1996 DODGE CARAVAN Complaints

WHILE BACKING UP, SMOKE BEGAN POURING FROM UNDERNEATH THE HOOD AND BURNED VAN COMPLETELY. PH

GRINDING NOISE FROM A/C COMPRESSOR UNIT. UNIT THEN LOCKED AND BROKE SERPENTINE BELT. CLICKING NOISE FROM PASSENGER SIDE DASH JUST AFTER STARTING STOPS AFTER APPROX. 30 SECS. TRANS DOESN'T CATCH RIGHT AWAY WHEN PUT INTO DRIVE.

WINDSHEILD WIPERS STOP FUNCTIONING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE WINSHEILD. THE WIPERS START FUNCTIONING AGAIN AFTER I OPERATE THE SWITCH AGAIN, BUT THEY START AND STOP CONTINIOUSLY. I HAVE HAD THE MULTI-FUNCTION SWITCH REPLACED (PROVEN NOT-DEFECTIVE AS PER DEALER), AND THE FAILURE STILL PERSISTS. IN FACT, IT SEEMS THAT EVERY CARAVAN OWNER I SPEAK TO HAS THE SAME PROBLEM.

CONSUMER STATES WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE WITHOUT WARNING THE VEHICLE WOULD LOSE POWER WHEN IT RAINS. CONSUMER STATES THE STEERING WHEEL WOULD LOCK UP. TS *DT

CONSUMER STATED VEHICLE'S POWER STEERING DOESN'T WORK. DEALER NOTIFIED. TS STEERING HARD TO TURN LEFT ESPECIALLY WHEN BACKING UP. *TT

WHILE DRIVING THE WINDSHIELD WIPER INTERMITTENTLY COMES ON WITHOUT WARNING CAUSING A DISTRACTION. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.

WHILE DRIVING THE MOTOR CUTS OFF WITHOUT WARNING. DEALER NOTIFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. TS

VEHICLES' WINDSHIELD WIPERS FRONT/REAR WORKS INTERMITTENTLY OR DON'T WORK AT ALL. THIS RESULTS IN POOR VISIBILITY, AND CAN CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. PH

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE WOULD SHUT OFF. CONSUMER STATES THERE WOULD BE NO LIGHTS AND THE HORN WOULD NOT WORK. DEALER NOTIFIED. PH

CONSUMER STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED AND NO WARNING THE AIR BAG LIGHT COMES ON AND THE AIR BAG COULD BE INOPERATIVE IN THE EVENT OF A VEHICLE ACCIDENT. DEALER NOTIFIED. TS