2002 DODGE VAN Problems & Recalls

I OWN A 2002 DODGE CARAVAN,WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE IT SUDDENLY OVERHEATED AND WOULDN'T START. RADIATOR FLUID WAS LEAKING OUT FROM THE UNDERCARRIAGE OF THE VEHICLE. INSPECTION OF VEHICLE REVEALED A HOLE CAUSED BY A WEAKENED TUBING WALL AND MOUNT CLIP AT THE WELD POINT. MY VEHICLE HAD LESS THAN 36,000 M...

Mileage: 35,000

POWER STEERING FLUID IS LEAKING. DEALER DESCRIBES IT AS "MAJOR REPAIR". *TR

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE'S BRAKES HAD CONSISTENT AND WORSENING PROBLEMS. THE VEHICLE HAD SEVERAL REPAIRS AND PARTS REPLACED, BUT THE PROBLEMS PERSISTED AFTER EVERY REPAIR. ON ONE OCCASION, WHILE TRAVELING 35 MPH, THE VEHICLE REAR ENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE BECAUSE THE BRAKE LINES BURSTED. T...

Mileage: 36,500

WE WERE TRAVELING DOWN THE ROAD WHEN ANOTHER VEHICLE HIT A 800 POUND HOG IN THE ROAD SENDING IT AIRBORN AND IT HIT OUR VAN BOUNCING OFF AND LANDING IN THE DITCH. OUR AIR BAGS DEPLOYED, THE WINDSHIELD SMASHED INTO A BILLION PIECES , BUT THEN OUR VAN BURSTED INTO FLAMES TOTALLY GUTTING OUR VAN. HAD TH...

Mileage: 75,000

WE WERE REAR ENDED AT 40-45 MPH. THE FRONT PASSENGER AND DRIVER SEATS COLLAPSED ON TO THE PASSENGERS IN THE MIDDLE SEATS. BECAUSE OF THIS ACCIDENT THE VEHICLE WAS TOTALED AND ALL THE PASSENGERS IN THE VEHICLE WERE INJURED. THE PASSENGER IN THE MIDDLE SEAT WAS CRUSHED. WE ASKED A EMPLOYEE AT DODGE IF...

I PURCHASED MY CARAVAN IN NOVEMBER OF 2005. ONE MONTH AFTER BUYING IT THE AIR BAG LIGHT STAYS ON CONTINUOUSLY. NOW THE PASSENGER AND DRIVER WINDOWS SOMETIMES GO UP AND SOMETIMES DON'T. WHY IS THIS HAPPENING ON SUCH A NEWER VEHICLE? DO I HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT OTHER ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS THAT WILL COS...

I PURCHASED MY CARAVAN IN NOVEMBER OF 2005. ONE MONTH AFTER BUYING IT THE AIR BAG LIGHT STAYS ON CONTINUOUSLY. NOW THE PASSENGER AND DRIVER WINDOWS SOMETIMES GO UP AND SOMETIMES DON'T. WHY IS THIS HAPPENING ON SUCH A NEWER VEHICLE? DO I HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT OTHER ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS THAT WILL COS...

I HAVE BEEN RESEARCHING COMPLAINTS ABOUT MY 2002 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE FRONT SUSPENSION AND STEERING THAT HAVE BEEN REPEATEDLY REPORTED, AND I HAVE THE SAME COMPLAINT. I AM EXPERIENCING A NOISE AND VIBRATION WHILE TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL. THE TECHNICIAN INFORMED US THER...

Mileage: 45,000

I HAVE BEEN RESEARCHING COMPLAINTS ABOUT MY 2002 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE FRONT SUSPENSION AND STEERING THAT HAVE BEEN REPEATEDLY REPORTED, AND I HAVE THE SAME COMPLAINT. I AM EXPERIENCING A NOISE AND VIBRATION WHILE TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL. THE TECHNICIAN INFORMED US THER...

Mileage: 45,000

HOSES ROTTING IN 3 YEARS HEATER HOSES RUSTING OUT IN 3 YEARS.

I HAVE REPEATLY (APPROX. 15-18) COMPLAINED TO DAIMLERCHRYSLER AND TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE MY VAN WAS BOUGHT, THAT MY AIR CONDITIONING DOES NOT WORK PROPERLY. IT IS INTERMITTED. THERE HAVE BEEN VERY LOUD EXPLOSION-LIKE SOUNDS WHEN THE AIR CONDITIONING IS ENGAGED. AFTER RUNNING THE VEHICAL AN 1/2 H...

I WAS DRIVING ON 35 W NORTH BOUND, IN THE FAST LANE GOING APPROXIMATELY. 70 MPH. ALL OF A SUDDEN MY CONVERSION VAN STARTED TO ACCELERATE, I TAPPED MY BRAKES AS IF I WAS USING MY CRUISE, WHICH I WASN'T. THE VAN THEN SLOWED A FEW SECONDS AND THEN TOOK OFF OUT OF CONTROL, IT ACCELERATED SO FAST SO QU...

Mileage: 60,000

BROKEN AXLE ON DODGE CARAVAN VAN. *NM

PRIOR TO 50,000 MILES THE AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON IN THE VEHICLE. DURING A RECALL I PAID $75.00 TO RUN A DIO TO FIND THE PROBLEM. THE RESULT WAS "S10 DIO TIME FOUND THE PASS SIDE AIR BAG BAD, PARTS AND LABOR $1034.00". THIS VEHICLE HAS NEVER BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT! THE AIRBAGS SHOULD BE IN WORKING ORD...

WHILE DRIVING THE MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LIGHT CAME ON. I PULLED THE VAN OVER AND SHUT IT OFF TO READ THE OWNER'S MANUAL, WHICH STATES CERTAIN CONDITIONS SUCH AS A LOOSE OR MISSING GAS CAP, POOR FUEL QUALITY, ETC. MAY ILLUMINATE THE LIGHT AFTER ENGINE START. THE VECHILE SHOULD BE SERVICED IF THE LIGH...

Mileage: 43,374

AIR BAG LIGHT STAYS ON WHILE DRIVING HAS BEEN HAPPENING FOR OVER A YEAR NOW FIRST IT WAS INTERMITTENT AND NOW IT IS ILLUMINATED ALL THE TIME. WENT TO GLENDALE DODGE IN CALIFORNIA AND THEY ADVISED ME THAT THE CLOCKSPRING NEEDS TO BE REPLACED COST IS OVER $300.00 NOT COVERED BY WARRANTY ADVISED TO CON...

Mileage: 56,320

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED STEERING WHEEL JERKED AND VIBRATED UNCONTROLLABLY. SUDDENLY, THE VEHICLE STALLED. DRIVER WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE, AND DROVE IT TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK

KEY WOULD NOT TURN IN IGNITION. HAD TO BE REPAIRED FOR COST $79.00 WHAT CAUSED THIS. *AK

VARIOUS PROBLEMS WITH INVIETA GLOW TIRE EQUIPMENT.*MR THE OUTER SIDEWALL AND TREAD WORE PREMATURELY (BETWEEN 6000 AND 12000 MILES). GOODYEAR REPLACED ALL FOUR TIRE WITH TIRES DESIGNED FOR FULL SIZE VAN WITH HIGH CENTERS OF GRAVITY (GOODYEAR INVICTA GLOWLRPTLDD). *NM

Mileage: 17,000

WINDSHIELD WIPER SWITCH CAUSES THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS TO STOP IF THE BRIGHTLIGHT SWITCH OR TURN SIGNAL IS USED. THIS CAUSED A CRITICAL SITUATION WHILE PASSING A SEMI-TRUCK DURING A RAINSTORM. SIGNALLED A LANE CHANGE AND THE WIPERS STOPPED, COULD NOT SEE AT ALL. VERY HAIRY SITUATION.*AK