1993 DODGE CARAVAN Complaints

WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 40 MPH COULD FEEL VEHICLE BOUNCING ON STEERING WHEEL OR COULD BE COMING FROM FRONT TIRES.*AK

DRIVER'S SIDE AND PASSENGER'S SIDE DOOR HINGES BROKE LOOSE. WHEN GOING TO CLOSE DOOR LATCH WILLNOT SUPPORT THE BRACKETS. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM. *AK

IN EVENING CONSUMER TRIED TO START VEHICLE AND IT WOULD NOT START. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND THEY SAID STEERING COLUMN WAS LOOSE AND EFFECTED STEERING COLUMN OPERATIONS. *AK

BOTH HEADLAMPS ARE DEVELOPING A CLOUDY APPEARANCE, RATHER THAT WATER WHITE CLARITY THAT WAS PRESENT WHEN THE CAR WAS NEW. THE SIDE-LIGHTS THAT SEEM TO BE MADE FROM THE SAME MATERIAL ARE STILL CLEAR INDICATING THAT THE PROBLEM IS DAMAGE WITHIN THE HEADLIGHTS, PROBABLY DUE TO ULTRAVIOLET DAMAGE. I NOTICE THAT CARS DRIVING BESIDE ME AT NIGHT SEEM TO PRODUCE A BETTER LIGHTING OF THE ROAD AND THAT ONCOMING DRIVERS OFTEN FLASH THEIR HIGH BEAMS AS IF I HAD NOT DIMMED MY OWN. I HAVE OBSERVED OTHER CARAVAN'S WITH SIMILAR LOOKING HEADLIGHTS. I DON'T REMEMBER SEEING CARS OF ANY OTHER TYPE WITH THE PROBLEM.*AK

ENGINE MADE A BANGING NOISE IN MORNING, LIKE IT WAS GOING TO BLOWOUT. IT SOUNDED LIKE NO OIL WAS IN ENGINE. CONSUMER USED UP TO 1 QUART EVERY 900 MILES. CONSUMER HAS BEEN BATTLING THIS PROBLEM FOR SOMETIME. DEALER SAID PROBLEM INVOLVED VALVE SLEEVE. CONSUMER HAD TO PAY $3000 TO GET IT FIXED BECAUSE MANUFACTURER WOULDN'T HONOR WARRANTY.*AK THE ENGINE PROBLEM OCCURED WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS UNDER WARRANTY BUT THE DEALER WAITED UNTIL THE WARRANTY EXPIRED. THE CONSUMER POINTED OUT REPLACING OR REPAIRING THE ENGINE OUT OF POCKET WAS VERY EXPENSIVE. *YH

THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED TROUBLE SHIFTING SINCE NEW, THE TRANSMISSION WOULD SLIP BEFORE ENGAGING, THE VEHICLES TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED ONCE WITH A REBUILT ONE, THE TRANSMISSION IS SLIPPING AGAIN. NLM

CONSUMER TURNED WINDSHIELD WIPERS ON, AND LINKAGE ALMOST FELL OFF. ALSO, LIFTGATE NEEDED SUPPORT WASHER AND STEERING PLATES. THE DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEMS. *AK

VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. UPON IMPACT, AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, RESULTING IN MINOR INJURIES.*AK

CLOSED FRONT DOOR AND REAR WINDOW BLEWOUT. IT SHATTERED INTO A MILLION PIECES. *AK THE WINDOWS BLEW OUT WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED. *YH

THE WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR WAS REPLACED PRIOR TO RECALL NOTICE 99V-189, THE CONSUMER REQUEST REIMBURSEMENT. NLM