1997 DODGE CARAVAN Complaints

CONSUMER STATES INTERMITTENLY AIR BAG LIGHTS BECOME INNOPERABLE OBSTRUCTING THE DRIVERS VIEW. DEALER HAS NOT BEEN NOTIFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION:: MR

WHILE DRIVING 55MPH THE TRANSMISSION SLIPPED AND WHEN TAP THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL THE VEHICLE VIOLENTLY SURGES FORWARD. TS

AIR BAG LIGHT STAYS ON AND CRUISE AND HORN QUIT WORKING AT THE SAME TIME. THIS IS JUST LIKE MY BROTHERS VAN HIS IS 97 DODGE SPORT IDENTICAL SITUATION WITH HIS THIS TELLS ME THAT THEIR IS A DESIGN ISSUE IN THE COLUMN . DT

WE HAVE BUILT IN CHILD SEATS IN THIS CAR. THE STRAPS ON THE CAR SEATS DO NOT RETRACT PROPERLY, SO THE SEATS ARE UNSAFE. ONE SEAT HAS BEEN HEAVILY USED, THE OTHER STOPPED RETRACTING ON FIRST FEW USES. WORSE THERE IS NO PLACE TO GET THESE SEATS REPAIRED. DODGE HAS OFFERED ONE LOCATION, ABOUT AN HOUR AWAY. WHERE THE SEAT COULD BE REPAIRED AT STANDARD AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR RATES. IN FACT WHEN I CALLED THIS LOCATION THEY COULD NOT DO IT. NOTE THIS MEANS THAT DODGE IS COMFORTABLE WITH TWO UNSAFE CHILD SEATS IN THIS VEHICLE. DT

CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED THE AIR BAG LIGHT COMES ON AND THE AIR BAG COULD BE INOPERATIVE IN THE EVENT OF A VEHICLE ACCIDENT. DEALER NOTIFIED. TS

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE ON THE ROAD, THE AIR BAG LIGHT SUDDENLY CAME ON FOR NO REASON. THIS CAUSED THE HORN AND THE CRUISE CONTROL TO NOT WORK PROPERLY. HAVE TAKEN TO DEALER TO HAVE IT REPAIRED. WAS INFORMED THAT THE CLOCKSPRING HAD BROKEN. TS

CONSUMER STATES THAT THEY ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEMS AS RECALL#99V123000 LIFT GATE SUPPORT BRACKET. DEALER WILL NOT REPAIR BECAUSE VEHICLE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDE WITH RECALL. TS

CONSUMER STATES OF HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE AIR BAG, HORN AND CRUISE CONTROL. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. TS

CONSUMER STATES THAT THE PARTS FOR RECALL HAVE NOT BEEN AVAILABLE FOR 2 MONTHS. AND WAS INFORMED BY DEALER THAT THEY WOULD CALL THEM BACK WHEN PART WERE AVAILABLE. BUT CONSUMER WAS NEVER CALLED. TS

CONSUMER STATES THAT THE CLOCK SPRING HAS BEEN REPLACED ON THREE SEPARATE OCCASIONS. CONSUMER STATES EACH TIME THE HORN STOPS BLOWING, AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED. CONSUMER FEELS THERE IS A DEFECTED IN THE CLOCK SPRINGS. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. MR PROBLEM WAS TAKEN CARE OF THROUGH CHRYSLER. 09 DEC 2002. MR