGS BACK FORWARD DRIVE FOR ABOUT 100 YARDS THEN FAILS AGAIN. NO REVERSE GEAR AT ALL. COMPUTER DIAGNOSTIC INDICATES 3 TRANSMISSION ERRORS RELATED TO SHIFTING. SENSORS LOOK OK. SHOP HAD TO REBUILD TRANSMISSION AT ...

Mileage: 69,000

MY A/C STOPPED WORKING RIGHT AFTER MY 3 YEAR 36 MILE WARRANTY RAN OUT. DEALER SAID IT WAS THE EVAPORATOR COIL. COSTS ME $400. RIGHT NOW MY A/C JUST QUIT. MY VAN HAS 58,000 MILES ON IT. I GO THROUGH BELTS LIKE CRAZY. MY MECHANIC CAN'T FIGURE IT OUT. AND OTHER MECHANICS SAY IT'S AN EPIDEMIC WITH CARA...

Mileage: 45,000

MY A/C STOPPED WORKING RIGHT AFTER MY 3 YEAR 36 MILE WARRANTY RAN OUT. DEALER SAID IT WAS THE EVAPORATOR COIL. COSTS ME $400. RIGHT NOW MY A/C JUST QUIT. MY VAN HAS 58,000 MILES ON IT. I GO THROUGH BELTS LIKE CRAZY. MY MECHANIC CAN'T FIGURE IT OUT. AND OTHER MECHANICS SAY IT'S AN EPIDEMIC WITH CARA...

Mileage: 45,000

SIX DIFFERENT CASES OF MECHANICAL PROBLEMS THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED. PROBLEMS WITH HEAD GASKET, THE TRANSMISSION TWICE AND THREE TIMES ON THE FLYWHEEL. *LA THE MECHANIC FOUND THAT THE BOLTS ON THE FLYWHEEL AND THE TORQUE CONVERTER WERE LOOSE. *SC THE CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THAT THE VEHICLE W...

Mileage: 42,000

SIX DIFFERENT CASES OF MECHANICAL PROBLEMS THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED. PROBLEMS WITH HEAD GASKET, THE TRANSMISSION TWICE AND THREE TIMES ON THE FLYWHEEL. *LA THE MECHANIC FOUND THAT THE BOLTS ON THE FLYWHEEL AND THE TORQUE CONVERTER WERE LOOSE. *SC THE CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THAT THE VEHICLE W...

Mileage: 42,000

CONSUMER PRESSED THE HORN THERE WAS NO SOUND. AIRBAG LIGHT WAS ON WHILE DRIVING. TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR ANALYSIS, AND MECHANIC NOTICED THAT THE CLOCKSPRING NEEDED TO BE REPLACED DUE TO A WORN PART.*AK THE CONSUMER NOTICED THAT THE AIR BAG LIGHT FLICKERED OFF AND ON INTERMITTENTLY THEN EV...

Mileage: 59,500

CONSUMER PRESSED ON THE HORN AND THE AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE DASHBOARD. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR ANALYSIS. THE MECHANIC NOTICED THAT THE CLOCKSPRING NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH SERPENTINE BELT FELL OFF. THIS CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO SHUT DOWN. CONSUMER HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO DEALER FOR ANALYSIS, AND MECHANIC STATED THAT THIS WAS AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM.*AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 15 MPH AND TURNING TO THE LEFT, THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK THE CONSUMER WANTED TO KNOW WHAT THE CRITERIA WAS FOR ISSUING A RECALL. *SCC *JB

Mileage: 60,000

MY 98 DODGE CARAVAN HAD A FAILED CLOCKSPRING, WHICH CAUSED THE AIRBAG, HORN, AND CRUISE CONTROL TO NOT FUNCTION. CHRYSLER HAS A RECALL ON A FAILED CLOCKSPRING FOR 96-98 DODGE CARAVANS, AND CLEARLY STATES ON ITS WEBSITE IT WILL REIMBURSE CUSTOMERS FOR REPAIRS TO THE CLOCKSPRING. HOWEVER, WHEN I BRO...

Mileage: 94,469

MY 98 DODGE CARAVAN HAD A FAILED CLOCKSPRING, WHICH CAUSED THE AIRBAG, HORN, AND CRUISE CONTROL TO NOT FUNCTION. CHRYSLER HAS A RECALL ON A FAILED CLOCKSPRING FOR 96-98 DODGE CARAVANS, AND CLEARLY STATES ON ITS WEBSITE IT WILL REIMBURSE CUSTOMERS FOR REPAIRS TO THE CLOCKSPRING. HOWEVER, WHEN I BRO...

Mileage: 94,469

MY 98 DODGE CARAVAN HAD A FAILED CLOCKSPRING, WHICH CAUSED THE AIRBAG, HORN, AND CRUISE CONTROL TO NOT FUNCTION. CHRYSLER HAS A RECALL ON A FAILED CLOCKSPRING FOR 96-98 DODGE CARAVANS, AND CLEARLY STATES ON ITS WEBSITE IT WILL REIMBURSE CUSTOMERS FOR REPAIRS TO THE CLOCKSPRING. HOWEVER, WHEN I BRO...

Mileage: 94,469

PURCHASED A USED DODGE CARAVAN ON 8-19-02 WITH 28,000 MILES SHOWING ON THE METER. IT NOW HAS 35,000 MILES ON IT AND THE HEAD GASKET IS LEAKING OIL DOWN THE BACK OF THE ENGINE AND ON TO THE GROUND. DEALER SAYS THEY WILL NOT REPAIR IT UNLESS I PAY FOR IT. SEEMS LIKE A VERY COSTLY REPAIR ON A VAN WITH...

Mileage: 35,000

CONSUMER STATES WHILE PREPARING TO PULL OUT OF HIS DRIVEWAY, BOTH OF HIS FRONT WHEELS COLLAPSED. HE STATES HE HAD HIS VEHICLE TOWED TO THE NEAREST SERVICE STATION AND REPAIRED. BUT HE DOESN'T THINK THERE IS A RECALL OF THIS TYPE OF DEFECT. *NLM

HEADLIGHTS ARE FOGGY. EACH TIME IT RAINS IT BECOMES MORE DIFFICULT TO SEE AT NIGHT TIME DRIVING.*AK

WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH, UPON FRONTAL COLLISION THE INTEGRATED CHILD SAFETY SEAT HARNESS CLIP UNSNAPPED FAILING TO RESTRAIN CHILD IN CRASH. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *PH

1998 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN SE ID#1B4GP44GOWB500517 WITH UNDER 100,000 MILES ENDED THE LIFE OF THE TRANSMISSION WITH A LOUD METALIC CLUNK.*AK

Mileage: 80,000

AIR CONDITIONER EVAPORATOR FAILED TWICE WITHIN A TWO YEAR PERIOD. ALSO, SERPENTINE BELT WAS REPLACED 6 TIMES. WHEN THE SERPENTINE BELT FAILED VEHICLE HAD NO POWER STEERING OR POWER BRAKES. *AK

AIR CONDITIONER EVAPORATOR FAILED TWICE WITHIN A TWO YEAR PERIOD. ALSO, SERPENTINE BELT WAS REPLACED 6 TIMES. WHEN THE SERPENTINE BELT FAILED VEHICLE HAD NO POWER STEERING OR POWER BRAKES. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 55 MPH DRIVER NOTICED A FUEL SMELL COMING FROM INSIDE OF THE VENTS. DRIVER WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER TO THE SHOULDER, HE LIFTED UP HOOD AND NOTICED THAT A FUEL LEAKAGE WAS PRESENT. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR ANALYSIS,WHERE THE MECHANIC REPLACED THE FUEL RAIL.*AK

I'VE GONE THROUGH 5 BELTS IN THE PAST YEAR. MY A/C JUST WENT OUT AGAIN. I HAD THE EVAPORATER COIL REPLACED JUST AFTER MY 3 YEAR WARRANTY GAVE OUT 2 YEARS AGO. MY VAN ONLY HAS 58,000 MILES ON IT AND I BOUGHT IT NEW IN OCT.97. I WILL NEVER BUY A DODGE AGAIN. I'VE NEVER FELT SO UNSAFE IN A VEHICLE A...

I'VE GONE THROUGH 5 BELTS IN THE PAST YEAR. MY A/C JUST WENT OUT AGAIN. I HAD THE EVAPORATER COIL REPLACED JUST AFTER MY 3 YEAR WARRANTY GAVE OUT 2 YEARS AGO. MY VAN ONLY HAS 58,000 MILES ON IT AND I BOUGHT IT NEW IN OCT.97. I WILL NEVER BUY A DODGE AGAIN. I'VE NEVER FELT SO UNSAFE IN A VEHICLE A...

VEHICLE FIRE CAUSED FROM DEFECTIVE TRANSMISSION SYSTEM. *MR (UNDER SIZED TRANSMISSIONS, INADEQUATE SIZED COOLING LINES AND INTERNAL PARTS) THE TRANSMISSIONS DID NOT LAST OVER AND AVERAGE OF 25K MILES AND HAD TO BE REPLACED MORE THAN ONCE AT TIMES. WHILE DRIVING, THE DASH SHOWED EVERYTHING BEIN...

THE VEHICLE STALLED, WHICH WAS CAUSED BY THE SERPENTINE BELT FALLING OFF. THE BELT WAS REPLACED, HOWEVER THE PROBLEM RECURRED. *JB

Mileage: 3,000

TRANSMISSION FAILED AT 63,000 ON THE HIGHWAY, ON A COLD DAY, 90 MILES FROM HOME WHEN I HAD MY CHILDREN, AGES 2 AND 5 IN THE VAN. THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE A FAMILY VEHICLE! IT SHOULD BE RELIABLE AND SAFE. I'VE ALWAYS HAD TOYOTAS AND HONDAS AND PUT 200,000 MILES ON THEM WITH NO TRANSMISSION FAILURE. ...

Mileage: 63,820

WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS AND WITHOUT WARNING HEAD GASKET BLEW, CAUSING ANTI FREEZE TO LEAK. HAD NOTIFIED THE DEALERSHIP, BUT THE PROBLEM HAD NOT BEEN RESOLVED. *AK

Mileage: 6,400

AT APPROXIMATELY 50,000 MILES, THE AC UNIT NEEDED TO BE RECHARGED. THIS WOULD BE AROUND AUGUST OF 2001. WHILE OUT OF THE NORM WITH A RELATIVELY NEW VEHICLE, I CHALKED IT UP TO ROUTINE MAINTENANCE HAD COOLANT ADDED AND WENT ON MY WAY. IN JULY OF 2002, THE AC AGAIN WAS NOT COOLING THE VEHICLE. MILEAGE...

Mileage: 50,000

TOTAL TRANSMISSION FAILURE. WE DROVE TO NJ FROM OUR HOUSE, NO PROBLEMS, NOISES OR WARNINGS PARKED THE CAR AND 1/2 HOUR LATER GO IN THE CAR AND CAR WOULD NOT MOVE EITHER BACK OR FORTH. HAD CAR TOWED TO MECHANIC AND NEXT DAY HE TOLD ME I NEEDED A NEW TRANSMISSION, I WAS SHOCKED, SO DECIDE TO GET A 2...

Mileage: 81,525

TOTAL TRANSMISSION FAILURE. WE DROVE TO NJ FROM OUR HOUSE, NO PROBLEMS, NOISES OR WARNINGS PARKED THE CAR AND 1/2 HOUR LATER GO IN THE CAR AND CAR WOULD NOT MOVE EITHER BACK OR FORTH. HAD CAR TOWED TO MECHANIC AND NEXT DAY HE TOLD ME I NEEDED A NEW TRANSMISSION, I WAS SHOCKED, SO DECIDE TO GET A 2...

Mileage: 81,525

THE CONSUMER STATED THE STEERING LOCKED UP WHEN SHE MADE A TURN TO THE RIGHT AND THEN TO THE LEFT. MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED AT THE TIME OF THIS CALL. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A REPAIR SHOP, AND THE MECHANIC WAS UNABLE TO FIND WHAT WAS WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE.*AK *PH *JB

Mileage: 54,000

THE FUEL INJECTORS HAD TO BE REPLACED AT 43,711 BECAUSE OF A LEAKAGE. AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC PERFORMED THE REPAIR. *AK *PH *JB

Mileage: 43,711

WHILE DRIVING AT 45 MPH CRUISE CONTROL SENSOR LIGHT BLINKED, THEN ENGINE STALLED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 45 MPH CRUISE CONTROL SENSOR LIGHT BLINKED, THEN ENGINE STALLED. *AK

PROBLEMS WITH FUEL RAIL ON 1998 DODGE CARAVAN. *MR THE CONSUMER HAD TAKEN THE VEHICLE IN FOR A RECALL REPAIR FOR THE FUEL LINE IN WHICH THE DODGE DEALER REPAIRED IT, BUT THERE WAS A CONTINUED LEAK THAT HAD COME FROM THE ENGINE. THE CONSUMER THEN TOOK THE VEHICLE TO GOOD YEAR WHO REPLACED THE FAU...

PROBLEMS WITH FUEL RAIL ON 1998 DODGE CARAVAN. *MR THE CONSUMER HAD TAKEN THE VEHICLE IN FOR A RECALL REPAIR FOR THE FUEL LINE IN WHICH THE DODGE DEALER REPAIRED IT, BUT THERE WAS A CONTINUED LEAK THAT HAD COME FROM THE ENGINE. THE CONSUMER THEN TOOK THE VEHICLE TO GOOD YEAR WHO REPLACED THE FAU...

ON MY WAY HOME FROM THE DEALERSHIP I HEARD A NOISE IN THE FRONT END WHEN I ARRIVED HOME I CALLED A MECHANIC THE NEXT DAY. HE LOOKED AT MY VAN ON THAT MONDAY TO FIND THE STABILIZER BAR BROKE AND ZIPPITY STRIP TO THE STRUT WHICH WAS ALSO BAD. THE DEALER LET ME DRIVE 180 MILES WITH MY SON IN THE VEHICL...

Mileage: 63,000

ON MY WAY HOME FROM THE DEALERSHIP I HEARD A NOISE IN THE FRONT END WHEN I ARRIVED HOME I CALLED A MECHANIC THE NEXT DAY. HE LOOKED AT MY VAN ON THAT MONDAY TO FIND THE STABILIZER BAR BROKE AND ZIPPITY STRIP TO THE STRUT WHICH WAS ALSO BAD. THE DEALER LET ME DRIVE 180 MILES WITH MY SON IN THE VEHICL...

Mileage: 63,000

ON MY WAY HOME FROM THE DEALERSHIP I HEARD A NOISE IN THE FRONT END WHEN I ARRIVED HOME I CALLED A MECHANIC THE NEXT DAY. HE LOOKED AT MY VAN ON THAT MONDAY TO FIND THE STABILIZER BAR BROKE AND ZIPPITY STRIP TO THE STRUT WHICH WAS ALSO BAD. THE DEALER LET ME DRIVE 180 MILES WITH MY SON IN THE VEHICL...

Mileage: 63,000

FUEL TANK LEAKS. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK

I HAVE A 1998 CARAVAN THAT THE TRANS COOLER FAILED AND FILLED THE ENGINE WITH TRANSMISSION FLUID, AND THE TRANSMISSION WITH COOLANT, NOT ABLE TO DRIVE VEHICLE. *AK

CONSUMER STATED WHILE DRIVING HE LOSS A 1/2 OF TANK OF GAS WITHIN 40 MILES. GAS HAD LEAKED OUT. GAS TANK NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *PH

Mileage: 19,324

THE PLASTIC HEADLIGHT LENSES CONTAINED GLAZED, WHICH CAUSED POOR ILLUMINATION AND RESULTED IN POOR VISIBILITY. *AK ALMOST ALL OF THESE MODELS HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. *SCC *JB

Mileage: 35,000

I HAVE A 1998 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN WE HAVE HAD THE STEERING RAC REPLACED TWICE. WE ALSO HAVE CONSTANT ALIGNMENT PROBLEMS WHAT WE ARE WONDERING HAS THERE EVER BEEN REPORTS ON THE FRONT SEATS (DRIVERS SEAT) SEPARATING AS THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED 8/3/03 THE WELDING HAS SEPERATED AND THE SUPPORT BAR HAS SN...

I HAVE A 1998 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN WE HAVE HAD THE STEERING RAC REPLACED TWICE. WE ALSO HAVE CONSTANT ALIGNMENT PROBLEMS WHAT WE ARE WONDERING HAS THERE EVER BEEN REPORTS ON THE FRONT SEATS (DRIVERS SEAT) SEPARATING AS THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED 8/3/03 THE WELDING HAS SEPERATED AND THE SUPPORT BAR HAS SN...

I HAVE A 1998 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN WE HAVE HAD THE STEERING RAC REPLACED TWICE. WE ALSO HAVE CONSTANT ALIGNMENT PROBLEMS WHAT WE ARE WONDERING HAS THERE EVER BEEN REPORTS ON THE FRONT SEATS (DRIVERS SEAT) SEPARATING AS THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED 8/3/03 THE WELDING HAS SEPERATED AND THE SUPPORT BAR HAS SN...

WHILE DRIVING AT NORMAL SPEED VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN FRONT COLLISION, AND NEITHER OF THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK

DRIVER SIDE AIR BAG FAILURE. *AK

Mileage: 106,700

THE CONSUMER STATED THE LENSES THAT COVERED THE HEADLIGHTS WERE CLOUDY WHICH RESULTED IN REDUCED VISIBILITY. *AK *CB *NOLAN

Mileage: 34,000

THE BOLT SEPARATED FROM THE GAS TANK.*JB THE CLAMP WHICH HELD THE GAS TANK IN PLACE WAS HANGING DOWN. *TS *JB

Mileage: 59,846

CONSUMER STATES WHILE TRAVELING AT HIGHWAY SPEED VEHICLE SUDDENLY STARTED TO MAKE A WEIRD NOISE. CONSUMER PULLED OVER, POPPED THE HOOD, AND NOTICED THAT ONE OF THE BELTS IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT HAD SHREDDED. CAUSE UNKNOWN. *AK

DEALER HAS REPLACED 3 TIMES THE SERPENTINE BELT SINCE 2001. CONSUMER STATED DEALER MENTIONED IT WAS NORMAL. *AK

TRANSMISSION FAILURE AT 60,400 MILES THAT RESULTED IN HAVING TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION. *AK

Mileage: 60,600

ON MY WIFE'S 1998 DODGE CARAVAN, THE IDLER SERPENTINE BELT TENSIONER ARM COMPLETELY BROKE OFF CAUSING ALOT OF NOISE UNDER THE HOOD, LOSS OF POWER STEERING, AND LOSS OF ALTERNATOR BATTERY RECHARGE. IT ALSO CAUSED SOME DAMAGE TO THE OTHER PULLEYS. I'VE OWNED MANY CARS AND THIS HAS NEVER HAPPENED ON ...

Mileage: 91,929

ON MY WIFE'S 1998 DODGE CARAVAN, THE IDLER SERPENTINE BELT TENSIONER ARM COMPLETELY BROKE OFF CAUSING ALOT OF NOISE UNDER THE HOOD, LOSS OF POWER STEERING, AND LOSS OF ALTERNATOR BATTERY RECHARGE. IT ALSO CAUSED SOME DAMAGE TO THE OTHER PULLEYS. I'VE OWNED MANY CARS AND THIS HAS NEVER HAPPENED ON ...

Mileage: 91,929

NHTS ARECALL 02-V-293-000: ON CERTAIN MINI VANS CLOCKSPRING ASSEMBLY MAY HAVE BEEN WINDED INCORRECTLY DURING VEHICLE ASSEMBLY PROCESS. CONSUMER HAS THE SAME PROBLEM INCLUDING HORN MALFUNCTION. HOWEVER THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT RECALLED DUE TO THE VIN. *AK

Mileage: 55,000

THE CONSUMER NOTICED THE HORN ON THE VEHICLE WAS INOPERATIVE. THE MECHANIC STATED IT WAS DUE TO A FAULTY CLOCK SPRING. THERE WAS A RECALL REGARDING THE ISSUE, HOWEVER THE VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER WAS NOT INCLUDED. *JB THE AIR BAG LIGHT HAD COME ON. *SCC *JB

Mileage: 69,500

WHILE DRIVING IN A HEAVY A RAINSTORM, THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAILED. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK *TS THE WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR WAS REPLACED. *JB

Mileage: 56,944

I HAVE A 1998 DODGE CARAVAN WITH A TRANSMISSION PROBLEM AT 65,000 MILES WITH A COST OF REPAIR AT $2140.00, THE DEALER TELLING ME I HAVE A 15% OFF TOTAL COST TO FIX. AN ACTUAL REPLACEMENT IS A $2600.00, A REBUILT AT THE COST OF 2,140.00. A COMPLAINT HAS BEEN MADE WITH CHRYSLER, WITH NO RESPONSE FRO...

Mileage: 65,000

I HAVE A 1998 DODGE CARAVAN SPORT WITH 57000 MILES. TODAY 7/2/03 THE TRANSMISSION FAILED, IT APPEARS THAT THE CASTING CRACKED DUE TO AN INTERNAL FAILURE. I KNOW OF TWO OTHER OWNERS OF THE SAME YEAR VAN THAT HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. I CONTACTED THE CHRYSLER DISTRICT OFFICE AND WAS TOLD I WAS OUT OF L...

Mileage: 57,500

MAIN BELT KEEPS SLIPPING OFF DEALERSHIP SERVICED IT SEVERAL TIMES. THE BELT FINALLY BROKE IN HALF WHLE DRIVING.*AK

Mileage: 100,000

THE AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED, WHICH CAUSED THE HORN AND CRUISE CONTROL TO BE INOPERATIVE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO STATED THE DRIVERS SIDE FRONTAL AIR BAG HAD TO BE REPAIRED. *NLM. ALSO THE TRANSMISSION DOWN SHIFTED HARD *TS *JB

Mileage: 73,000

THE AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED, WHICH CAUSED THE HORN AND CRUISE CONTROL TO BE INOPERATIVE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO STATED THE DRIVERS SIDE FRONTAL AIR BAG HAD TO BE REPAIRED. *NLM. ALSO THE TRANSMISSION DOWN SHIFTED HARD *TS *JB

Mileage: 73,000

WHEN THE CONSUMER APPLIED THE BRAKES, THE FAILED. THE DRIVER USED THE EMERGENCY BRAKE HANDLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN AUTO BODY SHOP. THE MECHANIC STATED THE BRAKE LINE RUSTED THROUGH. *NLM PH *JB

Mileage: 42,733

THE AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR REPAIRS. UNFORTUNATELY BECAUSE OF THE LAST TWO NUMBERS IN THE VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER, THE VEHICLE WAS NOT APART OF THE RECALL. *NLM *CB *JB

CONSUMER STATES THAT THE LIFTGATE BROKE OFF TWICE WHEN CONSUMER OPENED UP LIFTGATE. DEALER NOTIFIED.*AK

CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO HAVE REQUIRED 00V268000 RECALL REPAIRS DONE ON SEALS ON THE FUEL RAILS AND DEALER REFUSED TO PERFORM REPAIRS.*MR *TT

HEADLIGHT HIGH BEAM WALNUT WORK AT ALL WHEN THE VEHICLE IS TURNED ON. *AK

THE WINDSHIELD WIPER WILL COME ON AND OFF INTERMITTENTLY WHILE TRAVELING IN INCLEMENT WEATHER. *AK

WHILE PASSING A TRACTOR TRAILER ON RT 422 WEST OF POTTSTOWN WITHOUT WARNING MY RMP'S SHOT UP AND I LOST POWER. MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. I PULLED OFF THE SHOULDER OF THE HIGHWAY. THE TRANSMISSION WAS SLIPPING AND NOT SHIFTING CORRECTLY. I WAS ABLE TO GET MY CARAVAN TO QUIGLEY MOTORS WHICH IS TH...

Mileage: 72,000

WHILE PASSING A TRACTOR TRAILER ON RT 422 WEST OF POTTSTOWN WITHOUT WARNING MY RMP'S SHOT UP AND I LOST POWER. MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. I PULLED OFF THE SHOULDER OF THE HIGHWAY. THE TRANSMISSION WAS SLIPPING AND NOT SHIFTING CORRECTLY. I WAS ABLE TO GET MY CARAVAN TO QUIGLEY MOTORS WHICH IS TH...

Mileage: 72,000

RECALL 00V268000; VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE DUE TO ENGINE FUEL RAILS WITH NITROLE RUBBER O-RING SEALS WHICH DEGRADED OVER TIME, RESULTING INTO FUEL LEAKAGE FROM THE UNDERHOOD FUEL INJECTION FUEL RAIL. *AK

1998 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN SPORT (68,000 MILES) DRIVEN ON DRY PAVEMENT ON A CLEAR DAY AT SPEED LIMIT OR BELOW (45MPH ZONE) THREW DIFFERENTIAL PIN THROUGH TRANSMISSION HOUSING, DESTROYING TRANSMISSION. VEHICLE WAS TRANSPORTED TO DEALER AND ASSESSED. REPAIR COST (NEW TRANSMISSION) STATED TO BE $3,445....

Mileage: 68,000

1998 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN SPORT (68,000 MILES) DRIVEN ON DRY PAVEMENT ON A CLEAR DAY AT SPEED LIMIT OR BELOW (45MPH ZONE) THREW DIFFERENTIAL PIN THROUGH TRANSMISSION HOUSING, DESTROYING TRANSMISSION. VEHICLE WAS TRANSPORTED TO DEALER AND ASSESSED. REPAIR COST (NEW TRANSMISSION) STATED TO BE $3,445....

Mileage: 68,000

WHEN STARTING THE VEHICLE, KEYS HAVE TO BE TURNED SEVERAL TIMES IN THE IGNITION BEFORE VEHICLE STARTS. CAUSE UNKNOWN.*AK

Mileage: 78,000

WHILE TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY AND WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING VEHICLE SHUT DOWN DUE TO THE SERPENTINE BELT FALLING OFF. *AK

WHILE TRAVELING IN INCLEMENT WEATHER AND PASSING THROUGH WATER VEHICLE WILL SHUT DOWN AND WILL NOT RESTART DUE TO THE SERPENTINE BELT FALLING OFF. *AK

THE AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE CLOCK SPRING WAS REPLACED BY THE DEALER ON 02/21/2002. PLEASE PROVIDE DETAILS.*AK

VEHICLE'S SUB FRAME CRACKED WHICH CAUSED BRAKES TO HAVE AN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. *TT

ENGINE HEAD GASKET LEAKING COOLANT. *NLM

Mileage: 69,023

THE CLOCK SPRING FAILED PRIOR TO RECALL NOTIFICATION. THE CONSUMER REQUESTED REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE REPAIRS BUT WAS DENIED BECAUSE ALL THE FAULTY COMPONENTS WERE NOT REPLACED/REPAIRED AT THE SAME TIME. *AK *NLM

Mileage: 91,862

CONSUMER STATES VEHICLE'S LEFT FRONT STRUT TOWER IS CRACKED ON TOP. DEALER NOTIFIED. *MR THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THIS WASN'T AN UNUSUAL FAILURE AND WITHOUT REPAIR, THE PROBLEM WILL GET WORSE UNTIL THE SUSPENSION BREAKS. *SCC

Mileage: 67,000

THE CLOCK SPRING WAS BROKEN CAUSING AN OPEN CIRCUIT WHICH CAUSED THE HORN, AND CRUISE CONTROL TO BE INOPERABLE. DEALER SAID VIN NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL.

Mileage: 75,000

THE VEHICLES HEADLIGHT COVERS HAD A THICK FILM OVER THEM WHICH IMPAIRS VISIBILITY. *NLM

Mileage: 89,568

1998 CARAVAN 3.3L ENGINE BELT TENSIONER COMPLETELY BROKE OFF OF ENGINE MOUNT CAUSING LOSS OF USE OF ALL ACCESSORIES DRIVEN BY SERPENTINE BELT. NO PREVIOUS BELT PROBLEMS AS NOTED BY OTHER OWNERS. DEFECTIVE BELT TENSIONER WAS FOUND LAYING LOOSE IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. *NLM

Mileage: 113,711

CONSUMER PAID FOR A REPAIR ON THE SEAT BELT AND LATER FOUND THAT THERE IS A REPAIR AND REQUEST FOR REIMBURSEMENT FOR SEAT BELT REPAIR. DRIVER SIDE REAR SEAT BELT LOCKED. MR *TS

Mileage: 46,175

BOUGHT USED 1998 DODGE CARAVAN IN JUNE 2002 WITH 42K MILES. HEARD NOISE IN ENGINE IN OCTOBER 2002 AND TOOK TO INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. SAID TRANSMISSION WAS BAD. TRANSMISSION WENT OUT WHILE TRAVELING TO WORK IN APRIL 2003. ONLY HAS 59,500 MILES ON IT. *NLM

Mileage: 59,450

THE CLOCK SPRING FAILED ON THE VEHICLE, THERE WAS A RECALL REGARDING THE ISSUE, HOWEVER THE VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. *TS *JB

THE AIR CONDITIONER COMPRESSOR WHICH WAS BROKE AND RUBBED AGAINST THE SERPENTINE BELT CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO CATCH ON FIRE, ALSO THE HEAD GASKETS FAILED. *TS *JB

Mileage: 3,700

THE AIR CONDITIONER COMPRESSOR WHICH WAS BROKE AND RUBBED AGAINST THE SERPENTINE BELT CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO CATCH ON FIRE, ALSO THE HEAD GASKETS FAILED. *TS *JB

Mileage: 3,700

THE SERPENTINE BELT BECAME DISCONNECTED, WHICH CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO LOSE POWER STEERING. *JB

Mileage: 35,000

REAR MAIN SEAL LEAKED, WHICH CAUSED VEHICLE TO USE 3 QUARTS OF OIL PER WEEK. MR...*AK

Mileage: 50,000

WE BOUGHT THE DODGE CARAVAN SE IN 1998. LAST YEAR, WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS AROUND 30,000 MILES, THE CAR WAS STARTING TO HAVE PROBLEM ON SHIFTING. IT SOMETIMES LOCKED ON THE 2ND GEAR AND WOULDN''T GO FASTER. AFTER WE TURNED OFF THE ENGINE AND RESTARTED, IT WAS ALL OK AGAIN. ON FEB 21ST, 2003 WHILE ...

Mileage: 42,500

A HUMMING NOISE COULD BE HEARD FROM THE TRANSMISSION. THE TRANSMISSION ALSO STARTED TO SLIP AND THE VEHICLE WOULD JERK FORWARD WHEN THE GEARS WERE CHANGED. *NLM

Mileage: 186,000

1998 DODGE CARAVAN: (1.)TWICE IN THE PAST TWO YEARS "FLEX PLATE" BETWEEN THE ENGINE AND TRANSMISSION HAS FAILED BREAKING IN THE CENTER IMITATING THE SOUND OF A FAILING MAIN BEARING. UNDER 100,000 MILES. (2.) TRANSMISSION FAILED 100,000 MI., (3.)WIRING HARNESS CAUGHT FIRE WHILE ENGINE RUNNING - DESTR...

1998 DODGE CARAVAN: (1.)TWICE IN THE PAST TWO YEARS "FLEX PLATE" BETWEEN THE ENGINE AND TRANSMISSION HAS FAILED BREAKING IN THE CENTER IMITATING THE SOUND OF A FAILING MAIN BEARING. UNDER 100,000 MILES. (2.) TRANSMISSION FAILED 100,000 MI., (3.)WIRING HARNESS CAUGHT FIRE WHILE ENGINE RUNNING - DESTR...

1998 DODGE CARAVAN: (1.)TWICE IN THE PAST TWO YEARS "FLEX PLATE" BETWEEN THE ENGINE AND TRANSMISSION HAS FAILED BREAKING IN THE CENTER IMITATING THE SOUND OF A FAILING MAIN BEARING. UNDER 100,000 MILES. (2.) TRANSMISSION FAILED 100,000 MI., (3.)WIRING HARNESS CAUGHT FIRE WHILE ENGINE RUNNING - DESTR...

1998 DODGE CARAVAN: (1.)TWICE IN THE PAST TWO YEARS "FLEX PLATE" BETWEEN THE ENGINE AND TRANSMISSION HAS FAILED BREAKING IN THE CENTER IMITATING THE SOUND OF A FAILING MAIN BEARING. UNDER 100,000 MILES. (2.) TRANSMISSION FAILED 100,000 MI., (3.)WIRING HARNESS CAUGHT FIRE WHILE ENGINE RUNNING - DESTR...

I HAVE TO CHANGE MY FRONT BRAKE PADS ABOUT EVERY OTHER MONTH DUE TO THE BRAKES GET TO HOT AND USUALLY THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE BRAKE PAD JUST FALLS OFF WITH NO WARNING AT ALL. I HAVE TAKEN THIS PROBLEM IN TO THE DEALER AND WAS TOLD THAT MY CALIPERS HAD TO BE REPLACED. I WAS VERY HAPPY THAT IT WAS STILL...

Mileage: 74,795

I PURCHASED MY VEHICLE IN 2000. TWO MONTHS LATER MY TRANSMISSION WENT. 16 MONTHS AFTER THAT MY MOTOR WENT. I HAD TO LET MY VEHICLE SIT FOR NINE MONTHS NOT BEING ABLE TO DRIVE IT AND YET STILL MAKING PAYMENTS ON IT BEFORE I COULD AFFORD TO REPLACE TO THE MOTOR. SO 3 WEEKS AGO I HAD THE MOTOR REPLACED...

Mileage: 137,000

I PURCHASED MY VEHICLE IN 2000. TWO MONTHS LATER MY TRANSMISSION WENT. 16 MONTHS AFTER THAT MY MOTOR WENT. I HAD TO LET MY VEHICLE SIT FOR NINE MONTHS NOT BEING ABLE TO DRIVE IT AND YET STILL MAKING PAYMENTS ON IT BEFORE I COULD AFFORD TO REPLACE TO THE MOTOR. SO 3 WEEKS AGO I HAD THE MOTOR REPLACED...

Mileage: 137,000

THE HEAD LIGHTS FLICKERED ON AND OFF.*JB *TS

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AT 60 MPH WHEN I HEARD A LOUD NOISE AND MY CAR SHOOK. I PULLED OVER AND LOOKED FOR A FLAT. THERE WASN'T ONE. MY POWER TRAIN DIFFERENTIAL PIN WENT THROUGH THE CASING RENDERING MY TRANSMISSION USELESS, IT HAD TO BE TOWED TO THE SHOP. THE REPAIR BILL IS $2500 FOR A N...

Mileage: 79,984

THE CLOCK SPRING ASSEMBLY WAS REPLACED. *DT *JB

THE FRONT DOORS WERE TOO HARD TO OPEN AND CLOSE. *JB

THE TRANSMISSION MALFUNCTIONED FOURTH GEAR WHICH CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO LOSE POWER. *JB

Mileage: 82,000

THE AIRBAG SENSOR MALFUNCTIONED CAUSING THE LIGHT TO STAY ON . DEALER SAID VEHICLE NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL.

Mileage: 50,000

FAILED HEAD GASKET WITH ONLY 56,000 MILES ON ENGINE

Mileage: 48,415

AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT COMES ON INTERMITTANTLY. VEHICLE DOESNOT QUALIFY FOR RECALL.

Mileage: 70,000

RADIATOR FAILED MIXING COOLANT AND TRASMISSION FLUID LEADING TO TRANSMISSION FAILURE

Mileage: 98,400

SERPEINTINE BELT LAST 6-9K MILE. A DEALER HAS REPLACED TENSIONER BELTSA CONTINUES PREMATURE FAILURES

CHRYSLER NOT HONORING CLOCKSPRING WARRENTY FOR M 1998 DODGE CHRYSLER MINIVAN

Mileage: 85,450

PRIOR TO RECALL THE CLOCKSPRING WAS REPLACED, HOWEVER DEALER REFUSED TO REFUND CONSUMER, ALSO THE TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED.*JB

PRIOR TO RECALL THE CLOCKSPRING WAS REPLACED, HOWEVER DEALER REFUSED TO REFUND CONSUMER, ALSO THE TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED.*JB

PER CONSUMER THE DEALERSHIP BROWN CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP;DEVINE TX;830-665-6401;HAS NOT HAVE THE PARTS FOR THE RECALL FOR THE AIR BAG CLOCK SPRING 02 V 293 000 FOR OVER A MONTH. TS

CLOCKSPRING FAILED, CAUSING CRUISE CONTROL/HORN, AND AIR BAG TO MALFUNCTION. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.*JB....*AK

CLOCKSPRING FAILED, CAUSING CRUISE CONTROL/HORN, AND AIR BAG TO MALFUNCTION. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.*JB....*AK

CLOCKSPRING FAILED, CAUSING CRUISE CONTROL/HORN, AND AIR BAG TO MALFUNCTION. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.*JB....*AK

AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILURE. EXTENT OF REBUILD/REPAIRS BEING ASSESSED BY BENCHMARK TRANSMISSION, WILMINGTON DE. PROBABLE FAILURE OF SHIFT GOVERNOR DUE TO INTERNAL FAILURE OF PART/PARTS WAS PRELIMINARY DIAGNOSIS OF BRANDYWINE CHRYSLER, WILMINGTON DE AND BENCHMARK TRANSMISSION, WILMINGTON DE. PR...

Mileage: 56,100

CONSUMER STATED THAT WHEN EXITING THE VEHICLE IT WOULD BE HARD FOR THE CONSUMER TO UNLOCK THE DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT AND CONSUMER WILL BE FORCED TO SLIDE OUT. DEALER NOTIFIED. TS *TT

FRONT SEAT BELTS ARE DIFFERENT FROM DRIVER'S SEAT TO PASSENGER'S SEAT. BOTH HAVE TROUBLE GETTING THEM RELEASED, WHEN EXITING VEHICLE SEAT BELT WOULD NOT UNLOCK AND CONSUMER WAS FORCED TO SLIDE OUT. DEALER NOTIFIED. TS...*AK

CONSUMER STATES THAT FUEL IS LEAKING FROM VENT TUBE THAT IS CONNECTED TO THE FUEL TANK. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. TS

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE SEAT BELTS BECAME UNBUCKLED WITHOUT NOTICE. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. TS

CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING AND WITHOUT WARNING THE HEAD GASKET BLEW CAUSING COOLANT FLUID TO LEAK. DEALER NOTIFIED. TS

WHILE APPLYING THE GEAR THE TRANSMISSION WILL SLIP AND WILL NOT MOVE. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION DEALER IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. TS

THE SERPENTINE BELT SLIPS OFF WHEN YOU DRIVE THROUGH WATER. LOSING THE BELT CAUSES DANGEROUS STEERING CHANGES AND STOPS THE WATER PUMP AND ALTERNATOR. THE MOST RECENT TIME THIS HAPPENED I ALMOST LOST CONTROL OF THE CAR AND HAD A NEAR MISS HEAD ON CRASH PROBLEM HAS HAPPENED 5 TIMES ON MY CAR AND TWO ...

Mileage: 45,000

THE TRANSMISSION CAN BE SHIFTED FROM PARK TO DRIVE WITHOUT HAVING FOOT ON BRAKE. ALSO, WHEN SHIFTING INTO DRIVE, INDICATOR NOT REALLY LOCKED IN DRIVE POSITION EVEN IF SHOWN IN DRIVE. THE MECHANIC HAS TO REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION (TWICE) BECAUSE OF DAMAGE DONE WHILE TRYING TO SHIFT PROPERLY. TS

BROUGHT VEHICLE NEW IN AUG 98 AND THE HEATER CORE WOULD CONTINUOUSLY TO BLOW OUT. WOULD BE REPLACED HEATER CORE PART EVERY YEAR. MECHANIC CAN NOT LOCATE CAUSE OF THE DEFECTIVE HEATER CORE PROBLEM. TS

WHILE TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING. THE SURPENTINE BELT FELL OFF THE MOTOR PLEASE FILL N ADDITIONAL INFORMATION DEALER IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. TS

WHILE DRIVING THE CONSUMER HEARD A KNOCKING NOISE AND THE VEHICLE STARTED JERKING THEN STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE PLANETARY GEARS FAILED. *TS *NLM

Mileage: 60,000

I ONLY HAVE 35,000 MILES ON THIS CAR AND OF COURSE THE WARRANTY IS EXPIRED. AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, THE CAR ACTS LIKE IT HAS 135,000 MILES ON IT. THIS HAS ALREADY COST ME OVER $200 TO REPAIR BRAKES BECAUSE OF ROTORS, NOT BAD BRAKES. NOW I NEED $1000 HEAD GASKET WORK. STARTER ONLY SEEMS TO START WHE...

I ONLY HAVE 35,000 MILES ON THIS CAR AND OF COURSE THE WARRANTY IS EXPIRED. AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, THE CAR ACTS LIKE IT HAS 135,000 MILES ON IT. THIS HAS ALREADY COST ME OVER $200 TO REPAIR BRAKES BECAUSE OF ROTORS, NOT BAD BRAKES. NOW I NEED $1000 HEAD GASKET WORK. STARTER ONLY SEEMS TO START WHE...

I ONLY HAVE 35,000 MILES ON THIS CAR AND OF COURSE THE WARRANTY IS EXPIRED. AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, THE CAR ACTS LIKE IT HAS 135,000 MILES ON IT. THIS HAS ALREADY COST ME OVER $200 TO REPAIR BRAKES BECAUSE OF ROTORS, NOT BAD BRAKES. NOW I NEED $1000 HEAD GASKET WORK. STARTER ONLY SEEMS TO START WHE...

I ONLY HAVE 35,000 MILES ON THIS CAR AND OF COURSE THE WARRANTY IS EXPIRED. AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, THE CAR ACTS LIKE IT HAS 135,000 MILES ON IT. THIS HAS ALREADY COST ME OVER $200 TO REPAIR BRAKES BECAUSE OF ROTORS, NOT BAD BRAKES. NOW I NEED $1000 HEAD GASKET WORK. STARTER ONLY SEEMS TO START WHE...

CONSUMER STATED THE TRANSMISSION FAILED, THE MANUFACTURER OFFERED TO REIMBURSE CONSUMER 50% OF THE COST OF THE REPAIR. TS *JB

Mileage: 37,000

CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED ON FLAT SURFACE AND NO WARNING THE STEERING WHEEL WILL LOCK UP AND IT WILL BE HARD FOR THE CONSUMER TO CONTROL THE VEHICLE. DEALER NOTIFIED TS

CONSUMER CALLED COMPLAINING ABOUT HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE SEAT BELTS ON THE BACK. ALSO STATED THAT THEY ARE RIPPEN FROM THE FABRIC AND IS NOW ALSO HAPPENING WITH THE ONES ON FRONT TOO. MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED AT THIS TIME. MR

THE VEHICLE HAD SIGNIFICANT RUST ON STRUT TOWERS, SO MUCH THAT IT WOULD MOT PASS INSPECTION AND SEVERLA MECHANICS EXPRESSED CONCERN ABOUT THE SUSPENSION FALLING OUT OF THE VEHICLE. *YH

CONSUMER RECIEVED A RECALL NOTICE(00V268000) REGARDING THE FUEL RAIL. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO HAVE THE WORK DONE AND WAS INFORMED THE PARTS WEREN'T IN. A SECOND NOTICE WAS SENT, STILL NO PARTS WERE AVAILABLE. THE THIRD NOTICE WAS RECEIVED AND THE VEHICLE STILL HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED FOR THE RECAL...

WHILE DRIVING, THE AIR BAG SENOR LIGHT CAME ON AND STAYED ON ALONG WITH THE HORN BEING INOPERATIVE. DEALERSHIP INDICATED THAT THE CLOCK SPRING WAS DEFECTIVE. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE DETAILS. MR

VEHICLE WAS PARKED. CONSUMER TURNED THE KEYS IN THE IGNITION, A ND VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE. THE FIRE CAME FROM UNDER THE HOOD. THEIR WERE NO PROBLEMS OR WARNINGS PRIOR TO THE FIRE. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE DETAILS. TS *DT

WHILE IN MOTION, CONSUMER PULLED INTO A ROAD SIDE REST AREA AND DISCOVERED THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT WAS ON FIRE. *JG

ON GOING PROBLEM WITH DODGE/CHRYSLER TRANSMISSION. MINE FAILED AT 17,200 MILES AND I BELIEVE CHRYSLER SHOULD PAY FOR THE REPAIRS. DT

CONSUMER STATES THAT WHEN VEHICLE IS PARKED OVERNIGHT, THE HEAD GASKET LEAKS FUEL, CONSUMER ALMOST FELL FROM THE FUEL SPILL. DEALER CONTACTED. TS

CONSUMER STATES THAT THEIR CHILD WAS ABLE TO SWITCH GEARS FROM PARK TO DRIVE WITH VEHICLE TURNED OFF. VEHICLE ROLLED DOWN THE HILL. MR

CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING AND NO WARNING THE CONSUMER CAN STRONGLY SMELL GAS IN THE VEHICLE. DEALER NOTIFIED. MR

CONSUMER STATES THAT THERE IS TO MUCH RUST ON THE STRUT BARS UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE, WHICH COULD EVENTUALLY CAUSE THE SUSPENSION TO FALL DOWN. CONTACTED DEALER PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. MR

CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING ALL THE VEHICLES DASH LIGHTS SUDDENLY ILLUMINATED. CONSUMER STATES THE STEERING WHEEL GOT REALLY HARD TO TURN. TOOK TO DEALER AND THEY STATED THAT THE SERPENTINE BELT HAD FALLEN OFF. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *MR

CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING ALL THE VEHICLES DASH LIGHTS SUDDENLY ILLUMINATED. CONSUMER STATES THE STEERING WHEEL GOT REALLY HARD TO TURN. TOOK TO DEALER AND THEY STATED THAT THE SERPENTINE BELT HAD FALLEN OFF. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *MR

THE RADIATOR FAN RELAY IS INOPERATIVE, A RECALL HAS BEEN ISSUED ON THIS VEHICLE MAKE AND MODEL HOWEVER THIS VEHICLE IS NOT INCLUDE DUE TO VIN. *AK *YH

OUR MECHANIC ALERTED US TO AN ABNORMAL, EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF RUST ON STRUT TOWERS. HE INDICATED THAT THE SUSPENSION WILL FALL OUT IF NOT REPAIRED IN NEAR FUTURE. ADDITIONALLY, HE INDICATED THAT THIS VEHICLE WILL NOT PASS INSPECTION IN ITS PRESENT CONDITION. WE CONTACTED DAIMLER CHRYSLER REGARDING ...

WHILE DRIVING 45MPH ANOTHER CAR HIT CONSUMER'S VEHICLE FROM BEHIND AND AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK

WHILE DRIVING WAS HIT FROM BEHIND BY ANOTHER CAR AND SEAT BELT DID NOT CATCH, CAUSING SERIOUS INJURIES TO DRIVER. *AK

WHIELE DRIVING 25MPH ANOTHER CAR HIT CONSUMER'S VEHICLE FROM BEHIND AND SEAT BELT DID NOT CATCH ,CAUSING SERIOUS INJURIES TO DRIVER. *AK

WHILE SITTING AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT VEHICLE WAS REAR-ENDED CAUSING DRIVER AND PASSENGER SEATS TO SNAP BACKWARDS. VEHICLE SUSTAINED BODY DAMAGES AS WELL. MANUFACTURER NOT YET NOTIFIED. *TT *TS

THE CONSUMER IS STILL HAVING THE PROBLEM AFTER THE RECALL WAS PERFORM ON THE VEHICLE.*JB

WHEN IT RAINS SERPENTINE BELT FELL OFF. CONSUMER LOST POWER BRAKES AND STEERING. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND THEY PUT IN AN IDLER PULLEY. NEXT TIME IT RAINED IN IT FELL OFF AGAIN. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

WHEN IT RAINS SERPENTINE BELT FELL OFF. CONSUMER LOST POWER BRAKES AND STEERING. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND THEY PUT IN AN IDLER PULLEY. NEXT TIME IT RAINED IN IT FELL OFF AGAIN. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

WHEN ON A EXIT RAMP GOING DOWNHILL, BRAKE PEDAL WENT CLEAR TO FLOOR, NO SLOWING. CAR TOTALED TRYING TO SLOW DOWN BY HITTING GUARD RAIL AND DUMP TRUCK. SAFETY CHECK BY AUTO SHOP SAID FAILED MASTER CYCLINDER. TWO OTHER DRIVERS DROVE CAR THAT DAY WITHOUT NOTICING ANY BRAKE PROBLEMS. NO FORWARNING SU...

CONSUMER STATED THE IGNITION SWITCH FAILED.*SCC

TRIM MATERIAL ON THE SEAT BELT IS LOOSENING, AND IS CAUSING IT TO BE INOPERATIVE. DEALER NOTIFIED.*AK

WHILE IN MOTION, THE GLUE HOLDING THE REARVIEW MIRROR IN PLACE WEAKENED. CONSUMER WISHES TO BE REIMBURSED FOR MONIES PAID OUT FOR REPLACEMENT GLUE. *JG *TS

THE EMERGENCY BRAKE DOES NOT CATCH. IT HAS NEVER WORKED PROPERLY. DEALER SAYS IT NEEDS A NEW FOOT PEDAL.

AIR BAG SENSOR LIGHT CAME ON. ALSO, HORN AND CRUISE CONTROL ARE INOPERATIVE.DEALER CONTACTED.*AK

AIR BAG SENSOR LIGHT CAME ON. ALSO, HORN AND CRUISE CONTROL ARE INOPERATIVE.DEALER CONTACTED.*AK

AIR BAG SENSOR LIGHT CAME ON. ALSO, HORN AND CRUISE CONTROL ARE INOPERATIVE.DEALER CONTACTED.*AK

SERPENTINE BELT RIPPED, CAUSING ENGINE TO CUT OFF.*AK

AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATES WHEN TURNING ON CAR.*AK

VEHICLE WAS PARKED WITH KEY IN IGNITION. 2 YEAR OLD CHILD GOT INTO VEHICLE, TURNED THE KEY ONE NOTCH,AND SHIFTED TO REVERSE AND VEHICLE MOVED. BRAKE WAS NOT APPLIED. VEHICLE HIT 2 PARKED VEHICLES, CHILD WAS NOT INJURED. DAMAGE TO VEHICLE WAS $3800.00. *AK

WHILE DRIVING, AIRBAG LIGHT STAYS ON, AND IT CAN BE USELESS IN THE EVENT OF A CRASH. CAUSE UNKNOWN. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK A FAULTY COIL IN THE STEERING WHEEL CAUSED THE AIR BAG LIGHT TO STAY ON AND THE CRUISE CONTROL TO FAIL. *YH

INTERMITTENT POWER STEERING ASSIST FAILURE. ESPECIALLY AT LOW SPEEDS AND TIGHT TURNS, LIKE ENTERING/EXITING PARKING SPOTS.*AK

THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR RECALL REPAIR 00V-268 IN REFERENCE TO THE FUEL RAIL CROSSOVER TUBE O-RINGS, AFTER WAITING AT THE DEALER THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD THAT THERE WERE NO PARTS AVAILABLE FOR THE RECALL AND THEY WERE NOT SURE WHEN PARTS WOULD BE AVAILABLE. NLM

PROBLEM IS WITH A COMPONENT CALLED A "CLOCK SPRING CONNECTOR". IT CONTROLS NOT ONLY THE AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT SYSTEM BUT ALSO CONTROLS THE CRUISE CONTROL AND HORN OPERATION. I HAVE BEEN OUT ON THE INTERNET AND NOTICED THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH ALL DODGE CARAVANS DATED FROM 1994-2000. I HAVE...

PROBLEM IS WITH A COMPONENT CALLED A "CLOCK SPRING CONNECTOR". IT CONTROLS NOT ONLY THE AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT SYSTEM BUT ALSO CONTROLS THE CRUISE CONTROL AND HORN OPERATION. I HAVE BEEN OUT ON THE INTERNET AND NOTICED THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH ALL DODGE CARAVANS DATED FROM 1994-2000. I HAVE...

PROBLEM IS WITH A COMPONENT CALLED A "CLOCK SPRING CONNECTOR". IT CONTROLS NOT ONLY THE AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT SYSTEM BUT ALSO CONTROLS THE CRUISE CONTROL AND HORN OPERATION. I HAVE BEEN OUT ON THE INTERNET AND NOTICED THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH ALL DODGE CARAVANS DATED FROM 1994-2000. I HAVE...

DURING A ROUTINE MAINTENANCE, THE SERPENTINE BELT TENSIONER WAS REPLACED BY THE DEALER. SINCE THEN THE BELT HAS COME OFF THE PULLEY TWICE DUE TO THE WATER GETTING ON THE PULLEY, CAUSING THE BELT TO SLIP. *YH

WHILE TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING THERE WAS A KNOCKING NOISE COMING FROM THE DRIVER SIDE REAR WHEEL. THE DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM.*JB

WHILE DRIVING SMOKE STARTED TO APPEAR IN VEHCLE AND ALL AROUND THE OUTSIDE OF VEHICLE. CONSUMER THOUGHT VEHICLE WAS ON FIRE. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND THEY REPLACED EVAPARATOR SWITHCH. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

AIR BAG SENSOR LIGHT IS SHOWING ACTIVE ON DISPLAY. THIS COULD RESULT IN INAPPROPRIATE AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT OR POSSIBLY NO DEPLOYMENT IN AN ACCIDENT.*AK *SCC

AIR BAG SENSOR LIGHT CAME ON AND STAYED ON, CAUSING HORN AND FLASHERS NOT TO WORK.*AK

AIR BAG SENSOR LIGHT CAME ON AND STAYED ON, CAUSING HORN AND FLASHERS NOT TO WORK.*AK

AIR BAG SENSOR LIGHT CAME ON AND STAYED ON, CAUSING HORN AND FLASHERS NOT TO WORK.*AK

AIR BAG LIGHT COMES ON AND HORN IS NOT WORKING, LEADING CONSUMER TO BELIEVE THAT CLOCK SPRING MATERIAL WAS DEFECTIVE WHEN CONTACTING DEALER. DEALER NOTED THE SAME PROBLEM.*AK

AIR BAG LIGHT COMES ON AND HORN IS NOT WORKING, LEADING CONSUMER TO BELIEVE THAT CLOCK SPRING MATERIAL WAS DEFECTIVE WHEN CONTACTING DEALER. DEALER NOTED THE SAME PROBLEM.*AK

EA 01 007/AIR BAG CLOCKSPRING: AIR BAG LIGHT WOULD REMAIN ON WHILE DRIVING, AND HORN/CRUISE CONTROL ARE INOPERATIVE. DEALER CONTACTED. *AK *JG

06/00 FRONT CARRIER CAME APART, 07/01 TRANSMISSION STOPPED WORKING, DEALER UNABLE TO REPLICATE PROBLEMS, 05/02 COMPLETE FAILURE OF PLANETARY GEAR MECHANSIM. *AK

06/00 FRONT CARRIER CAME APART, 07/01 TRANSMISSION STOPPED WORKING, DEALER UNABLE TO REPLICATE PROBLEMS, 05/02 COMPLETE FAILURE OF PLANETARY GEAR MECHANSIM. *AK

WHILE DRIVING, TRANSMISSION WENT OUT, CAUSING VEHICLE TO STALL.*AK *SLC

VEHICLE BEGAN MAKING WHINING SOUNDS AND STARTED TO SHIFT ERRATICALLY. CONSUMER WAS ADVISED IT NEEDED A REBUILT TRANSMISSION. CONSUMER HAD THE WORK PERFORMED, ONLY TO HAVE IT GO OUT AGAIN. THIS TIME A FACTORY REBUILT TRANSMISSION WAS INSTALLED, WHICH SUBSEQUENTLY FAILED ALSO. A TOTAL OF FOUR (4) ...

THERE IS A LEAK IN THE POWER STEERING PUMP MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO STEER VEHICLE. DEALER HAS INSPECTED VEHICLE. *AK DEALER TO REPLACE POWER STEERING PUMP. *TT

VEHICLE HESITATES AND JERKS BEFORE GOING INTO GEAR. DEALER HAS INSPECTED VEHICLE AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT TRANSMISSION NEEDS TO BE OVERHAULED. *AK PRIOR TO TAKING THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, IT WOULD NOT SHIFT INTO GEAR. THEN IT WOULD JERK INTO GEAR. THE ENGINE LIGHT NEVER ILLUMINATED. THER...

AFTER GETTING INTO VEHICLE AND LOCKING DRIVER AND PASSENGER POWER DOORS, CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO UNLOCK MANUALLY. CONTACTED DEALER.*AK CONSUMER STATED THE DOORS WILL ONLY UNLOCK AND LOCK ELECTRONICALLY, ONCE THE DOORS LOCK WHILE DRIVING, CONSUMER CAN NOT OPEN DOORS WITH HER HANDS OR MANUALLY LIFT U...

SEATBACK BOLTS KEEP GETTING LOOSE FROM JOLTS DUE TO SEATS BEING FLIPPED FOREWARD TO EXIT REAR 3RD ROW SEAT,SEATBACK WILL BECOME UN ERECT AND NOT LATCH IN UPRIGHT POSITION. *AK

WHILE DRIVING 45MPH DRIVER HEARD A LOUD BOOM JUST BEFORE STALLING OUT. DRIVER HAD DIFFICULT TIME STEERING VEHICLE TO THE SIDE OF ROAD. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO MECHANIC. MECHANIC SAID A PIN BROKE INSIDE OF TRANSMISSION, CAUSING IT TO FAIL. OTHER DEALERS STATED THERE WAS NO PROBLEM REGARDING TRANSMISSION...

AIRBAG LIGHT COMES ON INTERMITTENTLY. DEALER DETERMINED CLOCKSPRING ASSEMBLY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. CONSUMER STATES THAT BOTH DEALER AND DAIMLER CHRYSLER REFUSED TO REPLACE THE PART AS A WARRANTY ITEM.(CUSTOMER CARE AT DAIMLER CHRYSLER HAD BECOME VERY BELLIGERANT AND ABUSIVE OVER THE PHONE) PLEASE ...

CONSUMER STATES THE SCREWS THAT HOLD UP THE TAILGATE HAS CRACK.*JB DEALER REPLACED RIGHT AND LEFT REAR HATCH SUPPORT RODS AND BOTH REAR HATCH STRUTS. *TT

FUEL LINE LEADING TO THE FUEL TANK WAS BROKEN AND CAUSING A FUEL LEAKAGE WHILE DRIVING. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

WHEN SITTING IN PARK OR REVERSE CAN HEAR METAL KNOCKING. WHEN TURNING ON AIR CONDITIONING NOISE IS REALLY LOUD. MECHANIC STATED IT WAS FLYWHEEL THAT CAUSING THE NOISE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

THE VAN STARTED ACTING LIKE IS NOT GETRTING GAS ON MARCH 11. IT STALLED AND WOULDN'T START AGAIN SO I HAD IT TOWED TO THE GARAGE BY MY HOUSE. THEY COULD'T FIND THE PROMBLEM. SO I TOOK IT HOME AFTER A WEEK. IT DIID IT AGAIN SO I HAD IT TOWED BACK TO THE GARAGE AND THEY STILL COULDN'T FIND IT. SO I DR...

VEHICLE STARTED LEAKING AND BURNING OIL. TOOK TO DEALER AND DEALER INDICATED HEAD GASKETS WERE BLOWN.*AK

VEHICLE WOULD NOT ENGAGE INTO THIRD GEAR. AFTER VEHICLE WARMS UP IT WILL NOT SHIFT IN AND OUT OF GEAR, STAYS IN SAME GEAR.*AK

WHILE PROCEEDING TO MAKE A TURN, ANOTHER VEHICLE PASSED THE INSURED ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND HIT THE INSURED'S VEHICLE CAUSING IT TO SPIN AROUND, THE SEAT BELT DID NOT ENGAGE AND THE PASSENGER WAS THROWN TO THE FLOOR, THE SEAT BELT WAS STILL AROUND THE PASSENGER WHEN THE VEHICLE CAME TO ...

CLOCKSPRING HAS FAILED RENDERING THE AIRBAGS AND HORN UNUSABLE. THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD AND OTHER YEAR DODGE CARAVAN MINIVANS HAVE BEEN RECALLED. MY DEALER SAID THAT MY YEAR MINIVAN IS NOT PART OF THOSE RECALLED. I BELIEVE THIS SAFETY COMPONENT FAILURE NEEDS TO BE RECALLED BY THE MANUFACTURER AND...

CLOCKSPRING HAS FAILED RENDERING THE AIRBAGS AND HORN UNUSABLE. THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD AND OTHER YEAR DODGE CARAVAN MINIVANS HAVE BEEN RECALLED. MY DEALER SAID THAT MY YEAR MINIVAN IS NOT PART OF THOSE RECALLED. I BELIEVE THIS SAFETY COMPONENT FAILURE NEEDS TO BE RECALLED BY THE MANUFACTURER AND...

WHEN DRIVING VEHICLE WILL HAVE TROUBLE ACCELERATEING, AND THEN WILL SHUT OFF. CONTACTED DEALER, AND THE DEALER CANNOT FIND THE CAUSE. *AK

A CRACK IN EXHAUST MANIFOLD CAUSED FUMES TO COME INTO VEHICLE.*AK DEALER COULD NOT DUPLICATE CONCERN. CUSTOMER STATES VEHICLE JERKS WHEN IN CRUISE. DEALER FOUND NO PROBLEM. *TT

A CRACK IN EXHAUST MANIFOLD CAUSED FUMES TO COME INTO VEHICLE.*AK DEALER COULD NOT DUPLICATE CONCERN. CUSTOMER STATES VEHICLE JERKS WHEN IN CRUISE. DEALER FOUND NO PROBLEM. *TT

ENGINE HEAD GASKET BLEWOUT, CAUSING VEHICLE TO LEAK OIL. *AK CONSUMER STATES THAT THE MANIFOLD WAS CRACKED AND WELDED. *YD

ENGINE HEAD GASKET BLEWOUT, CAUSING VEHICLE TO LEAK OIL. *AK CONSUMER STATES THAT THE MANIFOLD WAS CRACKED AND WELDED. *YD

WHILE TRAVELING 30-40MPH AIR BAG LIGHT WOULD FLASH ON/OFF. THIS HAS HAPPENED FOR A FEW WEEKS. IT FINALLY REMAINED ON, AND HORN ALONG WITH CRUISE CONTROL FAILED TO WORK. DEALERSHIP REPLACED WIRES AND A STICKY CLOCKSPRING UNIT.*AK *TT

TRANSMISSION GEARS CAN BE CHANGED WITHOUT APPLYING BRAKES. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 35MPH PLASTIC SOUND BURIER PATCH CAME LOOSE AND DROPPED INTO REAR OUT SEAT BELT ASSEMBLY, CAUSING SEAT BELT NOT TO WORK. CONTACTED DEALER, RECALL ON THIS PART DOESN'T AFFECT CONSUMER DUE TO VIN. *AK

CONSUMER HAS BEEN HAVING PROBLEM WITH KEY NOT TURNING AFTER IT WAS PUT INTO IGNITION. SHE HAS TO PLAY WITH IT FOR A LONG WHILE.*AK

HEAD GASKET LEAKING OIL AT 60K MILES. MANUFACTURER IS AWARE OF PROBLEM HAS SERVICE BULLETIN ON HEAD GASKET LEAKS. OIL LEAK CAUSING POLLUTION, ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE, MAY RESULT IN ENGINE FAILURE OR FIRE. CHRYSLER WILL NOT REPAIR, ESTIMATES MY COST $300 TO FIX. MANUFACTURING DEFECT. NLM

WHILE DRIVING TRIED TO USE HORN AND THERE WAS NO RESPONSE. AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND DID NOT GO OFF.ALSO, CRUISE CONTROL DID NOT WORK. MANUFACTURER AND DEALER HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED.*AK

WHILE DRIVING TRIED TO USE HORN AND THERE WAS NO RESPONSE. AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND DID NOT GO OFF.ALSO, CRUISE CONTROL DID NOT WORK. MANUFACTURER AND DEALER HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED.*AK

WHILE DRIVING TRIED TO USE HORN AND THERE WAS NO RESPONSE. AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND DID NOT GO OFF.ALSO, CRUISE CONTROL DID NOT WORK. MANUFACTURER AND DEALER HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED.*AK

IN OCT I REAR ENDED ANOTHER CAR AND THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOYAPX SPEED 30-35 , WE GOT THE REAPIRS DONE AND 8 DAYS AFTER I GOT IT BACK THE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED WHICH CAUSED ME TO REAR END ONTHER CAR WHICH CAUSED INJURY TO ME AND ITHERS ASD WELL AS MAJOR DAMAGE TO BOTH VEHICLES. AND FROM WHAT I HAVE HEA...

VEHICLE WAS LEAKING OIL. TOOK VEHICLE TO MECHANIC, AND MECHANIC INDICATED EXTERNAL CYLINDER GASKET WAS GONE. DEALER CONTACTED. *AK CONSUMER STATED THAT THE VAN HAD NUMEROUS PROBLEMS, POWER STEERING LOSS, BACK WHEELS ON FIRE, COMPLETE BRAKE FAILURE AND ENGINE WOULD SEIZE AND STOP. *YH

VEHICLE WAS LEAKING OIL. TOOK VEHICLE TO MECHANIC, AND MECHANIC INDICATED EXTERNAL CYLINDER GASKET WAS GONE. DEALER CONTACTED. *AK CONSUMER STATED THAT THE VAN HAD NUMEROUS PROBLEMS, POWER STEERING LOSS, BACK WHEELS ON FIRE, COMPLETE BRAKE FAILURE AND ENGINE WOULD SEIZE AND STOP. *YH

VEHICLE WAS LEAKING OIL. TOOK VEHICLE TO MECHANIC, AND MECHANIC INDICATED EXTERNAL CYLINDER GASKET WAS GONE. DEALER CONTACTED. *AK CONSUMER STATED THAT THE VAN HAD NUMEROUS PROBLEMS, POWER STEERING LOSS, BACK WHEELS ON FIRE, COMPLETE BRAKE FAILURE AND ENGINE WOULD SEIZE AND STOP. *YH

VEHICLE WAS LEAKING OIL. TOOK VEHICLE TO MECHANIC, AND MECHANIC INDICATED EXTERNAL CYLINDER GASKET WAS GONE. DEALER CONTACTED. *AK CONSUMER STATED THAT THE VAN HAD NUMEROUS PROBLEMS, POWER STEERING LOSS, BACK WHEELS ON FIRE, COMPLETE BRAKE FAILURE AND ENGINE WOULD SEIZE AND STOP. *YH

FAILED TRANSMISSION - AFTER TO TALKING TO SEVERAL DODGE OWNERS IT IS QUITE APPARENT THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THEIR TRANSMISSIONS. OUR FAMILY VEHICLE NORMALLY CARRIES PRECIOUS CARGO OF THREE SMALL CHILDREN. HAVING A VEHICLE WITH A POOR TRANSMISSION AND A COMPANY THAT DOES NOT BELIEVE IN STANDIN...

THERE IS A LEAK UNDER VEHICLE. DRIVER IS CONCERNED THAT THIS MAY CAUSE A FIRE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

I HAVE HAD A RECENT PROBLEM WHERE I JUST THOUGHT THAT THE AIR BAG LIGHT WAS ON. I LATER LEARNED THAT NOT ONLY IS THE AIR BAG LIGHT ON BUT THE AIR BAG WILL NOT DEPLOY IF N ACCIDENT OCCURS. IN ADDITION THE HORN AND CRUISE CONTROL DOES NOT WORK. BY SEARCHING ON THE WEB I HAVE LEARNED FROM THE DEALE...

I HAVE HAD A RECENT PROBLEM WHERE I JUST THOUGHT THAT THE AIR BAG LIGHT WAS ON. I LATER LEARNED THAT NOT ONLY IS THE AIR BAG LIGHT ON BUT THE AIR BAG WILL NOT DEPLOY IF N ACCIDENT OCCURS. IN ADDITION THE HORN AND CRUISE CONTROL DOES NOT WORK. BY SEARCHING ON THE WEB I HAVE LEARNED FROM THE DEALE...

I HAVE HAD A RECENT PROBLEM WHERE I JUST THOUGHT THAT THE AIR BAG LIGHT WAS ON. I LATER LEARNED THAT NOT ONLY IS THE AIR BAG LIGHT ON BUT THE AIR BAG WILL NOT DEPLOY IF N ACCIDENT OCCURS. IN ADDITION THE HORN AND CRUISE CONTROL DOES NOT WORK. BY SEARCHING ON THE WEB I HAVE LEARNED FROM THE DEALE...

AFTER SHIFTING VEHICLE INTO GEAR TO DRIVE VEHICLE WOULD NOT MOVE. DEALER SERVICE TECHNICIAN NOTICED METAL INSIDE TRANSMISSION BROKE. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

MAIN TRANSAXLE SHAFT WENT THROUGH BODY OF TRANSMISSION AND IT WOULD NOT CHANGE GEARS. DEALER CONTACTED. PLEASE ADD VIN. *AK

MAIN TRANSAXLE SHAFT WENT THROUGH BODY OF TRANSMISSION AND IT WOULD NOT CHANGE GEARS. DEALER CONTACTED. PLEASE ADD VIN. *AK

CONSUMER FOUND FUEL IN DRIVEWAY. THOUGHT IT WAS COMING FROM HIS AUTOMOBILE. CONSUMER WAS TOLD BY MECHANIC THAT THERE WAS RECALL OOV268000 ON FUEL LEAKAGE.*AK

AT LEAST A YEAR AGO, MY AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON AND HAS STAYED ON. APPROXIMATELY THE SAME TIME, I BEGAN HAVING PROBLEMS WITH MY CRIUSE CONTROL. IN ADDITION, MY HORN HAS QUIT FUNCTIONING. I CONTACTED A DEALERSHIP, AND THEY STATED IT SOUNDED LIKE THE AIRBAG CLOCKSPRING HAD GONE BAD. THE PART ALONE WA...

AT LEAST A YEAR AGO, MY AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON AND HAS STAYED ON. APPROXIMATELY THE SAME TIME, I BEGAN HAVING PROBLEMS WITH MY CRIUSE CONTROL. IN ADDITION, MY HORN HAS QUIT FUNCTIONING. I CONTACTED A DEALERSHIP, AND THEY STATED IT SOUNDED LIKE THE AIRBAG CLOCKSPRING HAD GONE BAD. THE PART ALONE WA...

AT LEAST A YEAR AGO, MY AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON AND HAS STAYED ON. APPROXIMATELY THE SAME TIME, I BEGAN HAVING PROBLEMS WITH MY CRIUSE CONTROL. IN ADDITION, MY HORN HAS QUIT FUNCTIONING. I CONTACTED A DEALERSHIP, AND THEY STATED IT SOUNDED LIKE THE AIRBAG CLOCKSPRING HAD GONE BAD. THE PART ALONE WA...

ENGINE ASERVICE AND AIR BAG WARNING LIGHTS INDICATE A POTENTIAL SAFETY PROBLEM. DEALERSHIP /MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN UNABLE OR UNWILLING TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM.*AK

ENGINE ASERVICE AND AIR BAG WARNING LIGHTS INDICATE A POTENTIAL SAFETY PROBLEM. DEALERSHIP /MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN UNABLE OR UNWILLING TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM.*AK

THE ENGINE IS LEAKING OIL FROM THE ENGINE DUE TO A BLOWN HEAD GASKET THE DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM.

HEAD GASKET IS LEAKING OIL FROM ENGINE. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK

I AM GETTING IT REPAIRED TODAY AND SAID IT SHOULD BE COVERED UNDER WARRANTY AS IT IS A SAFETY PROBLEM BUT THE SERVICE MANAGER SAID NO. NO SAFETY DEFECT MENTIONED. *AK

THE CONSUMER IS AWARE OF A FAULT IN THE 1996-2000 MINI-VANS, IN THE GAS LINE, AND IS VERY WORRIED ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. (IS AFRAID OF FOR HER FAMILY AND HOME, IF THE VEHICLE CATCH'S FIRE) THE CONSUMER IS ASKING FOR NHTSA FOR HELP IN CORRECTING THE DEFECT-CAMPAIGN#00V-268. *SCC

AS A CONCERNED CITIZEN, WHO HANDLES THE FLEET FOR A STATE AGENCY, I UNHAPPY THAT NOTHING HAS BEEN PUBLISHED FROM THE MANUFACTURED AS RECALLS TO FIX THE PROBLEMS WHICH SEEMS TO HAPPEN AROUND 35,000 MILES OR IF THE VEHICLE HAPPENS TO BE PARKED FOR ANYTIME OVER TWO WEEKS. *AK

AS A CONCERNED CITIZEN, WHO HANDLES THE FLEET FOR A STATE AGENCY, I UNHAPPY THAT NOTHING HAS BEEN PUBLISHED FROM THE MANUFACTURED AS RECALLS TO FIX THE PROBLEMS WHICH SEEMS TO HAPPEN AROUND 35,000 MILES OR IF THE VEHICLE HAPPENS TO BE PARKED FOR ANYTIME OVER TWO WEEKS. *AK

AS A CONCERNED CITIZEN, WHO HANDLES THE FLEET FOR A STATE AGENCY, I UNHAPPY THAT NOTHING HAS BEEN PUBLISHED FROM THE MANUFACTURED AS RECALLS TO FIX THE PROBLEMS WHICH SEEMS TO HAPPEN AROUND 35,000 MILES OR IF THE VEHICLE HAPPENS TO BE PARKED FOR ANYTIME OVER TWO WEEKS. *AK

WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 45MPH ALL OF THE GUAGES AND LITES CAME ON AND THEN IMMEDIATELY WENT OFF. NOTICED ALL OF THIS WHEN A LEFT HAND TURN WAS MADE, RESULTING IM NO CONTROL. NO WARNING LIGHTS CAME ON. SERPENTINE BELT STRETCHED BUT THE BELT TENSIONER WAS ALMOST TOTALLY USELESS.

CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE WARMING UP THE VEHICLE, NINE YEAR OLD DAUGHTER PUT THE VEHICLE IN REVERSE AND CRASHED THE VEHICLE INTO GARAGE DOOR CAUSING PROPERTY DAMAGE, CONSUMERS RESEARCH FOUND THAT THE VEHICLE DOES NOT HAVE A SAFETY FEATURE REQUIRING THE OPERATOR TO DEPRESS THE BRAKE PEDAL IN ORDER T...

CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE WARMING UP THE VEHICLE, NINE YEAR OLD DAUGHTER PUT THE VEHICLE IN REVERSE AND CRASHED THE VEHICLE INTO GARAGE DOOR CAUSING PROPERTY DAMAGE, CONSUMERS RESEARCH FOUND THAT THE VEHICLE DOES NOT HAVE A SAFETY FEATURE REQUIRING THE OPERATOR TO DEPRESS THE BRAKE PEDAL IN ORDER T...

AIBAG LIGHT ILLUMINATES. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND DEALER INDICATED CLOCKSPRING WAS DEFECTIVE.*AK

WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS VEHICLE BEGAN TO STALL. DEALER WAS CONTACTED, INFORMED CONSUMER THAT TRANSMISSION FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

TRANSMISSION FAILED WHILE MY WIFE WAS DRIVING HOME FROM MY DAUGHTERS HOME WHICH IS ABOUT 3 MILES DISTANCE. ON THE WAY HOME THER IS A ONE MILE STRETCH THAT HAS A 50 MILE SPEED LIMIT. MY WIFE SAID THAT THE VAN NEVER GOT OUT OF LOW GEAR ON THAT STRETCH. WHEN SHE GOT HOME ,I IMMEDIATELY WENT AND TOOK TH...

WHILE DRIVING, VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT, CLAIM 22-V563-088. *SLC

WHILE DRIVING, VEHICLE LOST POWER AND MADE A FUNNY NOISE, VEHICLE STOPPED RUNNING AND WHEN CONSUMER LOOKED UNDER THE HOOD THERE WERE FLAMES, BY THE TIME THE FIRE DEPARTMENT GOT TO THE VEHICLE, IT WAS ENGULFED IN FLAMES, CLAIM 08-5050-945. *SLC

WHILE DRIVING, VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT, CLAIM 22-V563-088. *SLC

WHILE DRIVING, VEHICLE LOST POWER AND MADE A FUNNY NOISE, VEHICLE STOPPED RUNNING AND WHEN CONSUMER LOOKED UNDER THE HOOD THERE WERE FLAMES, BY THE TIME THE FIRE DEPARTMENT GOT TO THE VEHICLE, IT WAS ENGULFED IN FLAMES, CLAIM 08-5050-945. *SLC

WHILE VEHICLE WAS INSIDE OF THE DRIVEWAY BACKING OUT TRANSMISSION FLUID WAS LEAKING. *AK

TRANSMISSION FAILURE (LEAK BAD) HIGH RPM. *AK

AIR CONDITIONING CONDENSOR FROZEN. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

VEHICLE EXPERIENCES LOSS OF OIL. VEHICLE TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP DEALER/MANUFACTURER HAVE NOT BEEN NOTIFIED AT THIS TIME. *AK INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP STATED HEAD GASKET SEAL WAS LEAKING OIL SEVERELY. *SLC

SERPENTINE BELT COMES OFF WHEN DRIVING THROUGH DEEP SNOW. BELT HAS BEEN REPLACED 4 TIMES. *AK *YH

AIR BAG LIGHT ON INSTRUMENT PANEL FLICKERS ON AND OFF INTERMITTENTLY. ALSO, HORN HAS FAILED TO OPERATE DURING OPERATION OF VEHICLE. DEALERSHIP HAS YET TO EXAMINE VEHICLE FOR THIS PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION / DOCUMENTATION.*AK

AIR BAG LIGHT ON INSTRUMENT PANEL FLICKERS ON AND OFF INTERMITTENTLY. ALSO, HORN HAS FAILED TO OPERATE DURING OPERATION OF VEHICLE. DEALERSHIP HAS YET TO EXAMINE VEHICLE FOR THIS PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION / DOCUMENTATION.*AK

AIR BAG LIGHT ON INSTRUMENT PANEL FLICKERS ON AND OFF INTERMITTENTLY. ALSO, HORN HAS FAILED TO OPERATE DURING OPERATION OF VEHICLE. DEALERSHIP HAS YET TO EXAMINE VEHICLE FOR THIS PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION / DOCUMENTATION.*AK

SERPINTINE FAN BELT JUMPS OFF PULLEYS WHEN DRIVING THROUGH 3-4 INCHES OF WATER REPLACED BELT DEALER STATED BELT TENSTIONER WAS FAULTY IN 2000 I REPLACED TENSTIONER NOV 2000 IN JUNE 2001 AND NOV2001 BELT JUMPED THE PULLEYS AGAIN EVEN WITH A NEW BELT AND TENSTIONER INSTALLED. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

EMERGENCY PARKING BRAKE WOULD NOT STAY ENGAGED, INTERMITTENTLY WHEN ENGAGED IT WOULD BACK ITSELF OFF OR DISENGAGE COMPLETELY. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THE ORIGINAL PARKING BRAKE ASSEMBLY BROKE AND WAS REPLACED. *YH

TIRE BLEW OUT AT FREEWAY SPEED, TREAD WAS IN GOOD CONDITION, CAUSE UNCLEAR (POSSIBLY PUNCTURE). *AK (TIRESIZE: P215/65R15)

WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, SMELLED SMOKE. THEN, DASHBOARD WENT BLANK. CONSUMER SAW SMOKE COMING FROM EDGE OF HOOD, HE PULLED OVER AND SAW FLAMES FROM UNDERNEATH VEHICLE. VEHICLE AT DEALERSHIP AT THIS TIME. DEALER DETERMINED ABS SYSTEM CAUGHT ON FIRE. DAMAGE UNKNOWN. *AK *YH

WHILE DRIVING CAMSHAFT BEARING BROKE, CAUSING VEHICLE TO COMPLETELY SHUTDOWN, CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

VAN WILL NOT SHIFT INTO REVERSE WHEN FIRST STARTED, NEEDS TO WARM UP FOR AT LEAST 5-10 MINUTES. WAS EVALUATED BY INDEPENDENT GARAGE, NEEDS COMPLETE TRANSMISSION OVERHAUL. WHY DID CHRYSLER'S "GOODWILL" WARRANTY END ON 1997 MODELS? OBVIOUSLY, THEY DID NOT FIX THE TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. A 3.5 YEAR ...

THE RIGHT REAR SEAT BELT RETRACTOR FAILED UNDER WARRANTY AND WAS REPLACED. THEN THE LEFT REAR SEAT BELT RETRACTOR FAILED OUT OF WARRANTY. *AK

DURING JANUARY 2001 THE TRANSMISSION WOULD COMPLETELY SHUT OFF IN MID TRAFFIC OR AT A TURN THEN EITHER STALL OR TURN BACK ON BY ITSELF. WE HAD IT INTO THE DEALERSHIP 3 TIMES BEFORE ENGINE CHECK LIGHT CAME ON AND THEY COULD TELL US WHAT THEY SAY THE PROBLEM WAS : THE EGR VALVE AND SOME KIND OF TRANS...

DURING JANUARY 2001 THE TRANSMISSION WOULD COMPLETELY SHUT OFF IN MID TRAFFIC OR AT A TURN THEN EITHER STALL OR TURN BACK ON BY ITSELF. WE HAD IT INTO THE DEALERSHIP 3 TIMES BEFORE ENGINE CHECK LIGHT CAME ON AND THEY COULD TELL US WHAT THEY SAY THE PROBLEM WAS : THE EGR VALVE AND SOME KIND OF TRANS...

DURING JANUARY 2001 THE TRANSMISSION WOULD COMPLETELY SHUT OFF IN MID TRAFFIC OR AT A TURN THEN EITHER STALL OR TURN BACK ON BY ITSELF. WE HAD IT INTO THE DEALERSHIP 3 TIMES BEFORE ENGINE CHECK LIGHT CAME ON AND THEY COULD TELL US WHAT THEY SAY THE PROBLEM WAS : THE EGR VALVE AND SOME KIND OF TRANS...

THE EVAPORATOR COIL HAD TO BE REPLACED IN THE A/C.*JB

THE CLOCK SPRING THAT CONTROLS THE AIRBAG, CRUISE CONTROL AND HORN FAILS OFTEN.*JB

THE CLOCK SPRING THAT CONTROLS THE AIRBAG, CRUISE CONTROL AND HORN FAILS OFTEN.*JB

WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED PEDAL GOES TO FLOOR, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

MY ACCELERATOR STUCK IN MY 98 DODGE CARAVAN. THE THROTTLE CABLE WAS FRAYED BADLY. THE TOW TRUCK DRIVER MENTIONED HE TOWED ABOUT 50 DODGE CARAVANS IN THE LAST YEAR WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. THE DEALER WHERE WE GOT THE PART HAD "HEARD COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE ACCELERATOR." SINCE THIS VEHICLE IS THE BEST ...

AKIF AN ACCIDENT OCCURS WHERE YOU NEED TO EXIT THE MINIVAN FOR SAFETY REASONS (IE FIRE OR WATER) YOU WOULD BE UNABLE TO GET OUT OF THE VAN. *AK

COMPUTER SCAN DONE TO REVIEAL PROBLEM AT RUSS DARROW CONSIDER IT A SAFETY HAZARD. POSSIBLE EARLY DEPLOYMENT OF FAILURE OF AIR BAGS. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR A BOVE VEHICLE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AIR BAGS DEPLOYED FOR NO REASON AND UNEXPECTEDLY. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND MECHANIC COULD NOT LOCATE CAUSE OF PROBLEM. MANUFACTURER SENT AN INSPECTOR. INSPECTOR INDICATED POSSIBLE CAUSE WAS ACCIDENT FROM LAST YEAR,AND AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY.

TRANSMISSION MALFUNCTIONED WHILE DRIVING 50MPH. DEALER INSPECTED VEHICLE AND WILL REPLACE TRANSMISSION AT CONSUMER'S EXPENSE.*AK

WHILE TRAVELING 60-65 MPH ON THE HIGHWAY ON WET ROAD CONDITIONS TRANSMISSION STALLED. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED FOR PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

WHILE DRIVING CAMSHAFT BEARING BROKE, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

AIR CONDITIONER WAS NOT COOLING . VEHICLE WAS SERVICED BY TECHNICIAN. TECHNICIAN INDICATED THAT AIR CONDITIONING EVAPARTOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.THIS WAS SECOND REPAIR ON AIR CONDITIONER. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

HAVE HEARD NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS PROBLEM, MY DEALERSHIP SAID THAT THEY WOULD GIVE ME A DEAL ON THE REPAIRS THROUGH CHRYSTLER CORP. SOUNDS LIKE CHRYSTLER KNOWS THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM. DEALERSHIP WAS NOT UPFRONT ABOUT ANY PROBLEMS WITH THE VAN. NO SAFETY DEFEC TLISTED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING 70MPH ON HIGHWAY TREAD SEPARATED FROM TIRE ON REAR DRIVER'S SIDE, CAUSING DAMAGE TO VEHICLE.*AK THREE TIRES ALL TOGETHER EXPERIENCED TREAD SEPARATION, P215/65R15, BRIDGESTONE BT70S. *SLC

AIR BAG LIGHT IS ON, CONSUMER STATES SHE HAS NEVER HIT ANYTHING.*YD

CONSUMER STATES HORN IS INOPERATIVE.*YD

HEAD GASKET FAILURE. VEHICLE WELL MAINTAINED, RECORDS AVAILABLE. UNACCEPTABLE FOR MAJOR ENGINE FAILURE (HEAD GASKET) AT RELATIVELY LOW MILAGE. CHRYSLER NEEDS TO RECALL AS MY INDEPENDENT MECHANIC REPORTED THAT HE HAS SEEN THIS PROBLEM WITH THIS TYPE OF ENGINE MANY TIMES ALTHOUGH CHRYLSER MAINTAINS...

CONSUMER WAS GOING TO WORK WHEN VEHICLE EXPERIENCED FIRE IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT, CLAIM 22-V563-088. *SLC

CONSUMER WAS GOING TO WORK WHEN VEHICLE EXPERIENCED FIRE IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT, CLAIM 22-V563-088. *SLC

VEHICLE HAS NO ADJUSTABLE RESTRAINTS. THERE ARE HOLES PLANTED INSIDE OF VEHICLE FOR A HEADREST. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM. *AK THE MIDDLE AND REAR SEATS HAVE NO HEAD RESTRAINTS. *SLC

HORN WOULD NOT BLOW, AND AIRBAG LIGHT IS ON. TOOK TO DEALER, DEALER STATED VEHICLE NEEDED A CLOCK SPRING. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

HORN WOULD NOT BLOW, AND AIRBAG LIGHT IS ON. TOOK TO DEALER, DEALER STATED VEHICLE NEEDED A CLOCK SPRING. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

VEHICLE WAS SET ON CRUISE CONTROL AT 70-72MPH. CONSUMER MADE REST STOP/ GOT BACK ON ROAD RESUMING CRUISE CONTROL,AND IT QUIT WORKING. HORN WOULD NOT WORK EITHER. A DAY IN A HALF BEFORE, AIRBAG LIGHT JUST STAYED ON. CONSUMER HASN'T CONTACTED DEALER. *AK

VEHICLE WAS SET ON CRUISE CONTROL AT 70-72MPH. CONSUMER MADE REST STOP/ GOT BACK ON ROAD RESUMING CRUISE CONTROL,AND IT QUIT WORKING. HORN WOULD NOT WORK EITHER. A DAY IN A HALF BEFORE, AIRBAG LIGHT JUST STAYED ON. CONSUMER HASN'T CONTACTED DEALER. *AK

VEHICLE WAS SET ON CRUISE CONTROL AT 70-72MPH. CONSUMER MADE REST STOP/ GOT BACK ON ROAD RESUMING CRUISE CONTROL,AND IT QUIT WORKING. HORN WOULD NOT WORK EITHER. A DAY IN A HALF BEFORE, AIRBAG LIGHT JUST STAYED ON. CONSUMER HASN'T CONTACTED DEALER. *AK

WINDSHIELD WIPERS TURN ON AND OFF. ALTHOUGH PROBLEM IS INTERMITTENT, THEY DON'T WORK WHEN NEEDED. IF SWITCH IS LEFT ON AND FORGOT THEY START WORKING WITHOUT BEING AWARE THAT THEY WERE LEFT ON. *AK

MY CARAVAN HAS BENCH SEATS THAT DO NOT HAVE HEADRESTS, BUT DO HAVE ATTACHMENT POINTS FOR THE HEADRESTS. I HAVE RECENTLY NOTICED (2 OR 3 WEEKS AGO) THAT MY DAUGHTER'S HEAD EXTENDS ABOVE THE TOP OF THE SEAT. IN THE EVENT OF A COLLISION, HER HEAD WOULD SNAP BACK OVER THE TOP OF THE SEAT. THIS COULD ...

THE SAFETY SEATS IN MY VAN HAVE DEFECTIVE LATCH PLATES! THE LATCH PLATES THAT I'M REFERRING TOO IS THE PLATE THAT IS RIGHT AT THE CHILD'S ARMPIT LEVEL. THIS LATCH PLATE WHEN PULLED ON WILL PULL COMPLETELY APART. I BELIEVE THAT THIS IS UNSAFE FOR MY SON TO RIDE IN. I HAVE READ A LOT ON CHILD SEAT...

TRANSMISSION FAILED WITHOUT WARNING. PARTS WERE SO BADLY DAMAGED THAT NOTHING WAS SALVAGABLE AND A NEW TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE REBUILT. WE HAVE KEPT THE PARTS IF THEY ARE NEEDED FOR AN INVESTIGATION. WE NOTIFIED DODGE WHO SAID THEY WERE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY REPAIRS, AND THAT WE HAVE NO APPEAL TO...

THE GUIDES THAT THE REAR SEAT BELTS RUN THROUGH ARE "MELTING" SO THE REAR SEAT BELTS DO NOT GO THROUGH THE GUIDES AS THEY SHOULD. WE HAVE STOPPED USING THEM BECAUSE THEY WOULD FAIL IN AN ACCIDENT BECAUSE THEY WILL NOT RETRACT SECURELY ON A PASSENGER.*AK

ENGINE WARNING LIGHT WAS ON, AND CONSUMER SAW SOMETHING HANGING FROM UNDER THE CAR, IT WAS SERPENTINE BELT. THEN, THERE WAS NO STEERING OR BRAKING.*AK

ENGINE WARNING LIGHT WAS ON, AND CONSUMER SAW SOMETHING HANGING FROM UNDER THE CAR, IT WAS SERPENTINE BELT. THEN, THERE WAS NO STEERING OR BRAKING.*AK

ENGINE WARNING LIGHT WAS ON, AND CONSUMER SAW SOMETHING HANGING FROM UNDER THE CAR, IT WAS SERPENTINE BELT. THEN, THERE WAS NO STEERING OR BRAKING.*AK

ENGINE WARNING LIGHT WAS ON, AND CONSUMER SAW SOMETHING HANGING FROM UNDER THE CAR, IT WAS SERPENTINE BELT. THEN, THERE WAS NO STEERING OR BRAKING.*AK

VEHICLE WAS REAR ENDED BY ANOTHER VEHICLE. THIS CAUSED DRIVER TO HIT STEERING WHEEL DUE TO LACK OF RESTRAINT SUPPORT FROM SEAT BELT SYSTEM THAT WAS USED.*AK *SLC

FUEL TANK WAS LEAKING WHERE FUEL PUMP WAS ATTACHED TO TANK. DEALER STATED TANK WAS WARPED.*AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING 35-40 MPH AND WITHOUT A COLLISION DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S AIR BAGS DEPLOYED, CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

CONSUMER STATES LEFT FRONT SIDE OF VEHICLE APPEARS TO BE LOWER THAN THE RIGHT AND THE BRAKES WEAR DOWN ONLY ON THE FRONT LEFT SIDE, VEHICLE SKIDDED WHEN BRAKES WERE BEING APPLIED WHICH CAUSED AN ACCIDENT CONSUMER WAS ADVISED FRONT CALIPER, ROTOR AND BRAKE PADS WERE NEEDED BECAUSE THEY WERE WORN, DEA...

CONSUMER STATES LEFT FRONT SIDE OF VEHICLE APPEARS TO BE LOWER THAN THE RIGHT AND THE BRAKES WEAR DOWN ONLY ON THE FRONT LEFT SIDE, VEHICLE SKIDDED WHEN BRAKES WERE BEING APPLIED WHICH CAUSED AN ACCIDENT CONSUMER WAS ADVISED FRONT CALIPER, ROTOR AND BRAKE PADS WERE NEEDED BECAUSE THEY WERE WORN, DEA...

CONSUMER STATES LEFT FRONT SIDE OF VEHICLE APPEARS TO BE LOWER THAN THE RIGHT AND THE BRAKES WEAR DOWN ONLY ON THE FRONT LEFT SIDE, VEHICLE SKIDDED WHEN BRAKES WERE BEING APPLIED WHICH CAUSED AN ACCIDENT CONSUMER WAS ADVISED FRONT CALIPER, ROTOR AND BRAKE PADS WERE NEEDED BECAUSE THEY WERE WORN, DEA...

CONSUMER STATES LEFT FRONT SIDE OF VEHICLE APPEARS TO BE LOWER THAN THE RIGHT AND THE BRAKES WEAR DOWN ONLY ON THE FRONT LEFT SIDE, VEHICLE SKIDDED WHEN BRAKES WERE BEING APPLIED WHICH CAUSED AN ACCIDENT CONSUMER WAS ADVISED FRONT CALIPER, ROTOR AND BRAKE PADS WERE NEEDED BECAUSE THEY WERE WORN, DEA...

CONSUMER STATES LEFT FRONT SIDE OF VEHICLE APPEARS TO BE LOWER THAN THE RIGHT AND THE BRAKES WEAR DOWN ONLY ON THE FRONT LEFT SIDE, VEHICLE SKIDDED WHEN BRAKES WERE BEING APPLIED WHICH CAUSED AN ACCIDENT CONSUMER WAS ADVISED FRONT CALIPER, ROTOR AND BRAKE PADS WERE NEEDED BECAUSE THEY WERE WORN, DEA...

CONSUMER STATES LEFT FRONT SIDE OF VEHICLE APPEARS TO BE LOWER THAN THE RIGHT AND THE BRAKES WEAR DOWN ONLY ON THE FRONT LEFT SIDE, VEHICLE SKIDDED WHEN BRAKES WERE BEING APPLIED WHICH CAUSED AN ACCIDENT CONSUMER WAS ADVISED FRONT CALIPER, ROTOR AND BRAKE PADS WERE NEEDED BECAUSE THEY WERE WORN, DEA...

CONSUMER STATES LEFT FRONT SIDE OF VEHICLE APPEARS TO BE LOWER THAN THE RIGHT AND THE BRAKES WEAR DOWN ONLY ON THE FRONT LEFT SIDE, VEHICLE SKIDDED WHEN BRAKES WERE BEING APPLIED WHICH CAUSED AN ACCIDENT CONSUMER WAS ADVISED FRONT CALIPER, ROTOR AND BRAKE PADS WERE NEEDED BECAUSE THEY WERE WORN, DEA...

CONSUMER STATES LEFT FRONT SIDE OF VEHICLE APPEARS TO BE LOWER THAN THE RIGHT AND THE BRAKES WEAR DOWN ONLY ON THE FRONT LEFT SIDE, VEHICLE SKIDDED WHEN BRAKES WERE BEING APPLIED WHICH CAUSED AN ACCIDENT CONSUMER WAS ADVISED FRONT CALIPER, ROTOR AND BRAKE PADS WERE NEEDED BECAUSE THEY WERE WORN, DEA...

WHILE DRIVING TURNED ON HEATER, BUT THERE WAS NO HEAT. THEN, OPENED FRONT HOOD, AND COOLANT WAS ALL OVER ENGINE. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND THEY SAID THAT HEAD GASKET WAS BLOWN OUT.*AK

ABS PROBLEMS. BRAKES GO OUT EVERY SIX MONTHS ON THE FRONT LEFT SIDE. ROTORS, AND CALIPERS HAVE TO BE REPLACED. WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES THE VAN SKIDS. THIS CONDITION CAUSED A CRASH IN 2/99 AND 2/00. DEALERSHIP IS NOT ABLE TO CORRECT PROBLEM.

AIR BAG LIGHT ON / HORN DOESN'T WORK / CRUISE CONTROL DOESN'T WORK

AIR BAG LIGHT ON / HORN DOESN'T WORK / CRUISE CONTROL DOESN'T WORK

AIR BAG LIGHT ON / HORN DOESN'T WORK / CRUISE CONTROL DOESN'T WORK

ENGINE CHECK LIGHT CAME ON DUE TO GAS CAP FAILURE. *AK

ENGINE CHECK LIGHT CAME ON DUE TO GAS CAP FAILURE. *AK

WHEN PUTTING MY VEHICLE IN PARK I HEARD A HORRIBLE LOUD GRINDING/GROANING NOISE. WHEN I TRIED TO PUT MY CAR BACK IN GEER I HEARD THE SAME NOISE AND MY VEHICLES WHEELS LOCKED UP AND WOULD NOT MOVE FORWARD OR BACKWARD.I HAD IT TOWED AND THE TRANSMISSION SPECIALIST INSPECTED IT AND SHOWED ME THAT THE...

WHEN PUTTING MY VEHICLE IN PARK I HEARD A HORRIBLE LOUD GRINDING/GROANING NOISE. WHEN I TRIED TO PUT MY CAR BACK IN GEER I HEARD THE SAME NOISE AND MY VEHICLES WHEELS LOCKED UP AND WOULD NOT MOVE FORWARD OR BACKWARD.I HAD IT TOWED AND THE TRANSMISSION SPECIALIST INSPECTED IT AND SHOWED ME THAT THE...

WITH THE MINIVAN IN REVERSE GEAR BACKING UP,AT 5MPH FROM A DISTANT OF 100FT AND THEN APPLY BRAKE PEDAL, FAIL TO STOP THE MINIVAN.THE ENGINE PICK UP SPEED,WHILE FOOT IS STILL ON BRAKE AND MINIVAN IS TURN TO LEFT MOVING IN A CIRCLE IN A PARKING AREA CAUSING DAMAGE TO MY MINIVAN AND ANOTHER CAR PARK I...

WITH THE MINIVAN IN REVERSE GEAR BACKING UP,AT 5MPH FROM A DISTANT OF 100FT AND THEN APPLY BRAKE PEDAL, FAIL TO STOP THE MINIVAN.THE ENGINE PICK UP SPEED,WHILE FOOT IS STILL ON BRAKE AND MINIVAN IS TURN TO LEFT MOVING IN A CIRCLE IN A PARKING AREA CAUSING DAMAGE TO MY MINIVAN AND ANOTHER CAR PARK I...

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING 50MPH AND REARENDED A VEHICLE THAT CAME TO SUDDEN STOP. DRIVER'S SEAT COLLAPSED BACKWARDS. UPON IMPACT, AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. DRIVER SUFFERED INJURIES IN BOTH CASES. VEHICLE WAS TOTALED AFTER 12/14/00. *AK

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING 50MPH AND REARENDED A VEHICLE THAT CAME TO SUDDEN STOP. DRIVER'S SEAT COLLAPSED BACKWARDS. UPON IMPACT, AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. DRIVER SUFFERED INJURIES IN BOTH CASES. VEHICLE WAS TOTALED AFTER 12/14/00. *AK

I AM HAVING ALOT OF PROBLEMS WITH MY VAN OVER THE PAST YEAR I HAVE PUT OVER 1500 WORTH OF WORK INTO THIS VAN THEY MADE THE ENGINE TOO SMALL FOR THIS SIZE OF A VAN. I CONTINUE TO HAVE PROBLEM WITH THE ENGINE AND NOW THE TRANSMISSION IS ACTING UP. I HAVE ALREADY REPLACED HEAD GASKET ALL THE MOTOR MOUN...

I AM HAVING ALOT OF PROBLEMS WITH MY VAN OVER THE PAST YEAR I HAVE PUT OVER 1500 WORTH OF WORK INTO THIS VAN THEY MADE THE ENGINE TOO SMALL FOR THIS SIZE OF A VAN. I CONTINUE TO HAVE PROBLEM WITH THE ENGINE AND NOW THE TRANSMISSION IS ACTING UP. I HAVE ALREADY REPLACED HEAD GASKET ALL THE MOTOR MOUN...

I AM HAVING ALOT OF PROBLEMS WITH MY VAN OVER THE PAST YEAR I HAVE PUT OVER 1500 WORTH OF WORK INTO THIS VAN THEY MADE THE ENGINE TOO SMALL FOR THIS SIZE OF A VAN. I CONTINUE TO HAVE PROBLEM WITH THE ENGINE AND NOW THE TRANSMISSION IS ACTING UP. I HAVE ALREADY REPLACED HEAD GASKET ALL THE MOTOR MOUN...

CONSUMER HEARD A GROWLING NOISE WHEN TAKING FOOT OF GAS PEDAL. TRANSMISSION BLEW A QUARTER SIZE HOLE IN IT. ALSO, LOSING OIL*AK

CONSUMER HEARD A GROWLING NOISE WHEN TAKING FOOT OF GAS PEDAL. TRANSMISSION BLEW A QUARTER SIZE HOLE IN IT. ALSO, LOSING OIL*AK

CONSUMER HEARD A GROWLING NOISE WHEN TAKING FOOT OF GAS PEDAL. TRANSMISSION BLEW A QUARTER SIZE HOLE IN IT. ALSO, LOSING OIL*AK

WE HAD TO REPLACE SWAY BAR AND LINK-BARS AND WERE TOLD THAT THIS SEEMED ABNORMAL FOR SUCH A YOUNG CAR AND THAT IT COULD BE A MANUFACTURING DEFECT, HOWEVER DODGE WILL NOT CLAIM ANY RESPONSIBILITY. TOTAL COST TO US WAS $494.30. *AK

ON OCTOBER 6, 2000 I WAS TAKING MY SON TO SCHOOL WHEN I LOST ALL ABILITY TO ACCELERATE. I WAS GOING FAST ENOUGH I WAS ABLE TO COAST INTO THE PARKING LOT. MY VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE WE PURCHASED IT. THEY WERE NOT COOPERATIVE OR FRIENDLY AND WERE UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE MY VEHICLE WITH...

ON OCTOBER 6, 2000 I WAS TAKING MY SON TO SCHOOL WHEN I LOST ALL ABILITY TO ACCELERATE. I WAS GOING FAST ENOUGH I WAS ABLE TO COAST INTO THE PARKING LOT. MY VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE WE PURCHASED IT. THEY WERE NOT COOPERATIVE OR FRIENDLY AND WERE UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE MY VEHICLE WITH...

HAD TO HAVE TRANSMISSION REBUILT AT 58,498 MILES BECAUSE OF "LOTS OF METAL" FOUND IN PAN DURING ROUTINE MAINTENANCE. "FOUND PLANETARY & SUN GEAR AND CARRIER ALL BAD FROM MSUN GEAR BEARING GOING BAD. CLUTCHES WERE ALSO SHOWING SIGNS OF SLIPPING. SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE ABOUT THEIR BAD TRANSMISS...

HAD TO HAVE TRANSMISSION REBUILT AT 58,498 MILES BECAUSE OF "LOTS OF METAL" FOUND IN PAN DURING ROUTINE MAINTENANCE. "FOUND PLANETARY & SUN GEAR AND CARRIER ALL BAD FROM MSUN GEAR BEARING GOING BAD. CLUTCHES WERE ALSO SHOWING SIGNS OF SLIPPING. SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE ABOUT THEIR BAD TRANSMISS...

STEERING GEAR IN THE RACK AND PINION HAS BROKEN TWICE. IT WAS REPLACED AT 9 MONTHS OF OWNER SHIP AND HAS BROKEN AGAIN IN ABOUT THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME SINCE LAST REPLACEMENT. THE FAILURE MAKES IT ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO STEER AT SLOW PARKING LOT SPEEDS AND CAUSES THE VAN TO WANDER ON THE HIGHWAY. DEALE...

EXHAUST MANIFOLD HAS DEVELOPED A HOLE IN IT ON THE RIGHT SIDE. THIS CAUSES EXHAUST GAS TO BE PORTED OUT RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT.*AK

HAVE FLEET OF 85 VEHICLES ALL BREAKING AT SIMILAR LOCATION. NEED INVESTIGATION. *AK

CONTACTED CHRYLSER THEY HAVE AGREED TO PAY 50% OF DAMAGE BUT I WANT TO KNOW WHAT IS GOING TO KEEP THIS FROM HAPPENING AGAIN OR IF IT HAS HAPPENED BEFORE. I WAS PASSING A CAR ON THE TURNER TURNPIKE WHEN I HEARD A POP AND MY TIRES VIBRATED I THOUGHT I HAD HAD A FLAT. SO I PULLED OVER AND LEFT A TRAI...

CONTACTED CHRYLSER THEY HAVE AGREED TO PAY 50% OF DAMAGE BUT I WANT TO KNOW WHAT IS GOING TO KEEP THIS FROM HAPPENING AGAIN OR IF IT HAS HAPPENED BEFORE. I WAS PASSING A CAR ON THE TURNER TURNPIKE WHEN I HEARD A POP AND MY TIRES VIBRATED I THOUGHT I HAD HAD A FLAT. SO I PULLED OVER AND LEFT A TRAI...

WAS TOLD I NEEDED HEAD GASKET REPLACED DUE TO OIL DRIPPING. NO PRIOR PROBLEMS HAVE HAD REGULAR SERVICE CHECK UP AND OIL CHANGES I HAVE CALLED THE MANUFACTURER AND WAS TOLD THERE WERE NO RECALLS AS A RESULT. I DID FIND ANOTHER COMPLAINT OF SIMILAR SITUATION ON ALLPAR.COM . THIS SEEMS TOO EARLY FOR S...

WHILE ON INTERSTATE HEARD A CRACK. CONSUMER LOOKED OUT REAR VIEW AND SAW SMOKE. PULLED OVER, AND LOOKED UNDER CAR AND SAW TRANSMISSION FLUID POURING OUT. *AK

CONSUMER HAD SEEN OIL ON GROUND COMING FROM VEHICLE. HAD TAKEN VEHICLE FOR REPAIRS, AND TECHNICIAN SAID THAT OIL WAS COMING AROUND ENGINE. HEAD GASKET WAS REPLACED ONCE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING COULD STEP ON THE BRAKES PEDAL AND VEHICLE WILL START SHAKING WITHOUT A NOTICE OF BRAKES WORKING. *AK IN LOW IDLE WITH BRAKES ON, VEHICLE START SHAKING AS IF IT WOULD DIE (ENGINE SHUT OFF). *YH

WHILE DRIVING COULD STEP ON THE BRAKES PEDAL AND VEHICLE WILL START SHAKING WITHOUT A NOTICE OF BRAKES WORKING. *AK IN LOW IDLE WITH BRAKES ON, VEHICLE START SHAKING AS IF IT WOULD DIE (ENGINE SHUT OFF). *YH

WE BOUGHT THIS VAN IN JANUARARY 1, 2000 WE HAVE HAD THIS VAN FOR A YEAR NOW AND HAVE HAD THE BRAKES DONE ON IT 8 TIMES. THE BRAKES GET SO HOT THAT IT MELTS THE VALVE STEMS. ALSO WHEN WE BOUGHT THIS VAN THE YELLOW LIGHTS ON THE FRONT DASH FOR THE REAR WINDOW WIPER AND THE OTHER LIGHTS SURROUNDING T...

WE BOUGHT THIS VAN IN JANUARARY 1, 2000 WE HAVE HAD THIS VAN FOR A YEAR NOW AND HAVE HAD THE BRAKES DONE ON IT 8 TIMES. THE BRAKES GET SO HOT THAT IT MELTS THE VALVE STEMS. ALSO WHEN WE BOUGHT THIS VAN THE YELLOW LIGHTS ON THE FRONT DASH FOR THE REAR WINDOW WIPER AND THE OTHER LIGHTS SURROUNDING T...

WHILE DRIVING DEFECTIVE TIMING BELT AND IDLER ARM BROKE WHICH CAUSE VEHICLE TO STALL UNEXPECTEDLY, ALMOST CAUSING A CRASH. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

WHILE DRIVING DEFECTIVE TIMING BELT AND IDLER ARM BROKE WHICH CAUSE VEHICLE TO STALL UNEXPECTEDLY, ALMOST CAUSING A CRASH. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

DEFECTIVE ENGINE HEAD GASKET CAUSED ENGINE LEAK. *AK

CONSUMER HAD NOTICED THAT TIRES STARTED SEPARATING, AND WOULD LIKE TO REPLACE THEM. THESE TIRES WERE NOT UNDER RECALL, BUT CONSUMER WAS CONCERNED FOR SAFETY. MICHELIN, TOURING, 215/65R16. *AK

MANY PEOPLE I HAVE SPOKEN WITH, INCLUDING THE EMPLOYEES AT KENNEDY TRANSMISSION, HAVE SAID THESE TRANSMISSION HAVE A REPUTATION OF GOING OUT AROUND 60-70,000 MILES. OUR DIFFERENTIAL WAS ALSO DAMAGED. THE PARTS NEEDED FOR THIS REPAIR, I WAS TOLD, IS ON A NATIONAL BACKORDER BECAUSE THIS IS SUCH A COMM...

MANY PEOPLE I HAVE SPOKEN WITH, INCLUDING THE EMPLOYEES AT KENNEDY TRANSMISSION, HAVE SAID THESE TRANSMISSION HAVE A REPUTATION OF GOING OUT AROUND 60-70,000 MILES. OUR DIFFERENTIAL WAS ALSO DAMAGED. THE PARTS NEEDED FOR THIS REPAIR, I WAS TOLD, IS ON A NATIONAL BACKORDER BECAUSE THIS IS SUCH A COMM...

TRANSMISSION PREMATURLY FAILED WHILE DRIVING THROUGH INTERSECTION. CAUSE UNKNOWN. *AK THE TRANSMISSION DRIVE WORKS BUT CONSTANTLY SLIPS IN AND OUT OF GEAR. *YH

REAR DOOR INDICATOR LIGHT WAS STAYING ON DURING TRAVELING, CAUSING OVERHEAD LIGHT TO STAY ON . *AK THE PROBLEM HAS TO DO POSSILY WITH THE LATCH. JUST HAVE TO KEEP RESLAMMING THE DOOR DOWN TO TURN OFF THE LIGHTS. *YH

VEHICLE LOST POWER AND MADE A FUNNY NOISE, THEN STALLED COMPLETELY, CONSUMER LOOKED UNDER THE HOOD AND VEHICLE EXPERIENCED FIRE IN ENGINE COMPARTMENT, CLAIM 08-5050-945. *SLC

VEHICLE LOST POWER AND MADE A FUNNY NOISE, THEN STALLED COMPLETELY, CONSUMER LOOKED UNDER THE HOOD AND VEHICLE EXPERIENCED FIRE IN ENGINE COMPARTMENT, CLAIM 08-5050-945. *SLC

WHEN DRIVING SERPENTINE BELT WOULD KEEP COMING OFF. THIS HAPPENED WHETHER IT WAS WET OR DRY. WENT TO DEALERSHIP 3 TIMES & WAS INFORMED A FLAW IN DESIGN OF BELT. HAD BELT REPLACED 5 TIMES & HAD BEEN SHREDDED 5 TIMES. *AK

ENGINE COOLANT LEAK NOTED FROM FRONT OF VEHICLE. DEALER PERFORMED COOLING SYTEM PRESSURE TEST. DIAGNOSED REAR HEAD GASKET AS FAULTY. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

CONSUMER WAS HAVING TROUBLE WITH TRANSMISSION. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND DEALER CHECKED IT OUT. CURRENTLY, VEHICLE IS NOT DRIVEABLE. *AK THE DEALER INDICATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION SHOULD BE REPLACED. *YH

UNCONTROL RANDOM RAPID ACCELERATION WHILE STOPPING. WAS ABLE TO STOP VEHICLE IF TURNED OFF THE ENGINE WITH IGNITION. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

CONSUMER WAS CHECKING GOODYEAR EAGLE TIRES, P215/65R15, AND NOTICED TREAD WAS STARTING TO SEPARATE, GOODYEAR REPLACED BOTH FRONT TIRES, HOWEVER BOTH REAR TIRES CONSUMER WAS CHARGED FOR EVEN THOUGH THEY TOO SHOWED SIGNS OF TREAD SEPARATION. *SLC

SOME PART OF THE TURN SIGNAL MECHANISM BROKE INSIDE THE STEERING COLUMN. EVIDENTLY, A BROKEN PIECE MOVED INTO SUCH A POSITION AS TO JAM THE STEERING SHAFT. THIS OCCURRED DURING A LEFT TURN AT A CONTROLLED INTERSECTION FROM A STOP. THE STEERING JAMMED IN A LEFT TURN POSITION GIVING THE FEELING TO ...

SOME PART OF THE TURN SIGNAL MECHANISM BROKE INSIDE THE STEERING COLUMN. EVIDENTLY, A BROKEN PIECE MOVED INTO SUCH A POSITION AS TO JAM THE STEERING SHAFT. THIS OCCURRED DURING A LEFT TURN AT A CONTROLLED INTERSECTION FROM A STOP. THE STEERING JAMMED IN A LEFT TURN POSITION GIVING THE FEELING TO ...

WHILE DRIVING ON INTERSTATE AT 55 MPH VEHCILE WOULD NOT STOP ACCELERATING, EVEN WITH FOOT OFF GAS PEDAL, VEHCILE KEPT ACCELERATING. TOOK VEHICLE TO MECHANIC, AND HE SAID THAT OPEN PORTION ON ACCELERATOR CABLE WAS EXPOSED. ONE OF THEM WERE IN A BIND WHICH CAUSED IT TO WEAR, AND WORN ACCELERATOR WON...

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOV EVEHICLE. *AK

WHILE TRAVELING AT 35 MPH CONSUMER WAS HIT FROM BEHIND BY ANOTHER VEHICLE. DRIVER'S SEAT COLLAPSED, CAUSING CONSUMER TO LAY DOWN WHILE STILL TRAVELING. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

BELTS IN THE TIRE SLIPPED RESULTING IN TIRE FAILURE (DOT NUMBER: M6VFHKOR12 TIRESIZE: 215/65R15)

WHILE TRAVELING AT 25-30 MPH, VEHICLE APPEARED TO BE DRIVING ROUGH. PULLED VEHICLE OVER, AND NOTICED BOTH RIGHT AND LEFT FRONT TIRES SHOWED SIGNS OF TREAD SEPARATION ON A 1998 DODGE, CARAVAN, ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT, P215/65R15, GOODYEAR CONQUEST WAS NOT CONTACTED AT THIS TIME. *AK DOT#4BVFHKDR317. *...

SERPENTINE BELT CAME OFF WHILE DRIVING DURING A RAIN STORM, CAUSING LOSS OF POWER STEERING/BRAKES AND LIGHTS. APPARENTLY, MANUFACTURER SENT OUT TSB WHICH STATED SERPENTINE BELT WILL SLIP OFF WHEN IT GETS WET.PLEASE PROVIDE FURTEHR INFORMATION.*AK

MICHELIN MX4 ALL SEASON TIRES (P215 65 R16) EXPERIENCED TREAD SEPARATION, CAUSING VEHICLE TO VIBRATE AND SHAKE. *SLC

DEFECTIVE BRAKE ROTORS WERESEVERLY CORRODED CAUSED EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE WHICH COULD RESULT N A CRASH. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

THE ORIGINAL MICHELIN MX4 ALL SEASON 215/65/R16 TIRES WERE EXPERIENCING TREAD SEPARATION CAUSING VIBRATION WHILE DRIVING, CONSUMER REPLACED ALL FOUR TIRES. *MJS

SERPENTINE BELT FAILED FOR THE 4TH TIME WHILE DRIVING. HAD HEARD A FUNNY NOISE PRIOR TO NO STEERING. THIS CAUSED A LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL. FIRST 2 TIMES WAS AT 35MPH. 2ND 2 TIMES WAS WHILE STARTING VEHICLE. BEEN TO DEALER EACH TIME TO HAVE BELT REPLACED.*AK POWER STEERING, WATER PUM, ALTERNATOR ...

SERPENTINE BELT FAILED FOR THE 4TH TIME WHILE DRIVING. HAD HEARD A FUNNY NOISE PRIOR TO NO STEERING. THIS CAUSED A LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL. FIRST 2 TIMES WAS AT 35MPH. 2ND 2 TIMES WAS WHILE STARTING VEHICLE. BEEN TO DEALER EACH TIME TO HAVE BELT REPLACED.*AK POWER STEERING, WATER PUM, ALTERNATOR ...

SERPENTINE BELT FAILED FOR THE 4TH TIME WHILE DRIVING. HAD HEARD A FUNNY NOISE PRIOR TO NO STEERING. THIS CAUSED A LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL. FIRST 2 TIMES WAS AT 35MPH. 2ND 2 TIMES WAS WHILE STARTING VEHICLE. BEEN TO DEALER EACH TIME TO HAVE BELT REPLACED.*AK POWER STEERING, WATER PUM, ALTERNATOR ...

SERPENTINE BELT FAILED FOR THE 4TH TIME WHILE DRIVING. HAD HEARD A FUNNY NOISE PRIOR TO NO STEERING. THIS CAUSED A LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL. FIRST 2 TIMES WAS AT 35MPH. 2ND 2 TIMES WAS WHILE STARTING VEHICLE. BEEN TO DEALER EACH TIME TO HAVE BELT REPLACED.*AK POWER STEERING, WATER PUM, ALTERNATOR ...

SERPENTINE BELT FAILED FOR THE 4TH TIME WHILE DRIVING. HAD HEARD A FUNNY NOISE PRIOR TO NO STEERING. THIS CAUSED A LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL. FIRST 2 TIMES WAS AT 35MPH. 2ND 2 TIMES WAS WHILE STARTING VEHICLE. BEEN TO DEALER EACH TIME TO HAVE BELT REPLACED.*AK POWER STEERING, WATER PUM, ALTERNATOR ...

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

AFTER BACKING THE CAR OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY I HEAR A CLUNKING NOISE, PUT THE CAR INTO DRIVE AND IT WILL NOT MOVE. ONLY AFTER RESTARTING THE ENGINE AND THEN PUTTING IT INTO 2ND GEAR COULD WE MOVE THE CAR OUT OF THE STREET. *AK

LOSS OF CONTROL WHILE ATTEMPTING TO TURN CAUSED VEHICLE TO VEER INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC. VEHICLE TOWED TO DEALER, AND INFOMED CONSUMER THAT PROBLEM WAS DUE TO STEERING BELT TENSIONER NEEDING REPLACEMENT. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS ON THIS MATTER. *AK

WHILE DRIVING THE TRANSMISSION FAILED, THE PIN WENT TROUGH THE CASE AND CAUSED THE FRONT END TO LOCK UP AND THE VAN WENT SKIDDING DOWN THE ROAD I HAD NO STEERING THE GEARS WERE ON THE ROAD SURFACE. THIS HAPPEND A SECOND TIME WITH THE TRANSMISSION THAT WAS PUT IN AT 61000. MILES. I AM CURRENTLY ON MY...

WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH VEHICLE STARTS TO SHIMMEY. IF DRIVER TAKES HAND OFF THE STEERING WHEEL IT WILL SHAKE BACK AND FORTH.*AK

WHILE DRIVING CONSUMER TRIED TO PUT ON BRAKES AND FOOT WENT TO THE FLOOR. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND THEY REPLACED MASTER CYLINDER ON 03 JUL 2000. MASTER CYCINDER FAILED AGAIN,AND CONSUMER HAD KNOW BRAKES. THEN, AGAIN ON OCT 7TH THE SAME PROBLEM OCCURRED, CONSUMER FELT THIS VEHICLE WAS UNSAFE...

WHILE DRIVING CONSUMER TRIED TO PUT ON BRAKES AND FOOT WENT TO THE FLOOR. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND THEY REPLACED MASTER CYLINDER ON 03 JUL 2000. MASTER CYCINDER FAILED AGAIN,AND CONSUMER HAD KNOW BRAKES. THEN, AGAIN ON OCT 7TH THE SAME PROBLEM OCCURRED, CONSUMER FELT THIS VEHICLE WAS UNSAFE...

THE PLASTIC CAP THAT SEALS THE GASKET SEALING THE FUEL PUMP IN THE TOP OF THE GAS TANK POPPED OFF AND GASOLINE WAS PUMPED OUT ALL OVER THE INSIDE OF THE ENGINE AND POURED OUT ALL OVER THE HIGHWAY LEADING TO EMPTYING OF THE GAS TANK AND MAJOR RISK ON THE HIGHWAY. THERE WERE NO HOLES IN THE GAS TANK ...

THE PLASTIC CAP THAT SEALS THE GASKET SEALING THE FUEL PUMP IN THE TOP OF THE GAS TANK POPPED OFF AND GASOLINE WAS PUMPED OUT ALL OVER THE INSIDE OF THE ENGINE AND POURED OUT ALL OVER THE HIGHWAY LEADING TO EMPTYING OF THE GAS TANK AND MAJOR RISK ON THE HIGHWAY. THERE WERE NO HOLES IN THE GAS TANK ...

WHEN PUT IN PARK VEHICLE ACCELERATED FORWARD SUDDENLY AND UNEXPECTEDLY, RESULTING IN A COLLISION . DEALER INSPECTED VEHICLE, AND WAS NOT ABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *AK

THE RECIRCULATING LIGHT AND THE A/C LIGHT ARE CONSTANTLY FLASHING.

SERPENTINE BELT FELL OFF 3 TIMES DUE TO SNOW AND RAIN SPLASHING UPON THE ENGINE RESULTING IN POWER STEERING TO FAIL AND ENGINE OVER HEATED. *YH

AIR CONDITIONER STARTED TO NOT COOL THE AIR. TOOK IT TO GOODYEAR (GEMINI) DEALER IN WADSWORTH, OH WHO CHARGED THE UNIT AND ADDED DYE TO PINPOINT THE COOLANT LOSS POINT. ON RETURN THEY INFORMED ME IT WAS THE EVAPORATOR WHICH BY INFERENCE FROM THEIR COMMENTS IS QUITE COMMON. COST WAS $742.00 PLUS THE ...

I'VE HAD A HALF DOZEN CUSTOMERS' CARAVANS WITH GOODYEAR CONQUEST TIRES THAT I'VE CAUGHT IN TIME TO AVOID ANY BLOWOUTS. THESE TIRES ARE SLIPPING BELTS, AND THE TREADS ARE SEPARATING. THE WORST CASE WAS ONE 1998 CARAVAN WITH 35K MILES, AND 3 OF 4 TIRES WERE ABOUT TO LET GO.(STEEL BELTS BREAKING THRO...

SERPENTINE BELT CAME OFF DURING A 25 MPH TURN. BELT THEN WRAPPED ITSELF UP IN A/C PULLEY. LOSS OF POWER STEERING AND ALTERNATOR ENSUED. I'VE HAD THIS VEHICLE IN THE SHOP NOW 3 TIMES FOR ALTERNATOR OR BELT PROBLEMS - THEY WERE NOT AWARE OF TSB AFFECTING THE SERPENTINE BELT. *AK

SERPENTINE BELT CAME OFF DURING A 25 MPH TURN. BELT THEN WRAPPED ITSELF UP IN A/C PULLEY. LOSS OF POWER STEERING AND ALTERNATOR ENSUED. I'VE HAD THIS VEHICLE IN THE SHOP NOW 3 TIMES FOR ALTERNATOR OR BELT PROBLEMS - THEY WERE NOT AWARE OF TSB AFFECTING THE SERPENTINE BELT. *AK

FUEL WAS POURING OUT FROM VEHICLE WHEN TANK WAS FIRST BEING FILLED WITH GASOLINE. DEALER HAS REPLACED O-RING 2 TIMES/ A FILLER TUBE AND GAS TANK ONCE WITHIN 2 YEARS. A PRIVATE REPAIR SHOP ALSO REPLACED O-RING ONCE, BUT DEFECT KEEPS OCCURRING.*AK

FUEL WAS POURING OUT FROM VEHICLE WHEN TANK WAS FIRST BEING FILLED WITH GASOLINE. DEALER HAS REPLACED O-RING 2 TIMES/ A FILLER TUBE AND GAS TANK ONCE WITHIN 2 YEARS. A PRIVATE REPAIR SHOP ALSO REPLACED O-RING ONCE, BUT DEFECT KEEPS OCCURRING.*AK

TRANSMISSION LEAKS

WINDSHIELD WIPERS BECOME INOPERABLE IN RAINY WEATHER CONDITIONS DUE TO A MALFUNCTION IN THE WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR, AND THE MULTI- FUNCTION SWITCH. *AK

WINDSHIELD WIPERS BECOME INOPERABLE IN RAINY WEATHER CONDITIONS DUE TO A MALFUNCTION IN THE WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR, AND THE MULTI- FUNCTION SWITCH. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT HIGH SPEED EXTREME VIBRATION OCCURS IN FRONT END OF VEHICLE. CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE STALLS UNEXPECTEDLY WHICH MAY RESULT IN A CRASH. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

BRAKE ROTOR RUSTED AND CAUSED BRAKE FAILURE. NO ACCIDENT RESULTED. DEALER CLAIMS THAT IT IS NOT AN ITEM WHICH IS COVERED BY WARRANTY. I AM APPEALING TO CHRYSLER AS THIS HAS BEEN A PROBLEM IN THE PAST. NHTSA ISSUED A RECALL ON EARLIER CHRYSLER VEHICLES FOR BRAKE ROTOR CORROSION. RECALL NO. 98V00...

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP/DIED DUE TO COOLANT AND TRANSMISSION FLUID MIXING TOGETHER IN RADIATOR, AND CAUSING TRANSMISSION FAILURE. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER, TRANSMISSION SPECIALIST HAS REPLACED TRANSMISSION AND RADIATOR. *AK *ML

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP/DIED DUE TO COOLANT AND TRANSMISSION FLUID MIXING TOGETHER IN RADIATOR, AND CAUSING TRANSMISSION FAILURE. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER, TRANSMISSION SPECIALIST HAS REPLACED TRANSMISSION AND RADIATOR. *AK *ML

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

THIS IS THE FOURTH TIME THE SERPENTINE BELT HAS SHREADED APART. THE FIRST TIME WAS AT APPROXIMATELY 20,000 MILES. WHEN THE BELT GOES THERE IS, OF COURSE, NO POWER STEERING (WHICH SERIOUSLY AFFECTS THE HANDLING, NO POWER BRAKES (WHICH AFFECTS THE STOPPING) AND THE WATER PUMP DOS NOT WORK (CAUSING T...

THE SHOULDER BELT CLIP FOR CHILD SAFETY SEAT WHICH IS BUILT IN CAR IS DEFECTIVE. YH

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 40MPH ON THE HIGHWAY. AND SLIDING DOOR ON PASSENGER'S SIDE CAME OPEN. ALSO, THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS WORK INTERMITTENTLY.*AK

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 40MPH ON THE HIGHWAY. AND SLIDING DOOR ON PASSENGER'S SIDE CAME OPEN. ALSO, THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS WORK INTERMITTENTLY.*AK

DURING VEHCILE COLLISION NO DEPLOYMENT OF BOTH FRONTAL AIR BAGS, RESULTING IN INJURIES (BACK AND HAND). *MJS

ANYTIME BRAKES ARE APPPLIED SUDDENLY OR IN SLIPPERY WEATHER CONDITIONS, VEHICLE WILL SHAKE & MAKE A LOUD GRINDING NOISE. DEALER WILL BE CONTACTED. *AK

ANYTIME BRAKES ARE APPPLIED SUDDENLY OR IN SLIPPERY WEATHER CONDITIONS, VEHICLE WILL SHAKE & MAKE A LOUD GRINDING NOISE. DEALER WILL BE CONTACTED. *AK

MY HUSBAND REAR ENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE BETWEEN 40 - 45 MPH AND MY AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. I AM CONCERNED THAT IF I HAD BEEN DRIVING I WOULD HAVE HIT THE STEERING COLUMN AS I DRIVE CLOSER TO THE WHEEL. I HAVE SPOKEN WITH NUMEROUS PEOPLE WHO ALL STATE THAT AT THE SPEED HE WAS GOING THE BAG SHOULD HAV...

WINDSHIELD WIPERS WOULD OPERATE WHILE IN OFF MODE. DEALER NOTIFIED. PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

WINDSHIELD WIPERS WORK INTERMITTENTLY WHEN RAINING. NO RECALL . DEALER HAS NO REMEDY, AND IS DOING ALOT OF GUESSING WORK. *AK

ENGINE CHECK LIGHT HAS ILLUMINATED ON THE DASH. ALSO, COMPUTERIZED TRANSMISSION IS LOCKED INTO SECOND GEAR. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER. FOUND BROKEN WIRE IN THE HARNESS THAT CONNECTS THE TRANSMISSION COMPUTER TO THE MAIN COMPUTER. BREAK IN HARNESS IN DASH-FIREWALL. *AK.ET.

ENGINE CHECK LIGHT HAS ILLUMINATED ON THE DASH. ALSO, COMPUTERIZED TRANSMISSION IS LOCKED INTO SECOND GEAR. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER. FOUND BROKEN WIRE IN THE HARNESS THAT CONNECTS THE TRANSMISSION COMPUTER TO THE MAIN COMPUTER. BREAK IN HARNESS IN DASH-FIREWALL. *AK.ET.

CAR IS NOT EQUIPPED WITH WITH BRAKE/SHIFT LOCK AND OUR 3.5 YEAR OLD SON WAS ABLE TO SNEAK INTO THE CAR, START IT, AND PUT IN IN DRIVE, DROVE FORWARD INTO A DITCH. NO ONE INJURED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AND WITHOUT ANY WARNING A FIRE STARTED UNDERNEATH THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. WILL BE TAKING VEHICLE TO THE DEALER. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING. THE SECOND TIME WHEN VEHICLE WAS PARKED, IT DID NOT START. *AK

BOTH AIR BAGS INADVERTENTLY DEPLOYED WHILE TRAVELING AT 25 MPH OR LESS. NO BUMP/ POTHOLE, OR MANHOLE PLATE WAS RAN OVER AT THE TIME. DEALER/MANUFACTURER NOTIFIED. *AK

VEHICLE WAS HIT ON LEFT FRONT AND RIGHT FRONT AT 25 MPH+ AND THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE OCCURRED TO THE VEHICLE FRONT END, FRAME WAS BENT, RADIATOR WAS BUSTED AND THE FRONT OF THE VEHILCE WAS PUSHED BACK SEVERAL INCHES. PHOTOS AND VIDEO OF DAMAGE IS AVAILABLE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP, FELT LIKE SOMEONE WAS HIT FROM THE REAR END, BUT IT WAS THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTING GEARS. CONTACTED DEALER AND MANUFACTURER, AND THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *AK

DOOR LOCKS NOT FUNCTIONAL. ONE FELL INSIDE DOOR PANEL. THE OTHER JAMMED. *AK

VEHICLE WAS MANUFACTURED WITH A HANDICAP RAMP. VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A SIDE IMPACT ACCIDENT WHICH CAUSED THE LIFT TO FALL AND HIT THE DRIVER IN THE JAW BREAKING IT. THE DRIVER ALSO SUSTAINED INJURIES TO THE SHOULDER AND NECK. THE RAMP HAS NO SAFETY LOCK FEATURE WHICH COULD HAVE PREVENTED INJURIE...

HEADLIGHTS ARE NOT BRIGHT ENOUGH ON LOW BEAMS. THIS CAUESES POOR VISIBILITY WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT. DEALER NOTIFIED AND MADE SOME ADJUSTMENT, BUT CONSUMER STILL FEELS HELIGHTS STILL NOT BRIGHT. DEALER INFORMED THAT IT WAS SET TO PROPER SPECIFICATIONS, AND NOTHING ELSE COULD BE DONE. *AK

AT 47,000 MILES THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION HAS COMPLETELY DISINTEGRATED, CAUSE UNKNOWN. DEALER CANNOT IDENTIFY THE PROBLEM. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

THE DRIVERS SIDE POWER WINDOW WOULD INTERMITTENTLY NOT WORK; IE: THE WINDOW WOULD NOT GO DOWN. THIS STARTED ALMOST IMMEDIATELY WHEN THE CAR WAS PURCHASED. IT HAPPENED AT LEAST 5 OR 6 TIMES AND FINALLY WOULD NOT WORK AT ALL ON 2/8/2000. *AK

FLEXIBLE FUEL HOSE WHICH COMES FROM THE FUEL TANK INTO THE FUEL RAIL CRACKED, CAUSING A FUEL LEAK WHICH MAY START A FIRE. NO REPLACEMENT READILY AVAILABLE-LINE WAS SHORTENED AND REUSED, BUT FAILED AGAIN TWICE WITH SEVERE FUEL LEAKS EACH TIME. *AK

CONSUMER HAD TO REPLACE SURPENTINE BELT. WHEN SHE WAS DRIVING SERPENTINE BELT CAME OFF, AND VEHICLE LOST POWER. DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF HER PROBLEM. *AK THE BELT HAVE TO BE REPLACED PERIODICALLY. *YH

12/15/1999 ACCIDENT AT @ NOON, I STRUCK THE REAR OF A LEAF COLLECTION VEHICLE, RESULTING IN @ $7000 WORTH OF DAMAGE TO MY CAR MAJORITY OF DAMAGE IN FRONT, AIR BAG NEVER DEPLOYED, AFTER CAR WAS REPAIRED I AIR BAG LIGHT REMAINED CONTINUOUSLY ON WHEN CAR WAS ON. *AK

12/15/1999 ACCIDENT AT @ NOON, I STRUCK THE REAR OF A LEAF COLLECTION VEHICLE, RESULTING IN @ $7000 WORTH OF DAMAGE TO MY CAR MAJORITY OF DAMAGE IN FRONT, AIR BAG NEVER DEPLOYED, AFTER CAR WAS REPAIRED I AIR BAG LIGHT REMAINED CONTINUOUSLY ON WHEN CAR WAS ON. *AK

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE ON PASSENGER'S SIDE IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT, CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

WHEN CONSUMER APPLIES BRAKES PEDAL GOES ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE FLOOR, ANDTHE BRAKES JERK. *AK

ENGINE HEAD GASKET FAILED, CAUSING MAJOR OIL LEAK. *AK

WHILE TRAVELING 55 MPH CONSUMER NOTICED A NOISE FORM UNDER THE HOOD AT THE SAME TIME THE VEHICLE STALLED. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFED THAT TRANSMISSION WAS NOT FUNCTIONING. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATON. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 65 MPH WITH CRUISE CONTROL SET SMOKE WAS COMING FROM UNDER THE VEHICLE DUE TO TRANSMISSION BEING REPLACED. WHEN CONSUMER STOPPED VEHICLE. IT WOULDN'T START BACK UP. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 65 MPH WITH CRUISE CONTROL SET SMOKE WAS COMING FROM UNDER THE VEHICLE DUE TO TRANSMISSION BEING REPLACED. WHEN CONSUMER STOPPED VEHICLE. IT WOULDN'T START BACK UP. *AK

NO SUMMARY

WENT TO FILL THE GAS TANK AND HAD A FUEL LEAKAGE. CONTACTED DEALER AN DREPLACED GAS TANK. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AND TRYING TO APPLYING THE BRAKES VEHICLE MAKES A SQUEAKING SOU, AND THE PEDAL HAS TO BE STOMPED FOR THE VEHICLE TO BE STOPPED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FUTHER INFORMATION. *AK

FRONT DISC BRAKES FAILED. MJS

FRONT END ALIGNMENT PROBLEMS CAUSING PREMATURE WEAR OF THE FRONT TIRES. MJS

FRONT DISC BRAKES FAILED. MJS

FRONT END ALIGNMENT PROBLEMS CAUSING PREMATURE WEAR OF THE FRONT TIRES. MJS

FRONT DISC BRAKES FAILED. MJS

FRONT END ALIGNMENT PROBLEMS CAUSING PREMATURE WEAR OF THE FRONT TIRES. MJS

SYMPTOMS OF ALL 3 SEPARATE OCCURENCES ARE THE SAME. FOR NO APPARENT REASON THE DOOR WILL REMAIN LOCKED AND WILL NOT OPEN WITH A REMOTE ENTRY SYSTEM , WITH A KEY OR MANUALLY FROM INSIDE THE CAR. THE MANUAL LOCKING MECHANISM ON THE INSIDE IS PHYSICALLY JAMMED AND WILL NOT RESPOND TO AN UNLOCKING ACTI...

WINDSHIELD CONTAINS SCRATCHES AND WAVES CAUSING POOR VISIBILITY. MJS

WINDSHIELD CONTAINS SCRATCHES AND WAVES CAUSING POOR VISIBILITY. MJS

WINDSHIELD CONTAINS SCRATCHES AND WAVES CAUSING POOR VISIBILITY. MJS

WHILE DRIVING ON I 99 THE RIGHT REAR TIRE BLEW OUT COMPLETELY. TOOK TO REPAIR SHOP AND THEY INSPECTED ALL THE TIRES AND NOTICED TWO OTHER TIRES WERE SEPARATING. CONSUMER HAS TO GET 3 TIRES REPLACED BEFORE CONSUMER COULD LEAVE THE SHOP. *AK

DESIGN OF THE STEERING WHEEL IS TO HIGH CAUSING POOR VISIBILITY OF OTHER INSTRUMENT COMPONENTS AND INDICATORS. YH

THIS IS THE SECOND CARAVAN I HAVE OWENED THAT HAS HAD A PROBLEM WITH THE REARVIEW MIRROR FALLING OFF/ OTHER CARAVAN OWENERS I HAVE SPOKEN WITH HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. IS THIS COMMON? IT CERTAINLY IS AN INCONVIENCE IF NOT A SAFETY PROBLEM.

WHILE DRIVING ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON, INDICATING THERE IS A PROBLEM. BUT DEALER CANNOT DETERMINE THE PROBLEM. VEHICLE REPAIRED AND 45 DAYS AT REPAIR SHOP DUE TO BAD WIRE TO SENSOR. *AK

THE CONSUMER STATE'S THE REAR DOOR LOCK IS BROKEN AND LOOSE. MJS.

REAR RIGHT TAIL LIGHT CAUGHT FIRE. *YC

ACCELERATOR PEDAL IS SPACED TOO FAR APART FROM THE CONSOLE. FOOT SLIPPED & BECAME WEDGED BETWEEN CONSOLE & PEDAL. VEHICLE HAD TAKEN OFF DUE TO MISALIGNMENT OF PEDAL. DEALER CAN NOT DO ANYTHING. *AK

WINDOW MOTOR.

POWER STEERING HOSE.

RACK AND PINION CAUSING NOISE.

SPEED CONTROL.

POWER STEERING--LINE POWER 19587, FLUID POWER 18133, CLIP COOL 7433, TIE STRAP 81511, CLAMPNS 18701.

PLASTIC WHICH IS AROUND THE BUCKLE ON THE INTEGRATED CHILD SAFETY SEAT BROKE INTO TWENTY PIECES. *AK

WHILE TRAVELING AT 30 TO 40 MPH CONSUMER STRUCK AN OBJECT IN THE ROAD THAT WAS NOT VISIBLE AND PUNCTURED A WHOLE IN THE FUEL TANK, CAUSING A GAS LEAK. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED AND REPAIRED THE FUEL TANK. *AK

MY CAR WAS IN PARK AND RUNNING AT IDLE. THE CAR THREW ITSELF INTO REVERSE AND CRASHED INTO A FENCE. NO ONE WAS IN THE CAR TO STOP IT.

WHILE AT A STOP CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS HIT BY ANOTHER VEHICLE, UPON IMPACT, DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, WHICH DID NOT PROTECT THE OCCUPANTS IN THIS CRASH. NO PREVIOUS PROBLEMS WITH THIS VEHICLE. THIS WAS A FRONTAL COLLISION. *AK

THE LOCATION DESIGN OF INSTRUMENT PANEL INDICATION ARE NOT VISIBLE DUE TO STEERING WHEEL OBSTRUCTION, POSSIBLE DESIGN FLAW OF INDICATOR LOCATION CAUSING POOR VISIBILITY. YH

WHILE DRIVING 40MPH THE STEERING WHEEL SEPARATED FROM THE COLUMN. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN REPAIRED BY AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. *AK

THE POWER STEERING RACK & PINION HAS BEEN REPLACED TWICE AND THE PROBLEM STILL PERSISTS. INITIALLY, WE REPORTED THE PROBLEM TO THE DEALER WHEN VAN WAS BROUGHT IN FOR 6,000 MILE SERVICE AND THEY ADVISED IT WAS NORMAL. AFTER A COUPLE OF MONTHS WE BROUGHT THE VAN BACK IN FOR SERVICE REGARDING THE SAM...

SEATBELT AROUND THE INTERGRATED CHILD SAFETY SEAT TIGHTENED AROUND THE CHILD'S NECK. DEALER HAS NOT SEEN VEHICLE. *AK

HAD AN ACCIDENT ON 05-AUG-99, AND AIR BAGS ON BOTH DRIVER'S SIDE/ PASSENGER'S SIDE DIDN'T DEPLOY.CONSUMER CONTACTED DEALER.WAS HIT FROM THE FRONT. *AK

ON DATE 03-30-98 TOOK CAR IN STATING WHEN A/C IS ON SURGING AND HESITATING AND TICK TICKING IN ENGINE FOR A NEW CAR. THEN ON 04-13-98 TOOK CAR IN AGAIN A/C CYCLES AND A WHISHING SOUND IS VERY LOUD WHEN CYCLE GOES ON AND STILL SURGES AND HESITATES. THEY REPLACED GASKET ,EVAPERATOR COIL AND TUBE. ...

TENSIONER FAILED CAUSING THE BELT TO BE THROWN OFF ENGINE PULLEYS. NLM

WHEN VEHICLE WAS FILLED WITH GAS IT LOST 1/4 TANK DUE TO LEAK IN A CIRCLE UNDER THE GAS TANK. DEALER CONTACTED, AND TOWED VEHICLE IN. SEALANT PUT ON TO REPAIR. THE PROBLEM REOCCURRED INJULY, 1999. PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

POWER STEERING HAS REGULARLY CUT OFF WHEN TURNING AT VERY LOW SPEEDS AND BACKING UP. VEHICLE HAS BEEN RETURNED TO DEALER 10 TIMES. DEALER HAS REPLACED TIE RODS, POWER STEERING PUMP, BELT, TENSIONER, STEERING RACK,AND STEERING COLUMN. PROBLEM IS INTERMITTENT AND DEALER STATES IT DOES NOT DO IT WHEN T...

POWER STEERING HAS REGULARLY CUT OFF WHEN TURNING AT VERY LOW SPEEDS AND BACKING UP. VEHICLE HAS BEEN RETURNED TO DEALER 10 TIMES. DEALER HAS REPLACED TIE RODS, POWER STEERING PUMP, BELT, TENSIONER, STEERING RACK,AND STEERING COLUMN. PROBLEM IS INTERMITTENT AND DEALER STATES IT DOES NOT DO IT WHEN T...

POWER STEERING HAS REGULARLY CUT OFF WHEN TURNING AT VERY LOW SPEEDS AND BACKING UP. VEHICLE HAS BEEN RETURNED TO DEALER 10 TIMES. DEALER HAS REPLACED TIE RODS, POWER STEERING PUMP, BELT, TENSIONER, STEERING RACK,AND STEERING COLUMN. PROBLEM IS INTERMITTENT AND DEALER STATES IT DOES NOT DO IT WHEN T...

BOTH REAR SEAT BELTS HAVE BODY SEALANT OOZING ON THEM - TO THE POINT WHERE ONE WILL NOT BUDGE FROM THE SIDE WALL. THE OTHER, IF YOU PULL HARD WILL RELEASE, BUT IT IS COVERED WITH STICKY SEALANT WHICH ONE WOULD NOT WANT TO WEAR!! I CALLED A DODGE DEALERSHIP AND THEY TOLD ME THAT THEY HAVE SEEN MANY...

THIS IS A MAJOR PROBLEM IN THE TRANSMISSION, EVERYONE I KNOW IS HAVING THIS SAME PROBLEM. EACH TIME IT'S THE NUT BACKING OFF ON 5TH GEAR. TIME AND MONEY ARE LOST WHEN THIS OCCURS, AND IT'S BEING REPAIRED NOT SOLVED. SOME OF MY FRIENDS HAVE HAD THEIR TRUCKS IN THE SHOP NUMEROUS TIMES TO REPAIR FOR TH...

I OWN A HANDICAP ADAPTED VAN WHICH I FEEL IS VERY UNSAFE FOR ME AND MY CHILDREN..THIS VAN HAS BEEN IN FOR REPAIRS (AT LEAST) 3 TIMES FOR THE SAME PROBLEM..(WHEN FILED WITH GASOLINE, IT BUCKS, HESTITTAES AND STALLS OUT , LAST TIME ON TOP OF THE RAILROAD TRACKS(I WAS SCARED TO DEATH), EACH TIME MY VAN...

I OWN A HANDICAP ADAPTED VAN WHICH I FEEL IS VERY UNSAFE FOR ME AND MY CHILDREN..THIS VAN HAS BEEN IN FOR REPAIRS (AT LEAST) 3 TIMES FOR THE SAME PROBLEM..(WHEN FILED WITH GASOLINE, IT BUCKS, HESTITTAES AND STALLS OUT , LAST TIME ON TOP OF THE RAILROAD TRACKS(I WAS SCARED TO DEATH), EACH TIME MY VAN...

WHILE DRIVING AT FREEWAY SPEEDS A HIGH FREQUENCY VIBRATION OCCURS IN THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE WHICH IS NOT CAUSED BY THE WHEELS. VIBRATION SEEMS TO GET WORSE. DEALER/MANUFACTURER DID NOT REPAIR VEHICLE. *AK

I WAS SLOWING DOWN TOWARD A TRAFFIC LIGHT AND ABOUT 35-MPH THE ABS LIGHT CAME ON. THE CAR BRAKES WENT ALMOST TO THE FLOOR COULD NOT STOP. CONSEQUENTLY I COULD NOT AVOID A COLLISION. THE DEALER SAID THAT THE AIR BAG DID NOT OPEN BECAUSE THE VEHICLE IMPACT WAS INCHES JUST ABOVE THE LEFT SIDE OF THE BU...

I WAS SLOWING DOWN TOWARD A TRAFFIC LIGHT AND ABOUT 35-MPH THE ABS LIGHT CAME ON. THE CAR BRAKES WENT ALMOST TO THE FLOOR COULD NOT STOP. CONSEQUENTLY I COULD NOT AVOID A COLLISION. THE DEALER SAID THAT THE AIR BAG DID NOT OPEN BECAUSE THE VEHICLE IMPACT WAS INCHES JUST ABOVE THE LEFT SIDE OF THE BU...

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED SUDDEN ACCELERATION WHILE IN TRAFFIC RESULTING IN AN ACCIDENT. NLM

STEERING COLUMN REPLACED ON TWO OCCASIONS,THIRD REPAIR WAS DONE TO RACK AND PINION HOWEVER VEHICLE CONTINUES TO EXPERIENCE PROBLEMS ITH STEERING.

STEERING COLUMN REPLACED ON TWO OCCASIONS,THIRD REPAIR WAS DONE TO RACK AND PINION HOWEVER VEHICLE CONTINUES TO EXPERIENCE PROBLEMS ITH STEERING.

STEERING COLUMN REPLACED ON TWO OCCASIONS,THIRD REPAIR WAS DONE TO RACK AND PINION HOWEVER VEHICLE CONTINUES TO EXPERIENCE PROBLEMS ITH STEERING.

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR THIS VEHICLE. *AK

WHILE TAKING OFF IN HEAVY TRAFFIC VEHICLE SURGED AND TOOK OFF. DRIVER JUST PRESSED ACCELERATOR PEDAL VERY GENTLY AND VEHICLE TOOK OFF AND CRASHED INTO A VEHICLE IN FRONT. DRIVER HAD NO CONTROL OVER THE VEHICLE. NO OBVIOUS DAMAGE WAS DONE TO THE VEHICLE. HIDDEN DAMAGE; BUMPER PUSHED IN AND DAMAGED...

THE ABS FAILURE LIGHT COMES ON INTERMITTENTLY WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED. ONCE ON, IT STAYS ON UNTIL THE ENGINE IS SWITCHED OFF. PROBLEM WAS VERY INFREQUENT THROUGH THE WINTER, BUT RETURNED AS WEATHER BEGAN TO WARM. RECENTLY HAVE FELT BRAKE PEDAL PULSATION AS LIGHT WAS COMMING ON , EVEN AT LOW SPEED...

VEHICLE WOBBLES IN THE FRONT END WHEN DRIVING AT LOW SPEEDS. TSB LOW SPEED TIRE WOBBLE 22-02-98 /04-24-98. DEALER CONTACTED AND NOT AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. CANNOT REMEDY THE PROBLEM. *AK

DESIGN/LOCATION OF INFORMATION CENTER INDICATORS (TURN SIGNALS, HIGH BEAM INICATORS ETC.) ARE NOT VISIBLE TO DRIVERS OF ALL HEIGHTS. CONSUMER IS 5'11 AND HAS TO REMOVE EYES FROM ROADWAY IN SEARCH OF INDICATORS.

WE OWN A CENTURY MODEL 100297 CARSEAT. THE SHOULDER HARNESS LATCHES IN THE BACK ON A METAL CLIP. I HAVE ON ONE OCCASSION ACTUALLY PULLED THE SHOULDER HARNESS TO ADJUST AND HAD THE HARNESS COME RIGHT THROUGH THE SEAT. IT CAME OFF OF THE METAL LATCH BEHIND THE SEAT. UPON CLOSER INSPECTION OF THIS ...

TRANSMITION FAILURE; DUE TO SNOW WEATHER CONDITIONS, ONE WHEEL MOVING FASTER THAN THE OTHER. STUCK IN THE SNOW! POOR DESIGN FOR NORTHERN STATES. WEAK DESIGN. CONSUMER SHOULD NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR POOR DESIGN AND LACK OF TECHNOLOGY FOR DRIVING IN THE SNOW. *AK

THE ONLY REASONS AN ACCIDENT WAS AVOIDED WAS THAT NO ONE WAS IN FRONT OF ME ,AND I RESUMED MY RATE OF SPEED. I ENDED UP 10 FEET FROM A BUSY STREET BEFORE THE VAN STOPPED. MY SMALL CHILDREN WERE IN THE VAN WITH ME AT THE TIME. I ALSO FEEL FORTUNATE THAT ONLY 1 BRAKE FAILED. *AK

SPEED SENSOR FAILED.

ENGINE MOUNTS WEAK.

SERPENTINE/AC BELT LOOSE.

VEHICLE SURGES AND HESITATES AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS ESPECIALLY WITH A/C ON.

TURN SIGNAL SWITCH FAILED.

RADIO MALFUCNTIONED. *YC

FUEL GAUGE FAILED. *YC

ELECTRONIC COMPUTER FAILURE. *YC

CUP HOLDER SPRING BROKE. *YC

REAR HATCH FAILED. *YC

CRUISE CONTROL FAILED TWICE. *YC

ENGINE OIL LEAK. MJS

LIFT GATE GAS SHOCKS FAILED. YH

COMPUTER SYSTEM FAILED. YH

TRANSMISSION FAILED. *YC

BATTERY FAILED. *YC

THE INSIDE DOOR HANDLE BEZEL FAILED. YH

ENGINE OIL SEALS FAILED. YH

UNABLE TO START THE VEHICLE BECAUSE THE POSITIVE SIDE OF BATTERY TERMINAL COULD NOT BE TIGHTENED. YH

CYLINDER HEAD GASKET FAILED. YH

POWER STEERING HOSES FAILED. *YC

PASSENGER SEAT BELT MALFUNCTIONED. YH

ENGINE CHECK LIGHT ILLUMINATED WHILE TRAVELING ON ROUTE I77. PULLED OFF HIGHWAY AND VEHICLE SLIPPED INTO NEUTRAL. VEHICLE THEN WOULD ONLY SHIFT FROM 1ST TO 2ND (LIMP ALONG MODE). DEALER IN VIRGINIA DETERMINED THAT TRANSMISSION HAD COMPLETELY FAILED. LARGE CHUNKS OF METAL IN PAN. REPLACED TRANSM...

ENGINE CHECK LIGHT ILLUMINATED WHILE TRAVELING ON ROUTE I77. PULLED OFF HIGHWAY AND VEHICLE SLIPPED INTO NEUTRAL. VEHICLE THEN WOULD ONLY SHIFT FROM 1ST TO 2ND (LIMP ALONG MODE). DEALER IN VIRGINIA DETERMINED THAT TRANSMISSION HAD COMPLETELY FAILED. LARGE CHUNKS OF METAL IN PAN. REPLACED TRANSM...

WHEEL CYLINDER, SHOE AND LINING AND BRAKE ASSEMBLY FAILED RESULTING IN LEAKAGE.

WHEEL CYLINDER, SHOE AND LINING AND BRAKE ASSEMBLY FAILED RESULTING IN LEAKAGE.

AXLE SEAL,TRANSMISSION,TORQUE CONVERTER OIL COOLER HOSES FAILED RESULTING IN LEAKAGE.

AXLE SEAL,TRANSMISSION,TORQUE CONVERTER OIL COOLER HOSES FAILED RESULTING IN LEAKAGE.

AXLE SEAL,TRANSMISSION,TORQUE CONVERTER OIL COOLER HOSES FAILED RESULTING IN LEAKAGE.

OXYGEN SENSOR FAILED.

LIFTGATE PANEL CAME LOOSE.

TRANSMISSION LEAKING DUE TO FAILURE OF THE FRONT PUMP HOUSING OIL SEAL.

ACCELERATOR STICKS, CAUSING CONSUMER TO HAVE TROUBLE CONTROLLING VEHICLE'S SPEED. CANNOT MAKE THE VEHICLE SPEED UP, BUT WHEN IT SPEEDS UP THE ACCELERATOR STICKS, AND IT IS HARD TO SLOW DOWN. DEALER HAS NOT BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

JUST A LITTLE CONCERNED THAT AFTER 8 MONTHS MY TRANSMISSION HAS GONE BAD. IT MAY BE A MANUFACTURER PROBLEM, BUT I THINK IT SHOULD BE CHECKED OUT.

WHEN DRIVING AT ANY SPEED, WENT TO APPLY FOR THE BRAKES AND THE BRAKES LOCKED UP THREE TIMES.CONSUMER HAD TO REPLACE THE BRAKE PADS DUE TO PADS BEING BURNED UP. WENT TO APPLY THE BRAKES AND THERE WAS A KNOCKING NOISE COMING FROM THE BRAKES.

WHEN DRIVING AT ANY SPEED, WENT TO APPLY FOR THE BRAKES AND THE BRAKES LOCKED UP THREE TIMES.CONSUMER HAD TO REPLACE THE BRAKE PADS DUE TO PADS BEING BURNED UP. WENT TO APPLY THE BRAKES AND THERE WAS A KNOCKING NOISE COMING FROM THE BRAKES.

WHILE PARKING STEERING SPINDLE BROKE, CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL WHICH RESULTED IN A COLLISION. CAUSE UNKNOWN.*AK.ET.

CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A REAR END COLLISION, IMPACT 30-35 MPH FORCED INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE. UPON IMPACT, THE DRIVER'S SIDE SEATBACK COLLAPSED TO THE RECLINING POSITION. CONSUMER HAS YET TO CONTACT THE MANUFACTURER. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

CONSUMER EXPERIENCING ONGOING PROBLEM WITH BRAKE SYSTEM ON THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE, PREMATURE WEAR OF BRAKE PADS AND CALIPERS WHICH WERE REPLACED. ALSO,CONSUMER COMPLAINED OF EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE WHENEVER BRAKE ARE APPLIED. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK

VEHICLE ROLLED WHILE IN PARKED GEAR RESULTING IN COLLISION WITH HOME.

WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, NO PRIOR WARNING THE VEHICLE SHUT DOWN AS THE CONSUMER WAS COMING OFF THE HIGHWAY AND THE CAMSHAFT WENT OUT. *AK

IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA CHAINS ARE REQUIRED FOR TIRES WHEN IT SNOWS, BUT THIS VEHICLE'S TIRES ARE NOT MADE FOR CHAINS. DEALER REFUSES TO SELL THEM TO OWNER. *AK

VEHICLE WAS IN PARK AND SHIFTED ON ITS OWN INTO REVERSE, VEHICLE MOVED AND WAS STOPPED BY THE GARAGE CENTER PILLAR. NO ONE WAS IN THE CAR. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER CONTACTED, ATTEMPTING AN INVESTIGATION (STILL PENDING). *AK

POWER BRAKES HAVE FAILED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS.

POWER STEERING FAILED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS.

VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN THE GARAGE, THERE WAS FUEL LEAKING FROM THE TOP OF THE GAS TANK WHICH CAUSED A FIRE. CONSUMER DOESN'T WANT THE VEHICLE BACK DUE TO THE FACT THAT THERE WAS FUEL COMING FROM THE RADIATOR. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT CAME OUT AND THEY COULDN'T DETERMINE WHAT CAUSED THE FIRE. DEALER DOESN...

GAS CONTINUOSLY FLOWING FROM VEHICLE FLOODING GARAGE.

DRIVER'S COMPARTMENT AREA IS CRAMPED AND RESTRICTIVE TO THE DRIVER.

GAS TANK LEAKING ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS DUE TO FAULTY FUEL PUMPS.

STRUT FAILURE.

CAN'T FIND HORN ON STEERING HUB.

HEARD LOUD GRINDING NOISE, FOLLOWED IMMEDIATELY BY LOSS OF POWER STEERING WHILE TURNING SHARPLY TO LEFT. THE LOSS OF POWER WAS SUDDEN. I SIMULTANEOUSLY DECELARTED ND LESSENED THE DEGREE OF TURN AND THE POWER RETURNED. HAVE MADE NO SHARP TURNS SINCE, THUS NO RECURRENCES.

CONSUMER HAVE EXPERIENCED PROBLEM WITH AIR CONDITIONER; WHEN A/C IS TURN ON IT FROSTED THE WINDSHIELD SO BADLY THAT IT TURNED WHITE. AFFECTED CONSUMER'S VISIBILITY. DEALER NOTIFIED AND UNABLE TO FIND ANY THING WRONG. *AK

DIFFICULT TO SEE THROUGH WINDSHIELD IN DIRECT SUNLIGHT, ALSO DEFROSTER VENT REFLECTS IN WINDSHIELD, OBSCURING DRIVERS VISION. QCAW

THE DEFECTIVE FUELPUMP RETAINER RING BROKE, CAUSING A FUEL LEAK IN WHICH IF THERE WAS A SOURCE OF IGNITION IT MAY START A FIRE. DLR CANNOT DETERMINE PROBLEM.

WHEN TAKING OFF FROM A COMPLETE STOP OR TURNING A CURVE WHEN THE ROAD IS WET, THE WHEELS WILL SPIN AND VEHICLE WILL HAVE NO TRACTION. TOOK VEHICLE TO REPAIR SHOP AND WAS TOLD THAT IT'S NORMAL FOR THE WHEELS TO SPIN WHEN DRIVING THE VEHICLE. *AK

INTERMITTENTLY, WHILE DRIVING AT 20-30 MPH, THE DRIVE BELT WILL COME OFF. THIS HAS HAPPENED 4 TIMES SINCE THE 30TH OF APRIL. THE VAN HAS BEEN FIXED UNDER WARRANTY 3 TIMES FOR THIS PROBLEM. THE DRIVER HAS THE VAN AGAIN FOR THE FOURTH TIME FOR THE SAME PROBLEM. *AK

CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO RELEASE VEHICLE OUT OF PARK GEAR WITHOUT PLACING FOOT ON THE BRAKE PEDAL. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY DETAILS. *AK

CONTINUOUS WATER LEAK FROM DASH ON PASSENGERS SIDE.

BODY MOLDING ON THE PASSENGER SIDE SLIDER IS LOOSE.

CAMSHAFT SENSOR FAILED CAUSING VEHICLE TO STALL.

ROCKER ARM GASKET FAILURE

TOTAL ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FAILURE, CAUSING ACCIDENT/INJURIES.

VIOLENT DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAG DURING COLLISION, CAUSING BURNS AND INJURIES TO FACE, NECK AND CHEST.