2004 DODGE CARAVAN Problems & Recalls

THE VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY. I WAS LEAVING WORK, WHEN I SAT IN THE DRIVER'S SEAT THE SEAT BROKE AND FELL BACK. THE BROKEN PART IS ACTUALLY THE FRAME OF THE SEAT, NOT THE TILT MECHANISM. THE TUBULATION THAT COMPRISED THE SEAT FRAME CATASTROPHICALLY BROKE ADJACENT TO THE WELDMENT. THIS PART SHOULD ...

Mileage: 140,000

FUEL LEAKING FROM TOP OF FUEL TANK

Mileage: 72,000

ENGINE OFTEN HESITATES AFTER YOU HAVE DRIVEN A FEW BLOCKS AFTER REFUELING. THIS FORM ASKS FOR A SINGLE SPECIFIC DATE BUT THIS PROBLEM HAS HAPPENED EVERY FEW WEEKS FOR THE LAST YEAR OR SO. DEPENDING UPON THE TRAFFIC SITUATION WHEN THE HESITATION OCCURS, AND ACCIDENT COULD EASILY OCCUR. MY MECHANIC...

Mileage: 145,000

2004 DODGE CARAVAN. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO FUEL TANK EXTENDED WARRANTY COVERAGE THAT APPLIES TO VEHICLE STALLING AFTER REFUELING. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE BEGAN STALLING SHORTLY AFTER IT WAS PURCHASED AND HAS SINCE CONTINUED. THE STALLING OCCURRED AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS AND WHILE MA...

2004 DODGE CARAVAN. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO FUEL TANK EXTENDED WARRANTY COVERAGE THAT APPLIES TO VEHICLE STALLING AFTER REFUELING. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE BEGAN STALLING SHORTLY AFTER IT WAS PURCHASED AND HAS SINCE CONTINUED. THE STALLING OCCURRED AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS AND WHILE MA...

INTERMITTENT HORN TURNING ON. CLOCKSPRING WAS REPLACED ALONG WITH FRONT CONTROL MODULE. THEY THINK HORNPAD IS AT FAULT AND WILL FURTHER SHORT CLOCKSPRING AND FRONT CONTROL MODULE

Mileage: 118,652

INTERMITTENT HORN TURNING ON. CLOCKSPRING WAS REPLACED ALONG WITH FRONT CONTROL MODULE. THEY THINK HORNPAD IS AT FAULT AND WILL FURTHER SHORT CLOCKSPRING AND FRONT CONTROL MODULE

Mileage: 118,652

INTERMITTENT HORN TURNING ON. CLOCKSPRING WAS REPLACED ALONG WITH FRONT CONTROL MODULE. THEY THINK HORNPAD IS AT FAULT AND WILL FURTHER SHORT CLOCKSPRING AND FRONT CONTROL MODULE

Mileage: 118,652

THE AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT IS ILLUMINATED DUE TO A MALFUNCTIONING CLOCKSPRING. THIS DISABLES THE AIRBAG SYSTEM. THIS WAS RECALLED ON EARLIER MODEL CARAVANS BUT HAS NOT BEEN COMPLETED ON 2001 AND NEWER MODELS WHICH HAVE THE SAME ISSUE. THE LIGHT HAS BEEN ILLUMINATED SINCE VEHICLE PURCHASE AND HAS HAD I...

Mileage: 240,000

AS I WENT TO STOP THE FRONT WHEELS SLID LIKE THEY WERE ON ICE. I WAS ON A PUBLIC RD. [BLACK TOP] I HIT THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME.

Mileage: 105,000

I PURCHASED MY VEHICLE IN THE FALL OF 2013 AND AM STARTING TO COME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT EVERY TIME I FILL MY GAS TANK UP MY VEHICLE SHUTS OFF! TODAY I FILLED UP MY GAS TANK. MY CHILDREN WERE IN THE BACK SEAT AND WHEN I PULLED OUT INTO THE HIGHWAY THE VAN SHUT OFF AND THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP...

Mileage: 118,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 DODGE CARAVAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS LEAKING FUEL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO STATED THAT THERE WAS A LEAK IN THE FUEL PUMP DUE TO CORROSION. AS A RESULT, THE FUEL PUMP ASSEMBLY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. T...

Mileage: 155,755

WHEN I CHANGED MY VEHICLE BATTERY TO A NEW ONE THE GAS ONLY DROPS TO A HALF A TANK ITS WILL NOT GO DOWN TO EMPTY BUT MY LOW FUEL LIGHT WORKS STILL MY GAS GAUGE DOES NOT. HOW DO I FIX IT OR RESET IT. *TR

Mileage: 112,000

EVERY TIME VEHICLE IS FUELED UP, THE VEHICLE PUTTERS AND SHUTS OFF, CAUSING ALL POWER STEERING TO LOCK UP WHILE DRIVING. OCCURS THE FIRST COUPLE MILES. *TR

Mileage: 75,000

MY FIRST GAS TANK FILL AFTER PURCHASING THE USED VEHICLE RESULTED WITH CONSTANT STALLING FOR THE NEXT 1/2 MILE. THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR THE LAST 4 YEARS. I DO NOT OVERFILL THE TANK. THE VEHICLE NOW STALLS ABOUT 80% OF THE TIME AFTER I FILL THE TANK. AFTER ABOUT 6/10TH OF A MILE ,THE PROBLEM CO...

Mileage: 73,000

MY FIRST GAS TANK FILL AFTER PURCHASING THE USED VEHICLE RESULTED WITH CONSTANT STALLING FOR THE NEXT 1/2 MILE. THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR THE LAST 4 YEARS. I DO NOT OVERFILL THE TANK. THE VEHICLE NOW STALLS ABOUT 80% OF THE TIME AFTER I FILL THE TANK. AFTER ABOUT 6/10TH OF A MILE ,THE PROBLEM CO...

Mileage: 73,000

MY FIRST GAS TANK FILL AFTER PURCHASING THE USED VEHICLE RESULTED WITH CONSTANT STALLING FOR THE NEXT 1/2 MILE. THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR THE LAST 4 YEARS. I DO NOT OVERFILL THE TANK. THE VEHICLE NOW STALLS ABOUT 80% OF THE TIME AFTER I FILL THE TANK. AFTER ABOUT 6/10TH OF A MILE ,THE PROBLEM CO...

Mileage: 73,000

NOT 100% BUT PROBABLY 40% - 60% OF THE TIME I REFUEL - ESPECIALLY A FULL TANK - THE CAR WILL TEND TO HESITATE AND STALL WITHIN THE FIRST 90 SECONDS OF GETTING BACK ON THE ROAD. SEEMS LIKE IT HAS NOT DONE IT A LOT LATELY BUT I JUST HAD SOME WORK DONE BY THE LOCAL DODGE DEALER INCLUDING NEW WIRES AND ...

Mileage: 39,000

NOT 100% BUT PROBABLY 40% - 60% OF THE TIME I REFUEL - ESPECIALLY A FULL TANK - THE CAR WILL TEND TO HESITATE AND STALL WITHIN THE FIRST 90 SECONDS OF GETTING BACK ON THE ROAD. SEEMS LIKE IT HAS NOT DONE IT A LOT LATELY BUT I JUST HAD SOME WORK DONE BY THE LOCAL DODGE DEALER INCLUDING NEW WIRES AND ...

Mileage: 39,000

NOT 100% BUT PROBABLY 40% - 60% OF THE TIME I REFUEL - ESPECIALLY A FULL TANK - THE CAR WILL TEND TO HESITATE AND STALL WITHIN THE FIRST 90 SECONDS OF GETTING BACK ON THE ROAD. SEEMS LIKE IT HAS NOT DONE IT A LOT LATELY BUT I JUST HAD SOME WORK DONE BY THE LOCAL DODGE DEALER INCLUDING NEW WIRES AND ...

Mileage: 39,000

2004 DODGE CARAVAN. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO GAS GAUGE PROBLEMS. *SMD THE CONSUMER ALSO STATED THE VEHICLE IS LEAKING GAS.*JB

PASSENGER SIDE SLIDING DOOR KEEPS COMING OFF TRACK FOR NO APPARENT REASON. JUST OPERATING THE DOOR CAUSES THIS TO HAPPEN, AND IT HAS HAPPENED WHILE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION TOO, WHICH CAN BE VERY DANGEROUS, BECAUSE OUR VEHICLE IS MODIFIED BY BRAUN FOR HANDICAP ACCESSIBILITY. THERE IS A METAL RAMP WHIC...

Mileage: 94,000

AS MENTIONED BY SEVERAL OTHER POSTINGS, THE CARAVAN ENGINE WILL STALL OUT AFTER THE GAS TANK IS FILLED. THIS HAPPENS ALMOST EVERY TIME THE VEHICLE IS FUELED. IT WILL STALL OUT WITHIN A FEW MINUTES OF DRIVING AFTER LEAVING THE GAS STATION. IT HAS STALLED OUT IN TRAFFIC, AT STOP LIGHTS, AND NOW I A...

Mileage: 96,000

I WAS TRAVELING ON THE FREEWAY AT SPEED OR SLIGHTLY ABOVE WHEN MY GAS LIGHT WENT ON AND THE VAN STARTED TO SPUTTER. THEN THE ENGINE LIGHT WENT ON AND MY SPEED DECREASED TO APPX 40 MPH. I IMMEDIATELY GOT TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD DURING RUSH HOUR AND CARS SPEEDING BY ME. IT WAS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS A...

Mileage: 172,874

I WAS TRAVELING ON THE FREEWAY AT SPEED OR SLIGHTLY ABOVE WHEN MY GAS LIGHT WENT ON AND THE VAN STARTED TO SPUTTER. THEN THE ENGINE LIGHT WENT ON AND MY SPEED DECREASED TO APPX 40 MPH. I IMMEDIATELY GOT TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD DURING RUSH HOUR AND CARS SPEEDING BY ME. IT WAS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS A...

Mileage: 172,874

I ORIGINALLY FILED A COMPLAINT AGAINST THE PAD MANUFACTURER BUT IT SEEMS TO BE THE COMPOSITE PISTON IN THE CALIPER THAT IS INTERMITTENTLY CAUSING THE BRAKES TO OVERHEAT. THE PEDAL TRAVEL GOES TO ZERO AND THE BRAKE IS LOCKED. THIS IS A MANUFACTURES DEFECT AND A HAZARD. IT WOULD BE EASY FOR THESE BRAK...

Mileage: 60,000

AFTER FUELING THE VEHICLE STALLS NUMBERIOUS TIMES IN TRAFFIC CAUSING A HAZZARD. THIS WOULD BE EXCEPTABE HOWEVER THERE SEEM TO BE MANY OF THE VEHICLE THAT DOES THE SAME THING SEE HTTP://FORUM.CHRYSLERMINIVAN.NET *TT .

Mileage: 40,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 DODGE CARAVAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE AT A STOP, THE VEHICLE STALLED AS THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE FUEL PUMP NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. ...

Mileage: 101,224

I REPLACED THE BRAKES ON MY 2004 DODGE CARAVAN WITH DURALAST BRAKES FROM AUTO ZONE. THERE IS A SEVERE PROBLEM WITH THE TOLERANCES ON THE PADS. I HAVE BEEN INSTALLING BRAKES FOR 50 YEARS. THERE IS A SEVER DEFECT WITH THESE REPLACEMENT PARTS. THE PADS WILL NOT ALLOW THE CALIPER TO RETRACT THE PADS WE...

I HAD MY TIRES ROTATED AT COSTCO WHERE THEY WERE PURCHASED IN 2012. IN THE SPRING OF 2013, I WAS GOING TO PUT NEW BRAKES ON THE REAR OF MY 2004 MINIVAN, AND COULD NOT GET TWO OF THE LUG NUTS OFF. SO I JUST PUT IT OFF FOR A WHILE. ON JULY 30, 2013, I WENT OUT TO GET IN MY VAN AND HAD A FLAT TIRE ON T...

Mileage: 108,882

MYSTERIOUSLY MY HEADLIGHTS STOPPED WORKING LAST NIGHT. HAD TO DRIVE HOME IN THE DARK WHICH WAS VERY DANGEROUS. AS WELL AS MY WINDSHIELD WASHER FLUID PUMP WILL NOT TURN ON. THIS SEEMS TO BE A RECURRING PROBLEM WITH THIS MAKE AND YEAR. WHY HASN'T DODGE DONE A RECALL IT SEEMS TO BE THE PROBLEM IS FAR T...

Mileage: 165,000

MYSTERIOUSLY MY HEADLIGHTS STOPPED WORKING LAST NIGHT. HAD TO DRIVE HOME IN THE DARK WHICH WAS VERY DANGEROUS. AS WELL AS MY WINDSHIELD WASHER FLUID PUMP WILL NOT TURN ON. THIS SEEMS TO BE A RECURRING PROBLEM WITH THIS MAKE AND YEAR. WHY HASN'T DODGE DONE A RECALL IT SEEMS TO BE THE PROBLEM IS FAR T...

Mileage: 165,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 DODGE CARAVAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT OVER THE COURSE OF FIVE YEARS, WHENEVER HE FILLED THE FUEL TANK THE VEHICLE WOULD STALL IMMEDIATELY AFTER. THE FAILURE RECURRED NUMEROUS TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER ON THREE DIFFERENT OCCASIONS BUT THE NO CAUSE FOR THE F...

Mileage: 38,000

MY FAMILY BEGAN NOTICING A GAS SMELL SEVERAL MONTHS AGO. IT WAS MORE NOTICEABLE WHEN EXITING THE VEHICLE AND WHEN IN A CLOSED GARAGE. AT FIRST I THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE FROM SOME GAS SPILL ON FUELING. I DID NOT SEE ANY LEAKS ON THE GROUND OR IN THE ENGINE AREA. I JUST HAD THE VAN SERVICED AT THE DEALE...

Mileage: 51,000

MY FAMILY BEGAN NOTICING A GAS SMELL SEVERAL MONTHS AGO. IT WAS MORE NOTICEABLE WHEN EXITING THE VEHICLE AND WHEN IN A CLOSED GARAGE. AT FIRST I THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE FROM SOME GAS SPILL ON FUELING. I DID NOT SEE ANY LEAKS ON THE GROUND OR IN THE ENGINE AREA. I JUST HAD THE VAN SERVICED AT THE DEALE...

Mileage: 51,000

WHEN ONE DRIVES AWAY AFTER REFUELING THE GAS TANK THE VEHICLE QUITS RUNNING. IT WILL RESTART. THIS WILL HAPPEN FOR THE FIRST TEN MILES OR SO. OTHER DODGES ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. *TR

Mileage: 35,700

WHEN DRIVING DOWN THE INTERSTATE AT 60MPH THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS TURNED ON ALL BY THEMSELVES AND WOULD NOT SHUT OFF EVEN WHEN WE STOPPED AND TURNED THE VAN CONPLETELY OFF THEY WERE STILL GOING. EVERYTHING WAS POSITIONED ON OFF THERE WAS NO POWER ON IN THE VAN AT ALL. *TR

Mileage: 160,000

WHEN DRIVING DOWN THE INTERSTATE AT 60MPH THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS TURNED ON ALL BY THEMSELVES AND WOULD NOT SHUT OFF EVEN WHEN WE STOPPED AND TURNED THE VAN CONPLETELY OFF THEY WERE STILL GOING. EVERYTHING WAS POSITIONED ON OFF THERE WAS NO POWER ON IN THE VAN AT ALL. *TR

Mileage: 160,000

WHILE DRIVING IN CITY TRAFFIC, I FELT SLUGGISH ACCELERATION FROM A STOP LIGHT. THE NEXT STOP LIGHT THE BRAKES FELT HARD, AND AGAIN ACCELERATION WAS SLOW. AFTER A FEW MINUTES OF DRIVING I SMELLED MY BRAKES BURNING AND I TOOK THE CAR IN TO THE CLOSEST REPAIR SHOP. SMOKE WAS POURING OUT OF BOTH FRONT W...

Mileage: 87,645

THIS COMPLAINT IS ABOUT ANOTHER 2004 DODGE CARAVAN THAT STALLS AFTER FILLING UP THE TANK. THE PROBLEM IS THAT THE STALLING OCCURS WITHOUT WARNING-I.E. IN THE MIDDLE OF CROSSING AN INTERSECTION OR,SAY, PULLING OUT OF THE GAS STATION INTO TRAFFIC! SPOKE WITH CHRYSLER THIS MORNING ABOUT IT AND THEY S...

Mileage: 83,351

POWER STEERING PRESSURE HOSE LEAKING - REPLACED TWO TIMES IN THREE YEARS - NO RECALL ON THIS ITEM, ADVISED BY DEALER THAT THIS IS A FREQUENT REPAIR AND IS SERIOUS. *TR

Mileage: 120,088

THIS COMPLAINT IS FOR A 2004 DODGE CARAVAN THE PROBLEM OCCURS WHEN THE GAS TANK IS FILLED. THE VEHICLE STALLS AND RUNS ROUGH FOR SEVERAL MILES AND SOMETIMES MANY MORE. I BELIEVE THE DEFECT IS THE LIQUID/VAPOR VALVE BUILT INTO THE TOP OF THE FUEL TANK. IT FAILS AND ALLOWS FUEL INTO THE EVAC CANIST...

Mileage: 70,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 DODGE CARAVAN. THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO REPLACE A FLAT TIRE HOWEVER, SHE WAS UNABLE TO REMOVE THE SPARE TIRE DUE TO A DEFECTIVE CABLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL REPAIR FACILITY WHERE THE CONTACT WAS ADVISED BY THE MECHANIC THAT THE CABLE WOULD NEED TO BE SEVERED IN...

Mileage: 70,000

THE ISSUE IS WITH THE DODGE CARAVANS 2004 ECM'S, THERE ARE NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS OF THESE PARTS GOING OUT ON THESE VANS. I JUST HAD MINE GO OUT ON MY WAY TO OSU HOSPITAL TWO HOURS AWAY FROM HOME. THERE WAS NO WARNING AT ALL ONE MIN MY VAN IS FINE THE NEXT IT JERKED,ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON AND VAN DROPS ...

Mileage: 112,406

I USE THE EVENFLO CHASE DLX BOOSTER CAR SEAT FOR MY 3 YEAR OLD. MOST OF THE TIME WE DON'T HAVE OCCASION TO REMOVE THE SEAT, BUT BECAUSE I WAS LEAVING HER WITH MY MOM OVERNIGHT, I WANTED TO TAKE THE SEAT OUT FOR HER USE. WHEN I TRIED TO REINSTALL THE SEAT THE FOLLOWING EVENING, THE LOWER "TETHER" SNA...

CLOSED ALL DOORS USING THE KEY FOB AND WENT TO CHURCH. THE REAR SLIDING PASSENGER DOOR WOULD NOT OPEN WITH THE KEY FOB. GOT INSIDE THE VEHICLE AND YOU CAN NOT MANUALLY PULL THE LEVER UP. THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD. IT APPEARS THE PASSENGER DOOR IS BEGINNING TO MALFUNCTION ALSO. KEY FOB WON'T OPEN IT, B...

Mileage: 108,000

CLOSED ALL DOORS USING THE KEY FOB AND WENT TO CHURCH. THE REAR SLIDING PASSENGER DOOR WOULD NOT OPEN WITH THE KEY FOB. GOT INSIDE THE VEHICLE AND YOU CAN NOT MANUALLY PULL THE LEVER UP. THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD. IT APPEARS THE PASSENGER DOOR IS BEGINNING TO MALFUNCTION ALSO. KEY FOB WON'T OPEN IT, B...

Mileage: 108,000

CLOSED ALL DOORS USING THE KEY FOB AND WENT TO CHURCH. THE REAR SLIDING PASSENGER DOOR WOULD NOT OPEN WITH THE KEY FOB. GOT INSIDE THE VEHICLE AND YOU CAN NOT MANUALLY PULL THE LEVER UP. THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD. IT APPEARS THE PASSENGER DOOR IS BEGINNING TO MALFUNCTION ALSO. KEY FOB WON'T OPEN IT, B...

Mileage: 108,000

EVAPORATOR CORE LEAKS ALLOWING FREON TO LEAK OUT INTO SEALED INTERIOR PASSENGER COMPARTMENT. DESIGN FLAW DUE TO LOCATION OF TEMPERATURE PROBE THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE CORE. EVAPORATOR CORE IS VERY DIFFICULT TO REPLACE. *TR

2004 DODGE CARAVAN SXT. ' WHINE' NOISE AND HIGH FREQUENCY VIBRATION IN THE STEERING WHEEL. NOISE IS MOST NOTICEABLE IN COLD WEATHER AND WHEN WHEEL IS TURNED RIGHT OR LEFT. VEHICLE HAS 54 THOUSAND MILES NOW. DEALER DID A FACTORY BULLETIN ON THIS ISSUE AT ABOUT 30 THOUSAND, DID NOT FIX PROBLEM AND...

Mileage: 32,000

2004 DODGE CARAVAN SXT. ' WHINE' NOISE AND HIGH FREQUENCY VIBRATION IN THE STEERING WHEEL. NOISE IS MOST NOTICEABLE IN COLD WEATHER AND WHEN WHEEL IS TURNED RIGHT OR LEFT. VEHICLE HAS 54 THOUSAND MILES NOW. DEALER DID A FACTORY BULLETIN ON THIS ISSUE AT ABOUT 30 THOUSAND, DID NOT FIX PROBLEM AND...

Mileage: 32,000

FRONT PASSENGER SIDE FLOOR GETS WET. THIS IS THE THIRD CHRYSLER PRODUCT THAT WE HAVE HAD THAT DOES THIS. WHAT IS CAUSING THE PROBLEM AND WHY IS IT STILL HAPPENING. THE CARPET IS GETTING MOLDY AND COULD MAKE SOMEONE SICK. WE WILL NOT BUY ANOTHER CHRYSLER PRODUCT. *TR

Mileage: 10,000

I OWN A 2004 DODGE CARAVAN. THE AIRBAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED TWO DAYS AGO. BROUGHT IT TO THE CHRYSLER DEALER FOR REPAIR. THE DEALER DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM AS A BROKEN AIRBAG CLOCKSPRING WHICH IS HOUSED INSIDE THE STEERING COLUMN AND ALSO NOT COVERED UNDER THE EXTENDED WARRANTY THAT I PURCHASED AT TIME I ...

Mileage: 35,000

FRONT PASSENGER SIDE FLOOR GETS WET. THIS IS THE THIRD CHRYSLER PRODUCT THAT WE HAVE HAD THAT DOES THIS. WHAT IS CAUSING THE PROBLEM AND WHY IS IT STILL HAPPENING. THE CARPET IS GETTING MOLDY AND COULD MAKE SOMEONE SICK. WE WILL NOT BUY ANOTHER CHRYSLER PRODUCT. *TR

Mileage: 20,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 DODGE CARAVAN. WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME VERY DIFFICULT TO TURN. THE VEHICLE ALSO BEGAN TO JERK BACK AND FORTH. THE CONTACT ALSO NOTICED THAT THE DIAL FOR THE OUTSIDE TEMPERATURE GAUGE WAS EXTREMELY HIGH. THE CONTACT PULLED THE VEHICLE TO THE SIDE...

Mileage: 73,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 DODGE CARAVAN. WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME VERY DIFFICULT TO TURN. THE VEHICLE ALSO BEGAN TO JERK BACK AND FORTH. THE CONTACT ALSO NOTICED THAT THE DIAL FOR THE OUTSIDE TEMPERATURE GAUGE WAS EXTREMELY HIGH. THE CONTACT PULLED THE VEHICLE TO THE SIDE...

Mileage: 73,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 DODGE CARAVAN. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED, THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO USE THE HORN, BUT IT DID NOT WORK. APPROXIMATELY FOUR DAYS AFTER THE HORN FAILURE, THE AIR CONDITIONING FAILED AS WELL. THE CONTACT SUFFERS FROM A HEALTH CONDITION AND HAS BEEN FORCED TO MONITOR HER V...

Mileage: 37,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 DODGE CARAVAN. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED, THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO USE THE HORN, BUT IT DID NOT WORK. APPROXIMATELY FOUR DAYS AFTER THE HORN FAILURE, THE AIR CONDITIONING FAILED AS WELL. THE CONTACT SUFFERS FROM A HEALTH CONDITION AND HAS BEEN FORCED TO MONITOR HER V...

Mileage: 37,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 DODGE CARAVAN. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED, THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO USE THE HORN, BUT IT DID NOT WORK. APPROXIMATELY FOUR DAYS AFTER THE HORN FAILURE, THE AIR CONDITIONING FAILED AS WELL. THE CONTACT SUFFERS FROM A HEALTH CONDITION AND HAS BEEN FORCED TO MONITOR HER V...

Mileage: 37,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 DODGE CARAVAN. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED, THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO USE THE HORN, BUT IT DID NOT WORK. APPROXIMATELY FOUR DAYS AFTER THE HORN FAILURE, THE AIR CONDITIONING FAILED AS WELL. THE CONTACT SUFFERS FROM A HEALTH CONDITION AND HAS BEEN FORCED TO MONITOR HER V...

Mileage: 37,000

BRAKE LIGHTS REMAIN LIT AFTER BRAKE PEDAL IS RELEASED, AND REMAIN ON UNTIL THE VEHICLE IS TURNED OFF. APPEARS TO BE RELATED TO THE CENTER BRAKE LAMP BULB BEING BURNED OUT. I WAS NEARLY STRUCK FROM BEHIND SINCE THERE WAS NO CHANGE IN THE LIGHTING WHEN I DEPRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL. *TR

Mileage: 71,700

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 DODGE CARAVAN. THE CONTACT READ AN ARTICLE ABOUT THE REAR SEAT COLLAPSING AND IS CONCERNED ABOUT THE SAFETY RISK INVOLVED. THE CONTACT HAS NOT EXPERIENCED ANY FAILURES AT THIS TIME. THE VIN AND FAILURE MILEAGE WERE UNAVAILABLE. THE CURRENT MILEAGE IS 60,000.

TL* - THE CONTACT HAS A 2004 DODGE CARAVAN WITH AN ODOMETER READING OF 68000 MILES WHEN THE SPARE TIRE WOULD NOT RELEASE. THE CONTACT EXPERIENCED A FLAT, AND WHEN HE USED THE WRENCH TO CRANK DOWN THE SPEAR FOR THE FIRST TIME ,THE TIRE WOULD NOT RELEASE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE EVEN USED A CROWBA...

Mileage: 68,000

TL*- THE CONTACT'S 2004 DODGE CARAVAN IS STALLING. THE CURRENT MILEAGE IS 55,000. THE FIRST INCIDENT OCCURRED ON DECEMBER 8, 2006 AND SECOND INCIDENT OCCURRED ON DECEMBER 14, 2006. THE CAR HAS STALLED WHILE DRIVING 30-35 MILES PER HOUR EACH TIME THE INCIDENT OCCURS, IT HAS NOT STALLED AT HIGHWAY...

Mileage: 55,500

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED AT 33,000 MILES THE FRONT BRAKES NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. WHEN THE DEALER WAS CONTACTED THEY DETERMINED THAT IF THEY HAD BEEN ALERT IN 12,000 THEY COULD HAVE PROVIDED ASSISTANCE. THE VEHICLE WAS THEN TAKEN TO A INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP WHO ACKNOWLEDGED THAT THE FRONT BRAKES WERE...

Mileage: 33,000

WHILE ON THE HWY, DOING THE POSTED SPEED OF 65, I SUDDENLY FELT A VIBRATION IN THE DRIVER'S REAR WHEEL. THINKING A TIRE BLEW, I PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE TIRE WAS FINE, NOTHING WAS HANGING. I PROCEEDED TO CONTINUE DOWN THE HWY, AND WITHIN MINUTES, IT HAPPENED AGAIN. ONCE AGAIN, I ...

Mileage: 32,700

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE WIPERS AND HORN INTERMITTENTLY MALFUNCTION. WHILE THIS OCCURRED THE HORN BLEW AND THE HEADLIGHTS FLICKERED. ALTHOUGH SEVERAL INSPECTIONS HAVE BEEN MADE, THE DEALER CAN NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM.

Mileage: 35,000

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE FOUR SCREWS THAT HOLD THE ADJUSTMENT BAR LOCATED ON THE BACK OF THE CHILD SAFETY SEAT HAVE LOOSENED OVER TIME RESULTING IN COMPLETE DETACHMENT OF THE ADJUSTMENT BAR. THE ADJUSTMENT BAR IS USED TO ADJUST THE HEIGHT OF THE SHOULDER STRAPS AND WITHOUT THE SCREWS THE STRAPS...

Mileage: 29,084

2004 DODGE CARAVAN SXT, BOTH REAR BRAKES ARE ALL RUSTY INSIDE. SPRINGS, BACKING PLATE,BRAKE SHOES, DRUMS, ADJUSTERS EVERY THING IS RUSTY. I CALLED MY DEALER AND TOLD THEM AND HE SAID THAT ALL THEY DO IS SAND THE SURFACE OF THE BRAKE PAD AND PUT THEM BACK TOGETHER. WELL TODAY IT'S 25 DEG OUTSIDE AND...

Mileage: 10,000

2004 DODGE CARAVAN HAS SMALL PIECES OF FIBER GLASS COMING OUT OF THE VENTS. *MR THIS PROBLEM GETS ALL OVER THE DASH. THE INSULATION WAS COMING FROM THE A/C COIL COVERING. THE CONSUMER MAKES A LOT OF LONG TRIPS AND IS CONCERNED ABOUT HIS BREATHING THIS FOR SEVERAL HOURS. THE CONSUMER EXPERIENC...

CONSUMER SMELLED GAS, THE PASSENGER BECAME ILL. CONSUMER PARKED THE VEHICLE AND A PASSERBY TOLD THE CONSUMER NOT TO START THE VEHICLE BECAUSE, GAS WAS ALL OVER THE STREET. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED.*AK

Mileage: 38,200

NINE TIMES THE CAR HAS STOPPED RUNNING FOR NO APPARENT REASON. IT SEEMS TO OCCUR WHEN THE FOOT IS LIFTED OFF THE ACCELERATOR. SO FAR NO ACCIDENT. MY WIFE HAS BEEN ABLE TO GUIDE THE CAR TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. AFTER WAITING A FEW SECONDS THE CAR STARTS WITHOUT DIFFICULTY AND SHE CAN PRECEED ON HER W...

Mileage: 21,000

THE BRAKES FAILED AT 55 MPH. THIS CAUSED EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE, AND VEHICLE RAN OFF THE ROAD. CONSUMER SUFFERED MINOR INJURIES. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED. THE DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM.*AK THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS TOTALED IN A ROLLOVER FOLLOWING BRA...

THE BRAKES FAILED AT 55 MPH. THIS CAUSED EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE, AND VEHICLE RAN OFF THE ROAD. CONSUMER SUFFERED MINOR INJURIES. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED. THE DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM.*AK THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS TOTALED IN A ROLLOVER FOLLOWING BRA...

CONSUMER WAS REFUSED SERVICE AFTER RECEIVING A RECALL LETTER FOR THE POWER STEERING LEAKAGE, NHTSA RECALL 04V386000.*AK

Mileage: 1,022

TWICE IN THE PAST 7 YEARS, THE REAR WINDOW OF MY 1994 DODGE CARAVAN EXPLODED WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD. MY RESEARCH ON THE WEB SHOWS THAT THE NHTSA HAS A FINDING AGAINST CHRYSLER ON THIS AND CHRYSLER WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE REPLACED ALL OF IT'S STOCK OF INFERIOR GLASS. EVIDENTALLY, THIS WASN'T DONE ...

WHILE SHIFTING GEARS THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED UNCONTROLLABLY. CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, AND DROVE IT TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. MECHANIC COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 25 MPH LATCH MECHANISM WAS NOT LOCKED PROPERLY. AS A RESULT THE BENCH SEAT MOVED FORWARD, AND CHILD WHO WAS SEATED HIT HIS FACE ON THE BACK OF THE PASSENGER SIDE . MANUFACTURER AND DEALERSHIP HAD BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

THIS PROBLEM HAS OCCURRED SEVERAL TIMES IN THE LAST MONTH OR TWO. THE BRAKES ACCUMULATED EXCESSIVE AMOUNTS OF BRAKE DUST. DEALER CLAIMS THAT THE BRAKES ARE WORKING NORMALLY. *AK THE VEHICLE STOPPING DISTANCE WAS INCREASED BY 430% WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS LOADED. THE VEHICLES FRONT WHEELS LOCK UP WHIL...

Mileage: 1,500

CONSUMER COMPLAINED THAT VEHICLE SHUT OFF WHEN TOUCHING THE KEY IN THE IGNITION. CONSUMER NEARLY GOT TRAMPLED BY A 18 WHEELER LAST TIME WHEN VEHICLE SUDDENLY SHUT OFF. CONSUMER STATED THIS WAS DANGEROUS, AND THERE WAS NO SOLUTION FOR IT. CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, AND WAS T...

ON BOARD COMPUTER MAPS ALMOST CAUSED ANOTHER CAR TO RUN INTO ME... HE WAS DISTRACTED USING HIS MAP WHILE DRIVING. THE SOLUTION IS HAVE MAP SYSTEMS NONFUNCTIONAL WHILE CAR IS MOVING. A SIMPLE SENSOR COULD DO THIS AND SAVE A LOT OF LIVES. ALL MAKES AND MODELS NOT JUST DODGE. *JB

ON BOARD COMPUTER MAPS ALMOST CAUSED ANOTHER CAR TO RUN INTO ME... HE WAS DISTRACTED USING HIS MAP WHILE DRIVING. THE SOLUTION IS HAVE MAP SYSTEMS NONFUNCTIONAL WHILE CAR IS MOVING. A SIMPLE SENSOR COULD DO THIS AND SAVE A LOT OF LIVES. ALL MAKES AND MODELS NOT JUST DODGE. *JB

CONSUMER HEARD A SPRAYING SOUND FROM THE TRANSMISSION WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS IN OPERATION. THIS SOUND OCCURRED WHEN DRIVING AT ANY SPEED. ALSO, WHEN SLOWING DOWN CONSUMER HEARD A CLICKING NOISE. DEALER RESPONDED BY SAYING THE SOUNDS THAT CONSUMER HEARD WERE NORMAL FOR THIS VEHICLE. *AK

Mileage: 4