2000 DODGE CARAVAN Complaints

WHILE APPLYING THE BRAKES VEHICLE FAILED TO STOP. DRIVER WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, AND PULLED OVER. THE CAUSE HAD NOT BEEN DETERMINED. DRIVER WILL CONTACT THE DEALER IN THE NEAR FUTURE. *AK

SEPT. 7, 2001, THE BATTERY IN MY ONE YEAR OLD DODGE CARAVAN DIED. I ASKED THAT THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE BE INVESTIGATED. I WAS BLOWN OFF. APRIL 29, 2003, THE SECOND BATTERY DIED. I WAS OUT OF WARRANTY AT THIS TIME AND AGAIN I ASKED THAT THIS ISSUE BE INVESTIGATED. NOTHING WAS DONE. EACH TIME BEFORE THE BATTERY DIED, THE ALARM SYSTEM ON MY CAR WOULD ACT FLAKEY. WHEN THIS STARTED HAPPENING AGAIN, I ASKED LANDERS CHRYSLER TO LOOK AT IT. THEY FOUND NOTHING. A FEW WEEKS LATER, I WAS DRIVING DOWN A HILL WITH A CURVE WHEN THE ENGINE DIED WITHOUT WARNING. I LOST MY POWER STEERING AND BRAKES AND NEARLY HIT A MAIL BOX. I WAS ABLE TO START MY CAR AND CONTINUED BUT NEARLY HIT A CAR IN THE MIDDLE OF THE TURN WHEN IT HAPPENED AGAIN BECAUSE I WAS NOT ABLE TO TURN SHARP ENOUGH. I WAS LUCKY IN BOTH CASES THAT I DID NOT HIT ANYTHING OR ANY ONE. LANDERS EVENTUALLY LOCATED THE PROBLEM, A FAULTY EVS MODULE. I CONTACTED CHRYSLER BUT THEY HAVE REFUSED TO REPAIR THE FAULTY EQUIPMENT BECAUSE I NOW HAVE 63,800 MILES ON MY CAR EVEN THOUGH EVIDENCE INDICATES THE PROBLEM EXISTED WHEN I BOUGHT THE VEHICLE. LANDERS TOLD ME I COULD DISABLE THE DEVICE BY PUSHING A BUTTON ON THE DASH THAT DEACTIVATES THE ANTI-THEFT DEVICE. I WAS LUCKY THAT I DID NOT HAVE AN ACCIDENT, CERTAINLY THE POTENTIAL WAS THERE. I DID A SEARCH ON SOME AUTO FORUMS AND FOUND SEVERAL PEOPLE WHO DESCRIBE VERY SIMILAR PROBLEMS TO MINE AND OTHERS WHO COMPLAIN ABOUT SUDDENLY STALLING. I HAVE NO IDEA HOW WIDESPREAD THIS PROBLEM IS. I DO KNOW THAT IT TOOK SOME TIME TO DETERMINE THE PROBLEM WITH MY CAR. I THINK THIS MATTER SHOULD BE INVESTIGATED BECAUSE ANYTIME A DRIVER LOSES CONTROL BECAUSE THEY CAN NOT STEER OR STOP, OTHER DRIVERS, PROPERTY AND PEDESTRIANS ARE IN DAMAGES. *NM

WE HAD 3-TRANSMISSION FAILURES IN OUR 1990 GRAND CARAVAN AT <72K MILES, WHICH DODGE HANDLED REASONABLY WELL. OUR 2000 GRAND CARAVAN SPORT HAD TO HAVE ITS SOLENOID PACK REPLACED TODAY AT ~50K MILES, SO I SUSPECT A TRANSMISSION IS IN ITS SHORT TERM FUTURE AS WELL. IV'E READ ALL SORTS OF HORROR STORIES REGARDING SAFETY ISSUES DURING THESE TRANSMISSION FAILURES, I.E., DRIVE LINES PUCHING THROUGH CASES, ETC.. WHAT IS BEING DONE ABOUT THIS? ISN'T A COMPANY EVERY LIABLE FOR ITS PRODUCTS? MY UNDERSTANDING WAS THAT THE TRANSMISSIONS WERE FIXED, OR I NEVER WOULD HAVE BOUGHT ANOTHER CARAVAN, ESPECIALLY IF A SAFETY ISSUE WAS INVOLVED. IS THIS A SAFETY ISSSUE OR NOT?*AK

CONSUMER STATES THAT TRANSMISSION FAILED AT 65,000 MILES. AS A RESULT, VEHICLE BECAME INOPERABLE. *AK

RECALL CAMPAIGN: CLOCKSPRING RECALL. *NM RECALL# 04V480000. *SC THE CONSUMERS VEHICLE HAD OVER 70,000 MILES, AND THE RECALL WAS ONLY FOR VEHICLE WITH 0-70,000 MILES. *JB

OVER THE PAST YEAR THE DRIVEBELT HAS FALLEN OFF THE ENGINE PULLEYS THREE TIMES DURING HEAVY RAIN. *NM

DURING A 35 MPH FRONTAL VEHICLE COLLISION FRONT AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. CONSUMER SUSTAINED NECK INJURES. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THE VEHICLE SHIFTS OUT OF THE PARK POSITION WITHOUT THE FOOT BEHING ON THE BRAKE. 4 YEAR OLD HIT THE SHIFT LEVER AND THE VEHICLE ROLLED DOWN THE DRIVEWAY AND ACROSS THE STREET. *TC

THE BRAKE MASTER CYLINDER FAILED, THE BRAKE LINE LEAKED, THE TRANSMISSION MALFUNCTIONED, THE FRONT AXLE AND CALIPER PADS/ROTORS BROKE SPILLING BALL JOINT INTO THE STREET. *BF THERE WERE ALSO SCREECHING SOUNDS, ODOR(S), VIBRATIONS, THE STEERING WHEEL DID NOT FUNCTION PROPERLY, AND THE A/C FAILED.

WHILE DRIVING WITH THE HEADLIGHTS ON THE WHOLE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FAILED. AS A RESULT, WHEN KEY WAS OUT OF THE IGNITION VEHICLE CONTINUED TO RUN. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED VEHICLE STALLED. CONSUMER RESTARTED THE VEHICLE. DEALERSHIP WAS UNABLE TO RESOLVE THE PROBLEM.*AK