2000 DODGE CARAVAN Complaints

PART IN QUESTION WAS A CROSS OVER MANIFOLD PIPE; IT CONNECTED TWO MANIFOLDS TOGETHER ON TOP OF THE ENGINE. *BF THE CONSUMER REQUESTED A REFUND. THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT PASS STATE INSPECTION BECAUSE THE VEHICLE HAD AN EXHAUST LEAK. *SC *JB

RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE FOR CLOCK SPRING. REPLACED CLOCK SPRING. *BF RECALL# 04V480000. *SC

THE REAR END PIN SNAPPED WHILE THE CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING AT 45 MPH. THE VEHICLE HAD TO BE TOWED AND THE TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE REPLACED. *JB

THE AIR BAG LIGHT APPEARED ON THE DASHBOARD AND REMAINED ON. HORN AND SPEED CONTROL WERE OPERABLE. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT CLOCK SPRING NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT ON RECALL. *AK

WHILE DRIVING, THERE WAS A LOT OF SMOKE COMING FROM UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO RUN. THE CONSUMER WAS ADVISED BY THE MECHANIC NOT TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE, BECAUSE ALL THE FLUIDS HAD LEAKED OUT. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *JB THE TRANSMISSION FAILED IN THE CONSUMERS VEHICLE. FLUID LEAKED OUT A HOLE BLOWN IN THE CASING BUT THE CONSUMER WAS STILL ABLE TO DRIVE SERVERAL MILES. *TC

THE VEHICLE STALLED WHILE DRIVING. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON PRIOR TO THE VEHICLE STALLING. A DIAGNOSTIC TEST WAS PERFORMED, BUT NO FAILURE CODE WAS FOUND. THE CAUSE OF THE VEHICLE STALLING WAS NOT DETERMINED. *AK ON OTHER OCCASIONS THE VEHICLE WOULD STALL WHEN MAKING TURNS. *SC

CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS REAR ENDED AND FORCED INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE IN FRONT OF CONSUMER'S VEHICLE. UPON IMPACT, NEITHER FRONTAL AIR BAG DEPLOYED. MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED, AND NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED.

WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. *AK WHILE DRIVING A RED LIGHT AND THE CRUISE CONTROL LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE CONSUMER PULLED ONTO THE SHOULDER. THE CONSUMER ADDED COOLANT THINKING THE VEHICLE MAY HAVE BEEN OVERHEATING. WHILE THE HOOD WAS OPEN THE CONSUMER SAW SMOKE THE HEARD TWO EXPLOSIONS PRIOR TO SEEING THE FIRE. AN INSPECTOR WAS HIRED BY DAIMLER CHRYSLER TO INSPECT THE VEHICLE. THE INSPECTOR DETERMINED THAT THE FIRST EXPLOSION WAS CAUSED BY AN ELECTRICAL FIRE. THE SECOND EXPLOSION WAS THE GAS OR FUEL LINE. NTHE VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. *NM *SC

DEALERSHIP IS NOT FOLLOWING THE GUIDELINES OF THE AIRBAG CLOCK SPRING RECALL 04V480000 IN WHICH THE CLOCK SPRING SHOULD BE REPLACED ON VEHICLES THAT HAVE 70000 MILES OR LESS. INSTEAD THEY ARE ONLY INSPECTING THE AIR BAGS.*AK

UNKNOWN WATER WAS COMING THROUGH THE DASHBOARD/INSTRUMENT PANEL ON THE PASSENGER'S SIDE, AND CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO LOCATE THE PROBLEM. DEALER INFORMED THE CONSUMER THAT THIS VEHICLE WAS OUTSIDE THE WARRANTY, AND THERE WAS NO MANUFACTURER'S RECALL ON THAT ISSUE. *AK