1999 DODGE CARAVAN Problems & Recalls

The contact owns a 1999 Dodge Caravan. The contact stated while driving at approximately 30 MPH, the serpentine belt failed. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where it was diagnosed that the serpentine belt needed to be replaced. The serpentine belt was replaced however, the failure recurred. The ...

Mileage: 202,335

The contact owns a 1999 Dodge Caravan. The contact stated while driving at approximately 30 MPH, the serpentine belt failed. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where it was diagnosed that the serpentine belt needed to be replaced. The serpentine belt was replaced however, the failure recurred. The ...

Mileage: 202,335

The contact owns a 1999 Dodge Caravan. The contact stated while driving at approximately 30 MPH, the serpentine belt failed. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where it was diagnosed that the serpentine belt needed to be replaced. The serpentine belt was replaced however, the failure recurred. The ...

Mileage: 202,335

The contact owns a 1999 Dodge Caravan. The contact stated while driving 30 MPH, the vehicle failed to function as needed. There were no warning lights illuminated. The vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic to be diagnosed. The contact was informed that the timing belt needed to be replaced. T...

Mileage: 200,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 DODGE CARAVAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE STEERING WHEEL CEASED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE. AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC DIAGNOSED THE VEHICLE AND INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE SERPENTINE BELT WAS DETACHE...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 DODGE CARAVAN EQUIPPED WITH GOODYEAR TIRES, TIRE LINE: ALL SEASON ASSURANCE, TIRE SIZE: 215/65/R15, DOT NUMBER: MD5UJV1R2317. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING, THE VEHICLE PULL TO THE LEFT AND THEN TO THE RIGHT. THE CONTACT STATED THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE TIRE WAS DEFECTI...

Mileage: 56,172

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 DODGE CARAVAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT WAS CONSTANTLY ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 04V480000 (AIR BAGS). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF T...

Mileage: 112,000

"TAKATA RECALL" THGE SERPINTINE BELT KEEPS BREAKING OR COMMING OFF WHILE DRIVING NORMALLY. I VE HAD IT REPKACED NUMBEROUS TIMES. THEY TOLD ME IT WAS THE PULLEY, I CHANGED THAT. AND THE BELT HAS COME OFF AGAIN!

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 DODGE CARAVAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FUEL GAUGE FAILED TO WORK PROPERLY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 194,875.

Mileage: 194,875

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 DODGE CARAVAN. WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH, THE ENGINE STALLED AND THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE FUEL PUMP FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIR...

Mileage: 134,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 DODGE CARAVAN. WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH, THE ENGINE STALLED AND THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE FUEL PUMP FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIR...

Mileage: 134,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 DODGE CARAVAN. WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH, THE ENGINE STALLED AND THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE FUEL PUMP FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIR...

Mileage: 134,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 DODGE CARAVAN. WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH, THE ENGINE STALLED AND THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE FUEL PUMP FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIR...

Mileage: 134,000

MY SUSPENSION BOTTOMS OUT ON ME NO MATTER WHERE I AM AT. MY FRONT SEATS WILL NOT MOVE BACK AND FORTH AT DUE TO THE HANDLE MECHANISM BREAKING. MY HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLIES DO NOT PUT OUT THE RIGHT BEAM OF LIGHT THE IT NEEDS TO BE ABLE TO SEE PROPERLY AT NIGHT. I NEED YOUR HELP IN THIS MATTER PLEASE. *TR

MY SUSPENSION BOTTOMS OUT ON ME NO MATTER WHERE I AM AT. MY FRONT SEATS WILL NOT MOVE BACK AND FORTH AT DUE TO THE HANDLE MECHANISM BREAKING. MY HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLIES DO NOT PUT OUT THE RIGHT BEAM OF LIGHT THE IT NEEDS TO BE ABLE TO SEE PROPERLY AT NIGHT. I NEED YOUR HELP IN THIS MATTER PLEASE. *TR

MY SUSPENSION BOTTOMS OUT ON ME NO MATTER WHERE I AM AT. MY FRONT SEATS WILL NOT MOVE BACK AND FORTH AT DUE TO THE HANDLE MECHANISM BREAKING. MY HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLIES DO NOT PUT OUT THE RIGHT BEAM OF LIGHT THE IT NEEDS TO BE ABLE TO SEE PROPERLY AT NIGHT. I NEED YOUR HELP IN THIS MATTER PLEASE. *TR

WHILE DRIVING VAN SPEED WOULD NOT ACCELERATE OVER 35MPH, I PULLED OVER TO FIND WIRES BURNING IT WAS THE FUEL INJECTOR HARNESS AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS OF THAT LOCATION. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 DODGE CARAVAN. WHILE OPERATING THE VEHICLE, THE MAIN DRIVE BELT WOULD DETACH FROM THE ENGINE AND THE POWER STEERING WOULD SUDDENLY STOP FUNCTIONING. THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME VERY DIFFICULT TO TURN. IN ADDITION, WHILE OPERATING THE VEHICLE, THE FRONT BUMPER WOULD SUDDENLY...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 DODGE CARAVAN. WHILE OPERATING THE VEHICLE, THE MAIN DRIVE BELT WOULD DETACH FROM THE ENGINE AND THE POWER STEERING WOULD SUDDENLY STOP FUNCTIONING. THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME VERY DIFFICULT TO TURN. IN ADDITION, WHILE OPERATING THE VEHICLE, THE FRONT BUMPER WOULD SUDDENLY...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 DODGE CARAVAN. WHILE OPERATING THE VEHICLE, THE MAIN DRIVE BELT WOULD DETACH FROM THE ENGINE AND THE POWER STEERING WOULD SUDDENLY STOP FUNCTIONING. THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME VERY DIFFICULT TO TURN. IN ADDITION, WHILE OPERATING THE VEHICLE, THE FRONT BUMPER WOULD SUDDENLY...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 DODGE CARAVAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TOWER STRUT WAS RUSTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING, BUT WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 167,000.

Mileage: 167,000

REAR BRAKE LINES RUSTED AND BURST WHERE THE STAINLESS STEEL BRAIDED LINES ARE WELDED TO THE REGULAR STEEL LINES ARE CONNECTED, CAUSING BRAKE FLUID TO DISPERSE AND LOOSE PRESSURE AND COMPLETE FAILURE OF BRAKES. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS AND COULD LEAD TO A FATAL ACCIDENT. THANK GOD MY 70 YEAR OLD MOTHER...

Mileage: 28,000

PREPARING TO EXIT A PARKING LOT, THE GEAR SHIFT WAS ACCIDENTALLY CAUGHT BY MY SLEEVE AND PULLED DOWN TO THE "DRIVE" POSITION. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT RUNNING, BUT IT BEGAN TO MOVE FORWARD. BEING ON SOMEWHAT OF A SLOPE, THE VEHICLE PULLED ONTO A BUSY STREET. I GRABBED THE WHEEL TO TURN THE VAN AWAY FROM ...

Mileage: 77,700

PREPARING TO EXIT A PARKING LOT, THE GEAR SHIFT WAS ACCIDENTALLY CAUGHT BY MY SLEEVE AND PULLED DOWN TO THE "DRIVE" POSITION. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT RUNNING, BUT IT BEGAN TO MOVE FORWARD. BEING ON SOMEWHAT OF A SLOPE, THE VEHICLE PULLED ONTO A BUSY STREET. I GRABBED THE WHEEL TO TURN THE VAN AWAY FROM ...

Mileage: 77,700

PREPARING TO EXIT A PARKING LOT, THE GEAR SHIFT WAS ACCIDENTALLY CAUGHT BY MY SLEEVE AND PULLED DOWN TO THE "DRIVE" POSITION. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT RUNNING, BUT IT BEGAN TO MOVE FORWARD. BEING ON SOMEWHAT OF A SLOPE, THE VEHICLE PULLED ONTO A BUSY STREET. I GRABBED THE WHEEL TO TURN THE VAN AWAY FROM ...

Mileage: 77,700

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE, THE INSTRUMENT PANEL SHUTS OFF WITHOUT WARNING AND FOR NO KNOWN REASON. DODGE TOLD US THAT IT WAS A SHORT IN THE WIRING IN THE DASH THAT CAUSED THE COMPUTER TO SHUT DOWN. THE TECHNICIANS INSISTED THAT THE PROBLEM WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND, ESPECIALLY SINCE IT COULD NOT B...

Mileage: 10,000

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE, THE INSTRUMENT PANEL SHUTS OFF WITHOUT WARNING AND FOR NO KNOWN REASON. DODGE TOLD US THAT IT WAS A SHORT IN THE WIRING IN THE DASH THAT CAUSED THE COMPUTER TO SHUT DOWN. THE TECHNICIANS INSISTED THAT THE PROBLEM WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND, ESPECIALLY SINCE IT COULD NOT B...

Mileage: 10,000

I WAS DRIVING AND I NOTICED A DING DING SOUND THAT WAS TRYING TO INFORM ME THAT SOMETHING WAS WRONG BUT I DID NOT KNOW WHERE IT WAS COMING FROM UNTIL I LOOKED UP AND SAW THE AIRBAG LIGHT HAD POPPED ON AND AFTER A MOMENT OR SO I TRIED TO USE MY HORN, IT DID NOT WORK THERE WAS AN ENGINE LIGHT ON AT T...

Mileage: 165,000

WHILE REPLACING REAR BRAKE DRUMS IN MY GARAGE, IT BECAME NECESSARY TO JACK THE VEHICLE TO RAISE THE REAR LEFT SIDE AND REMOVE THE REAR LEFT WHEEL. I BROKE THE LUG NUTS LOOSE WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS ON THE GROUND, THEN, USING THE JACK SUPPLIED WITH THE VEHICLE, I FOLLOWED THE PROCEDURE OUTLINED IN THE...

Mileage: 148,000

DURING AN INSPECTION OF OUR VAN IT WAS NOTED THAT THE DRIVERS SIDE STRUT TOWER IS RUSTING THROUGH. AFTER LOOKING INTO THIS ISSUE ON LINE I NOTICED MANY CASES WITH EXACTLY THE SAME PROBLEM. I AM TRYING TO DETERMINE IF THERE IS ANY RECOURSE TO GET THIS CONDITION REPAIRED. ALSO I AM TRYING TO DETERMINE...

Mileage: 123,000

WITHIN 30 MINS. AFTER PICKING UP MY VAN FROM THE DEALER (CERRITOS DODGE) FOR THE FUEL RAIL RECALL. I NOTICED THE SMELL OF GAS,( I THOUGHT WAS O.K. SINCE FUEL RAIL HAD JUST BEEN REPLACED) AND I LOOKED AT THE DASHBOARD AND NOTICED GAS GAUGE FLUCTUATING MOVING BACK AND FORTH, AND SMOKE STARTED. COMING ...

Mileage: 190,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 DODGE CARAVAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ENTIRE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE CONTACT WAS ADVISED THAT THE WIRING HARNESS WAS RUSTED AND WOULD NEED REPLACING. IN ADDITION, THE FRONT STRUT TOWER ASSEMBLY WAS ALSO FOUND TO BE COM...

Mileage: 115,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 DODGE CARAVAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ENTIRE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE CONTACT WAS ADVISED THAT THE WIRING HARNESS WAS RUSTED AND WOULD NEED REPLACING. IN ADDITION, THE FRONT STRUT TOWER ASSEMBLY WAS ALSO FOUND TO BE COM...

Mileage: 115,000

MY PARENTS VAN. A COUPLE OF DAYS BEFORE THIS HAPPENED I TRIED TO START IT AND ALL IT DID WAS CLICK. I TRIED TO START IT AGAIN AND IT STARTED RIGHT UP. I TURNED IT BACK OFF AND TRIED TO START IT AGAIN,SAME THING HAPPENED. ALL IT DID WAS CLICK. I THEN TRIED TO START IT AGAIN AND IT STARTED RIGHT UP. W...

Mileage: 145,000

THE LEFT HAND STRUT TOWER ON MY 1999 DODGE CARAVAN HAS ALMOST RUSTED THROUGH AND I WAS TOLD BY MECHANIC THAT IT IS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE. LOCAL DODGE DEALER SAID THIS IS NOT COVERED UNDER ANY WARRANTY OR RECALL AND THAT IT'S ONLY A COMESTIC PROBLEM. THEY WANT $2200 TO REPAIR WHICH IS MORE THAN VALUE O...

Mileage: 189,900

THE LEFT HAND STRUT TOWER ON MY 1999 DODGE CARAVAN HAS ALMOST RUSTED THROUGH AND I WAS TOLD BY MECHANIC THAT IT IS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE. LOCAL DODGE DEALER SAID THIS IS NOT COVERED UNDER ANY WARRANTY OR RECALL AND THAT IT'S ONLY A COMESTIC PROBLEM. THEY WANT $2200 TO REPAIR WHICH IS MORE THAN VALUE O...

Mileage: 189,900

1999 DODGE CARAVAN. CONSUMER STATES PROBLEM WITH VEHICLE ENGINE *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED THE ENGINE WAS REPLACED IN 2003 AND AGAIN IN 2010.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 DODGE CARAVAN. THE CONTACT STATED A PRIVATE MECHANIC ADVISED THAT THE STRUT TOWERS ON THE VEHICLE WERE CORRODED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED AND THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 155,000. UPDATED 01/10/12*LJ

Mileage: 100,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 DODGE CARAVAN. WHILE AT THE DEALER FOR ROUTINE MAINTENANCE THE TECHNICIAN STATED THERE WAS A HOLE CAUSED BY CORROSION ON THE FRONT DRIVERS SIDE STRUT HOUSING TOWER. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 111,000.

Mileage: 111,000

THE FRONT "FLEX" BRAKE LINES ON OUR DODGE CARAVAN APPARENTLY LEAKED BRAKE FLUID WITHOUT WARNING, CAUSING LOSS OF MOST OF BRAKING POWER. FORTUNATELY, THE VEHICLE WAS NOT BEING DRIVEN AT SPEED WHEN THE FAILURE OCCURRED. I NOW UNDERSTAND THAT CORROSION BETWEEN THE "FLEX" PART OF THE LINE AND THE META...

Mileage: 101,749

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 DODGE CARAVAN SE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, SMOKE BEGAN TO EMIT FROM THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT MANEUVERED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND DETECTED SMOKE AND SPARKS UNDERNEATH THE HOOD AREA. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO STATED ...

Mileage: 150,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS 1999 DODGE CARAVAN. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 35 MPH WHEN BOTH THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. THE FAILURE CAUSED THE CONTACT TO CRASH INTO A CURB. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED INJURIES AND A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED AND TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S R...

Mileage: 170,000

SERPENTINE BELT SLIPPED OFF OF PULLEYS AFTER DRIVING OVER A WET ROAD. VEHICLE IS A 1999 DODGE CARAVAN, 3.0L V6, 4-SPEED AUTOMATIC. WITHIN THE PAST TWO WEEKS, THIS HAS HAPPENED TWO TIMES, BOTH IN WET WEATHER. THE SAME ISSUE OCCURRED ON A 1996 DODGE CARAVAN, 3.0L V6, 3-SPEED AUTOMATIC, TWICE IN THE SA...

Mileage: 107,500

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 DODGE CARAVAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE CRUISE CONTROL SYSTEM FAILED. AFTER SETTING THE CRUISE CONTROL TO 35 MPH, THE VEHICLE AUTOMATICALLY SPED UP TO 55 MPH. THE BRAKES WERE THEN APPLIED, BUT THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE. IN ORDER TO STOP THE VEHICLE FROM ACCEL...

Mileage: 42,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 DODGE CARAVAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TIRE PRESSURE MONITORING SYSTEM ON THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE TIRE FAILED DUE TO CORROSION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER, WHERE THE TIRE PRESSURE MONITORING SYSTEM FOR THAT TIRE WAS REPLACED, BUT THE DEALER REFUSED...

Mileage: 28,000

DODGE CARAVAN 1999 SERPENTINE BELT DISMOUNTING UPON DRIVING THROUGH WATER. A DANGEROUS AND IMMEDIATE LOSS OF POWER STEERING, OVERHEATING, AND LOSS OF ALTERNATOR OUTPUT ( WARNING LIGHT ON ) IS NOTICED. *TR

Mileage: 91,250

STRUT TOWER CORROSION. *TR

STRUT TOWER CORROSION. *TR

I HAVE HAD REPEATED SHREDDING OF THE SERPENTINE BELT ON MY 1999 DODGE CARAVAN RESULTING IN LOSS OF POWER STEERING AND SYSTEMS SHUTDOWN (INCLUDING ENGINE) DURING DRIVING. THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE AND I HAVE READ NUMEROUS REPORTS OF THE EXACT SAME FAILURE. BRAZIL HAS RECALLED THE DODGE MINIVAN F...

Mileage: 45,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 DODGE CARAVAN. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD A CLUNKING NOISE AND THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS PULLED OVER. AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC APPEARED ON THE SCENE AND INFORMED THE CONTACT THE SERPENTINE BELT SHREDDED APART AND DISCONNECTED. ...

Mileage: 40,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN (NA) EQUIPPED WITH YOKAHAMA, AVID TOURING TIRES, SIZE 215/65/R15. WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DRIVER SIDE TIRE SUDDENLY BLEW OUT. AFTER STOPPING AND INSPECTING THE TIRE, HE NOTICED THAT IT WAS THE SIDEWALL THAT HAD BLOWN...

Mileage: 25,000

1999 DODGE CARAVAN DRIVER SEAT BROKE WHILE DRIVING. *TR

Mileage: 125,561

BRAKE LINES RUSTED OUT. *TR

Mileage: 104,000

3 OF 4 TIRES THAT ARE ON MY VEHICLE DEVELOPED CRACKING AND EVENTUALLY FAILED ON THE SIDEWALLS IN A 4 MONTH PERIOD. THE FOURTH LOOKS AS THOUGH IT MAY FAIL SOON. THEY ARE ALL GOODYEAR ALLEGRA TIRES ABOUT 3 YEARS OLD THE TREAD LOOKS ALMOST NEW IT IS THE SIDEWALLS I AM CONCERNED ABOUT. *TR

Mileage: 20,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 DODGE CARAVAN. HE HAS BEEN EXPERIENCING A RECURRING FAILURE IN WHICH THE SERPENTINE BELT DISCONNECTS WHILE DRIVING UNDER RAINY CONDITIONS. WHENEVER HE DROVE OVER A PUDDLE OF WATER THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME VERY STIFF. THE VEHICLE WOULD EITHER BE CAUTIOUSLY DRIVEN OR TOW...

Mileage: 103,422

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 DODGE CARAVAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE CLOCK SPRING ON THE AIR BAGS BROKE ON THE VEHICLE IN MAY OF 2010 AND IT WAS REPLACED UNDER CAMPAIGN NUMBER 04V480000;AIR BAGS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT ALL GAUGES GO OUT ON THE DASHBOARD WHEN THE FAILURE OCCURRED. THE CONTACT FEE...

Mileage: 100,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 DODGE CARAVAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE CLOCK SPRING ON THE AIR BAGS BROKE ON THE VEHICLE IN MAY OF 2010 AND IT WAS REPLACED UNDER CAMPAIGN NUMBER 04V480000;AIR BAGS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT ALL GAUGES GO OUT ON THE DASHBOARD WHEN THE FAILURE OCCURRED. THE CONTACT FEE...

Mileage: 100,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 DODGE CARAVAN. THE CONTACT LOCATED NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 04V480000 (AIR BAGS) AND CONTACTED THE DEALER TO DETERMINE IF HIS VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. THE DEALER ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT HIS VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED IN THE RECALL YET THE PARTS NEEDED TO MAKE REPAI...

Mileage: 120,000

1999 DODGE CARAVAN, SHOCK TOWER RUST, THIS IS NOT JUST COSMETIC RUST, THIS IS SERIOUS STRUCTURAL PROBLEM WHERE THE SUSPENSION CAN FAIL BY BREAKING UP THROUGH THE SHOCK TOWER AND COLLAPSE THE FROM END OF THE VEHICLE. THIS IS A DEFECT BY CHRYSLER AND THEY SHOULD PAY FOR THE REPAIR. I HAVE TWO DODGE...

Mileage: 140,000

1999 DODGE CARAVAN. STRUT TOWERS RUSTED OUT NOT ONLY THE CAP BUT THE WHOLE TIRE ON THE DRIVER SIDE. IF THIS SHOULD FAIL IT COULD BE DISASTROUS. I JUST NOTICED THIS A WEEK OR SO AGO. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 DODGE CARAVAN SPORT. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING AT 30 MPH IN RAINY WEATHER, HE DRIVE THROUGH A PUDDLE AND WITHIN MOMENTS, SEVERAL ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS ON THE VEHICLE FAILED. THE WINDOW DEFROSTER FAILED, THE BATTERY WARNING LIGHT AND THE TEMPERATURE WARNING LIGHTS ...

Mileage: 172,000

DRIVING 20 MILES AN HOUR UNDER NORMAL CONDITIONS. MY TRANSMISSION FELL APART IN MY 1999 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN SE 3.3 AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. THERE IS A PIN INSIDE THE TRANSMISSION THAT SIMPLY BREAKS APART. YOU RECEIVE NO WARNING OF THE DEFECT. WHEN THIS HAPPENS YOUR VEHICLE SEIZES AND STOPS. I WAS LUC...

Mileage: 134,000

1999 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN HAD RECALL IN 2004 TO REPLACE A CLOCKSPRING, BUT DEALER AVOIDED THIS AFTER CUSTOMER'S 3 OR 4 TRIES IN 2004. ON 06-16-2010 WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS PUT IN REVERSE, (ALL [XXX] BROKE LOOSE!) THE MOTOR HIT HIGH REVOLUTIONS, THE STEERING WHEEL AND THE BRAKES IMMEDIATELY "LOCKED" UP A...

Mileage: 152,000

1999 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN HAD RECALL IN 2004 TO REPLACE A CLOCKSPRING, BUT DEALER AVOIDED THIS AFTER CUSTOMER'S 3 OR 4 TRIES IN 2004. ON 06-16-2010 WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS PUT IN REVERSE, (ALL [XXX] BROKE LOOSE!) THE MOTOR HIT HIGH REVOLUTIONS, THE STEERING WHEEL AND THE BRAKES IMMEDIATELY "LOCKED" UP A...

Mileage: 152,000

1999 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN HAD RECALL IN 2004 TO REPLACE A CLOCKSPRING, BUT DEALER AVOIDED THIS AFTER CUSTOMER'S 3 OR 4 TRIES IN 2004. ON 06-16-2010 WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS PUT IN REVERSE, (ALL [XXX] BROKE LOOSE!) THE MOTOR HIT HIGH REVOLUTIONS, THE STEERING WHEEL AND THE BRAKES IMMEDIATELY "LOCKED" UP A...

Mileage: 152,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 DODGE CARAVAN. HE STATED THAT THE VEHICLE LIFT GATE HANDLE RUSTED CAUSING THE REAR DOOR NOT TO OPERATE. THE VEHICLE WAS NEITHER DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 144,000. UPDATED 10/27/10. *LJ

Mileage: 144,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 DODGE CARAVAN SE. THE CONTACT STATED WHEN THE VEHICLE IS STARTED, THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT WOULD ILLUMINATE ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL AND REMAIN ILLUMINATED. IN ADDITION, THE VEHICLE HORN WAS INOPERABLE. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF A RECALL CAMPAIGN (NHTSA CAMPAIG...

Mileage: 100,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 DODGE CARAVAN SE. THE CONTACT STATED WHEN THE VEHICLE IS STARTED, THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT WOULD ILLUMINATE ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL AND REMAIN ILLUMINATED. IN ADDITION, THE VEHICLE HORN WAS INOPERABLE. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF A RECALL CAMPAIGN (NHTSA CAMPAIG...

Mileage: 100,000

BOTH STRUT TOWER CAPS RUSTED OUT. *TR

Mileage: 130,000

BOTH STRUT TOWER CAPS RUSTED OUT. *TR

Mileage: 130,000

VEHICLE SHOCK TOWERS RUSTING AWAY. FAILURE OCCURS IN MOST OF THESE VEHICLES. VEHICLE IS RENDERED UNSAFE AND COULD CAUSE BODILY HARM TO OCCUPANTS IF CATASTROPHIC FAILURE OCCURS. *TR

Mileage: 150,000

FRONT STRUT MOUNTS BREAKING CAUSING LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL. *TR

Mileage: 120,000

WE OWN A 1999 DODGE CARAVAN. THREE WEEKS AGO WE TOOK IT IN FOR A CHECK UP AT A CERTIFIED MECHANICS SHOP. THEY INFORMED US THE TENSIONER WAS BENT AND SERPENTINE DRIVING BELT NEEDED REPLACING. WE AUTHORIZED THEM TO MAKE THE REPAIR. WE HAVE OWNED THIS VEHICLE SINCE 1994 WITH NO INCIDENT. LAST MOND...

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 DODGE CARAVAN. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH ON NORMAL ROAD CONDITIONS THE ELECTRICAL INSTRUMENT PANEL GAUGES FAILED TO OPERATE. AN AUTHORIZED DEALER STATED THAT CARD IN THE INSTRUMENT PANEL WAS DAMAGED. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE CONTACT HAD CONCERNS OF ...

Mileage: 200,000

I HAD A CLOCK SPRING REPLACED IN MY 1999 DODGE CARAVAN. THIS WAS A RECALLED PART REPLACEMENT. AFTER THE CLOCK SPRING WAS REPLACED THE COOLING FAN WOULD NOT SHUT OFF AND DRAINED THE BATTERY. THE REPAIR FOR THIS WAS $590.30 TO ME. PARTS REQUIRED TO FIX THE COOLING FAN:1.BATTERY, 2.RELAY MINI, 3.REL...

THE IGNITION KEY WILL NOT TURN. UNABLE TO START THE CAR. NOT AN ELECTRICAL ISSUE. THE KEY PHYSICALLY DOES NOT TURN. HAPPENED COMPLETELY RANDOMLY. OTHER PEOPLE HAVE SUGGESTED TAPPING THE END OF THE KEY WITH A RUBBER MALLET, BUT I DO NOT TRUST THIS FIX. I NOW HAVE A FAMILY VEHICLE THAT I DO NOT FEEL C...

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 DODGE CARAVAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BODY OF THE VEHICLE WAS SEPARATING FROM THE STRUT MOUNTS. HE FEELS THAT THE STRUT MOUNTS WILL DETACH SOON AND CAUSE THE VEHICLE TO CRASH. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 155,000. UPDATED 06/08/09 *BF UPDATED 06/09/09.*J...

Mileage: 155,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 DODGE CARAVAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BODY OF THE VEHICLE WAS SEPARATING FROM THE STRUT MOUNTS. HE FEELS THAT THE STRUT MOUNTS WILL DETACH SOON AND CAUSE THE VEHICLE TO CRASH. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 155,000. UPDATED 06/08/09 *BF UPDATED 06/09/09.*J...

Mileage: 155,000

THE STRUT TOWER ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE OF MY 1999 DODGE CARAVAN HAS COMPLETELY RUSTED OUT, CAUSING THE STRUT TO BURST THROUGH INTO THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT BELOW THE WINDSHIELD. A AUTO BODY REPAIR MAN SAID THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS STRUCTURAL AND SAFETY ISSUE. IN RESEARCHING A FIX FOR THIS PROBLEM, I DISCO...

Mileage: 130,000

THE STRUT TOWER ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE OF MY 1999 DODGE CARAVAN HAS COMPLETELY RUSTED OUT, CAUSING THE STRUT TO BURST THROUGH INTO THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT BELOW THE WINDSHIELD. A AUTO BODY REPAIR MAN SAID THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS STRUCTURAL AND SAFETY ISSUE. IN RESEARCHING A FIX FOR THIS PROBLEM, I DISCO...

Mileage: 130,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 DODGE CARAVAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN THE VEHICLE MAKES CONTACT WITH WATER, THE SERPENTINE BELT, WHICH CONTROLS THE STEERING, DETACHES. THE MANUFACTURER ADVISED HER TO TAKE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. THE DEALER STATED THAT THEY WILL CHARGE A SERVICE...

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 DODGE CARAVAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN THE VEHICLE MAKES CONTACT WITH WATER, THE SERPENTINE BELT, WHICH CONTROLS THE STEERING, DETACHES. THE MANUFACTURER ADVISED HER TO TAKE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. THE DEALER STATED THAT THEY WILL CHARGE A SERVICE...

FRONT TWO (2) RUSTED STRUT TOWERS. *TR

A SALE OF A TIRE IN MARCH 2009 FROM A LOCAL DEALER THAT FAILED AFTER TWO WEEKS IN WHICH IT WAS MADE IN JULY 2001. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 DODGE CARAVAN. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED AND THE ENGINE WAS BEING WARMED UP, THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG DEPLOYED WITHOUT WARNING OR AN IMPACT. SINCE THEN, THE HEATER AND POWER WINDOWS HAVE STOPPED FUNCTIONING. THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE HAS NOT BEEN DETERMINED. THE CU...

Mileage: 150,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 DODGE CARAVAN. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED AND THE ENGINE WAS BEING WARMED UP, THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG DEPLOYED WITHOUT WARNING OR AN IMPACT. SINCE THEN, THE HEATER AND POWER WINDOWS HAVE STOPPED FUNCTIONING. THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE HAS NOT BEEN DETERMINED. THE CU...

Mileage: 150,000

RUSTING STRUT TOWERS CAUSING STRUCTURAL DAMAGE. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 DODGE CARAVAN. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE VEHICLE HAS NO SHOCK RESISTANCE WHEN DRIVING OVER BUMPS. HE INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND NOTICED THAT THE SUSPENSION HOUSING THAT COVERS THE SHOCKS WAS CORRODING. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO A LO...

Mileage: 112,000

I WAS DRIVING DOWN A MAJOR ROAD (M-59) AND MY MINIVAN MADE A POPPING NOISE (MY INITIAL REACTION WAS MY TIRE BLOWN) AND CAME TO AN ABRUPT STOP AND ENGINE CUT OFF. I WAS ABLE TO RESTART AND PULL INTO A PARKING LOT NEAR BY. I NOTICED TRANSMISSION FLUID LEAKING(WHICH LEFT A TRAIL AND A DECENT PUDDLE WH...

Mileage: 124,000

WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 45MPH I HEARD A LOUD THUMP. A FEW MOMENTS LATER THE VAN STOPPED PULLING ITSELF. I TOOK IT TO A SHOP AND THEY SAID THAT A PIN IN THE TRANSMISSION HAD BROKE AND TORE UP THE HOUSING OF TRANSMISSION CAUSING ALL OF THE FLUID TO POUR OUT ONTO THE ROAD. NO ONE WAS HURT BUT I WAS TOLD T...

Mileage: 114,000

OUR BELTS SIPS OFF DURING WET WEATHER"FIVE TIMES WE REPLACED THE "S" BELT AND THE TENSIONERS,WATERPUMP,OVERHEATING OUR 2ND YR OF OWERSHIP.NOW THE 3RD YR OF TRANSMISSIONS LEAKING,THE ABS LIGHT CAME ON WHILE DRIVING AT 35MPH W/CHILDREN IN CAR ,STARTING TO BRAKE CAUSING TO SLOW WAY DOWN IN TRAFFIC AND ...

Mileage: 220,000

OUR BELTS SIPS OFF DURING WET WEATHER"FIVE TIMES WE REPLACED THE "S" BELT AND THE TENSIONERS,WATERPUMP,OVERHEATING OUR 2ND YR OF OWERSHIP.NOW THE 3RD YR OF TRANSMISSIONS LEAKING,THE ABS LIGHT CAME ON WHILE DRIVING AT 35MPH W/CHILDREN IN CAR ,STARTING TO BRAKE CAUSING TO SLOW WAY DOWN IN TRAFFIC AND ...

Mileage: 220,000

OUR BELTS SIPS OFF DURING WET WEATHER"FIVE TIMES WE REPLACED THE "S" BELT AND THE TENSIONERS,WATERPUMP,OVERHEATING OUR 2ND YR OF OWERSHIP.NOW THE 3RD YR OF TRANSMISSIONS LEAKING,THE ABS LIGHT CAME ON WHILE DRIVING AT 35MPH W/CHILDREN IN CAR ,STARTING TO BRAKE CAUSING TO SLOW WAY DOWN IN TRAFFIC AND ...

Mileage: 220,000

OUR BELTS SIPS OFF DURING WET WEATHER"FIVE TIMES WE REPLACED THE "S" BELT AND THE TENSIONERS,WATERPUMP,OVERHEATING OUR 2ND YR OF OWERSHIP.NOW THE 3RD YR OF TRANSMISSIONS LEAKING,THE ABS LIGHT CAME ON WHILE DRIVING AT 35MPH W/CHILDREN IN CAR ,STARTING TO BRAKE CAUSING TO SLOW WAY DOWN IN TRAFFIC AND ...

Mileage: 220,000

OUR BELTS SIPS OFF DURING WET WEATHER"FIVE TIMES WE REPLACED THE "S" BELT AND THE TENSIONERS,WATERPUMP,OVERHEATING OUR 2ND YR OF OWERSHIP.NOW THE 3RD YR OF TRANSMISSIONS LEAKING,THE ABS LIGHT CAME ON WHILE DRIVING AT 35MPH W/CHILDREN IN CAR ,STARTING TO BRAKE CAUSING TO SLOW WAY DOWN IN TRAFFIC AND ...

Mileage: 220,000

OUR BELTS SIPS OFF DURING WET WEATHER"FIVE TIMES WE REPLACED THE "S" BELT AND THE TENSIONERS,WATERPUMP,OVERHEATING OUR 2ND YR OF OWERSHIP.NOW THE 3RD YR OF TRANSMISSIONS LEAKING,THE ABS LIGHT CAME ON WHILE DRIVING AT 35MPH W/CHILDREN IN CAR ,STARTING TO BRAKE CAUSING TO SLOW WAY DOWN IN TRAFFIC AND ...

Mileage: 220,000

1999 DODGE CARAVAN WITH APPROX 195,000 MILES. PLASTIC FUEL LINE ATTACHED TO GAS TANK EXPERIENCED SPONTANEOUS RUPTURE AND SPEWED GASOLINE ONTO MUFFLER. I NOTED A TRAIL OF LIQUID COMING FROM VEHICLE WHEN BACKED OUT OF DRIVE. STOPPED AND LOOKED UNDER VEHICLE TO SEE GASOLINE POURING OUT AND ONTO HOT ...

Mileage: 195,000

1. VEHICLE: 1999 DODGE CARAVAN SERPENTINE BELT SLIPPAGE WHEN ROAD IS WET. 2. THE BELT SLIPS OFF THE PULLEYS, STEERING POWER IS LOST AND I GET STRANDED IN THE MIDDLE OF BUSY STREETS. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE! (I WONDER IF I WOULD HAVE MADE IT OUT ALIVE IF I WAS DRIVING ON I-95!) ON THE INTER...

Mileage: 129,000

SERPENTINE BELT COMES OFF WHILE DRIVING ON WET ROADS. I REPLACE PULLEYS BELTS SEVERAL TIMES THIS HAS HAPPEN SINCE THE VAN RAN OUT OF WARRANTY. FINALLY I TOOK TO CHRYSLER AND THEY PUT DOUBLE PULLEYS ON AN A DOUBLE SIDE BELT COST WAS AROUND $300.00. CHRYSLER KNEW OF THIS PROBLEM. THIS HAPPENS IN WINT...

Mileage: 99,000

SERPENTINE BELT COMES OFF WHILE DRIVING ON WET ROADS. I REPLACE PULLEYS BELTS SEVERAL TIMES THIS HAS HAPPEN SINCE THE VAN RAN OUT OF WARRANTY. FINALLY I TOOK TO CHRYSLER AND THEY PUT DOUBLE PULLEYS ON AN A DOUBLE SIDE BELT COST WAS AROUND $300.00. CHRYSLER KNEW OF THIS PROBLEM. THIS HAPPENS IN WINT...

Mileage: 99,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 DODGE CARAVAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FUEL RAIL PREVIOUSLY LEAKED ON THE VEHICLE. ON DECEMBER 26, 2002, THE FUEL RAIL WAS REPLACED ACCORDING TO NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 00V268000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM). ALSO, WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE...

Mileage: 45,000

BELT COMES OFF IN WET WEATHER. SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER STEERING. HAVE REPLACED TENSIONER 4 TIMES. SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER STEERING IN WET WEATHER CAN LEAD TO LOSS OF CONTROL. *TR

Mileage: 69,000

CORRODED STRUT TOWER ON DRIVER'S SIDE 1999 DODGE CARAVAN. MECHANIC SAYS THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM FOR 1998-1999 MODEL YEARS. BULLETIN 23-044-02 DESCRIBES THE PROBLEM AS "COSMETIC." MECHANIC SAYS REPAIR (USING CHRYSLER REPAIR KIT) SHOULD RUN $350-450 USD. IF CHRYSLER IS AND HAS BEEN AWARE OF ...

Mileage: 65,000

SERPENTINE BELT COMES OFF PULLEY. OCCURRED FOUR (4) TIMES WITHIN THE LAST 12 MONTHS. TWICE DURING WINTRY CONDITIONS OF LESS THAN THREE (3) INCHES OF SNOW AND TWICE DURING NORMAL RAINFALL. MOST RECENT OCCURRED JUNE 29, 2008. *TR

Mileage: 109,285

SERPENTINE BELT COMES OFF PULLEY. OCCURRED FOUR (4) TIMES WITHIN THE LAST 12 MONTHS. TWICE DURING WINTRY CONDITIONS OF LESS THAN THREE (3) INCHES OF SNOW AND TWICE DURING NORMAL RAINFALL. MOST RECENT OCCURRED JUNE 29, 2008. *TR

Mileage: 109,285

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 DODGE CARAVAN. ON APRIL 24, 2008, WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON THE INSTRUMENT CONTROL PANEL ILLUMINATED, AND THE TEMPERATURE OF THE VEHICLE INCREASED. THE CONTACT PULLED OVER TO ALLOW THE VEHICLE TO COOL. HE RESTARTED THE VEHICLE AND DR...

Mileage: 91,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 DODGE CARAVAN. ON APRIL 24, 2008, WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON THE INSTRUMENT CONTROL PANEL ILLUMINATED, AND THE TEMPERATURE OF THE VEHICLE INCREASED. THE CONTACT PULLED OVER TO ALLOW THE VEHICLE TO COOL. HE RESTARTED THE VEHICLE AND DR...

Mileage: 91,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 DODGE CARAVAN. ON APRIL 24, 2008, WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON THE INSTRUMENT CONTROL PANEL ILLUMINATED, AND THE TEMPERATURE OF THE VEHICLE INCREASED. THE CONTACT PULLED OVER TO ALLOW THE VEHICLE TO COOL. HE RESTARTED THE VEHICLE AND DR...

Mileage: 91,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 DODGE CARAVAN. WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, SMOKE APPEARED UNDER THE HOOD OF THE VEHICLE. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT DID NOT ILLUMINATE. THE CONTACT EVALUATED THE ENGINE AND NOTICED THAT THE OIL WAS LOW; HOWEVER, THE LOW OIL INDICATOR DID NOT ILLUMINATE AS WELL. THE VEHICLE WAS T...

Mileage: 76,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 DODGE CARAVAN. WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE TIRE BLEW OUT. THE CONTACT LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND STRUCK A TELEPHONE POLE. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE WEATHER CONDITIONS WERE CLEAR. THE CONTACT WAS INJURED AND A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. ...

Mileage: 58,000

SERPENTINE BELT HAS FALLEN OFF ON MANY OCCASIONS. USUALLY WHEN IT IS WET OUT. I HAVE HAD THIS VEHICLE TO THE GARAGE ABOUT 12 TIMES IN THE PAST TWO MONTHS AND SPENT ALOT OF MONEY TRYING TO FIX THIS. I KNOW THERE IS A TSB ON THIS ISSUE. I FEEL SINCE IT IS A SAFETY HAZARD TO BE DRIVING AND LOSE ALL CON...

I HAVE A 1999 DODGE CARAVAN IN WHICH THE STRUT HOUSING IS RUSTING OUT. I INQUIRED ABOUT IT SOME TIME AGO BUT DODGE DID NOT HAVE A FIX. THIS PROBLEM IS A COMMON OCCURRENCE WITH THIS VEHICLE . IT IS NOW AT THE POINT WHERE IT WILL PUNCH THROUGH AND CAUSE THE CAR TO CRASH ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE CAR. ...

Mileage: 85,000

DRIVER'S SIDE STRUT TOWER HAS RUST, WHICH EVENTUALLY COULD RESULT IN SUSPENSION-STRUT FAILURE AND LOSS OF CONTROL WHILE DRIVING. PICTURES AVAILABLE. *TR

Mileage: 87,500

99 DODGE CARAVAN IN REPAIR SHOP TO HAVE 4TH OR 5TH BELT TENSIONER & 7TH SERPENTINE BELT REPLACED LOSS OF POWER STEERING RENDERED VEHICLE DANGEROUS, BARELY AVOIDED ACCIDENT DODGE CUSTOMER SERVICE DENIED ANY KNOWLEDGE OF PROBLEM WITH THIS PART UNTIL, AFTER SECOND CALL & DEMANDING TO SPEAK WITH MANAGER...

Mileage: 133,000

TWICE THIS YEAR MY IGNITION BROKE AND I HAD TO HIRE A LOCKSMITH TO REPAIR IT. THE LAST TIME THE LOCKSMITH TOLD ME THERE IS A MANUFACTURE DEFECT WITH THE IGNITION. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 DODGE CARAVAN. WHILE DRIVING 5 MPH, THE BRAKE LIGHTS FAILED TO ILLUMINATE AND THE HORN NO LONGER WORKED. ALSO, THE AIR BAG LIGHT REMAINED ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT YET BEEN DIAGNOSED. THE PURCHASE DATE AND POWERTRAIN WERE UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 74,000...

Mileage: 73,500

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 DODGE CARAVAN. WHILE DRIVING 5 MPH, THE BRAKE LIGHTS FAILED TO ILLUMINATE AND THE HORN NO LONGER WORKED. ALSO, THE AIR BAG LIGHT REMAINED ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT YET BEEN DIAGNOSED. THE PURCHASE DATE AND POWERTRAIN WERE UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 74,000...

Mileage: 73,500

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 DODGE CARAVAN. WHILE DRIVING 5 MPH, THE BRAKE LIGHTS FAILED TO ILLUMINATE AND THE HORN NO LONGER WORKED. ALSO, THE AIR BAG LIGHT REMAINED ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT YET BEEN DIAGNOSED. THE PURCHASE DATE AND POWERTRAIN WERE UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 74,000...

Mileage: 73,500

ENGINE DEVELOPED A MASSIVE HIGH PRESSURE OIL LEAK CAUSING NEAR FLAME CONDITIONS, LOSS OF OIL AND POSSIBLE ENGINE DAMAGE. VEHICLE WAS DIAGNOSED AT INDEPENDENT REPAIR FACILITY. THE DIFFICULTY IS DEFECTIVE CYLINDER HEAD/ CYLINDER HEAD GASKET FAILURE SPRAYING A MIST OF HOT OIL ONTO THE HOT CATALYTIC CON...

Mileage: 91,500

ENGINE DEVELOPED A MASSIVE HIGH PRESSURE OIL LEAK CAUSING NEAR FLAME CONDITIONS, LOSS OF OIL AND POSSIBLE ENGINE DAMAGE. VEHICLE WAS DIAGNOSED AT INDEPENDENT REPAIR FACILITY. THE DIFFICULTY IS DEFECTIVE CYLINDER HEAD/ CYLINDER HEAD GASKET FAILURE SPRAYING A MIST OF HOT OIL ONTO THE HOT CATALYTIC CON...

Mileage: 91,500

I WAS DRIVING SLOWLY THROUGH THE LOCAL MEIJER'S PARKING LOT WHEN I HIT A POTHOLE. THIS WOULD NOT NORMALLY BE A CATACLYSMIC EVENT BUT THIS TIME THE STRUT TOWER COLLAPSED ALLOWING THE WHEEL TO HIT THE INNER FENDER. I WAS TRAVELING AT LESS THAN 10 MPH SO THERE WERE NO INJURIES BUT IF THIS WERE TO HAV...

Mileage: 117,785

I HAVE A 1999 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN THAT THE SERPENTINE BELT HAS COME OFF OF NUMEROUS TIMES, BECAUSE OF A MANUFACTURE DEFECT. WHENEVER THE TENSION WHEEL GETS SPLASHED WITH WATER THE BELT POPS OFF. YOU IMMEDIATELY LOSE POWER STEERING, IT IS SO DANGEROUS!! THE CAR OVERHEATS. I HAVE TALKED TO MANY MECHAN...

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 DODGE CARAVAN. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE, BUT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT EXPERIENCING ANY FAILURES AT THE TIME. AFTER THE DEALER PERFORMED THE RECALL REPAIR, HE NOTICED THAT THE STEERING WHEEL KEPT MOVING UP AND DOWN AND HE HEARD A LOUD SQUEAKING NOISE. HE TOOK THE ...

Mileage: 100,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 DODGE CARAVAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED INTERMITTENTLY, BUT THEN REMAINED LIT. ON JULY 3, 2006, THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 04V480000 (AIR BAGS). THE DEALER STATED THAT THE CONTACT WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE COST TO ...

Mileage: 101,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 DODGE CARAVAN. AFTER THE CONTACT HAD THE TURN SIGNAL SWITCH REPLACED, THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS AUTOMATICALLY ACTIVATED EACH TIME THE VEHICLE WAS STARTED. THE DEALER WOULD NOT REPLACE THE WIPERS BECAUSE THEY WERE NOT UNDER WARRANTY. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 185,000 AND FAILU...

Mileage: 180,000

STRUT TOWERS HAVE RUSTED THROUGH. WHY IS SUCH A CRITICAL AREA ONLY GOOD FOR 9 YEARS? IS VEHICLE NOW IN AN UNSAFE CONDITION? WILL CHRYSLER PAY FOR REPAIRS. THEY SHOULD! *TR

Mileage: 215,000

STRUT TOWERS HAVE RUSTED THROUGH. WHY IS SUCH A CRITICAL AREA ONLY GOOD FOR 9 YEARS? IS VEHICLE NOW IN AN UNSAFE CONDITION? WILL CHRYSLER PAY FOR REPAIRS. THEY SHOULD! *TR

Mileage: 215,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 DODGE CARAVAN. WHILE DRIVING 15 MPH THROUGH PUDDLES IN THE ROAD, THE SERPENTINE BELT DETACHED FROM THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE HAS BEEN OCCURRING FOR SIX MONTHS. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A REPAIR SHOP AFTER THE FIRST FAILURE. ONCE THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED, THE MECHANIC ST...

Mileage: 105,000

WE HAVE HAD 5 GOODYEAR ALLEGRA TIRES BLOW OUT THERE SIDEWALLS WITHIN 14 MONTHS. THIS INCIDENT HAPPENED IN A 45 MPH ZONE. VEHICLE HAS BEEN CHECKED FOR ALIGNMENT AFTER EACH INCIDENT MECHANICAL SAYS VEHICLE HAS NO MECHANICAL PROBLEMS. *TR

ON 1999 AND POSSIBLY 2000, OR OTHER MODELS, DODGE CARAVAN/GRAND CARAVAN THE TOP OF THE DRIVERS SIDE & POSSIBLY PASSENGERS SIDE 'STRUT TOWER' RUSTS OUT. MOST BODY SHOPS AVOID MESSING WITH THIS DUE TO LIABILITY ISSUES. *JB

CORROSION OF LEFT FORWARD STRUT TOWER. DURING SCHEDULED OIL CHANGE, SAW EXTENSIVE CORROSION ON LEFT SHOCK TOWER IN ENGINE COMPARTMENT. THE CORROSION APPEARS TO HAVE DEVELOPED FROM INSIDE THE SHOCK TOWER AND ONLY BECAME APPARENT RECENTLY. CORROSION IS AFFECTING THE OUTBOARD HALF OF THE SHOCK TOWER A...

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 DODGE CARAVAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ABS LIGHT REMAINS ILLUMINATED AND THE HORN FAILED TO WORK AT THE SAME TIME. SHE BELIEVES THE FAILURES ARE RELATED. INITIALLY, THE ABS LIGHT WOULD GO ON AND OFF, FOLLOWED BY A CHIME TO ALERT THE DRIVER. CURRENTLY, IT IS CONSTAN...

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 DODGE CARAVAN. WHILE DRIVING 15 MPH, THE CONTACT NOTICED A LOSS OF POWER IN THE VEHICLE AND ITS POWER STEERING. THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE SERPENTINE BELT DETACHED FROM THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SERPENTINE BELT DETACHED ON FOUR OCCASIONS AND THE ROAD CO...

Mileage: 106,000

PAINT STARTED TO WEAR OFF THE VEHICLE. *JB

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 DODGE CARAVAN. THE DRIVER'S SIDE STRUT TOWER WAS RUSTED, AND THE MECHANIC AND THE BODY REPAIR SHOP STATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS COMMON FOR THIS TYPE OF VEHICLE. DIAMLER-CHRYLSER STATED THAT THE WARRANTY EXPIRED, AND THE REPAIR WOULD BE AT COST TO THE CONTACT. THE C...

Mileage: 67,000

THE RECLINER HANDLE FOR THE DRIVER'S SIDE FRONT SEAT BROKE OFF. *JB

UPON TAKING OUR 1999 DODGE CARAVAN IN FOR REPAIRS WE WERE INFORMED THAT OUR LIVES WOULD BE AT RISK IF WE CONTINUED ON DRIVING OUR VEHICLE. IT SEEMS THAT THE UPPER STRUT MOUNTING HOUSE UNDER THE HOOD ON THE LEFT SIDE OF OUR VEHICLE IS SEVERELY CORRODED AND READY TO CRACK, THE SAME HOLDS TRUE ABOUT TH...

Mileage: 70,306

UPON TAKING OUR 1999 DODGE CARAVAN IN FOR REPAIRS WE WERE INFORMED THAT OUR LIVES WOULD BE AT RISK IF WE CONTINUED ON DRIVING OUR VEHICLE. IT SEEMS THAT THE UPPER STRUT MOUNTING HOUSE UNDER THE HOOD ON THE LEFT SIDE OF OUR VEHICLE IS SEVERELY CORRODED AND READY TO CRACK, THE SAME HOLDS TRUE ABOUT TH...

Mileage: 70,306

TL*- THE CONTACT STATED THAT IN AN ATTEMPT TO START THE 1999 DODGE CARAVAN THE DRIVER'S SIDE RECLINER HANDLE BROKE OFF. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR REPAIR, BUT THE DEALER DID NOT REPAIR THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS A RECALL ON OTHER VEHICLES FOR THIS SAME DRIVER S...

Mileage: 103,000

TL*- THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 DODGE CARAVAN. WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH AND AT ANY SPEED THE GEAR SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL WITHOUT WARNING. THE DRIVER HAD TO STOP THE VEHICLE, PUT THE VEHICLE IN PARK, AND IT ACCELERATED A FEW TIMES BEFORE SHE COULD DRIVE FORWARD. THE GEAR SHIFT INDICATOR WAS IN THE DRIVE...

Mileage: 57,500

TL*- THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE 1999 DODGE CARAVAN WAS RECALLED UNDER CAMPAIGN 04V480000 FOR A DEFECT IN THE AIRBAGS. THE RECALL WAS REPAIRED 01/31/07. WHEN THE AIRBAG LIGHT WENT OUT LAST YEAR THE HORN DIDN'T FUNCTION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DEALERSHIP INFORMED HIM THAT THE HORN ASSEMBLY WA...

TL*- THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE 1999 DODGE CARAVAN WAS RECALLED UNDER CAMPAIGN 04V480000 FOR A DEFECT IN THE AIRBAGS. THE RECALL WAS REPAIRED 01/31/07. WHEN THE AIRBAG LIGHT WENT OUT LAST YEAR THE HORN DIDN'T FUNCTION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DEALERSHIP INFORMED HIM THAT THE HORN ASSEMBLY WA...

DURING A RAIN THE SERPENTINE BELT FELL OFF CAUSING LOSS OF POWER STEERING, WATER PUMP AND OTHER EQUIPMENT. THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE, AND DODGE HAS A TSB OUT. BUT THEY ARE MAKING NO EFFORT TO CORRECT THIS FLAW. IT SEEMS THAT ANYTIME WATER GETS ON THIS BELT IT WILL COME OFF. HOW MANY CRASHES ...

Mileage: 70,416

SERPENTINE BELT FAILURE,SLIPS OFF WHEN WET,STEERING FAILS

Mileage: 105,000

1) PULLEY / TENSIONER / SERPENTINE BELT FAILURE IN A 1999 DODGE CARAVAN REPLACED 3 TIMES. 2) DRIVING IN RAINY WEATHER, DROVE THROUGH A SMALL PUDDLE IN THE ROAD AND THE BELT CAME OFF THE CAR LEAVING ME STRANDED. NO POWER STEERING, NO OIL PUMPING THROUGH THE CAR, ETC... 3) DODGE CLAIMS THEY HAVE NO...

Mileage: 115,360

USED STANDARD CAR JACK TO CHANGE TIRE. AFTER REMOVING TIRE, JACK FAILED AND VEHICLE DROPPED TO GROUND. MAIN SCREW THAT RAISES AND LOWERS JACK HAD SNAPPED IN TWO. *JB

AFTER HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE SEAT BELTS IN THE REAR SEAT OF OUR MINIVAN, BEING THAT THEY DON'T' UNLATCH AT CERTAIN TIMES AS WELL AS THE FACT THAT AT TIMES WHEN TRYING TO LATCH THEM, THEY WON'T LATCH UNTIL MUCH DIFFICULTY, I DID A SEARCH FOR INFORMATION ON THEM, AND FIND THAT THESE SEAT BELTS AR...

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE BRAKES FAILED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO DEPRESS THE BRAKE PEDAL ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR. IT WAS COASTED TO A STOP, AND THE EMERGENCY BRAKE WAS APPLIED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A PRIVATE REPAIR SHOP, WHERE ALL THE STEEL BRAKE LINES...

Mileage: 97,239

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DEPRESSING THE BRAKES AT 20 MPH ON A CITY STREET, THE PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE FLOORBOARD WHICH CREATED AN INCREASED STOPPING DISTANCE. UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION, THE BRAKE LINES WERE EXTREMELY CORRODED AND LEAKED BRAKE FLUID. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED HOME WH...

Mileage: 105,000

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE TRAVELING VARIOUS SPEEDS IN WET CONDITIONS, THE BATTERY LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO MULTIPLE INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOPS, WHO DETERMINED THE SERPENTINE BELT SLIPPED OFF AND THE BELT WAS REPLACED. THERE HAD BEEN NO INSPECTI...

Mileage: 150,000

CORROSION ON TOP OF STRUT TOWERS CAUSING STRESS CRACKS. *JB

Mileage: 80,000

CORROSION ON TOP OF STRUT TOWERS CAUSING STRESS CRACKS. *JB

Mileage: 80,000

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 40 MPH, THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR, AND THE STOPPING DISTANCE WAS EXTENDED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A PRIVATE REPAIR SHOP, WHERE IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THERE WAS A BRAKE FLUID LEAK. THERE WAS A NHTSA RECALL # 06E022000, PERTAINING ...

Mileage: 58,000

THE FRONT SEAT RECLINING LEVER HAS BROKEN OFF ON BOTH FRONT SEATS. THIS MAKES IT VERY UNCOMFORTABLE TO SIT FOR ANY LENGTH OF TIME. I WAS TOLD THAT THE SEATS HAD TO BE REPLACED. THIS IS TO EXPENSIVE. *JB

Mileage: 100,000

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE HATCHBACK LIFTGATE SUPPORT DEVICE FAILED AND CAME CRASHING DOWN SECONDS AFTER THE CONTACT'S PET WAS LET OUT OF THE PARKED VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT EQUIPPED WITH A REMOTE LOCKING DEVICE. THE ALLEGED FAILURE WAS MECHANICAL. THE CONSUMER...

Mileage: 110,000

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED DURING NORMAL MAINTENANCE, THE INSIDE OF THE TIRES WERE WORN. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION WHO DETERMINED THE UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS WERE EXTREMELY WORN AND NEEDED REPLACED.

Mileage: 41,975

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED DURING NORMAL MAINTENANCE, THE INSIDE OF THE TIRES WERE WORN. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION WHO DETERMINED THE UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS WERE EXTREMELY WORN AND NEEDED REPLACED.

Mileage: 41,975

I AM A LICENSED DAY CARE PROVIDER WHO TRANSPORTS SEVERAL SMALL CHILDREN DAILY. MY VEHICLE IS A 2000 DODGE CARAVAN. ON TUESDAY, MY TRANSMISSION FAILED WITHOUT WARNING WHILE I WAS ON THE INTERSTATE WITH FIVE CHILDREN INSIDE. I WAS HORRIFIED. MY TRANSMISSION NEEDS TO BE REPLACED, WHICH WILL COST UPWARD...

Mileage: 80,500

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 55MPH THE CHECK BATTERY LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE LIGHT ILLUMINATED FOR TEN MINUTES, AND THEN THE ENGINE STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS PULLED OFF THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WITHOUT INCIDENT. A NEW BATTERY WAS INSTALLED; IT STAYED CHARGED FOR TWO DAYS THEN FAILED. THE VEHI...

Mileage: 163,000

DT: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE GETTING AN OIL CHANGE HE WAS INFORMED THAT THE DRIVER'S SIDE STRUT TOWER SUPPORT WAS RUSTED AND CRACKED. THE MANUFACTURER OFFERED NO FREE REMEDY. NO REPAIRS HAVE BEEN PERFORMED. *AK UPDATED 01/11/06. *JB

Mileage: 106,584

LTR RE 1999 DODGE CARAVAN , PLYMOUTH VOYAGER, AND CHRYSLER MIN-VANS DEFECTIVE METAL BRAKE LINES, REQUEST A DEFECT INVESTIGATION, S10/CMBK-051208-005. *TS ALL OF THE CORROSION OCCURRED NEXT TO THE WELDED STAINLESS STEEL FLEX SEGMENT. *NM

WHILE DRIVING THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD THE REAR END PIN CAME LOOSE IN THE TRANSAXLE AND CRACKED THE HOUSING. LOST ALL THE TRANSMISSION FLUID AND VEHICLE BECAME INOPERATIVE. VEHICLE HAD 49,992 MILES AND DODGE WOULD NOT REPAIR UNDER WARRANTY. THEY DEALER RECOMMENDED A NEW TRANSMISSION FOR ALMOST $3...

Mileage: 49,992

DT: THE CONTACT STATES THE WHEN IT RAINS AND HE DRIVES THROUGH A RAIN PUDDLE THE SERPENTINE BELT FALLS OFF. THIS HAS HAPPENED TWICE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DEALER FOR REPAIRS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED, AND THEY OFFERED NO FREE REMEDY.*AK

MY 1999 DODGE CARAVAN HAS PLASTIC HEADLIGHTS COVERS. THE LEFT SIDE IS SO BAD IT HAS REDUCED THE OUT PUT BY HALF. I HAD A ACCIDENT THAT CAUSED THE RIGHT PLASTIC ON TO BE REPLACED. SO I BELIEVE ANY ONE WHO HAS NOT REPLACED THESE EXPENSIVE COVERS HAS LOST THERE OUT PUT OF THESE & NOT KNOW IT BECAUSE ...

I HAD PULLEY/ARM TENSION REPLACED THREE TIMES , ON THAT THIRD TIME I THEN FOUND OUT THERE WAS A BRACKET MADE TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM.BUT DURING THE TIMES OF ALL THESE REPAIRS (IN THE PAST TWO AND HALF YEARS OF BUYING THE VAN) I HAVE HAD MANY BREAKDOWNS CAUSING THE VAN TO BE VERY DIFFICULT TO MANAGE(A...

Mileage: 85,000

DT: CONTACT STATED SOMETHING WAS DEFECTIVE WITH THE RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION. THE COOLANT FROM THE RADIATOR WENT INTO THE TRANSMISSION AND DESTROYED THE TRANSMISSION. THIS HAPPENED ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO. SHE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A MECHANIC AND HE CHANGED THE RADIATOR AND TRIED TO FLUSH THE TRANSMISSIO...

Mileage: 60,000

DT: CONTACT STATED SOMETHING WAS DEFECTIVE WITH THE RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION. THE COOLANT FROM THE RADIATOR WENT INTO THE TRANSMISSION AND DESTROYED THE TRANSMISSION. THIS HAPPENED ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO. SHE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A MECHANIC AND HE CHANGED THE RADIATOR AND TRIED TO FLUSH THE TRANSMISSIO...

Mileage: 60,000

DT: THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL LETTER IN 11-04 REGARDING THE AIR BAG LIGHT STAYING ON. SHE TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP TO HAVE THE RECALL REPAIRS DONE IN 11-04. THE DEALERSHIP TOLD HER RECALL REPAIRS COULD NOT BE DONE BECAUSE THEY COULD NOT GET THE STEERING WHEEL OFF. THEY WOULD ORDER A N...

Mileage: 120,429

DT: THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DRIVE BELT CAME OFF ON FOUR DIFFERENT OCCASIONS. EACH TIME IT OCCURRED AFTER A HEAVY RAIN WHILE DRIVING THROUGH A PUDDLE. HE HAD THE BELT REPLACED AT A LOCAL SERVICE DEALER. THE NEXT TIME IT OCCURRED THEY PUT THE SAME BELT ON AGAIN. THE THIRD TIME THEY TOLD HIM ...

MY 1999 DODGE CARAVAN SHIFT LEVER CAN BE MOVED OUT OF PARK POSITION WITH ENGINE RUNNING WITHOUT HAVING TO PRESS ON THE BRAKE PEDAL ,THIS CREATES A VERY DANGEROUS SAFETY PROBLEM IF A CHILD IS LEFT IN VAN WITHOUT BEING RESTRAINED CHRYSLER CORP.CORRECTED THIS PROBLEM IN 2001 CAN SOMETHING BE DONE TO EA...

DT: STRUT TOWERS RUSTING . CALLER HAD OIL CHANGED, AND THE ATTENDANT TOLD HIM THAT STRUT TOWERS WERE RUSTED. DEALER SAID THEY HAVE NOT SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THAT. MANUFACTURER WILL OFFER NO HELP.*AK *NM

Mileage: 115,683

CONSUMER EXPERIENCED A BRAKE LINE BURST IN 1999 DODGE CARAVAN. *TS THE BRAKE LINE IN THE CONSUMER'S VAN WAS WELDED WITH DISSIMILAR METALS WHICH CAUSED CORROSION. ALL OF THE CORROSION OCCURRED NEXT TO THE WELDED STAINLESS STEEL FLEW SEGMENT. THE CONSUMER CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER BUT THE PROVIDED...

DT: CONSUMER DROVE DOWN A DRIVEWAY TO PARK VEHICLE. THE NEXT TIME HE WAS IN THE CAR HE HAD TO BACK OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY TO A ROAD WHERE IT WAS FLAT AND THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT RIGHT TO THE FLOOR. HE DROVE HOME FROM THERE USING THE EMERGENCY BRAKE. CONSUMER THOUGHT IT MAY BE LACKING BRAKE FLUID, WH...

DT: THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 DODGE CARAVAN AND THE STRUT TOWERS RUSTED OUT ON THE TOP IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. HE NOTICED THIS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR WHEN HE HAD THE ENGINE CLEANED. THE CONTACT TALKED TO CHRYSLER, AND THEY SAID THEY WOULD NOT HELP HIM BECAUSE THE CORROSION WARRANTY EXP...

Mileage: 54,000

DT: CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL LETTER ON 8-9-05 CONCERNING AIR BAGS. THE DEALER REFUSED TO HONOR THE RECALL BECAUSE HE BOUGHT THE CAR AS IT WAS. *AK

Mileage: 85,000

1999 DODGE CARAVAN HORN, AIRBAG INOPERATIVE... CLOCKSPRING BROKEN. VEHICLE FAILED INSPECTION. SAFETY ITEM CHRYSLER SHOULD FIX NO-CHARGE

1999 DODGE CARAVAN HORN, AIRBAG INOPERATIVE... CLOCKSPRING BROKEN. VEHICLE FAILED INSPECTION. SAFETY ITEM CHRYSLER SHOULD FIX NO-CHARGE

THE LEVER AND BOLT BROKE OFF THE DRIVER'S SEAT. THE SEAT IS UNABLE TO RECLINE, CAUSING THE DRIVER TO BE UNCOMFORTABLE WHILE DRIVING. CONSUMER WILL NOTIFY THE MANUFACTURER.*AK. ALSO, THIRD BRAKE LIGHT BULBS MALFUNCTIONED, BULD WAS REPLACED. *AK THE DRIVER'S SEAT ADJUSTER HANDLE BROKE. *NM

Mileage: 55,682

THE LEVER AND BOLT BROKE OFF THE DRIVER'S SEAT. THE SEAT IS UNABLE TO RECLINE, CAUSING THE DRIVER TO BE UNCOMFORTABLE WHILE DRIVING. CONSUMER WILL NOTIFY THE MANUFACTURER.*AK. ALSO, THIRD BRAKE LIGHT BULBS MALFUNCTIONED, BULD WAS REPLACED. *AK THE DRIVER'S SEAT ADJUSTER HANDLE BROKE. *NM

Mileage: 55,682

OVER THE PERIOD OF ONE YEAR MY DODGE CARAVAN 1999 SE STOPPED ENGINE CUT OFF WHILE GOING SPEEDS OF 75 MILES AN HOUR ON HIGHWAYS. THE LAST TIME I WAS ALMOST HIT AS IT WAS RUSH HOUR AND ON A VERY HEAVY TRAFFIC AREA BRIDGE. I BROUGHT IT SEVERAL TIMES TO MECHANICS AND THEY CAN NOT FIND OUT WHAT THE PROBL...

THE HORN AND THE DRIVERS SIDE AIRBAG HAVE STOPPED WORKING.

Mileage: 89,000

TRANSMISSION FAILURE(BLOWN APART PER MECHANIC)AND NO WARRANTY PROVIDED WITH LESS THAN 54000 MILES.HAD 8 YEAR/80000 MILE WARRANTY PLUS EXTRA TO 100000 MILE PAID. PAID OUT OF POCKET FOR REPAIR.TRANNY SLIPPING AGAIN SINCE WITH ANOTHER 2500 MILES ADDED. 1999 DODGE CARAVAN FACTORY WARRANTY REFUSED.

Mileage: 51,000

TRANSMISSION FAILURE(BLOWN APART PER MECHANIC)AND NO WARRANTY PROVIDED WITH LESS THAN 54000 MILES.HAD 8 YEAR/80000 MILE WARRANTY PLUS EXTRA TO 100000 MILE PAID. PAID OUT OF POCKET FOR REPAIR.TRANNY SLIPPING AGAIN SINCE WITH ANOTHER 2500 MILES ADDED. 1999 DODGE CARAVAN FACTORY WARRANTY REFUSED.

Mileage: 51,000

CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR THE AIR BAG/CLOCK SPRING RECALL 04V480000, REPAIRS WERE SUPPOSEDLY MADE, HOWEVER, THE AIR BAG LIGHT CAME ON AND REMAINED ON.*AK

Mileage: 62,000

WHILE DRIVING AT 40 MPH CONSUMER APPLIED BRAKES AND HAD NO BRAKES. CONSUMER PULLED TO SIDE OF THE ROAD AND APPLIED EMERGENCY BRAKES TO STOP VEHICLE. CONSUMER HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO DEALER.*AK

Mileage: 201,936

THE OIL PAN IS RUSTING OUT AND WILL REQUIRE REPLACEMENT. *AK

WHILE DRIVING 30-35 MPH, SMOKE STARTED COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. THE CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO PULL THE VEHICLE OFF THE STREET. THE LOCAL POLICE OFFICER INSTRUCTED THE CONSUMER TO TURN THE VEHICLE OFF. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A REPAIR SHOP. THE MECHANIC AND THE INSURANCE INSPECTOR CONFIRMED THAT THE ...

Mileage: 830,000

STRUT TOWER CORROSION ON 1999 DODGE CARAVAN.*** NO ANSWER REQUIRED***. *MR *NM

CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS RAN OFF THE ROAD BY ANOTHER VEHICLE, CAUSING CONSUMER'S VEHICLE TO CRASH INTO A STOP SIGN AT ABOUT 35 MPH. UPON IMPACT, THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED BY OWNER.*AK *NM

VEHICLE WAS MAKING A LEFT TURN INTO AN INTERSECTION AND WAS HIT IN THE FRONT ON DRIVER'S SIDE QUARTER PANEL. OWNER WAS DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH WHILE THE ONCOMING VEHICLE WAS GOING AT APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH. UPON IMPACT, THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. OWNER CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER, AND WAS ...

Mileage: 110,000

AIRBAG LIGHT STAYS ON, HORN INTERMINTENT, WIPERS INTERMINTENT. *AK

Mileage: 69,000

AIRBAG LIGHT STAYS ON, HORN INTERMINTENT, WIPERS INTERMINTENT. *AK

Mileage: 69,000

AIRBAG LIGHT STAYS ON, HORN INTERMINTENT, WIPERS INTERMINTENT. *AK

Mileage: 69,000

WHEN RAINING THE SERPENTINE BELT COMPLETELY DISENGAGES. THE VEHICLE WILL LOSE POWER. WHEN THE BELT COMES OFF THE VEHICLE WILL JERK TO THE LEFT. CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, AND SHE WAS TOLD THAT THERE WAS NO SOLUTION FOR THIS PROBLEM, AND PUT THE BELT BACK ON. THERE IS A MANUFACTURIN...

WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT CAME ON ,AND THE HORN FAILED TO WORK. ALSO, CRUISE CONTROL DID NOT WORK. A RECALL WAS ISSUED ON CLOCK SPRING AFFECTING EARLIER MODELS.*AK RECALL CAMPAIGN; NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER : 04V480000. FOR THE AIR BAG. THE CONSUMER STATED THAT SHE WAS IN A ...

Mileage: 59,000

WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT CAME ON ,AND THE HORN FAILED TO WORK. ALSO, CRUISE CONTROL DID NOT WORK. A RECALL WAS ISSUED ON CLOCK SPRING AFFECTING EARLIER MODELS.*AK RECALL CAMPAIGN; NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER : 04V480000. FOR THE AIR BAG. THE CONSUMER STATED THAT SHE WAS IN A ...

Mileage: 59,000

WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT CAME ON ,AND THE HORN FAILED TO WORK. ALSO, CRUISE CONTROL DID NOT WORK. A RECALL WAS ISSUED ON CLOCK SPRING AFFECTING EARLIER MODELS.*AK RECALL CAMPAIGN; NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER : 04V480000. FOR THE AIR BAG. THE CONSUMER STATED THAT SHE WAS IN A ...

Mileage: 59,000

WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT CAME ON ,AND THE HORN FAILED TO WORK. ALSO, CRUISE CONTROL DID NOT WORK. A RECALL WAS ISSUED ON CLOCK SPRING AFFECTING EARLIER MODELS.*AK RECALL CAMPAIGN; NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER : 04V480000. FOR THE AIR BAG. THE CONSUMER STATED THAT SHE WAS IN A ...

Mileage: 59,000

ALLEGED SEPARATION OF TIRE (RUBBER SEPARATION FROM STEEL BELT) UNDER NORMAL OPERATIONS. I AM TRYING TO FIND AN INDEPENT THIRD-PARTY TO DETERMINE THE MATTER. THE TIRE SELLER CLAIMS THAT THE DAMAGE TO THE TIRES IS THE RESULT OF IMPROMPER FRONT-END ALIGNMENT. A DIFFERENT SERVICE CLAIMS THAT THE DAMAGE ...

TRANSMISSION FAILURE AT 96,000. *NM

Mileage: 97,000

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED, THE INSIDE HEADLINER FELL DOWN ONTO THE CONSUMER. THE DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK *SC *JB

Mileage: 87,000

THE CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE IN FOR LEAKAGE UNDER THE MOTOR. HOWEVER, HE FOUND THAT THE HOUSING WAS BROKEN. *NM *SC

Mileage: 42,000

THIS VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A HEAD COLLISION AT 35 MPH. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY UPON IMPACT. MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED BY OWNER.

'RECALL CAMPAIGN; DODGE GRAND CARAVAN ISSUED FOR CLOCKSPRING. *BF THE CLOCK SPRING FAILURE RESULTED IN THE VEHICLE HORN, INSTRUMENT LIGHT, CRUISE CONTROL AND WIPERS INTERMITTENTY WORKING. THE AIR BAG LIGHT MALFUNCTIONED. RECALL #04V480000. THE CONSUMER REQUESTED REIMBURSEMENT. *SC

WHEN DRIVING 60 MPH ON WET ROAD THE SERPENTINE BELT CAME OFF THE ENGINE PULLEY. THIS CAUSED POWER STEERING ASSIST PROBLEM, ENGINE OVERHEATING, AND STALLING. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED, BUT WAS UNABLE TO RESOLVE THIS ISSUE. *AK

Mileage: 80,000

PLASTIC COVER ON HEADLIGHTS DETERIORATED. THIS AFFECTED THE LIGHT BULB. THE DRIVER HAS DIFFICULTY SEEING THE ROAD AT NIGHT.*AK *TC

Mileage: 70,000

WE RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE (D17) ON A 1999 DODGE CARAVAN, FOR THE CLOCK SPRING. THE AIRBAG LIGHT WAS NOT ON. WE TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP, MARTIN DODGE IN BOWLING GREEN, KY, TO BE REPLACED. THEY REPLACED IT, AND THE AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON SO THEY REPLACED IT WITH ANOTHER. EVERYTHING WAS REPLACED ...

Mileage: 55,141

WE RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE (D17) ON A 1999 DODGE CARAVAN, FOR THE CLOCK SPRING. THE AIRBAG LIGHT WAS NOT ON. WE TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP, MARTIN DODGE IN BOWLING GREEN, KY, TO BE REPLACED. THEY REPLACED IT, AND THE AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON SO THEY REPLACED IT WITH ANOTHER. EVERYTHING WAS REPLACED ...

Mileage: 55,141

THE VEHICLE'S AIR BAG CLOCKSPRING FAILED PRIOR TO RECALL NOTIFICATION. *NM RECALL CAMPAIGN 04V480000. *SC *JB

Mileage: 91,175

COMPLAINT RECEIVED VIA E-MAIL. I DISCOVERED THAT MY DODGE CARAVAN, 1999 DRIVER'S SIDE STRUT TOWER RUSTED SIGNIFICANTLY ,AND MAY POSSIBLY BREAK. THIS COULD LEAD TO A POTENTIALLY SERIOUS PROBLEM LATER. I THINK THAT THIS PROBABLY WAS DUE TO DEFECTIVE MATERIAL USED BY A CHRYSLER SUPPLIER. CHRYSLER SHO...

Mileage: 75,000

RECALL CAMPAIGN FOR THE CLOCK SPRING WAS ISSUED. HEARD CLICKING SOUND WHEN MAKING TURNS. *BF *SC

VEHICLE TENDS TO STALL AT VARIOUS SPEEDS WHEN THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT STAYES ON. CONSUMER WILL CONTACT MANUFACTURER.*AK

THE VEHICLE'S AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE HORN WOULD NOT WORK. *NM RECALL CAMPAIGN: NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER : 04V480000 THE CONSUMER TOOK HIS VEHICLE IN FOR SERVICE AND ONLY HALF OF THE SERVICE WAS RENDERED. A CLOCK SPRING WAS INSTALLED TO FIX THE AIR BAG FAILURE. THE HORN FAILURE WAS...

Mileage: 88,957

THE VEHICLE'S AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE HORN WOULD NOT WORK. *NM RECALL CAMPAIGN: NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER : 04V480000 THE CONSUMER TOOK HIS VEHICLE IN FOR SERVICE AND ONLY HALF OF THE SERVICE WAS RENDERED. A CLOCK SPRING WAS INSTALLED TO FIX THE AIR BAG FAILURE. THE HORN FAILURE WAS...

Mileage: 88,957

THE AIR BAG LIGHT APPEARED ON THE DASHBOARD AND REMAINED ON. CONSUMER NOTICED WHEN THE HORN WAS APPLIED IT FAILED TO COME ON . *AK THE DEALER INDICATED THAT IT WOULD COST $100. TO REPLACE THE PART WHICH WAS RECALLED BY THE FACTORY. THE MANUFACTURER WOULD NOT PERFORM THE REPAIRS FREE OF CHARGE BE...

THE CONSUMER WAS HAVING THE SAME PROBLEMS AS RECALL CAMPAIGN #04V480000 CLOCK SPRING. THE DEALERSHIP WOULD NOT REPAIR FREE OF CHARGE BECAUSE THE VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. *JB *SC

Mileage: 95,000

WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH THE HOOD LATCH FAILED, CAUSING IT TO FLY UP AND SHATTER THE FRONT WINDSHIELD. VEHICLE WAS TOWED. *AK THE HOOD LATCHES FAILED DUE TO ABNORMAL WEAR. *NM

Mileage: 52,431

THE CROSS OVER PIPE UNDERNEATH SPLIT APART, ALLOWING THE EXHAUST FUMES/CARBON MONOXIDE TO ENTER COMPARTMENT. FUMES WERE SOMETIMES OVERWHELMING. VEHICLE HESITATED UPON ACCELERATION AND STALLED. MANUFACTURER WAS AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM, AND THE PART WAS BACK ORDERED WITH 10,000 CONSUMERS WAITING. *A...

NO PARTS, RECALL 04V480000 CONCERNING AIR BAG CLOCK SPRING. REGAL DODGE 561-683-1511. THE DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. *AK

Mileage: 63,000

NO PARTS, RECALL 04V480000 CONCERNING AIR BAG CLOCK SPRING. REGAL DODGE 561-683-1511. THE DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. *AK

Mileage: 63,000

WHILE TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH THE HOOD ON OUR 1999 DODGE CARAVAN FLEW UP, OBSTRUCTING VISION OF DRIVER.*AK

Mileage: 77,000

THE CONSUMER HIT A POLE AND THE AIRBAG FAILED TO DEPLOY ON IMPACT. *JB

WHILE TRAVELING ABOUT 45 MPH ANOTHER VEHICLE SUDDENLY STOPPED ON THE HIGHWAY CONSUMER APPLIED THE BRAKES BUT PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. CONSUMER AVOIDED THE OTHER VEHICLE BY SKIDDING INTO A DITCH. UPON IMPACT, BOTH FRONTAL AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. DRIVER SUSTAINED HEAD AND BACK INJURIES,BUT RE...

WHILE TRAVELING ABOUT 45 MPH ANOTHER VEHICLE SUDDENLY STOPPED ON THE HIGHWAY CONSUMER APPLIED THE BRAKES BUT PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. CONSUMER AVOIDED THE OTHER VEHICLE BY SKIDDING INTO A DITCH. UPON IMPACT, BOTH FRONTAL AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. DRIVER SUSTAINED HEAD AND BACK INJURIES,BUT RE...

WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH SERPENTINE BELT FELL OFF. VEHICLE WAS TOWED. DEALERSHIP REPAIRED THIS PROBLEM 3 TIMES. HOWEVER.ROBLEM RECURRED. *AK

Mileage: 62,000

REAR BRAKE SYSTEM FAILED PREMATURELY, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. DEALERSHIP WAS UNABLE TO RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK

Mileage: 130,000

DEALERSHIP WILL NOT REPAIR RECALL 04V480000 AIR BAG CLOCK SPRING UNLESS THE VEHICLE WAS CURRENTLY EXPERIENCING THE PROBLEM. HOWEVER, PROBLEM WAS NOT RESOLVED. *AK

Mileage: 100,000

DEALERSHIP WILL NOT REPAIR RECALL 04V480000 AIR BAG CLOCK SPRING UNLESS THE VEHICLE WAS CURRENTLY EXPERIENCING THE PROBLEM. HOWEVER, PROBLEM WAS NOT RESOLVED. *AK

Mileage: 100,000

WHILE TRAVELING AT 60 MPH VEHICLE INVOLVED IN A REAR END COLLISION. UPON IMPACT, AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. CONSUMER WAS CONCERNED SINCE A RECALL LETTER WAS RECEIVED FOR NHTSA RECALL 04V48000. *AK

Mileage: 100,000

AIR BAG LIGHT WENT ON, WE WERE INFORMED THAT THERE WAS A RECALL, DEALER WILL NOT EVEN LOOK AT THE VAN UNTIL DEC. 21ST. THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE! IT IS A SAFETY ISSUE!CHRYSLER REFUSED TO PUSH THE DEALER TO FIX THE VAN EARLIER. *NM

Mileage: 107,000

WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS AT A REPAIR SHOP MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE HOUSING AREA WHICH HELD THE FRONT STRUT RUSTED. *AK

Mileage: 63,000

THE HORN AND THE CRUISE CONTROL FAILED TO OPERATE WHEN THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT CAME ON. UPON HAVING THE AIR BAG CLOCK SPRING RECALL 04V480000 REPAIRS PERFORMED DEALERSHIP INDICATED THAT THE HORN FAILURE WAS NOT RELATED TO THE DEFECTIVE RECALL PART, AND CHARGED THE CONSUMER $100.00 TO HAVE THE P...

THE HORN AND THE CRUISE CONTROL FAILED TO OPERATE WHEN THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT CAME ON. UPON HAVING THE AIR BAG CLOCK SPRING RECALL 04V480000 REPAIRS PERFORMED DEALERSHIP INDICATED THAT THE HORN FAILURE WAS NOT RELATED TO THE DEFECTIVE RECALL PART, AND CHARGED THE CONSUMER $100.00 TO HAVE THE P...

THE HORN AND THE CRUISE CONTROL FAILED TO OPERATE WHEN THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT CAME ON. UPON HAVING THE AIR BAG CLOCK SPRING RECALL 04V480000 REPAIRS PERFORMED DEALERSHIP INDICATED THAT THE HORN FAILURE WAS NOT RELATED TO THE DEFECTIVE RECALL PART, AND CHARGED THE CONSUMER $100.00 TO HAVE THE P...

RECALL 04V480000 CONCERNING AIR BAG CLOCK SPRING. CONSUMER WAS UPSET THAT THE DEALER GAVE HER AN APPOINTMENT FOR 3:00 PM ON NOVEMBER 16, 2004. AFTER WAITING SHE WAS TOLD THAT DEALER WAS NOT ABLE TO SEE HER, AND SHE NEEDED TO GO TO THE DEALER THAT MODIFIED HER VEHICLE FOR THE HANDICAPPED.*AK

RECALL 04V480000 CONCERNING AIR BAG CLOCK SPRING. CONSUMER WAS UPSET THAT THE DEALER GAVE HER AN APPOINTMENT FOR 3:00 PM ON NOVEMBER 16, 2004. AFTER WAITING SHE WAS TOLD THAT DEALER WAS NOT ABLE TO SEE HER, AND SHE NEEDED TO GO TO THE DEALER THAT MODIFIED HER VEHICLE FOR THE HANDICAPPED.*AK

NHSTA RECALL 04V480000 CONCERNING CLOCK SPRING FAILURE. CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 10 MPH WHEN IT HIT A VEHICLE IN FRONT. UPON IMPACT, AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK

CONSUMER'S VEHICLE STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT WHEN A DRUNKEN DRIVER COLLIDED WITH CAR FROM THE REAR. CONSUMER'S VEHICLE ALSO COLLIDED WITH A CAR POSITIONED IN FRONT. UPON IMPACT, AIRBAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. DRIVER SUSTAINED SERIOUS INJURIES.*AK

AIR BAG LIGHT APPEARED ON THE DASHBOARD AND REMAINED ON. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND NO CAUSE WAS DETRERMINED. *AK

THE AIR BAG LIGHT APPEARED ON THE DASHBOARD AND REMAINED ON. CONSUMER PRESSED DOWN ON THE HORN AND IT FAILED TO COME ON ITS OWN. CONSUMER DROVE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND DETERMINED THAT THE CLOCK SPRING NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK

THE AIR BAG LIGHT APPEARED ON THE DASHBOARD AND REMAINED ON. VEHICLE HAD NO HOR WHEN APPLIED. CONSDUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT A CLOCK SPRING NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK

RECEIVED SAFETY RECALL FOR CLOCKSPRING, TOOK TO DEALER FOR REPAIRS. THEY ALSO REMOVED AND REPAIRED ENGINE SENSORS . *BF *TC

Mileage: 17,592

RECEIVED SAFETY RECALL FOR CLOCKSPRING, TOOK TO DEALER FOR REPAIRS. THEY ALSO REMOVED AND REPAIRED ENGINE SENSORS . *BF *TC

Mileage: 17,592

WHILE MAKING A RIGHT TURN INTO THE PARKING LOT. A VEHICLE COLLIDED AND HIT THE VEHICLE HEAD ON IN THE PARKING LOT. BOTH AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE CONSUMER SUSTAINED HEAD NECK AND LEG INJURIES AND WAS TRANSPORTED BY AMBULANCE TO THE HOSPITAL. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED AND TOTALED BY THE INSURANCE ...

THE AIR BAG LIGHT WAS ON. THE CONSUMER RECEIVED A CLOCK SPRING RECALL, TOOK THE VEHICLE IN FOR REPAIR AND AFTER PICKING THE VEHICLE UP THE LIGHT WAS STILL ON. THE DEALER STATED THERE WOULD BE 119.95 CHARGE TO REPAIR THE PROBLEM SINCE THE MANUFACTURER DOES NOT PAY THEM THAT MUCH. NHTSA RECALL ...

Mileage: 73,370

RECALL 04V480000 CONCERNING AIR BAG CLOCK SPRING. AFTER REPAIRS WERE DONE HORN CONTINUED TO BE INOPERATIVE. DEALER INFORMED THE CONSUMER THAT IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE CLOCK SPRING.*AK

RECALL 04V480000 CONCERNING AIR BAG CLOCK SPRING. AFTER REPAIRS WERE DONE HORN CONTINUED TO BE INOPERATIVE. DEALER INFORMED THE CONSUMER THAT IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE CLOCK SPRING.*AK

WHILE PULLING OUT OF A DRIVEWAY THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO HESITATE AND THEN ENGINE FAILED. THE CONSUMER ALSO NOTICED THAT TRANSMISSION FLUID WAS LEAKING ONTO THE ENGINE. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *JB *TC

Mileage: 86,396

TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED/REBUILT BECAUSE IT WAS LEAKING. HAD PROBLEMS WITH IT SHIFTING TO NEUTRAL WHILE DRIVING WITH MY 3 KIDS. NOW, IT IS LURCHING FORWARD BY ITSELF WHILE SLOWING DOWN AT A STOP LIGHT OR GOING IN REVERSE. IT IS BACK AT THE MECHANIC AND THEY ARE STATING THERE IS 1 OR 2 FAUL...

Mileage: 50,000

WHILE DRIVING, THE AIR BAG DEPLOYED AUTOMATICALLY WITH NO WARNING. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. THE CONSUMER WAS INJURED. *JB

BOTH SIDE WINDOWS HAVE FAILED TO ROLL DOWN. PARTS AND LABOR TO CORRECT MALFUNCTION TOTAL $1160.00 FOR BOTH SIDES. UNABLE TO ROLL WINDOS DOWN. PARTS HAD TO BE REPLACED TO CORRECT THE FAILURE. MANY PEOPLE THAT OWN THIS TYPE OF VEHICLE HAVE HAD THE SAME INCIDENT.*AK

THE CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE, CAMPAIGN NUMBER 04V480000. THE CONSUMER WAS INFORMED BY THE DEALER THAT NO PARTS WERE AVAILABLE. *JB

WHILE DRIVING, THE SRS LIGHT APPEARED ON THE DASHBOARD AND REMAINED ON. THE CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND WAS TOLD THE CLOCK SPRING NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *JB

WHILE DRIVING IN RAINY WEATHER THE SERPENTINE BELT FELL OFF THE ENGINE. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED AND SUGGESTED THAT THEY NEEDED TO INSPECT. *AK THERE WAS A TSB FOR THIS ISSUE BUT THE CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THAT THIS DID NOT PERTAIN TO THIS VEHICLE. *SC JB

Mileage: 6,000

VEHICLE LUNGED FORWARD. I WAS UNABLE TO CONTROL SPEED DUE TO LUNGING AND STALLING. DOES THIS WITH OR WITHOUT THE AIR CONDITION ON AND ONLY UPON ACCELERATION. DOES NOT MATTER IF IT IS ON AN INCLINE OR NOT-ALWAYS UPON ACCELERATION. VERY UNSAFE AND I AM VERY WORRIED AS I TRAVEL ALONE WITH A TODDLER IN...

Mileage: 110,000

DIFFERENTIAL PIN CAME LOOSE AND BLEW A HOLE THROUGH THE TRANSMISSION. FAILURE CAUSED VAN TO BREAK DOWN ON THE FREEWAY. TRANSMISSION WAS COMPLETELY RUINED AND WOULD HAVE HAD TO BE REPLACED. POSSIBLE STARTER DAMAGE AS WELL. QUOTES FOR REPAIRS WERE AROUND $3,000, SO WE DECIDED TO JUNK THE CAR. IT...

Mileage: 64,308

THIS FAMILY CAR IS NOT A VEHICLE WE DRIVE EVERY DAY. ON (9/10/04), WE WENT TO USE THIS CAR WITH LESS THAN 72,000 MILES ON IT, AND WHEN WE WENT TO TURN THE STEERING WHEEL WE HEARD A SQUELING NOISE FROM THE POWER STERING UNIT. WE FOUND AN AREA OF SEEPAGE OF STERING FLUID UNDER THE VEHICLE. AFTER F...

Mileage: 71,500

CONSUMER PRESSED ON HORN AND IT DID NOT WORK. ALSO, AIR BAG LIGHT APPEARED ON THE DASHBOARD AND REMAINED ON. CONSUMER WILL TAKE THE VEHICLE TO DEALER FOR INSPECTION. *AK

CONSUMER PRESSED ON HORN AND IT DID NOT WORK. ALSO, AIR BAG LIGHT APPEARED ON THE DASHBOARD AND REMAINED ON. CONSUMER WILL TAKE THE VEHICLE TO DEALER FOR INSPECTION. *AK

I BOUGHT A USED 1999 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN SE IN 2002 WITH 28000 MILES. THE ORIGINAL MFG WARRANTY HAD EXPIRED SO WE BOUGHT EXTENDED WARRANTY. FROM THE FIRST WEEK THIS CAR GAVE US TROUBLE ENDING WITH A MAJOR ACCIDENT DUE TO GEAR SHIFT. ON THE DAY OF THE ACCIDENT WHILE DRIVING THE CAR THE GEAR SHIFTE...

Mileage: 50,000

VEHICLE WAS SLUGGISH ON TAKE OFF QUITE OFTEN..COULD SMELL FUEL ODOR IN AND AROUND VEHICLE . AFTER CRANKING VEHICLE ,,THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE.BURNING ITSELF AND DURING ,THERE WERE SEVERAL EXPLOSIONS THAT CAME FROM THE VEHICLE..BOTH FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT AND IN PASSENGER AREA.ALL WITHIN APPRO...

Mileage: 66,454

VEHICLE WAS SLUGGISH ON TAKE OFF QUITE OFTEN..COULD SMELL FUEL ODOR IN AND AROUND VEHICLE . AFTER CRANKING VEHICLE ,,THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE.BURNING ITSELF AND DURING ,THERE WERE SEVERAL EXPLOSIONS THAT CAME FROM THE VEHICLE..BOTH FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT AND IN PASSENGER AREA.ALL WITHIN APPRO...

Mileage: 66,454

THE REAR DOOR ON MY 1999 DODGE CARAVAN WILL NOT OPEN FROM THE OUTSIDE UNLESS YOU LOCK AND UNLOCK IT A NUMBER OF TIMES USING THE REMOTE DEVICE. PHYSICALLY UNLOCKING THE DOOR FROM THE INSIDE WILL NOT OPEN IT; IN AN ACCIDENT, THE OCCUPANT CAN NOT RELY ON THIS EXIT; THE DEALER DOES NOT CONSIDER INABILIT...

THE HAZARD FLASHING WARNING LIGHTS WOULD INTERMITTENTLY ILLUMINATE WHEN MAKING LEFT TURNS. DEALER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. *AK

Mileage: 500

I AM CURRENTLY HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM REPORTED UNDER NHTSA ACTION NUMBER RQ04001. I HAVE A NONFUNCTIONAL HORN, CRUISE CONTROL AND A AIR BAG LIGHT.*AK

Mileage: 116,550

I AM CURRENTLY HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM REPORTED UNDER NHTSA ACTION NUMBER RQ04001. I HAVE A NONFUNCTIONAL HORN, CRUISE CONTROL AND A AIR BAG LIGHT.*AK

Mileage: 116,550

I AM CURRENTLY HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM REPORTED UNDER NHTSA ACTION NUMBER RQ04001. I HAVE A NONFUNCTIONAL HORN, CRUISE CONTROL AND A AIR BAG LIGHT.*AK

Mileage: 116,550

WHILE DRIVING AT 45 MPH THE STEERING PUMP FAILED, CONSUMER LOST THE CONTROL, BUT WAS ABLE TO PULL OUT OF THE ROAD. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP, MECHANIC DETERMINED STEERING PUMP HAD TO BE REPLACED. *AK ALSO, AT 50,000 MILES, TRANSMISSION FAILED WHILE DRIVING. *LA

WHILE DRIVING AT 45 MPH THE STEERING PUMP FAILED, CONSUMER LOST THE CONTROL, BUT WAS ABLE TO PULL OUT OF THE ROAD. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP, MECHANIC DETERMINED STEERING PUMP HAD TO BE REPLACED. *AK ALSO, AT 50,000 MILES, TRANSMISSION FAILED WHILE DRIVING. *LA

WHEN DRIVING THE VEHICLE AT AN UNDETERMINED SPEED, THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT APPEARED ON THE DASHBOARD. THE CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, AND THE MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE CLOCKSPRING FAILED. *AK THE HORN AND THE CRUISE CONTROL DID NOT WORK AT ALL. (THE AIR BAG, HORN, CRUISE CON...

Mileage: 99,500

EXCESS EXHAUST SMOKING WHEN ENGINE IS IDLING. HAVE BEEN TOLD BY MECHANIC THAT LIFTERS AND VALVE SEALS NEED TO BE REPLACED. MECHANIC HAS REPAIRED SEVERAL DODGE/CHRYSLER/PLYMOUTH VANS WITH SAME PROBLEM. *LA

WHILE DRIVING AIR BAG LIGHT APPEARED ON THE DASHBOARD AND REMAINED ON. FOLLOWING THAT THE HORN AND THE CRUISE CONTROL FAILED TO OPERATE. CONSUMER CONTACTED THE DEALER, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE CLOCK SPRING NEEDED REPLACEMENT. CONSUMER CALLED IN TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT. *AK

Mileage: 85,000

WHILE DRIVING AIR BAG LIGHT APPEARED ON THE DASHBOARD AND REMAINED ON. FOLLOWING THAT THE HORN AND THE CRUISE CONTROL FAILED TO OPERATE. CONSUMER CONTACTED THE DEALER, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE CLOCK SPRING NEEDED REPLACEMENT. CONSUMER CALLED IN TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT. *AK

Mileage: 85,000

WHILE DRIVING AIR BAG LIGHT APPEARED ON THE DASHBOARD AND REMAINED ON. FOLLOWING THAT THE HORN AND THE CRUISE CONTROL FAILED TO OPERATE. CONSUMER CONTACTED THE DEALER, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE CLOCK SPRING NEEDED REPLACEMENT. CONSUMER CALLED IN TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT. *AK

Mileage: 85,000

LTR FM THOMAS REINER (VA) OWNER OF A 1999 DODGE CARAVAN REPORTING DEFECTIVE IDLER PULLEY CAUSING LOSS OF STEERING. *MR *NM

LTR FM THOMAS REINER (VA) RE THE DEFECTIVE 1999 DODGE CARAVAN HE OWNED, HIS DEFECTIVE REPOSSESSED VEHICLE WAS SOLD OUT WITHOUT INFORMING THE PURCHASER OF THE SERVICE BULLETIN ON THE DEFECT.*MR THE CONSUMER INDICATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER DID NOT MAKE HIM AWARE OF THE SERVICE BULLETIN UNTIL HE CONTA...

WHILE DRIVING, THE CONSUMER NOTICED THE AIR BAG INDICATOR LIGHT FLASHING AND THE HORN DID NOT WORK. *AK THE FRONT DRIVER AIR BAG DID NOT WORK. *SC *JB

Mileage: 90,000

WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH CONSUMER HEARD A LOUD CLUNKING SOUND AND THE SPEEDOMETER DROPPED TO ZERO. ALSO, VEHICLE WOULD NOT GO OUT OF FIRST GEAR. DEALER EXAMINED THE VEHICLE, AND FOUND THAT THE TRANSMISSION SENSOR WAS BURNED OUT. THIS PROBLEM OCCURRED AGAIN IN DECEMBER 2003, AND THE DEALER REPAIR...

Mileage: 15,000

WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH VEHICLE SWERVED. CONSUMER MANAGED TO PULL VEHICLE OVER, AND NOTICED THAT DRIVER'S SIDE FRONT TIRE SEPARATED. P. KELLY SPRINGFIELD, P215/65R15. *AK

1999 DODGE CARAVAN STEERING WHEEL LEAD WEIGHT BROKE OFF AND FELL INTO THE HORN AND AIR BAG WIRING.*MR *JB

CONSUMER STATED WHILE VEHICLE WAS SHIFTING FROM PARK TO REVERSE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILED. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO DEALERSHIP, AND MECHANIC REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION AT CONSUMER'S EXPENSES OF $2,200. *AK

WHILE VEHICLE WAS BEING SERVICE AND THE TECHNICIAN NOTICED THE LEFT STRUT BODY HAS A CRACK AND FRAME WAS RUSTED DUE TO THIS PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *LA

THE HEADLIGHTS LENS DEVELOPED A CLOUDY DISCOLORATION WHICH REDUCED THE HEADLIGHTS ILLUMINATION. THIS RESULTED IN POOR VISIBILITY. THE DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE ENTIRE HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLY TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. THE PARTS WERE $260.00 PER HEADLIGHT. *AK THE REPORTS STATED THAT THIS WAS A COMMON ...

Mileage: 50,000

AIRBAG LIGHT IS ON, CRUISE CONTROL AND HORN STOPPED WORKING. *AK

Mileage: 73,000

AIRBAG LIGHT IS ON, CRUISE CONTROL AND HORN STOPPED WORKING. *AK

Mileage: 73,000

AIRBAG LIGHT IS ON, CRUISE CONTROL AND HORN STOPPED WORKING. *AK

Mileage: 73,000

THE CLOCK SPRING MALFUNCTIONED. AS A RESULT, AIR BAG SENSOR LIGHT STAYED ON, AND THE HORN FAILED. CONSUMER WAS CONCERNED THAT THE AIR BAGS WILL NOT DEPLOY UPON IMPACT. *AK

Mileage: 75,000

THE CLOCK SPRING MALFUNCTIONED. AS A RESULT, AIR BAG SENSOR LIGHT STAYED ON, AND THE HORN FAILED. CONSUMER WAS CONCERNED THAT THE AIR BAGS WILL NOT DEPLOY UPON IMPACT. *AK

Mileage: 75,000

AIRBAG SENSOR LIGHT CONTINUED TO STAY ON. AS A RESULT, HORN AND CRUISE CONTROL FAILED. A RECALL FOR THE CLOCK SPRING WAS ISSUED. HOWEVER, THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO MODEL YEAR. *AK

Mileage: 111,000

AIRBAG SENSOR LIGHT CONTINUED TO STAY ON. AS A RESULT, HORN AND CRUISE CONTROL FAILED. A RECALL FOR THE CLOCK SPRING WAS ISSUED. HOWEVER, THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO MODEL YEAR. *AK

Mileage: 111,000

AIRBAG SENSOR LIGHT CONTINUED TO STAY ON. AS A RESULT, HORN AND CRUISE CONTROL FAILED. A RECALL FOR THE CLOCK SPRING WAS ISSUED. HOWEVER, THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO MODEL YEAR. *AK

Mileage: 111,000

WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH THE VEHICLE SWERVED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONSUMER MANAGED TO PULL OVER AND NOTICED THAT THE DRIVER'S SIDE FRONT TIRE HAD SEPARATED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION (KELLY CHARGER P21565R15). *NM

WHEN DRIVIN AT AN UNDETERMINED SPEED AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT APPEARED ON THE DASHBOARD. CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE CLOCK SPRING FAILED. *AK

I HAVE A 1999 DODGE CARAVAN WITH 52000 MILES AND THE THE CLOCKSPRING HAS GONE BAD CHYRSLER WILL NOT FIX UNLESS PAID. AS A MECHANIC I HAVE SEEN QUITE A FEW IN 1999 DODGES THIS MUST BE ADDED TO THE ORIGINAL RECALL. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE.

Mileage: 52,300

I WAS VIEWING YOUR WEBSITE FOR COMPLAINTS REGARDING 99 DODGE CARAVANS. I JUST HAD TO HAVE MY VAN IN THE SHOP DUE TO A PROBLEM WHICH SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN A DODGE PROBLEM FOR SEVERAL YEARS NOW.. THE CLOCKSPRING IN MY VAN HAS GONE OUT, WHICH CAUSES MY AIRBAG NO LONGER TO WORK, MY HORN DOES NOT WORK, AND ...

AIR BAG, HORN, CRUISE CONTROL..... CLOCKSPRING DEFFECT

WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED CONSUMER NOTICED THAT FLUID WAS LEAKING FROM UNDER THE VEHICLE. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO A BODY SHOP FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT STEERING POWER ASSIST PUMP NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK

AIR BAG LIGHT ON AND HORN, CRUISE CONTROL NOT WORKING. DEALER SAID ITS MY PROBLEM & WILL COST $300+. I KNOW THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS OF SAME PROB. & OTHER YEAR MODELS RECALLED FOR SAME PROBLEM. THE DEALER TOLD ME THE AIR BAG WILL NOT DEPLOY IN A CRASH. *AK

AIR BAG LIGHT ON AND HORN, CRUISE CONTROL NOT WORKING. DEALER SAID ITS MY PROBLEM & WILL COST $300+. I KNOW THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS OF SAME PROB. & OTHER YEAR MODELS RECALLED FOR SAME PROBLEM. THE DEALER TOLD ME THE AIR BAG WILL NOT DEPLOY IN A CRASH. *AK

AIR BAG LIGHT ON AND HORN, CRUISE CONTROL NOT WORKING. DEALER SAID ITS MY PROBLEM & WILL COST $300+. I KNOW THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS OF SAME PROB. & OTHER YEAR MODELS RECALLED FOR SAME PROBLEM. THE DEALER TOLD ME THE AIR BAG WILL NOT DEPLOY IN A CRASH. *AK

WHILE DRIVING THE AIR BAG LIGHT APPEARED ON THE DASHBOARD AND REMAINED ON. THE HORN ALSO MALFUNCTIONED. CONSUMER DROVE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT CLOCK SPRING NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK A RECALL WAS ISSUED FOR THE 1998 CARAVAN BUT NOT THE 1999. THE C...

Mileage: 58,400

THE PLASTIC HEADLIGHT LENS DEVELOPED AN OPAQUE COLOR THAT REDUCED THE LIGHTS ILLUMINATION. TO CORRECT THIS PROBLEM THE ENTIRE HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.*AK *JB

Mileage: 20,000

THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INSPECTION STATION FOR ITS SCHEDULED INSPECTION. THE VEHICLE WAS REJECTED DUE TO RUSTED STRUT TOWERS. *JB

Mileage: 72,000

SERPENTINE BELT AND TENSION IDLE ARMS NEEDED REPLACED IN AUGUST 2003 AT 63,000 MILES. VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED USED SO WE ARE UNABLE TO VERIFY IF THIS HAS HAPPENED BEFORE. IT IS NOW APRIL 2004, 6000 MILES LATER AND THE BELT NEEDED REPLACED AGAIN. *NM

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED, THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT APPEARED ON THE DASHBOARD. CONSUMER WAS INFORMED BY THE DEALERSHIP THAT THE CLOCK SPRING FAILED. *AK WHEN THE CLOCKSPRING FAILED, IT ALSO CAUSED THE CRUISE CONTROL TO BE INOPERATIVE. *JB

Mileage: 72,000

HORN HAS STOPPED WORKING. AIR BAG LIGHT CAME ON. WE HAVE BEEN TOLD TO GET THIS FIXED IMMEDIATELY DUE TO SAFETY REASONS. ALREADY WE HAVE PAID $35.99 FOR THEM TO TELL US IT IS THE CLOCKSPRING ASSEMBLY. IT WILL BE AT LEAST ANOTHER $165 (NOT INCLUDING THE POSTAGE CHARGE FOR THEM TO ORDER PARTS) TO F...

HORN HAS STOPPED WORKING. AIR BAG LIGHT CAME ON. WE HAVE BEEN TOLD TO GET THIS FIXED IMMEDIATELY DUE TO SAFETY REASONS. ALREADY WE HAVE PAID $35.99 FOR THEM TO TELL US IT IS THE CLOCKSPRING ASSEMBLY. IT WILL BE AT LEAST ANOTHER $165 (NOT INCLUDING THE POSTAGE CHARGE FOR THEM TO ORDER PARTS) TO F...

AIRBAG LIGHT IS ON AND HORN DON,T WORK, THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE. WENT AND HAD A DIAGNOSIS DONE CAME BACK AS SQUIBB ON DRIVERS SIDE. WE WILL FIX THE PROBLEM BY CHANGING THE CLOCKSPRING FOR $200+.WHY DO I HAVE TO PAY FOR IT ?AND I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY 1996,1997,1998 & 2000 BUT NOT 1999 A PIECE OF ELECT...

Mileage: 71,145

COLLISION AT 30 PLUS MILES PER HOUR AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. THE FRONT OF THE VAN STRUCK ANOTHER CAR ON THE SIDE TRAVELING AT 30 MILES PER HOUR. CAUSING SEVERE NECK AND BACK INJURIES. *AK .

THE ENGINE WAS RUNNING REALLY ROUGH. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THEY DETERMINED THAT OIL WAS GETTING INTO THE RADIATOR. *AK THE ENGINE LIGHT DID NOT ILLUMINATE TO WARN THE CONSUMER OF THE PROBLEM. *SC

Mileage: 100,000

AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE HORN STOPPED FUNCTIONING. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, WHERE THE MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT AIR BAG CLOCK SPRING CAUSED THE FRONT AIR BAGS TO DEACTIVATE, AND THE HORN TO MALFUNCTION. *AK

Mileage: 58,000

AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE HORN STOPPED FUNCTIONING. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, WHERE THE MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT AIR BAG CLOCK SPRING CAUSED THE FRONT AIR BAGS TO DEACTIVATE, AND THE HORN TO MALFUNCTION. *AK

Mileage: 58,000

CLOCKSPRING FAILED TWICE ON CONSUMER'S 1999 DODGE CARAVAN. *LA *JB

Mileage: 3,985

I OWN A 1999 DODGE CARAVAN. THE AIR BAG LIGHT IS ON. THE CRUISE CONTROL AND HORN DOES NOT WORK. I'VE CHECK ALL FUSES AND LINKS. I WEB SEARCH REVEALED THIS IS A NOTED PROBLEM DUE TO A "CLOCKSPRING FAILURE" *AK

Mileage: 121,000

WHILE DRIVING AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE TGHE PROBLEM. *AK

Mileage: 112,000

I HAVE A 1999 DODGE CARAVAN THAT HAS ALREADY HAD ONE CLOCKSPRING REPLACED IN IT. I PAID FOR THIS OUT OF MY POCKET, SINCE IT HADN'T BEEN RECALLED. THAT WAS ABOUT 1 YEAR AGO. NOW, THE AIRBAG LIGHT KEEPS COMING ON AGAIN AND WILL MAKE A RINGING NOISE - JUST AS IT STARTED THE LAST TIME. THIS IS UNDOU...

Mileage: 96,000

CONSUMER STATED WHILE DRIVING AIR BAG LIGHT CAME ON AND REMAINED ON. CONSUMER WAS TOLD BY A MECHANIC THAT THIS MEANT THAT IF VEHICLE WAS TO BE INVOLVED IN A COLLISION AIR BAGS WOULD NOT DEPLOY. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO A DEALER TO FIND OUT ABOUT A RECALL. CONSUMER WAS TOLD BY DEALER THAT T...

Mileage: 113,000

PROBLEM IDENTICAL TO THAT COVERED BY A RECALL FOR CLOCK SPRING ON PREVIOUS YEAR MODELS, BUT DOES NOT INCLUDE THE 1999 CARAVAN. AIR BAG, CRUISE AND HORN INOPERABLE AND REPAIRED AT MY EXPENSE. CONTACT WITH MANUFACTURER FRUITLESS.*JB

WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH, THE CONSUMER HEARD A CLANKING SOUND COME FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. A FEW SECONDS LATER THE VEHICLE LOSS POWER STEERING AND STALLED. AFTER REPEATED ATTEMPTS THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT RESTART. THE DEALER EXAMINED THE VEHICLE AND FOUND THAT HOLES WERE PUNCHED INTO THE TRANSM...

Mileage: 90,000

1999 DODGE CARAVAN AIR BAG SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONS. DEALER SAYS THE CLOCK SPRING IS CAUSEING THIS PROBLEM. WANTS ME TO PAY $400+ TO FIX. THIS PROBLEM IS RECALLED ALL THE WAY UP TO THE 1998 DODGE CARAVAN MODEL. CONTACTED DODGE NUMEROUS TIMES ABOUT THIS PROBLEM, THEY REFUSE TO FIX IT. THEY KNOW GOOD AND...

Mileage: 132,000

TRANSMISSION FAILED AT 41,500 MILES. DIFFERENTIAL PIN KEEPER BROKE WHICH DID MAJOR DAMAGE TO THE REST OF THE TRANSMISSION. *AK

Mileage: 41,500

AIR BAG FAILURE: (ALLSTATE CLAIM# 4706508639, POLICY# 099082579) BOTH FRONT AIRBAGS FAILED IN MY 1999 DODGE CARAVAN (4 CYC) IN A COLLISION INVOLVING MULTIPLE IMPACTS, REAR AND FRONT. *JB MY EST. SPEED WAS 35. EST. SPEED OF PERSON WHO HIT ME FROM BEHIND WAS 55. THE PERSON WHO HIT ME WAS INATTE...

Mileage: 85,392

FAILURE OF HORN AND CRUISE CONTROL ALONG WITH AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATION, WARNING LIGHT REMAINING ON UNTIL REPAIRED AT DEALERSHIP. *JB

Mileage: 88,990

I OWN A DODGE/CHRYSLER CARAVAN. I HAVE GEN3 SEATBELTS WHICH ARE UNSAFE AND I BELIEVE CHRYSLER SHOULD BE FORCED TO REPLACE THE BELTS FREE OF CHARGE. *JB

LAST WEEK MY WIFE WAS COMING HOME FROM WORK WHEN SHE THOUGHT SHE RAN OVER SOMETHING. SHE SAID THAT THE STEERING WHEEL SHUTTERED AND IT SCARED HER A LOT. I'M JUST THANKFUL SHE WAS NOT ON THE INTERSTATE WHEN THAT HAPPENED BECAUSE IT COULD HAVE PUT HER LIFE, AS WELL AS OTHERS, IN DANGER. SHE WAS TURNIN...

Mileage: 62,474

I THINK THAT THERE IS SUFFICIENT EVIDENCE THAT THE GENERATION 3 SEAT BELTS ARE A FAULTY DESIGN. I THINK THEY NEED TO BE RECALLED AND REPLACED WITH GENERATION 4 SEAT BELTS BEFORE ANOTHER PERSON IS INJURED OR KILLED. THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT AND AFFECTS ALL 3 OF OUR VEHICLES. WE HAVE CHILDREN AND I A...

WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE TRANSMISSION FAILED WITHOUT WARNING. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *JB

Mileage: 66,000

INTERMITTENTLY AIR BAG LIGHT AND THE OIL LIGHT ILLUMINATED, AND VEHICLE MADE A CHIMING NOISE WHEN STARTING. THE LIGHTS AND THE CHIMING CONTINUED FOR 5 TO 15 MINUTES. DEALER COULD NOT DUPLICATE OR DETERMINE THE PROBLEM. *AK

Mileage: 20,000

INTERMITTENTLY AIR BAG LIGHT AND THE OIL LIGHT ILLUMINATED, AND VEHICLE MADE A CHIMING NOISE WHEN STARTING. THE LIGHTS AND THE CHIMING CONTINUED FOR 5 TO 15 MINUTES. DEALER COULD NOT DUPLICATE OR DETERMINE THE PROBLEM. *AK

Mileage: 20,000

REQUESTED INFORMATION ON ANY RECALL ON 1999 DODGE CARAVAN. *PH *MR *NM

I HAVE A 1999 DODGE CARAVAN. THE AIRBAG LIGHT IS ON AND MY HORN HAS STOPPED WORKING. I AM AWARE OF A INVESTIGATION OF DRIVER SIDE AIRBAGS IN 1996-2000 MODEL YEARS OF THIS VEHICLE, BUT THE DEALER SAID THIS WAS NOT A RECALL FOR MY MODEL YEAR. A MEMBER OF MY FAMILY HAS A 1997 MODEL, AND IT IS A RECALL ...

Mileage: 89,000

THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS FELL OFF THE CAR. THE THERMOSTAT FAILED. THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS FELL APART. THE STEERING BELT FELL OFF. THE SPEED SENSOR WENT. THE STEERING BELT AND ALTERNATER BELT AND PULLEY SYSTEM FELL OFF DOING 70MPH. THE BACK BREAKS HAD RUST BUILD UP. THIS ALL HAPPENED IN THE FIRST THREE M...

Mileage: 50,000

THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS FELL OFF THE CAR. THE THERMOSTAT FAILED. THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS FELL APART. THE STEERING BELT FELL OFF. THE SPEED SENSOR WENT. THE STEERING BELT AND ALTERNATER BELT AND PULLEY SYSTEM FELL OFF DOING 70MPH. THE BACK BREAKS HAD RUST BUILD UP. THIS ALL HAPPENED IN THE FIRST THREE M...

Mileage: 50,000

THE CLOCK SPRING ASSEMBLY THAT IS HOUSED IN THE STEERING COLUMN HAS FAILED DUE TO A KNOWN DESIGN FLAW. THE ASSEMBLY CONTROLS THE DEPLOYMENT OF THE DRIVER SIDE AIRBAG, THE CRUISE CONTROL AND THE HORN. AS A RESULT OF THIS FAILURE, I HAVE AN AIRBAG NOTIFICATION LIGHT THAT STAYS ON AND BOTH THE CRUISE C...

Mileage: 47,500

AIR BAG WARNING LIGHTS CAME ON, AND WITHIN SECONDS, CRUISE CONTROL AND HORN BECAME INOPERATIVE. RECALL 02V293000 WAS ISSUED ON THIS PROBLEM, BUT THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO VIN. *AK

AIR BAG WARNING LIGHTS CAME ON, AND WITHIN SECONDS, CRUISE CONTROL AND HORN BECAME INOPERATIVE. RECALL 02V293000 WAS ISSUED ON THIS PROBLEM, BUT THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO VIN. *AK

AIR BAG WARNING LIGHTS CAME ON, AND WITHIN SECONDS, CRUISE CONTROL AND HORN BECAME INOPERATIVE. RECALL 02V293000 WAS ISSUED ON THIS PROBLEM, BUT THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO VIN. *AK

THE CONSUMER HAD TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO JIFFY LUBE TO GET AN OIL CHANGE AND THE MECHANIC INFORMED THE CONSUMER THAT THE FRONT STRUT TOWERS WERE RUSTED. *AK DODGE INFORMED THE CONSUMER THAT THE VEHICLE WAS BUILT IN CANADA AND THEY WOULD NOT TOUCH IT. THE CONSUMER FOUND OUT THAT THE VEHICLE NOW HOL...

Mileage: 88,700

WHILE DRIVING THROUGH A LIGHT RAIN/SLUSH MIXTURE THE CAR LOST POWER STEERING, ETC. CONSUMER IDENTFIED THAT THE SERPENTINE BELT HAD CAME OFF. THIS SEEMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM WITH LATE 90'S DODGE CARAVAN'S. I HAVE A RELATIVE WHO HAD THE SAME PROBLEM 2 WEEKS EARLIER. DODGE DOES HAVE A SERVICE ...

Mileage: 89,000

WHILE DRIVING THROUGH A LIGHT RAIN/SLUSH MIXTURE THE CAR LOST POWER STEERING, ETC. CONSUMER IDENTFIED THAT THE SERPENTINE BELT HAD CAME OFF. THIS SEEMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM WITH LATE 90'S DODGE CARAVAN'S. I HAVE A RELATIVE WHO HAD THE SAME PROBLEM 2 WEEKS EARLIER. DODGE DOES HAVE A SERVICE ...

Mileage: 89,000

I RECENTLY TOOK MY 1999 DODGE CARAVAN TO MY MECHANIC BECAUSE OF AN ANTI-FREEZE LEAK. THE MECHANIC FOUND THAT THE WATER PUMP NEEDED REPLACEMENT AND SUGGESTED THAT THE TIMING BELT BE DONE AT THE SAME TIME, SINCE IT WAS DUE TO BE REPLACED. I AGREED TO HAVE THE TIMING BELT DONE. IN THE PROCESS OF REP...

Mileage: 157,895

AT ALL TIMES THE AIR BAG LIGHT STAYED ON AND THE HORN DID NOT WORK. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, WHO FOUND THAT A NEW CLOCK SPRING WAS NEEDED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. *JB

Mileage: 77,618

DEFECTIVE CLOCKSPRING, 1999 DODGE CARAVAN, THE HORN AND AIRBAGS DON'T WORK. THE AIRBAG LIGHT IS ON CONSTANTLY.*AK

Mileage: 95,502

VEHICLE IS EXPERIENCING A PROBLEM WITH THE HEADLIGHTS. THE HEADLIGHT SWITCH WAS REPLACED. IT HAPPENED A SECOND TIME AND THE SWITCH WAS REPLACED AGAIN. THE HEADLIGHTS WENT OUT AGAIN FOR THE THIRD TIME. THIS TIME THE REPAIR WILL NOT BE FREE BECAUSE THE VEHICLE IS OUT OF WARRANTY. THE HEADLIGHTS WENT O...

Mileage: 10,000

CONSUMER WAS UPSET BECAUSE ALL FOUR BACK SEAT BELTS DID NOT WORK. THERE WERE PASSENGERS IN THE REAR SEATS WHO COULD NOT BUCKLE IN SAFELY. *AK CONSUMER WANTED TO WITHDRAW THE COMPLAINT. CONSUMER WAS UNAWARE AS TO HOW THE SYSTEM WAS SUPPOSE TO WORK IN THE CARAVAN. THE DEALER WAS CO...

THE KEY STICKS IN THE IGNITION AND FAILS TO TURN. THE CONSUMER HAS TO POUND AND PLAY WITH THE KEY IN THE IGNITION TO RELEASE IT. THE DEALERSHIP INDICATED THAT IS DUE TO A BAD IGNITION CYLINDER AND IT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THEY ALSO INDICATED THAT THIS IS A COMMON FAILURE WITH THIS PART. PLEASE PR...

Mileage: 80,000

WHILE DRIVING, SMOKE ENTERED THE CABIN WHICH WAS CAUSED BY THE HEAD GASKET BLOWING OUT AND LEAKING OIL ONTO THE EXHAUST PIPE AND CATALYTIC CONVERTER. THE MECHANIC REPLACED THE HEAD GASKET. THE MANUFACTURER REDESIGNED AN UPGRADED THE HEAD GASKET. THE VAN HAD 4 CYLINDERS, AND 2.4 LITER ENGINE. *A...

Mileage: 40,000

WHEN DEPRESSING THE BRAKES AT ANY SPEED THE VAN WOULD START BUCKING OR JUMPING. THE DEALER INDICATED THAT A SPEED SENSOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *NLM

ONE PARTICULAR EVENING MY AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON AND STAYED ON IN MY 1999 DODGE CARAVAN. AFTER COMING TO THE CONCLUSION THAT I NEED TO INVESTIGATE THE PROBLEM. TO MY DISAPPOINTMENT I WAS TOLD THE COST OF REPAIRING THE PROBLEM WOULD BE 280.00 DOLLARS. THIS ALSO LEARNED THAT THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM TH...

Mileage: 97,000

NHTSA# 02V293000: ON CERTAIN MINI VANS, THE CLOCKSPRING ASSEMBLY MAY HAVE BEEN WOUND INCORRECTLY DURING THE VEHICLE ASSEMBLY PROCESS. CONSUMER HAS THE SAME PROBLEM. DEALER STATED SORRY THIS RECALL IS ONLY FOR 96 TO 98. *NLM

Mileage: 75,000

AIR BAG LIGHT CAME ON AND STAYED ON WHILE VEHICLE WAS BEING DRIVEN. HOWEVER, SPEED CONTROL/HORN ASSEMBLY, AND HEAT SYSTEM FAILED TO OPERATE. VEHICLE WAS SERVICED, AND CLOCKSPRING WAS REPLACED. *AK

AIR BAG LIGHT CAME ON AND STAYED ON WHILE VEHICLE WAS BEING DRIVEN. HOWEVER, SPEED CONTROL/HORN ASSEMBLY, AND HEAT SYSTEM FAILED TO OPERATE. VEHICLE WAS SERVICED, AND CLOCKSPRING WAS REPLACED. *AK

AIR BAG LIGHT CAME ON AND STAYED ON WHILE VEHICLE WAS BEING DRIVEN. HOWEVER, SPEED CONTROL/HORN ASSEMBLY, AND HEAT SYSTEM FAILED TO OPERATE. VEHICLE WAS SERVICED, AND CLOCKSPRING WAS REPLACED. *AK

IDLE PULLEY AND BELT CAME OFF WHILE DRIVING IN THE RAIN CAUSING LOSS OF POWER STEERING AND OVERHEATING. PREVIOUS REPAIR FOR SAME CONDITION ONE WEEK PRIOR. WHILE WAITING, ANOTHER VEHICLE OF SAME MAKE, MODEL AND YEAR WAS TOWED IN FOR SAME RECURRING PROBLEM. *LA

Mileage: 67,266

AIR BAG/CLOCK SPRING EXPERIENCED THE SAME DEFECT AS STATED IN NHTSA RECALL 02V293000, ERRATIC OPERATION OF AIR BAGS. *AK THE CONSUMER STATED THE AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE HORN DID NOT WORK. THE CONSUMER HAD ALREADY HAD THE REPAIRS DONE, WHEN HE LEARNED OF THE RECALL. *JB *NM

Mileage: 84,000

MY 1999 DODGE CARAVAN (2.4 ENGINE) IS EXPERIENCING OIL LOSS. I JUST HAD IT TUNED UP ABOUT 5 MONTHS AGO AND IT IS STILL LOSING A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF ENGINE OIL(1 QT/500 MILES; NORMAL-ACCORDING TO SEVERAL DEALERS).MECHANIC FOUND PROBLEMS WITH PCV SYSTEM AND REPLACED YELLOW RESTRICTOR. CHARGED $98....

ENGINE HEAD GASKET FAILED AT 44,000 MILES. *LA

Mileage: 44,000

WHILE DRIVING A NOISE WAS HEARD COMING FROM THE ENGINE. DEALER FOUND THAT TIMING BELT BROKE. *AK THE IDLER PULLEY MADE NOISES AND THE CONSUMER FOUND THAT THE SYSTEM NEEDED TO BE UPDATED. THE UPDATE PARTS WERE THE TIMING BELT, TENSIONER, IDLER PULLEY, TIMING COVERS, WATER PUMP, TWO DRIVE BEL...

Mileage: 40,000

CONSUMER PICKED UP CHILD SEAT BY THE HANDLE AND THE HANDLE SNAPPED OFF, CAUSING THE BABY TO FALL OUT OF THE CAR SEAT. *AK CONSUMER WENT TO LOCK THE SEAT BELT AND A SMALL PLASTIC PIECE BROKE. THIS WAS THE THIRD SEAT TO BREAK IN THE SAME PLACE. CONSUMER CONTACTED THE COMPANY, THE FIRST TWO TIMES ...

WHILE DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE UNDER NORMAL CONDITIONS, THE ALTERNATOR BRACKET BROKE AND THE ADJUSTMENT BOLT, BROKE. THIS IS THE 2ND TIME, WAS REPLACED WITH OEM PARTS JUST OVER A YEAR AGO. WAS REPLACED AT THE DEALER, WHILE UNDER EXTENDED WARRANTY COVERAGE. *LA

Mileage: 76,245

WHILE DRIVING ON THE ROAD UNDER NORMAL CONDITIONS, THE ALTERNATOR BRACKET BROKE ALONG WITH THE ADJUSTMENT BOLT, CAUSING THE BELT TO COME OFF. THE MECHANIC EXPLAINED THAT HE TYPE OF MATERIAL THAT THE BRACKET WAS MADE OF WAS A WEAK MATERIAL, VERY BRITTLE. *LA

Mileage: 53,504

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED AN ELECTRICAL DEFECT. WHILE RAINING INTERIOR LIGHTS FAILED. ALSO, THERE WAS A BRAKE PROBLEM. WHILE TRAVELING 30-35 MPH BRAKES WERE APPLIED, PEDAL WENT STRAIGHT TO THE FLOOR, AND VEHICLE HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE IN FRONT. INSURANCE CO. HAD VEHICLE TOWED SO THAT THEY COULD INSPECT ...

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED AN ELECTRICAL DEFECT. WHILE RAINING INTERIOR LIGHTS FAILED. ALSO, THERE WAS A BRAKE PROBLEM. WHILE TRAVELING 30-35 MPH BRAKES WERE APPLIED, PEDAL WENT STRAIGHT TO THE FLOOR, AND VEHICLE HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE IN FRONT. INSURANCE CO. HAD VEHICLE TOWED SO THAT THEY COULD INSPECT ...

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED AN ELECTRICAL DEFECT. WHILE RAINING INTERIOR LIGHTS FAILED. ALSO, THERE WAS A BRAKE PROBLEM. WHILE TRAVELING 30-35 MPH BRAKES WERE APPLIED, PEDAL WENT STRAIGHT TO THE FLOOR, AND VEHICLE HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE IN FRONT. INSURANCE CO. HAD VEHICLE TOWED SO THAT THEY COULD INSPECT ...

WHILE PULLING VEHICLE INTO DRIVEWAY AND SHIFTING INTO PARK THE DRIVER'S AIR BAG INADVERTENTLY DEPLOYED. THIS CAUSED TEMPORARY LOSS OF HEARING IN HER RIGHT EAR AND MINOR INJURIES AND BRUISES TO CHEST/HEAD AND RIGHT SIDE. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK *ML *NLM

AT 72,000 MILES MY 1999 DODGE CARAVAN NEEDS A NEW TRANSMISSION DUE TO A PINION IN THE PINION SHAFT COMING LOOSE AND TEARING THROUGH THE TRANSMISSION CASING. OVER $2400 WORTH OF WORK WAS REQUIRED. NO INJURIES, BUT I LOST CONTROL WHEN INCIDENT OCCURRED AND WAS ABLE TO DRIFT TO THE GRASSY EDGE OF A R...

Mileage: 72,366

AIR BAG LIGHT WOULD COME ON WHEN STARTING UP THE VEHICLE. ALSO, HORN WAS INOPERATIVE. CONSUMER SAID VEHICLE WAS HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM AS MENTIONED IN RECALL 02V293000 CONCERNING CLOCKSPRING FAILURE. HOWEVER, THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO VIN. *AK

Mileage: 83,642

AIR BAG LIGHT WOULD COME ON WHEN STARTING UP THE VEHICLE. ALSO, HORN WAS INOPERATIVE. CONSUMER SAID VEHICLE WAS HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM AS MENTIONED IN RECALL 02V293000 CONCERNING CLOCKSPRING FAILURE. HOWEVER, THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO VIN. *AK

Mileage: 83,642

THE DEALER REPLACED THE EMERGENCY BRAKE YEARS AGO. *AK THE PARKING BRAKE DIDN'T ALWAYS HOLD, ESPECIALLY ON A UPGRADE. THEN IT MAY OR MAY NOT RELEASE ON ITS OWN. *PH *JB

Mileage: 29,999

THE CONSUMER STATED WHEN THE VEHICLE CAME TO A STOP, THE TRANSMISSION SLIPPED OUT OF GEAR. *AK *TS THE VEHICLE WENT FORWARD EVEN THOUGH THE GEAR WAS NOT COMPLETELY IN DRIVE. *JB

Mileage: 34,000

VEHICLE'S AIR BAG LIGHT INDICATOR IS ON AND THE HORN IS INOPERATIVE. *MR THE CONSUMER FOUND THAT THE AIRBAG ON THE 98' MINIVANS WERE THE SAME AS THIS VEHICLE AND THE PREVIOUS YEARS WERE RECALLED. *SCC *JB

Mileage: 56,186

VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN THE DRIVEWAY AND WITHOUT WARNING VEHICLE ROLLED BACKWARDS, HITTING A NEARBY TREE. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALERSHIP. *AK

TRANSMISSION INPUT AND OUTPUT SENSORS FAILED RESULTING IN VERY HIGH ENGINE RPM AND VEHICLE (FORWARD) OPERATION IN LOW GEAR ONLY.*AK

Mileage: 33,466

THE CONSUMER STATED THE HORN WAS INOPERATIVE, DUE TO A FAILED CLOCK SPRING. *AK *JB

Mileage: 135,000

I HAD THE VAN IN FOR A STATE INSPECTION AND THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE SERPENTINE BELT AND THE TENSIONER ARM NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. HE STATED THAT HE COULD TELL JUST BY THE SOUNDS THAT THE VAN WAS MAKING. I HAVE SINCE HEARD THE SAME SOUNDS FROM SEVERAL VANS THAT I COME ACCROSS. IF THIS IS SUCH ...

Mileage: 42,000

CONSUMER NOTICED MIDDLE ROW SEAT BELTS HAD SNAPPED AFTER DEPRESSING BRAKES IN A SUDDEN STOP, CAUSING CHILD TO FALL OUT OF SEAT. *AK

CONSUMER STATES THAT VEHICLE WAS IN A COLLISION HITTING A TREE HEAD ON. UPON IMPACT, BOTH FRONT AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY.DEALER NOTIFIED.*AK

CONSUMER HAS HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE CLOCKSPRING. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 40/50 MPH A PIN FROM THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FLEW OFF AND BLEW THE TRANSMISSION. ENGINE SHUT OFF, AND DRIVER WAS UNABLE TO CHANGE GEARS.*AK

Mileage: 60,000

THE FRONT BENCH SEAT BELT ON THE PASSENGER SIDE DID NOT LATCH PROPERLY. THE SEAT BELT BECAME UNLATCHED 3 TIMES, WHILE DRIVING WITH THE CONSUMER'S CHILD IN THE CAR SEAT, WHICH CAUSED THE CHILD TO FALL OUT AND HIT THE FLOOR. *AK *CB *JB

NEEDED TO REPLACE INPUT/OUTPUT TRANSMISSION SENSORS. NOT ONLY HAVE WE HAD THIS DONE BUT A NUMBER OF 1999 CARAVAN USERS WE HAVE SPOKEN WITH HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM.*AK

Mileage: 67,700

THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED THE SAME DEFECT WITH THE CLOCK SPRING AS STATED IN RECALL NUMBER 02V 293 000 BUT THE MODEL YEAR AND VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER WERE NOT INCLUDED. *NLM AN ELECTRICAL SHORT STARTED AND WAS REPLACED PER MECHANIC. THE HORN STOPPED WORKING DUE TO THE AIR BAG. THE CONSUM...

Mileage: 55,000

THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED THE SAME DEFECT WITH THE CLOCK SPRING AS STATED IN RECALL NUMBER 02V 293 000 BUT THE MODEL YEAR AND VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER WERE NOT INCLUDED. *NLM AN ELECTRICAL SHORT STARTED AND WAS REPLACED PER MECHANIC. THE HORN STOPPED WORKING DUE TO THE AIR BAG. THE CONSUM...

Mileage: 55,000

ILLUMINATION OF AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT (AT FIRST, INTERMITTENTLY, THEN CONTINUOUS) FOLLOWED BY LOSE OF CRUISE CONTROL AND HORN FUNCTIONS.VEHICLE TYPE: 1999 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN SE. APPROX. MILEAGE: 91400. *AK

Mileage: 91,400

ILLUMINATION OF AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT (AT FIRST, INTERMITTENTLY, THEN CONTINUOUS) FOLLOWED BY LOSE OF CRUISE CONTROL AND HORN FUNCTIONS.VEHICLE TYPE: 1999 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN SE. APPROX. MILEAGE: 91400. *AK

Mileage: 91,400

ILLUMINATION OF AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT (AT FIRST, INTERMITTENTLY, THEN CONTINUOUS) FOLLOWED BY LOSE OF CRUISE CONTROL AND HORN FUNCTIONS.VEHICLE TYPE: 1999 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN SE. APPROX. MILEAGE: 91400. *AK

Mileage: 91,400

CONSUMER CALLED COMPLAINING ABOUT CLOCKSPRING PROBLEMS. STATED THAT HE HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER, AND THEY TOLD HIM THAT HIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL DUE TO VIN. *AK

1999 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN VIN: [XXX] THIS VAN IS A LEMON FROM DAY 1. I HAVE CONTACTED CHRYSLER, OWNER OF LANDMARK DODGE IN GA, MEDIATION, ARBITRATION, CONSUMER ACTION LINE, AND ANY OTHER PERSON THAT WOULD LISTEN. THIS VAN HAS QUIT ON ME AT LEAST EIGHT TIMES. SOMETIMES ON RURAL ROADS. SEVERAL TIMES O...

Mileage: 90,193

1999 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN VIN: [XXX] THIS VAN IS A LEMON FROM DAY 1. I HAVE CONTACTED CHRYSLER, OWNER OF LANDMARK DODGE IN GA, MEDIATION, ARBITRATION, CONSUMER ACTION LINE, AND ANY OTHER PERSON THAT WOULD LISTEN. THIS VAN HAS QUIT ON ME AT LEAST EIGHT TIMES. SOMETIMES ON RURAL ROADS. SEVERAL TIMES O...

Mileage: 90,193

1999 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN VIN: [XXX] THIS VAN IS A LEMON FROM DAY 1. I HAVE CONTACTED CHRYSLER, OWNER OF LANDMARK DODGE IN GA, MEDIATION, ARBITRATION, CONSUMER ACTION LINE, AND ANY OTHER PERSON THAT WOULD LISTEN. THIS VAN HAS QUIT ON ME AT LEAST EIGHT TIMES. SOMETIMES ON RURAL ROADS. SEVERAL TIMES O...

Mileage: 90,193

1999 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN VIN: [XXX] THIS VAN IS A LEMON FROM DAY 1. I HAVE CONTACTED CHRYSLER, OWNER OF LANDMARK DODGE IN GA, MEDIATION, ARBITRATION, CONSUMER ACTION LINE, AND ANY OTHER PERSON THAT WOULD LISTEN. THIS VAN HAS QUIT ON ME AT LEAST EIGHT TIMES. SOMETIMES ON RURAL ROADS. SEVERAL TIMES O...

Mileage: 90,193

I HAVE A 99 DODGE CARAVAN SE AND, BECAUSE OF A CRACKED WINDSHIELD, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT IT HAS A LOT OF RUST ON THE PINCH PLATE (AREA THAT WINDSHIELD IS BONDED TO). I CAN NOT PUT A NEW WINDSHIELD IN UNTIL IT IS REPAIRED. CHRYSLER IS NOT WILLING TO HELP EVEN THOUGH EVERYONE WHO SEES THIS PROBLEM IN...

Mileage: 74,000

WHILE DRIVING T AND WITH NO WARNING DRIVER'S SEAT BROKE, CAUSING CONSUMER TO FALL BACKWARDS INTO THE REAR SEAT.*AK

A BOLT IN THE TRANSMISSION BROKE AND DISLODGE A BEARING THAT BLEW A HOLE IN THE HOUSING. THIS RESULTED IN VEHICLE BEING UNABLE TO GO INTO GEAR, AND DRIVER LOSING CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE.*AK

Mileage: 52,000

CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALER BECAUSE ENGINE WAS NOT WORKING PROPERLY. DEALER STATED, HEAD GASKET BROKE, VEHICLE WAS OUT OF WARRANTY. *AK

GASOLINE SMELL IN PASSENGER COMPARTMENT, TIRES NEEDED TO BE REPLACED, CAR MILEAGE PLUMMETED. *MR DEALER FOUND INJECTOR LEAKING AND REMOVED AND REPLACED PLEMUIN AND REPLACED INJECTOR. SEAT BELT INSTALLED INCORRECTLY. ALL TIRES WERE UNDER PRESSURE. *TT *JB

Mileage: 29,461

GASOLINE SMELL IN PASSENGER COMPARTMENT, TIRES NEEDED TO BE REPLACED, CAR MILEAGE PLUMMETED. *MR DEALER FOUND INJECTOR LEAKING AND REMOVED AND REPLACED PLEMUIN AND REPLACED INJECTOR. SEAT BELT INSTALLED INCORRECTLY. ALL TIRES WERE UNDER PRESSURE. *TT *JB

Mileage: 29,461

GASOLINE SMELL IN PASSENGER COMPARTMENT, TIRES NEEDED TO BE REPLACED, CAR MILEAGE PLUMMETED. *MR DEALER FOUND INJECTOR LEAKING AND REMOVED AND REPLACED PLEMUIN AND REPLACED INJECTOR. SEAT BELT INSTALLED INCORRECTLY. ALL TIRES WERE UNDER PRESSURE. *TT *JB

Mileage: 29,461

THIS STARTED ABOUT A WEEK AGO AND IS INTERMITTENT. THE SPEEDOMETER STICKS ON A NUMBER USUALLY BETWEEN 0 AND 10 MPH, BUT THE VEHICLE IS GOING MUCH FASTER THAN INDICATED. IT BOBBLES UP AND DOWN AND THEN SEEMS TO FUNCTION OKAY. IT'S GOING TO THE DEALER THIS WEEK. *NLM

AIR BAG LIGHT ON - CRUISE AND HORN INOPERATIVE. DEALER SAYS REPAIR CLOCK SPRING - $225. THIS IS A FACTORY DEFECT. *NLM

Mileage: 77,354

SEAT BELT HOLDING OUR CHILD SAFETY SEAT CAME UNLATCHED. CONSTANT PROBLEM WITH GEN3 SEAT BELTS IN 1999 DODGE CARAVAN. *NLM

MY AIR CONDITIONING QUIT WORKING - COMPRESSOR AND EVAPORATOR COIL BOTH WENT OUT ON MY 1999 DODGE CARAVAN ABOUT A YEAR AGO. I HAVE NOT GOT THE MONEY TO FIX IT SO IT IS STILL OUT. IN MY ENTIRE LIFE I HAVE NEVER HAD THIS HAPPEN IN ANY VEHICLE. IT'S RIDICULOUS. *NLM

THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED AN OIL LEAK. *JB

WIRING HARNESS IS BAD ON VEHICLE.VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE. *AK

THERE WAQS A STRONG GASOLINE ODOR IN THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT OF THE VEHICLE. THE ODOR MADE THE PASSENGERS FEEL ILL. THE DEALER REPLACED THE VAPOR GASKET ON THE GAS TANK BUT THAT CURE WAS SHORT LIVED AND EVENTUALLY THE PROBLEM BECAME WORSE. *MR *SCC *NLM

THE ALTERNATOR BELT SHEARED AND CAME OFF. THE VEHICLE CANNOT BE DRIVEN. THIS IS THE FIFTH TIME THIS HAS OCCURRED. PLEASE PROVIDE DETAILS.*AK

AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED/ PROBLEMS WITH CLOCKSPRING. CONSUMER HAD NO HORN AND NEED HER BRAKES REPAIRED AS WELL. *MR PH

AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED/ PROBLEMS WITH CLOCKSPRING. CONSUMER HAD NO HORN AND NEED HER BRAKES REPAIRED AS WELL. *MR PH

AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED/ PROBLEMS WITH CLOCKSPRING. CONSUMER HAD NO HORN AND NEED HER BRAKES REPAIRED AS WELL. *MR PH

THE TRANSMISSION FAILED WHILE DRIVING. *NLM

WHILE IN AN INTERSECTION THE TRANSMISSION SLIPPED OUT OF GEAR AND THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT MOVE. *NLM

WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH THE VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A HEAD ON COLLISION BUT THE AIBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *NLM *TT

Mileage: 100,000

WHILE DRIVING, THE SERPENTINE AND POWER STEERING BELT SLIPPED OFF, WHICH CAUSED THE CONSUMER TO LOSE CONTROL OF VEHICLE'S STEERING. *JB

WHILE DRIVING, THE SERPENTINE AND POWER STEERING BELT SLIPPED OFF, WHICH CAUSED THE CONSUMER TO LOSE CONTROL OF VEHICLE'S STEERING. *JB

THE MECHANIC INFORMED THE CONSUMER, THE TRANSMISSION FAILED. *JB

THE CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL FOR THE FRONT SEAT BELT RETRACTOR ASSEMBLIES. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED AND THE TECHNICIAN RECOMMENDED THE SEAT BELTS BE REPLACED BUT THE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE. THE TECHNICIAN INDICATED THAT THE CONSUMER WOULD BE NOTIFIED WHEN THE PART BECAME...

THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION CONTINUOUSLY FAILED. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHTS ILLUMINATED AND THE GEAR BECAME STUCK IN FIRST GEAR. *JB

Mileage: 69,000

DODGE CARAVAN 1999: WHILE USING CRUISE CONTROL ON HIGHWAY THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED. THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE DESPITE TURNING OFF CRUISE CONTROL AND BRAKING HARD. 911 EMERGENCY OPERATOR WAS CALLED VIA CELL PHONE. MY WIFE (THE DRIVER) WAS INSTRUCTED TO TURN ENGINE OFF AND PUT VEHICL...

Mileage: 85,000

WIFE WAS LOADING GRAND KIDS INTO MINIVAN, GRANDSON CRAWLED ACROSS DRIVERS SEAT AND GRABBED THE SHIFTING LEVER, WHICH THE CAUSED VAN TO GO INTO REVERSE AND BACK UP INTO STEP WALL, WE REALIZED YOU DO NOT HAVE TO PUT FOOT YOUR ON THE BRAKE TO SHIFT INTO GEAR WHEN ENGINE IS RUNNING.*JB

Mileage: 37,000

THE REAR SEAT BELTS DID NOT LOCK. *NLM

THE TRANSMISSION PIN BROKE AND WENT THROUGH THE CASING. *JB

Mileage: 70,144

POWER STEERING PUMP RUST THROUGH MADE AS A 2 PART ASSEMBLY THE SHROUD AROUND THE POWER STEERING PUMP IS MADE FROM A THIN SHEET MEDAL WITH NO RUST PROTECTION. THE PART SIMPLY RUSTED THROUGH AND STARTED LEAKING POWER STEERING FLUID. *NLM

Mileage: 83,570

WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED, THE PEDAL TRAVELED TO THE FLOOR, WHICH CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO EXPERIENCE EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. *JB

WHILE DRIVING THE AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE CONSUMER WAS CONCERNED THAT IN THE EVENT OF AN ACCIDENT THE AIR BAGS WOULD NOT DEPLOY. *NLM THE HORN AND CRUISE HAD BECOME INOPERATIVE, AND THE CLOCKSPRING WAS FAULTY AND WAS REPLACED. *SCC

Mileage: 147,100

WHILE DRIVING THE TRANSMISSION SLIPPED. THE DEALER INDICATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION COMPLETELY BURNED OUT. *NLM

Mileage: 95,000

OIL LEAKING AT HEAD GASKET AT 43,000 MI (3YR 36K WARRANTY) WANTED A SECOND OPINION AS I COULD NOT BELIEVE IT. MECHANIC WHO LOOKED AT IT THEN WASN'T SURE BUT KEPT AN EYE ON IT. JUST BROUGHT IT TO A NEW MECHANIC NOW HAVE 60,000 MILES ON IT. NEW MECHANIC SAYS HE HAS SEEN THIS PROBLEM MULTIPLE TIMES...

Mileage: 43,000

THE CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO GET AN APPOINTMENT TO HAVE THE FUEL LEAKAGE RECALL PERFORMED FOR 11 MONTHS. RECALL #00 V 268 000. *JB

THE AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE DASH BOARD, AND THE HORN AND CRUISE CONTROL WERE INOPERATIVE. *JB

THE TRANSMISSION LOCKED UP, AND CAUSED THE REAR TIRES TO LOCK UP, WHICH MADE IT DIFFICULT TO CONTROL THE VEHICLE. *JB

WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN IN THE RAIN OR SNOW, THE POWER STEERING FAILED. *JB

THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED THE SAME DEFECT AS STATED IN RECALL 02 V 293 000 , BUT THE MODEL YEAR AND VIN NUMBER WERE NOT INCLUDED. *NLM....*AK

Mileage: 84,000

THE VAN WAS EQUIPPED WITH AN AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. WITHOUT THE KEY IN THE IGNITION (2) FAILURES OCCURRED. THE FIRST WAS THE GEAR SHIFT LEVER COULD BE MOVED AND THE SECOND FAILURE WAS THE TRANSMISSION HAD DROPPED OUT OF GEAR. *JB

WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH VEHICLE RAN OVER A MEDIUM POTHOLE WHICH CAUSED SERPENTINE BELT TO CAME OFF. THIS RESULTED IN LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL/ CRASH. *NLM. *AK

Mileage: 53,000

WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH VEHICLE RAN OVER A MEDIUM POTHOLE WHICH CAUSED SERPENTINE BELT TO CAME OFF. THIS RESULTED IN LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL/ CRASH. *NLM. *AK

Mileage: 53,000

CONSUMER INDICATED THAT THEIR VEHICLE'S AIR BAG CLOCKSPRING IS EXPERIENCING THE SAME DEFECT AS STATED IN RECALL NUMBER 02 V 293 000, BUT VEHICLE'S VIN NUMBER IS NOT INCLUDED. *NLM

THE VEHICLE CLOCK SPRING WAS DEFECTIVE AND CAUSED THE HORN AND AIR BAG TO BE INOPERATIVE. *NLM

THE SPEEDOMETER SUDDENLY FROZE, WHILE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION. *JB

Mileage: 7,000

IT IS AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM. THE SPEEDOMETER GETS STUCK ON A NUMBER BUT THE CAR IS STILL GOING FASTER OR SLOWER THAN SHOWN ON THE DISPLAY. IT STAYS STUCK FOR A FEW MINUTES WHEN IT HAPPENS. I TRY NOT ACCELERATE AND EVEN APPLY THE BRAKE, HOWEVER, THE NEEDLE REMAINS STUCK. THEN IT EVENTUALLY GOE...

Mileage: 40,900

THE SLIDING DOOR OPENS WHILE DRIVING, IT SEEMS TO OPEN WHEN DRIVING OVER BUMPS IN THE ROAD.*JB

Mileage: 19,000

THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED AND KEPT IN THE GARAGE.*JB

COMPLETE TRANSMISSION FAILURE ON A 1999 DODGE GE AND CARAVAN VIN# [XXX] AT 67,723 MILES. NO HELP FROM CHRYSLER ON THIS PROBLEM, BECAUSE OF HIGH MILEAGE. TRANSMISSIONS SHOULD NOT FAIL THIS SOON. WE HAD A TRANSMISSION FAILURE ON ANOTHER GRAND CARAVAN WITH VIN# [XXX] THAT HAD 37,491 MILES ON IT THAT...

Mileage: 67,723

THERE WAS A RECALL ON DODGE, CARAVAN, 1998 FOR A FLAW IN THE AIR BAG, WHICH CAUSED THE CRUISE CONTROL TO RELEASE AUTOMATICALLY. CONSUMER FELT THAT RECALL SHOULD EXTEND TO DODGE, CARAVAN, 1999.*AK *JB

THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. *JB

ENGINE RACES, THE TRANSMISSION WHINES AND CHANGES GEARS WHILE IN THE PARK POSITION. THE CONSUMER ALSO COMPLAINED OF ANOTHER VEHICLE SHE OWNS A 1996 CHRYSLER CIRRUS. THE KEY LOCK WAS REPLACED 3 TIMES AND IT ACCELERATED ON ITS OWN. *JB

ENGINE RACES, THE TRANSMISSION WHINES AND CHANGES GEARS WHILE IN THE PARK POSITION. THE CONSUMER ALSO COMPLAINED OF ANOTHER VEHICLE SHE OWNS A 1996 CHRYSLER CIRRUS. THE KEY LOCK WAS REPLACED 3 TIMES AND IT ACCELERATED ON ITS OWN. *JB

THE ROTORS CORRODED, WHICH CAUSED EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE.*JB

THERE WAS A RECALL REGARDING THE CLOCK SPRING, HOWEVER CONSUMER WAS INFORMED VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED, DUE TO THE VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER.*JB

HORN DOES NOT WORK, HAS BEEN REPAIRED TWICE. DEALER NOTIFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. PH

Mileage: 64,000

WHILE DRIVING, THE VEHICLE STALLED OUT. THE DEALERSHIP INDICATED THAT THIS WAS CAUSED BY A PIN IN THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION WHICH WAS COMING A LOOSE, AND HAD BLOWN A HOLE IN THE TRANSMISSION. PH SCC

Mileage: 88,000

WHILE DRIVING AT 30MPH VEHICLE SHIMMIED. CV JOINTS WENT OUT, AND WHEN VEHICLE REACHEED 60MPH, VIBRATION STOP. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.*AK

1999 DODGE CARAVAN HAS TWO BASEBALL SIZE HOLES IN CASING OF TRANSMISSION AFTER BRINGING DOWN TO ? SOUND OF TRANSMISSION AND WAS TOLD IT WAS FINE BY DEALERS , I FEEL AS THOUGH THIS IS A DEFECT IN TRANSMISSION. I WOULD LIKE A TRANSMISSON REPLACED DUE TO ONLY HAVING FOR 11/2 YRS AND OWE 10.000.00 STILL...

MY DODGE CARAVAN 99, STALLS. I CAN BE TURNING A CORNER, PUTTING ON THE BRAKE, SLOWING DOWN AND THE CAR STALLS. THIS HAS PUT ME IN VERY DANGEROUS SITUATIONS. MY VAN HAS BEEN AT THE DEALERSHIP TWICE NOW. I HAD TO ASK FOR A MONITOR TO BE PUT ON THE ENGINE TO DETECT WHAT WAS HAPPENING. THIS WAS NOT O...

Mileage: 62,000

CONSUMER STATES THE VEHICLES HORN WILL NOT BLOW AND THE AIRBAG LIGHT STAYS ON. THE CAUSE IS UNKNOWN. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. TS

Mileage: 65,000

CONSUMER STATES THE VEHICLES HORN WILL NOT BLOW AND THE AIRBAG LIGHT STAYS ON. THE CAUSE IS UNKNOWN. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. TS

Mileage: 65,000

CONSUMER STATED WHILE DRIVING AND WITHOUT WARNING THE REAR TRANSMISSION SEAL CRACKED CAUSING FLUID TO LEAK.*JB

SINCE NOVEMBER OF 2001, FOLLOWING DEALER OIL CHANGE, I BEGAN TO EXPERIENCE EPISODES OF STRONG RAW FUEL FUMES, ESPECIALLY AFTER PUTTING ANY AMOUNT OF FUEL IN VAN. MANY WITNESSES DOCUMENT FUMES. I AM AFRAID OF FIRE RISK AND OF THE HEALTH RISKS OF FUMES. I HAVE A SMALL CHILD AND I HAVE ASTHMA, SO THIS ...

Mileage: 20,000

SINCE NOVEMBER OF 2001, FOLLOWING DEALER OIL CHANGE, I BEGAN TO EXPERIENCE EPISODES OF STRONG RAW FUEL FUMES, ESPECIALLY AFTER PUTTING ANY AMOUNT OF FUEL IN VAN. MANY WITNESSES DOCUMENT FUMES. I AM AFRAID OF FIRE RISK AND OF THE HEALTH RISKS OF FUMES. I HAVE A SMALL CHILD AND I HAVE ASTHMA, SO THIS ...

Mileage: 20,000

I NOTIFIED THE FIRST INCIDENT TO THE DEALER ABOUT ITS SPEED SENSOR, OVER THE PHONE, WHICH BLEW AWAY JUST AFTER THE TWO WEEKS OF BUYING THIS CAR FROM HIS SHOWROOM. LAST MONTH, THE BREAK WENT BAD AND WERE NOT COVERED UNDER THE WARRANTY, I HAD TO END UP REPLACING THE ROTOR AND COMPLETE BRAKE SET, PA...

Mileage: 34,581

I NOTIFIED THE FIRST INCIDENT TO THE DEALER ABOUT ITS SPEED SENSOR, OVER THE PHONE, WHICH BLEW AWAY JUST AFTER THE TWO WEEKS OF BUYING THIS CAR FROM HIS SHOWROOM. LAST MONTH, THE BREAK WENT BAD AND WERE NOT COVERED UNDER THE WARRANTY, I HAD TO END UP REPLACING THE ROTOR AND COMPLETE BRAKE SET, PA...

Mileage: 34,581

I NOTIFIED THE FIRST INCIDENT TO THE DEALER ABOUT ITS SPEED SENSOR, OVER THE PHONE, WHICH BLEW AWAY JUST AFTER THE TWO WEEKS OF BUYING THIS CAR FROM HIS SHOWROOM. LAST MONTH, THE BREAK WENT BAD AND WERE NOT COVERED UNDER THE WARRANTY, I HAD TO END UP REPLACING THE ROTOR AND COMPLETE BRAKE SET, PA...

Mileage: 34,581

VEHICLES TRANSMISSION LINE KEEPS DISCONNECTING FOR THE BOTTOM OF THE VEHICLE. THIS RESULTS IN A FUEL LEAK, WHICH CAN CAUSE AN ACCIDENT, DUE TO THE FACT IF A VEHICLE IS BEHIND WHEN THE FUEL LEAKS THEY CAN SLIDE INTO THE BACK OF THE CONSUMER. THE DEALERSHIP REPLACE PARTS BUT THE PROBLEM RECURS. ...

Mileage: 33,000

VEHICLES TRANSMISSION LINE KEEPS DISCONNECTING FOR THE BOTTOM OF THE VEHICLE. THIS RESULTS IN A FUEL LEAK, WHICH CAN CAUSE AN ACCIDENT, DUE TO THE FACT IF A VEHICLE IS BEHIND WHEN THE FUEL LEAKS THEY CAN SLIDE INTO THE BACK OF CONSUMER. THE DEALERSHIP REPLACE PARTS BUT THE PROBLEM RECURS. THIS...

Mileage: 33,000

WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, THE HORN HAD COMPLETELY GONE OUT. PH SCC

CONSUMER STATED THAT THE LOWER CONTROL ARM POP, CAUSING THE AXILE TO BRAKE. PH

CONSUMER STATES THAT THE CLOCK SPRING IS GONE BAD CAUSING THE HORN AND CRUISE CONTROL NOT TO WORK. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. PH

THE AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED, WHICH CAUSED THE HORN AND CRUISE CONTROL NOT TO WORK. TS THE DEALER REPLACED THE CLOCKSPRING.*JB

VEHICLE WAS IN A T-BONE ACCIDENT AND THE REAR WHEEL FELL OFF UPON IMPACT. ON INSPECTION OF THE VEHICLE, THE DEALERSHIP NOTICED THAT THE REAR CASTING THAT HOLDS THE WHEEL ASSEMBLY HAD CRACKED OVER TIME, WHICH CAUSE THE REAR WHEEL TO COME OFF. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE DETAILS. TS

Mileage: 49,888

CONSUMER NOTICE WHILE TRAVELING INTERMITTENT STRONG GAS SMELL IN SIDE VEHICLE OR WHILE FUEL TANK IS FULL. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. TS

1999 DODGE CARAVAN: STRONG FUEL ODERS ENTER CARGO/PASSENGER AREA OF VEHICLE - ODERS ALSO NOTICIBLE OUTSIDE OF VAN. FUMES ARE POTENTIAL FOR SPONTANIOUS COMBUSTION. ALSO, EXPOSURE TO GAS FUMES (DURING EXTENDED TRIPS AND OVER CUMULATIVE TIME) CAN BE HARMFUL TO MAJOR ORGAN COMPONENTS WITHIN THE HUMA...

Mileage: 45,000

1999 DODGE CARAVAN: STRONG FUEL ODERS ENTER CARGO/PASSENGER AREA OF VEHICLE - ODERS ALSO NOTICIBLE OUTSIDE OF VAN. FUMES ARE POTENTIAL FOR SPONTANIOUS COMBUSTION. ALSO, EXPOSURE TO GAS FUMES (DURING EXTENDED TRIPS AND OVER CUMULATIVE TIME) CAN BE HARMFUL TO MAJOR ORGAN COMPONENTS WITHIN THE HUMA...

Mileage: 45,000

1999 DODGE CARAVAN: STRONG FUEL ODERS ENTER CARGO/PASSENGER AREA OF VEHICLE - ODERS ALSO NOTICIBLE OUTSIDE OF VAN. FUMES ARE POTENTIAL FOR SPONTANIOUS COMBUSTION. ALSO, EXPOSURE TO GAS FUMES (DURING EXTENDED TRIPS AND OVER CUMULATIVE TIME) CAN BE HARMFUL TO MAJOR ORGAN COMPONENTS WITHIN THE HUMA...

Mileage: 45,000

1999 DODGE CARAVAN: STRONG FUEL ODERS ENTER CARGO/PASSENGER AREA OF VEHICLE - ODERS ALSO NOTICIBLE OUTSIDE OF VAN. FUMES ARE POTENTIAL FOR SPONTANIOUS COMBUSTION. ALSO, EXPOSURE TO GAS FUMES (DURING EXTENDED TRIPS AND OVER CUMULATIVE TIME) CAN BE HARMFUL TO MAJOR ORGAN COMPONENTS WITHIN THE HUMA...

Mileage: 45,000

1999 DODGE CARAVAN: STRONG FUEL ODERS ENTER CARGO/PASSENGER AREA OF VEHICLE - ODERS ALSO NOTICIBLE OUTSIDE OF VAN. FUMES ARE POTENTIAL FOR SPONTANIOUS COMBUSTION. ALSO, EXPOSURE TO GAS FUMES (DURING EXTENDED TRIPS AND OVER CUMULATIVE TIME) CAN BE HARMFUL TO MAJOR ORGAN COMPONENTS WITHIN THE HUMA...

Mileage: 45,000

1999 DODGE CARAVAN: STRONG FUEL ODERS ENTER CARGO/PASSENGER AREA OF VEHICLE - ODERS ALSO NOTICIBLE OUTSIDE OF VAN. FUMES ARE POTENTIAL FOR SPONTANIOUS COMBUSTION. ALSO, EXPOSURE TO GAS FUMES (DURING EXTENDED TRIPS AND OVER CUMULATIVE TIME) CAN BE HARMFUL TO MAJOR ORGAN COMPONENTS WITHIN THE HUMA...

Mileage: 45,000

1999 DODGE CARAVAN: STRONG FUEL ODERS ENTER CARGO/PASSENGER AREA OF VEHICLE - ODERS ALSO NOTICIBLE OUTSIDE OF VAN. FUMES ARE POTENTIAL FOR SPONTANIOUS COMBUSTION. ALSO, EXPOSURE TO GAS FUMES (DURING EXTENDED TRIPS AND OVER CUMULATIVE TIME) CAN BE HARMFUL TO MAJOR ORGAN COMPONENTS WITHIN THE HUMA...

Mileage: 45,000

WHILE TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY AND CLIMBING UP A HILL THE VEHICLE LOOSES POWER. THE CAMPAIGN NUMBER IS 00B26800. BUT HIS VEHICLE VIN DOES NOT MATCH. PLEASE FURNISH ADDITIONAL INFORMATION DEALER IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. MR

THIS IS THE THIRD DODGE I'VE OWNED THAT THE TRANSMISSON HAS FAILED. I KNOW THIS HAS BEEN PROBLEM BUT I THOUGHT IT HAD BEEN CORRECTED BUT I GUESS IT HASN'T. I'M HAVING IT REPAIRED BY AN INDEPENDENT GARAGE AND WOULD LIKE FOR DODGE TO PAY FOR IT. DT

AFTER MY ACCIDENT THE BACK SEAT HAD POPPED OFF THE TRACK AND WAS NO LONGER ATTACHED TO THE CAR. I WAS ALMOST STOPPED AND THE MAN WHO HIT ME WAS DOING MAYBE 30 MPH. I BROUGHT IT UP TO THE DODGE DEALERSHIP IN MY AREA AND THEY SAID THAT IT SHOULDN'T HAVE DONE IT AND THEY DON'T KNOW WHY IT DID BUT THE...

A COUPLE DAYS BEFORE THE HORN COMPLETELY QUIT WORKING. THE AIR BAG LIGHT WOULD COME ON THEN I HONKED THE HORN AND IT HONKED DIFFERENT THAN NORMAL, NOT A FULL HONK. THE NEXT DAY THE AIR BAG LIGHT STAYED ON AND WHEN I WENT TO HONK THE HORN IT DIDN'T WORK ANYMORE,THE AIR BAG LIGHT STAYS ON ALL THE TIME...

WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKE, THE ROTORS HAVE HOLES IN THEM CAUSING VEHICLE TO HAVE EXTEND STOPPING DISTANCE. DEALER NOTIFIED. TS CONSUMER HAS HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE VEHICLE SINCE PURCHASE. AFTER HAVING THE ROTORS REPAIRED, THE VEHICLE STOPS AT A MUCH SHORTER DISTANCE. *JG

Mileage: 24,800

WHEN DRIVING A "WIND" BLOWING SOUND IS HEARD IN INTERIOR COMPARTMENT. THE DEALER ADVISED THAT THE NOISE WAS AS A RESULT OF A DEFECTIVE WIRE IN THE STEERING COLUMN WHICH COULD CAUSE VEHICLE TO CATCH FIRE, CHRYSLER RECALLED 96-98 MODELS DUE TO AFOREMENTIONED PROBLEM, THE CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS MFG O...

THE VAN HAS DEVELOPED AN OIL LEAK BETWEEN THE ENGINE HEAD AND BLOCK WHICH A MECHANIC FEELS THIS IS AN UNUSUAL PLACE. FUMES ARE ENTERING INTO THE COMPARTMENT OF THE VAN. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. MR

WHILE TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING. THE VEHICLE SHUT DOWN AND WOULD NOT RESTART. THE DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. MR

WHILE TRAVELING 10 MPH, THE TIMING BELT BROKE WHICH RESULTED IN TOTAL SHUT DOWN OF ALL MOTORIZED FUNCTION(S) ASSOCIATED WITH THE ENGINE RUNNING. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. *MR

OWNER HEARD NOISE WHILE TRAVELING AT 55 MPH. WHEN DRIVER MADE ATTEMPT TO TURN THE STEERING FAILED TO RESPOND DUE TO THE SERPENTINE BELT COMING OFF. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. *MR

OWNER HEARD NOISE WHILE TRAVELING AT 55 MPH. WHEN DRIVER MADE ATTEMPT TO TURN THE STEERING FAILED TO RESPOND DUE TO THE SERPENTINE BELT COMING OFF. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. *MR

CONSUMER STATES WHILE DRIVING AND NO WARNING THE MASTER BRAKE CYLINDER BEGAN LEAKING FLUID CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. DEALER NOTIFIED. NLMJLG

WHILE DRIVING ALTERNATOR BRACKET CRACKED, CAUSING LOSS OF STEERING AND BRAKE POWER. THIS WAS AS A RESULT OF A DESIGN FLAW. BRACKET IS VERY BRITTLE, A BOLT ALSO HAD FALLEN OUT, AS REPORTED BY DEALER.*AK *YH

CONSUMER'S 3 YEAR OLD CHILD WAS ABLE TO PUT CAR IN GEAR WITHOUT PUTTING ON THE BRAKE.*AK

CONSUMER'S WIFE WAS DRIVING WHEN THERE WAS A BIG NOISE. LATER FOUND OUT THAT THERE WAS A HOLE IN TRANSMISSION. THERE WAS NO KIND OF WARNING. NO INJURIES.*AK CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THAT THE DIFFERENTIAL PIN BROKE. **SLC

WHEN PASSING THROUGH A CHANNEL OF WATER GOING IN A DIRECTION SERPENTINE BELT CAME OFF. OWNER HAD TO FORCE WHEEL TO KEEP FROM COLLIDING WITH A FENCE. ALSO, BRAKES BECAME INOPERATIVE ONCE WATER HAD SETTLED IN. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. *AK

WHEN PASSING THROUGH A CHANNEL OF WATER GOING IN A DIRECTION SERPENTINE BELT CAME OFF. OWNER HAD TO FORCE WHEEL TO KEEP FROM COLLIDING WITH A FENCE. ALSO, BRAKES BECAME INOPERATIVE ONCE WATER HAD SETTLED IN. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

WHILE IN MOTION, THE RIGHT REAR TIRE BLEW CAUSING CONSUMER TO LOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE ENDING UP IN A DITCH AFTER STRIKING A MILE POST. *JG

CONSUMER CAN TAKE THE VEHICLE OUT OF PARK WITHOUT FEET ON BRAKE, AND COULD CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. CAUSE UNKNOWN. DEALER NOTIFIED.*AK

BOTH PARKING BRAKE CABLES DISCONNECTED, LEAVING VEHICLE WITHOUT ANY PARKING BRAKES.*AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

IN ORDER TO CHANGE GEARS HAS TO STEP ON BRAKES TWICE.*AK

SEAL AROUND WINDSHIELD IS LEAKING, CAUSING ELECTRICAL SHORTS IN VEHICLE. DEALER CANNOT REMEDY THE PROBLEM.*AK THE WATER DROPS ONTO THE COMPUTER CONTROL AND CAUSES ALL INSTRUMENTS TO WORK IRRADICALLY ON THE DASH BOARD. CONSUMER FEELS THE MAIN CONTROLS SHOULD BE SHIELDED FROM WINDSHIELD LEAKS. A...

SEAL AROUND WINDSHIELD IS LEAKING, CAUSING ELECTRICAL SHORTS IN VEHICLE. DEALER CANNOT REMEDY THE PROBLEM.*AK THE WATER DROPS ONTO THE COMPUTER CONTROL AND CAUSES ALL INSTRUMENTS TO WORK IRRADICALLY ON THE DASH BOARD. CONSUMER FEELS THE MAIN CONTROLS SHOULD BE SHIELDED FROM WINDSHIELD LEAKS. A...

SEAL AROUND WINDSHIELD IS LEAKING, CAUSING ELECTRICAL SHORTS IN VEHICLE. DEALER CANNOT REMEDY THE PROBLEM.*AK THE WATER DROPS ONTO THE COMPUTER CONTROL AND CAUSES ALL INSTRUMENTS TO WORK IRRADICALLY ON THE DASH BOARD. CONSUMER FEELS THE MAIN CONTROLS SHOULD BE SHIELDED FROM WINDSHIELD LEAKS. A...

SEAL AROUND WINDSHIELD IS LEAKING, CAUSING ELECTRICAL SHORTS IN VEHICLE. DEALER CANNOT REMEDY THE PROBLEM.*AK THE WATER DROPS ONTO THE COMPUTER CONTROL AND CAUSES ALL INSTRUMENTS TO WORK IRRADICALLY ON THE DASH BOARD. CONSUMER FEELS THE MAIN CONTROLS SHOULD BE SHIELDED FROM WINDSHIELD LEAKS. A...

SEATBELT IN MIDDLE POSITION OF BACKSEAT HAS COME UNBUCKLED 3 TIMES. CHILD SAFETY SEAT IS INSTALLED IN THIS SEAT. VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN EXAMINED BY DEALER.*AK *TT

I BEGAN TO NOTICE OIL UNDERNEATH MY 1999 DODGE CARAVAN ON MY CONCRETE DRIVEWAY. IT APPEARED TO COME FROM THE VALVE COVER. THE VEHICLE MILEAGE WAS ONLY 47,000 AND THE VAN LESS THAN TWO YEARS OLD. ALLSTAR DODGE SERVICE TOLD ME IT COULD BE THE VALVE COVER OR THE HEAD GASKET WHICH HE ADVISED COULD CO...

CONSUMER NOTICED LACK OF POWER WHILE DRIVING. DEALER DETERMINED HEAD GASKET WAS LEAKING AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.*AK

WHILE AT A COMPLETE STOP ANOTHER VEHICLE HIT COSUMER'S VEHICLE IN REAR AND PUSHED VEHICLE INTO THE ANOTHER VEHICLE HEAD-ON. UPON IMPACT, AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK

WHILE BEING DRIVEN RACK AND PINION STEERING FAILED, RESULTING IN DIFFICULT STEERING.*AK

CONSUMER PLACED VEHICLE IN REVERSE AND VEHICLE TOOK OFF BACKWARD, HITTING A TRUCK. DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK

IN OUR 1999 CARAVAN, SEVERAL MONTHS AGO, THE CRUISE CONTROL AND HORN BEGAN TO INTERMITTENTLY NOT WORK. THEN THE AIRBAG LIGHT INTERMITTENTLY WOULD COME ON WHILE DRIVING AND WHILE PARKED. AT THIS TIME NEITHER THE HORN, THE CRUISE CONTROL AND SOMETIMES THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS WILL NOT WORK AT ALL. THE...

IN OUR 1999 CARAVAN, SEVERAL MONTHS AGO, THE CRUISE CONTROL AND HORN BEGAN TO INTERMITTENTLY NOT WORK. THEN THE AIRBAG LIGHT INTERMITTENTLY WOULD COME ON WHILE DRIVING AND WHILE PARKED. AT THIS TIME NEITHER THE HORN, THE CRUISE CONTROL AND SOMETIMES THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS WILL NOT WORK AT ALL. THE...

IN OUR 1999 CARAVAN, SEVERAL MONTHS AGO, THE CRUISE CONTROL AND HORN BEGAN TO INTERMITTENTLY NOT WORK. THEN THE AIRBAG LIGHT INTERMITTENTLY WOULD COME ON WHILE DRIVING AND WHILE PARKED. AT THIS TIME NEITHER THE HORN, THE CRUISE CONTROL AND SOMETIMES THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS WILL NOT WORK AT ALL. THE...

DEALER IS REFUSING TO ALLOW ME TO TALK TO THE DODGE FACTOR REP. NO SAFETY DEFECT LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

ON APRIL 18, 2002 I TOOK THE VEHICLE INTO THE DEALER FOR THEM TO INVESTIGATE A NOISE WHICH SOUNDED LIKE METAL ON METAL. SERVICE DROVE MY VEHICLE AND AFTER HEARING NOISE FOR HIMSELF, THEY PUT IT ON THE RACK AND SAID "WE TIGHTENED A FEW THINGS" (ON WORKSHEET STATED "CHECKED ENGINE") AND SAID TO COME ...

A PART IN THE REAR LATCH ASSEMBLY BROKE AND I WAS UNABLE TO USE MY REAR DOOR UNTIL THE DEALER ORDERED A NEW PART AND INSTALLED IT. MY CONTENTION IS THAT THIS PART SHOULD NOT HAVE COST ME $143.95 BECAUSE THE PART DID NOT BREAK FROM ABUSE AND THE VEHICLE IS FAIRLY NEW. I CAN ONLY HOPE THAT DOES NOT HA...

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

AIRBAG LIGHT IS ON, CRUISE CONTROL AND HORN STOPPED WORKING.*JB

THE FIRST TIME MY VAN WAS PARKED IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE AND WHEN I WENT OUT THE NEXT MORNING, THE SMALL WINDOW IN THE REAR ON THE DRIVERS SIDE WAS SMASHED IN. I CALLED THE POLICE, BUT THEY SAID IT DID NOT LOOK LIKE VANDALISM, SO I CHALKED IT UP AS AN ACT OF NATURE. THE NEXT TIME IT HAPPENED A COUPLE...

DEALER (COURTNEY DODGE; WATERTOWN, CT; PHONE# 860/945-3633) UNABLE TO HONOR RECALL, NO PARTS AVAILABLE. FEEL TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

CONSUMER STATES THAT WHEN THE WEATHER GETS COLD THE STEERING OF THE VEHICLE WILL BECOME VERY TIGHT AND BARELY ABLE TO CONTROL THE VEHICLE WHEN DRIVING AND IN THE SUMMER THE STEERING WHEEL WILL BE LOSE THEN TIGHTEN UP. CONTACTED DEALER NUMEROUS TIMES AND THEY ARE NOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING. NLM

CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL 00V268000 NOTICE FOR FUEL RAIL. BE ADVISED THERE WERE NO PARTS AVAILABLE. CHUCK PATTERSONDEALERSHIP, 200 EAST AVE, CHICO, CA 95926 530 895 1771. MANAGER IS KEN. *AK

I WAS TOLD BY THE INDEPENDENT MECHANIC THAT FIRST DIAGNOSED THE LEAKING HEAD GASKET THAT HE HAD REPAIRED QUITE A FEW OF THESE AND THOUGHT THERE MIGHT BE A RECALL. WE TOOK THE VAN TO THE DEALER AND ALTHOUGH THE CAR IS ONLY 8K OUT OF WARRANTY AGREED TO ONLY PAY FOR PART ($5 GASKET) WE WOULD HAVE TO P...

INTERMITTENTLY THE VEHICLE WILL ACCELETATE SUDDENLY AND UNEXPECTEDLY. THE DEALER HAS INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND COULD NOT DUPLICATE OR CORRECT THE PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. NLM

HEAD GASKET AND TRANSMISSION MALFUNCTIOUNED. VEHICLE HAS ONLY 74000 MILES. PROBLEM STARTED ALSO IMMEDIATELY AFTER HE PURCHASED VEHICLE. *AK

HEAD GASKET AND TRANSMISSION MALFUNCTIOUNED. VEHICLE HAS ONLY 74000 MILES. PROBLEM STARTED ALSO IMMEDIATELY AFTER HE PURCHASED VEHICLE. *AK

ONCE AT A STOP VEHICLE STARTS TO RACE, DEALER WAS CONTACTED. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE IN FOR A OIL CHANGE, WHILE VEHICLE WAS UP ON GREASE RACK, ENGINE STARTED TO RACE, CAME OFF THE RACK. *AK CONSUMER STATES THAT ON 24-JUL-2001 DEALERS REPORTED IT AS A SURGING PROBLEM AND REPLACED THE AIS MOTOR, THIS...

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

WHILE TRAVELING AT 40 MPH, CONSUMER HEARD A CLUNK NOISE. CONSUMER PULLED VEHICLE OVER AND COULD NOT PUT VEHICLE IN GEAR. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO DEALER, DEALER STATED THAT A PIN IN TRANSMISSION BROKE AND TRANSMISSION NEEDED REPLACED. *AK CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. *SLC

WHILE TRAVELING AT 40 MPH, CONSUMER HEARD A CLUNK NOISE. CONSUMER PULLED VEHICLE OVER AND COULD NOT PUT VEHICLE IN GEAR. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO DEALER, DEALER STATED THAT A PIN IN TRANSMISSION BROKE AND TRANSMISSION NEEDED REPLACED. *AK CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. *SLC

WHEN I STRAP MY TWO SONS AGES 3 MONTHS AND 2 1/2 YEARS INTO THEIR CARSEATS EVERYDAY, SEAT BELT FAILED TO OPERATE PROPERLY. *AK

I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT CONSUMERS CAN DO TO GET REPLACEMENTS FOR THE GEN3 SEATBELTS WHICH HAVE BEEN TESTED AS UNSAFE ACCORDING TO THE ABC NEWS REPORT. THE SEATBELTS CAN UNLOCK IN AN ACCIDENT. PLEASE DO SOMETHING TO HAVE THESE VEHICLES RECALLED.*AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH BRAKES LOCKED UP AND VEHICLE STARTED TO PULL TO RIGHT.CONSUMER FOUND IT DIFFICULT TO CONTROL VEHICLE. CONTACTED DEALER.*AK

WHILE STOPPING AT LIGHT VEHICLE DOWNSHIFTED AND MADE A NOISE. ENGINE CHECK LIGHT CAME ON. LOST ALL GEARS EXCEPT ONE. DEALER CONTACTED. *AK

WHILE STOPPING AT LIGHT VEHICLE DOWNSHIFTED AND MADE A NOISE. ENGINE CHECK LIGHT CAME ON. LOST ALL GEARS EXCEPT ONE. DEALER CONTACTED. *AK

VEHICLE HAS TROUBLE CHANGING GEARS. ALSO, HAS PROBLEMS ACCELERATING. WHEN CONSUMER KEEPS TRYING TO MAKE VEHICLE ACCELERATE IT WILL SHUT OFF. CONTACTED DEALER, AND THE DEALER IS NOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING. *AK

VEHICLE HAS TROUBLE CHANGING GEARS. ALSO, HAS PROBLEMS ACCELERATING. WHEN CONSUMER KEEPS TRYING TO MAKE VEHICLE ACCELERATE IT WILL SHUT OFF. CONTACTED DEALER, AND THE DEALER IS NOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING. *AK

THERE WAS A SQUEAKING NOISE IN THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE. EVERY TIME YOU WENT OVER A BUMP AT A LOW SPEED YOU COULD HEAR IT. TOOK TO DEALER (STOLTZ OF EMPORIUM) BECAUSE WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY. *AK

BRAKE ROTORS ARE WARPED, AND SEATBELT RETRACTOR WILL NOT RELEASE. *AK

BRAKE ROTORS ARE WARPED, AND SEATBELT RETRACTOR WILL NOT RELEASE. *AK

CONSUMER STATES THERE WERE SEVERAL TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS DURING THE WARRANTY PERIOD, THERE WAS A NOISE PRESENT WHEN PUTTING VEHICLE IN GEAR AND IT ALSO FELT SLUGGISH, THERE WAS A SHAKE IN THE FRONT END DUE TO THE TRANSMISSION NOT BEING ADJUSTED CORRECTLY, THE TORQUE CONVERTER, OUTPUT SENSOR, INPUT S...

CONSUMER STATES THERE WERE SEVERAL TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS DURING THE WARRANTY PERIOD, THERE WAS A NOISE PRESENT WHEN PUTTING VEHICLE IN GEAR AND IT ALSO FELT SLUGGISH, THERE WAS A SHAKE IN THE FRONT END DUE TO THE TRANSMISSION NOT BEING ADJUSTED CORRECTLY, THE TORQUE CONVERTER, OUTPUT SENSOR, INPUT S...

CONSUMER STATES THERE WERE SEVERAL TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS DURING THE WARRANTY PERIOD, THERE WAS A NOISE PRESENT WHEN PUTTING VEHICLE IN GEAR AND IT ALSO FELT SLUGGISH, THERE WAS A SHAKE IN THE FRONT END DUE TO THE TRANSMISSION NOT BEING ADJUSTED CORRECTLY, THE TORQUE CONVERTER, OUTPUT SENSOR, INPUT S...

CONSUMER STATES THERE WERE SEVERAL TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS DURING THE WARRANTY PERIOD, THERE WAS A NOISE PRESENT WHEN PUTTING VEHICLE IN GEAR AND IT ALSO FELT SLUGGISH, THERE WAS A SHAKE IN THE FRONT END DUE TO THE TRANSMISSION NOT BEING ADJUSTED CORRECTLY, THE TORQUE CONVERTER, OUTPUT SENSOR, INPUT S...

A STRONG GASOLINE ODOR IS PRESENT WHEN AIR CONDITIONER IS BEING USED. DEALER HAS YET TO BE CONTACTED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

I TOOK MY VAN TO CARL GREGORY DODGE DEALERSHIP BECAUSE I HEARD OF A RECALL DUE TO O RING LEAKAGE. MY VAN HAS A STRONG ODOR OF GAS OUTSIDE & INSIDE THE VEHICLE & I HAVE 3 SMALL CHILDREN WHO ARE EXSPOSED TO THIS DAILY. THEY SAID MY VIN. NUMBER WASN'T IN THE RECALL & REFUSED TO CHECK MY VAN FOR THIS DE...

VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN DRIVEWAY WHEN IT CAUGHT ON FIRE DUE TO ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS, CLAIM 22-V529-255. *SLC

CONSUMER WAS RESTING ALONG SIDE OF ROAD AND SMELLED SMOKE, UPON STARTING VEHICLE IT IGNITED IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT, INJURING CONSUMER, CLAIM 22-V641-822. *SLC

WHILE DRIVING, A POLICE CAR NOTIFIED CONSUMER THAT THE VEHICLE WAS ON FIRE, FIRE DEPARTMENT BROKE THE WINDSHIELD TO PUT OUT THE FIRE, CLAIM 22-V687-499. *SLC

VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN DRIVEWAY WHEN IT CAUGHT ON FIRE DUE TO ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS, CLAIM 22-V529-255. *SLC

CONSUMER WAS RESTING ALONG SIDE OF ROAD AND SMELLED SMOKE, UPON STARTING VEHICLE IT IGNITED IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT, INJURING CONSUMER, CLAIM 22-V641-822. *SLC

WHILE DRIVING, A POLICE CAR NOTIFIED CONSUMER THAT THE VEHICLE WAS ON FIRE, FIRE DEPARTMENT BROKE THE WINDSHIELD TO PUT OUT THE FIRE, CLAIM 22-V687-499. *SLC

DRIVER'S SIDE AUTOMATIC OPERATED WINDOW WILL NOT GO UPAFTER BEING PUT DOWN. THIS WAS AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

WARRANTY 36,000 MILES/3YEARS. DROPPING VAN OFF FOR ROUTINE BRAKE JOB, VAN DIED IN GARAGE PARKING LOT, TEMP GUAGE HAD NO INDICATION ANYTHING WRONG,TAILPIPE SMOKING, , HAD POLICE STOP BY TO SEE, GARAGE LOOKED AT ENGINE FLY WHEEL FELL OFF AND HEAD GASKET MELTED. CAR ONLY HAS 54,000 MILES ON IT. CONTACT...

WARRANTY 36,000 MILES/3YEARS. DROPPING VAN OFF FOR ROUTINE BRAKE JOB, VAN DIED IN GARAGE PARKING LOT, TEMP GUAGE HAD NO INDICATION ANYTHING WRONG,TAILPIPE SMOKING, , HAD POLICE STOP BY TO SEE, GARAGE LOOKED AT ENGINE FLY WHEEL FELL OFF AND HEAD GASKET MELTED. CAR ONLY HAS 54,000 MILES ON IT. CONTACT...

WARRANTY 36,000 MILES/3YEARS. DROPPING VAN OFF FOR ROUTINE BRAKE JOB, VAN DIED IN GARAGE PARKING LOT, TEMP GUAGE HAD NO INDICATION ANYTHING WRONG,TAILPIPE SMOKING, , HAD POLICE STOP BY TO SEE, GARAGE LOOKED AT ENGINE FLY WHEEL FELL OFF AND HEAD GASKET MELTED. CAR ONLY HAS 54,000 MILES ON IT. CONTACT...

WHILE DRIVING, A POLICE CAR PULLED UP AND NOTIFIED CONSUMER THAT VEHICLE WAS ON FIRE, VEHICLE EXPERIENCED FIRE IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT, CLAIM22-V687-499. *SLC

WHILE DRIVING, A POLICE CAR PULLED UP AND NOTIFIED CONSUMER THAT VEHICLE WAS ON FIRE, VEHICLE EXPERIENCED FIRE IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT, CLAIM22-V687-499. *SLC

FEB 2001 SERPENTINE BELT TENSIONER ARM BROKE TEARING UP THE SERPENTINE BELT. ARM REPLACED AND NEW BELT INSTALLED. NO DETERMINATION OF CAUSE GIVEN. DEC 3, 2001 BELT JUMPED OFF PULLEY'S/TENSIONER-DEALER STATES NO PROBLEM FOUND, BELT IN GOOD CONDITION, PROBABLE CAUSE-WATER INTRUDED TENSIONER AND CAU...

ENGINE HEAD GASKET IS DEFECTIVE THERE IS OIL LEAKING FROM VEHICLE. CONTACTED DEALER, AND THE DEALER HAS TIGHTENED UP SOME OF THE PARTS. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION. *AK

THE VAN WAS TAKEN IN 2 TIMES DURING THE WARRANTY PERIOD. THEY ATTEMPTED SOME REPAIRES. THE SECOND TIME THEY SAID THEY COULD NOT FIND THE PROBLEM, BUT THEY WOULD DOCUMENT IT INCASE THERE WERE PROBLEMS LATER.. I CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER WHO STATED THAT THEY NEW THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THAT MODEL...

VAN BEGAN LEAKING OIL AND MAKING LOUD RATTLING NOISE. MECHANIC FOUND AIR CONDITIONER FANS TO BE LOOSE AND CLOSE TO FALLING APART. MECHANIC FOUND A HEAVY OIL LEAK COMING FROM THE CYLINDER HEAD GASKET. MECHANIC FELT THIS KIND OF MAJOR REPAIR SHOULDN'T BE NEED FOR A VEHICLE OF THIS YEAR AND MILEAGE. ME...

VAN HAS A FOLDER OF REPAIR WORK 2-3 INCHES THICK, AND HAS HAD TIRE FAILURE ON THE FREEWAY, BUT I DO NOT HAVE THE RECEIPT AVAIL. AT THIS MOMENT. *AK

VAN HAS A FOLDER OF REPAIR WORK 2-3 INCHES THICK, AND HAS HAD TIRE FAILURE ON THE FREEWAY, BUT I DO NOT HAVE THE RECEIPT AVAIL. AT THIS MOMENT. *AK

CONSUMER STATES HIS 3 YEAR OLD PULLED DOWN ON THE FEAR SHIFT AND HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE, THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT DESIGNED WITH THE SAFETY FEATURE, WHICH WOULD ALLOW YOU TO FIRST PLACE FOOT ON THE BRAKE BEFORE REMOVING OUT OF GEAR.*YH

CONSUMER STATES HIS 3 YEAR OLD PULLED DOWN ON THE FEAR SHIFT AND HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE, THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT DESIGNED WITH THE SAFETY FEATURE, WHICH WOULD ALLOW YOU TO FIRST PLACE FOOT ON THE BRAKE BEFORE REMOVING OUT OF GEAR.*YH

CONSUMER SMELLED SMOKE WHILE RESTING ALONG SIDE OF THE ROAD, CONSUMER TRIED TO START THE VEHICLE, HOWEVER IT IGNITED UPON STARTING IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT, CLAIM 22-V641-822. *SLC

CONSUMER SMELLED SMOKE WHILE RESTING ALONG SIDE OF THE ROAD, CONSUMER TRIED TO START THE VEHICLE, HOWEVER IT IGNITED UPON STARTING IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT, CLAIM 22-V641-822. *SLC

TRANSMISSION FAILED TWICE DURING THE WARRANTY PERIOD. DEALER INFORMED ME OF UNKNOWN CAUSE OF THE PROBLEMS (TRANSMISSION SENSOR) TO GO BAD TWICE, BUT WAS HAPPY TO REPLACE IT FOR FREE (SUSPICIOUS, NOBODY DOES THIS FOR FREE UNLESS THERE IS A PROBLEM). NOTIFIED DODGE SINCE IT WAS NEARING THE END OF WA...

ROTORS BECAME NOISY AND VIBRATED, NEW PADS AND ROTORS INSTALLED TWICE.

TRANMISSION FLUID WAS LEAKING INSIDE OF VEHICLE. THERE WAS FLUID ALL OVER PEDALS. CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO DEALERSLERSHIP BECAUSE THERE WAS TRANSMISSION FLUID ALL OVER FLOORBOARD. *AK

THERE EXISTS A RECALL ON THE SEAT BELT RETRACTORS WHICH IS BEING HONORED BY THE DEALER, HOWEVER, THE LATCHING RECEPTACLE ON THE PASSENGE SIDE HAS FAILED. IT DOES NOT LATCH SECURELY AND WILL RELEASE OF ITS OWN VOLITION. THE DEALER WANTS TO CHARGE FOR A NEW LATCH AND WHILE THE COST IS NOT EXORBITANT, ...

SMELL GASOLINE COMING FROM THE FUEL TANK, A SMALL AMOUNT OF GAS WAS LEAKING DOWN THE SIDE OF THE FUEL TANK, DUE TO THE ROLLOVER VALVE WAS LEAKING ON THE FUEL TANK, REPLACE FUEL TANK.

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

THE TRANSMISSION FAILED CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO JERK AND NOT GO INTO GEAR. NLM

RADIO FAILED. NLM

SPEEDOMETER IS INOPERATIVE. NLM

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

THE VEHICLES HEAD LIGHTS SHUT OFF COMPLETELY WHEN THE HIGH BEAMS ARE ENGAGED. *YH

THE VEHICLES HEAD LIGHTS SHUT OFF COMPLETELY WHEN THE HIGH BEAMS ARE ENGAGED. *YH

MY 4 YEAR OLD SON WAS IN VAN. HE WAS IN FRONT SEAT AND FOR SOME REASON HE PULLED ON THE COLUMN TO PUT IT IN DRIVE. THE KEYS WERE NOT IN THE IGNITION. HE IS NOT TALL ENOUGH TO REACH THE BRAKE PEDAL. WHENEVER HE PULLED THE HANDLE THE VAN WENT FROM PARK TO NEUTRAL AND ROLLED APPR. 60FEET INTO THE...

AT 36,150 MILES SERPENTINE PULLEY BROKE WHILE PULLING OUT OF THE GARAGE. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED AND REPAIRS WERE MADE. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION ON THIS MATTER.*AK

FIRST TIME CAR STALLED ON LOCAL STREET ON 27TH MAY 00 AFTER FEW ATTEMPTS, IT START AGAIN. DEALER COULD NOT FIGER OUT, IT STALLED AGAIN ON 06/11/00 ON HIGHWAY SO SCARRY, THEN THEY CHANGED COMPUTER PC IT HAPPENED AGAIN ON 07/23 &07/28, 01 WHICH TEY BLAMED CARBON BUILD UP WHICH I DON'T TRUST THEM BECAU...

DRIVER'S SIDE WINDOW WOULD NOT GO DOWN. IT WAS INTERMITTENT. INTERIOR LIGHTS WOULD COME ON, AND THEN THEY WOULD NOT COME ON. ALSO, WHILE DRIVING IN RAIN REAR VIEW MIRROR WOULD NOT ADJUST. CONSUMER WAS CONCERNED THAT HEADLIGHTS MIGHT GO OUT WHILE ON HIGHWAY. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORM...

DRIVER'S SIDE WINDOW WOULD NOT GO DOWN. IT WAS INTERMITTENT. INTERIOR LIGHTS WOULD COME ON, AND THEN THEY WOULD NOT COME ON. ALSO, WHILE DRIVING IN RAIN REAR VIEW MIRROR WOULD NOT ADJUST. CONSUMER WAS CONCERNED THAT HEADLIGHTS MIGHT GO OUT WHILE ON HIGHWAY. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORM...

DRIVER'S SIDE WINDOW WOULD NOT GO DOWN. IT WAS INTERMITTENT. INTERIOR LIGHTS WOULD COME ON, AND THEN THEY WOULD NOT COME ON. ALSO, WHILE DRIVING IN RAIN REAR VIEW MIRROR WOULD NOT ADJUST. CONSUMER WAS CONCERNED THAT HEADLIGHTS MIGHT GO OUT WHILE ON HIGHWAY. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORM...

1999 GRAND CARAVAN PURCHASED NEW , TRANSMISSION FAILED WITH APPROX 10000 MILES REPAIRED, STILL NOT RIGHT DEALER UNABLE TO DUPLICATE PROBLEM. CAR CAN LUNGED FORWARD WITH VERY SLIGHT PRESSURE ON GAS PEDAL TAKEN FOR ROUTINE OIL CHANGE BY INDEPENDENT STATION, FOUND TRANSMISSION FLUID LEAKING SAID POSS S...

1999 GRAND CARAVAN PURCHASED NEW , TRANSMISSION FAILED WITH APPROX 10000 MILES REPAIRED, STILL NOT RIGHT DEALER UNABLE TO DUPLICATE PROBLEM. CAR CAN LUNGED FORWARD WITH VERY SLIGHT PRESSURE ON GAS PEDAL TAKEN FOR ROUTINE OIL CHANGE BY INDEPENDENT STATION, FOUND TRANSMISSION FLUID LEAKING SAID POSS S...

YOUR LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING THE CRASH OF A 2001 DODGE CARAVAN AND THE FIRE PROBLEM DUE TO A CRACKED COMPONENT. SINCE PURCHASING MY DODGE, WE HAVE EXPERIENCED NUMEROUS STRONG GAS SMELLS IN THE CAB OF THE CAR. WE HAVE TAKEN IT TO 4 DEALERS AND THEY SAY THEY CAN FIND NOTHING. THIS STRONG GAS ...

WE WERE ADVISED THAT COMPONENT WAS REDESIGNED DUE TO THE NUMBER OF PROBLEMS WITH THE HEAD GASKET SEAL BREAKING AND LEAKING OIL. *AK

THE TRANSMISSION DOES NOT DOWNSHIFT OUT OF OVERDRIVE. AT 43-47 MPH, THE CAR LURCHES AND ACCELERETION IS IMPOSSIBLE. THE FIRST INCIDENT OCCURED ON APRIL 14 WHEN THE CAR WOULD NOT ACCELERATE UP A HILL. EVERYTIME THE CAR WAS SLOWING DOWN FROM 50 MPH WHILE GOING UP A HILL, THE CAR WOULD LURCH AND ACCEL...

I HAD BEEN TO A FUNERAL AND WAS DRIVING HOME ON THE HIGHWAY AT THE HIGHWAY SPEED OF 70 MILES PER HOUR ONLY MINUTES BEFORE THE FAILURE OF THIS PART. I HAD TURNED INTO THE RESIDENTIAL SECTION AND HAD GOTTEN TO MY HOUSE AND SLOWED TO ABOUT 20 MILES PER HOUR OR LESS TO TURN INTO MY DRIVEWAY. THE PART ...

THREE TIRES HAVE NOW BEEN REPLACED WITH BUBBLES ON THE SIDE, INCLUDING THE ONE THAT BLEW. *AK (TIRESIZE: 14)

IN HEAVY SLOW MOVING TRAFFIC WITH THE ENGINE RUNNING AND AIR CONDITIONING ON I LOST THE POWER STEERING WHICH MAKES IT VERY DIFFICULT TO TURN THE WHEEL.JERRY ULM CHRYSLER DEALER CHARGED ME $208. AND TOLD ME SOMEONE INSTALLED THE WRONG FLUID IN THE RESERVOIR WHICH ISN'T TRUE ANYWAY THE PROBLEM OCCURRE...

THE TRANSMISSION HAS GONE OUT ON MY 1999 DODGE CARAVAN TWICE. THE FIRST TIME WAS AT 35908 MILES AND ONLY 17 MONTHS OLD. IT WAS THE SPEED SENSOR. THE SECOND TIME WAS AT 40,100 MILES AND LESS THAN 20 MONTHS OLD. I WAS TOLD THE TORQUE CONVERTER CAME APRART!! THIS TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE REPLACED AN...

AFTER THE LAST FIX TRANSMISSION STILL DOESN'T BEHAVE RIGHT, ESPECIALY UNDER LOAD OR EVER WITH A/C ON - IT SLIPS IN GEAR CHANGE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED FRONT WHEELS WILL LOCK UP CAUSING LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL DUE TO A PIN WITHIN TRANSMISSION ASSEMBLY THAT JAMS. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

AT ANY SPEED VEHICLE WILL COME TO A COMPLETE STOP WITHOUT WARNING. CONSUMER STATED VEHICLE WILL NOT SHIFT INTO GEAR. ONCE ANOTHER CAR ALMOST REAR ENDED INTO CONSUMER'S VEHICLE.*AK

WHENEVER TRYING TO PUT VEHICLE INTO GEAR VEHICLE WILL, WITHOUT NOTICE, ACCELERATE EVEN WHILE CONUSMER HAS FOOT ON THE BRAKE. AK INTERLOCK SYSTEM WAS NEVER INSTALLED ON VEHICLE, CONSUMER STATES HE CAN MOVE THE GEAR LEVER AT ANY TIME. *SLC

WHENEVER TRYING TO PUT VEHICLE INTO GEAR VEHICLE WILL, WITHOUT NOTICE, ACCELERATE EVEN WHILE CONUSMER HAS FOOT ON THE BRAKE. AK INTERLOCK SYSTEM WAS NEVER INSTALLED ON VEHICLE, CONSUMER STATES HE CAN MOVE THE GEAR LEVER AT ANY TIME. *SLC

WHENEVER TRYING TO PUT VEHICLE INTO GEAR VEHICLE WILL, WITHOUT NOTICE, ACCELERATE EVEN WHILE CONUSMER HAS FOOT ON THE BRAKE. AK INTERLOCK SYSTEM WAS NEVER INSTALLED ON VEHICLE, CONSUMER STATES HE CAN MOVE THE GEAR LEVER AT ANY TIME. *SLC

CONSUMER IS ABLE TO SHIFT FROM PARK INTO DRIVE WITHOUT APPLYING BRAKES. *AK *JB

WITH NO WARNING AND IN NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS, THE VEHICLE WILL NOT STOP WHILE APPLYING BRAKING PRESSURE. BRAKING FAILURE OCCURS WITHOUT WARNING AND ONLY ALLOWS FOR ABOUT A 20% BRAKING FUNCTION EVEN WHEN APPLYING FULL PRESSURE TO THE BRAKE PEDAL. NO CODES ARE STORED (AS PER THE DEALER) AND AFTER...

VEHICLE DOES NOT COME EQUIPPED WITH A SHIFT INTERLOCK MECHANISM. THUS,VEHICLE IS CAPABLE OF BEING REMOVED FROM PARK WITHOUT APPLYING BRAKES OR USING A KEY. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS.*AK

WE WERE INVOLVED IN A MILD ROLL-OVER ON I-94 NEAR TOMAH, WIS. WE SLID ON BLACK ICE AND UPENDED INTO THE SNOW BANK. NO INJURIES. MY WIFE WAS RESTRAINED IN MID SEAT, R SIDE. AS CAR ROLLED SHE SLID OFF END OF SEAT OUT OF LOCKED SEAT BELT SYSTEM ENDING UP UNRESTRAINED ON THE ROOF. WE HAVE CONTACTED TAN...

WE WERE INVOLVED IN A MILD ROLL-OVER ON I-94 NEAR TOMAH, WIS. WE SLID ON BLACK ICE AND UPENDED INTO THE SNOW BANK. NO INJURIES. MY WIFE WAS RESTRAINED IN MID SEAT, R SIDE. AS CAR ROLLED SHE SLID OFF END OF SEAT OUT OF LOCKED SEAT BELT SYSTEM ENDING UP UNRESTRAINED ON THE ROOF. WE HAVE CONTACTED TAN...

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING 60- 70MPH AND VEHICLE STARTED SHIMMYING WHEN BRAKES WERE APPLIED. DEALER CHANGED ROTORS/SHAVED/ ROTOR/ CHANGE PADS, AND ALIGNED VEHICLE. ALL 4 THINGS WERE DONE TO RECTIFY PROBLEM, NO REMEDY.*AK

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING 60- 70MPH AND VEHICLE STARTED SHIMMYING WHEN BRAKES WERE APPLIED. DEALER CHANGED ROTORS/SHAVED/ ROTOR/ CHANGE PADS, AND ALIGNED VEHICLE. ALL 4 THINGS WERE DONE TO RECTIFY PROBLEM, NO REMEDY.*AK

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ON HIGHWAY AND A GASOLINE SMELL WAS COMING FROM INSIDE OF VENT AREA. ALSO THERE WAS A PUDDLE OF OIL UNDERNEATH VEHICLE. DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK

VEHICLE WAS PARKED WHEN IT CAUGHT ON FIRE DUE TO ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS, CLAIM 22-V529-255. *SLC

VEHICLE WAS PARKED WHEN IT CAUGHT ON FIRE DUE TO ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS, CLAIM 22-V529-255. *SLC

WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 25 TO 30 MPH, A NOISE WAS EMITTED FROM FRONT OF VEHICLE, AS IF THE VEHICLE HAD STARTED DRAGGING A METAL CAN. SHORTLY AFTERWARDS VEHICLE LOST ALL POWER. AFTER INSPECTION OF PROBLEM, A PUDDLE OF TRANSMISSION FLUID BEGAN FORMING UNDER VEHICLE. DEALERSHIP STATED THAT A...

WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 25 TO 30 MPH, A NOISE WAS EMITTED FROM FRONT OF VEHICLE, AS IF THE VEHICLE HAD STARTED DRAGGING A METAL CAN. SHORTLY AFTERWARDS VEHICLE LOST ALL POWER. AFTER INSPECTION OF PROBLEM, A PUDDLE OF TRANSMISSION FLUID BEGAN FORMING UNDER VEHICLE. DEALERSHIP STATED THAT A...

TOOK VEHICLE 5 TIMES TO DEALER . WHEN APPLYING BRAKES AT 55-60 MPH THEY PULSATE, BRAKING DISTANCE NORMAL. *AK

ON DEC 8,2000 MY WIFE,FOUR CHILDREN AND MYSELF WERE IN SPRINGFIELD MO, APPROX 80 MILES FROM OUR HOUSE SHOPPING AT THE MALL. WHEN WE FINISHED OUR SHOPPING AND LEFT THE MALL,WE WERE IN CONGESTED TRAFFIC AT APPROX. 30 MPH THE VAN SHUT OFF WITHOUT ANY TYPE OF WARNING OR INDICATION OF A PROBLEM, THE ABIL...

PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. DEALER REPLACED MASTER CYLINDER AND CALIPERS. HOWEVER, PROBLEM WAS NOT RESOLVED. *AK

PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. DEALER REPLACED MASTER CYLINDER AND CALIPERS. HOWEVER, PROBLEM WAS NOT RESOLVED. *AK

PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. DEALER REPLACED MASTER CYLINDER AND CALIPERS. HOWEVER, PROBLEM WAS NOT RESOLVED. *AK

BRAKES DO NOT WORK PROPERLY; BRAKES AT FIRST WERE JUMPING, THEN BRAKES WERE WEARING OUT. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER HAS CHANGED BRAKE PADS. BUT, PROBLEM STILL OCCURS. *AK

BRAKES DO NOT WORK PROPERLY; BRAKES AT FIRST WERE JUMPING, THEN BRAKES WERE WEARING OUT. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER HAS CHANGED BRAKE PADS. BUT, PROBLEM STILL OCCURS. *AK

THE TIRE WAS TORN COMPLETE OFF THE RIM, THE TREAD WERE IN EXCELLENT CONDITION, PHOTO AVAILABLE.*AK (DOT NUMBER: PDKC HKDR2 TIRESIZE: 205/75-14)

MY MINI VAN WAS INVOLVED IN A ACCIDENT AND THE IMPACT WAS WAS HARD AND THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DIPLOY.I AM VERY THANKFULL THAT NO ONE WAS HURT BUT MY CAR IS NOW TOTAL.I AM VERY CONSERNED ABOUT THE AIR BAGS.

THE RIGHT REAR GOODYEAR TIRE WAS TORN COMPLETELY OFF THE RIM (GOODYEAR CONQUEST 205/75-14 DOTPDKCHKDR239). NLM

HEAD GASKET STARTED LEAKING IN OCTOBER 2000. CURRENTLY, IT NEEDS REPLACEMENT. *AK THE DEALER HAD ALREADY REPLACED THE HEAD GASKET. *YH

HORN INTERMITTENTLY WORKS WHEN NEEDED. IT WON'T DUPLICATE SO DEALER CANNOT FIND ITS CAUSE. COMPONENTS THAT RUN HORN ARE LOCATED NEAR FRONT TIRE.*AK CONSUMER STATES THAT HORN HAS FAILED A FEW TIMES WHEN WEATHER WAS PARTICULARLY COLD OR WE. *SLC

WHILE HAVING VEHICLE SERVICED NOTICED THAT LEFT BRAKE PADS WERE OUT. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

WHILE HAVING VEHICLE SERVICED NOTICED THAT LEFT BRAKE PADS WERE OUT. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

WHILE CONSUMER WAS IN FOR OTHER SERVICES, WAS ADVISED BY TECHNICIAN THAT VEHICLE HAD A DEFECTIVE TIRE, CONSUMER IS NOW REQUESTING REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE TIRE. *JB

SERPENTINE BELT REPLACED DUE TO EXCESSIVE NOISE. *JB

BRAKE PADS WORN AND REPLACED, ROTORS RESURFACED. *JB

FRONT ROTORS WERE WARPING DUE TO EXCESSIVE WEAR, AND CAUSING PROBLEM WITH BRAKING PROPERLY OR DELAYED STOPPING. DEALER NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT VEHICLE WAS NOT COVERED UNDER A MANUFACTURER'S RECALL, AND VEHICLE WASOUT OF ITS WARRANTY. ANY REPAIRS WOULD BE AT CONSUMER'S COST. FEEL F...

FRONT ROTORS WERE WARPING DUE TO EXCESSIVE WEAR, AND CAUSING PROBLEM WITH BRAKING PROPERLY OR DELAYED STOPPING. DEALER NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT VEHICLE WAS NOT COVERED UNDER A MANUFACTURER'S RECALL, AND VEHICLE WASOUT OF ITS WARRANTY. ANY REPAIRS WOULD BE AT CONSUMER'S COST. FEEL F...

BLOWN HEAD GASKET AT 48,000 MILES/NOT COVERED BY WARRANTY??!?!*AK

CONSUMER'S HUSBAND WAS DRIVING AND WAS HIT FROM REAR. FRONT DRIVER SEAT BROKE, CAUSING HIM TO SUSTAIN NECK INJURIES. *AK

WHILE STOPPING AT A RED LIGHT THE BRAKES FAILED, THE VEHICLE PROCEEDED THROUGH THE RED LIGHT AND STRUCK ANOTHER VEHICLE, DRIVER SUSTAINED LEFT LEG INJURIES AND THE DRIVER OF THE OTHER VEHICLE SUSTAINED COLLAR BONE INJURIES. NLM

THE SPEED SENSOR HAS FAILED TWICE IN THE PAST THREE MONTHS, CONSUMER STATES WHEN THIS FAILS, THE VEHICLE CAN NOT BE DRIVEN ABOVE 45 MPH. *SLC

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

VAN VIBRATES AND PULLS TO THE RIGHT, VIBRATION STARTS AT 40 MPH AND GETS WORSE AS SPEED INCREASES, DEALERSHIP IS NOT ABLE TO CORRECT VIBRATION PROBLEM. *CJ

ENGINE PRESSURE BUILT UP DUE A FAULTY PCV VALVE, CAUSING OIL TO LEAK , ALSO, CRANKSHAFT AND VALVE COVER TO BLOW OUT. DEALER HAS REPAIRED VEHICLE. *AK

ENGINE PRESSURE BUILT UP DUE A FAULTY PCV VALVE, CAUSING OIL TO LEAK , ALSO, CRANKSHAFT AND VALVE COVER TO BLOW OUT. DEALER HAS REPAIRED VEHICLE. *AK

AT 15,000 MILE CHECK I REQUESTED THE TRANSMISSION BE CHECKED, IT FELT AS THOUGH IT MAY BE SLIPPING. SERVICE DEPARTMENT FOUND NOTHING WRONG AT THAT TIME. TRANSMISSION HAS TO BE TOTALLY REPLACED IN 1999 CARAVAN WITH ONLY 43000 MILES ON IT. WE HAVE NEVER TOWED ANYTHING WITH THE VAN AND ARE SHOCKED TH...

I WAS STOPPED TO MAKE A LEFT TURN AND WAS REAR-ENDED. THE POLICE ESTIMATED THAT HE WAS DOING ABOUT 25 WHEN HE HIT ME. I WENT FORWARD AND CUT MY NOSE ON THE SUNVISOR AND THEN SLAMMED MY HEAD BACK IN TO THE HEADREST. I THINK I WENT FORWARD AND BACK AGAIN, AND THEN THE SEAT BACK COLLAPSED AND I WENT DO...

I WAS STOPPED, WAITING TO MAKE A LEFT TURN, WHEN I WAS REAR ENDED BY A 95 PATHFINDER. POLICE ESTIMATED THAT HE WAS DOING ABOUT 25 WHEN HE IMPACTED ME. MY SEAT BELT/SHOULDER STRAP HELD, BUT I WENT FORWARD AND CUT MY NOSE ON THE SUN VISOR, THEN MY HEAD SLAMMED BACKWARD IN TO MY HEADREST. I THINK I WEN...

WINDSHIELD WIPER LINKAGE PIVOT WORKS ERRATICALLY, WIPER MOVES HALFWAY BEFORE IT STARTS BUMPING INTO OTHER WIPER. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED.*AK

WHILE DRIVING, CONSUMER COULD HEAR NOISE COMING FROM RACK AND PINION STEERING. TECHNICIAN TOLD CONSUMER THAT RACK AND PINION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED, BUT DID NOT POINT TO STATUS, JUST AS DETERIORATION. *AK *SLC

HORN DOES NOT WORK. FUSE AND RELAY WORKING.*AK

MY DODGE CARAVAN HAS 47,000 HIGHWAY MILES ON IT AND IS TWO YEARS OLD. I JUST BROUGHT IT IN FOR AN OIL CHANGE AND WAS TOLD THAT IT NEEDS A NEW HEAD GASKET. MY MECHANIC TELLS ME THAT THIS IS A RECURRING PROBLEM WITH THESE VEHICLES AND THAT HE HAS SEEN AT LEAST TWENTY OTHER CASES OF THIS PROBLEM IN C...

TRANSMISSION WENT OUT ON OUR 1999 DODGE CARAVAN WHILE TRAVELING 50-60 MPH IN A REMOTE AREA. THIS IS THE SECOND TRANSMISSION PROBLEM I HAVE HAD WITH THIS CAR. THE FIRST WAS A SENSOR THAT WENT BAD, AND NOW THE ENTIRE TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE REPLACED. THE VAN HAS BEEN WITH THE DEALER FOR 5 DAYS.*AK

VEHICLE ACCELERATED SUDDENLY AND UNEXPECTEDLY, RESULTING IN A COLLISION.*AK

SPEED SENSORS HAVE FAILED 3 TIMES IN THE LAST 12 WEEKS CAUSING THE TRANSMISSION TO SHIFT ERRATICALLY AND VIOLENTLY. ALL DASH GAUGES ALSO GO DEAD INTERMITTENTLY. VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP A TOTAL OF 5 TIMES IN THIS SAME TIMEFRAME. (JULY 21- OCT 16) CHRYSLER HAS BEEN CONTACTED BUT REFUSES TO DO ANY...

SPEED SENSORS HAVE FAILED 3 TIMES IN THE LAST 12 WEEKS CAUSING THE TRANSMISSION TO SHIFT ERRATICALLY AND VIOLENTLY. ALL DASH GAUGES ALSO GO DEAD INTERMITTENTLY. VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP A TOTAL OF 5 TIMES IN THIS SAME TIMEFRAME. (JULY 21- OCT 16) CHRYSLER HAS BEEN CONTACTED BUT REFUSES TO DO ANY...

CONSUMER BELIEVES THE VEHICLE SHOULD GET BETTER GAS MILEAGE, IT CURRENTLY GETS 16 MPG IN TOWN AND 22 HIGHWAY. NLM

TAIL PIPE IS BLACK ON THE INSIDE. NLM

DRIVER'S SIDE WINDOW FAILED WHEN IT WAS ROLLED DOWN AND WILL NOT ROLL BACK UP. NLM

CONSUMER STATES THAT ENGINE MAKES LOUD NOISE AND IT IDLES ERRATICALLY, VEHICLE HAS STALLED WHILE TRAVELLING 60 MPH, ON ONE OCCASION, DEALER FOUND THAT A PISTON HAD FAILED, HOWEVER PROBLEM STILL EXIST. BRAKES SQUEALED, DEALER CLEANED AND SANDED PADS AND ROTORS. VEHICLE SHOOK AT SPEEDS ABOVE 70 MPH,...

CONSUMER STATES THAT ENGINE MAKES LOUD NOISE AND IT IDLES ERRATICALLY, VEHICLE HAS STALLED WHILE TRAVELLING 60 MPH, ON ONE OCCASION, DEALER FOUND THAT A PISTON HAD FAILED, HOWEVER PROBLEM STILL EXIST. BRAKES SQUEALED, DEALER CLEANED AND SANDED PADS AND ROTORS. VEHICLE SHOOK AT SPEEDS ABOVE 70 MPH,...

CONSUMER STATES THAT ENGINE MAKES LOUD NOISE AND IT IDLES ERRATICALLY, VEHICLE HAS STALLED WHILE TRAVELLING 60 MPH, ON ONE OCCASION, DEALER FOUND THAT A PISTON HAD FAILED, HOWEVER PROBLEM STILL EXIST. BRAKES SQUEALED, DEALER CLEANED AND SANDED PADS AND ROTORS. VEHICLE SHOOK AT SPEEDS ABOVE 70 MPH,...

CONSUMER STATES THAT ENGINE MAKES LOUD NOISE AND IT IDLES ERRATICALLY, VEHICLE HAS STALLED WHILE TRAVELLING 60 MPH, ON ONE OCCASION, DEALER FOUND THAT A PISTON HAD FAILED, HOWEVER PROBLEM STILL EXIST. BRAKES SQUEALED, DEALER CLEANED AND SANDED PADS AND ROTORS. VEHICLE SHOOK AT SPEEDS ABOVE 70 MPH,...

CONSUMER STATES THAT ENGINE MAKES LOUD NOISE AND IT IDLES ERRATICALLY, VEHICLE HAS STALLED WHILE TRAVELLING 60 MPH, ON ONE OCCASION, DEALER FOUND THAT A PISTON HAD FAILED, HOWEVER PROBLEM STILL EXIST. BRAKES SQUEALED, DEALER CLEANED AND SANDED PADS AND ROTORS. VEHICLE SHOOK AT SPEEDS ABOVE 70 MPH,...

CONSUMER STATES THAT ENGINE MAKES LOUD NOISE AND IT IDLES ERRATICALLY, VEHICLE HAS STALLED WHILE TRAVELLING 60 MPH, ON ONE OCCASION, DEALER FOUND THAT A PISTON HAD FAILED, HOWEVER PROBLEM STILL EXIST. BRAKES SQUEALED, DEALER CLEANED AND SANDED PADS AND ROTORS. VEHICLE SHOOK AT SPEEDS ABOVE 70 MPH,...

CONSUMER STATES THAT ENGINE MAKES LOUD NOISE AND IT IDLES ERRATICALLY, VEHICLE HAS STALLED WHILE TRAVELLING 60 MPH, ON ONE OCCASION, DEALER FOUND THAT A PISTON HAD FAILED, HOWEVER PROBLEM STILL EXIST. BRAKES SQUEALED, DEALER CLEANED AND SANDED PADS AND ROTORS. VEHICLE SHOOK AT SPEEDS ABOVE 70 MPH,...

CONSUMER STATES THAT ENGINE MAKES LOUD NOISE AND IT IDLES ERRATICALLY, VEHICLE HAS STALLED WHILE TRAVELLING 60 MPH, ON ONE OCCASION, DEALER FOUND THAT A PISTON HAD FAILED, HOWEVER PROBLEM STILL EXIST. BRAKES SQUEALED, DEALER CLEANED AND SANDED PADS AND ROTORS. VEHICLE SHOOK AT SPEEDS ABOVE 70 MPH,...

CONSUMER STATES THAT ENGINE MAKES LOUD NOISE AND IT IDLES ERRATICALLY, VEHICLE HAS STALLED WHILE TRAVELLING 60 MPH, ON ONE OCCASION, DEALER FOUND THAT A PISTON HAD FAILED, HOWEVER PROBLEM STILL EXIST. BRAKES SQUEALED, DEALER CLEANED AND SANDED PADS AND ROTORS. VEHICLE SHOOK AT SPEEDS ABOVE 70 MPH,...

EXPERIENCING LOSS OF AIR PRESSURE IN ALL FOUR TIRES ON A 1999 DODGE, CARAVAN; ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT, P205/75R14, DOT # UNAVAILABLE. VEHICLE TAKEN TO DEALER, AND GOODYEAR CENTER, AND BOTH REFUSES TO HELP CONSUMER ON THIS MATTER. *AK

FRONT BRAKE ROTORS HAVE RUSTED THROUGH, CAUSING THE BRAKES TO FAIL. ROTORS HAVE BEEN REPLACED. *AK REAR BRAKE DRUMS ALSO ARE RUSTING. THE RUST THAT IS DISLODGED IS FOULING THE SELF-ADJUSTER MECHANISMS, AND MANUAL ADJUSTMENT OF THE REAR BRAKES IS PERIDICALLY NEEDED. *YH

FRONT BRAKE ROTORS HAVE RUSTED THROUGH, CAUSING THE BRAKES TO FAIL. ROTORS HAVE BEEN REPLACED. *AK REAR BRAKE DRUMS ALSO ARE RUSTING. THE RUST THAT IS DISLODGED IS FOULING THE SELF-ADJUSTER MECHANISMS, AND MANUAL ADJUSTMENT OF THE REAR BRAKES IS PERIDICALLY NEEDED. *YH

BRAKES SHUTTER AND VIBRATE. CONSUMER HAS TO PUT FOOT ALMOST TO THE FLOOR TO STOP THE VEHICLE, TOOK TO DEALER AND THEY REPLACED ROTORS AND PADS. THEY HAVE BEEN REPLACED 3 DIFFERENT TIMES. CURRENTLY, ROTORS NEED TO BE REPLACED AGAIN. VEHICLE HAD BEEN IN 6 TIMES FOR BRAKES. *AK

BRAKES SHUTTER AND VIBRATE. CONSUMER HAS TO PUT FOOT ALMOST TO THE FLOOR TO STOP THE VEHICLE, TOOK TO DEALER AND THEY REPLACED ROTORS AND PADS. THEY HAVE BEEN REPLACED 3 DIFFERENT TIMES. CURRENTLY, ROTORS NEED TO BE REPLACED AGAIN. VEHICLE HAD BEEN IN 6 TIMES FOR BRAKES. *AK

I FELT A JERK AND THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT CHANGE, THIS IS THE SECOND TIME AND I AM SCARED SOMEONE WILL GET KILLED IN THIS VAN. *AK

WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH VEHICLE WILL COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN WITHOUT WARNING, THIS PROBLEM ALSO OCCURS WHILE VEHICLE IS STOPPED AT TRAFFIC LIGHTS. DEALER REPLACED THE IAC MOTOR AND CRANKSHAFT SENSOR WHICH DID NOT CORRECT THE PROBLEM. *AK

WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH VEHICLE WILL COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN WITHOUT WARNING, THIS PROBLEM ALSO OCCURS WHILE VEHICLE IS STOPPED AT TRAFFIC LIGHTS. DEALER REPLACED THE IAC MOTOR AND CRANKSHAFT SENSOR WHICH DID NOT CORRECT THE PROBLEM. *AK

WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH VEHICLE WILL COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN WITHOUT WARNING, THIS PROBLEM ALSO OCCURS WHILE VEHICLE IS STOPPED AT TRAFFIC LIGHTS. DEALER REPLACED THE IAC MOTOR AND CRANKSHAFT SENSOR WHICH DID NOT CORRECT THE PROBLEM. *AK

BRAKE ROTORS PITTED WITH RUST, DEALER REFUSES TO REPLACE ROTORS, DEALER TURNED THEM INSTEAD. *SLC

BRAKE ROTORS PITTED WITH RUST, DEALER REFUSES TO REPLACE ROTORS, DEALER TURNED THEM INSTEAD. *SLC

NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAG DURING ACCIDENT, CONSUMER WAS TOLD BY THE MANUFACTURER THAT THE CRITERIAN FOR AIR BAG DEPLPLOYMENT WAS NOT MET. NLM

NO SUMMARY

AFTER STARTING ENGINE AND MOVED TRANSMISSION, IT WILL NOT WORK, ONLY FUNCTIONS IN REVERSE. HAD TAKEN VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND THEY COULD NOT EXPLAIN WHAT HAPPENED. VEHICLE STILL AT DEALER. *AK

WHILE TRAVELING NOTICED A LOUD NOISE, COULD NOT STEER VEHICLE. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK THE DEALER REPLACED THE STEERING PUMP AND THE STEERING RACK. *YH

WHILE TRAVELING NOTICED A LOUD NOISE, COULD NOT STEER VEHICLE. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK THE DEALER REPLACED THE STEERING PUMP AND THE STEERING RACK. *YH

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 35MPH ON A TWO LANE ROAD AND ANOTHER VEHICLE HIT CONSUMER'S VEHICLE HEAD-ON. DRIVER'S SIDE AIRBAG DIDN'T DEPLOY, AND REAR PASSENGER'S SIDE SEATBELT CAME APART FROM IMPACT. *AK

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 35MPH ON A TWO LANE ROAD AND ANOTHER VEHICLE HIT CONSUMER'S VEHICLE HEAD-ON. DRIVER'S SIDE AIRBAG DIDN'T DEPLOY, AND REAR PASSENGER'S SIDE SEATBELT CAME APART FROM IMPACT. *AK

ENGINE WAS OFF, AND WHILE CLEANING INSTRUMENT PANEL WITH A LIGHTLY DAMP CLOTH, SMOKE STARTED TO COMING FROM THE INSTRUMENT PANEL LIGHTS, WHICH SEEMED TO HAVE BEEN TO BEEN CAUSED BY A SHORT CIRCUIT. NO PROBLEMS WITH THE LIGHT, GAUGES, ETC. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

WHEN DRIVING AT 40 MPH VEHICLE SURGED FORWARD/ DOWNSHFITED DUE TO TRANSMISSION GOING BAD, AND HAS BEEN REPLACED ON THREE DIFFERENT OCASSIONS. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

WHEN DRIVING AT 40 MPH VEHICLE SURGED FORWARD/ DOWNSHFITED DUE TO TRANSMISSION GOING BAD, AND HAS BEEN REPLACED ON THREE DIFFERENT OCASSIONS. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

VECHICLE PURCHASED IN FEB. OF 1999, ROTORS & PADS WERE CHANGED IN AUG 1999, 21000 MILES LATER BOTH ROTORS & PADS NEED TO BE CHANGED AGAIN.*AK

THE ORIGINAL TIRES ON THE VEHICLE (GOODYEAR CONQUEST) ALL HAVE FAILED AND NONE OF THEM MADE IT TO EVEN 1/2 OF THEIR RATED LIFE OF 50000 MILES, SIDEWALLS DISPLAYED CRACKING DUE TO POSSIBLE DRY ROT. *MJS

CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A CRASH IMPACT 30-35 MPH INTEGRATED CHILD SEAT UPPER CHEST CLIP BECAME UNDONE. CONSUMER HAS YET TO CONTACT THE MANUFACTURER. DEALER REPLACED CHILD RESTRAINTS. *AK *ML

I AM VERY UPSET THAT AFTER JUST 3 MONTHS OF OWNING THIS VEHICLE, THE TRANSMISSION GOES AT SUCH LOW MILEAGE AND WITH NO WARNING WHAT SO EVER.*AK

WHILE DRIVING TIE ROD BROKE, CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL. ALSO, THE ENGINE STALLED WITHOUT A WARNING. *AK

WHILE DRIVING TIE ROD BROKE, CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL. ALSO, THE ENGINE STALLED WITHOUT A WARNING. *AK

MY WIFE LOADED THE KIDS IN THE VAN. MY SON REMOVED HIS SEATBELT. MY WIFE GOT OUT OF THE DRIVER SET TO PUT HIM BACK IN HIS SEAT, AND MY DAUGHTER REACHED OVER AND ACCIDENTLY PUT THE VAN IN GEAR. THE VAN TOOK OFF HITTING THE SIDE OF MY HOME AND TAKING THE PASSENGER SIDE DOOR OFF. DODGE SAID THEY DO NOT...

THE TRANSMISSION FAILED DURING NORMAL USE. NLM

FRONT BRAKES ARE WEARING EXCESSIVELY. ALSO, REAR BRAKES ARE NOT ADJUSTED PROPERLY. DEALER / MANUFACTURER NOTIFIED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

FRONT BRAKES ARE WEARING EXCESSIVELY. ALSO, REAR BRAKES ARE NOT ADJUSTED PROPERLY. DEALER / MANUFACTURER NOTIFIED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

FRONT BRAKES ARE WEARING EXCESSIVELY. ALSO, REAR BRAKES ARE NOT ADJUSTED PROPERLY. DEALER / MANUFACTURER NOTIFIED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

WHILE BACKING OUT OF DRIVEWAY, VAN WAS VERY SLUGGISH. WHEN TRANSMISSION WAS PUT INTO DRIVE AND GAS PUSHED, ENGINED JUST REVVED AND WOULD NOT GO. THEN NOTICED FLUID LEAKING AND HAD IT TOWED TO LOCAL DEALER. *AK

WHILE DRIVING WITH CRUISE CONTROL ACTIVATED VEHICLE WILL NOT DOWNSHIFT WHEN GOING UP HILLS. DEALER CANNOT IDENTIFY OR CORRECT THE PROBLEM. *AK *ML

WAS DRIVING & DROVE OVER A SMALL BUMP. THIS CAUSED 2 TIRES TO BLOWOUT ON THE HIGHWAY. ALSO, NOTICED THAT A WHEEL WAS SPLIT AFTER STOPPING VEHICLE & CHECKING. TOOK BOLTS OFF & THE WHEEL FELL APART. ADVISED BY 2 AUTO EXPERTS THAT THE WHEEL SHOULD NOT HAVE SPLIT, BUT CHRYSLER REFUSES TO ACCEPT RESPON...

WAS DRIVING & DROVE OVER A SMALL BUMP. THIS CAUSED 2 TIRES TO BLOWOUT ON THE HIGHWAY. ALSO, NOTICED THAT A WHEEL WAS SPLIT AFTER STOPPING VEHICLE & CHECKING. TOOK BOLTS OFF & THE WHEEL FELL APART. ADVISED BY 2 AUTO EXPERTS THAT THE WHEEL SHOULD NOT HAVE SPLIT, BUT CHRYSLER REFUSES TO ACCEPT RESPON...

THE AIR COMPRESSOR CAN BE HEARD EVERY 3 TO 5 SECONDS WHILE THE VEHICHLE IS BEING DRIVEN. IT STARTED AT 200 MILES THE DEALERSHIP WONT EVEN LOOK AT IT, THEY JUST KEEP SAYING ITS NORMAL. AN INDEPENDANT SAID THAT IT SHOULD NOT MAKE THAT MUCH NOISE. YOU CAN ALSO HEAR WHEN THE COMPRESSOR DOOR OPENS AND ...

THE AIR COMPRESSOR CAN BE HEARD EVERY 3 TO 5 SECONDS WHILE THE VEHICHLE IS BEING DRIVEN. IT STARTED AT 200 MILES THE DEALERSHIP WONT EVEN LOOK AT IT, THEY JUST KEEP SAYING ITS NORMAL. AN INDEPENDANT SAID THAT IT SHOULD NOT MAKE THAT MUCH NOISE. YOU CAN ALSO HEAR WHEN THE COMPRESSOR DOOR OPENS AND ...

WHILE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING ENGINE CHECK LIGHT CAME ON. TRANSMISSION STARTED SLIPPING, SO CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER. *AK

WHILE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING ENGINE CHECK LIGHT CAME ON. TRANSMISSION STARTED SLIPPING, SO CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER. *AK

THE LEFT FRONT, RIGHT FRONT AND REAR TIRES (GOODYEAR) HAD A CRACK IN THE SIDEWALL AND WERE LEAKING AIR CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO PULL TO THE LEFT WHILE DRIVING. NL

CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN HEAD-ON COLLISION AT APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH IMPACT WITH $5000 WORTH OF DAMAGE. DUAL AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, CAUSING INJURIES TO DRIVER, EVEN WITH SEATBELT WORN. *AK

NOISE PRESENT FROM FRONT BRAKES, FOUND THAT LEFT FRONT CALIPER WAS DRAGGING AND RUINED BRAKE PAD AND ROTOR. THEY REPLACED CALIPER, ROTOR, AND FRONT BRAKE PADS. SECOND COMPLAINT IN NOV. 99 HEARD GROWLING NOISE COMING FROM BRAKES, TOOK IT TO DODGE SAID ALL WAS FINE. IN FEBRUARY I HAD TO TAKE VAN BAC...

NOISE PRESENT FROM FRONT BRAKES, FOUND THAT LEFT FRONT CALIPER WAS DRAGGING AND RUINED BRAKE PAD AND ROTOR. THEY REPLACED CALIPER, ROTOR, AND FRONT BRAKE PADS. SECOND COMPLAINT IN NOV. 99 HEARD GROWLING NOISE COMING FROM BRAKES, TOOK IT TO DODGE SAID ALL WAS FINE. IN FEBRUARY I HAD TO TAKE VAN BAC...

WHILE TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY AT 58 MPH VEHICLE RAN OVER AN ICE PATCH, AND SPUN OUT OF CONTROL OVER THE DIVIDER ONTO CURB. UPON IMPACT, BOTH AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. ALSO, DRIVER'S SIDE SHOULDER BELT FAILED TO LOCK PROPERLY. DRIVER SUSTAINED A MINOR INJURY. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK *ML

WHILE TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY AT 58 MPH VEHICLE RAN OVER AN ICE PATCH, AND SPUN OUT OF CONTROL OVER THE DIVIDER ONTO CURB. UPON IMPACT, BOTH AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. ALSO, DRIVER'S SIDE SHOULDER BELT FAILED TO LOCK PROPERLY. DRIVER SUSTAINED A MINOR INJURY. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK *ML

HEADLIGHTS, AS DESIGNED AND AS CHECKED FOR ALIGNMENT BY THE DEALER, ARE AIMED TOO LOW AND DO NOT COVER ENOUGH AREA IN FRONT OF VEHICLE FOR SAFE OPERATION. DRIVER HAS TO USE HIGH BEAMS IN LOCAL DRIVING, WITH CONSTANT NEED TO DIM FOR ONCOMING TRAFFIC, WHERE OTHER CARS CAN USE ONLY LOW BEAMS. IN COUN...

UPPER BRAKE LIGHT ON NEW DODGE VEHICLES FLASHES WHEN ENGAGED. THIS IS THE ONLY MANUFACTURER I'VE NOTICED THAT OFFERS THIS, AND IT DOES DRAW MY EYE TO IT, BUT AS MORE OF A DISTRACTION THAN INFORMATION. I'D LIKE TO SEE THIS BANNED.

WHILE DRIVING UNDER WET CONDITIONS AND WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES, WHEELS LOCKED UP AND THE VEHICLE SLID INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE. DEALER HAS NOT SEEN VEHICLE. *AK

CRANK SENSOR FAILED. YH

HORN IS NOT WORKING. YH

THE VEHICLE DOES NOT HAVE A LOWER GEAR SHIFTING MECHANISM. YH

TACHOMETER FAILED. YH

FRAME IS BENT/ REAR AXLE IS OFF BY 30 DEGREE, AND TRANSMISSION IS GOING OUT, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO STALL.THERE IS A LOUD KNOCKING NOISE COMING FROM THE VEHICLE. ALSO, REAR TAILGATE WILL NOT OPEN. DEALER CAN'T DETERMINE THE CAUSE. *AK

FRAME IS BENT/ REAR AXLE IS OFF BY 30 DEGREE, AND TRANSMISSION IS GOING OUT, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO STALL.THERE IS A LOUD KNOCKING NOISE COMING FROM THE VEHICLE. ALSO, REAR TAILGATE WILL NOT OPEN. DEALER CAN'T DETERMINE THE CAUSE. *AK

FRAME IS BENT/ REAR AXLE IS OFF BY 30 DEGREE, AND TRANSMISSION IS GOING OUT, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO STALL.THERE IS A LOUD KNOCKING NOISE COMING FROM THE VEHICLE. ALSO, REAR TAILGATE WILL NOT OPEN. DEALER CAN'T DETERMINE THE CAUSE. *AK

FRAME IS BENT/ REAR AXLE IS OFF BY 30 DEGREE, AND TRANSMISSION IS GOING OUT, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO STALL.THERE IS A LOUD KNOCKING NOISE COMING FROM THE VEHICLE. ALSO, REAR TAILGATE WILL NOT OPEN. DEALER CAN'T DETERMINE THE CAUSE. *AK

CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION IN WHICH THE DRIVER'S LAP AND SHOULDER BELT DID NOT LOCK UP, CAUSE UNKNOWN. *AK.ET.

WHILE DRIVING AT 45 MPH REAR ENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE. UPON IMPACT, DRIVER'S SIDE AND THE PASSENGER'S SIDE AIR BAGS DIDN'T DEPLOY. *AK

PARKING GEAR SHIFTER CAN BE PLACED INTO TO DRIVE OR REVERSE WITHOUT APPLYING THE BRAKES FIRST. THE DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED, AND TOLD CONSUMER THAT THIS WAS A NORMAL OPERATION. *AK

HAD TAKEN VEHICLE TO MECHANIC FOR REGULAT OIL CHANGE SERVICE. THE NEXT DAY, THE STEERING WHEEL STARTED TO ACT UP. COULD NOT TURN STEERING WHEEL UNLESS PULLED ON IT VERY HARD. HAD NO PROBLEM PRIOR TO OIL CHANGE BY MECHANIC. *AK

ANTI LOCK BRAKE PUMPCOMES ON AND BRAKE WENT TO FLOOR CAR TOOK MUCH LONGER TO STOP WAS TRAVELING AT VERY SLOW SPEED.AND 2ND INICIDENT SLOWING FROM APROX 20MPH FOR STOP SIGN CAR WENT THROUGH INTERSECTION WITHOUT SOPING RETURNED CAR TO DEALER FOR REPAIRS DEALER REPORTED THAT CHRYSLER IS HAVING PROBLEM ...

VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A REAR END ACCIDENT DUE TO BRAKE FAILURE. WHEN BRAKES WERE APPLIED, VEHICLE CONTINUED TO MOVE. ALSO, BRAKE PEDAL WAS HARD. CAN NHTSA HELP IN THIS MATTER. *AK

AIRBAG LIGHT INTERMITTENTLY COMES ON WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES, AND ALSO WHEN DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD. CONTACTED THE DEALER. *AK

WHILE TRYING TO GET INTO THE VAN, DRIVER FELL DOWN AGAINST A METAL STRIP THAT WAS FLAT AGAINST VEHICLE DUE TO NO SUPPORT (NO STEP TO BE USED / HANDLE TO GRAB). VEHICLE WAS A RENTAL. *ML

WHILE TRYING TO GET INTO THE VAN, DRIVER FELL DOWN AGAINST A METAL STRIP THAT WAS FLAT AGAINST VEHICLE DUE TO NO SUPPORT (NO STEP TO BE USED / HANDLE TO GRAB). VEHICLE WAS A RENTAL. *ML

FROM THE TIME THAT WE PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE, WE HAVE HAD AN ON-GOING PROBLEM WITH THE BRAKES. WHEN WE ARE AT A SPEED OF GREATER THAN 60MPH AND BEGIN BRAKING, WE HAVE A VIBRATION IN THE FRONT END. IT IS AFFFECTING THE HANDLING OF THE VEHICLE. THE FIRST TIME IT WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER ON 4-20-99-T...

OTHER PEOPLE MAY HAVE SIMILAR PROBLEM WITH TRANSMISSION FAILURE. AT 5000 MILES I FIND THIS UNACCEPTABLE. CHRYSLER 'S CUSTOMER SERVICE LEAVES ALOT TO BE DESIRED. *AK

THE SPEEDOMETER IN MY DODGE VAN FLICKS ON AND OFF, ON AND OFF. MUCH OF THE TIME WHILE DRIVING, I DON'T KNOW HOW FAST I AM GOING. AND THE ON/OFF BEHAVOIR IS VERY DISTRACTING. IT ALWAYS DRAWS MY ATTENTION FROM THE ROAD. THIS VEHICLE IS DANGEROUS. I AM TRYING TO WORK WITH DODGE TO MAKE REPAIRS, OR...

AT NIGHT HEADLIGHTS ARE NOT BRIGHT ENOUGH, AFFECTING VISIBILITY WHEN DRIVING AT NIGHT. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

5-YEAR OLD CHILD PULLED VEHICLE OUT OF PARK INTO DRIVE. VEHICLE TOOK OFF, CAUSING DAMAGE TO VEHICLE . DEALER AND MANUFACTURER HAVE BEEN CONTACTED. PLEASE FURTHEFR INFORMATION. *AK

VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED WHEN DRIVER ATTEMPTED TO BACK OUT OF PARKING SPACE AND ACCELERATED WHEN PUT IN DRIVE CAUSING DAMAGES.

WHILE VAN WAS PARKED ON A FLAT SURFACE, WITH THE IGNITION OFF, GEAR IN PARK, VAN ROLLED BACKWARDS ABOUT 100 FEET, CRASHED THROUGH A FENCE AND HIT A MOBILE HOME BEFORING COMING TO A STOP. OWNER HAS BEEN EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH KEY BEING STUCK IN IGNITION, AND KEY WAS STUCK AT THIS TIME. VAN IS B...

WHILE VAN WAS PARKED ON A FLAT SURFACE, WITH THE IGNITION OFF, GEAR IN PARK, VAN ROLLED BACKWARDS ABOUT 100 FEET, CRASHED THROUGH A FENCE AND HIT A MOBILE HOME BEFORING COMING TO A STOP. OWNER HAS BEEN EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH KEY BEING STUCK IN IGNITION, AND KEY WAS STUCK AT THIS TIME. VAN IS B...

THE WINDSHIELD WIPER ASSEMBLY WHEN LIFTED FROM THE GLASS FOR CLEANING EXPOSES AN EXTREMELY SHARP EDGE WHICH IS NOT VISIBLE WHEN THE BLADE IS DOWN. THIS EDGE CUT ME DEEPLY ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF MY RIGHT HAND WHILE I WAS WASHING THE WINDSHIELD FOR THE FIRST TIME. THIS IS NOT A PROBLEM WHEN THE WIPER AR...

WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH ON THE HIGHWAY THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. CAUSE UNKNOWN. DODGE REPURCHASED THE VEHICLE UNDER THE LEMON LAW AFTER SEVERAL FAILED ATTEMPTS TO FIX IT. *AK *ML

WHILE BACKING VEHICLE UP, RIGHT REAR BRAKES LOCKED UP. BLACK STREAKS ON DRIVEWAY (1/5/99). EMERGENCY BRAKES WERE NOT USED. HAD CONTACTED DEALER (1/20/99), PICKARD DODGE 530 E. CUMBERLAND PATHWAY CORBIN KY 40701). WANTED OLD CAR BACK, WAS CHARGING $8,900. *AK

INTERMITTENTLY WHILE DRIVING OVER BUMPS THE VEHICLE SLIDING DOOR OPENED UNEXPECTEDLY WHICH MAY CAUSE INJURIES. PROBLEM HAPPENED 6 TIMES. DEALER CANNOT DETERMINE THE PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION AND VIN#. *AK

CUSTOMER REBATE CHANGED TO 1000 DOLLARS IN THE MIDDLE OF A 750 DOLLAR REBATE PROGRAM, TO EXPIRE 1/4/99 I WROTE TO ASK FOR THE ADDITIONAL 250DOLLARCHANGED ON 11/24/98. SO FAR NO RESPONSE

THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE POWER DOOR SWITCH BURN OUT, PUT A NEW TRANSMISSION IN VAN REBUILT. TT