1994 DODGE CARAVAN Complaints

THE TRANSMISSION HAS RECURRING PROBLEMS WHICH CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO STALL IN TRAFFIC. NLM

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 70MPH & VEHICLE ON MANY OCCASION HAS STALLED. ONCE VEHICLE HAS STALLED IT WILL START BACK UP. THERE WAS A CONTINUOUS PROBLEM WITH THIS HAPPENING. DEALER CHECKED VEHICLE OTHER TIMES, BUT COULD NOT FIND A REMEDY. *AK

CONSUMER IS HAVING DIFFICULTY OBTAINING RECALL REPAIR (99V-213) FROM THE DEALERSHIP, DEALERSHIP IS TOO BUSY TO PERFORM RECALL REPAIR. *MJS

WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 55 MPH WHEN VEHICLE STARTED VIBRATING. THEN, HEARD A NOISE FROM TIRE DUE TO A TREAD SEPARATION. EL DORADO, SIZE P205/70R15.*AK

THIS HAS HAPPENED MULTIPLE TIMES OVER THE LAST YEAR. WHAT MADE ME REPORT THIS ONE IS SOMEONE ELSE OUT THERE IS EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEM SEE REPORT 724620. AT ANY SPEED YOU REMOVE YOUR FOOT FROM THE ACCELERATOR AND THE ENGINE DIES. THIS TENDS TO HAPPEN WHEN THE WEATHER IS WET. ONE INCIDENT HAPPENED WHEN DRIVER WAS TURNING CORNER AND ENGINE STALLED LOST POWER STEERING AND DROVE OFF ON TO SHOULDER. STARTED ENGINE AND CONTINUED ON TO HAVE IT HAPPEN MORE TIMES ON DOWN THE ROAD. IT CAN GO WEEKS WITHOUT IT HAPPENING OR MAY HAPPENED MANY TIME IN SUCCESSION. CHANGED FUEL FILTER DID NOT SOLVE PROBLEM. I BOUGHT VEHICLE USED MAY 1998. *AK

IF ANYONE HAS CLASS ACTION SUITE?TRANSMISSION FAILS,FAILS,FAILS,EVERYONE I KNOW HAS HAD TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. THATS AT LEAST 5 PEOPLE. I HAVEN'T HEARD OF ANYONE W/CARAVAN WHO HASN'T HAD TRANS PROBLEMS. MINE HAS FAILED TWICE.*AK

I WAS LEAVING CHURCH ON 6-11-00 AND HAD 5 OTHER PASSANGERS IN THE CAR. THE LAST PASSANGER INTO THE CAR WAS HAVING DIFFICULTY CLOSING THE SLIDING DOOR SO I GOT OUT TO DO IT. THE DOOR WAS INDEED DIFFICULT TO CLOSE AND AS I MANAGED TO GET THE DOOR ALMOST CLOSED, IT FELL OFF OF THE TRACKING AND LANDED ON MY FEET. MY FEET WERE HURT AS WELL AS BAD SCRAPING TO MY ARM AS I TRIED TO CATCH THE DOOR WHEN IT STARTED TO FALL. I WAS IN TOTAL SHOCK AT HAVING A DOOR FALL OFF. WE COULDN'T GET THE DOOR BACK ON AND HAD TO DRIVE WITH THE DOOR OFF. I HAD TWO CHILDREN AND TWO ELDERLY PASSANGERS IN THE VAN BESIDES MYSELF AND MY FRIEND. I HAD NO OTHER WAY OF GETTING THE VEHICLE HOME SO HAD TO DRIVE IT THIS WAY. WHEN WE GOT HOME WE MANAGED TO GET THE DOOR BACK ONTO THE TRACK BUT COULD NOT OPEN THE DOOR AGAIN AS IT WAS INOPERABLE. I CALLED CHRYSLER AND WAS TOLD THAT THERE WAS NOT A RECALL ON THIS BUT THEY WOULD LOOK INTO HELPING ME GET THIS REPAIRED OUTSIDE OF THE WARRANTY AS THEY SAID THAT THEY DO THIS FROM TIME TO TIME. WHEN I BROUGHT THE CAR TO PAPA'S DODGE WHERE I BOUGHT THE VAN I WAS TOLD THAT THEY CALLED CHRYSLER CREDIT AND WERE TOLD THAT I WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR THE PART AND THE REPAIR AT THE COST OF AROUND 300.00. A SERVICE TECHNICIAN TOLD MY FRIEND PRIVATELY THAT THEY HAVE HAD A PROBLEM WITH THIS HAPPENING WITH THIS MODEL VAN. I HAD BEEN TOLD BY THE SERVICE MANAGER THAT THIS PROBLEM HAD NEVER OCCURRED BEFORE. THIS IS A SAFETY PROBLEM. DOORS DON'T JUST FALL OFF OF CARS! I WAS TOLD THAT THE ROLLERS HAD ERODED. THIS SHOULD BE COVERED UNDER UNUSUAL WEAR. ONE CAN'T TELL ME THAT EVERYBODY WHO OWNS A DODGE CARAVAN WILL HAVE THEIR DOOR FALL OFF AFTER 6 YEARS OF OWNERSHIP. I DON'T AGREE THAT I SHOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR THIS. THIS IS NOT NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR, THIS IS ABNORMAL. MY CHILDREN NOW HAVE TO CRAWL THROUGH THE FRONT OF THE CAR TO GET TO THEIR SEATS. I AM ALSO IN FEAR OF THE DOOR FALLING OFF WHILE I AM DRIVING UNTIL I CAN GET THIS FIXED. PLEASE HELP. *AK

TRANSMISSION PROBLEM WITH SHIFTING OUT OF GEAR. ALSO, ON ONE OCCASION VEHICLE JUMPED OUT OF GEAR, AND SUDDENLY COMMENCED TO ACCELERATE. NO INJURIES REPORTED. DEALER / MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED AT THIS TIME. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

ENGINE DIES WHEN YOU RELEASE THE ACCELERATOR AT ALMOST ANY SPEED. VEHICLE MUST BE PUT IN NEUTRAL AND RESTARTED. NO MECHANIC CAN DETECT A COMPUTER, SENSOR, DIRTY PART OR OTHER PROBLEM TO CAUSE THIS EFFECT.*AK

BELT TENSIONER FAILURE DESTROYED SERPETINE ENGINE BELT. I COULD NOT CHARGE BATTERY AND HAD REDUCED POWER STEERING. THIS IS A SAFETY PROBLEM. MANY TENSIONERS HAVE BEEN REPLACED BY MY SERVICE STATION ('HOUSER'S AUTOMOTIVE' IN BROOKHAVEN, PA, 610-874-9285). *AK