1997 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN Problems & Recalls

MY VAN WAS PARKED OUT SIDE LUCKYS ON MITALDA NEAR W MAUDE AVENUE IN SUNNYVALE CA 94086 I WAS USING THE WATER REFILLING STATION AND STARTED TO SMELL SMOKE WHEN I TURNED AROUND I IMIDEATLLY NOTICED THAT THE DRIVERS SIDE REAR TAILLIGHT WAS ON FIRE. NOT HAVING A FIRE EXTINGUISHER I TOOK THE BOTTLE OF WA...

Mileage: 158,182

MY VAN WAS PARKED OUT SIDE LUCKYS ON MITALDA NEAR W MAUDE AVENUE IN SUNNYVALE CA 94086 I WAS USING THE WATER REFILLING STATION AND STARTED TO SMELL SMOKE WHEN I TURNED AROUND I IMIDEATLLY NOTICED THAT THE DRIVERS SIDE REAR TAILLIGHT WAS ON FIRE. NOT HAVING A FIRE EXTINGUISHER I TOOK THE BOTTLE OF WA...

Mileage: 158,182

MY VAN WAS PARKED OUT SIDE LUCKYS ON MITALDA NEAR W MAUDE AVENUE IN SUNNYVALE CA 94086 I WAS USING THE WATER REFILLING STATION AND STARTED TO SMELL SMOKE WHEN I TURNED AROUND I IMIDEATLLY NOTICED THAT THE DRIVERS SIDE REAR TAILLIGHT WAS ON FIRE. NOT HAVING A FIRE EXTINGUISHER I TOOK THE BOTTLE OF WA...

Mileage: 158,182

CAR SUDDENLY LOST POWER WHILE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY AT 60MPH; ENGINE REMAINED ON. I PULLED OVER, TURNED OFF THE CAR, AND IT STARTED BACK UP AGAIN AND DROVE FINE FOR ABOUT 2 MILES. 'SERVICE ENGINE SOON' LIGHT CAME ON. WHEN IT LOST POWER AGAIN, I SLOWED AND THEN TRIED TO REACCELERATE, AND IT DROVE...

Mileage: 104,233

CAR SUDDENLY LOST POWER WHILE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY AT 60MPH; ENGINE REMAINED ON. I PULLED OVER, TURNED OFF THE CAR, AND IT STARTED BACK UP AGAIN AND DROVE FINE FOR ABOUT 2 MILES. 'SERVICE ENGINE SOON' LIGHT CAME ON. WHEN IT LOST POWER AGAIN, I SLOWED AND THEN TRIED TO REACCELERATE, AND IT DROVE...

Mileage: 104,233

CAR SUDDENLY LOST POWER WHILE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY AT 60MPH; ENGINE REMAINED ON. I PULLED OVER, TURNED OFF THE CAR, AND IT STARTED BACK UP AGAIN AND DROVE FINE FOR ABOUT 2 MILES. 'SERVICE ENGINE SOON' LIGHT CAME ON. WHEN IT LOST POWER AGAIN, I SLOWED AND THEN TRIED TO REACCELERATE, AND IT DROVE...

Mileage: 104,233

SERPENTINE BELT COMES OFF WHILE DRIVING IN SNOW CAUSING LOSS OF POWER STEERING ON SLIPPERY ROAD SURFACES. LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL AND ABILITY TO REGAIN VEHICLE CONTROL WAS COMPROMISED BY LACK OF STEERING ASSIST CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO LEAVE THE ROADWAY. I CONTACTED CHRYSLER AND THEY SAID THERE IS N...

Mileage: 271,000

SERPENTINE BELT COMES OFF WHILE DRIVING IN SNOW CAUSING LOSS OF POWER STEERING ON SLIPPERY ROAD SURFACES. LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL AND ABILITY TO REGAIN VEHICLE CONTROL WAS COMPROMISED BY LACK OF STEERING ASSIST CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO LEAVE THE ROADWAY. I CONTACTED CHRYSLER AND THEY SAID THERE IS N...

Mileage: 271,000

PART 2 I'VE READ ON HERE THAT GATES HAS A BELT/PULLEY FIX FOR THIS PROBLEM. IF THEY HAVE ONE, CHRYSLER CAN MAKE ONE. THIS IS A DANGEROUS PROBLEM THAT CAN HAPPEN ANY TIME TO MANY DODGE VANS, IT RESULTS IN OTHER DAMAGES, SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER STEERING CONTROL, POSSIBLE INJURY EVEN DEATH TO MA...

PART 2 I'VE READ ON HERE THAT GATES HAS A BELT/PULLEY FIX FOR THIS PROBLEM. IF THEY HAVE ONE, CHRYSLER CAN MAKE ONE. THIS IS A DANGEROUS PROBLEM THAT CAN HAPPEN ANY TIME TO MANY DODGE VANS, IT RESULTS IN OTHER DAMAGES, SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER STEERING CONTROL, POSSIBLE INJURY EVEN DEATH TO MA...

PART 1 1/2 THE GAS LINE DECAYING AND THE SUSPENSION STRUT MOUNTS RUSTING AWAY, BOTH OF THESE ARE DEADLY, A RUSTY/CORRODED BREAK LINE WILL JUST LEAK A DROP AT THE TIME, MOST PEOPLE JUST REFILL THE FLUID RESERVOIR AND NEVER THINK ABOUT AGAIN, EVENTUALLY THE BREAK LINE FAILS ALL AT ONCE, THIS IS BECAUS...

PART 1 1/2 THE GAS LINE DECAYING AND THE SUSPENSION STRUT MOUNTS RUSTING AWAY, BOTH OF THESE ARE DEADLY, A RUSTY/CORRODED BREAK LINE WILL JUST LEAK A DROP AT THE TIME, MOST PEOPLE JUST REFILL THE FLUID RESERVOIR AND NEVER THINK ABOUT AGAIN, EVENTUALLY THE BREAK LINE FAILS ALL AT ONCE, THIS IS BECAUS...

PART 1 1/2 THE GAS LINE DECAYING AND THE SUSPENSION STRUT MOUNTS RUSTING AWAY, BOTH OF THESE ARE DEADLY, A RUSTY/CORRODED BREAK LINE WILL JUST LEAK A DROP AT THE TIME, MOST PEOPLE JUST REFILL THE FLUID RESERVOIR AND NEVER THINK ABOUT AGAIN, EVENTUALLY THE BREAK LINE FAILS ALL AT ONCE, THIS IS BECAUS...

PART 1 1/2 THE GAS LINE DECAYING AND THE SUSPENSION STRUT MOUNTS RUSTING AWAY, BOTH OF THESE ARE DEADLY, A RUSTY/CORRODED BREAK LINE WILL JUST LEAK A DROP AT THE TIME, MOST PEOPLE JUST REFILL THE FLUID RESERVOIR AND NEVER THINK ABOUT AGAIN, EVENTUALLY THE BREAK LINE FAILS ALL AT ONCE, THIS IS BECAUS...

PART 1 1/2 THE GAS LINE DECAYING AND THE SUSPENSION STRUT MOUNTS RUSTING AWAY, BOTH OF THESE ARE DEADLY, A RUSTY/CORRODED BREAK LINE WILL JUST LEAK A DROP AT THE TIME, MOST PEOPLE JUST REFILL THE FLUID RESERVOIR AND NEVER THINK ABOUT AGAIN, EVENTUALLY THE BREAK LINE FAILS ALL AT ONCE, THIS IS BECAUS...

PART 1 1/2 THE GAS LINE DECAYING AND THE SUSPENSION STRUT MOUNTS RUSTING AWAY, BOTH OF THESE ARE DEADLY, A RUSTY/CORRODED BREAK LINE WILL JUST LEAK A DROP AT THE TIME, MOST PEOPLE JUST REFILL THE FLUID RESERVOIR AND NEVER THINK ABOUT AGAIN, EVENTUALLY THE BREAK LINE FAILS ALL AT ONCE, THIS IS BECAUS...

PART 1.... I USED TO BE A MECHANIC AND TOW TRUCK OPERATOR. MY MINI VAN "LIKE MOST OTHERS" IS USUALLY DRIVEN BY A FEMALE & WITH A LOAD OF CHILDREN. IF DRIVING IN RAIN OR THROUGH A WATER PUDDLE THE BELT JUMPS OFF CAUSING LOSS OF POWER STEERING OVERHEATING BATTERY DRAIN ETC, IS A DANGEROUS EVEN DE...

PART 1.... I USED TO BE A MECHANIC AND TOW TRUCK OPERATOR. MY MINI VAN "LIKE MOST OTHERS" IS USUALLY DRIVEN BY A FEMALE & WITH A LOAD OF CHILDREN. IF DRIVING IN RAIN OR THROUGH A WATER PUDDLE THE BELT JUMPS OFF CAUSING LOSS OF POWER STEERING OVERHEATING BATTERY DRAIN ETC, IS A DANGEROUS EVEN DE...

PART 1.... I USED TO BE A MECHANIC AND TOW TRUCK OPERATOR. MY MINI VAN "LIKE MOST OTHERS" IS USUALLY DRIVEN BY A FEMALE & WITH A LOAD OF CHILDREN. IF DRIVING IN RAIN OR THROUGH A WATER PUDDLE THE BELT JUMPS OFF CAUSING LOSS OF POWER STEERING OVERHEATING BATTERY DRAIN ETC, IS A DANGEROUS EVEN DE...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1997 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. WHILE DRIVING AT 62 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER AND THE BODY CONTROL MODULE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER W...

Mileage: 77,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1997 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. WHILE DRIVING AT 62 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER AND THE BODY CONTROL MODULE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER W...

Mileage: 77,000

AT RANDOM GAUGES WILL STOP WORKING ON THE DASHBOARD AND THE ABS LIGHT WILL TURN ON. *TR

THIS IS ACTUALLY MY MOTHER'S VAN AND A VAN THAT I HAD PREVIOUSLY OWNED. IT SEEMS THAT THESE VEHICLES SEEM TO HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE SECURITY SYSTEM NOT DISARMING AS YOU TRY TO ENTER THE VEHICLE. YOU CAN UNLOCK THE DOORS FROM THE OUTSIDE, BUT AS SOON AS YOU GET IN THE VEHICLE AND TRY TO START IT, IT...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1997 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH, ALL OF THE BRAKE FLUID DRAINED FROM THE BRAKE LINES AND THE BRAKES FAILED TO STOP THE VEHICLE. AS A RESULT, THE CONTACT CRASHED INTO A TREE. A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT...

Mileage: 160,000

I PURCHASED MY 1997 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN FROM A PRIVATE PARTY IN 2009, AND SHORTLY AFTER THE GAUGE CLUSTER STOPPED FUNCTIONING WHILE I WAS DRIVING. CHECK ENGINE AND ABS LIGHTS CAME ON WHICH ON CHECKING WITH MY MECHANIC SAID MY ABS SYSTEM IS NON-FUNCTIONAL AS IS ALL OTHER INSTRUMENT RELATED READINGS. ...

Mileage: 106,500

I PURCHASED MY 1997 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN FROM A PRIVATE PARTY IN 2009, AND SHORTLY AFTER THE GAUGE CLUSTER STOPPED FUNCTIONING WHILE I WAS DRIVING. CHECK ENGINE AND ABS LIGHTS CAME ON WHICH ON CHECKING WITH MY MECHANIC SAID MY ABS SYSTEM IS NON-FUNCTIONAL AS IS ALL OTHER INSTRUMENT RELATED READINGS. ...

Mileage: 106,500

I PURCHASED MY 1997 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN FROM A PRIVATE PARTY IN 2009, AND SHORTLY AFTER THE GAUGE CLUSTER STOPPED FUNCTIONING WHILE I WAS DRIVING. CHECK ENGINE AND ABS LIGHTS CAME ON WHICH ON CHECKING WITH MY MECHANIC SAID MY ABS SYSTEM IS NON-FUNCTIONAL AS IS ALL OTHER INSTRUMENT RELATED READINGS. ...

Mileage: 106,500

CAR HAS FAULTY GAS GAUGE AND DESPITE HOW MUCH GAS I PUT IN, WILL TOGGLE BETWEEN HAVING GAS TO EMPTY AND SITS ON EMPTY, HAS RUN OUT OF GAS AS A RESULT, HARD TO START AND NOW WILL NOT START. ALSO HAS MANY ELECTRICAL QUIRKS, TURN HEADLIGHTS ON INBOARD DASH LIGHT GOES OFF AND VICE VERSA. HAD SOMEONE F...

Mileage: 150,000

CAR HAS FAULTY GAS GAUGE AND DESPITE HOW MUCH GAS I PUT IN, WILL TOGGLE BETWEEN HAVING GAS TO EMPTY AND SITS ON EMPTY, HAS RUN OUT OF GAS AS A RESULT, HARD TO START AND NOW WILL NOT START. ALSO HAS MANY ELECTRICAL QUIRKS, TURN HEADLIGHTS ON INBOARD DASH LIGHT GOES OFF AND VICE VERSA. HAD SOMEONE F...

Mileage: 150,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1997 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE ENGINE WARNING LAMP ILLUMINATED AND THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE TECHNICIAN WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEH...

Mileage: 107,000

WAS DRIVING THE VAN ABOUT APPROX 35 MPH IN A SNOW STORM WHEN IT STARTED TO SLIDE, I ACCELERATED TO KEEP FROM SPINNING OUT AND THE TRANSMISSION LET GO..TOOK IT TO THE TRANSMISSION SHOP THAT PUT IT IN AND THEY SAID THE SPIDER GEARS WERE "WELDED" TO THE SHAFT AND IT CAUSED THE SHAFT TO BREAK..THIS IS T...

Mileage: 126,321

WHILE DRIVING RUSTED BRAKELINE RUPTURED AND LOST FLUID. *TR

Mileage: 169,577

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1997 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 40 MPH, THE VEHICLE HIT A SMALL POTHOLE AND THE CONTACT LOST POWER STEERING. ALSO, THE VEHICLE OVERHEATED AND THE ALTERNATOR WARNING LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO W...

Mileage: 130,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1997 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH, THE CONTACT NOTICED A FUEL SMELL. THE CONTACT PARKED THE VEHICLE AND AFTER INSPECTING IT, HE NOTICED FUEL LEAKING FROM THE FUEL RAIL. THE VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED IN THE RECALL UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIG...

Mileage: 145,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1997 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT THE SPEEDS OF 40 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A LOCAL AUTOMOTIVE STORE, WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE COIL PACK MALFUNCTIONED. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED AND THEY COULD NOT ...

Mileage: 122,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1997 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT THE SPEEDS OF 40 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A LOCAL AUTOMOTIVE STORE, WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE COIL PACK MALFUNCTIONED. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED AND THEY COULD NOT ...

Mileage: 122,000

BRAKE LINE FAILURE - BRAKE FLUID LEAKED OUT DUE TO CORROSION. *TT

Mileage: 85,000

WHILE DRIVING OUR 97 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN LE TO DROP OFF A VISITOR, HALFWAY THROUGH THE TRIP, I HAD TO STOP AT A LIGHT AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THE BRAKE PEDAL JUST WENT ALL THE WAY TO FIREWALL. SINCE CARAVAN HAS A FOOT BRAKE, I MANAGED TO DRIVE VEHICLE WITH HAZARD LIGHTS ON USING THE FOOT BRAKE. THERE W...

Mileage: 163,955

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1997 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE CONTACT APPLIED THE BRAKES BUT THE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED TO THE FLOORBOARD. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT SOME OF THE BRAKE LINES WERE SEVERELY CORRODED AN...

Mileage: 126,000

WHEN DRIVING IN THE RAIN WE HIT WATER ON THE ROAD AND THE SERPENTINE BELT COMES OFF, YOU LOSE POWER STEERING AT THE TIME IF IT HAPPENS IN HEAVY TRAFFIC YOU COULD HAVE A CRASH. WHEN LOOKING FOR A SOLUTION FOR THE PROBLEM I FOUND IT HAPPENS TO A LOT OF PEOPLE. GATES MAKES AN AFTER MARKET FIX PART# 38...

Mileage: 186,542

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1997 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. WHILE STOPPED AND PREPARING TO PULL INTO A DRIVEWAY, ANOTHER VEHICLE CRASHED INTO THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE ON THE PASSENGER SIDE, DESTROYING THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. THE DRIVER SIDE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY, HOWEVER THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG DID DEPLOY. T...

Mileage: 220,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1997 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. THE CONTACT WAS CHANGING THE TIRE WHEN HE NOTICED THAT THE REAR AXLE WAS FRACTURED AND EXHIBITED SIGNS OF RUST. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE REPLACEMENT PARTS WERE UNATTAINABLE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT SPOKEN WITH THE MANUFACT...

Mileage: 104,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1997 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH, THE CONTACT SMELLED A STRONG ODOR OF FUMES. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO THE SIDE OF THE ROADWAY. THE CONTACT INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND OBSERVED A FUEL LEAKAGE COMING FROM THE FUEL RAIL ASSEMBLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN...

Mileage: 108,000

1997 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN, TRAVELING WESTBOUND WHEN HIS RIGHT TIRE BLEW OUT. UNIT 1 SPUN OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE ROADWAY AND CAME TO REST IN THE MEDIAN. *BF THE RIGHT REAR FENDER HAD MINOR CONTACT DAMAGE FROM THE TIRE. (OHIO TRAFFIC CRASH REPORT # 10-0236-89) *JB UPDATED 08/06/10 *BF

THE BELT TENSIONER ON MY 1997 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN SE 3.3L ENGINE IS A SAFETY HAZARD. IT HAS A DESIGN FLAW, THE BELT COMES OFF WHEN THE VAN IS DRIVEN THROUGH PUDDLES. I HAVE OWNED MY VAN FOR 2 YEARS AND I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THE BELT AND COORDINATING PARTS ABOUT 7 TIMES. I AM AT THE POINT WHERE I DO ...

Mileage: 142,826

COMPLETE BRAKE FAILURE DUE TO RUSTED BRAKE LINES AND SUDDEN LOSS OF ALL BRAKE FLUID NO STOPPING ABILITY EXCEPT EMERGENCY BRAKE (ONLY EFFECTIVE AT LOW SPEED). *TR

Mileage: 99,400

TURNING OUT PARKING LOT AND DID NOT SEE POLE. DAMAGED MY LEFT FRONT HEADLIGHT AND MY FENDER. *TR

TURNING OUT PARKING LOT AND DID NOT SEE POLE. DAMAGED MY LEFT FRONT HEADLIGHT AND MY FENDER. *TR

MY HEADLIGHTS SEEM TO NOT BE BRIGHT ENOUGH. THERE SEEMS TO BE SOME KIND OF FILMS BLOCKING THE LIGHT. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1997 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN LE/ES. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE ATTEMPTING A RIGHT TURN AT SPEEDS OF 45 MPH, THE SUN VISOR FELL FROM OVER THE CONTACTS HEAD ONTO THE STEERING WHEEL. THE CONTACT STATED THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED AND SHE WAS UNABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. THE...

Mileage: 140,000

EVENTS INCLUDE NORMAL USE OF VEHICLE. THE FAILURE IS THE STRUT TOWERS ON A 1997 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN HAVE RUST THROUGH CAUSING A SAFETY ISSUE, STRUT COULD BREAK THROUGH THE HOUSING. DODGE HAS DONE NOTHING TO CORRECT THE ISSUE. *TR

Mileage: 150,000

MY VAN WILL SHUT OFF AND COME BACK ON WITHOUT WARNING SO LONG AS YOUR FOOT IS ON THE GAS. IF YOU ARE COMING TO A STOP IT WILL SHUT DOWN COMPLETELY BUT WILL RESTART. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WILL COME ON AND IMMEDIATELY GO BACK OUT WITH NO CODES STORED. THE CRANK AND CAM SENSOR HAVE BOTH BEEN REPLACE B...

Mileage: 74,953

UPON TURNING LEFT, THE LEFT FRONT STRUT SHEARED FROM LOWER CONTROL ARM. (BALL JOINT FAILURE) THE WHEEL ASSEMBLY REMAINED ATTACHED AT THE UPPER MOUNT OF THE STRUT, BUT TURNED AND PUSHED SIDEWAYS AGAINST THE BODYWORK, PULLING THE AXLE OUT OF THE TRANS AND DESTROYING THE CV JOINT. THE CAR SKIDDED TO A...

Mileage: 154,700

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1997 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL, WHICH INDICATED THAT THE AIR BAGS WERE INOPERATIVE. HE CALLED THE DEALER IN REFERENCE TO NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 02V293000 (AIR BAGS:FRONTAL) AND WAS ADVISED...

Mileage: 69,500

SUDDEN BRAKE FAILURE WHEN DEPARTING MY HOME. PEDAL WENT FULLY TO THE FLOOR. LATER INSPECTION REVEALED HEAVY CORROSION AT THE BRAKE LINE JOINTS WITH THE SHORT SECTION OF FLEXIBLE BRAKE LINE JUST REAR OF THE ABS BOX. NO SIGNIFICANT CORROSION ASIDE FROM THE VICINITY OF THE FLEX LINE. ONE OF THE CORRODE...

Mileage: 210,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1997 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. THE VEHICLE HAS TOYO TIRES, SIZE 215/70/R15. THE CONTACT CLOSELY INSPECTED THE REAR DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE AND NOTICED A BULGE. THE TIRE PRESSURE WAS NORMAL. HE TOOK THE TIRE TO A TIRE DEALER AND THEY STATED THAT THE TIRES WERE NO LONGER MANUFACTURED....

Mileage: 90,000

THE STRUT TOWER ON THE 1997 DODGE CARAVAN, THAT HAS 99,500 MILES RUSTED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. AFTER RESEARCHING THIS PROBLEM I DISCOVERED THAT THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM. DODGE ADMITTED TO A DESIGN FLAW FOR THE PREMATURE RUSTING STRUT TOWERS. A TECH SERVICE BULLETIN FROM CHRYSLER DATED OCTOBER '...

Mileage: 95,000

THE PROBLEM IS WITH A 1997 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN, THE ACCESSORY BELT KEEP COMING OFF IF YOU DRIVE THE VEHICLE THROUGH WATER. IT HAS HAPPEN A LEAST 20 TIME IN THE LAST YEAR WHICH LEAD TO POWER STEERING FAILURE AND OVER HEATING AND BATTERY FAILURE. I TRIED TO FIX THE PROBLEM BY CHANGING THE TENSIONER TH...

Mileage: 134,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1997 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. WHENEVER THE CONTACT SHIFTS, THE VEHICLE MAKES AN UNFAMILIAR NOISE. WHEN THE VEHICLE IS PARKED, IT OPERATES NORMALLY. THE TRANSMISSION STALLS AND WILL START BACK UP, BUT IT IS UNRELIABLE. THE VEHICLE WOULD REV AND HAVE TO BE RESTARTED IN ORDER FOR ...

Mileage: 149,766

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1997 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. WHENEVER THE CONTACT SHIFTS, THE VEHICLE MAKES AN UNFAMILIAR NOISE. WHEN THE VEHICLE IS PARKED, IT OPERATES NORMALLY. THE TRANSMISSION STALLS AND WILL START BACK UP, BUT IT IS UNRELIABLE. THE VEHICLE WOULD REV AND HAVE TO BE RESTARTED IN ORDER FOR ...

Mileage: 149,766

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1997 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. WHENEVER THE CONTACT SHIFTS, THE VEHICLE MAKES AN UNFAMILIAR NOISE. WHEN THE VEHICLE IS PARKED, IT OPERATES NORMALLY. THE TRANSMISSION STALLS AND WILL START BACK UP, BUT IT IS UNRELIABLE. THE VEHICLE WOULD REV AND HAVE TO BE RESTARTED IN ORDER FOR ...

Mileage: 149,766

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1997 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. WHENEVER THE CONTACT SHIFTS, THE VEHICLE MAKES AN UNFAMILIAR NOISE. WHEN THE VEHICLE IS PARKED, IT OPERATES NORMALLY. THE TRANSMISSION STALLS AND WILL START BACK UP, BUT IT IS UNRELIABLE. THE VEHICLE WOULD REV AND HAVE TO BE RESTARTED IN ORDER FOR ...

Mileage: 149,766

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1997 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. WHENEVER THE CONTACT SHIFTS, THE VEHICLE MAKES AN UNFAMILIAR NOISE. WHEN THE VEHICLE IS PARKED, IT OPERATES NORMALLY. THE TRANSMISSION STALLS AND WILL START BACK UP, BUT IT IS UNRELIABLE. THE VEHICLE WOULD REV AND HAVE TO BE RESTARTED IN ORDER FOR ...

Mileage: 149,766

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1997 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. WHENEVER THE CONTACT SHIFTS, THE VEHICLE MAKES AN UNFAMILIAR NOISE. WHEN THE VEHICLE IS PARKED, IT OPERATES NORMALLY. THE TRANSMISSION STALLS AND WILL START BACK UP, BUT IT IS UNRELIABLE. THE VEHICLE WOULD REV AND HAVE TO BE RESTARTED IN ORDER FOR ...

Mileage: 149,766

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1997 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. WHENEVER THE CONTACT SHIFTS, THE VEHICLE MAKES AN UNFAMILIAR NOISE. WHEN THE VEHICLE IS PARKED, IT OPERATES NORMALLY. THE TRANSMISSION STALLS AND WILL START BACK UP, BUT IT IS UNRELIABLE. THE VEHICLE WOULD REV AND HAVE TO BE RESTARTED IN ORDER FOR ...

Mileage: 149,766

1997 GRAND CARAVAN SE - REPEATED INTERMITTENT FAILURE OF DASH GAUGES. WHEN THIS OCCURS, NO FEEDBACK FROM CAR ON SPEED OR GAS LEVEL. THIS IS A DANGEROUS CONDITION. ADDITIONALLY, THERE IS OCCASIONAL STALLING. MULTIPLE OTHER CONSUMERS APPEAR TO HAVE SAME PROBLEMS. SEE HTTP://WWW.AUTOMOTIVEFORU...

Mileage: 90,000

I HAVE A 1997 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN LAST YEAR ON DECEMBER 2007 MY SERPENTINE BELT CAME OFF WHILE I WAS MAKING A RIGHT ON ONE STREET UNDER THE RAIN, I ALMOST LOST CONTROL OFF MY CAR BUT I WAS FORTUNATE THAT NO CARS WERE AROUND. IT WAS HARD FOR ME TO DRIVE MY CAR BUT I CALLED THE MECHANIC AND HE TOLD M...

Mileage: 192,000

I HAVE A 1997 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN LAST YEAR ON DECEMBER 2007 MY SERPENTINE BELT CAME OFF WHILE I WAS MAKING A RIGHT ON ONE STREET UNDER THE RAIN, I ALMOST LOST CONTROL OFF MY CAR BUT I WAS FORTUNATE THAT NO CARS WERE AROUND. IT WAS HARD FOR ME TO DRIVE MY CAR BUT I CALLED THE MECHANIC AND HE TOLD M...

Mileage: 192,000

I OWN A 1997 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN SE ALL WHEEL DRIVE. MY VAN HAS 185,000 MILES ON IT APROX. AND HAD 149,000 WHEN PURCHASED IN 2004. I AM HAVING SEVERAL ELECTRICAL ISSUES WITH THE VAN FROM THE GET GO TO CURRENT. MY FRONT WIPERS WILL COME ON BY THEM SELF AT ANY GIVEN TIME AND THEY REFUSE TO SHUT OFF. I...

Mileage: 149,766

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1997 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. WHILE BACKING OUT OF THE GARAGE, THE CONTACT NOTICED A PUDDLE OF FLUID ON THE GROUND. HE EXITED THE VEHICLE, INSPECTED THE FLUID, AND DISCOVERED THE PUDDLE WAS BRAKE FLUID. HE PULLED THE VEHICLE BACK INTO THE GARAGE AND CRAWLED UNDERNEATH TO DISCOVE...

Mileage: 168,680

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1997 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE HATCHBACK LIFTGATE ON THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE FELL APART. THE HATCHBACK PUSHED A PORTION OF THE SUPPORT BRACKET INTO THE VEHICLE AND CAUSED INTERIOR DAMAGE. THE ARM OF THE LIFTGATE SNAPPED AND FELL ON THE CONTAC...

Mileage: 217,000

TL*THE CONTACT'S SPOUSE OWNS A 1997 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, THE CHECK ENGINE AND AIR BAG LIGHTS ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN DIAGNOSED. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FOR THE CLOCK SPRING, BUT HE DID NOT HAVE THE VEHICLE SERVICED BECAUSE T...

Mileage: 80,000

TL*THE CONTACT'S SPOUSE OWNS A 1997 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, THE CHECK ENGINE AND AIR BAG LIGHTS ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN DIAGNOSED. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FOR THE CLOCK SPRING, BUT HE DID NOT HAVE THE VEHICLE SERVICED BECAUSE T...

Mileage: 80,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1997 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH, THE VEHICLE COMPLETELY SHUT OFF. THE CONTACT CHECKED UNDER THE HOOD AND NOTICED THAT THE SERPENTINE BELT WAS DISCONNECTED. THE VEHICLE HAD TO BE TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN TAKEN TO...

Mileage: 85,000

THE INSTRUMENT PANEL FAILS FREQUENTLY (ONCE OR TWICE WEEKLY) WHILE DRIVING. THIS MAY CONTINUE FOR SEVERAL MINUTES TO SEVERAL HOURS. WHEN IT OCCURS, THE SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT ALSO COMES ON WHILE THE GAUGES ARE OFF. THIS IS DANGEROUS BECAUSE YOU DON'T KNOW YOUR SPEED, RPM'S, FUEL LEVEL ETC. ETC. ON...

Mileage: 165,000

TWICE IN THE LAST 6 YEARS THE TRANSMISSION HAS HAD TO BE COMPLETELY REBUILT IN OUR 1997 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN DUE TO FAILURE. THE FIRST TIME, IN 2002, OCCURRED AS THE TRANSMISSION PERMANENTLY SLIPPED OUT OF GEAR. THE SECOND TIME, MARCH 2008, THE TRANSMISSION WOULD DOWN-SHIFT INTO FIRST GEAR - AT ANY...

Mileage: 135,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1997 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. AFTER THE CONTACT PARKED AND EXITED THE VEHICLE, IT BEGAN TO ROLL FORWARD. SHE MANAGED TO GET INSIDE THE VEHICLE AND DEPRESS THE BRAKE PEDAL BEFORE A CRASH OCCURRED. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WE...

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1997 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT FLUID HAS DRAINED INTO THE BRAKE SYSTEM. THE DEALER STATED THAT NOTHING WAS WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE AND NO RECALLS WERE ISSUED. THE CONTACT NOTIFIED THE DEALER MONTHS LATER AND THEY STATED THAT HE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAM...

Mileage: 112,000

DIGITAL DAHBOARD DISPLAY GOES BLANK WHILE DRIVING. DRIVER CANNOT READ ANY GAUGES. *TR

Mileage: 113,000

THE GAUGE CLUSTER ON OUT 1997 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN IS FAULTY. WE CANNOT TELL HOW FAST WE ARE GOING, WHAT GEAR THE CAR IS IN,ETC. IT IS A VERY DANGEROUS PROBLEM THAT THE MANUFACTURER SHOULD BE MADE TO FIX! *TR

Mileage: 184,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1997 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE CONTACT NOTICED SMOKE RISING FROM THE HOOD OF THE VEHICLE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS ABLE TO CONTAIN THE FLAMES TO THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT BEFORE EXTINGUISHING THE FIRE. A POLICE AND FIRE REPORT WAS FILED. THE CURRENT AND FAI...

Mileage: 176,000

THIS IS THE FOURTH TIME IN THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS THAT MY SERPENTINE BELT FELL OFF WHILE TURNING A CORNER. I HAVE A 97 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN SPORT SE (3.3). THE FIRST TWO TIMES IT WAS RAINING AND THE SECOND TWO TIMES WERE IN GOOD WEATHER. EACH TIME IT WAS QUITE A JERK WHEN THE POWER STEERING WENT...

Mileage: 126,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1997 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. THE CONTACT SMELLS SOMETHING BURNING WHEN THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED. THE VEHICLE CONTINUES TO STOP NORMALLY. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN INSPECTED BY A DEALER, BUT THE CONTACT INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND NOTICED THAT THE ABS WIRES WERE TOUCHING. PRESENTLY,...

Mileage: 120,000

TIRES WORE OUT WITHIN 40,000 MILES AND THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO BE AN 80,000 MILE TIRE. I KEPT THE TIRES ROTATED EVERY 5,000 MILES, WAL-MART WOULD NOT HONOR THE 80,000 TREAD WEAROUT WARRANTY. *TR

Mileage: 111,000

BOTH OF THE HEADLIGHT COVERS ON THE 1997 GRAND CARAVAN WERE FROSTED FROM THE INSIDE AND THE LIGHTS DID NOT SHOWING UP AS BRIGHT. THEY APPEARED LOW LIT ALL THE TIME AS IF THE LIGHT COULD NOT FILTER THROUGH BECAUSE OF THE FROSTED LOOK ALL THE TIME. THIS WAS A HAZARD. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW ...

THE PLASTIC HEADLIGHT LENSES ON THIS VEHICLE HAVE DULLED TO THE POINT THAT THE HEADLIGHTS HAVE NOTICEABLY DIMMED TO THE POINT THAT IT'S DIFFICULT TO SEE THE ROADWAY AT NIGHT. *NM

Mileage: 130,000

MY 1997 DODGE CARAVAN HAS THE HABIT OF TURNING THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS ON BY THEMSELVES ABOUT TWICE A MONTH. WHILE THEY HAVE NEVER FAILED TO WORK WHEN I NEEDED THEM, I'VE RECENTLY DISCOVERED THAT OTHER CARAVAN OWNERS ARE EXPERIENCING THE SAME THING WITH MUCH EXPENSE TAKEN TO FIX AT NO AVAIL. I CERTAIN...

TOOK OFF FROM STOP LIGHT TRANSMISSION FAILED HAD BEEN SLIPPING FOR A WHILE BEFORE. ALSO SHIFTED HARD INTO GEAR. ALREADY HAD THE COOLING SYSTEM REPLACE DUE TO OVERHEATING PROBLEMS AT THE COST OF $1,000.00 NO THEY SAY THE TRANSMISSION WILL COST ABOUT $2,000.00 TO REPLACE. *NM

MAKE : DODGE MODEL : CARAVAN YEAR : 1998 MANUFACTURER : DAIMLER CHRYSLER CORPORATION SERVICE BULLETIN NUM : 2304402 DATE OF BULLETIN: OCT 14, 2002 NHTSA ITEM NUMBER: 10000317 COMPONENT: STRUCTURE:BODY SUMMARY: COSMETIC CORROSION OR PERFORATION AT UPPER STRUT TOWER/S USUALLY BETWEEN THE STRUT ...

Mileage: 100,000

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH, THERE WAS A STRONG SMELL OF GAS INSIDE THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A SERVICE DEALER, WHERE IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THERE WAS FUEL LEAKING FROM THE INJECTION RAIL AND THE O RINGS. THERE WAS A NHTSA RECALL # 98V184000, WHICH PERTAINS TO THE FUE...

Mileage: 139,000

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 30 MPH, THE VEHICLE RPMS DROPPED TO ZERO, THE VEHICLE JERKED, AND THE ENGINE STALLED COMPLETELY. THE CONTACT COASTED THE VEHICLE TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, AND WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE AFTER 10 MINUTES. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN TAKEN IN FOR INSPE...

Mileage: 135,995

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 30 MPH, THE VEHICLE RPMS DROPPED TO ZERO, THE VEHICLE JERKED, AND THE ENGINE STALLED COMPLETELY. THE CONTACT COASTED THE VEHICLE TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, AND WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE AFTER 10 MINUTES. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN TAKEN IN FOR INSPE...

Mileage: 135,995

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 30 MPH, THE VEHICLE RPMS DROPPED TO ZERO, THE VEHICLE JERKED, AND THE ENGINE STALLED COMPLETELY. THE CONTACT COASTED THE VEHICLE TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, AND WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE AFTER 10 MINUTES. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN TAKEN IN FOR INSPE...

Mileage: 135,995

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 30 MPH, THE VEHICLE RPMS DROPPED TO ZERO, THE VEHICLE JERKED, AND THE ENGINE STALLED COMPLETELY. THE CONTACT COASTED THE VEHICLE TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, AND WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE AFTER 10 MINUTES. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN TAKEN IN FOR INSPE...

Mileage: 135,995

THE BATTERY LIGHT CAME ON IN MY 1997 GRAND CARAVAN AND A COUPLE OF MINUTES LATER THE ABS LIGHT CAME ON. WHEN I GOT TO WORK I CUT THE CAR OFF AND TRIED TO RESTART IT. IT DID START BUT THE CUT OFF. THEN IT WOULD NOT START AT ALL. NO DASH LIGHTS ANYTHING. I WAITED ABOUT 3 HOURS AND TRIED TO START ...

Mileage: 131,000

THE BATTERY LIGHT CAME ON IN MY 1997 GRAND CARAVAN AND A COUPLE OF MINUTES LATER THE ABS LIGHT CAME ON. WHEN I GOT TO WORK I CUT THE CAR OFF AND TRIED TO RESTART IT. IT DID START BUT THE CUT OFF. THEN IT WOULD NOT START AT ALL. NO DASH LIGHTS ANYTHING. I WAITED ABOUT 3 HOURS AND TRIED TO START ...

Mileage: 131,000

1. WIPERS TURNS ON AUTOMATICALLY - USUALLY WHEN A TURN SIGNAL IS ON. 2. SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT TURNS ON FREQUENTLY WITH P1698 CODE AND NO OTHER PENDING CODE. PRESENT INTERVAL AT AN AVERAGE OF A WEEK. DEALER CANNOT FIND THE ROOT OF THE PROBLEM. FOUND OUT THIS INCIDENT IS VERY COMMON AS DISCUSSED IN SE...

Mileage: 120,000

1. WIPERS TURNS ON AUTOMATICALLY - USUALLY WHEN A TURN SIGNAL IS ON. 2. SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT TURNS ON FREQUENTLY WITH P1698 CODE AND NO OTHER PENDING CODE. PRESENT INTERVAL AT AN AVERAGE OF A WEEK. DEALER CANNOT FIND THE ROOT OF THE PROBLEM. FOUND OUT THIS INCIDENT IS VERY COMMON AS DISCUSSED IN SE...

Mileage: 120,000

1. WIPERS TURNS ON AUTOMATICALLY - USUALLY WHEN A TURN SIGNAL IS ON. 2. SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT TURNS ON FREQUENTLY WITH P1698 CODE AND NO OTHER PENDING CODE. PRESENT INTERVAL AT AN AVERAGE OF A WEEK. DEALER CANNOT FIND THE ROOT OF THE PROBLEM. FOUND OUT THIS INCIDENT IS VERY COMMON AS DISCUSSED IN SE...

Mileage: 120,000

I PURCHASED THE 1997 GRAND CARAVAN IN JANUARY 1998 AT THE MARLOW HEIGHTS DEALERSHIP IN MARLOW HEIGHTS, MARYLAND. THE FIRST TIME I STARTED EXPERIENCING ISSUE WITH THE VEHICLE WAS 5/1999 AT 24,006 MILES VEHICLE HAD LITTLE POWER WHEN ACCELERATING, TRANSMISSION NOT ENGAGING, TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE REC...

Mileage: 24,006

I PURCHASED THE 1997 GRAND CARAVAN IN JANUARY 1998 AT THE MARLOW HEIGHTS DEALERSHIP IN MARLOW HEIGHTS, MARYLAND. THE FIRST TIME I STARTED EXPERIENCING ISSUE WITH THE VEHICLE WAS 5/1999 AT 24,006 MILES VEHICLE HAD LITTLE POWER WHEN ACCELERATING, TRANSMISSION NOT ENGAGING, TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE REC...

Mileage: 24,006

I PURCHASED THE 1997 GRAND CARAVAN IN JANUARY 1998 AT THE MARLOW HEIGHTS DEALERSHIP IN MARLOW HEIGHTS, MARYLAND. THE FIRST TIME I STARTED EXPERIENCING ISSUE WITH THE VEHICLE WAS 5/1999 AT 24,006 MILES VEHICLE HAD LITTLE POWER WHEN ACCELERATING, TRANSMISSION NOT ENGAGING, TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE REC...

Mileage: 24,006

IN DRIVING MY 1997 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN, I HAVE HAD SEVERAL EPISODES WHERE IT STALLS WITH NO WARNING. THE FIRST TIME IT STALLED WAS AFTER STOPPING AT A TOLL BOOTH AND IN PULLING OUT FROM THE BOOTH IT JUST DIED. LUCKILY THERE WAS NOT A LOT OF TRAFFIC AS MY HUSBAND AND THREE SMALL CHILDREN WERE I...

Mileage: 81,500

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE AUTO SHOP FOR TIRE REPLACEMENT AND A WHEEL ALIGNMENT. THE MECHANIC ALERTED THE OWNER OF THE VEHICLE ABOUT A POSSIBILITY OF A LEFT SPRING SUPPORT MAY BECOME FRACTURED DUE TO HEAVY CORROSION. THE MECHANIC STATED TO THE OWNER THAT MANY OF THESE VEH...

Mileage: 120,000

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE TAKING ITEMS OUT OF THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE, THE DRIVER SIDE HYDRAULIC LIFT SNAPPED. THE REAR HATCH DOOR CAME DOWN AND HIT THE CONTACT, CAUSING MINOR INJURIES. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN SEEN BY A MECHANIC, BUT THE MANUFACTURER WAS ALERTED.

Mileage: 120,000

I HAVE A 1997 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. IN FEBRUARY 2005 WE HAD THE SERPENTINE BELT REPLACED, AND ALL PARTS RELATED TO IT ADJUSTED AND CLEANED. THIS WAS DONE DUE TO A HORRIBLE SCREECHING SOUND. IN NOVEMBER OF THAT YEAR THE SERPENTINE BELT CAME OFF DURING A PERIOD OF COLD & RAINY WEATHER, AND LEFT ME W...

Mileage: 134,000

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE FAILED THE ANNUAL INSPECTION. BOTH FRONT STRUT TOWERS WERE RUSTED AND WORN. NO REPAIRS HAVE BEEN MADE. *AK

Mileage: 100,000

THE VEHICLE'S ABS AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT HAVE BEEN GOING ON AND OFF FOR ABOUT 6 MONTHS. WE HAD A MECHANIC LOOK INTO IT AND REPLACED A RELAY OR SWITCH THAT BELONGED TO THE BLOWER MOTORS (FANS BY RADIATOR). THE LIGHTS SEEMED TO GO AWAY UNTIL A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, THE ABS LIGHT RETURNED AND THE BRAK...

Mileage: 102,000

THE VEHICLE'S ABS AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT HAVE BEEN GOING ON AND OFF FOR ABOUT 6 MONTHS. WE HAD A MECHANIC LOOK INTO IT AND REPLACED A RELAY OR SWITCH THAT BELONGED TO THE BLOWER MOTORS (FANS BY RADIATOR). THE LIGHTS SEEMED TO GO AWAY UNTIL A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, THE ABS LIGHT RETURNED AND THE BRAK...

Mileage: 102,000

SERPENTINE BELT REPEATEDLY COMES OFF ITS PULLEYS, NECESSITATING A TOW, ON-THE-SPOT REPAIR JOB, OR DRIVING UNDER UNSAFE CONDITIONS FOR A SHORT DISTANCE FOR THE REPAIR. *JB

Mileage: 120,000

NO AIRBAG, NO HORN. *NM

Mileage: 85,000

NO AIRBAG, NO HORN. *NM

Mileage: 85,000

DT: 1997 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. VEHICLE WAS MANUFACTURED IN 1996. THE ABS LIGHT CAME ON AND WILL NOT GO OFF. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP, WHO FIXED THE MASTER CYLINDER BECAUSE THE LIGHT TO AIRBAGS STAYED ON. THE INSTRUMENTAL PANEL LIGHTS BLINKED OFF AND ON OCCASIONALLY. WHEN SEEING...

DT: 1997 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. VEHICLE WAS MANUFACTURED IN 1996. THE ABS LIGHT CAME ON AND WILL NOT GO OFF. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP, WHO FIXED THE MASTER CYLINDER BECAUSE THE LIGHT TO AIRBAGS STAYED ON. THE INSTRUMENTAL PANEL LIGHTS BLINKED OFF AND ON OCCASIONALLY. WHEN SEEING...

DT: THE CALLER'S VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT AT 25 MPH AND THE REAR DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT DID NOT HOLD HER CHILD. SHE TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND THEY SAID IT WILL NOT CATCH. MANUFACTURER SAID THEY WERE GOING TO LOOK INTO IT. THE DAUGHTER CHIPPED A TOOTH AND WHERE IT HIT HER HEAD, THERE ...

Mileage: 147,325

DT: THE OWNS A 1997 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE HEADLIGHT LENSES WERE NO LONGER TRANSPARENT, BUT WERE TURNING OPAQUE. THE CONSUMER CONTACTED THE SERVICE DEALER, AND THEY STATED THERE WERE NO RECALLS ON THIS SPECIFIC COMPONENT. THE HEADLIGHTS WOULD BE REPLACED BUT AT T CONS...

1) DRIVING NORMALLY THROUGH WATER SEVERAL INCHES DEEP - CERTAINLY NOT AN UNUSUAL SITUATION CONSIDERING THE AMOUNT OF AFTERNOON STORMS WE HAVE RECEIVED THIS SUMMER IN MIDDLE GEORGIA. 2) SERPENTINE BELT SLIPS FROM PULLEYS CAUSING LOSE OF POWER STEERING, WATER PUMP, AIR CONDITIONING, ALTERNATOR. ON FI...

DT: DT: THE CONSUMER PURCHASED THE VEHICLE FROM AN INDIVIDUAL. THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE AND WAS DEEMED TOTALED. AFTER THE ACCIDENT THE CONSUMER LEARNED OF TWO RECALLS ON THE VEHICLE, ONE FOR THE FUEL RAIL AND ONE FOR THE AIR BAGS. THE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY DURING THE ACCIDENT. THE MANUFAC...

Mileage: 93,000

DT: DT: THE CONSUMER PURCHASED THE VEHICLE FROM AN INDIVIDUAL. THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE AND WAS DEEMED TOTALED. AFTER THE ACCIDENT THE CONSUMER LEARNED OF TWO RECALLS ON THE VEHICLE, ONE FOR THE FUEL RAIL AND ONE FOR THE AIR BAGS. THE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY DURING THE ACCIDENT. THE MANUFAC...

Mileage: 93,000

THIS IS ON A '97 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN, 3.8 LITER. 1) ORIGINALLY THE BRAKES WERE TERRIBLE, (HARD FOOT PRESSURE WAS NEEDED TO STOP THE VEHICLE.). AFTER 30KMILES, I TOOK IT IN TO A MECHANIC. IN HIS EXPERIENCE, THE DEALER EQUIPPED FRONT DISC "PISTONS MADE OF PHEOLIC MATERIAL" WOULD OFTEN 'STICK'.. ...

THE 1997 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN FRONT AND REAR BRAKE PADS AND ROTORS WEAR OUT NEARLY EVERY MONTH. THE VEHICLE BEGINS TO SWAY WHILE DRIVING 55MPH ON FREEWAY OR WHEN CHANGING LANES. THE EMERGENCY BRAKE LIGHT IS ON DUE TO A LEAKAGE IN THE BRAKES. THE EGR VALVE KEEPS GOING OUT AND THE SERVICE ENGINE LIGH...

Mileage: 152,000

THE 1997 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN FRONT AND REAR BRAKE PADS AND ROTORS WEAR OUT NEARLY EVERY MONTH. THE VEHICLE BEGINS TO SWAY WHILE DRIVING 55MPH ON FREEWAY OR WHEN CHANGING LANES. THE EMERGENCY BRAKE LIGHT IS ON DUE TO A LEAKAGE IN THE BRAKES. THE EGR VALVE KEEPS GOING OUT AND THE SERVICE ENGINE LIGH...

Mileage: 152,000

THE 1997 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN FRONT AND REAR BRAKE PADS AND ROTORS WEAR OUT NEARLY EVERY MONTH. THE VEHICLE BEGINS TO SWAY WHILE DRIVING 55MPH ON FREEWAY OR WHEN CHANGING LANES. THE EMERGENCY BRAKE LIGHT IS ON DUE TO A LEAKAGE IN THE BRAKES. THE EGR VALVE KEEPS GOING OUT AND THE SERVICE ENGINE LIGH...

Mileage: 152,000

THE 1997 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN FRONT AND REAR BRAKE PADS AND ROTORS WEAR OUT NEARLY EVERY MONTH. THE VEHICLE BEGINS TO SWAY WHILE DRIVING 55MPH ON FREEWAY OR WHEN CHANGING LANES. THE EMERGENCY BRAKE LIGHT IS ON DUE TO A LEAKAGE IN THE BRAKES. THE EGR VALVE KEEPS GOING OUT AND THE SERVICE ENGINE LIGH...

Mileage: 152,000

THE 1997 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN FRONT AND REAR BRAKE PADS AND ROTORS WEAR OUT NEARLY EVERY MONTH. THE VEHICLE BEGINS TO SWAY WHILE DRIVING 55MPH ON FREEWAY OR WHEN CHANGING LANES. THE EMERGENCY BRAKE LIGHT IS ON DUE TO A LEAKAGE IN THE BRAKES. THE EGR VALVE KEEPS GOING OUT AND THE SERVICE ENGINE LIGH...

Mileage: 152,000

THE 1997 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN FRONT AND REAR BRAKE PADS AND ROTORS WEAR OUT NEARLY EVERY MONTH. THE VEHICLE BEGINS TO SWAY WHILE DRIVING 55MPH ON FREEWAY OR WHEN CHANGING LANES. THE EMERGENCY BRAKE LIGHT IS ON DUE TO A LEAKAGE IN THE BRAKES. THE EGR VALVE KEEPS GOING OUT AND THE SERVICE ENGINE LIGH...

Mileage: 152,000

TERRIBLE SQUEALING NOISE IN BELT AREA. DEALER CHARGED ~$250 FOR BELT AND TENSIONER REPLACEMENT AND NOISE WAS GREATLY REDUCED. SEVERAL YEARS LATER THE NOISE RETURNED AND GREW EVEN WORSE. REPLACED THE WORN BELT AND NOISE WAS GREATLY REDUCED FOR ABOUT TWO WEEKS. AFTER THE NOISE RETURNED, REMOVED THE BE...

Mileage: 80,000

TERRIBLE SQUEALING NOISE IN BELT AREA. DEALER CHARGED ~$250 FOR BELT AND TENSIONER REPLACEMENT AND NOISE WAS GREATLY REDUCED. SEVERAL YEARS LATER THE NOISE RETURNED AND GREW EVEN WORSE. REPLACED THE WORN BELT AND NOISE WAS GREATLY REDUCED FOR ABOUT TWO WEEKS. AFTER THE NOISE RETURNED, REMOVED THE BE...

Mileage: 80,000

ON MARCH 3RD, OF 2005, WHILE RETURNING HOME FROM AN OUTING WITH MY FOUR CHILDREN, I NOTICED THAT THE POWER STEERING WENT OUT IN OUR 1997 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN AS I WAS PULLING INTO MY DRIVEWAY. WITHIN MOMENTS AFTER GETTING THE KIDS OUT OF THE VEHICLE, THE FRONT OF OUR MINIVAN WAS FULLY ENGULFED IN FL...

Mileage: 12,400

OVER THE PAST 2 YEARS WE HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THE STRUTS MULTIPLE TIMES. WE HAVE NOW BEEN TOLD THAT THE STRUT MOUNT HOUSING THAT HOLDS THE STRUT MOUNT PLATE HAS BECOME OVAL AND NOT ROUND AND THEREFORE IT SOUNDS LIKE A BAD CLUNKING NOISE WHENEVER GOING OVER LARGER BUMPS....WHAT DO WE DO NOW? I AM A ...

1997 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN 3.0 6 CYL BELT CAME OFF IN RAIN STORM LEFT ME STRANDED AND MISSED WORK THE BELT WAS IN ONE PIECE AND GOT IT HOME AND HAD A NEW BELT INSTALLED AND PULLEY UPPER FRONT NON GROOVED. AGAIN BELT CAME OFF BRAN NEW BELT NEW BELT PUT ON AGAIN BELT NOW SQUEALING IN THE BACK BELT TE...

Mileage: 134,995

SERPENTINE BELT SLIPS OFF IDLER PULLY WHEN DRIVING THROUGH STANDING WATER RESULTING IN LOSS OF POWER STEERING. *AK

WHILE APPLYING THE BRAKE PEDAL IT WENT THE FLOOR. THE BRAKES FAILED TO STOP VEHICLE COMPLETELY. HOWEVER, DRIVER WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, AND DROVE IT TO A GARAGE FOR INSPECTION. THE MECHANIC COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM AT THIS TIME.*AK

VAN WAS SLIPPING NOT GOING INTO GEAR WHEN IT WAS COLD AND NOW JUST WILL NOT GO INTO GEAR. THE TRANSMISSION IS SHOT HAS TO BE REBUILT WILL COST ANYWHERE FROM $2300 TO $2800 TO FIX. *JB

Mileage: 80,020

THE STRUT TOWER THAT HOLDS THE UPPER PART OF BOTH FRONT STRUTS WAS RUST OUT. IF I HADN'T HAD THIS REPAIRED, THE FRONT STRUT COULD HAVE BROKEN THROUGH THE STRUT TOWER. CHANCES ARE THIS WOULD HAVE BROKEN THROUGH WHILE GOING DOWN THE HIGHWAY (BECAUSE THE FORCES ON THE STRUT TOWERS WOULD HAVE BEEN THE...

Mileage: 138,000

HEAVY FUEL VAPORS IN PASSENGER COMPARTMENT, AND UNDER HOOD. OCCURRED DURING NORMAL DRIVING. HAS OCCURRED IN THE PAST BUT THEN WENT AWAY THE NEXT DAY. ALL OCCURRENCES WERE DURING COLD WEATHER (20-30F). DRIVER AND PASSENGERS EXPERIENCED NAUSEA. MECHANIC SAID THAT THE FUEL TANK ROLLOVER VALVE IS MAL...

Mileage: 108,000

EMERGENCY BRAKE FAILS TO FUNCTION WHEN TEMPERATURE IS BELOW FREEZINGG; DEALER UNABLE TO REPAIR DESPITE MULTIPLE ATTEMPT; BRAKE FREEZES IN LOCKED AND UNLOCK POSITION CAUSEING DAMAGE TO BRAKE DRUMS (LOCKED) AND LOSS EMERGENCY BRAKE (OPEN). *AK

Mileage: 156,000

CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 10 TO 15 MPH ,AND WHILE CROSSING THE RAILROAD TRACKS, BOTH FRONT AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. VEHICLE DID NOT HIT ANYTHING. WHEN THE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED IT CRACKED THE FRONT WINDSHIELD. *AK

Mileage: 189,000

THE CLEAR PLASTIC LENSES THAT COVER THE HEAD LAMP BULBS HAVE BECOME EXTREMELY CLOUDED AND GREATLY DIMINISH THE BRIGHTNESS OF THE HEADLIGHTS. THE DEALER HAS TOLD ME THAT ITS NORMAL. I HAVE NOTICED THIS CONDITION ON MANY OTHER SIMILAR VEHICLES AND DRIVERS ARE NOT AWARE OF THE CONDITION . THIS CONDI...

Mileage: 85,000

I OWN 8 MX4 MICHELIN TIRES I ROTATE AND USE 4 IN THE WINTER AND FOUR IN THE SUMMER. WHILE DRIVING AT 70 MPH I EXPERIENCED A CATASTROPHIC BLOW-OUT ON MY FRONT PASSENGER SIDE TIRE IM A PROFESSIONAL DRIVER AND HAVE LOGGED OVER 1.5 MILLION MILES IN COMMERCIAL AND PERSONAL VEHICLES AND I UTILIZE THE S...

I OWN 8 MX4 MICHELIN TIRES I ROTATE AND USE 4 IN THE WINTER AND FOUR IN THE SUMMER. WHILE DRIVING AT 70 MPH I EXPERIENCED A CATASTROPHIC BLOW-OUT ON MY FRONT PASSENGER SIDE TIRE IM A PROFESSIONAL DRIVER AND HAVE LOGGED OVER 1.5 MILLION MILES IN COMMERCIAL AND PERSONAL VEHICLES AND I UTILIZE THE S...

THE AIR BAG SENSOR LIGHT STAYS ON. CONSUMER IS CONCERNED THAT THE AIR BAG WILL NOT DEPLOY UPON IMPACT. *AK

Mileage: 111,793

AS I AM DRIVING MY VAN WILL SUDDENLY JERK FORWARD AND THE SERVICE ENGINE SOON LIGHT COMES ON AND THEN GOES OFF, AND SHORTLY AFTER THAT THE VAN SUDDENLY DIES. I HAVE HAD IT BACK TO THE DEALER MANY,MANY TIMES SINCE I BOUGHT IT IN FEB,2004 AND THEY HAVE DROVE IT AND PUT IT ON MACHINES AND CAN'T FIGURE ...

Mileage: 99,845

I HAVE A DODGE GRAND CARAVAN, AND WHILE I AM DRIVING, THE ENGINE JUST STOPS WORKING AND MY STEERING WHEEL GETS VERY HARD TO MANUVER. I TOOK IT THE THE CAR DEALER AND THEY CAN'T FIGURE OUT WHAT IS WRONG WITH IT. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS.*AK

Mileage: 97,450

WHILE DRIVING WINDSHIELD WIPERS STOPPED WORKING. VEHICLE WAS ON RECALL FOR THIS PROBLEM. HOWEVER, PROBLEM RECURRED.*AK

Mileage: 100,000

AFTER BEING INVOLVED IN A HEAD ON COLLISION THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *JB *TC

Mileage: 93,353

WHILE DRIVING IN INCLEMENT WEATHER THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS WOULD COME ON AND GO OFF INTERMITTENTLY. THE MECHANIC INFORMED THE DRIVER THAT THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT ON RECALL. PLEASE FILL IN ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *JB

SERPENTINE BELT KEEPS COMING OFF EACH TIME THE VEHICLE GOES OVER A PUDDLE OF WATER. VEHICLE HAS TO BE TOWED EACH TIME WHEN THIS OCCURS. *AK

Mileage: 68,000

AUGUST 12, 2004 RE: DANGEROUS RUNAWAY-VEHICLE 1997 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN VIN [XXX] THIS IS TO DOCUMENT A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION THAT OCCURRED ON JULY 22, 2004 WITH THE ABOVE VEHICLE. THE MINIVAN HAS BEEN VERY WELL MAINTAINED AND AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT HAD ABOUT 124,800 MILES ON IT. ...

Mileage: 124,800

CONSUMER COMPLAINED THAT THE SERPENTINE BELT SLIPPED OFF INTERMITTENTLY WHEN DRIVING IN WET WEATHER OR ON WET ROAD CONDITION. IT APPEARED THAT WATER WAS GETTING UNDER THE ENGINE, AND CAUSING THE SERPENTINE BELT TO SLIP OFF THE PULLEY. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED. *AK

Mileage: 59,171

CONSUMER RECEIVED NHTSA RECALL 00V268000 CONCERNING FUEL LEAKAGE. CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR A ROUTINE CHECK UP, AND THE MECHANIC INFORMED THE CONSUMER THAT THE RECALL REPAIRS WERE DONE PROPERLY. ON MA 3, 2004 WHILE DRIVING, THE CONSUMER NOTICED THAT SMOKE WAS COMING FROM THE...

Mileage: 119,000

CONSUMER RECEIVED NHTSA RECALL 00V268000 CONCERNING FUEL LEAKAGE. CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR A ROUTINE CHECK UP, AND THE MECHANIC INFORMED THE CONSUMER THAT THE RECALL REPAIRS WERE DONE PROPERLY. ON MA 3, 2004 WHILE DRIVING, THE CONSUMER NOTICED THAT SMOKE WAS COMING FROM THE...

Mileage: 119,000

MY 1997 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN HAS BEEN A HEADACHE SINCE I GOT IT. RIGHT AFTER I GOT IT I HAD TO PAY $600 TO GET MY DASHBOARD FIXED BECAUSE ALL MY GAUGES QUIT COMPLETELY. NOW MY WINDSHIELD WIPERS WILL GO OFF BY THEMSELVES EVEN WHEN THEY ARE OFF. THIS HAPPENS WHEN I HIT THE BRAKES OR UNLOCK THE DOORS OR...

MY 1997 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN HAS BEEN A HEADACHE SINCE I GOT IT. RIGHT AFTER I GOT IT I HAD TO PAY $600 TO GET MY DASHBOARD FIXED BECAUSE ALL MY GAUGES QUIT COMPLETELY. NOW MY WINDSHIELD WIPERS WILL GO OFF BY THEMSELVES EVEN WHEN THEY ARE OFF. THIS HAPPENS WHEN I HIT THE BRAKES OR UNLOCK THE DOORS OR...

WHILE DRIVING AT 45 MPH AND APPLYING THE BRAKES. PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR, AND THERE WERE NO BRAKES . AS A RESULT, CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A COLLISION. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK

VEHICLE IS BEING RECALLED FOR A CLOCK SPRING FAILURE. HOWEVER, PARTS ARE CURRENTLY NOT AVAILABLE. *AK THE CRUISE WAS INOPERATIVE, THE AIR BAG LIGHT AND BRAKE LIGHT STAYED ON. RECALL#02V293000 AND RECALL#96V215000. *SC *JB

Mileage: 150,000

VEHICLE IS BEING RECALLED FOR A CLOCK SPRING FAILURE. HOWEVER, PARTS ARE CURRENTLY NOT AVAILABLE. *AK THE CRUISE WAS INOPERATIVE, THE AIR BAG LIGHT AND BRAKE LIGHT STAYED ON. RECALL#02V293000 AND RECALL#96V215000. *SC *JB

Mileage: 150,000

RECALL PROBLEMS WITH EXHAUST AND AIR BAGS. *MR THERE WAS NO BACK UP LIGHTS, HORN, OR CLOCKSPRING. *SC

RECALL PROBLEMS WITH EXHAUST AND AIR BAGS. *MR THERE WAS NO BACK UP LIGHTS, HORN, OR CLOCKSPRING. *SC

RECALL PROBLEMS WITH EXHAUST AND AIR BAGS. *MR THERE WAS NO BACK UP LIGHTS, HORN, OR CLOCKSPRING. *SC

WHILE DRIVING FRONT WINDSHIELD WIPERS CAME ON WITHOUT WARNING. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK

Mileage: 113,000

THE WIPERS OCCASIONALLY COMES ON WHEN TURN SIGNAL IS ON. THE WIPERS CAME ON WHILE I WAS TURNING - CHANGING LANES AND PARTIALLY BLINDING MY VIEW OF THE ROAD. I ALMOST CRASHED WHILE MAKING THE TURN AND IN THE SAME TIME TRYING TO TURN OFF THE WIPER. SINCE THE WIPERS WENT ON WHEN THE WINDSHIELD IS DRY, ...

REPORTED PROBLEM TO DODGE CORP. SEVERAL YEARS AGO ABOUT WIPERS COMING ON BY THEMSELVES. WAS ADVISED THAT SINCE NO RECALL, NO REMEDY. ON THIS ISSUE, MY RESEARCH SHOWS THAT THERE HAVE BEEN ENOUGH COMPLAINTS AND THIS ISSUE SHOULD BE HANDLED BY A RECALL. SECONDLY, AND MOST RECENTLY. BOTH DRIVER AND PAS...

Mileage: 92,000

REPORTED PROBLEM TO DODGE CORP. SEVERAL YEARS AGO ABOUT WIPERS COMING ON BY THEMSELVES. WAS ADVISED THAT SINCE NO RECALL, NO REMEDY. ON THIS ISSUE, MY RESEARCH SHOWS THAT THERE HAVE BEEN ENOUGH COMPLAINTS AND THIS ISSUE SHOULD BE HANDLED BY A RECALL. SECONDLY, AND MOST RECENTLY. BOTH DRIVER AND PAS...

Mileage: 92,000

WHILE BACKING OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY, THE CONSUMER HEARD A LOUD BANG. THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT STEER. THE PULLEY BROKE OFF, CAUSING THE DRIVE BELT TO FALL ONTO THE STREET. *AK THERE WAS ANOTHER INCIDENT WHERE THE CONSUMER WAS MAKING A TURN AND LOST ALL POWER STEERING. THE CONSUMER WITNESSED ANOTHER ...

Mileage: 77,715

SUDDEN ACCELERATION. *JB

Mileage: 93,000

POWER STEERING RACK OPERATES POORLY. WHEN THIS OCCURS THERE IS NO POWER STEERING WHEN TURNING RIGHT. THE STERING FLUID LEAKS OUT. DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE STEERING RACK, BUT THE FAILURE RECCURED WITHIN 38,000 MILES. *AK

Mileage: 43,000

DRIVER SEATBACK FAILURE. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY IN A PARKING LOT, THE DRIVER CLIMBED INTO THE DRIVER SEAT, AND THE SEAT BACK SPONTANEOUSLY FAILED. THE SEAT BACK COLLAPSED ONTO THE CHILD PASSENGER SEATED BEHIND THE DRIVER, CAUSING SLIGHT SUPERFICIAL INJURY. EXAMINATION SHOWED THAT THE SEA...

Mileage: 72,768

THE AIR BAG LIGHT IN OUR '97 DODGE CARAVAN HAS STARTED COMING ON INTERMITTENTLY. INDICATIONS ARE THAT IT IS DUE TO AN INTERMITTENT CLOCKSPRING WIRING HARNESS IN THE STEERING COLUMN, MEANING THAT THE HORN AND CRUISE CONTROL WOULD NOT WORK AS WELL AS THE DRIVER'S SIDE AIRBAG. IT APPEARS THIS CLOCKSP...

Mileage: 113,000

WAS HIT FROM BEHIND IN 1997 DODGE CARAVAN AND PUSHED INTO VEHICLE IN FRONT, AIRBAGS DEPLOYED, FRONT SEAT RECLINER ASSEMBLY WENT BACK, THROWING DRIVER TO BACK, CAUSING HEAD, NECK AND BACK INJURY.*AK

Mileage: 136,000

WHILE DRIVING REAR RIGHT AUDIO SPEAKER CAUGHT ON FIRE. VEHICLE WAS PULLED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND THE FIRE WAS PUT OUT WITH A LARGE BURLAP BAG. *AK

Mileage: 100,000

WHILE DRIVING AT 65 MPH, THE CONSUMER NOTICED THAT THE AIR BAG LIGHT CAME ON. THE CONSUMER ATTEMPTED TO SLOW THE VEHICLE, BUT DISCOVERED THE BRAKES WERE NOT WORKING PROPERLY. AFTER DEPRESSING THE BRAKES, IT TOOK THE VEHICLE OVER 100 YARDS TO STOP. *AK THE BRAKE MASTER CYLINDER WAS REPLACED, BU...

Mileage: 70,000

WHILE DRIVING AT 65 MPH, THE CONSUMER NOTICED THAT THE AIR BAG LIGHT CAME ON. THE CONSUMER ATTEMPTED TO SLOW THE VEHICLE, BUT DISCOVERED THE BRAKES WERE NOT WORKING PROPERLY. AFTER DEPRESSING THE BRAKES, IT TOOK THE VEHICLE OVER 100 YARDS TO STOP. *AK THE BRAKE MASTER CYLINDER WAS REPLACED, BU...

Mileage: 70,000

WE HAVE REPLACED SIX SERPENTINE BELTS IN THE TWO YEARS WE HAVE OWNED THIS VEHICLE. WE REPLACED THE TENSIONER, BUT IT DID NOT CORRECT PROBLEM. WE ARE NOW FACING NUMBER SEVEN AND ARE AT THE POINT OF TOTAL FRUSTRATION. WE NEED TO SEE THIS CORRECTED IMMEDIATELY. *AK

Mileage: 80,000

THE BELT THAT CONTROLS THE POWER STEERING AND BRAKES AND RADIATOR FAN CAME OFF TWICE TODAY AND SEVERAL TIMES IN THE PAST. IT'S ALL WE CAN DO TO GET IT STOPPED AND PULLED OVER WHEN THIS HAPPENS AND IT HAPPENS IN ANY TYPE OF RAIN.*AK

Mileage: 100,000

HORN AND CRUISE CONTROL SUDDENLY QUIT WORKING AND AIRBAG LIGHT IS ON. *AK

HORN AND CRUISE CONTROL SUDDENLY QUIT WORKING AND AIRBAG LIGHT IS ON. *AK

HORN AND CRUISE CONTROL SUDDENLY QUIT WORKING AND AIRBAG LIGHT IS ON. *AK

CONSUMER COMPLAINED ABOUT A CLOCK SPRING PROBLEM. *AK

Mileage: 82,000

FAN BELT KEPT SLIDING OFF GOT BROKEN. *PH THIS PROBLEM WOULD OCCUR WHEN IT WOULD RAIN OR SNOW. THE PART WAS REPLACED FOUR TIMES. THE CRUISE CONTROL HAD BECOME INOPERATIVE AND THE AIR BAG LIGHT HAD COME ON. *SC

Mileage: 72,742

FAN BELT KEPT SLIDING OFF GOT BROKEN. *PH THIS PROBLEM WOULD OCCUR WHEN IT WOULD RAIN OR SNOW. THE PART WAS REPLACED FOUR TIMES. THE CRUISE CONTROL HAD BECOME INOPERATIVE AND THE AIR BAG LIGHT HAD COME ON. *SC

Mileage: 72,742

I AM DEEPLY CONCERNED THAT MY CHILDREN ARE NOT SAFE RIDING IN OUR MINI VAN. I HAVE THREE CHILDREN AND THE GEN3 BELTS ARE IN MY VAN. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE ALL VEHICLES WITH THESE SPECIFIC BELTS BE RECALLED AND SAFE VERSIONS INSTALLED. *CB

AT 91,000 MILES THE VEHICLE HAD A SUDDEN AND CATASTROPHIC TRANSMISSION FAILURE. GIVEN THE FACT THAT WE HAVE HAD A NUMBER OF NEIGHBORS & FRIENDS ALSO EXPERIENCE GRAND CARAVAN TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS IN 97 & 98 MODELS, THERE OBVIOUSLY IS A MAJOR DESIGN PROBLEM. I HAD OWNED A 1989 GRAND CARAVAN THAT HA...

Mileage: 91,000

THE TRANSMISSION DOES NOT SHIFT GEARS IF THE AIR CONDITIONER IS ON. THE AIR CONDITIONER TURNED ALL THE WAY UP WILL BLOW OUT AIR AS IF IT WAS ON MID WAY. THE WIND SHIELD WIPERS COME ON WHEN THE TURN SIGNAL IS ACTIVATED, WHICH CAUSES ME TO BUY BLADES MORE OFTEN. THE BRAKES SEEM TO LOCK UP WHEN THE GR...

Mileage: 100,000

THE TRANSMISSION DOES NOT SHIFT GEARS IF THE AIR CONDITIONER IS ON. THE AIR CONDITIONER TURNED ALL THE WAY UP WILL BLOW OUT AIR AS IF IT WAS ON MID WAY. THE WIND SHIELD WIPERS COME ON WHEN THE TURN SIGNAL IS ACTIVATED, WHICH CAUSES ME TO BUY BLADES MORE OFTEN. THE BRAKES SEEM TO LOCK UP WHEN THE GR...

Mileage: 100,000

THE TRANSMISSION DOES NOT SHIFT GEARS IF THE AIR CONDITIONER IS ON. THE AIR CONDITIONER TURNED ALL THE WAY UP WILL BLOW OUT AIR AS IF IT WAS ON MID WAY. THE WIND SHIELD WIPERS COME ON WHEN THE TURN SIGNAL IS ACTIVATED, WHICH CAUSES ME TO BUY BLADES MORE OFTEN. THE BRAKES SEEM TO LOCK UP WHEN THE GR...

Mileage: 100,000

THE TRANSMISSION DOES NOT SHIFT GEARS IF THE AIR CONDITIONER IS ON. THE AIR CONDITIONER TURNED ALL THE WAY UP WILL BLOW OUT AIR AS IF IT WAS ON MID WAY. THE WIND SHIELD WIPERS COME ON WHEN THE TURN SIGNAL IS ACTIVATED, WHICH CAUSES ME TO BUY BLADES MORE OFTEN. THE BRAKES SEEM TO LOCK UP WHEN THE GR...

Mileage: 100,000

CONSUMER HAS NO DEFECT/ REQUEST TO BE ADDED TO MAILING LIST FOR GRACO A8462HAV CARSEAT. *MR *SC

1997 GRAND CARAVAN SPORT SERPENTINE BELT CAME OFF FIVE TIMES IN ONE YEAR, THE LATEST ON 12/30/03 WHEN DRIVING ON A RAINY DAY. EVERY TIME THE BELT GETS WET, IT FALLS OFF! *LA

Mileage: 85,000

WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS HIT BY ANOTHER VEHICLE THAT CROSSED OVER THE MEDIAN. UPON IMPACT, PASSENGER'S SIDE AIR BAG DEPLOYED BUT THE DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. DRIVER'S ANKLE WAS SHATTERED AND RECEIVED CONTUSIONS TO THE CHEST.*AK

Mileage: 91,000

SERPENTINE BELT COMES OFF WHEN VEHICLE HAS GONE THROUGH WATER, SNOW OR SLUSH CAUSING LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL, ELECTRICAL POWER, ENGINE COOLING; ALL OF WHICH MAY BE CAUSE OF OTHER PROBLEMS IF VEHICLE IS NOT IMMEDIATELY STOPPED AND TAKEN SOMEWHERE FOR THE BELT TO BE RE-INSTALLED. MANUFACTURER HAS I...

Mileage: 119,000

PARKING BRAKE REPEATEDLY FAILS TO HOLD, DESPITE MULTIPLE ATTEMPTS TO REPAIR, SOMETIMES FAILS IN ON POSITION CAUSING EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO PARKING AND MAIN REAR BRAKE. CHYRSLER UNWILLING TO ADDRESS PROBLEM. *AK

Mileage: 125,000

VEHICLE HAS EXPERIENCED MULTIPLE ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS SINCE IT WAS PURCHASED THREE YEARS AGO: WINDSHIELD WIPERS COME ON BY THEMSELVES FOR NO REASON, CD PLAYER WORKS INTERMITTENTLY, INSTRUMENT PANEL GOES HAYWIRE AND WE LOSE THE GAUGES AND MILEAGE, POWER DOOR LOCKS WORK INTERMITTENTLY, KEYLESS ENTRY WO...

Mileage: 49,000

VEHICLE HAS EXPERIENCED MULTIPLE ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS SINCE IT WAS PURCHASED THREE YEARS AGO: WINDSHIELD WIPERS COME ON BY THEMSELVES FOR NO REASON, CD PLAYER WORKS INTERMITTENTLY, INSTRUMENT PANEL GOES HAYWIRE AND WE LOSE THE GAUGES AND MILEAGE, POWER DOOR LOCKS WORK INTERMITTENTLY, KEYLESS ENTRY WO...

Mileage: 49,000

WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH THE BRAKES FAILED. *AK THE CONSUMER STATED THE BRAKE LINES WERE REPLACED. *JB

Mileage: 94,000

WHILE DRIVING AT LOW SPEEDS, THE VAN LUNGED FORWARD. THE ACTUAL CAUSE WAS UNDETERMINED, BUT THE DEALER STATED THE ENGINE'S FRONT CYLINDER MALFUNCTIONED. *AK THIS CONDITION WAS CONSIDERED A DEFECT PER MECHANIC(S). THIS PROBLEM EXISTED IN THIS MAKE/MODEL FOR SOME TIME AND HAD MANY COMPLAINTS A...

Mileage: 70,000

WHILE DRIVING AT LOW SPEEDS, THE VAN LUNGED FORWARD. THE ACTUAL CAUSE WAS UNDETERMINED, BUT THE DEALER STATED THE ENGINE'S FRONT CYLINDER MALFUNCTIONED. *AK THIS CONDITION WAS CONSIDERED A DEFECT PER MECHANIC(S). THIS PROBLEM EXISTED IN THIS MAKE/MODEL FOR SOME TIME AND HAD MANY COMPLAINTS A...

Mileage: 70,000

VEHICLE HIT A DEER WHILE DRIVING AT 45MPH. UPON IMPACT WITH THE DEER, NEITHER AIR BAG DEPLOYED. PLEASE PROVIDE CORRECT VIN NUMBER UPON RECEIPT OF THIS COMPLAINT. *PH

THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE ENGINE AND TRANSFER CASE. WHILE DRIVING THE CONSUMER NOTICED A FLAT TIRE. THE SPARE TIRE WAS PLACED ON THE VEHICLE AND THE CONSUMER STARTED TO DRIVE FOR 10 MILES WHEN SUDDENLY THE VEHICLE STARTED SMOKING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN THE REPAIR SHOP AND THE CONSUMER WAS TOL...

Mileage: 62,000

1997 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN CAR SERPENTINE BELT WAS MAKING NOISE. WAS TOLD IT WAS WORN AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. REPLACED SERPENTINE BELT. DROVE CAR IN HEAVY RAIN, SERPENTINE BELT FELL OFF. TOWED CAR TO DEALER REPLACED BELT AND SENT ME ON MY WAY. SAME DAY DROVE CAR IN HEAVY RAIN, SERPENTINE BELT...

SERPENTINE BELT FALLS OFF WHEN WATER GETS ON IT, RESULTING IN LOSS OF POWER STEERING AND CONTROL. I UNDERSTAND THIS IS A WIDE SPREAD PROBLEM AND AM CONCERNED THAT MY FAMILYS' SAFETY WILL BE IN JEPARDY EACH TIME THIS HAPPENS. IT HAS HAPPENED FOUR TIMES TO US AND I FEEL THIS WARRANTS A RECALL BEFORE S...

Mileage: 49,000

THE HEADLIGHTS WERE DIM AND CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO SEE CLEARLY ON THE HIGHWAY WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT. DRIVER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO DEALER FOR ANALYSIS. MECHANIC REPLACED THE HEADLIGHT BULBS, BUT PROBLEM RECURRED.*AK

Mileage: 40,000

SEVERAL MONTHS AGO, WE HAD PROBLEMS INVOLVING THE CRUISE CONTROL, AND AIR BAG LIGHT. WE FOUND OUT ABOUT A RECALL IN REGARDS TO THIS PROBLEM, AND IT WAS CORRECTED BY THE DEALER. WITHIN A SHORT PERIOD AFTER THIS RECALL, OUR HORN WENT OUT AND WAS REPLACED BY THE SAME DEALER,(COST ALMOST $200.00). THRE...

Mileage: 61,198

IN THE PAST THREE YEARS CONSUMER CHANGED FOUR TIMES AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. VEHICLE WAS IMPORTED FROM CANADA. *AK

WHEN EVEN THE SMALLEST AMOUNT OF STREET WATER, I.E. WATER-FILLED POTHOLE, CURB WATER DRAINAGE, ETC GETS SPLASHED UP ONTO THE VEHICLE UNDERSIDE THE POWER STERRING ASSIST DISAPPEARS FOR A SHORT INTERVAL, 10 TO 20 SECONDS. DURING THAT PERIOD I, A 200 LB MAN WITH REASONABLE BODY STRENGTH, CAN BARELY CON...

Mileage: 34,000

1997 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. STARTED VEHICLE AND LET IDLE WHILE IN PARKING LOT. ENGINE APPEARED TO FORM VAPOR LOCK AND STALLED. TRIED RESTARTING. NO EFFECT. SMELLED FUEL. LOOKED OUTSIDE AND FOUND VERY LARGE FUEL SPILL ON SIDE OF VEHICLE. EVACUATED VEHICLE AND CALLED 911 IN CASE OF FIRE. FD REPORT...

WHILE DRIVING, BRAKES FAILED WITHOUT WARNING. DEALER DIAGNOSED THAT THE BRAKE FLUID LINE, LOCATED NEAR THE GAS TANK, HAD CORRODED RESULTING IN THE BRAKE FAILURE.

Mileage: 95,000

TRANSMISSION GEARS SLIPPING. SOMETIMES TAKES A FEW MOMENTS FOR IT TO 'CATCH' FIRST GEAR TO GO FROM A LIGHT OR SHIFTS 'HARD' WHEN ACCELERATING. ALSO, DOWN SHIFTS 'HARD' WHEN DECELERATING.*AK

Mileage: 96,700

THE FRONT WINDSHIELD WIPERS ON OUR 1997 DODGE CARAVAN WILL TURN ON BY THEMSELVES. THIS PROBLEM HAS BECOME WORSE OVER TIME. THE LOCAL DEALER BELIEVES THEY CAN FIX THE PROBLEM AT A COST OF $200. THE PROBLEM IS A SAFETY CONCERN AND AN ANNOYANCE AND I BELIEVE CHRYSLER SHOULD COVER THE COST TO REPAIR ...

CONSUMER STATES WINDSHIELD WIPERS COME ON WITHOUT WARNING. DEALER NOTIFIED.*AK

Mileage: 105,000

THE FRONT BRAKES WERE WORN, AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED, TENSIONER ASSEMBLY FAILED, HORN WAS INOPERABLE, AND THE WATER PUMP LEAKED. AS CORRECTIONS, ALL DEFECTIVE COMPONETS WERE REPLACED. *PH *JB

Mileage: 89,122

THE FRONT BRAKES WERE WORN, AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED, TENSIONER ASSEMBLY FAILED, HORN WAS INOPERABLE, AND THE WATER PUMP LEAKED. AS CORRECTIONS, ALL DEFECTIVE COMPONETS WERE REPLACED. *PH *JB

Mileage: 89,122

THE FRONT BRAKES WERE WORN, AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED, TENSIONER ASSEMBLY FAILED, HORN WAS INOPERABLE, AND THE WATER PUMP LEAKED. AS CORRECTIONS, ALL DEFECTIVE COMPONETS WERE REPLACED. *PH *JB

Mileage: 89,122

THE FRONT BRAKES WERE WORN, AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED, TENSIONER ASSEMBLY FAILED, HORN WAS INOPERABLE, AND THE WATER PUMP LEAKED. AS CORRECTIONS, ALL DEFECTIVE COMPONETS WERE REPLACED. *PH *JB

Mileage: 89,122

MY 97 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN HAS AN ELECTRICAL DEFECT CAUSING THE GEAR SELECTOR, ABS, AND SERVICE ENGINE SOON LIGHT TO DISPLAY ON THE DASH. DEALER IS UNABLE TO DETERMINE CAUSE.

Mileage: 55,000

SINCE POWER STEERING PUMP REPLACEMENT, THE SERPENTINE BELT REGULARLY SLIPS OFF WHEN SPLASHED WITH WATER. - CAME OFF WHILE MY WIFE WAS DRIVING. - DEALER TRIED REPLACING TENSIONER (WHICH I HAD REPLACED 6 MONTHS EARLIER) - NO LUCK - WILL CONTINUE TO TRY TO SOLVE WITH DEALER. *NLM

Mileage: 75,100

CONSUMER STATES THAT THE PARKING BRAKE DOES NOT STAY ENGAGED. *AK

Mileage: 80,000

WHILE TRAVELING 5 MPH AND WITHOUT ANY INDICATION FRONTAL AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

WHILE DRIVING THROUGH WATER THE VEHICLE WILL LOST STEERING ABILITY. *NLM

THE FUEL GAUGE WAVERS AFTER FILLING UP. WHEN THERE IS LESS THAN HALF A TANK OF GAS IN CAR, THE GAUGE READS CORRECTLY. BUT WHEN FULL, THE GAUGE GOES FROM EMPTY TO FULL CONSTANTLY AND THE BELL "DINGS" WHEN THE NEEDLE GETS TO EMPTY. *JB

ON 04-26-2003 MY FAMILY AND I WERE LEAVING THE DETROIT METRO AIRPORT PARKING GARAGE. WE HAD JUST LEFT OUR PARKING SPOT WHEN WE PASSED OVER WHAT I ASSUMED WAS A SPEED BUMP GOING APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH HEADING TOWARD THE TICKET BOOTH WHICH WAS JUST AHEAD. AS WE PASSED THIS SPEED BUMP OUR AIR BAGS SPON...

Mileage: 112,550

VEHICLE HAD BEEN PARKED FOR 48 HOURS WHEN I WAS INFORMED THAT IT WAS ON FIRE. THE VEHICLE ENGINE AREA WAS COMPLETELY ENGULFED IN FLAMES, IT HAD NOT BEEN STARTED OR USED AT ALL SINCE IT WAS PARKED. VEHICLE WAS A TOTAL LOSS. OUR COUNTY ARSON TASK FORCE INVESTIGATOR CONCLUDED IT WAS CAUSED BY A FAULTY...

Mileage: 68,300

THE CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL IN REFERENCE TO THE CLOCKSPRING ASSEMBLY. THE AIR BAG WAS IN FACT FAULTY AND THE CLOCKSPRING WAS REPLACED. MR SCC

CHILD WAS ABLE TO MOVE GEAR SHIFT INTO REVERSE WITHOUT DEPRESSING BRAKE. *JB

Mileage: 62,000

WINSHIELD WIPERS AND HORN FAILED. *NLM

Mileage: 15,000

THE AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE DASH BOARD, THE DEALER REPLACED THE CLOCK SPRING ASSEMBLY. *JB

Mileage: 60,000

PLASTIC HEADLIGHT LENS ON HEADLIGHTS STEADILY ERODE BY DUST OR OTHER CONTAMINATIONS IN THE FLOW OF AIR. *AK

PREMATURE WEAR OF REAR BRAKE SHOES, NEEDED REPLACEMENT. ALSO, CLOCK SPRING FAILED WHICH CAUSED HORN TO BE INOPERATIVE.*AK *JB

PREMATURE WEAR OF REAR BRAKE SHOES, NEEDED REPLACEMENT. ALSO, CLOCK SPRING FAILED WHICH CAUSED HORN TO BE INOPERATIVE.*AK *JB

THE DASH LIGHTS FAILED MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO SEE THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. *AK *NLM

THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED A PROBLEM WITH THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS. *TS

THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS ACTIVATED ON THEIR OWN, WHEN THE TURN SIGNAL WAS USE.*JB *TS

MY 1997 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN, 3.3L V6, HAD THE BELT TENSIONER SHEAR OFF/COME APART AT 35,000 MILES. THEN AT 68,000 (33,000 LATER) IT WENT BAD, IT FROZE UP. THIS CAUSED THE BELT TO CRACK ALSO. SO THE TENSIONER AND BELT WERE REPLACED AT THAT TIME. HOW MUCH OF A PROBLEM HAVE THESE TENSIONERS BEEN? ...

Mileage: 68,600

WHILE DRIVING AND WITH NO WARNING VEHICLE WILL SHUT OFF, MAKING IT HARD TO CONTROL. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. ALSO, CONSUMER HAD MANY OTHER PROBLEMS WITH THIS VEHICLE. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

SERPENTINE BELT COMES OFF DURING WET WEATHER, MAKING MINIVAN VERY DIFFICULT TO STEER.

I HAVE HAD THE BELT TENSIONER REPLACED 3 TIMES SINCE I OWEND THE VEHICLE BECAUSE OF WARPPING.THE THIRD TIME I WROTE TO CUSTOMER SERVICE THAY TOLD US THAT THE PART HAS MEET DODGES WARRENTY REQUIREMENTS.THAY WAS SORRY BUT NOTHING THAY COULD DO.I THANK THE IS A SERIOUS SAFTEY PROBLEM BECAUSE WHEN THE B...

I HAVE HAD THE BELT TENSIONER REPLACED 3 TIMES SINCE I OWEND THE VEHICLE BECAUSE OF WARPPING.THE THIRD TIME I WROTE TO CUSTOMER SERVICE THAY TOLD US THAT THE PART HAS MEET DODGES WARRENTY REQUIREMENTS.THAY WAS SORRY BUT NOTHING THAY COULD DO.I THANK THE IS A SERIOUS SAFTEY PROBLEM BECAUSE WHEN THE B...

WHILE DRIVING, WIPERS COME ON AND OFF ON THERE OWN. SOMETIMES THE WIPERS WON'T GO OFF. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. PH

CONSUMER STATED THE SERPENTINE BELT FELL OFF CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO SHUT DOWN AND NOT RESTART. PLEASE FILL IN ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.*JB

WHILE DRIVING THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS WILL COME ON AND GO OFF ON THEIR OWN. CONSUMER STATEEDS PROBLEM IS REALLY NOTICABLE WHEN TURNING CORNERS. *JB MUTIFUNCTION SWITCH REPLACED. *TT

Mileage: 22,000

CONSUMER STATED THERE IS A DEFECT IN THE TRANSMISSION SOLENOID PACK PRNDL. *JB

CONSUMER STATES THAT THE HEAD LIGHT LENS IS DISCOLORING CAUSING LOW VISIBILITY AT NIGHT. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *NLM

CONSUMER STATED THAT WHEN IN REVERSE THE VEHICLE WOULD POP OUT OF GEAR WITHOUT WARNING CAUSING A DISTRACTION TO THE CONSUMER. DEALER NOTIFIED. TS

CONSUMER STATES WHILE WIFE WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE AT 10MPH THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILED PREMATURELY. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. TS *TR

CONSUMER STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED AND WITHOUT WARNING TRANSMISSION FAILED CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO ACCELERATE. DEALER NOTIFIED. TS

CAR HAD SERIOUS DAMAGE WHOSES SOURCE CANNOT BE DETERMINED BY DEALER AND MANUFACTURE WILL NOT INVESTIGATE.

Mileage: 63,000

CAR HAD SERIOUS DAMAGE WHOSES SOURCE CANNOT BE DETERMINED BY DEALER AND MANUFACTURE WILL NOT INVESTIGATE.

Mileage: 63,000

CAR HAD SERIOUS DAMAGE WHOSES SOURCE CANNOT BE DETERMINED BY DEALER AND MANUFACTURE WILL NOT INVESTIGATE.

Mileage: 63,000

INTERMITTENT WIPERS WILL NOT CYCLE CONSISTANTLY. THEY MIGHT SWEEP 3 TIMES QUICKLY AND THEN WILL CYCLE NORMALLY, THEN MAY STOP CYCLING FOR 4-6 CYCLES. WIPERS WILL SOMETIMES ACTIVATE ON THEIR OWN. INTERMITTENT WIPERS WILL SOMETIMES BEGIN TO CYCLE AND CONTINUE CYCLING EVEN AFTER THE SWITCH HAS BEEN T...

Mileage: 32,000

WE RECEIVED A SAFETY RECALL NOTICE ON A FUEL RAIL PROBLEM. ON 10/08/02 MY WIFE TOOK OUR VAN IN FOR THE APPOINTMENT AT SAVANNAH DODGE FOR THE REPAIR. WHEN SHE PICKED IT UP THEY TOLD HER THEY NOTICED THE AIR BAG LIGHT WAS ON AND THEY HAD DIAGNOSED IT AS A CLOCKSPRING FAILURE. THEY TOLD HER IT WOULD...

I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THE BRAKES ON THIS MINIVAN APPROXIMATELY EVERY 6 MONTHS OR 12,000 MILES. I KNOW OF SEVERAL OTHER PEOPLE WHO ARE HAVING THIS SAME PROBLEM. YES, I GOT A WARRANTY BUT YOU STILL HAVE TO PAY FOR LABOR AND BRAKES SHOULD BE LASTING 40,000 MILES OR MORE. I THINK THERE IS A DEFECT IN...

HORN DOESN'T WORK, CRUISE CONTROL DOESN'T WORK, AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT IS ALWAYS ON. DT

PLASTIC COVER OVER HEADLIGHTS ARE CRUSTING. DT *TS

CONSUMER CALLED COMPLAINING ABOUT HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE CLOCK SPRINGS WHICH IT AFFECTS HER CRUISE CONTROL THE AIR BAG AND HORN CONSUMER ALSO STATED THAT SHE KNOWS THAT A RECALL MAY COME OUT SOON AND JUST WANTS TO MAKE SURE HER VEHICLE IS INCLUDED ON THE RECALL. MANUFACTURE STATED THAT THIS IS NOT...

AIR BAG LIGHT STAYED ON HORN WOULDN'T WORK CRUISE CONTROL WOULDN'T WORK DEALER KNEW RIGHT AWAY WHAT PROBLEM WAS. DT

CLOCKSPRING FAILURE $250 REPAIR POSSIBLE RECALL. DT

BOTH HEADLIGHT LENSES WAS MADE OF PLASTIC, THE EXPOSURE OF THE SUN HAD CAUSED THE LENSES TO BECOME CLOUDED, WHICH REDUCED THE LIGHTING OF THE HEADLIGHTS. MR *JB

THE SEAT BELT ON BOTH INTEGATED CHILD SEATS FAILED WITHIN A MONTH OF EACH OTHER. ONE FAILED WHILE VAN WAS IN MOTION WITH CHILD IN SEAT. THE LATCH SYSTEM THAT LOCKS THE SHOULDER BELTS BROKE. THIS FAILURE PREVENTS THE SHOULDER BELTS FROM SAFELY RESTRAINING A CHILD IN THE SEAT. THE DEALER WAS CONTA...

CONSUMER STATES HEAD LAMP BECOME POOR VISIBILITY, FOGGED AND HARD TO DRIVE. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED, PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. TS

MY HORN DOES NOT WORK. MY CRUISE CONTROL DOES NOT WORK. INTERMITTENTLY, MY WINDSHIELD WIPERS TURN ON ALL BY THEMSELF. I HAVE NO WAY OF KNOWING IF THE DRIVER SIDE AIR BAG IS FUNCTIONAL OR NOT. DT

WINDSHIELD WIPERS WORK ONLY INTERMITTENTLY. DEALER FOUND NO PROBLEM. MR

WHILE TRAVELING ABOUT 65 MPH ON THE HIGHWAY WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING THE VEHICLE HOOD BECAME ATTACH FROM THE PANEL. AND FLEW IN THE WINDOW THE DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. MR

MR

CONSUMER EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH AIR BAG CLOCKSPRING. HORN HAS STOPPED WORKING. DEALER NOTIFIED. *MR

CONSUMER STATES THAT THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS WILL AUTOMATICALLY COME ON WITH OUT TURNING ON THE SWITCH. *MR

FUEL GAUGE READING EMPTY WHEN VEHICLE IS ACTUALLY FULL OF FUEL. *MR

SIMILAR, OR MAYBE IDENTICAL CLOCK SPRING MODULE, UNDER NHTSA RECALL 1531(DAIMLER/CHRYSLER RECALL #982) JUNE 18, 2001. *PH *JB **DIMSII IVOQ ENTRY POSTED AFTER 12/12/02 CUT OVER TO ARTEMIS**768015

Mileage: 480,026

OUR HORN AND CRUISE CONTROL ARE INOPERATIVE. OUR AIRBAG LIGHT IS LIT. I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE CLOCKSPRING ASSEMBLY. MR

WAS TOLD THAT HORN NEEDED FUSE. DISCOVERED LATER THAT CRUISE CONTROL DIDN'T WORK. WEB RESEARCH POINTS TO FAILED CLOCK SPRING MECHANISM. *NLM **DIMSII IVOQ ENTRY POSTED AFTER 12/12/02 CUT-OVER TO ARTEMIS*767682

Mileage: 82,456

WHILE DRIVING TRANSMISSION FAILED, ALMOST CAUSING A COLLISION.*AK

I UNDERSTAND THIS HAS BEEN AN ONGOING SAFETY PROBLEM AND HAVING TO PAY NEARLY $300 FOR SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN UNDER REVIEW IS VERY UNSATISFYING. HOPE A CONCLUSION WILL BE REACHED ON THIS ISSUE.NO SAFETY DEFECT MENTIONED. *AK

NHTSA RECALLS 97I001000 & 98V185000 INTEGRATED SEAT; OWNER HAS A PROBLEM DUE TO DEALERSHIP REPLACING REGULAR BENCH SEAT WITH AN INTEGRATED CHILD SAFETY SEAT BENCH. OWNER IS AWARE OF RECALLS FOR INTEGRATED CHILD SAFETY SEAT BENCH, BUT MANUFACTURER DECLINES DUE TO VIN. BUT WHAT ABOUT SEAT WHI...

INVESTIGATION REVEALS THAT DODGE/CHRYSLER/PLYMOUTH HAS SOLD THOUSANDS OF REPLACEMENT CLOCKSPRINGS. SINCE FAILURE OF THIS COMPONENT AFFTECTS TWO SAFETY FEATURES, AIRBAG & HORN, I BELIEVE THEIR SHOULD BE FACTORY RECALL AND I SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO RECOVER THE COST OF REPAIRS.*AK

CLOCKSPRING IS DEFECTIVE, YET CHRYLSER WHO KNOWS THIS, INSISTS ON CUST PAYING FOR IT OUT OF POCKET - THIS IS A SAFETY CONCERN!!!*AK

FUEL FILTER FITTING UNDER CAR SUBJECT TO ROAD DEBRI, PLASTIC FITTING WILL DISCONNECT ALLOWING FUEL PUMP TO THROW RAW FUEL ALL OVER UNDERCARRAGE.*AK

AIRBAG LIGHT APPEARS ON DASHBOARD, AND HORN / CRUISE CONTROL OPERATE POORLY. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK

AIRBAG LIGHT APPEARS ON DASHBOARD, AND HORN / CRUISE CONTROL OPERATE POORLY. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK

AIRBAG LIGHT APPEARS ON DASHBOARD, AND HORN / CRUISE CONTROL OPERATE POORLY. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK

WHILE DRIVING AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON AND OFF. ALSO, CRUISE CONTROL AND HORN DIDN'T WORK. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON AND OFF. ALSO, CRUISE CONTROL AND HORN DIDN'T WORK. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON AND OFF. ALSO, CRUISE CONTROL AND HORN DIDN'T WORK. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

CLOCKSPRING "SPRUNG" 3 YEARS AFTER MANUFACTURE BUT WAS OUT OF WARRANTY DUE TO MILEAGE HORN DIDN'T WORK, AIRBAG DIDN'T WORK, CRUISE CONTROL DIDN'T WORK. OTHER INCIDENT IS ROUGH ENGINE DURING IDLE AND POWER SURGE IF GOING UP HILL*AK

CLOCKSPRING "SPRUNG" 3 YEARS AFTER MANUFACTURE BUT WAS OUT OF WARRANTY DUE TO MILEAGE HORN DIDN'T WORK, AIRBAG DIDN'T WORK, CRUISE CONTROL DIDN'T WORK. OTHER INCIDENT IS ROUGH ENGINE DURING IDLE AND POWER SURGE IF GOING UP HILL*AK

CLOCKSPRING "SPRUNG" 3 YEARS AFTER MANUFACTURE BUT WAS OUT OF WARRANTY DUE TO MILEAGE HORN DIDN'T WORK, AIRBAG DIDN'T WORK, CRUISE CONTROL DIDN'T WORK. OTHER INCIDENT IS ROUGH ENGINE DURING IDLE AND POWER SURGE IF GOING UP HILL*AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

CLOCKSPRING UNIT FAILS TO PROVIDE POWER TO AIRBAG, HORN AND CRUISE CONTROL SWITCHES IN STEERING WHEEL. THIS UNIT CAN FAIL IN AN ACCIDENT AND PREVENT AIRBAG FROM BEING DEPLOYED. DC HAS SOLD OVER 150,000 REPLACEMENT CLOCKSPRINGS AT OVER $250 A PIECE. THIS IS AN OBVIOUS MANUFACTURES DEFECT. I WAS UNABL...

CLOCKSPRING UNIT FAILS TO PROVIDE POWER TO AIRBAG, HORN AND CRUISE CONTROL SWITCHES IN STEERING WHEEL. THIS UNIT CAN FAIL IN AN ACCIDENT AND PREVENT AIRBAG FROM BEING DEPLOYED. DC HAS SOLD OVER 150,000 REPLACEMENT CLOCKSPRINGS AT OVER $250 A PIECE. THIS IS AN OBVIOUS MANUFACTURES DEFECT. I WAS UNABL...

CLOCKSPRING UNIT FAILS TO PROVIDE POWER TO AIRBAG, HORN AND CRUISE CONTROL SWITCHES IN STEERING WHEEL. THIS UNIT CAN FAIL IN AN ACCIDENT AND PREVENT AIRBAG FROM BEING DEPLOYED. DC HAS SOLD OVER 150,000 REPLACEMENT CLOCKSPRINGS AT OVER $250 A PIECE. THIS IS AN OBVIOUS MANUFACTURES DEFECT. I WAS UNABL...

AIR BAG LIGHT HAS COME ON AND STAYED ON, AND CRUISE CONTROL WILL INTREMITTENTLY NOT WORK. CONTACTED DEALER, AND THE DEALER WAS NOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING.*AK

AIR BAG LIGHT HAS COME ON AND STAYED ON, AND CRUISE CONTROL WILL INTREMITTENTLY NOT WORK. CONTACTED DEALER, AND THE DEALER WAS NOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING.*AK

AIR BAG LIGHT HAS COME ON AND STAYED ON, AND CRUISE CONTROL WILL INTREMITTENTLY NOT WORK. CONTACTED DEALER, AND THE DEALER WAS NOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING.*AK

AIRBAG LIGHT ON , HORN & CRUISE CONTROL ARE NOT WORKING

AIRBAG LIGHT ON , HORN & CRUISE CONTROL ARE NOT WORKING

AIRBAG LIGHT ON , HORN & CRUISE CONTROL ARE NOT WORKING

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

VEHICLE HAS HAD MOMENTARILY LOST POWER ASSIST NUMEROUS TIMES, THERE IS A TSB OUT ON THIS PROBLEM. DEALER HAS NOT REPAIRED VEHICLE WHILE UNDER WARRANTY.*AK

WHILE TRAVELING ON HIGHWAY AND WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING AIRBAG LIGHT WENT OFF ON DASHBOARD. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK

WE KEEP THE TIRES AT THE VEHICLE MANUFACTURER'S RECOMMENDED 35 PSI. THE AMBIENT TEMPERATURE WAS BETWEEN 75 AND 80 DEG. WE WERE TRAVELING ABOUT 30 MPH AND THE VEHICLE WAS NOT HEAVILY LOADED. WE DID NOT HIT ANY OBJECT IN THE ROAD NOR ANY POTHOLE. THERE WAS NO WARNING SUCH AS VIBRATION IN THE REAR ...

STRUT TOWER IS NOT WORKING PROPERLY. STRUTS WILL ONLY LAST ANOTHER YEAR DUE TO RUST. CONTACTED DEALER , AND DEALER IS NOT WILLING TO DO ANTHING. *AK

THERE IS A MOANING SOUND, MOSTLY WHEN MAKING TURNS. DEALER SAID POWER STEERING LINES ARE VIBRATING.*AK

CONSUMER STATES VEHICLE HAS AN EMERGENCY BRAKE PROBLEM, WHEN ONE THINKS THE EMERGENCY BRAKES ARE HOLDING THEY ARE REALLY WEARING AWAY THE SHOES, AND THERE IS SUDDEN AND UNWANTED JAMMING OF THE BRAKE LINKAGE, CONSUMER STATED A SERVICE BULLETIN WAS ISSUED, HOWEVER THERE NEEDS TO BE A RECALL.*JB

EMERGENCY BRAKE INTERMITTENTLY DISENGAGES. THE VAN ALMOST RAN ME OVER WHEN THE BRAKE DISENGAGED WHILE I WAS WINCHING THE BOAT ON THE TRAILER, VERY DANGEROUS DESIGN!!!*AK

CLOCK SPRING ASSEMBLY OPEN CIRCUIT FAILURE DISABLES DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG AND TRIGGERS OPEN CIRCUIT SENSOR, ENABLING AIRBAG INDICATOR LIGHT.*AK

AIRBAG LIGHT HAS COME ON. DEALER STATED THAT CLOCKSPRING ASSEMBLY NEEDS TO BE REPLACED.*AK THE CLOCK SPRING WAS THE DEFECTIVE PART IN THE ASSEMBLY. *JG

ENGINE CHECK LIGHT HAS COME ON,.VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN EXAMINED BY DEALER.*AK

THE POWER STEERING/POWER BRAKES HAVE BEEN LOCKING/FAILING INTERMITTENTLY FOR THE PAST YEAR. TOOK THE CAR TO THE SHOP IN JULY OF 2001 AND WAS TOLD THE STEERING WHEEL PROBLEM WAS DUE TO HUMIDITY AND LOOSE BELTS AND THE WEATHER WOULD IMPROVE THE PERFORMANCE. NOTICED THAT WHEN THE STEERING LOCKED, I...

THE POWER STEERING/POWER BRAKES HAVE BEEN LOCKING/FAILING INTERMITTENTLY FOR THE PAST YEAR. TOOK THE CAR TO THE SHOP IN JULY OF 2001 AND WAS TOLD THE STEERING WHEEL PROBLEM WAS DUE TO HUMIDITY AND LOOSE BELTS AND THE WEATHER WOULD IMPROVE THE PERFORMANCE. NOTICED THAT WHEN THE STEERING LOCKED, I...

THE HORN AND CRUISE CONTROL ARE NOT FUNCTIONING, AND AIRBAG LIGHT IS ON CONTINUOUSLY.

THE HORN AND CRUISE CONTROL ARE NOT FUNCTIONING, AND AIRBAG LIGHT IS ON CONTINUOUSLY.

THE HORN AND CRUISE CONTROL ARE NOT FUNCTIONING, AND AIRBAG LIGHT IS ON CONTINUOUSLY.

THE TRANSMISSION BROKE DOWN DUE TO DIFFERENTIAL PIN FAILURE AND WAS REPLACED. THE TRANSMISSION FAILED AGAIN FOR THE SAME REASON, BUT THE CONSUMER BELIEVED THE FAILURES WERE DUE TO A DEFECT IN THE VEHICLE. *YH

IN THE STATE OF PA ON 06/07/2002 WHILE TRAVELING NORTH ON ROUTE 33 HEADING TOWARDS ROUTE 80 THE NEW LEFT REAR TIRE SEPARATED FROM THE RIM WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS BEING DRIVEN THROUGH A CURVE IN THE ROAD. THE VEHICLE IMMEDIATELY SWERVED AND ROCKED VIOLENTLY BUT CONTROL WAS REGAINED WITHOUT ANY PASSENG...

THIS SHOULD BE A SAFETY RECALL! NO SAFETY DEFECT LISTED. *AK

SAFETY HAZARD IN THAT AIRBAGS WILL NOT DEPLOY IN ACCIDENT AND HORN FAILS AT ALL TIMES. *AK

SAFETY HAZARD IN THAT AIRBAGS WILL NOT DEPLOY IN ACCIDENT AND HORN FAILS AT ALL TIMES. *AK

WINDSHIELD WIPERS ACTIVATE BY THEMSELVES. NO APPARENT RHYME OR REASON. NO PATTERN.*AK

SEPERTINE BELT AND TENSIONER MAKE A CONSTANT SQUEAKING NOISE. THE BELT CAME OFF WHILE TRAVELING ON A RAINY DAY THROUGH A SMALL PUDDLE OF WATER. WHEN IT CAME OFF, I LOST POWER STEERING BUT WAS ABLE TO MUSCLE IT OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. MY WIFE WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN AS LUCKY. IT WAS REPLACED (...

AIR BAG LIGHTS HAVE COME ON, AND CONSUMER DOES NOT KNOW WHY. HE CALLED DEALER, AND WAS TOLD THEY NEEDED TO INSPECT VEHICLE.*AK

VEHICLE STALLS INTERMITTENTLY AT ANY SPEED. DEALER DOES NOT KNOW HOW TO REMEDY THE PROBLEM.*AK

AIRBAG LIGHT IS ON, HORN AND CRUISE CONTROL STOPPED WORKING. VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN INSPECTED BY DEALER.*AK

AIRBAG LIGHT IS ON, HORN AND CRUISE CONTROL STOPPED WORKING. VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN INSPECTED BY DEALER.*AK

AIRBAG LIGHT IS ON, HORN AND CRUISE CONTROL STOPPED WORKING. VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN INSPECTED BY DEALER.*AK

AIRBAG LIGHT STAYED ON AND CRUISE CONTROL STOPPED FUNCTION. DEALER REPLACED "CLOCK SPRING" ASSEMBLY TO REPAIR PROBLEM. AIRBAGS NOT WORKING IS A BIG SAFETY ISSUE.*AK

AIRBAG LIGHT STAYED ON AND CRUISE CONTROL STOPPED FUNCTION. DEALER REPLACED "CLOCK SPRING" ASSEMBLY TO REPAIR PROBLEM. AIRBAGS NOT WORKING IS A BIG SAFETY ISSUE.*AK

CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE 00V268 TO HAVE FUEL RAIL CROSSOVER TUBE O-RINGS INSPECTED. HOWEVER, WHEN ARRIVED FOR APPOINTMENT, CONSUMER IS EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH DEALERSHIP WHO CLAIMS THAT PARTS ARE ON BACK ORDER. *TT

WHILE DRIVING RPM STAYED HIGH AND WOULD NOT SHIFT GEARS. DEALER STATES TRANSMISSION NEEDED REPLACEMENT. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

WHILE VEHICLE WAS PARKED, SMOKE WAS COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT RESPONDED BUT THE ENGINE WAS BURNED BADLY, DRIVER WAS TREATED FOR SMOKE INHALATION. *YD

WHILE VEHICLE WAS PARKED, SMOKE WAS COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT RESPONDED BUT THE ENGINE WAS BURNED BADLY, DRIVER WAS TREATED FOR SMOKE INHALATION. *YD

AIR BAG LIGHT CAME ON AND WAS DIAGNOSED BY DEALER AS CLOCK SPRING FAILURE. REPAIR COST WAS 264.61. WE FEEL DEALER/MANUFATURER SHOULD PAY REPAIR COST SINCE FAILURE WAS CRITICAL SAFETY FEATURE.*AK

CONSUMER STATES HE RECIEVED A RECALL FOR THE FUEL LINE # 895. CONTACTED DEALER AND THEY STATED NO PARTS WERE AVAILABLE. NLM

CONSUMERS IS ABLE TO PUT VEHICLE IN GEAR WITHOUT PRESSING BRAKE, THIS COULD BE VERY DANGEROUS. *AK *YD

VEHICLE IS EXPERIENCING SEVERAL ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS, THE STARTER MOTOR FAILED AND WAS REPLACED, THE FRONT WINDOW WOULD NOT GO DOWN, THE PASSENGER SIDE SLIDING DOOR LOCK WILL NOT WORK FROM THE KEY CONTROL, THE WIPERS OCCASIONALLY GO ON WHEN THE DIRECTIONAL IS ACTIVATED, ALL THE BELLS AND LIGHTS CAME ...

CONSUMER STATES THAT THE RADIATOR NEEDED REPLACED. *SLC

WHILE VEHICLE IS AT IDLE, THE RPMS SHOW ANYWHERE FROM 1000 TO 3000 AND THE SPEEDOMETER READS 30 TO 40 MPH, VEHICLE WAS LURCHING BACK AND FORTH AND THE ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED, THE DEALER STATED THAT A NEW UPSTREAM OXYGEN SENSOR NEEDED TO BE INSTALLED, AFTER REPAIRS THE VEHICLE IS STILL LURCHING, ES...

AIRBAG LIGHT IS ON/ HORN DOES NOT WORK, AN D CRUISE CONTROL FAILED. *AK

AIRBAG LIGHT IS ON/ HORN DOES NOT WORK, AN D CRUISE CONTROL FAILED. *AK

AIRBAG LIGHT IS ON/ HORN DOES NOT WORK, AN D CRUISE CONTROL FAILED. *AK

THE DEALER HAD REPLACED A LEAKING FUEL RAIL PRIOR TO THE RECALL. (00V-268). *YH

THE VALVE COVER GASKET FAILED AND WAS REPLACED. *YH

THE IGNITION WIRES AND SPARK PLUGS FAILED AND WERE REPLACED. *YH

THE TRANSMISSION FAILED PREMATURELY AND WAS REPLACED. *YH

VHEICLE WAS JUST PARKED WHEN CONSUMER RETURNED TO FIND SMOKE COMING FROM UNDERNEATH THE HOOD. VEHICLE WAS TOTALED CONSUMER WAS TREATED FOR SMOKE INHALATION. CONSUMER DIDN'T HAVE ANY WARNING WHILE DRIVING JUST BEFORE PARKING. DEALER WAS NOT NOTIFIED.*AK CONSUMER STATES THAT VEHICLE WAS EXPERIEN...

VHEICLE WAS JUST PARKED WHEN CONSUMER RETURNED TO FIND SMOKE COMING FROM UNDERNEATH THE HOOD. VEHICLE WAS TOTALED CONSUMER WAS TREATED FOR SMOKE INHALATION. CONSUMER DIDN'T HAVE ANY WARNING WHILE DRIVING JUST BEFORE PARKING. DEALER WAS NOT NOTIFIED.*AK CONSUMER STATES THAT VEHICLE WAS EXPERIEN...

AIRBAG LIGHT STAYS ILLUMINATED, CRUISE CONTROL OPERATES INTERMITTENTLY. *AK

AIRBAG LIGHT STAYS ILLUMINATED, CRUISE CONTROL OPERATES INTERMITTENTLY. *AK

WHILE TRAVELING STEERING WHEEL BECAME HARD TO TURN AND ENGINE OVERHEATED. VEHICLE WAS SERVICED, AND TECHNICIAN NOTICED THAT ENGINE BELTS HAD BROKEN. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

SERPENTINE BELT BROKE WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH, DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED. *AK VEHICLE NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY. *TT

AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON, AND HORN/ CRUISE CONTROL STOPPED WORKING. DEALER REPLACED CLOCKSPRING ASSEMBLY.*AK

AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON, AND HORN/ CRUISE CONTROL STOPPED WORKING. DEALER REPLACED CLOCKSPRING ASSEMBLY.*AK

AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON, AND HORN/ CRUISE CONTROL STOPPED WORKING. DEALER REPLACED CLOCKSPRING ASSEMBLY.*AK

AIRBAG LIGHT APPEARS ON DASHBOARD, AND HORN WILL NOT WORK DUE TO CLOCK SPRING FAILURE. *AK *YH

WHILE DRIVING 40MPH AND SLOWING DOWN CONSUMER'S VEHICLE REARENDED BY ANOTHER VEHICLE, CAUSING A CHAIN REACTION. UPON IMPACT, AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. REAR ANF FRONTAL IMPACT. *AK

WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH AND SLOWING DOWN, CONSUMER WAS REARENDED BY ANOTHER VEHICLE, CAUSING A CHAIN REACTION. HINGE ON DRIVER SEAT BROKE, CAUSING SEAT TO COLLAPSE AND INJURY TO TO DRIVER. REAR AND FRONTAL IMPACT. *AK *YD

WHILE BACKING UP THERE WAS A LOUD NOISE UNDER THE HOOD, THEN AT 40 MPH TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT SHIFT. DEALER DETERMINED THAT TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.*AK *YD

RECEIVED RECALL 00V268000 NOTICE AND CONTACTED DEALERSHIP. WAS INFORMED NO PARTS AVAILABLE. MANUFACTURER WAS NOT SENDING ANY PARTS, THERRE WAS A LONG WAITING LIST FOR FUEL REPAIR PARTS.*AK *TT

WHEN IT RAINS IT LEAKS INSIDE OF VEHICLE. HAD TO REMOVE CARPET BECAUSE OF ODOR. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND DEALER REPAIRED VEHICLE, BUT PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. *AK

PLEASE INVESTIGATE THE GEN-3 SEATBELT BUCKLES AND ESTABLISH THE 40MM OR MORE STRINGENT 30MM BALL TEST AS A STANDARD FOR BUCKLE SAFETY. ALSO, I THINK THAT CHRYSLER SHOULD RECALL ALL OF THE VEHICLES THAT THEY PUT THESE IN. THE GOVERNMENT NEEDS TO TAKE ACTION ON THIS, BECAUSE THERE IS NO TELLING HOW ...

THE GEN3 SEATBELTS THAT ARE IN QUITE A FEW FAMILY VEHICLES ARE KILLING PEOPLE! THEY ARE REELEASE WITH TOO LITTLE PRESURE. HOW ARE THESE BELTS SUPPOSE TO KEEP OUR CHILD SEATS SAFELY SECURE? WE NEED TO GET THE MESSAGE OUT TO ALL AND WE NEED TO GET THESE FIXED! I USE THESE BELTS EVERYDAY FOR MY TWO...

UPON SLOWING DOWN TO MAKE A TURN OR WHEN ENTERING AN INTERSECTION, VEHICLE WILL COMPLETELY SHUTDOWN. CONSUMER NOTICED THAT WHEN THIS OCCURS OIL LIGHT ILLUMINATES. *AK *SLC

VEHICLES ELECTRICAL SYSTEM HAS CONSISTENTLY AND RAPIDLY CONSUMED BATTERIES, ALL BATTERIES WERE UNABLE TO BE INSTALLED. *JG

SOON AFTER PURCHASE, THE REAR BRAKES BEGAN TO EMIT A LOUD THROBBING HUM WHEN APPLIED, BRAKES BECAME LESS RESPONSIVE, DEALER REPLACED DRUMS, ALSO THE FRONT BRAKES WERE NOISEY. *JG

THE POWER LOCKS ON THE PASSENGER SIDE SLIDING DOOR BECAME INTERMITTENTLY INOPERATIVE, HAD LOCK ASSEMBLY REPLACED. *JG

THERE WAS A STRONG THUMPING NOISE EMITTING FROM THE GAS TANK, UPON ACCELERATION OR DECELERATION, CONSTANT THUNMP BECAME TERRIBLY IRRITATING, DEALER INSTALLED A GAS TANK PAD TO DEADEN THE NOISE. *JG

VEHICLES WINDSHIELD WIPER SYSTEM MAGICALLY TURN THEMSELVES ON INFREQUENTLY BUT CONSISTENTLY, ALSO IN INTERMITENT MODE, THE WIPERS OFTEN SWIPE TWO TO FOUR TIMES BEFORE FINISHING A SINGLE CYCLE, DEALER REPLACED WIPER MOTOR. *JG

CONSUMER STATED THE WINDSHIELDS WEATHER STRIPPING FLAPS. *JG

CONSUMER STATED THE OXYGEN SENSOR PREMATURELY FAILED. *JG

CONSUMER STATED THE GLOVE COMPARTMENT HINGE FAILED. *JG

CONSUMER STATED THE AIR CONDITONING SYSTEM COMPRESSOR CLUTCH EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. *JG

CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE HAD A PREMATURELY CLOGGED FUEL FILTER. *JG

VEHICLE HAS LEAKING OIL PRESSURE. THE ENGINE CAMSHAFT FRACTURED WHILE ON A FAST AND WINDING MOUNTAINOUS ROAD. *JG

VEHICLE HAS LEAKING OIL PRESSURE. THE ENGINE CAMSHAFT FRACTURED WHILE ON A FAST AND WINDING MOUNTAINOUS ROAD. *JG

VEHICLE HAS LEAKING OIL PRESSURE. THE ENGINE CAMSHAFT FRACTURED WHILE ON A FAST AND WINDING MOUNTAINOUS ROAD. *JG

VEHICLE HAS LEAKING OIL PRESSURE. THE ENGINE CAMSHAFT FRACTURED WHILE ON A FAST AND WINDING MOUNTAINOUS ROAD. *JG

CONSUMER STATED THE STEERING TRAIN LOCKED UP AND WAS UNABLE TO TURN OR STEER VEHICLE. *JG

THE MOUNTING BOLT ATTACHING THE SERPENTINE BELT TENSIONING PULLEY HAD BROKEN ALLOWING THE BELT TO ENLODGE NEAR AN ENGINE MOUNT. *JG

THE MOUNTING BOLT ATTACHING THE SERPENTINE BELT TENSIONING PULLEY HAD BROKEN ALLOWING THE BELT TO ENLODGE NEAR AN ENGINE MOUNT. *JG

ELECTRICAL CONNECTION, CLOCKSPRING, FOR THE AIR BAG FAILED. AIRBAG, HORN, AND CRUISE CONTROL INOP.

ELECTRICAL CONNECTION, CLOCKSPRING, FOR THE AIR BAG FAILED. AIRBAG, HORN, AND CRUISE CONTROL INOP.

ELECTRICAL CONNECTION, CLOCKSPRING, FOR THE AIR BAG FAILED. AIRBAG, HORN, AND CRUISE CONTROL INOP.

THIS IS THE DESCRIPTION TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY (WITHOUT PICTURES) TO EXPLAIN THE PROBLEM. I AM FORWARDING A COPY OF THE COMPLAINT I ENLISTED WITH CENTURY/GRACO CHILDRENS PRODUCTS. THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS CONCERN IN THAT THERE IS NO WAY POSSIBLE THAT ANY OF THE CAR SEATS IN THIS CATAGORY COULD BE...

THE FRONT WINDSHIELD WIPER COMES ON WITHOUT MY INTERVENTION. SOMETIMES THIS SCARES ME SO BAD, MY HEART JUST STARTS TO RACE. I FEAR THAT ONE OF THESE TIMES IT MIGHT CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. I WISH DODGE WOULD PUT OUT A RECALL ON THIS ITEM SINCE I SAW IT MENTIONED FREQUENTLY ON YOUR WEBSITE BY OTHER DODG...

CLOCK SPRING ASSY. FAILED DUE TO MANUFACTURER DEFECT. IT CAUSES AIR BAG LIGHT TO COME ON DISABLING AIR BAG, CRUISE. *AK

CLOCK SPRING ASSY. FAILED DUE TO MANUFACTURER DEFECT. IT CAUSES AIR BAG LIGHT TO COME ON DISABLING AIR BAG, CRUISE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING CLOCK SPRING BECAME INOPERABLE, FORCING AIR BAG TO DISENGAGE, AND HORN TO BECOME INOPERABLE ALONG WITH CRUISE CONTROL. ALSO WINDSHIELD WIPERS WHEN USED AT HIGH SPEED COMPLETELY SHUTDOWN. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

WHILE DRIVING CLOCK SPRING BECAME INOPERABLE, FORCING AIR BAG TO DISENGAGE, AND HORN TO BECOME INOPERABLE ALONG WITH CRUISE CONTROL. ALSO WINDSHIELD WIPERS WHEN USED AT HIGH SPEED COMPLETELY SHUTDOWN. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

WHILE DRIVING CLOCK SPRING BECAME INOPERABLE, FORCING AIR BAG TO DISENGAGE, AND HORN TO BECOME INOPERABLE ALONG WITH CRUISE CONTROL. ALSO WINDSHIELD WIPERS WHEN USED AT HIGH SPEED COMPLETELY SHUTDOWN. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

WHILE DRIVING CLOCK SPRING BECAME INOPERABLE, FORCING AIR BAG TO DISENGAGE, AND HORN TO BECOME INOPERABLE ALONG WITH CRUISE CONTROL. ALSO WINDSHIELD WIPERS WHEN USED AT HIGH SPEED COMPLETELY SHUTDOWN. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS TURN ON WHEN NOT SELECTED, AND IS VERY DISTRACTING, AND HAS ALMOST RESULTED IN SEVERAL ACCIDENTS. SOME OF MY FRIENDS WHICH ALSO OWN CARAVAN/VOYAGER HAVE HAS THE SAME PROBLEM AND HAVE HAD THE SWITCH REPLACED NUMEROUS TIMES TO NO AVAIL. I THINK DODGE NEEDS TO REDISGN THE SWITCH...

THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS TURN ON WHEN NOT SELECTED, AND IS VERY DISTRACTING, AND HAS ALMOST RESULTED IN SEVERAL ACCIDENTS. SOME OF MY FRIENDS WHICH ALSO OWN CARAVAN/VOYAGER HAVE HAS THE SAME PROBLEM AND HAVE HAD THE SWITCH REPLACED NUMEROUS TIMES TO NO AVAIL. I THINK DODGE NEEDS TO REDISGN THE SWITCH...

AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED, THE HORN FAILS TO FUNCTION, AND THE CRUISE CONTROL SYSTEM IS INOPERABLE. DEALERSHIP HAS NOT EXAMINED VEHICLE TO DETERMINE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. *AK POSSIBLE CLOCKSPRING FAILURE. *JB

AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED, THE HORN FAILS TO FUNCTION, AND THE CRUISE CONTROL SYSTEM IS INOPERABLE. DEALERSHIP HAS NOT EXAMINED VEHICLE TO DETERMINE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. *AK POSSIBLE CLOCKSPRING FAILURE. *JB

AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED, THE HORN FAILS TO FUNCTION, AND THE CRUISE CONTROL SYSTEM IS INOPERABLE. DEALERSHIP HAS NOT EXAMINED VEHICLE TO DETERMINE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. *AK POSSIBLE CLOCKSPRING FAILURE. *JB

WHILE DRIVING, CONSUMER SMELLED SMOKE COMING FROM THE ENGINE, WHEN ARRIVING HOME THERE WAS A FIRE DETECTED, CLAIM 42-1396-385. *SLC

WHILE DRIVING, POWER STEERING FAILED, CONSUMER PULLED OVER AND SAW SMOKE COMING FROM VEHICLE, CLAIM 25-5411-610. *SLC

VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE WHILE BEING DRIVEN, THE FIRE ORIGINATED IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT, CLAIM 20-5392-910. *SLC

WIRING HARNESS FIRE AT BATTERY AND UNDER HOOD FUSE BLOCK, CLAIM 20-5416-549. *SLC

THERE WAS A WIRE THAT SHORTED AND CAUSED A FIRE, CLAIM 15-3062-363. *SLC

CONSUMER WENT INTO THE STORE AND WHEN COMING OUT, SHE SAW THE FIRE DEPARTMENT PUTTING OUT A FIRE FROM HER VEHICLE, THE FIRE OCCURRED IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT, CLAIM 55-S384-563. *SLC

CONSUMER STARTED VEHICLE AND HEARD LOUD NOISES, SMOKE WAS COMING FROM THE FRONT SO THE CONSUMER ATTEMPTED TO SHUT VEHICLE OFF, HOWEVER IT KEPT RUNNING, FIRE DEPARTMENT PUT OUT FIRE AND PULLED THE BATTERY CABLES, CLAIM 05-4650-711. *SLC

VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE, THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE BATTERY AND IT IGNITED IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT, THE FIRE WAS CONTAINED TO THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT ONLY, CLAIM 15-3030-879. *SLC

WHILE DRIVING, CONSUMER COULD SMELL SMOKE, PULLED OVER AND SMOKE AND FLAMES STARTED COMING OUT OF THE HOOD, FIRE ORIGINATED FROM A LEAKY POWER STEERING LINE AT THE REAR OF THE POWER STEERING PUMP, CLAIM 05-4462-943. *SLC

CONSUMER STARTED TO SMELL BURNING WIRES, THE BATTERY WAS SITTING ON TWO WIRES OF WIRING HARNESS AND CAUSED WIRES TO SHORT OUT, CLAIM 13-7061-575. *SLC

VEHICLE HAS EXPERIENCED 2 FIRES, THE FIRST FIRE HAPPENED LAST YEAR AND WAS COVERED UNDER THE VEHICLE WARRANTY, CLAIM 16-N100-392. *SLC

VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE WHILE BEING DRIVEN, THE FIRE ORIGINATED IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT, CLAIM 20-5392-910. *SLC

VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE, THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE BATTERY AND IT IGNITED IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT, THE FIRE WAS CONTAINED TO THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT ONLY, CLAIM 15-3030-879. *SLC

WHILE DRIVING, CONSUMER SMELLED SMOKE COMING FROM THE ENGINE, WHEN ARRIVING HOME THERE WAS A FIRE DETECTED, CLAIM 42-1396-385. *SLC

WHILE DRIVING, POWER STEERING FAILED, CONSUMER PULLED OVER AND SAW SMOKE COMING FROM VEHICLE, CLAIM 25-5411-610. *SLC

WIRING HARNESS FIRE AT BATTERY AND UNDER HOOD FUSE BLOCK, CLAIM 20-5416-549. *SLC

THERE WAS A WIRE THAT SHORTED AND CAUSED A FIRE, CLAIM 15-3062-363. *SLC

CONSUMER WENT INTO THE STORE AND WHEN COMING OUT, SHE SAW THE FIRE DEPARTMENT PUTTING OUT A FIRE FROM HER VEHICLE, THE FIRE OCCURRED IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT, CLAIM 55-S384-563. *SLC

CONSUMER STARTED VEHICLE AND HEARD LOUD NOISES, SMOKE WAS COMING FROM THE FRONT SO THE CONSUMER ATTEMPTED TO SHUT VEHICLE OFF, HOWEVER IT KEPT RUNNING, FIRE DEPARTMENT PUT OUT FIRE AND PULLED THE BATTERY CABLES, CLAIM 05-4650-711. *SLC

WHILE DRIVING, CONSUMER COULD SMELL SMOKE, PULLED OVER AND SMOKE AND FLAMES STARTED COMING OUT OF THE HOOD, FIRE ORIGINATED FROM A LEAKY POWER STEERING LINE AT THE REAR OF THE POWER STEERING PUMP, CLAIM 05-4462-943. *SLC

CONSUMER STARTED TO SMELL BURNING WIRES, THE BATTERY WAS SITTING ON TWO WIRES OF WIRING HARNESS AND CAUSED WIRES TO SHORT OUT, CLAIM 13-7061-575. *SLC

VEHICLE HAS EXPERIENCED 2 FIRES, THE FIRST FIRE HAPPENED LAST YEAR AND WAS COVERED UNDER THE VEHICLE WARRANTY, CLAIM 16-N100-392. *SLC

WHILE TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 15 MPH, VEHICLE "BOTTOMED-OUT" WHILE TRAVELING UP A DRIVEWAY. WHEN THIS OCCURRED, BOTH FRONTAL AIR BAGS IN VEHICLE DEPLOYED UNEXPECTEDLY. DEALERSHIP HAS REPLACED BOTH FRONTAL AIR BAGS, AND AIR BAG SENSORS. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION / DOCUMENTATION.*...

HAVE DISCOVERED MANY PEOPLE WITH SAME CLOCKSPRING FAILURE. RESULTS IN LOSS OF HORN, CRUISE CONTROL, AND AIR BAG LIGHT REMAINING LIT AT ALL TIMES.*AK

HAVE DISCOVERED MANY PEOPLE WITH SAME CLOCKSPRING FAILURE. RESULTS IN LOSS OF HORN, CRUISE CONTROL, AND AIR BAG LIGHT REMAINING LIT AT ALL TIMES.*AK

HAVE DISCOVERED MANY PEOPLE WITH SAME CLOCKSPRING FAILURE. RESULTS IN LOSS OF HORN, CRUISE CONTROL, AND AIR BAG LIGHT REMAINING LIT AT ALL TIMES.*AK

THIS VEHICLE IS EXPERIENCING SAME PROBLEM AS MENTIONED IN RECALL 00-V-268-00. BUT VEHICLE IS NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL DUE TO VIN. VEHICLE LEAKED OUT ALMOST INSTANTLY 28 GALLONS OF FUEL. CONTACTED DEALER, AND THE DEALER WAS TAKING A LOOK AT THE PROBLEM.*AK

WHILE TIGHTENING A CAR SEAT IN REAR OF A BENT SEAT DRIVER'S SIDE RESTRAINT BELT SLIPPED DOWN BETWEEN SEAT. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS CONCERNING THIS MATTER.*AK

CONSUMER STATES THAT THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS COME ON INTERMITTENTLY, THE SWITCH WAS REPLACED ONCE AT CONSUMERS COST, HOWEVER WIPERS CONTINUE TO COME ON WHILE MAKING TURNS, IN COLD WEATHER, AND OCCASIONALLY IN THE SUMMER FOR NO REASON, POSSIBLE WIPER MOTOR FAILURE. *SLC

CONSUMER STATES THAT THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS COME ON INTERMITTENTLY, THE SWITCH WAS REPLACED ONCE AT CONSUMERS COST, HOWEVER WIPERS CONTINUE TO COME ON WHILE MAKING TURNS, IN COLD WEATHER, AND OCCASIONALLY IN THE SUMMER FOR NO REASON, POSSIBLE WIPER MOTOR FAILURE. *SLC

THE AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT ON THE DASH HAS BEEN ACTIVATED. THE HORN AND SPEED CONTROL ARE ALSO INOPERABLE WHICH OCCURRED ABOUT THE SAME TIME THE AIRBAG LIGHT WENT ON. ALSO, THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS ACTIVATE OCCASIONALLY EVEN THOUGH THE SWITCH IS IN THE OFF POSITION. THE OUTSIDE MIRRORS ALSO MOVE WHEN THE...

THE AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT ON THE DASH HAS BEEN ACTIVATED. THE HORN AND SPEED CONTROL ARE ALSO INOPERABLE WHICH OCCURRED ABOUT THE SAME TIME THE AIRBAG LIGHT WENT ON. ALSO, THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS ACTIVATE OCCASIONALLY EVEN THOUGH THE SWITCH IS IN THE OFF POSITION. THE OUTSIDE MIRRORS ALSO MOVE WHEN THE...

THE AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT ON THE DASH HAS BEEN ACTIVATED. THE HORN AND SPEED CONTROL ARE ALSO INOPERABLE WHICH OCCURRED ABOUT THE SAME TIME THE AIRBAG LIGHT WENT ON. ALSO, THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS ACTIVATE OCCASIONALLY EVEN THOUGH THE SWITCH IS IN THE OFF POSITION. THE OUTSIDE MIRRORS ALSO MOVE WHEN THE...

THE AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT ON THE DASH HAS BEEN ACTIVATED. THE HORN AND SPEED CONTROL ARE ALSO INOPERABLE WHICH OCCURRED ABOUT THE SAME TIME THE AIRBAG LIGHT WENT ON. ALSO, THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS ACTIVATE OCCASIONALLY EVEN THOUGH THE SWITCH IS IN THE OFF POSITION. THE OUTSIDE MIRRORS ALSO MOVE WHEN THE...

THE AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT ON THE DASH HAS BEEN ACTIVATED. THE HORN AND SPEED CONTROL ARE ALSO INOPERABLE WHICH OCCURRED ABOUT THE SAME TIME THE AIRBAG LIGHT WENT ON. ALSO, THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS ACTIVATE OCCASIONALLY EVEN THOUGH THE SWITCH IS IN THE OFF POSITION. THE OUTSIDE MIRRORS ALSO MOVE WHEN THE...

THE AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT ON THE DASH HAS BEEN ACTIVATED. THE HORN AND SPEED CONTROL ARE ALSO INOPERABLE WHICH OCCURRED ABOUT THE SAME TIME THE AIRBAG LIGHT WENT ON. ALSO, THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS ACTIVATE OCCASIONALLY EVEN THOUGH THE SWITCH IS IN THE OFF POSITION. THE OUTSIDE MIRRORS ALSO MOVE WHEN THE...

WHILE DRIVING TO SUPER MARKET THERE WAS SOME NOISE COMING FROM VEHICLE. THEN, AFTER PARKING VEHICLE AND GETTING BACK IN, AND TRYING TO PUT VEHICLE INTO REVERSE, VEHICLE WOULD NOT MOVE. *AK

THE LIFT GATE BOLT BROKE OFF ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE. THE GATE CRASHED DOWN ON THE BACK OF MY NECK AND BACK. THIS COULD HAVE SERIOUSLY INJURED MY FIVE YEAR OLD IF HE WERE THERE. IT COULD HAVE SERIOUSLY INJURED ANYONE FOR THAT MATTER. PLEASE CHECK INTO THIS MATTER. TWO OTHER PEOPLE I SPOKE WITH HAVE H...

VEHICLE WAS PARKED/ ENGINE OFF/ EMERGENCY BRAKE NOT APPLIED, AND 2 YEAR OLD MOVED GEAR SHIFT FROM PARK TO THIRD GEAR, CAUSING VEHICLE TO ROLL AND HIT A TREE. NO INJURIES.*AK

CLOCK SPRING FAILED, DISABLING HORN, AIRBAG, AND CRUISE CONTROL. WHEN WE BROUGHT IT TO THE DEALER, WE WERE TOLD THAT IT IS A COMMON PROBLEM, BUT THAT SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS OUT OF WARRANTY WE WOULD HAVE TO PAY $250 FOR THE REPAIR. SINCE THEN, TWO OTHER FRIENDS WITH THE SAME CAR HAVE HAD THEIR CLOCK S...

CLOCK SPRING FAILED, DISABLING HORN, AIRBAG, AND CRUISE CONTROL. WHEN WE BROUGHT IT TO THE DEALER, WE WERE TOLD THAT IT IS A COMMON PROBLEM, BUT THAT SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS OUT OF WARRANTY WE WOULD HAVE TO PAY $250 FOR THE REPAIR. SINCE THEN, TWO OTHER FRIENDS WITH THE SAME CAR HAVE HAD THEIR CLOCK S...

CLOCK SPRING FAILED, DISABLING HORN, AIRBAG, AND CRUISE CONTROL. WHEN WE BROUGHT IT TO THE DEALER, WE WERE TOLD THAT IT IS A COMMON PROBLEM, BUT THAT SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS OUT OF WARRANTY WE WOULD HAVE TO PAY $250 FOR THE REPAIR. SINCE THEN, TWO OTHER FRIENDS WITH THE SAME CAR HAVE HAD THEIR CLOCK S...

INSTRUMENT PANEL WILL INTERMITTENTLY FAIL, PREVENTING CONSUMER FROM READING SPEED/FUEL LEVELS AND WHAT GEAR VEHICLE IS IN. DEALERSHIP HAS EXAMINED VEHICLE AND DETERMINED THAT "BODY CONTROL MODULE" COULD POSSIBLY CAUSE THIS PROBLEM.*AK. CONSUMER STATED THE PROBLEM WAS THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER CIRCUIT...

AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON INTERMITTENTLY FOR A WEEK; HAS STAYED ON PERMANENTLY EVER SINCE OCT 8, 2001. CRUISE CONTROL NO LONGER WORKS. HORN IS STILL WORKING AS OF 10/21/01.

AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON INTERMITTENTLY FOR A WEEK; HAS STAYED ON PERMANENTLY EVER SINCE OCT 8, 2001. CRUISE CONTROL NO LONGER WORKS. HORN IS STILL WORKING AS OF 10/21/01.

AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON INTERMITTENTLY FOR A WEEK; HAS STAYED ON PERMANENTLY EVER SINCE OCT 8, 2001. CRUISE CONTROL NO LONGER WORKS. HORN IS STILL WORKING AS OF 10/21/01.

WHILE TRAVELING NOTICED AIR BAG INDIACTOR LIGHT WAS ON INTERMITTENTLY SOON AFTER, RADIO CAME ON AND BEEN REPLACED. ALSO, SPEEDODOMETER GAVE WRONG READING. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED, AND REPLACED BATTERY. HAS BEEN REPLACE 6 TIMES. DEALER COULD NOT DUPLICATE PROBLEM. *AK

WHILE TRAVELING NOTICED AIR BAG INDIACTOR LIGHT WAS ON INTERMITTENTLY SOON AFTER, RADIO CAME ON AND BEEN REPLACED. ALSO, SPEEDODOMETER GAVE WRONG READING. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED, AND REPLACED BATTERY. HAS BEEN REPLACE 6 TIMES. DEALER COULD NOT DUPLICATE PROBLEM. *AK

WHILE TRAVELING NOTICED AIR BAG INDIACTOR LIGHT WAS ON INTERMITTENTLY SOON AFTER, RADIO CAME ON AND BEEN REPLACED. ALSO, SPEEDODOMETER GAVE WRONG READING. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED, AND REPLACED BATTERY. HAS BEEN REPLACE 6 TIMES. DEALER COULD NOT DUPLICATE PROBLEM. *AK

WHILE DRIVING, VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT, CLAIM 20-5392-910. *SLC

WHILE DRIVING, VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT, CLAIM 20-5392-910. *SLC

WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 70 MPH TRANSMISSION LOST POWER AND CONSUMER MANAGED TO DRIVE OFF THE ROAD. THEN, TOWED VEHICLE TO A SHOP, WHERE THEY COULD NOT DETERMINE WHAT HAD CAUSED THE PROBLEM. CONTACTED MANUFACTURER. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFOMATION.*AK

WIRING HARNESS AT BATTERY AND UNDER HOOD FUSE BLOCK CAUSED FIRE, CLAIM 20-5416-549. *SLC

WIRING HARNESS AT BATTERY AND UNDER HOOD FUSE BLOCK CAUSED FIRE, CLAIM 20-5416-549. *SLC

AIRBAG, CRUISE CONTROL AND HORN WERE INOPERABLE CAUSING A SAFETY ISSUE. *AK

AIRBAG, CRUISE CONTROL AND HORN WERE INOPERABLE CAUSING A SAFETY ISSUE. *AK

AIRBAG, CRUISE CONTROL AND HORN WERE INOPERABLE CAUSING A SAFETY ISSUE. *AK

ENGINE STARTED TO HAVE A LOUD SQUEEKING SOUND ON START-UP & SQUEEK CONTINUED AFTER BUT NOT AS LOUD. BRAKES NOTED TO HAVE A LONGER BRAKING TIME WHEN TRAVELLING AT 50 MPH. *AK

ENGINE STARTED TO HAVE A LOUD SQUEEKING SOUND ON START-UP & SQUEEK CONTINUED AFTER BUT NOT AS LOUD. BRAKES NOTED TO HAVE A LONGER BRAKING TIME WHEN TRAVELLING AT 50 MPH. *AK

WINDSHIELD WIPERS COME ON INVOLUNTARILY WHEN VHEICLE MAKES TURNS OR HITS BUMPS. DEFECTIVE WINDSHSHIELD WIPER SWITCH WAS REPLACE IN 2000. WINDSHIELD WIPERS ARE DISTRACTING WHEN THEY ARE NOT NEEDED. PROBLEM STILL EXISTS.*AK

WHILE TRAVELING 45MPH AIR BAG LIGHT FLASHED ON/OFF UNTIL IT REMAINED CONTINOUSLY ON. PROBLEM EFFECTED HORN USAGE AND CRUISE CONTROL. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP, AND WAS INFORMED BY MECHANIC THAT CLOCK SPRING NEEDED TO BE REPLACED DUE TO BEING BROKEN. *AK

WHILE TRAVELING 45MPH AIR BAG LIGHT FLASHED ON/OFF UNTIL IT REMAINED CONTINOUSLY ON. PROBLEM EFFECTED HORN USAGE AND CRUISE CONTROL. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP, AND WAS INFORMED BY MECHANIC THAT CLOCK SPRING NEEDED TO BE REPLACED DUE TO BEING BROKEN. *AK

WHILE TRAVELING 45MPH AIR BAG LIGHT FLASHED ON/OFF UNTIL IT REMAINED CONTINOUSLY ON. PROBLEM EFFECTED HORN USAGE AND CRUISE CONTROL. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP, AND WAS INFORMED BY MECHANIC THAT CLOCK SPRING NEEDED TO BE REPLACED DUE TO BEING BROKEN. *AK

WHILE DRIVING CONSUMER COULD SMELL SMOKE, WHEN ARRIVING HOME, A FIRE WAS DETECTED IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT, CLAIM 42-1396-385. *SLC

WHILE DRIVING CONSUMER COULD SMELL SMOKE, WHEN ARRIVING HOME, A FIRE WAS DETECTED IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT, CLAIM 42-1396-385. *SLC

AIRBAG LIGHT INTERMITTENTLY COMES ON AND OFF. CRUISE CONTROL OFF SWITCH DOESN'T DISENGAGE VEHICLE, ONLY IF BRAKES ARE APPLIED CRUISE CONTROL SHUTS OFF. STEERING WHEEL MAKES A SQUEAKY NOISE, BUT DOESN'T SEEM TO AFFECT CONSUMER'S STEERING ABILITY. DEALER ADVISED CONSUMER TO BRING VEHICLE IN TO...

AIRBAG LIGHT INTERMITTENTLY COMES ON AND OFF. CRUISE CONTROL OFF SWITCH DOESN'T DISENGAGE VEHICLE, ONLY IF BRAKES ARE APPLIED CRUISE CONTROL SHUTS OFF. STEERING WHEEL MAKES A SQUEAKY NOISE, BUT DOESN'T SEEM TO AFFECT CONSUMER'S STEERING ABILITY. DEALER ADVISED CONSUMER TO BRING VEHICLE IN TO...

TRANSMISSION SHELLED OUT. THIS SHOULD NEVER HAPPEN WITH NORMAL USE AND CARE.*AK

AIR BAG LIGHTON. CLOCKSPRING WAS BAD.*AK

CRUISE CONTROL IN-OP. CLOCKSPRING WAS BAD. *AK

CRUISE CONTROL IN-OP. CLOCKSPRING WAS BAD. *AK

HORN DOESN'T WORK. CLOCKSPRING WAS BAD.*AK

HORN DOESN'T WORK. CLOCKSPRING WAS BAD.*AK

TRANSMISSION SHELLED OUT. THIS SHOULD NEVER HAPPEN WITH NORMAL USE AND CARE.*AK

AIR BAG LIGHTON. CLOCKSPRING WAS BAD.*AK

CRUISE CONTROL IN-OP. CLOCKSPRING WAS BAD. *AK

CRUISE CONTROL IN-OP. CLOCKSPRING WAS BAD. *AK

HORN DOESN'T WORK. CLOCKSPRING WAS BAD.*AK

HORN DOESN'T WORK. CLOCKSPRING WAS BAD.*AK

VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT, CLAIM 55-S384-563. *SLC

VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT, CLAIM 55-S384-563. *SLC

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

AIR BAG LIGHT WOULD COME ON/OFF WHILE CRUISE CONTROL FAILED TO OPERATE PROPERLY. DEALERSHIP EXAMINED VEHICLE AND DETERMINED THAT CLOCK SPRING NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK *SLC

AIR BAG LIGHT WOULD COME ON/OFF WHILE CRUISE CONTROL FAILED TO OPERATE PROPERLY. DEALERSHIP EXAMINED VEHICLE AND DETERMINED THAT CLOCK SPRING NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK *SLC

WITH THE CAR PARKED AND ENGINE TURNED OFF, I WAS UNABLE TO REMOVE MY CHILD FROM THE INTEGRATED CHILD SAFETY SEAT OF MY DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. THE STRAPS ARE SUPPOSED TO PULL FORWARD FREELY, WHICH THEN LOOSENS THEM ENABLING THE STRAPS TO SLIP OVER THE CHILDS HEAD. AFTER SEVERAL TRIES, I WAS UNABLE TO...

WHILE IN DRIVEWAY VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED TO 30-40 MPH IN A SHORT DISTANCE WITH FOOT STILL ON BRAKE, CAUSING VEHICLE TO CRASH INTO A TREE. PRIOR TO INCIDENT CONSUMER SMELLED WIRES BURNING. *AK

WHILE IN DRIVEWAY VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED TO 30-40 MPH IN A SHORT DISTANCE WITH FOOT STILL ON BRAKE, CAUSING VEHICLE TO CRASH INTO A TREE. PRIOR TO INCIDENT CONSUMER SMELLED WIRES BURNING. *AK

SERVICE DETERMINED THAT CLOCKSPRING NEEDED REPLACEMENT CAUSING AIR BAG LIGHT TO STAY ON. I SAW SHOW ON FOX 5 THAT SAID THIS MAY BE A MANUFACTURER'S DEFECT SUBJECT TO RECALL. *AK

THE AIRBAG LIGHT IS ON AND THE HORN DOES NOT WORK. *AK

THE AIRBAG LIGHT IS ON AND THE HORN DOES NOT WORK. *AK

AIR BAG LIGHT COMING ON INTERMITTANTLY DURING TURNS AND BRAKING. TOOK TO A DODGE DEALER WHERE THEY FOUND AN OPEN CLOCKSPRING CIRCUIT. THEY REPLACED THE CLOCKSPRING. I CHECKED THE NHTSA WEBSIGHT AND FOUND AN ODI ACTION FOR THE IDENTICAL PROBLEM ON AN IDENTICAL VEHICLE. THERE WAS ALSO A RECENT CON...

OUR HORN DOES NOT WORK ANYMORE AND AIR BAG LIGHT HAS BEEN ON FOR OVER A YEAR.*AK

OUR HORN DOES NOT WORK ANYMORE AND AIR BAG LIGHT HAS BEEN ON FOR OVER A YEAR.*AK

WINDSHIELD WIPERS BEGAN TURNING ON WHEN LEFT SIGNAL SWITCHED ON; NOW COME ON OFTEN FOR NO REASON, AND NEED TO BE MANUALLY SHUT OFF; AND WHERE EVER THE BLADES ARE WHEN SWITCHED OFF IS WHERE THEY STAY. VERY DISTRACTING AND HUGE ANNOYANCE. INTERMEDIATE FEATURE NO LONGER WORKS. *AK

CONSUMER STARTED VEHICLE AND HEARD A LOUD NOISE, SMOKE STARTED COMING OUT FROM THE FRONT, CONSUMER TURNED OFF ENGINE, BUT IT KEPT ON RUNNING, CONSUMER CALLED FIRE DEPARTMENT, CLAIM 05-4650-711. *SLC

CONSUMER STARTED VEHICLE AND HEARD A LOUD NOISE, SMOKE STARTED COMING OUT FROM THE FRONT, CONSUMER TURNED OFF ENGINE, BUT IT KEPT ON RUNNING, CONSUMER CALLED FIRE DEPARTMENT, CLAIM 05-4650-711. *SLC

AIR BAG LIGHT ON, NO HORN, HAUNTED WIPERS WORK WITHOUT ACTIVATION

AIR BAG LIGHT ON, NO HORN, HAUNTED WIPERS WORK WITHOUT ACTIVATION

THESE TIRES WERE REPLACED AS PART OF A RECALL IN APPROXIMATELY 1998. THE THREAD ON THIS TIRE HAS VIRTUALLY NO WEAR. THERE IS PROBABLY ABOUT 12-15,000 MILES ON THESE TIRES. MY SON AND I WERE DRIVNG DOWN THE HIGHWAY WHEN THE TIRE COMPLETELY BLEW OUT, NEARLY CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. I HATE TO THINK WHA...

WHEN USING THIS BOOSTER SEAT IN MY VAN, WHEN MY CHILD LEANS FORWARD, THE SEATBELT, WHEN PUT THROUGHT THE SEAT BELT GUIDES ON THE BOOSTER SEAT, BECOMES LOOSE AND SLACK. WHEN MY CHILD SITS BACK THE SEAT BELT GETS CAUGHT UP ON THE SEAT BELT GUIDE, AND THE SEAT BELT JUST HANGS LOOSE- THIS WOULD DEFINAT...

WHILE DRIVING THROUGH A CONSTRUCTION ZONE ON HOT DAY NOTICED BURNING RUBBER SMELL. STARTED DOWN A HILL AND NOTICED BRAKES DID NOT SEEM TO WORK. PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR. TRIED PARKING BRAKE. CAR WAS STEERED INTO ABANDON GAS STATION TO AVOID COLLISION. HAD TO PUT INTO PARK TO STOP VEHICLE. GOODYEAR EMPLO...

ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS SINCE WE'VE OWNED THIS VEHICLE THE FRONT WINDSHIELD WIPERS SPONTANEOUSLY ACTIVATE, MAKE TWO OR THREE PASSES ACROSS THE WINDSHIELD, THEN RETURN TO THE STOWED POSITION AND STOP. SOMETIMES THE ACTIVATION IS NOTED IN CONJUNCTION WITH STARTING THE VEHICLE, ACTIVATING THE TURN SIGNAL...

WE NOTICED SOME WOBBLE IN THE FRONT END WHILE DRIVING DURING THE WEEK, BUT ATTRIBUTED THAT TO A PREVIOUSLY REPLACED REAR BUMPER AND NEED FOR REALLIGNMENT DUE TO THAT ACCIDENT. WHEN WE STOPPED FOR GAS ON 6/30/01 WE NOTICED THAT THE PASSENGER FRONT TIRE WAS VERY LOW. WE FILLED IT WITH AIR AND DROVE ...

BOLTS WHICH HOLD PULLEY TENSIONER HAVE BROKEN TWICE WITHIN TWO YEARS. FIRST BOLT WAS REPLACED BY AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP, AND THE SECOND BOLT WAS REPLACED BY A DEALER. PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION ON THIS MATTER. *AK

THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION SHIFTS ERRATICALLY/ LATE, TSB 21-07-98 WAS ISSUED BUT THE DEALER REFUSED TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE BECAUSE THE MILEAGE WAS BEYOND WARRANTY, THE CONSUMER BELIEVES THAT SINCE THE SHIFTING PROBLEM OCCURED PRIOR TO WARRANTY EXPIRATION THAT REPAIRS SHOULD BE COVERED UNDER TSB. NLM

I RECEIVED THE FAILED CLOCKSPRING ASSEMBLY AND CAN PROVIDE IT TO NTSA. I UNDERSTAND THIS ITEM IS CURRENTLY UNDER INVESTIGATION, BUT WANTED TO FURTHER VALIDATE THIS PROBLEM WITH A COMPLAINT. *AK

WHILE PUMPING FUEL INTO VEHICLE SLIDING DOOR HAS CAME BACK AND BROKE FUEL COVER DOOR,KNOCKING HANDLE OUT OF TANK, AND OUT OF CONSUMER'S HAND. SOME OF THE FUEL SPILLED ONTO CONSUMER. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED, AND UNWILLING TO ASSIST. PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

WHILE PUMPING FUEL INTO VEHICLE SLIDING DOOR HAS CAME BACK AND BROKE FUEL COVER DOOR,KNOCKING HANDLE OUT OF TANK, AND OUT OF CONSUMER'S HAND. SOME OF THE FUEL SPILLED ONTO CONSUMER. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED, AND UNWILLING TO ASSIST. PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON DASHBOARD AND HORN IS INOPERABLE. CONSUMER HAS NOT TAKEN VEHICLE TO DEALER. *AK POSSIBLE CLOCKSPRING FAILURE. *SLC

AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON DASHBOARD AND HORN IS INOPERABLE. CONSUMER HAS NOT TAKEN VEHICLE TO DEALER. *AK POSSIBLE CLOCKSPRING FAILURE. *SLC

WINDSHIELD WIPERS COME ON INTERMITTENTLY WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING AND WITHOUT MANUALLY TURNING WINDSHIELD WIPERS ON. CONSUMER HAS YET TO CONTACT DEALER. *AK *SLC

WINDSHIELD WIPERS COME ON INTERMITTENTLY WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING AND WITHOUT MANUALLY TURNING WINDSHIELD WIPERS ON. CONSUMER HAS YET TO CONTACT DEALER. *AK *SLC

AIRBAG LIGHT HAS COME ON, VEHICLE NOT TAKEN TO DEALER YET. *AK

AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON. TOOK TO BOB DANCE DODGE. SERVICE EMPLOYEE STATED THAT IT WAS ABOUT THE RIGHT MILEAGE FOR THIS PROBLEM TO OCCUR. I ASKED SERVICE DEPT MANAGER TO COMPENSATE ME FOR THIS SINCE IT THIS PART FAILURE WAS WELL KNOW TO OCCUR. HE REFUSED. I ASKED FOR THE REPAIR TO BE PRO-RATED AND ...

AIR BAG LIGHT WOULD COME ON AND REMAIN ONCE VEHICLE HAS BEEN STARTED. HORN ALSO FAILED TO WORK WHEN THIS HAPPENED. *AK

AIR BAG LIGHT WOULD COME ON AND REMAIN ONCE VEHICLE HAS BEEN STARTED. HORN ALSO FAILED TO WORK WHEN THIS HAPPENED. *AK

FUEL IS LEAKING FROM THE FUEL RAIL WHEN THE ENGINE IS RUNNING. THE DRIPPING FUEL LANDS ON THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD OF THE ENGINE. *AK

SERPENTINE BELT HAS BEEN DESTROYED 3 TIMES AND COME COMPLETELY OFF TWICE WHILE TRAVELING 65 MILES PER HOUR ON THE FREEWAY. THE RESULT HAS BEEN A LOSS OF POWER STEERING, THE ALTERNATOR LIGHT ACTIVATED, AND IS A SAFETY HAZARD. I WAS TOLD THE PROBLEM WAS THE FAILURE OF THE MANUFACTURE TO INCLUDE CER...

CLOCKSPRING ASSEMBLY FAILURE (AIRBAG LIGHT; NO HORN; NO CRUISE CONTROL). *AK

CLOCKSPRING ASSEMBLY FAILURE (AIRBAG LIGHT; NO HORN; NO CRUISE CONTROL). *AK

CLOCKSPRING ASSEMBLY FAILURE (AIRBAG LIGHT; NO HORN; NO CRUISE CONTROL). *AK

WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY HEARD A WHIRING NOISE. THEN, POWER STEERING WENT OUT, CONSUMER COULD NOT TURN WHEEL WITH OUT EXCESSIVE FORCE. *AK CONSUMER STATES NO PRIOR INDICATION OF A PROBLEM, NO LEAKS OF FLUID, WHICH IS CHECKED EVERY 3000 MILES, MECHANIC ADVISED CONSUMER THAT CABLES OR LINES WERE RU...

AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON - CRUISE CONTROL, HORN INOP, CLOCKSPRING IS BROKEN, COMMON PROBLEMS. *AK

AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON - CRUISE CONTROL, HORN INOP, CLOCKSPRING IS BROKEN, COMMON PROBLEMS. *AK

AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON - CRUISE CONTROL, HORN INOP, CLOCKSPRING IS BROKEN, COMMON PROBLEMS. *AK

A WIRE SHORTED OUT AND CAUSED A FIRE IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT, CLAIM 15-3062-363. *SLC

A WIRE SHORTED OUT AND CAUSED A FIRE IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT, CLAIM 15-3062-363. *SLC

WHILE TRAVELING HEARD A GRINDING NOISE. IT GOT WORISE WHEN BACKING OUT . DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

TWICE DURING OUR OWNERSHIP THE FRONT BRAKE PADS HAVE CRUMBLED AND COMPLETELY FAILED EARLY IN THEIR USEFUL LIVES CAUSING THE ROTORS TO BE BADLY ROUTED. THE FIRST TIME IT HAPPENED THE DEALER HID THE FACT THAT THE PADS FAILED COMPLETELY AND STUCK US FOR THE ENTIRE BRAKE JOB, THE SECOND TIME I WALKED I...

FRONT BRAKE PADS CRUMBLED/FAILED CAUSED ROTORS TO BE ROUTED/RUINED AT 46K MILES AND AT 63K MILES, SHOULD HAVE BEEN LOTS OF PAD LEFT, FAILURE LEAD TO EXPENSIVE REPAIRS INCL ROTOR REPLACEMENT,, COULD HAVE LEAD TO DEATH/DISABILITIES, DEALER HIDING PART FAILURE THROUGH NON-DISCLOSURE, ALSO CLOCK SPRING ...

FRONT WINDSHIELD WIPERS TURN ON RANDOMLY. ALWAYS STARTLES THE DRIVER OF THE VEHICLE. ATTENTION IS DISTRACTED FOR A FEW SECONDS EVERY OCCURRENCE.*AK

CLOCK SPRING FAILED CAUSING THE AIRBAG LIGHT TO REMAIN LIT AND THE HORN WILL NOT WORK WHICH IS A SAFETY ISSUE. DEALER REFUSED TO REPAIR UNDER THE EXTENDED SERVICE CONTRACT AND REPAIRS EXCEEDED $200. *AK

CLOCK SPRING FAILED CAUSING THE AIRBAG LIGHT TO REMAIN LIT AND THE HORN WILL NOT WORK WHICH IS A SAFETY ISSUE. DEALER REFUSED TO REPAIR UNDER THE EXTENDED SERVICE CONTRACT AND REPAIRS EXCEEDED $200. *AK

TRANSMISSION HAS FAILED CONSTANTLY. PRIOR TO FAILURE CONSUMER HAD NUMEROUS PROBLEMS WITH TRANSMISSION. CAUSE UNKNOWN. DEALER TOLD CONSUMER AT ONLY 70,000 THAT TRANSMISSION WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED OR REBUILT.*AK

CONSUMER STATES ROCKER ARM SUPPORT BROKE. *JB

WHILE STOPPING ANOTHER VEHICLE HIT CONSUMER FROM BEHIND, CAUSING CONSUMER TO RUN INTO VEHICLE IN FRONT. THEN, CONSUMER RAN INTO A FENCE. PASSENGER'S SIDE AIR BAG DEPLOYED, BUT DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY.*AK DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT CAME LOOSE AND HUNG DRIVER BY LEFT ARM. DRIVER'S SEAT B...

WHILE STOPPING ANOTHER VEHICLE HIT CONSUMER FROM BEHIND, CAUSING CONSUMER TO RUN INTO VEHICLE IN FRONT. THEN, CONSUMER RAN INTO A FENCE. PASSENGER'S SIDE AIR BAG DEPLOYED, BUT DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY.*AK DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT CAME LOOSE AND HUNG DRIVER BY LEFT ARM. DRIVER'S SEAT B...

WHILE STOPPING ANOTHER VEHICLE HIT CONSUMER FROM BEHIND, CAUSING CONSUMER TO RUN INTO VEHICLE IN FRONT. THEN, CONSUMER RAN INTO A FENCE. PASSENGER'S SIDE AIR BAG DEPLOYED, BUT DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY.*AK DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT CAME LOOSE AND HUNG DRIVER BY LEFT ARM. DRIVER'S SEAT B...

WHILE STOPPING ANOTHER VEHICLE HIT CONSUMER FROM BEHIND, CAUSING CONSUMER TO RUN INTO VEHICLE IN FRONT. THEN, CONSUMER RAN INTO A FENCE. PASSENGER'S SIDE AIR BAG DEPLOYED, BUT DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY.*AK DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT CAME LOOSE AND HUNG DRIVER BY LEFT ARM. DRIVER'S SEAT B...

WHILE STOPPING ANOTHER VEHICLE HIT CONSUMER FROM BEHIND, CAUSING CONSUMER TO RUN INTO VEHICLE IN FRONT. THEN, CONSUMER RAN INTO A FENCE. PASSENGER'S SIDE AIR BAG DEPLOYED, BUT DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY.*AK DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT CAME LOOSE AND HUNG DRIVER BY LEFT ARM. DRIVER'S SEAT B...

WHILE STOPPING ANOTHER VEHICLE HIT CONSUMER FROM BEHIND, CAUSING CONSUMER TO RUN INTO VEHICLE IN FRONT. THEN, CONSUMER RAN INTO A FENCE. PASSENGER'S SIDE AIR BAG DEPLOYED, BUT DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY.*AK DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT CAME LOOSE AND HUNG DRIVER BY LEFT ARM. DRIVER'S SEAT B...

AIR BAG LIGHT CAME ON AND STAYED ON. ALSO, HORN AND CRUISE CONTROL DID NOT FUNCTION PROPERLY. DEALERSHIP INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THERE WAS NO RECALL FOR THIS, AND HAD NOT ASSISTED CONSUMER. *AK THE CONSUMER FEELS VERY UNSAFE DRIVING THIS VEHICLE. *YH

AIR BAG LIGHT CAME ON AND STAYED ON. ALSO, HORN AND CRUISE CONTROL DID NOT FUNCTION PROPERLY. DEALERSHIP INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THERE WAS NO RECALL FOR THIS, AND HAD NOT ASSISTED CONSUMER. *AK THE CONSUMER FEELS VERY UNSAFE DRIVING THIS VEHICLE. *YH

AIR BAG LIGHT CAME ON AND STAYED ON. ALSO, HORN AND CRUISE CONTROL DID NOT FUNCTION PROPERLY. DEALERSHIP INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THERE WAS NO RECALL FOR THIS, AND HAD NOT ASSISTED CONSUMER. *AK THE CONSUMER FEELS VERY UNSAFE DRIVING THIS VEHICLE. *YH

WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH CONSUMER APPLIED BRAKES, PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR, BRAKES FAILED. CONSUMER REARENDED VEHICLE, $ 3500 DAMAGE. CONSUMER NOTICED A BURNING SMELL RIGHT BEFORE ACCIDENT.*AK *SLC

WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH CONSUMER APPLIED BRAKES, PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR, BRAKES FAILED. CONSUMER REARENDED VEHICLE, $ 3500 DAMAGE. CONSUMER NOTICED A BURNING SMELL RIGHT BEFORE ACCIDENT.*AK *SLC

LIFTGATE BOLT BROKE OFF RIGHT HAND SIDE WHILE BEING CLOSED. TOOK TODEALERSHIP, AND INFORMED CONSUMER NO RECALLS, BUT PROBLEM WAS REPAIRABLE.*AK

THE TRANSMISSION FAILURE OCCURRED WITHOUT WARNING. I WAS PICKING UP MY KIDS FROM SCHOOL WHEN THE CAR WOULD NOT ACCELRATE AFTER STOPPING FOR A TRAFFIC SIGNAL. THE CAR WAS BROUGHT TO A DODGE DEALER AND I WAS TOLD A NEW TRANSMISSION WAS NEEDED. I HAD THE RECOMMENDED ROUTINE MAINTENANCE DONE ON THE CAR....

WHILE TRAVELING AIR BAG INDICATION LIGHT WOULD STAY ON. ALSO, HORN DID NOT NOT WORK. *AK CONSUMER ALSO STATES CRUISE CONTROL DOES NOT WORK AS WELL, CONSUMER WAS ADVISED BY DEALERSHIP THE AIR BAG PROBABLY NEEDS TO BE RELOADED AND THE ESTIMATED COST WOULD BE $400-$500. *JB

WHILE TRAVELING AIR BAG INDICATION LIGHT WOULD STAY ON. ALSO, HORN DID NOT NOT WORK. *AK CONSUMER ALSO STATES CRUISE CONTROL DOES NOT WORK AS WELL, CONSUMER WAS ADVISED BY DEALERSHIP THE AIR BAG PROBABLY NEEDS TO BE RELOADED AND THE ESTIMATED COST WOULD BE $400-$500. *JB

WHILE TRAVELING AIR BAG INDICATION LIGHT WOULD STAY ON. ALSO, HORN DID NOT NOT WORK. *AK CONSUMER ALSO STATES CRUISE CONTROL DOES NOT WORK AS WELL, CONSUMER WAS ADVISED BY DEALERSHIP THE AIR BAG PROBABLY NEEDS TO BE RELOADED AND THE ESTIMATED COST WOULD BE $400-$500. *JB

BEGINNING ABOUT THREE WEEKS AGO, THE AIRBAG LIGHT WOULD BE INTERMITTANTLY ILLUMINATED. WHEN IT WAS ON, THE HORN AND CRUISE CONTROL WOULD NOT WORK. WHEN IT WAS OFF, THE SYSTEMS SEEMED TO WORK FINE. NOW, THE AIRBAG LIGHT IS OFF ALL OF THE TIME AND ALL OF THE SYSTEMS ARE FAILING TO WORK. ADDITIONA...

REPAIRED BY DEALER "CLOCK SPRING" $217.80 NOT COVERED BY WARR. COMMON PROBLEM PER DEALER. *AK

REPAIRED BY DEALER "CLOCK SPRING" $217.80 NOT COVERED BY WARR. COMMON PROBLEM PER DEALER. *AK

WINDSHIELD WIPERS COME ON WITHOUT WARNING WHEN MAKING A TURN OR WHEN THE VEHICLE HITS A BUMP.*AK

BELT TENSIONER HAD TO BE REPLACED 18 MONTHS AGO BY DEALERSHIP. THEN, THREE MONTHS AGO, BELT TENSIONER CAME OFF AGAIN, THIS DEFECT WAS REPAIRED BY DEALERSHIP AGAIN. *AK *YH

HEARD A NOISE WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 5 MPH. THEN, POWER STEERING WENT OUT. PULLED OVER, AND HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO DEALER. SERPENTINE BELT HAD TOO MUCH TENSION AND BROKE. *AK

HEARD A NOISE WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 5 MPH. THEN, POWER STEERING WENT OUT. PULLED OVER, AND HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO DEALER. SERPENTINE BELT HAD TOO MUCH TENSION AND BROKE. *AK

PASSENGER'S AND DRIVER'S DOOR WELDS THAT HOLD THE HINGES ARE BREAKING. REPLACED THEM ONCE, CURRENTLY BROKEN AGAIN. *AK

TRANSMISSION FAILED AT 42K + MILES. CHRYSLER HAS A WELL-DOCUMENTED HISTORY OF TRANSMISSION FAILURES. ALTHOUGH WE DID NOT HAVE AN ACCIDENT DUE TO TRANSMISSION FAILURE, THAT CERTAINLY WAS A POSSIBILITY. IF THE TRANSMISSION FAILED DURING ACCELERATION (HIGH LOAD) ONTO A HIGHWAY OR PULLING OUT OF AN I...

VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION . UPON IMPACT, AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, CAUSING MINOR INJURIES. SINCE INCIDENT, SRS LIGHT STAYED ILLUMINATED WHILE DRIVING, AND HORN ASSEMBLY/ CRUISE CONTROL BECAME INOPERABLE.*AK *SLC

VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION . UPON IMPACT, AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, CAUSING MINOR INJURIES. SINCE INCIDENT, SRS LIGHT STAYED ILLUMINATED WHILE DRIVING, AND HORN ASSEMBLY/ CRUISE CONTROL BECAME INOPERABLE.*AK *SLC

VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION . UPON IMPACT, AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, CAUSING MINOR INJURIES. SINCE INCIDENT, SRS LIGHT STAYED ILLUMINATED WHILE DRIVING, AND HORN ASSEMBLY/ CRUISE CONTROL BECAME INOPERABLE.*AK *SLC

AFTER STARTING VEHICLE, AIR BAG LIGHT STAYED ON. WOULD GO OFF AND ON BY ITSELF. PROBLEM WAS CONSISTENT. VEHICLE AT DEALERSHIP, INFORMED BY MECHANIC THAT AIR BAG WILL NOT DEPLOY IF LIGHT WAS ON. RAN A DIAGNOSTIC CHECK AND NOTHING WAS FOUND.*AK THE CONSUMER WANTS AN OFF SWITCH FOR THE AIR BAG OR HAVE...

AIR BAG LIGHT STAYS ILLUMINATED WHILE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION. ALSO, HORN ASSEMBLY AND CRUISE CONTROL ARE INOPERABLE.*AK THE CONSUMER HAD TRADED THE VEHICLE. *YH

AIR BAG LIGHT STAYS ILLUMINATED WHILE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION. ALSO, HORN ASSEMBLY AND CRUISE CONTROL ARE INOPERABLE.*AK THE CONSUMER HAD TRADED THE VEHICLE. *YH

AIR BAG LIGHT STAYS ILLUMINATED WHILE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION. ALSO, HORN ASSEMBLY AND CRUISE CONTROL ARE INOPERABLE.*AK THE CONSUMER HAD TRADED THE VEHICLE. *YH

STEERING WHEEL DOES NOT LOCK WHEN MOTOR IS SHUT OFF AND IN PARK. ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, WHEN TRYING TO START THE ENGINE, I TURN THE KEY AND NOTHING HAPPENS. THE LIGHTS AND RADIO DO NOT WORK. EVENTUALLY, IT WILL START AND THE CLOCK HAS RESET TO 12:00 AND RADIO POWER IS OFF. THIS HAS HAPPENED ON AT ...

STEERING WHEEL DOES NOT LOCK WHEN MOTOR IS SHUT OFF AND IN PARK. ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, WHEN TRYING TO START THE ENGINE, I TURN THE KEY AND NOTHING HAPPENS. THE LIGHTS AND RADIO DO NOT WORK. EVENTUALLY, IT WILL START AND THE CLOCK HAS RESET TO 12:00 AND RADIO POWER IS OFF. THIS HAS HAPPENED ON AT ...

STEERING WHEEL DOES NOT LOCK WHEN MOTOR IS SHUT OFF AND IN PARK. ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, WHEN TRYING TO START THE ENGINE, I TURN THE KEY AND NOTHING HAPPENS. THE LIGHTS AND RADIO DO NOT WORK. EVENTUALLY, IT WILL START AND THE CLOCK HAS RESET TO 12:00 AND RADIO POWER IS OFF. THIS HAS HAPPENED ON AT ...

I FOUND OUT OF A POTENTIAL PROBLEM FROM MSNBC'S ARTICLE. I BROUGHT IN MY VAN AND THEY TOLD ME IT WAS BAD AND IT WOULD COST ROUGHLY $250 TO GET IT FIXED. HAD WE BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT, THE AIR BAG WOULD NOT HAVE DEPLOYED AND WE COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED. MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THIS IS A LARGE SCALE PR...

CLOCK SPRING FAILED WHILE VEHICLE WAS BEING DRIVEN, CAUSED LOSS OF AIR BAG, HORN, AND CRUISE CONTROLL. CLOCK SPRING FAILED WHERE THE MANUFACTURE PLACED A PLASTIC STRIP ON THE SPRING CABLE THAT PUT A SEVERE BEND IN CABLE CAUSING IT TO BREAK THE CIRCUIT AND LOOSE THE VITAL SAFETY FUNCTIONS OF THE ...

CLOCK SPRING FAILED WHILE VEHICLE WAS BEING DRIVEN, CAUSED LOSS OF AIR BAG, HORN, AND CRUISE CONTROLL. CLOCK SPRING FAILED WHERE THE MANUFACTURE PLACED A PLASTIC STRIP ON THE SPRING CABLE THAT PUT A SEVERE BEND IN CABLE CAUSING IT TO BREAK THE CIRCUIT AND LOOSE THE VITAL SAFETY FUNCTIONS OF THE ...

CLOCK SPRING FAILED WHILE VEHICLE WAS BEING DRIVEN, CAUSED LOSS OF AIR BAG, HORN, AND CRUISE CONTROLL. CLOCK SPRING FAILED WHERE THE MANUFACTURE PLACED A PLASTIC STRIP ON THE SPRING CABLE THAT PUT A SEVERE BEND IN CABLE CAUSING IT TO BREAK THE CIRCUIT AND LOOSE THE VITAL SAFETY FUNCTIONS OF THE ...

AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT WENT ON IN APPROXIMATELY MARCH 2000. TWO DEALERS SAID THAT THERE WAS NO REAL PROBLEM AND TO IGNORE IT. THE THIRD DEALER CORRECTLY IDENTIFIED THE PROBLEM AS A MALFUNTIONING CLOCKSPRING MECHANISM AND FINALLY REPLACED IT 3/22/01. THEY STATED THAT THERE WAS NO RECALL AND THE COST...

AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON,.TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER WHO STATED CLOCK SPRING ASSEMLY HAD TO BE REPLACED. *AK

MY AIR BAG LIGHT WILL NOT GO OFF, I HAVE NO HORN, AND I HAVE NO CRUISE CONTROL... WHEN I CONTACTED DODGE DEALER, THEY SAID IT WOULD COST APPROX. $100.00 TO PUT ON ANALYSIS, AND SEE WHAT THE PROBLEM IS... THEN I READ THIS ARTICLE LAST NIGHT, STATING 164 PEOPLE HAVE COMPLAINED ABOUT THE SAME PROBLEM....

MY AIR BAG LIGHT WILL NOT GO OFF, I HAVE NO HORN, AND I HAVE NO CRUISE CONTROL... WHEN I CONTACTED DODGE DEALER, THEY SAID IT WOULD COST APPROX. $100.00 TO PUT ON ANALYSIS, AND SEE WHAT THE PROBLEM IS... THEN I READ THIS ARTICLE LAST NIGHT, STATING 164 PEOPLE HAVE COMPLAINED ABOUT THE SAME PROBLEM....

MY AIR BAG LIGHT WILL NOT GO OFF, I HAVE NO HORN, AND I HAVE NO CRUISE CONTROL... WHEN I CONTACTED DODGE DEALER, THEY SAID IT WOULD COST APPROX. $100.00 TO PUT ON ANALYSIS, AND SEE WHAT THE PROBLEM IS... THEN I READ THIS ARTICLE LAST NIGHT, STATING 164 PEOPLE HAVE COMPLAINED ABOUT THE SAME PROBLEM....

WHILE DRIVING CRUISE CONTROL WOULD SHUT OFF, AND SOMETIMES HORN WOULD NOT WORK, AIRBAG LIGHT WOULD COME ON. CONSUMER TOOK TO DEALER AND THEY SAID IT WAS THE CLOCK SPRING. SO THEY REPLACED IT. *AK

WHILE DRIVING CRUISE CONTROL WOULD SHUT OFF, AND SOMETIMES HORN WOULD NOT WORK, AIRBAG LIGHT WOULD COME ON. CONSUMER TOOK TO DEALER AND THEY SAID IT WAS THE CLOCK SPRING. SO THEY REPLACED IT. *AK

WHILE DRIVING CRUISE CONTROL WOULD SHUT OFF, AND SOMETIMES HORN WOULD NOT WORK, AIRBAG LIGHT WOULD COME ON. CONSUMER TOOK TO DEALER AND THEY SAID IT WAS THE CLOCK SPRING. SO THEY REPLACED IT. *AK

AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON AND CRUISE CONTROL STOPPED WORKING, DEALER FOUND CLOCK SPRING ASSEMBLY HAD TO BE REPLACED. *AK *YH

AIR BAG LIGHT CAME ON AND MANUFACTURER REPLACED CLOCK SPRING ASSEMBLY. *AK *NLM **DIMSII IVOQ ENTRY POSTED AFTER 12/12/02 CUT-OVER TO ARTEMIS*742726

Mileage: 59,500

LOWER STRUT MOUNTING BOLT SNAPPED CAUSING VEHICLE TO BE UNDRIVABLE. *SLC

AIRBAGS SENSOR LIGHT STAYS ILLUMINATED WHILE DRIVING. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED.*AK

THERE ARE APPARENTLY NO SAFETY INTERLOCKS TO PREVENT VAN FROM BEING PLACED IN GEAR. THIS ALLOWED MY 5 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER TO PLACE THE CAR IN GEAR WITHOUT THE ENGINE RUNNING. THE VAN ROLLED DOWN THE DRIVEWAY, PINNING MY 9 YEAR OLD SON BENEATH THE REAR AXLE. FORTUNETLY, HE WAS NOT SERIOUSLY INJURED, TH...

WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY, VAN STARTED SHAKING, TURNED OUT TO BE THE DISTRIBUTOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED (NOT THE CAP). *AK

TRANSMISSION FAILED REPLACED, NO GEER SHIFT LOCK RESULTING IN TODDLER BEING ABLE TO CHANGE GEERS RESULTING IN CRASH. *AK

I HAVE BEEN TOLD OF MANY OTHER CARAVAN TRANSMISSIONS THAT ARE FAILING WITHIN 70000 TO 80000 FILE RANGE. MY EXTENDED WARRANY EXPIRED AT 75000 AND CHRYSLER IS NOT ASSISTING IN PAYMENT OF REPLACEMENT TRANSMISSION. THIS REQUIRES FULL REPLACEMENT OF TRANSMISSION THOUGH I HAVE DONE ALL WARRANTY WORK AT 75...

RIGHT SIDE SHOULDER HARNESS OF INTEGRAL CHILD SEAT SUDDENLY STOPPED WORKING AND WOULD NOT RETRACT PROPERLY. BROUGHT IMMEDIATELY TO DODGE DEALER, WHO TOOK OFF THE BACK OF THE SEAT TO SEE IF THE PROBLEM WAS SOMETHING SIMPLE LIKE A TWISTED SEAT BELT. I WAS TOLD IT WAS NOT RETRACTING PROPERLY WHICH HA...

ONGOING PROBLEM WITH ENGINE STALLING INTERMITTENTLY WHILE DRIVING;.VEHICLE BEEN IN / OUT OF DEALER SHOP ON EIGHT OCCASIONS, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THEY ARE UNABLE TO DUPLICATE PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS ON THIS MATTER. *AK

WHILE TRAVELING NOTICED SMOKING COMING FROM ENGINE, VEHICLE WAS ON FIRE CONSUMER PUT FIRE OUT WITH WATER HOSE. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED THIS WAS 2ND TIME VEHICLE WAS ON FIRE. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

VEHICLE STALLED OUT AND DIED DUE TO A LOOSE BOLT IN TRANSMISSION. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

CONSUMER HEARD A TICKING SOUND COMING FROM THE ENGINE, DEALER FOUND THE RIGHT BACK REAR ROCKER ARM SUPPORT BROKEN. *SLC

INTEGRATED CAR SEAT CHEST HARNESS DOESN'T RESTRAIN, TIGHT UP AGAINST CHEST. WARRANTY DOESN'T COVER AFTER 36,000. CONSUMER HAS TO COVER COST.*AK

CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 25MPH ,HEARD A MUFFLED EXPLOSION WHICH WAS CAUSED BY TRANSMISSION THAT HAD LOCKED UP, RESULTING IN VEHICLE STALLING ON RAILROAD TRACK. THERE WAS NO INDICTATION OR PRIOR WARNING OF FAILURE. *AK

TODAY I HAD A FLAT TIRE, WHICH IS REALLY NOT A BIG DEAL. I TOOK THE CAR TO A TIRE DEALERSHIP TO HAVE IT REPAIRED. IMAGINE MY SURPRISE WHEN I THEY SHOWED ME THAT 3 OUT OF 4 OF MY TIRES (WITH ONLY 11,000 MILES ON THEM) WERE SEPARATED NEAR THE INSIDE RIM OF THE WHEEL! IF IT WASN'T FOR THE NAIL THAT ...

FRONT GOODYEAR EAGLE LS TIRES EXPERIENCED BLOWOUTS, FIRST INCIDENT WAS A SIDEWALL FAILURE, SECOND WAS TREAD SEPARATION, TIRE SIZE P215/65R16. *SLC

FRONT GOODYEAR EAGLE LS TIRES EXPERIENCED BLOWOUTS, FIRST INCIDENT WAS A SIDEWALL FAILURE, SECOND WAS TREAD SEPARATION, TIRE SIZE P215/65R16. *SLC

FRONT BRAKE ROTORS WERE PITTED AND CAUSED EXCESSIVE WEAR ON BRAKE PADS. *SLC

THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED AND UPON BEING STARTED WAS AT IDLE FOR ABOUT 5-10 SECONDS WHEN THE ENGINE FAILED AND IT WOULDN'T START. DIAGNOSIS SHOWED THAT CAMSHAFT BROKE IN HALF (NOT WORN DOWN) BENDING THREE VALVES IN THE PROCESS. LUCKILY THE VEHICLE WAS NOT MOBILE AT THE TIME OF THIS ENGINE FAILURE.*A...

WHILE DRIVING AND MAKING A LEFT BOTH AIR BAGS DEPLOYED WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING. CONSUMER SAID THAT THIS HAPPENED WITHOUT HITTING ANYTHING, THEY JUST DEPLOYED.*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

VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE, FIRE CONTAINED TO ENGINE COMPARTMENT ONLY, APPARENTY THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE BATTERY AND IT IGNITED THE ENGINE, CLAIM 15-3030-879. *SLC

VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE, FIRE CONTAINED TO ENGINE COMPARTMENT ONLY, APPARENTY THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE BATTERY AND IT IGNITED THE ENGINE, CLAIM 15-3030-879. *SLC

ROTORS ARE PREMATURELY WORE OUT,PITTED BEYOND REPAIR. *AK

PROBLEM WITH AIR BAG LIGHT BLINKING ON/OFF INTERMITTENTLY. DEALER NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT VEHICLE WAS NOT COVERED UNDER MANUFACTURER'S RECALL DUE TO VIN. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS ON THIS MATTER. *AK

WHILE CONSUMER PULLED INTO A SCHOOL DRIVEWAY TO LET OUT HIS CHILD, FUEL TANK COMPLETLY DROPPED OFF UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE. DEALER NOTIFIED, AND REPAIRS BEING MADE AT CONSUMER'S COST. *AK

AIR BAG LIGHT IS ILLUMINATING ON THE DASH. ALSO, THE HORN IS INOPERABLE AND CRUISE CONTROL FAILED TO WORK, DUE TO A MALFUNCTION IN A CLOCK SPRING IN THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. CONSUMER HAS YET TO CONTACT THE DEALER. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

AIR BAG LIGHT IS ILLUMINATING ON THE DASH. ALSO, THE HORN IS INOPERABLE AND CRUISE CONTROL FAILED TO WORK, DUE TO A MALFUNCTION IN A CLOCK SPRING IN THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. CONSUMER HAS YET TO CONTACT THE DEALER. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

AIR BAG LIGHT IS ILLUMINATING ON THE DASH. ALSO, THE HORN IS INOPERABLE AND CRUISE CONTROL FAILED TO WORK, DUE TO A MALFUNCTION IN A CLOCK SPRING IN THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. CONSUMER HAS YET TO CONTACT THE DEALER. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

AIR BAG LIGHT IS ILLUMINATING ON THE DASH. ALSO, THE HORN IS INOPERABLE AND CRUISE CONTROL FAILED TO WORK, DUE TO A MALFUNCTION IN A CLOCK SPRING IN THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. CONSUMER HAS YET TO CONTACT THE DEALER. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

THIS IS THE SECOND VEHICLE THAT HAS HAD A BLOW OUT WITH THE BRIDGESTONE TURANZA P215/65 R15 95T. I CALLED A LOCAL BRIDGESTONE-FIRESTONE DEALER AND ALL THEY SAID WAS THAT IT WASN'T ON THE LIST. THE FIRST VEHICLE WAS A 1997 DODGE INTREPID VIN 2B3HD46T8VH508561 AND IT HAD THE PASSENGER FRONT TIRE BLOW....

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY RATE OF SPEED VEHICLE WILL COMPLETELY SHUTDOWN WITHOUT WARNING DUE TO A MALFUNCTION WITHIN THE TORQUE CONVERTER. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

AT 60 MILES PER HOUR ON THE HIGHWAY, WE NOTICE BURNING SMELL FROM OUTSIDE, AND NEARBY DRIVERS WAVE AND YELL THAT REAR END IS ON FIRE, WHEN ATTEMPTING TO SLOW DOWN THE BRAKE PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR, AN I PROCEDDED THROUGH A RED LIGHT IN A BUSY INTERSECTION-MILES FROM HOME. RIGHT REAR BRAKE WAS NOT ON...

CATASTROPHIC FAILURE OF DRIVEBELT TENSIONER CAUSED INSTANT LOSS OF CONTROL OF VEHICLE BY FAILURE TO DRIVE EITHER POWER STEERING OR THE ALTERNATOR. THIS CAUSED INSTANT AND TOTAL LOSS OF HYDRAULIC POWER TO THE STEERING AND LOSS OF ELECTRICAL POWER TO THE LIGHTS. THE ELECTRICAL POWER DID COME BACK UP B...

MAJOR PROBLEMS FOLLOWED MONTHS AFTER ENGINE REPLACED. WHILE TRAVELLING ON MAJOR HIGHWAYS, SUDDENLY ENGINE SPUTTERS, LOSES POWER, STALLS. THIS HAS HAPPENED TOO FREQUENTLY - ON DANGEROUS HIGHWAYS - RT. 1 IN FLORIDA KEYS, RTS. 20 AND 26 IN NC AND SC. ALSO OCCURRED IN VERY DANGEROUS INTERSECTIONS IN ...

TRANSMISSION IS LOCKED UP. VEHICLE WOULD NOT EVEN ROLL WHEN PLACED INTO NEUTRAL. VEHICLE TOWED TO DEALER. SERVICE DEPARTMENT STATED THE TRANSMISSION DIFFERENTIAL CAME APART CAUSING THE TRANY TO BECOME LOCKED UP. TRANSMISSION WOULDN'T MOVE IN ANY GEAR AND IT WOULD MAKE A GRINDING NOISE WHEN THE V...

TRANSMISSION IS LOCKED UP. VEHICLE WOULD NOT EVEN ROLL WHEN PLACED INTO NEUTRAL. VEHICLE TOWED TO DEALER. SERVICE DEPARTMENT STATED THE TRANSMISSION DIFFERENTIAL CAME APART CAUSING THE TRANY TO BECOME LOCKED UP. TRANSMISSION WOULDN'T MOVE IN ANY GEAR AND IT WOULD MAKE A GRINDING NOISE WHEN THE V...

TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN (#24-06-97) INDICATES CONNECTOR 'CORROSION' PROBLEMS WHICH CAUSES FRONT HVAC BLOWER(FAN) TO NOT OPERATE ON SOME OR ALL SPEEDS EXCEPT 'HIGH'. WHILE REPLACING RESISTOR AND CONNECTOR (PER THE BULLETIN) I FOUND THEY WERE NOT ONLY RUSTED TOGETHER, BUT THE CONNECTOR WAS MELTED ...

CONSUMER WAS AT A GAS STATION WHEN VEHICLE STARTED SMELLING, WIRES MELTED, BATTERY WAS SITTING ON TWO WIRES OF WIRING HARNESS AND CAUSED WIRES TO SHORT OUT, CLAIM 13-7061-575. *SLC

CONSUMER WAS AT A GAS STATION WHEN VEHICLE STARTED SMELLING, WIRES MELTED, BATTERY WAS SITTING ON TWO WIRES OF WIRING HARNESS AND CAUSED WIRES TO SHORT OUT, CLAIM 13-7061-575. *SLC

INADEQUATE FORWARD VISIBILTY, RESULTED IN REAR END COLLISION AT NIGHT ON HIGHWAY IN FLORIDA.*AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOV EVEHICLE. *AK

SERPENTINE BELT TENSIONER BOLT SHEERED OFF AT MOUNT. METAL WAS STRESSED CAUSING BOLT TO BREAK OFF. ASSUME DEFECTIVE BOLT (HAVE ASSEMBLY FOR FURTHER EXANINATION IF NEEDED).POWER STEERING, AIR CONDITIONING, ENGINE WATER PUMP ETC ETC CEASED TO FUNCTION BECAUSE BELT CAME OFF ALL POWER ACCESSORIES. ENGIN...

WINDSHIELD WIPERS WILL COME ON ATLEAST 3 TIMES IN THE DISTANCE OF 1 MILE. PROBLEM HAS EXISITED SINCE 1999 BUT HAS GOTTEN STEADILY WORSE. SEEMS TO BE SENSITIVE TO VIBRATION ON THE TURN SIGNAL. PROBLEM HAS OCCURED WITH VEHICLE IDLING IN DRIVEWAY. *AK

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD WHEN I HEARD A LOUD POP AND NOT MORE THAN TEN SECONDS LATER I LOST ALL POWER STEERING. I BARELY MANAGED TO STEER MY VAN INTO A PARKING LOT ON MY RIGHT. OURISMAN DODGE DEALERSHIP IN VIRGINIA STATES THAT THE SERPENTINE BELT TENSIONER WAS BROKEN AND SERPENTINE BELT BORKEN....

OEM PART WORN WHILE IN CONTACT WITH COMPRESSOR; CREATING LEAK OF REFRIGERANT. COST OF PART 75$ PLUS NEW REFRIGERANT AND LABOR (ROUGHLY 300$). REPLACEMENT PART FROM OEM MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN REDESIGNED TO PREVENT RUBBING AGAINST COMPRESSOR. DODGE (DAIMLER-CHRYSLER) HAS BEEN AWARE OF THE PROBLEM (A...

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD WHEN I HEARD A LOUD POP AND NOT MORE THAN TEN SECONDS LATER I LOST ALL POWER STEERING. I BARELY MANAGED TO STEER MY VAN INTO A PARKING LOT ON MY RIGHT. OURISMAN DODGE DEALERSHIP IN VIRGINIA STATES THAT THE SERPENTINE BELT TENSIONER WAS BROKEN AND SERPENTINE BELT BORKEN....

OEM PART WORN WHILE IN CONTACT WITH COMPRESSOR; CREATING LEAK OF REFRIGERANT. COST OF PART 75$ PLUS NEW REFRIGERANT AND LABOR (ROUGHLY 300$). REPLACEMENT PART FROM OEM MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN REDESIGNED TO PREVENT RUBBING AGAINST COMPRESSOR. DODGE (DAIMLER-CHRYSLER) HAS BEEN AWARE OF THE PROBLEM (A...

PREMATURE WEAR OF BRAKE ROTORS. WHEN BRAKES WERE APPLIED BRAKES THEY WOULD GRIND. DEALER HAS REPLACED THE ROTORS. *AK

MY VEHICLE WAS STRUCK FROM BEHIND WHILE STOPPED. THREE SEATS TWISTED FROM THE FORCE. THE DRIVER'S SEAT BACK(MY SEAT) SNAPPED BACKWARDS CAUSING MY 5 YR. OLD DAUGHTER (WHO WAS SITTING BEHIND ME) TO STRIKE HER FACE, HEAD AND JAW CAUSING INJURY. THE SEAT IS A POWER SEAT AND ALLTHOUGH IT SNAPPED BAC...

FAILURE HAS OCCURRED TWICE WITHIN TWO MONTHS. VEHICLE IS UNDRIVEABLE DUE TO OVERHEATING. THIS STRANDED FAMILY WITH SMALL CHILDREN BOTH TIMES. *AK

1)CLOCK SPRING ASSY. FAILED DUE TO MANUFACTURER DEFECT. IT CAUSES AIR BAG LIGHT TO COME ON DISABLING AIR BAG, CRUISE AND HORN ALSO WONT WORK. I HAVE A DIGITAL PICTURE OF THE FAILED PART IF YOU WOULD LIKE IT. 2) BELT TENSIONER JUST BROKE OFF WHILE DRIVING IN TRAFFIC CAUSING NO POWRER STEERING AND VER...

1)CLOCK SPRING ASSY. FAILED DUE TO MANUFACTURER DEFECT. IT CAUSES AIR BAG LIGHT TO COME ON DISABLING AIR BAG, CRUISE AND HORN ALSO WONT WORK. I HAVE A DIGITAL PICTURE OF THE FAILED PART IF YOU WOULD LIKE IT. 2) BELT TENSIONER JUST BROKE OFF WHILE DRIVING IN TRAFFIC CAUSING NO POWRER STEERING AND VER...

1)CLOCK SPRING ASSY. FAILED DUE TO MANUFACTURER DEFECT. IT CAUSES AIR BAG LIGHT TO COME ON DISABLING AIR BAG, CRUISE AND HORN ALSO WONT WORK. I HAVE A DIGITAL PICTURE OF THE FAILED PART IF YOU WOULD LIKE IT. 2) BELT TENSIONER JUST BROKE OFF WHILE DRIVING IN TRAFFIC CAUSING NO POWRER STEERING AND VER...

THE VEHICLE STALLS WHILE DRIVING, VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO THE DEALER BUT THEY ARE UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. NLM

AFTER EXTENSIVE RESEARCH I HAVE DETERMINED THAT THIS IS A HIGHLY COMMON PROBLEM WITH DODGE CARAVANS. WHEN THE CLOCK SPRING FAILS, THE AIRBAGS ARE PREVENTED FROM DEPLOYING IN A MAJOR ACCIDENT. IF CHRYSLER HAS INTENTIONALLY INSTALLED A FAULTY SAFETY DEVICE INTO THEIR VEHICLES, THEY SHOULD BE RESPONS...

WHEN WE TOWED OUR VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, THEY LOOKED AT IT FOR TWO DAYS AND REPORTED THAT THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH OUR VEHICLE. WE URGED THEM TO INVESTIGATE A BIT FUTHER. TWO DAYS LATER THEY FOUND TRANSMISSION FLUID TO BE CONTAMINATED AND PUMP FAILURE. COST $1200, AND THAT TOO TO REBUILD THE T...

ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO OUR 97 GRAND CARAVAN SE, 3.3L V6, 45,000 MILES DIED AT AN INTERSECTION AND WOULD NOT RESTART. WE HAD IT TOWED TO A DEALER THAT SUNDAY EVENING. ON TUESDAY I WAS TOLD THAT THE PROBLEM WAS A BLOWN HEAD GASKET ($700) AS TWO ADJACENT CLYINDERS WERE LOW ON PRESSURE. LATER THAT WEEK I W...

ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO OUR 97 GRAND CARAVAN SE, 3.3L V6, 45,000 MILES DIED AT AN INTERSECTION AND WOULD NOT RESTART. WE HAD IT TOWED TO A DEALER THAT SUNDAY EVENING. ON TUESDAY I WAS TOLD THAT THE PROBLEM WAS A BLOWN HEAD GASKET ($700) AS TWO ADJACENT CLYINDERS WERE LOW ON PRESSURE. LATER THAT WEEK I W...

WILL INTERMITTENTLY OPERATE WHEN IN "OFF" POSITION DURING DRIVING AND BRAKING CONDITIONS. FIRST NOTICED WHEN VEHICLE WAS ABOUT 2-3 MONTHS OLD. FREQUENCY IS INCREASING.*AK

CLOCK SPRING FAILED CAUSING THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT TO COME ON.*ET.

WHILE DRIVING THE POWER STEERING WENT OUT, CONSUMER PULLED OVER AND SMOKE STARTED COMING OUT, CLAIM 25-5411-610. *SLC

WHILE DRIVING THE POWER STEERING WENT OUT, CONSUMER PULLED OVER AND SMOKE STARTED COMING OUT, CLAIM 25-5411-610. *SLC

WHILE DRIVING THE POWER STEERING WENT OUT, CONSUMER PULLED OVER AND SMOKE STARTED COMING OUT, CLAIM 25-5411-610. *SLC

WHILE DRIVING THE POWER STEERING WENT OUT, CONSUMER PULLED OVER AND SMOKE STARTED COMING OUT, CLAIM 25-5411-610. *SLC

PART 4612894AC TENSIONER CAUSED THE FAILURE OF PART 4861322 BELT-DRV WITH A/C. THE FIRST OCCURRENCE, 10/98, RESULTED IN THE CAR COMING TO A DEAD HALT. HAD THIS OCCURRED A FEW MINUTES EARLIER, WHILE ON THE TOLLWAY, I WOULD NOT BE HERE TO WRITE ABOUT THIS. SINCE THEN, THE BATTERY FAILED 1/10/2000 (POS...

WHILE TRAVELING UP THE INTERSTATE EXPERIENCED SUDDEN TRANSMISION SLIPPAGE,AND ENGINE CHECK LIGHT CAME ON.AFTER MANUEVERING TO THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD I CHECKED THE TRANSMISION FLUID LEVEL WHICH WAS GOOD AND ALSO CHECKED THE DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODE(MIL CODE 45).TRIED TO START OFF AND THE TRANSISSIO...

WHILE TRAVELING UP THE INTERSTATE EXPERIENCED SUDDEN TRANSMISION SLIPPAGE,AND ENGINE CHECK LIGHT CAME ON.AFTER MANUEVERING TO THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD I CHECKED THE TRANSMISION FLUID LEVEL WHICH WAS GOOD AND ALSO CHECKED THE DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODE(MIL CODE 45).TRIED TO START OFF AND THE TRANSISSIO...

FRONT WINDSHIELD WIPERS ARE ACTIVATED WITH ALMOST EVERY LEFT TURN WHERE THE INDICATOR IS USED TO SIGNAL THE TURN. IN MOST CASES, THE WIPERS HAVE TO BE TURNED ON AND OFF BEFORE THEY WILL STOP. SITUATION IS DETERIORATING WITH TIME. *AK

REAR SEAT BELT RETRACTOR DOESN'T WORK PROPERLY. IT WON'T GIVE ANY SLACK, IT GETS TIGHTER AND TIGHTER. IF CONSUMER HAD TO GET OUT IN AN EMERGENCY IT WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE TO GET SEAT BELT UNLOOSENED. *AK

TRANSMISSION WENT INTO LIMP MODE AT 45 MPH AND THE THIRD GEAR WENT OUT. HAVE HAD NO PREVIOUS PROBLEMS WITH THE TRANSMISSION. HAVE CONTACTED BOTH THE DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURE AND THEY HAVE SAID THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO TO HELP WITH PAYING FOR THE REPAIR. THEY SITE THE VAN IS PASS THE WARRANT...

ENGINE COOLING FAN FAILED TO OPERATE WHILE TRAVELING, CAUSING VEHICLE TO OVERHEAT. DEALER NOTIFIED, AND REPLACEMENTS/REPAIRS DONE AT CONSUMER'S COST. RECALL FOR THE 96 MODEL FOR THE SAME PROBLEM. *AK *ML

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

SERPERTINE BELT BROKE AS I WAS ROUNDING A CURVE AT 35 MPH. I GOT THE VEHICLE TO A COMPLETE AND SAFE STOP. *AK

I WAS PROCEEDING TO TAKE OFF AFTER THE LIGHT CHANGED GREEN WHEN THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. I MANAGED TO GET VEHICLE OFF THE SIDE OF THE ROAD SAFELY AND TO A COMPLETE STOP. THE VEHICLE WOULD GO INTO REVERSE, BUT NOT FORWARD. I CALLED THE WRECKER SERVICE TO TOW IT TO THE NEAREST DEALERSHIP. ...

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WHILE TRAVELING 40-45 MPH CONSUMER NOTICED TRANSMISSION SLIPPING. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

ON MARCH 29, WHILE TRAVELING AT A LOW SPEED IN A PARKING LOT, THE TIE ROD SIMPLY FELL AWAY FROM THE FRONT PASSENGER WHEEL. AS IT WAS UNDER A SERVICE CONTRACT, WE HAD IT TOWED TO THE DEALER'S SERVICE DEPARTMENT, WHERE THEY RE-ATTACHED IT. STILL CONCERNED, WE RETURNED THE VAN ON MARCH 30 FOR A THORO...

HAD SHIFTED TO REVERSE PRIOR TO BACKING AND HEARD A CLUNK. SHUT OFF ENGINE. LOOKED UNDER VEHICLE AND SAW THE SERPENTINE BELT HANG DOWN. LOOKED UNDER HOOD AND SAW THE BELT TENSIONER HAD SNAPPED OFF AND HAD DROPPED DOWN TO THE RIGHT AXLE. WAS INFORMED BY MECHANIC THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH ...

VEHICLE WILL STALL OUT AT ANY RATE OF SPEED , EITHER APPROACHING A STOP OR WHILE VEHICLE IS MOTION. DEALER CANNOT DETERMINE CAUSE. *AK

THE TENSIONER FOR THE SERPENTINE BELT BROKE OFF WHILE THE CAR WAS WAITING TO ENTER AN INTERSECTION--THE CAR WAS DISABLED. I HAVE TALKED W/3 PEOPLE SINCE WHO REPORTED THE SAME PROBLEM. INCLUDING REPETITIVE BROKEN BELTS. I SEE A TREND BUT DODGE WON'T COVER IN THEIR EXTENDED WARRANTY. *AK

WHILE DRIVING, CONSUMER SMELLED SMOKE, PULLED OVER AND SMOKE AND FLAMES STARTED COMING FROM THE HOOD, FIRE ORIGINATED FROM A LEAKY POWER STEERING LINE AT THE REAR OF THE POWER STEERING PUMP, CLAIM 05-4462-943. *SLC

WHILE DRIVING, CONSUMER SMELLED SMOKE, PULLED OVER AND SMOKE AND FLAMES STARTED COMING FROM THE HOOD, FIRE ORIGINATED FROM A LEAKY POWER STEERING LINE AT THE REAR OF THE POWER STEERING PUMP, CLAIM 05-4462-943. *SLC

WHILE DRIVING, THE OPERATOR EXPERIENCED TOTAL LOSS OF POWER ASSISTED STEERING. MINI-VAN BECAME DIFFICULT TO CONTROL. A VERY POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. LUCKILY NOT A CONGESTED TRAFFIC AREA AT THE TIME OR CURVY ROAD OR SNOWY ROAD. THIS IS UNUSUAL SINCE MY VEHICLES ARE ROUTINELY WELL CARED FO...

TRANSMISSION WILL NOT SHIFT OUT OF SECOND GEAR UNDER LOAD CONDITIONS GOING UPHILL. WHEN WEATHER IS HOT, THE DRIVETRAIN AND ENGINE OVERHEAT, CAN NOT MAINTAIN SPEED WHILE ATTEMPTING TO MAINTIN SPEED OF GREATER THAN 45 GOING UPHILL. WHEN PULLING OUT ONTO A HIGHWAY GOING UPHILL WITH THE SPEED LIMIT 45...

TRANSMISSION WILL NOT SHIFT OUT OF SECOND GEAR UNDER LOAD CONDITIONS GOING UPHILL. WHEN WEATHER IS HOT, THE DRIVETRAIN AND ENGINE OVERHEAT, CAN NOT MAINTAIN SPEED WHILE ATTEMPTING TO MAINTIN SPEED OF GREATER THAN 45 GOING UPHILL. WHEN PULLING OUT ONTO A HIGHWAY GOING UPHILL WITH THE SPEED LIMIT 45...

TRANSMISSION WILL NOT SHIFT OUT OF SECOND GEAR UNDER LOAD CONDITIONS GOING UPHILL. WHEN WEATHER IS HOT, THE DRIVETRAIN AND ENGINE OVERHEAT, CAN NOT MAINTAIN SPEED WHILE ATTEMPTING TO MAINTIN SPEED OF GREATER THAN 45 GOING UPHILL. WHEN PULLING OUT ONTO A HIGHWAY GOING UPHILL WITH THE SPEED LIMIT 45...

HEADREST HAS DESIGN FLAW, HEADREST COLLAPSES WHEN PRESSING HEAD BACKWARDS. YH

LOWER LEFT QUADRANT OF WINDSHIELD DOES NOT ADEQUATELY DEFROST CAUSING POOR VISIBILITY. YH

WINDSHIELD WIPERS ACTIVATE WITHOUT USE OF SWITCH @ ANY CONDITION. *AK

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED FIRE IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT, THIS IS THE 2ND FIRE FOR THIS VEHICLE, CLAIM 16-N100-392. *SLC

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED FIRE IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT, THIS IS THE 2ND FIRE FOR THIS VEHICLE, CLAIM 16-N100-392. *SLC

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE, AS I WAS TRYING TO EXECUTE A LEFT HAND TURN THE STEERING BECAME EXTREMELY HARD AND I HAND TO FORCEFULLY TURN THE STEERING WHEEL.RIGHT AFTER THAT INCIDENT I NOTICED THAT THE STEERING WAS DIFFICULT IN BOTH DIRECTIONS, WHILE THE CAR WAS BEING DRIVEN AND ALSO WHILE IT WAS IDILING....

DEFROST MAKING LOUD NOISE, AFTER HAVING CAR 5HRS DEALER CALLED TO REPORT NO PROBLEM. ADVISED TO TURN FAN ON. *AK

STARTED SMELLING AN ODOR COMING FROM THE VENTS. CONTACTED DEALER ,THEY DEODORIZED IT, STILL CONTINUED TO SMELL THE ODOR. THEN THEY REPLACED THE EVAPORATOR ASSEMBLY. THEY FOUND MILDEW GROWING ON THE EVAPORATOR. *AK

NO SUMMARY

EMERGENCY BRAKE UNEXPECTEDLY RELEASES / WINDSHIELD WIPERS UNEXPECTEDLY CYCLE ONCE

EMERGENCY BRAKE UNEXPECTEDLY RELEASES / WINDSHIELD WIPERS UNEXPECTEDLY CYCLE ONCE

THE TRANSMISSION SEEMED TO HANG IN SECOND GEAR.

WHEN DRIVING THROUGH PUDDLES AT ANY SPEED, THE POWER STEERING GOES OUT. DEALER RECENTLY REPLACED BELT TENSIONER, BUT THIS DID NOT SOLVE PROBLEM. *AK

WHEN DRIVING THROUGH PUDDLES AT ANY SPEED, THE POWER STEERING GOES OUT. DEALER RECENTLY REPLACED BELT TENSIONER, BUT THIS DID NOT SOLVE PROBLEM. *AK

NO SUMMARY

VEHICLE SHIFTED FROM PARK TO DRIVE TO REVERSE WITHOUT APPLYING THE BRAKES, RESULTING IN A MINOR COLLISION. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

POWER STEERING COMPLETELY WENT OUT MOMENTARILY. DEALER SAID "NOTHING WRONG." *K

WIPERS ACTIVATE WHILE SWITCH IS OFF. PROBLEM COMMONLY OCCURS WHEN VEHICLE IS FIRST STARTED, BUT HAS OCCURRED WHILE DRIVING AND WHEN GOING OVER A CURB OR BUMP.

ENGINE SLIPPAGE JAN. 1999. TO DEALER WHO DIAGNOSED AND CONCLUDED NEEDED TRANSMISSION FLUID. TRANSMISSION REBUILT AUG. 1999. OCT. 1999, CAR OVERHEATED, TOWED. HEADGASKET REPLACEMENT WITH ENGINE REBUILT. TOTAL COST - $4,000.00

ENGINE SLIPPAGE JAN. 1999. TO DEALER WHO DIAGNOSED AND CONCLUDED NEEDED TRANSMISSION FLUID. TRANSMISSION REBUILT AUG. 1999. OCT. 1999, CAR OVERHEATED, TOWED. HEADGASKET REPLACEMENT WITH ENGINE REBUILT. TOTAL COST - $4,000.00

EACH TIME THE EMERGENCY BRAKE IS APPLIED, IT RELEASES ON ITS OWN. THE BRAKE WAS RARELY USED,AND THEREFORE IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE IT SHOULD BE DEFECTIVE. *AK

THE VEHICLE WILL SHUT OFF WHILE DRIVING WHICH CAUSES IT TO LOSE ALL POWER STEERING AND BRAKES. MOST OF THE TIME THE ENGINE HAS TO BE RESTARTED BUT THERE HAVE BEEN OCCASIONS WHERE THE POWER STEERING AND BRAKES INITIALLY LOST POWER, WHICH MADE IT VERY DIFFICULT TO CONTROL THE VEHICLE. THE POWER STE...

WIPERS FREQUENTLY ACTIVATE WHEN THE TURN SIGNAL SWITCH IS USED OR RETURNS AUTOMATICALLY FROM USE. OCCASIONAL ACTIVATION WITHOUT USE OF THE TURN SIGNALS HAS OCCURRED. DEALERSHIP DENIES ANY KNOWLEDGE OF A PROBLEM. IT IS QUITE DISTRACTING AND HAZARDOUS.

WARM START, ENGINE MAY STALL OR STUMBLE WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A FULL STOP. ATTEMPTING TO PULL OUT, ACROSS AN INTERSECTION MAY RESULT IN BEING STALLED IN THE MIDDLE OF AN INTERSECTION. TRANSMISSION SHIFTS ERRATICALLY/RANDOMLY WITH HARSH ENGAGEMENT (APPARENTLY RELATED TO ENGINE CONTROL TRYING TO PR...

NO SUMMARY

THIS VAN AT VARIOUS SPEEDS WILL JERK SUDDENLY AS IF IT IS LOSING POWER. IT ALSO STALLS OUT AND HAS DONE THIS AT SPEEDS AS HIGH AS 40 MPH DRIVING IN TRAFFIC. I ADMIT THAT THIS IS A INTERMMITENT PROBLEM. I HAVE HAD IT TO THE DEALER SEVERAL TIMES AND THE PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN DIAGNOSED. OBVIOUSLY TH...

UPON TALKING TO THE DEALER SALES MANAGER AND SERVICE MANAGER I WAS TOLD THAT THERE WAS NO HISTORY OF TRANSMISSIONS FAILURES IN THE MINI VAN. HOWEVER, ON THE NET THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT REPEATED TRANSMISSION FAILURES FOR THE VANS AND THAT IT HAS BEEN OCCURING SINCE THE LATE 1980S AND...

WE RETURNED HOME AT 1:00 PM. WE WERE LEAVING AGAIN AT 1:20 PM. MY WIFE NOTICED THE VEHICLE SMOKING IN THE DRIVEWAY. THE KEY WAS NOT IN THE IGNITION AND THE CAR WAS NOT RUNNING. I OPENED THE HOOD AND NOTED A SMALL FIRE DOWN NEAR THE OIL FILTER. WE CALLED THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. THEY ARRIVED AND ST...

THE ENGINE IS REQUIRING AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF COLLANT TO KEEP FROM OVER HEATING . DLR CANT FIND PROBLEM.

THE FRONT WIPERS COME ON FOR NO REASON. SOMETIMES THEY JUST WIPE ONCE. OTHER TIMES THEY KEEP WIPING UNTIL WE TURN THE SWITCH "ON" AND THEN BACK TO "OFF." IT IS SURPRISING TO BE DRIVING AND HAVE THE WIPERS START WORKING.

ORIGINAL ROTORS FAILED AFTER 17K MI. (VAN STARTED VIBRATING DURING BRAKING ) DEALER REPLACED ROTORS. REPLACEMENTS STARTED TO VIBRATE SEVERELY AFTER 17,000 MILES. DEALER SAID THEY ARE PITTED ON THE INSIDE, MUST BE REPLACED TO STOP THE VIBRATION BUT THEY ARE SAFE TO DRIVE. THE VIBRATION MAKES ME QU...

LOCKS ON THE DOOR WILL NOT UNLOCK.THE KEY CONSTANTLY TURNED, AROUND AND THE DOORS COULD NOT BE UNLOCKED MANUALLY EITHER. *AK

LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE, DUE TO TENSION PULLEY SNAPPING OFF AT ENGINE BLOCK AND CAUSING BRAKE + STEERING ON THE ONE BELT SYSTEM. SERVICEMAN STATED THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM?DOESN'T SOUND SAFE TO ME!

PHANTOM WINDSHIELD WIPER TURNS ITSELF ON, MAKES ONE SWIPE, TURNS OFF. FREQUENCY INCREASING. NOW YOU HAVE TO TURN THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS ON TO GET THEM TO TURN OFF. HAPPENS ABOUT EVERY FIFTEEN MINUTES

WINDSHIELD SEAL/GROMMET FAILED. MJS

VEHICLE EXPERIENCING PROBLEM WITH WINDSHEILD WIPERS OPERATING WHILE IN AN OFF MODE. DEALER NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT REPAIRS WOULD ONLY BE DONE IF VEHICLE WAS UNDER WARRANTY. *AK

VEHICLE HAS HAD THREE NEW TRANSMISSIONS DUE TO FAILURE. *ET

SINCE MAY 1999, THE WIPERS HAVE BEEN SUDDENLY ACTIVATING WHILE NO ATTEMPT WAS MADE TO ACTIVATE THEM. THIS SHARPLY DIVERTS DRIVER ATTENTION FROM ROAD CONDITIONS TO WIPERS. IT HAPPENS EITHER SINGLY OR IN MULTIPLE SESSIONS DURING A DRIVE.

SINCE AUG 1998, THE WIPERS HAVE SUDDENLY ACTIVATED WHEN NOT TOUCHED. THIS IS VERY DISTRACTING TO THE DRIVER AND CONCENTRATION IS BROKEN/DIVERTED FROM DRIVING ACTIVITIES.

BELT TENSIONER SUFFERED CATISTROPHIC FAILURE CAUSING MAIN BELT TO DISENGAGE AND SUDDEN LOSS OF STEERING.

WINDSHIELD WIPERS COME ON WHEN SWITCH IS OFF. RUNS UP AND DOWN 1 TIME, THEN CUTS OFF (NORMALLY). THIS IS HAPPENING ALMOST EVERY TIME I DRIVE THE VEHICLE. IF I CUT THE ENGINE OFF AND THEN RESTART IT, IT USUALLY DOES IT AGAIN IN A FEW MINUTES. VEHICLE MAY BE MOVING OR PARKED WHEN THIS HAPPENS. I ...

HAD PROBLEMS WITH BRAKES. TOOK TO MECHANIC TO HAVE THEM PULLED. NOTICED THE ROTORS WERE CORRODED/RUSTED & PITTED. WAS INFORMED ROTORS NOT USABLE & NEEDED REPLACING. *AK

HAD PROBLEMS WITH BRAKES. TOOK TO MECHANIC TO HAVE THEM PULLED. NOTICED THE ROTORS WERE CORRODED/RUSTED & PITTED. WAS INFORMED ROTORS NOT USABLE & NEEDED REPLACING. *AK

FUEL PUMP BROKE WHILE IN MOTION. HAD NO CONTROL OF VEHICLE. ALSO, BELT TENSIONER BROKE WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40MPH/COMPUTER CHIP HAD FAILED & THIS CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO STOP FUNCTIONING AT 65MPH, AND BATTERY WENT DEAD & CAN NOT BE RECHARGED. *AK

FUEL PUMP BROKE WHILE IN MOTION. HAD NO CONTROL OF VEHICLE. ALSO, BELT TENSIONER BROKE WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40MPH/COMPUTER CHIP HAD FAILED & THIS CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO STOP FUNCTIONING AT 65MPH, AND BATTERY WENT DEAD & CAN NOT BE RECHARGED. *AK

FUEL PUMP BROKE WHILE IN MOTION. HAD NO CONTROL OF VEHICLE. ALSO, BELT TENSIONER BROKE WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40MPH/COMPUTER CHIP HAD FAILED & THIS CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO STOP FUNCTIONING AT 65MPH, AND BATTERY WENT DEAD & CAN NOT BE RECHARGED. *AK

FUEL PUMP BROKE WHILE IN MOTION. HAD NO CONTROL OF VEHICLE. ALSO, BELT TENSIONER BROKE WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40MPH/COMPUTER CHIP HAD FAILED & THIS CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO STOP FUNCTIONING AT 65MPH, AND BATTERY WENT DEAD & CAN NOT BE RECHARGED. *AK

WIPERS LIFT OFF WINDSHIELD AT 70 MPH, CHRYSLER SAYS CANT FIX.

WHILE DRIVING ALONG AT VARIOUS SPEEDS AND WITH AIR CONDITIONING ON, THE ENGINE SHUTS DOWN LOSSING ALL POWER TO BRAKES AND STEERING AS WELL AS ALL ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS.

ROTORS ARE PITTED AND RUSTED CAUSING POOR CONTACT WITH PADS AND INCREASING STOPPING DISTANCE. NLM

THE WIPERS ACTIVIATE WITHOUT INPUT FROM DRIVER CAUSING UNANTICIPATED DISTRACTION, DEALER CANNOT FIND PROBLEM. NLM

THE WIPERS ACTIVIATE WITHOUT INPUT FROM DRIVER CAUSING UNANTICIPATED DISTRACTION, DEALER CANNOT FIND PROBLEM. NLM

ROTORS ARE PITTED AND RUSTED CAUSING POOR CONTACT WITH PADS AND INCREASING STOPPING DISTANCE. NLM

BRAKE REAR WHEEL CYLINDER FAILED RESULTING IN LEAKAGE, PADS REPLACED DURING REPAIR. MJS

THE FAN BELT IS KNOCKED OFF OF IT'S TRACK WHEN THE VEHICLE GOES OVER EVEN SMALL PUDDLES, MAKING IT VERY DIFFICULT TO DRIVE WHEN IT IS RAINING. AND EVEN MORE FRUSTRATING IS JUST THE THREAT OF RAIN, MAKES THE VEHICLE NOT EVEN WORTH TAKING OUT THAT DAY.

WHEN APPLYING GAS PEDAL AT AN INTERSECTION, VEHICLE WILL DRIFT INTO THE INTERSECTION AND ENGINE WILL NOT TAKE OFF. DEALER HAS SEEN VEHICLE THREE TIMES, AND CANT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *AK

WINDSHIELD WIPERS SELF ACTIVATE INTERMITTENTLY. NLM

WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 70 MPH TRANSMISSION OPERATED ERRATICALLY, CAUSING VEHICLE TO LOSE POWER, AND FORCE CONSUMER TO PULL ON THE SIDE OFF THE ROAD. CONSUMER HAD TO RESTART AND TURN OFF SWITCH EVERY FIFTEEN MINUTES. *AK

PLEASE MAKE THE DEALER OR MANUFACTURER PAY FOR IT. THANKS. NO SAFETY DEFECTS LISTED. *AK

MAINTENANCE AND PERIODIC OIL CHANGES HAS BEEN DONE ON THIS VEHICLE. NO SAFETY DEFECT LISTED IN THE SUMMARY. *AK

THE HARNESSES ON THE INTEGRATED CHILD RESTRAINT SEATS DO NOT RESTRAIN MY CHILD AT ALL. SHE CAN SIMPLY WIGGLE HER SHOULDERS THROUGH AND CLIMB OUT. SHE HAS WIGGLED HER SHOULDERS AND UPPER BODY THROUGH SEVERAL TIMES AND BEEN STUCK AT THE HIPS. TWICE I HAVE BEEN DRIVING OVER 60 MILES PER HOUR ON TH...

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR THIS VEHICLE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING IN RAIN THE FAN BELT COMES OFF CONTINUALLY, CAUSING COMPLETE LOSS OF POWER. MJS

CONSUMER PARKED VAN IN A PARKING LOT AND IT CAUGHT ON FIRE. FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED TO PUT THE FIRE OUT. *AK

THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS ARE VERY LONG AND IN ANY HEADWIND, AT SPEEDS ABOVE 60MPH, THEY LIFT OFF OF THE WINDSHIELD. ONLY THE OUTER 2 INCHES STAY ON THE WINDSHIELD, THIS MAKES IT VERY DANGEROUS, AS THE RAIN IS NOT CLEARED FROM THE WINDSHIELD. I HAVE REPORTED THIS TO CHRYSLER 3 TIMES, AND THEY SAY THE...

I AM WRITING IN RESPONSE TO AN ARTICLE IN THE ST.PAUL PIONEER PRESS PAGE 9A DATED 4/20/99. IT IS ABOUT THE NHTSA INVESTIGATION OF DAIMLERCHYSLER GM AND GAS TANKS LEAKING. IN DECEMBER OF 1998 I EXPERIENCED A SIMILAR SITUATION. AS I WAS DRIVING THE GAS LINE APPARENTLY BECAME DISCONNECTED FROM THE ...

I HAVE A 1997 DODGE CARAVAN, VIN 1B4-GP54R6VB-209333. THE CAR IS EQUIPPED WITH POWER LOCKS. I HAVE THE REPAIR RECORD FROM ONE REAR DOOR LOCK THAT WAS REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY AT 21586 MILES, NOV 17, 1997. THE DEALER DESCRIBED: "LT SLIDING DOOR LATCH WILL NOT OPERATE, 11R/I DOOR PAD, R/R LOCK ACTU...

WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 20 MPH DRIVER HEARD A NOISE COMING FROM UNDER THE VAN, AND ALMOST LOST CONTROL VAN. VAN BECAME VERY HARD TO STEER. WHEN DRIVER CHECKED UNDER THE VAN, IT WAS NOTICED THAT THE ROD THAT HOLDS THE TENSIONER PULLEY SNAPPED OFF. THE PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN REPORTED TO THE DEALER. *AK

WHILE TRYING TO CHANGE A FLAT TIRE BOTH SIDES OF THE SCISSORS JACK BACKLED UNDER THE LOAD AND COLLAPSED, JACK NOT STRONG ENOUGH TO SUPPORT THE WEIGHT OF THE VAN.

BATTERY FAILED.

BATTERY FAILED. *YC

VEHICLE TIRES FLATTENED ON TWO OCCASIONS FOR NO APPARENT REASON (MICHELIN 215/65/R16). MJS

WINDSHILED WIPER MOTOR SWITCH FAILED. NLM

ALARM SYSTEM REPLACED SEVERAL TIMES. YH

CD AND RADIO REPLACED SEVERAL TIMES. YH

WINDSHIELD WIPER FAILED DUE TO SHORT. YH

TRANS AXLE FAILED COMPLETELY. YH

REAR RIGHT TRANSMISSIONS FRONT PUMP SEAL IS LEAKING. YH

VEHICLE WHINES AT 35-40 MPH AND QUITS WHEN GAS PEDAL IS LET OFF BECAUSE TRANSMISSION NEEDED OVERHAUL. YH

VEHICLE INTERMITTENTLY LOCKS AND UNLOCKS ON ITS OWN. INCIDENT HAS OCCURRED A DOZEN OR MORE TIMES. DEALER IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM AND CANNOT REMEDY THE PROBLEM. VECHICLE IS SAFETY DEFECT, AND OWNERS HAS CHILDREN THAT HAVE BEEN LOCKED IN. PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

WHEN DRIVING IN CITY OR ON FREEWAY THE BELT COMES OFF AND THE POWER STEERING GOES OUT. SHORTLY AFTER THE WARNING LIGHTS COME ON, BATTERY NOT CHARGING EX. DEALERSHIP WILL REPAIR BELT. THE LAST TIME DEALER CHANGED BELT.

THE RIGHT REAR PARK BRAKE DOES NOT ENGAGE. PROBLEM FOUND 8 JAN 99. SUSPECT LOOSE OR DAMAGED PARK BRAKE ASSY WITHIN THE BRAKE DRUM. ASSY MAKES NOISE WHEN APPLYING TENSION ON THE PARKING BRAKE CABLE. LEFT REAR PARK BRAKE FUNCTIONS PROPERLY. NORMAL BRAKE OPERATION (BRAKE PEDAL) TESTED GOOD, EQUAL ...

DEFECTIVE TRANSMISSION, CAUSING DIFFICULTY IN REVERSE POSITION AND SURGEING WHILE DRIVING. ALSO VIBRATION AND THE VEHICLE PULLS TO THE RIGHT BADLY WHICH MAY CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. DEALER CANNOT DETERMINE PROBLEM, BUT IS GOING TO REPLACE THE TIRES. MICHELIN STATED THAT IT NOT THE TIRES, BUT THE VEHICL...

DEFECTIVE TRANSMISSION, CAUSING DIFFICULTY IN REVERSE POSITION AND SURGEING WHILE DRIVING. ALSO VIBRATION AND THE VEHICLE PULLS TO THE RIGHT BADLY WHICH MAY CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. DEALER CANNOT DETERMINE PROBLEM, BUT IS GOING TO REPLACE THE TIRES. MICHELIN STATED THAT IT NOT THE TIRES, BUT THE VEHICL...

RACK AND PINION STEERING MALFUNCTIONED. *AK

WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 10MPH & MAKING A LEFT TURN. HEARD LOUD CREAKING NOISES FROM STEERING COLUMN. TOOK TO DEALER AT LEAST 4 DIFFERENT TIMES. VEHICLE UNDER WARRNATY & DEALER REFUSED TO LOOK AT IT OR REPAIR VEHICLE. *AK

NOTICED NOISE FROM LT SIDE OF VEHICLE, CHECKED BRAKES OUT RIGHT SIDE WAS FINE LEFT SIDE BRAKE WAS DOWN TO THE METAL. VAN IS ONLY 1997 MODEL AND THEY TOLD ME THE CALIPER NEEDED REPLACED . I DONT THINK THIS ITEM SHOULD NEED REPLACED IN ONLY ONE YEAR . IS IT POSSIBLY A PROBLEM OR IS THIS NORMAL. MY WAR...

WHEN DRIVING OVER 20 MPH UP UNTIL 40 MPH THE VEHICLE WILL START VIBRATING WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING. VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN SHOP FOR SERVICE SINCE CONSUMER HAD THE VEHICLE. DEALER THINKS THE TIRES ARE CAUSING THE VIBRATION. *AK

PARKING BRAKE PEDAL RELEASES SPONTANIOUSLY WHEN PARKED ON A FORWARD INCLINE

THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS COME ON WITHOUT INTERVENTION FROM DRIVER. I THINK THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE. WHEN THE WIPERS COME ON BY THEMSELVES, IT COULD BE FRIGHTENING AND THUS CAUSE THE DRIVER TO NOT PAY ATTENTION TO THE ROAD WHICH COULD RESULT IN A FATALITY. ON ONE OCCASION WHILE DRIVING THE WIPERS CAME...

WHEN DRIVING AT 45 AND UP AND BRAKING THE STEERING STARTS SHUTTERING. DEALER CONTACTED, AND STATED THE ROTORS ARE WARPED AND CAUSING THE SHUTTERING. REPAIRWORK DONE AT OWNER'S EXPENSE. *AK

ELECTRICAL FIRE.

MY WIFE AND SON HAD JUST LEFT CHURCH AND WAS SETTING AT A RED LIGHT WHEN THE QUICK CONNECT ON THE FUEL LINE POPPED OFF AND THE VAN QUIT. WHEN I ARRIVED THE ENGINE (FAN BELT SIDE) HAD BEEN SPRAYED WITH GAS AND GAS DRIPPING FROM UNDERNEATH AND PUDDLED UNDER THE PASSENGER SIDE FRONT TIRE. I TRIED TO S...

WHILE THE CRUISE CONTROL IS ACTIVATED AND THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN DRIVEN FOR LONG HOURS, THE VEHICLE WILL DECELERATE TO 0 MPH AND BOUNCE BACK UP TO 60 MPH, WHICH MAY CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. DEALER CANNOT DETERMINE PROBLEM. CAUSE UNKNOWN. *AK

TRANSMISSION FAILED CAUSING A SERIOUS ACCIDENT AND INJURY.

CONSUMER WAS IN AN ACCIDENT WITH HER FAMILY IN THE DODGE VAN. WAS GOING ABOUT 30 MPH WHEN SHE HIT THE ANOTHER VEHICLE VERY HARD, THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK

ABS WARNING LIGHT COMES ON INTERMITTENTLY AND REMAIN ON FOR SECONDS TO NEARLY AN HOUR. DURING THIS PERIOD, DIRECTIONAL SIGNALS AND POWER LOCKS BECOME INOPERABLE. THERE'S ALSO A STRAINING SOUND UNDER THE HOOD. DEALER TESTED VEHICLE, BUT COULD NOT REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM.

UNSPECIFIED.

UNSPECIFIED.

AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION SHIFTING PROBLEMS.

AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION SHIFTING PROBLEMS.

TRANSMISSION VIBRATES BETWEEN 3 AND 4 UPSHIFTS RANDOMLY, BETWEEN 30-40 MPH.

AUTOMATIC DOOR LOCKS AND INTERIOR LIGHT SYSTEM FAIL WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED WHEN IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH.

AUTOMATIC DOOR LOCKS AND INTERIOR LIGHT SYSTEM FAIL WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED WHEN IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH.

CONSUMER HAS BEEN HAVING ELECTRICAL PROBLEM WITH HIS CONVERTED VAN WHEN HE TRIED TO GET IN OR GET OUT OF VEHICLE. THE RAMP DID NOT WORK PROPERLY. ALSO, SOME OTHERS BOTTOMS DID NOT WORK. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER CONTACTED. *AK

THE FUEL TANK CRACKED, CAUSING A FUEL LEAK, WHICH IF IGNITED MAY CAUSE A FIRE. DEALER REPLACED FUEL TANK 2 TIMES. CAUSE UNKNOWN. DEALER CANNOT DETERMINE PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE DETAILS. *AK

HAD THE KEY IN THE IGNITION AND HAD PLACED THE CHILD IN THE VEHICLE. CLOSED THE SLIDING DOOR AND ALL THE DOORS WERE IN THE LOCKED POSITION, LOCKING THE CHILD IN THE VEHICLE. DEALER ADMITTED TO THE CARAVANS HAVING THIS PROBLEM. CAUSE UNKNOWN. DEALER CANNOT DETERMINE PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE DETAIL...

ABS AND TRACTION CONTROL HAS TAKEN MORE THAN A MONTH.

BRAKE ROTORS FAILED CAUSING VIBRATION IN THE STEERING WHEEL AND DIFFICULTY MAINTAINING CONTROL.

WHILE DRIVING WITH THE RADIO PLAYING AND THE AIR CONDITIONER ON, AND WITHOUT ANY WARNING, THE ENGINE JUST DIES OUT. BUT EVERYTHING ELSE IS STILL WORKING. TOOK VEHICLE INTO DEALER TWICE, BUT THEY CAN'T DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *AK

WHILE DRIVING TRANSMISSION WILL SHIFT INTO NEUTRAL, AND WILL NOT SWITCH INTO ANY GEAR. DEALER KNOWS PROBLEM, BUT DOES NOT HAVE A SOLUTION. *AK

TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN REPLACED THREE TIMES WITH ONLY 20,000 MILES. ONE TRANSMISSION BLEW AFTER HALF A DAY. CAN'T FIND THE PROBLEM. *AK

HEAD LIGHTS ARE NOT SUFFICIENT.

VEHICLE STALLS WITHOUT NOTICE AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, LEAVING THE VEHICLE COMPLETELY DISABLED

TRANSMISSION TORQUE CONVERTOR FAILED AND CAUSED DAMAGE.

INTERMITTENTLY WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE STALLS AND LOSES ALL POWER WHICH ALMOST CAUSED SERIOUS ACCIDENT. HAPPENED 7 TIMES. THE DEALER CANNOT DETERMINE PROBLEM. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AND APPLYING BRAKES, ABS BRAKES HESITATE/FAIL.

WARPED FRONT BRAKE ROTORS. *AK

FUSE BOX SHORTED OUT CAUSING VEHICLE FIRE.

TRANSAXLE SHIFTED INTO SECOND GEAR WITHOUT WARNING AND WITH NO BRAKE LIGHTS TO WARN BIG TRUCK THAT WAS TRAVELING BEHIND VEHICLE.

TRANSMISSION GEARS FAILED, CAUSING VEHICLE STALLING AND NOISE.

VEHICLE DRIFTS ON HILLS IF BRAKE IS RELEASED AND ENGINE REMAINS IDLING WITHOUT FOOT ON ACCELERATOR.

UNSPECIFIED.

VEHICLE RAPIDLY ACCELERATED BACKWARDS, AND CONTINUED BACKARDS WITH THE BRAKES APPLIED UNTIL IT HIT A BUILDING.

FUEL LEAKS FROM UPPER RIGHT SIDE OF TANK WHEN FUEL TANK IS FULL.

BUCKET SEAT: DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25MPH WHEN A TRUCK RAN A LIGHT AND HIT VAN ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE, VEHICLE SWERVED AROUND IN THE STREET. THE IMPACT FROM THE ACCIDENT BENT THE BARS THAT THE BUCKET SEAT ATTATCHES TO ON THE FLOORBOARD. *AK

DOOR LOCKS ON SLIDING DOORS WORK INTERMITTENTLY.

VEHICLE MAKES LOUD GROANING NOISE WHEN STEERING WHEEL IS TURNED.

WHILE DRIVING ON PENNSYLVANIA TURNPIKE REAR BRAKES STARTED SMOKING/SMELL BADLY. HAD TO PULL ONTO RAMP. *AK

UPON TRAVELING ABOUT 20 TO 25 MPH AND UPON MAKING A GRADUAL STOP THE BRAKE PEDAL TRAVELED TO THE FLOORBOARD, MAKING IT VERY DIFFICULT TO STOP THE VEHICLE, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. CONSUMER HAS YET TO CONTACT THE DEALER. *AK

HUB AND WHEEL BEARING ASSEMBLY FAILED. NLM

HEAD LAMP SWITCH FAILED. (MJS)

STEERING HONKS IN TURNS, REPLACEMENT OF STEERING RACK AND PINION TO ALLEVIATE SYMPTONS PER TSB. (MJS)

THUMPING NOISE UPON ACCELERATION FROM GAS TANKS, INSTALLATION OF THE PADS PER TSB DID NOT ALLEVIATE NOISE PROBLEMS. (MJS)

MULTI FUNCTION SWITCH FAILED, CAUSING WIPERS TO COME ON WHEN USING BLINKERS. (MJS)

HAD PLACED CHILD IS IN BUILT-IN CSS, HEARD THE MECHANISM MAKING A CLICKING SOUND; HARNESS STRAPS TIGHTENED UP WHEN TRYING TO GET CHILD OUT OF SEAT; WOULD HAVE TO CUT STRAPS TO RELEASE CHILD. (INVESTIGATION #EA 97 003). *AK

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE ABOUT 16 MPH ON THE CITY STREET, BOTH AIR BAGS DEPLOYED AT THE SAME TIME FOR NO REASON, HITTING WIFE ON THE FACE WHILE ON PASSENGER 'S SEAT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO DEALER TO BE FIXED. *AK

FUEL SENDING UNIT GASKET OF FUEL TANK LEAKING. *AK

QUICK CONNECT FITTING WAS NOT COMPLETED, WHICH CAUSED FUEL TO LEAK OUT OF VEHICLE.

NUMEROUS TIMES OVER THE LAST (3) OR (4) MONTHS THE HARNESS ON THE INTEGRATED CHILD SEAT BECAME SO TIGHT AROUND CHILD THAT OWNER HAD TO USE THE AUXILIARY RELEASE. *AK AIR CONDITIONER HAS GIVEN CONSUMER PROBLEMS ON 4 DIFFERENT OCCASIONS. ABS LIGHT ILLUMINATED, BRAKES WERE NOISY AND WERE REPLACED. ...

NUMEROUS TIMES OVER THE LAST (3) OR (4) MONTHS THE HARNESS ON THE INTEGRATED CHILD SEAT BECAME SO TIGHT AROUND CHILD THAT OWNER HAD TO USE THE AUXILIARY RELEASE. *AK AIR CONDITIONER HAS GIVEN CONSUMER PROBLEMS ON 4 DIFFERENT OCCASIONS. ABS LIGHT ILLUMINATED, BRAKES WERE NOISY AND WERE REPLACED. ...

NUMEROUS TIMES OVER THE LAST (3) OR (4) MONTHS THE HARNESS ON THE INTEGRATED CHILD SEAT BECAME SO TIGHT AROUND CHILD THAT OWNER HAD TO USE THE AUXILIARY RELEASE. *AK AIR CONDITIONER HAS GIVEN CONSUMER PROBLEMS ON 4 DIFFERENT OCCASIONS. ABS LIGHT ILLUMINATED, BRAKES WERE NOISY AND WERE REPLACED. ...

NUMEROUS TIMES OVER THE LAST (3) OR (4) MONTHS THE HARNESS ON THE INTEGRATED CHILD SEAT BECAME SO TIGHT AROUND CHILD THAT OWNER HAD TO USE THE AUXILIARY RELEASE. *AK AIR CONDITIONER HAS GIVEN CONSUMER PROBLEMS ON 4 DIFFERENT OCCASIONS. ABS LIGHT ILLUMINATED, BRAKES WERE NOISY AND WERE REPLACED. ...

NUMEROUS TIMES OVER THE LAST (3) OR (4) MONTHS THE HARNESS ON THE INTEGRATED CHILD SEAT BECAME SO TIGHT AROUND CHILD THAT OWNER HAD TO USE THE AUXILIARY RELEASE. *AK AIR CONDITIONER HAS GIVEN CONSUMER PROBLEMS ON 4 DIFFERENT OCCASIONS. ABS LIGHT ILLUMINATED, BRAKES WERE NOISY AND WERE REPLACED. ...

NUMEROUS TIMES OVER THE LAST (3) OR (4) MONTHS THE HARNESS ON THE INTEGRATED CHILD SEAT BECAME SO TIGHT AROUND CHILD THAT OWNER HAD TO USE THE AUXILIARY RELEASE. *AK AIR CONDITIONER HAS GIVEN CONSUMER PROBLEMS ON 4 DIFFERENT OCCASIONS. ABS LIGHT ILLUMINATED, BRAKES WERE NOISY AND WERE REPLACED. ...

VEHICLE STALLS WHEN MAKING TURNS.

DOORS CAN BE OPENED WITH DOOR LOCKS DEPRESSED.

INTEGRATED CHILD SAFETY SEAT RETRACTABLE HARNESS COMES OUT UNEVENLY AND IT STICKS, DOESN'T PULL OUT SMOOTHLY. THE CHILD IS VERY UNCOMFORTABLE IN THE SEAT. ALSO THE SHOULDER HARNESS STRAPS TWIST EVER TIME USING THE SEAT. *AK

ENGINE BURNS TOO MUCH OIL.

OWNER HIT A PICKUP TRUCK AT THE FRONT LEFT DRIVER'S SIDE AND THE AIR BAGS DIDN'T DEPLOY. *AK

WINDSHIELD WIPER COMES ON WHEN THE SWITCH IS OFF.

WINDSHIELD WIPER COMES ON WHEN THE SWITCH IS OFF.

MIDDLE RIGHT BUCKET SEAT LIFT HANDLE IS TOO SMALL AND THE SPRING IS TOO HEAVY FOR AN ADULT TO OPERATE.

MIDDLE RIGHT BUCKET SEAT LIFT HANDLE IS TOO SMALL AND THE SPRING IS TOO HEAVY FOR AN ADULT TO OPERATE.

FUEL LINE DISCONNECTED, CAUSING FUEL LEAK AND STRONG ODOR.

BRAKES FAILED.

FUEL TANK: FUEL TANK LEAKS WHEN IT IS FULL, IT DOES NOT LEAK WHEN IT IS NOT COMPLETELY FULL. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON AND STAYS. DEALER HAS REPLACED FUEL PUMP ON GAS TANK, AND THE THEY ALSO REPLACED THE FUEL INJECTOR PUMP ON THE ENGINE . THE PROBLEM IS STILL THERE.THE ARE GOING TO REPLACE THE ENT...

FUEL TANK: FUEL TANK LEAKS WHEN IT IS FULL, IT DOES NOT LEAK WHEN IT IS NOT COMPLETELY FULL. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON AND STAYS. DEALER HAS REPLACED FUEL PUMP ON GAS TANK, AND THE THEY ALSO REPLACED THE FUEL INJECTOR PUMP ON THE ENGINE . THE PROBLEM IS STILL THERE.THE ARE GOING TO REPLACE THE ENT...

AUTOMATIC LOCKING MECHANISM FAILED ON PASSENGER SIDE DOOR.

BRAKES FAILED, CAUSING ACCIDENT.

WHILE DRIVING AT 65MPH THE REAR PASSENGER'S SIDE SLIDING DOOR COMES OPEN WHEN LOCKED. CAUSE UNKNOWN. *AK

ENGINE CAMSHAFT FAILURE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING THE ABS BRAKING SYSTEM INTERMITTENTLY FAILS WITH PEDAL, HAS A LOW PRESSURE. *AK

A MALFUNCTION IN THE SIDE SLIDING DOOR LATCH, IS CAUSING THE DOOR NOT TO OPEN FROM THE OUTSIDE. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. *AK

FLAMES COMING OUT OF GAS TANK.

THE RIGHT REAR DOOR IS IMPOSSIBLE TO OPEN FROM THE INSIDE.

THE LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS DO NOT PROVIDE ENOUGH LIGHT.

ROTORS HAD TO BE REPLACED DUE TO POOR DESIGN. *AK

OWNER STATES THAT WHILE FILLING THE VEHICLE WITH GAS THE VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE, OWNER NOTES THAT IT MAY HAVE BEEN ELECTRICAL FIRE. *AK

TRANSMISSION REPLACED DUE TO DIFFICULTY SHIFTING/NOISE.

BEARING FAILED.

TORQUE CONVERTER FAILED.

PASSENGER DOOR WINDOW FAILED.

DOOR LOCKS FAILED.

WHEN ACCELERATING FUEL TANK SHIFTS AGAINST VEHICLE FRAME, CAUSING LOAD THUMPING NOISES WHEN SLIGHTLY LESS THAN A FULL TANK OF FUEL. DEALER APPLIED PADDING KIT, PROBLEM PERSISTS. *AK

ENGINE BLOCK FAILED.

ENGINE BLOCK FAILED.

ENGINE NOISE DUE TO EXHAUST HITTING ENGINE.

TIRES UNDER INFLATED TWICE, CAUSING IRREGULAR WEAR.

AIR CONDITIONER NEEDS TO BE RECHARGED.

TRANSMISSION FAILED.

ANTILOCK BRAKES FAILED.

VEHICLE MISALIGNED.

RACK AND PINION FAILED.

ROTORS FAILED.

WHEN DRIVING AT NORMAL SPEED, VEHICLE JOLTS FORWARD.

RATTLE IN DOOR.

CAMSHAFT FAILED.

WHEN DRIVING THE POWER DOOR LOCKS MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING THE DOOR TO UNLOCK, TOOK TO DEALER, REPLACED THE SENSOR ON TWO OCCASIONS . *AK

CONCERNED ABOUT THE DESIGN OF WINDSHIELD WHICH CAN CAUSE REFLECTION, RESULTING IN DISTRACTION AND UNSAFE DRIVING CONDITION.