1990 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN Problems & Recalls

CAR KIND OF SPUTTERED AND THEN CONTINUALLY RUNNING GOOD. AS IF IT ALL OF A SUDDEN WAS SHORT ON GAS. HAPPENED A COUPLE OF TIMES BEFORE THE ENGINE DIED. THIS HAPPENED TWICE. ONCE IN WISC., LUCKILY ONLY A FEW BLOCKS FROM A DODGE DEALERSHIP. THEY REPLACED THE FUEL PUMP. AGAIN IN ARKANSAS, HAD TH...

Mileage: 173,178

TRANSMISSION DROPPED ALL BUT 2ND AND 1ST GEAR WAS TOLD AT TRANSMISSION SHOP IT IS KNOW TO DO THAT... *TR

FUEL RAIL FAILED WHILE DRIVING THE VAN. I STARTED TO SMELL RAW GASOLINE IN THE CLOSED CABIN, I WAS ABOUT TO PASS MY MECHANICS SHOP, SO I PULLED IN TO SEE WHERE THE SMELL WAS COMING FROM. MY MECHANIC AND I WERE BOTH SURPRISED TO SEE THE FUEL RAIL HAD FAILED IN TWO PLACES, AT THE SAME TIME!!!, CAUS...

Mileage: 186,000

THE FUEL INJECTION LEAKED FUEL IN TWO POSITIONS.*JB

Mileage: 154,000

THIS VEHICLE HAS HAD A PROBLEM TRANSMISSION SINCE IT WAS DRIVEN AWAY FROM THE DEALERSHIP. THE "LURCHING" MOTION MADE BY THE TRANSMISSION WAS REPORTED TO THE DEALER IMMEDIATELY AND REPEATEDLY. THE DEALER INSISTED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS NORMAL AND REFUSED TO REPAIR IT. IN OCTOBER 1991 THE TRANSMIS...

THREADED COMPOSITE BLOCK FAILED ON CAR JACK WHILE JACKING UP RIGHT FRONT PORTION OF MINI VAN WHILE OPERATOR WAS SERVICING RIGHT FRONT TIRE. DEFECT CAUSED COMPLETE AND IMMEDIATE FAILURE OF JACK AND CAR FALLING TO GARAGE FLOOR.*AK

FUEL RAIL WAS LEAKING. MECH SAID THIS WAS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS-COULD HAVE CAUSED FIRE.VEHICLE TOO OLD FOR RECENT RECALL, WHICH COVERS VEHICLES FROM 1995-2000, BUT HAS THE SAME PROBLEM.PAID $630.76 ON 1/13/01 FOR NEW FUEL RAIL AND O-RINGS. MECH SAID TODAY (3/30/02) THAT MY CAR HAD SAME PROBLEM THAT HE...

CONSUMER WAS DRIVING ALONG AND RIGHT SIDE BACK PUSHED OUT WINDOW AND SHATTERED IT. ALSO, AIR CONDITIONING WAS RUNNING AT TIME. DEALERS HAD NO RESPONSE TO HOW IT COULD HAVE HAPPENED.*AK

MINI VAN NEEDS FIFTH TRANSMISSION. ORIGINAL TRANSMISSION REPLACED ON 10/25/91.

A604 TRANSMISSION FAILED WITHIN 3000 MILES AFTER PURCHASE. COMPLETELY REBUILT IN OCT., 1997. MILEAGE AT FAILURE, APPROX. 82,000. PRIOR HISTORY UNKNOWN. TRANSMISSION AGAIN FAILED AT A LITTLE OVER 122,000 MILES. AGAIN, COMPLETELY OVERHAULED. SPOKE WITH MANAGER OF TRANSMISSION SHOP, WHO INFORMED ME OF ...

THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THAT THE DOOR HAS FALLEN OUT OF ITS' TRACK. MECHANICS AT MY SHOP CAN'T FIGURE OUT WHAT IS CAUSING IT TO DO THIS. SUGGESTED I CONTACT DODGE TO SEE IF THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM OR IF IT IS JUST AN ANOMOLY OF MY VAN. THEY CAN'T EVEN TELL IF SOMETHING IS WORN OUT AND REQUIRING REP...

THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT SHIFT UP AFTER STOPPING. THE VEHICLE WENT IN TO HAVE THE TRANSMISSION REBUILT AND OUR MECHANIC HAS DISCOVERED THAT THERE IS QUITE A WAITING LIST FOR THE CASE BECAUSE THERE SEEMS TO BE A PROBLEM WITH INTERNAL CRACKS ON THIS CASE. MOST MECHANICS DON'T EVEN WANT TO WORK ON ...

ORIGINAL TRANSMISSION FAILED AT 66,000 MILES. I AM THE THIRD OWNER. I WAS TOLD THAT DODGE WAS HAVING TROUBLE, BUT FIGURED THAT THE PROBLEM WAS SOLVED WITH THE REPLACEMENT OF THE ORIGINAL TRANSMISSION. I WAS TOLD THAT I HAD A VERSION # 6 SOLENOID & COMPUTER. IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT I UPDATE TO A ...

A FAULTY ULTRADRIVE TRANSMISSION CAUSED THE CONSUMER VEHICLE TO SHUDDER/VIBRATE AND LOOSE ALL TRANSMISSION GEARS WHILE DRIVING. NLM

A FAULTY ULTRADRIVE TRANSMISSION CAUSED THE MINIVAN TO SHUDDER/VIBRATE AND LOOSE ALL GEARS WHILE DRIVING. NLM

WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY TRANSMISSION DROPPED INTO A LOW GEAR AND HAD TO BE RESET BY RESTARTING VEHICLE. TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED AND THE SECOND TRANSMISSION HAS THE SAME PROBLEM. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED, TRANSMISSION NEEDS TO BE REPLACED AGAIN. *AK *ML

RADIATOR LEAKED. YH

TRANSAXLE NOT SHIFTING PROPERLY. YH

WATER PUMP FAILURE CAUSED NOISE YH

REAR WINDOW WASHER PUMP FAILED. YH

FUEL RAIL HAS TWO METAL/METAL JOINTS THAT SPRAY GAS ON THE THE ENGINE WHEN THE WEATHER IS COLD. AFTER THE METAL TUBE FITTING WARMS UP THE LEAK STOPS. THE FUEL RAIL HAS TO BE REPLACED EVERY TWO TO THREE YEARS. THE ONLY DETECTION IS WHEN GAS SPRAYS ON THE ENGINE. *AK

TRANSMISSION WENT INTO "LIMP IN" MODE(2ND GEAR ONLY) THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THAT THIS HAPPENED. THE FIRST TIME WAS AT ABOUT 45,000 MILES. THE DEALER REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION AT NO COST AT THAT TIME. NOW, THIS TIME I PAID FOR THE REPAIR SINCE I NO LONGER HAVE A WARRANTY IN EFFECT. WHAT, IF ANY, IS ...

AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION COOLING UNIT HOSE THAT DIRECTS TRANSMISSION FLUID FLOW WENT OUT, CAUSING A LEAK. *AK

STEEL PIN IN THE DIFFERENTIAL IS LOOSE, DESTROYING IT, AND CAUSING TRANSMISSION TO BECOME INOPERATIVE. TOTAL OF 3 TIMES PART HAS BEEN REPLACED. *AK

THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT COME OUT OF SECOND GEAR EVEN AT HIGH SPEEDS. DLR HAS REBUILT TRANSMISSION AND PROBLEM IS OCCURRING AGAIN.

AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILURE PREMATURE AND SUDDEN. VAN SUDDENLY WITHOUT CAUSE DOWNSHIFTS TO LOW GEAR. VAN ALSO UPSHIFTS SURGING FORWARD. DEALER EXPLAINS THAT THE TRANSMISSION ASSEMBLY AND TRANSMISSION CONTROLLER NEEDS REPLACEMENT. DEALER CHARGES ALMOST $1800.00 FOR REPAIR THAT THE SERVICE MANAGER ...

FUEL DISTRUBUTION RAIL BROKE AND SPRUNG A LEAK, ALMOST CAUSING A FIRE HAZARD. MECHANIC WILL REPLACED PART. *AK

PAINT IS BUBLED UP AND PEALING OFF IN LARGE SECTIONS OF FRONT HOOD AND ROOF OF VAN.

TRANSMISSION FAILURES HAVE LED TO FOUR TRANSMISSION REPLACEMENTS

THIS IS SECONED TRANSMISSION FOR THIS VEHICLE, WAS NOT TOLD THAT THIS WAS A REACOURING PROBLEM IN THIS VEHICLE ! PLEASE DO SOMETHING TO STOP THIS FROM HAPPENING TO OTHERS!

THE FRONT SEAT BELTS DO NOT RETRACT. DRIVER'S LATCHING PLATE COVER IS CRACKED & NOT WORKING. HAVE TAKEN TO DEALER & INFORMED NORMAL WEAR/TEAR & NOT A RECALL ISSUE. ALSO, BRAKE ROTORS WERE FLAKING & NEEDED REPLACING. *AK

THE FRONT SEAT BELTS DO NOT RETRACT. DRIVER'S LATCHING PLATE COVER IS CRACKED & NOT WORKING. HAVE TAKEN TO DEALER & INFORMED NORMAL WEAR/TEAR & NOT A RECALL ISSUE. ALSO, BRAKE ROTORS WERE FLAKING & NEEDED REPLACING. *AK

THE FRONT SEAT BELTS DO NOT RETRACT. DRIVER'S LATCHING PLATE COVER IS CRACKED & NOT WORKING. HAVE TAKEN TO DEALER & INFORMED NORMAL WEAR/TEAR & NOT A RECALL ISSUE. ALSO, BRAKE ROTORS WERE FLAKING & NEEDED REPLACING. *AK

TRANSMISSION LOCKED UP WHILE DRIVING 55MPH. HAD FELT A JERKING/PULLING SENSATION. TOOK TO MECHANIC & INFORMED TRANSMISSION GEARS WERE DEFECTIVE & NEEDED TO REPLACE TRANSMISSION. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR THIS VEHICLE. *AK

THIS VAN BELONGS TO MY SON. IT HAS ALREADY HAD THE TRANSMISSION REPLACED AND NOW IT NEEDS IT AGAIN. I KNOW THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM IN THIS YEAR MAKE AND MODEL OF VAN. I USED TO WORK FOR RUSSWOOD CHRYSLER PLYMOUTH IN LINCOLN NE, SO I KNOW THE FACTS ON THIS. CHRYSLER HAS INFORMED MY SON THAT THER...

FUEL RAIL HAS DEVELOPED A SEVERE LEAK. CALLED DEALER (TOWSON DODGE) AND WAS TOLD THERE HAVE BEEN SOME PROBLEMS WITH THIS ASSEMBLY IN SOME DODGE PRODUCTS. CALLED ANOTHER DEALER ABOUT THIS PART AND WAS TOLD THAT IT IS BACK ORDERED TWO MONTHS BECAUSE OF THE MULTITUDE OF PROBLEMS WITH THIS PART. MECHANI...

FUEL RAIL HAS DEVELOPED A SEVERE LEAK. CALLED DEALER (TOWSON DODGE) AND WAS TOLD THERE HAVE BEEN SOME PROBLEMS WITH THIS ASSEMBLY IN SOME DODGE PRODUCTS. CALLED ANOTHER DEALER ABOUT THIS PART AND WAS TOLD THAT IT IS BACK ORDERED TWO MONTHS BECAUSE OF THE MULTITUDE OF PROBLEMS WITH THIS PART. MECHANI...

AFTER RELEASING THE EMERGENCY BRAKE, THE BRAKSE REMAIN LOCKED, AND THE CAR WILL NOT MOVE.

THIS IS THE THIRD TRANSMISSION TO BE PUT IN THIS VAN. IN 1995 I HAD IT BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP 5 TIMES FOR THE TRANSMISSION BEFORE THE FINALLY REPLACED IT. NOW THE REPLACEMENT HAS TO BE REPLACED. *AK

VEHICLE HAS HAD THREE TRANSMISSION REPLACEMENTS WITHIN LESS OF 100,000 MILES OF WEARS. DEALER REPAIRED/REPLACED TWO TRANSMISSIONS DUE TO WARRANTY , AND THE THIRD TRANSMISSION COST WOULD GO TO CONSUMER. *AK

ABS BRAKE PROBLEMS; WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES AND MAKING A QUICK STOP THE PEDAL TRAVELS ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOORBROAD AND THE VAN CONTINUES TO TRAVEL. THIS HAPPENS ON ANY TYPE OF ROAD SURFACE. THE MASTER CYLINDER WAS REPLACED TWICE, VACCUM BOOSTER AND ALL MOVING PARTS OF THE BRAKES, INCLUDING THE R...

ABS BRAKE PROBLEMS; WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES AND MAKING A QUICK STOP THE PEDAL TRAVELS ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOORBROAD AND THE VAN CONTINUES TO TRAVEL. THIS HAPPENS ON ANY TYPE OF ROAD SURFACE. THE MASTER CYLINDER WAS REPLACED TWICE, VACCUM BOOSTER AND ALL MOVING PARTS OF THE BRAKES, INCLUDING THE R...

ABS BRAKE PROBLEMS; WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES AND MAKING A QUICK STOP THE PEDAL TRAVELS ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOORBROAD AND THE VAN CONTINUES TO TRAVEL. THIS HAPPENS ON ANY TYPE OF ROAD SURFACE. THE MASTER CYLINDER WAS REPLACED TWICE, VACCUM BOOSTER AND ALL MOVING PARTS OF THE BRAKES, INCLUDING THE R...

ABS BRAKE PROBLEMS; WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES AND MAKING A QUICK STOP THE PEDAL TRAVELS ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOORBROAD AND THE VAN CONTINUES TO TRAVEL. THIS HAPPENS ON ANY TYPE OF ROAD SURFACE. THE MASTER CYLINDER WAS REPLACED TWICE, VACCUM BOOSTER AND ALL MOVING PARTS OF THE BRAKES, INCLUDING THE R...

FUEL INJECTOR MALFUNCTION.

FUEL INJECTORS IN MAY VEHICLE FAILED. LEAKING GASOLINE ALL OVER THE ENGINE. UPON SMELLING THE FUEL, SEEING THE PUDDLE OF GAS ON THE GROUND, AND THE POLICE SHOWING UP DUE TO COMPLAINTS OF A GAS ODOR.

DRIVER SIDE SEAT BELT BUCKLE FAILED WHEN 50LB PET DOG STOOD ON IT.

VEHICLE WAS IN A PARK POSITION, BUT ENGINE WAS STILL ON, PARK PAWL CHANGED FROM PARK TO DRIVE BY ITSELF,SUDDEN ACCELERATION. THIS DEFECT CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE. *AK

REAR HATCHBACK CYLINDERS FAILED. *AK

TRANSMISSION FAILED.

TRANSMISSION: TRANSFER CASE (4-WHEEL DRIVE) FAILURE. *AK

SWAY BAR BROKE IN TWO WHILE DRIVING AT 30MPH, CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL, CAR WAS SWAYING. *AK

CENTER SEAT/RIGHT SIDE SAFETY BELT ANCHORAGE RELEASES FREQUENTLY WHEN THE BELT IS IN USE. *AK

BRAKES FAILED.

THE DRIVER WAS IN THE PROCESS OF PUTTING UP THE ELECTRIC WINDOW ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE AND A LOUD NOISE WAS HEARD, AND THEN THE DOOR FLEW OPEN BECAUSE OF A SMALL PLASTIC PIECE HAD SNAPPED OFF, AND FELL DOWN/JAMMED THE DOOR LOCK OPENED. *AK

ENGINE STALLED WHILE DRIVING, CAUSING ACCIDENT.

TRANSMISSION FAILED , CAUSING GEARS TO JUMP WHILE ACCELERATING, SLIP WHILE DECELERATING.

FIRE WALL CRACKED, EXPOSING SOME OF THE UNDERLINING INSULATION MATERIAL.

SHEET METAL STRUCTURE OF VEHICLE IS DESIGNED TO TRANSFER VEHICLE FORCES. FIREWALL TRANSFERS A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF THE FORCES AND IS THEREFORE SUBJECT TO STRESS WHICH CAUSES FAILURE OF THE FIREWALL/STRUCTURE DUE TO ITS INADEQUATE DESIGN. THE FORCE IN THIS CASE IS A LEFT TURNING FORCE WHICH AFTER N...

CONSUMER WAS DRIVING UNDER NOMRAL CONDITION AND THE HIT AN OBJECT IN THE ROAD AND PUNCTURED THE GAS TANK, CAUSING FUEL TO LEAK FROM THE TANK. *AK

TRANSMISSION FAILED THREE TIMES AND REBUILTED.

WHILE DRIVING, AT APPROX. 5MPH, SUDDENLY HEARD LOAD NOISE, THEN ENGINE SHUT DOWN, MOMENTS LATER BLACK SMOKE AND FLAMES STARTED COMING FROM ENGINE, UPON EXITING VEHICLE SAW FUEL LEAKING FROM UNDERNEATH ENGINE COMPARTMENT, FIRE DEPT SUSPECTED FUEL LINE RUPTURE. *AK

WHILE ENGINES IS RUNNING RAW GASOLINE LEAKS/DRIPS OFF THE TOP OF ENGINE DOWN ONTO EXHAUST MANIFOLD. *AK

TRANSMISSION FAILED 4 TIMES.

TRANSMISSION DOWNSHIFTS WITHOUT WARNING, CAUSING DRIVER TO LOSE CONTROL OF VEHICLE IN INCLEMENT WEATHER.

WHEN BRAKING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, VAN PULLS TO THE RIGHT.

LIGHTS FAILED, CAUSING POOR VISIBILITY.

ELECTRIC DOOR LOCKS/LATCHES MALFUNCTION.