1993 DODGE CARAVAN Complaints

WHEN ENGINE IS FIRST STARTED, AND THE MINIVAN IS IN DRIVE WITH MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE, (SUCH AS AT A RED LIGHT), THE ENGINE SHAKES VIOLENTLY. IT STAYS THIS WAY UNTIL THE ENGINE IS WARMED UP!*AK

CONSUMER STATES VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO THE SHOP ON 3 OCCASIONS DUE TO ABS BRAKES, ABS AND EMERGENCY BRAKE LIGHTS CONTINUE TO ILLUMINATE, ON ONE OCCASION BRAKES LOCKED UP AND ABS LIGHT ILLUMINATED, DEALER FOUND PUMP MOTOR WAS NOT HOLDING PRESSURE AND REPLACED IT, HOWEVER LIGHT HAS ILLUMINATED AGAIN. *SLC

PASSENGER'S FRONT DOOR FLEW OPEN WHILE TURNING CORNER. AFTER CLOSING DOOR, IT THEN FLEW BACK OPEN. IN ORDER TO KEEP DOOR CLOSED CONSUMER HAD TO HOLD DOOR BY HAND. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO A MECHANIC, AND MECHANIC STATED THAT PROBLEM WAS A FACTORY DEFECT. *AK

WHILE MOTOR WAS RUNNING AND VEHICLE WAS IN NEUTRAL, WHEN LEANING BACK, DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT SUDDENLY COLLAPSED IN RECLINING POSITION. DEALERSHIP HAS YET TO EXAMINE VEHICLE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL NFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS.*AK

DEALERSHIP HAS REPAIRED MASTER CYLINDER AND BOOSTER AND ABS BRAKES. DEALERSHIP INFORMED CONSUMER THAT HIS VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED IN RECALL 96V099000 AFTER APPROACHED BY CONSUMER, AND WAS GOING TO BILL CONSUMER FOR A PORTION OF REPAIR WORK. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL NFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS.*AK

VEHICLE STALLS AND WONT RESTART FOR ABOUT 30 MINUTES, STALLS WHILE DRIVING OR JUST IDLING, PROBLEM CANNOT BE DIAGNOSED ON COMPUTER AT DEALER, I HEARD THIS IS A TYPICAL CARAVAN PROBLEM BUT NOBODY KNOWS HOW TO FIX IT. *AK

WHILE DRIVING ABS LIGHT WILL COME AND STAY ON. THEN, CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, WHERE MECHANIC FOUND ABS SENSOR CRACKED. *AK

PLASTIC WHEEL ON WATER PUMP PULLEY HAS BROKEN ON THREE OCCASIONS. ALL REPAIRS WERE DONE BY AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP. BUT, PROBLEM KEPT REOCCURRING. BELIEVED THIS PROBLEM WAS CAUSED BY DEFECTIVE PARTS. ASKING NHTSA TO LOOK INTO THIS MATTER. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE US WITH ANY FURTHER INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS PROBLEM. *AK

STEERING WAS LOOSE. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND THEY SAID NOT TO DRIVE BECAUSE RACK AND PINION STEERING BROKE ON RIGHT SIDE. *AK CONSUMER HAS HAD PROBLEMS WITH VEHICLE PREVIOUSLY, AIR CONDITION FAILED AND MAJOR TRANSMISSION REPAIR.*JB

ON APRIL 22, 2000, A VERY RAINY DAY, MY HUSBAND WAS EXITING A GAS STATION RAMP, AND CAUSED A ACCIDENT BECAUSE THE FRONT WINDSHIELD WIPERS HAD COMPLETELY STOPPED. UPON TRYING TO GET THE DAMAGE REPAIRED, BUT COULD NOT BECAUSE I WAS ONE MONTH LATE WITH MY PAYMENT, I BEGAN GETTING LETTERS FROM CHRYSLER ABOUT SEVERAL DIFFERENT RECALLS ON MY MINI VAN. *AK