1995 DODGE CARAVAN Complaints

PAINT CHIPPING OFF OF THE ROOF OF THE VAN AND ON THE SIDES THIS IS A DARK BLUE VAN.

ORIGINAL MOTOR AND TRANSMISSION MOUNTS BROKE IN JUNE OF 2000, REPLACEMENT MOUNTS IN OCTOBER 2000. VEHICLE HAS NEVER BEEN IN A COLLISION OR DRIVEN OFF ROAD. REPLACEMENT MOUNTS LASTED LESS THAN 2000 MILES. *NLM **DIMSII IVOQ ENTRY POSTED AFTER 12/12/02 CUT-OVER TO ARTEMIS*734333

ORIGINAL MOTOR AND TRANSMISSION MOUNTS BROKE IN JUNE OF 2000, REPLACEMENT MOUNTS IN OCTOBER 2000. VEHICLE HAS NEVER BEEN IN A COLLISION OR DRIVEN OFF ROAD. REPLACEMENT MOUNTS LASTED LESS THAN 2000 MILES.

CONSUMER NOTICED HESITATION SO TOOK TO THE SHOP TO GET FUEL INJECTORS CLEANED, A WEEK LATER, VEHICLE STARTED MAKING A WHINING NOISE AND WOULD NOT GO OVER 25MPH, NEXT DAY VEHICLE WOULD NOT MOVE AT ALL, DUE TO TRANSMISSION FAILURE. *SLC

FIRST TIME WAS A MODULATOR, WE PAID FOR IT TO BE FIXED AT ABOUT 34 TO 40000 MILES.AT THAT TIME CAR WAS SHIFTING REPEATEDLY. THIS TIME IT WAS SHIFTING VERY HARD AND JERKY, WHILE DRIVING 3RD GEAR WENT COMPLETELY, ALMOST CAUSED AN ACCIDENT ON INTERSTATE. NOW THE DEALER SAYS THE TRANSMISSION NEEDS TO BE REBUILT, AT A COST OF $900 TO ME! SHOULDNT A TRANSMISSION LAST LONGER THAN THAT? THE CARS VALUE AS TRADE IN IS ONLY ABOUT 4000 WITHOUT THE TRANS PROBLEM. THAT WOULD MEAN I COULD ONLY GET 2800 IF I WAS LUCKY. WILL NEVER OWN ANOTHER. *AK

VALVE COVER GASKET LEAK @24000 MILES REPLACED BY DEALER. STILL LEAKING AT 26000 MILES REPLACED BY DEALER AT APPROX. 30000 MILES HEAD WAS CHECKED DEALER STATED HEAD WAS GOOD REPLACED HEAD GASKET AND VALVE COVER GASKET DEALER STATED THAT ANY FUTURE PROBLEMS WITH SAME COMPONENTS WOULD BE TAKEN CARE OF. EXPERTIENCED INTERMITTENT CHECK ENGINE LIGHT DEALER CHECKED AND STATED EVERY THING OKAY REPLACED OXYGEN SENSOR. STILL INTERMITTENT CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AT APPROX 70395 COOLANT BUBBLING OUT OF OVER FLOW REPLACED RADIATOR CAP VEHICLE NOW OVERHEATED TEST FOR CARBON MONOXIDE GAS IN COOLANT SYSTEM SHOWS POSITIVE INDICATION BAD HEAD GASKET OR HEAD DEALER DOES NOT WANT TO REPAIR EVEN THOUGH PROBLEM WAS NEVER PROPERLY REPAIRED *AK

THIS TIRE BLEW DENTICAL TO RECALLED ONES AND ONLY HAD 3K MILES ON IT STEEL OUT OF IT - ONE SECTION LATEX GLOVE THICK RUBBER ON INSIDE HAD WOBBLED SINCE THEY PUT IT ON IN APRIL BUT THEY TOLD ME IT WAS NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT.... THEN IT BLEW - THEY REPLACED IT WITH ANOTHER ONE LIKE IT WHEN I TOOK IT IN BUT I WORRY ABOUT THE OTHER ONE THAT IS FIRESTONE BOUGHT AT SAME TIME AND EVEN ABOUT THIS NEW ONE - ARE THEY SAFE IF THEY DONT BLOW OR SHOW SIGNS OF WOBBLE LIKE THE OTHER? I DRIVE WITH 3 KIDS IN CAR ON ROAD TRIPS AND I WORRY NOW HAD I BEEN GOING FASTER WHEN IT BLEW WE COULD HAVE DIED- THANKS( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P195/70R14 )

WHILE DRIVING ENGINE STALLED OUT WITHOUT WARNING, CAUSING A LOSS OF POWER STEERING. VEHICLE HAS TO BE TURNED COMPLETELY OFF IN ORDER TO START BACK UP. MECHANIC CAN'T DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM.*AK

THE HEAD GASKET HAD TO BE REPLACED BY DEALERSHIP 4/99 (MILEAGE: 40066) WHEN 3 YRS & 10 MONTHS OLD. THE HEAD GASKET AND CRACKED CYINDER HEAD HAD TO BE REPLACECD BY SAME DEALERSHIP ON 8/14/00 (MILEAGE: 57681) WHEN IT WAS 5 YEARS AND 2 MONTHS OLD.

ON THE 21ST APRIL 2000 WHILE DOING 70MPH ON THE FREEWAY LEAVING EL PASO WE FELT A THUD UNDER THE CAR AND THEN WE VEERED TO THE LEFT. I MANAGED TO KEEP THE CAR UNDER CONTROL AND MADE IT TO THE HARD SHOULDER. I GOT OUT AND INSPECTED THE CAR AND THE TREAD HAD COME OFF MY BACK/LEFT TIRE AND WAS SCATTERED ALONG THE FREEWAY. A POLICE CAR ARRIVED AND ESCORTED US TO A FIRESTONE SERVICE CENTRE IN EL PASO WHERE WE HAD ALL FOUR TIRES REPLACED. THE DAMAGED TIRE WAS REPLACED FREE OF CHARGE BY THE GARAGE. IT WAS A VERY FRIGHTENING EXPERIENCE AS MY WIFE AND I WERE TRAVELLING WITH OUR FOUR CHILDREN. I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT TYPE OF FIRESTONE TYRES WERE ON THE CAR BUT AS THE ACCIDENT MIRRORS THOSE DESCRIBED IN THE RECENT NEWSPAPER REPORTS I AM ASSUMING THAT THEY WERE THE ONES BEING RECALLED.( DOT NUMBER: )