1998 DODGE CARAVAN Complaints

ON MY WAY HOME FROM THE DEALERSHIP I HEARD A NOISE IN THE FRONT END WHEN I ARRIVED HOME I CALLED A MECHANIC THE NEXT DAY. HE LOOKED AT MY VAN ON THAT MONDAY TO FIND THE STABILIZER BAR BROKE AND ZIPPITY STRIP TO THE STRUT WHICH WAS ALSO BAD. THE DEALER LET ME DRIVE 180 MILES WITH MY SON IN THE VEHICLE, AND THE FRONT END WAS LIKE THIS. THE FOLLOWING WEEK I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND WHITE SMOKE STARTED TO COME FROM THE VENTS SO I RETURNED TO THE MECHANIC AND PAID $105.00 TO HAVE FREON WITH DYE RAN THROUGH MY SYSTEM TO FIND THE EVAPORATOR WAS BAD AND NEEDED REPLACED, WHICH WOULD COST AT LEAST $860.00. THEN AT 36 DAYS OF OWNERSHIP AND ONLY 64000 MILES THE CONSTANT VELOCITY JOINT IS BAD AND A NEW TRANSAXLE IS GOING TO HAVE TO BE PUT IN THIS WEEK. I HAVE CALLED THE DEALERSHIP WHERE IT WAS PURCHASED AND ALL THEY CAN SAY IS WERE SORRY WE GOT THE VEHICLE IN 2 DAYS PRIOR TO MY PURCHASE AND WAS NEVER INSPECTED, THERE MONEY WAS MORE IMPORTANT THAN ME AND MY SON. I THEN CALLED THE DAIMLER CHRYSLER CORPORATION WHERE THEY WERE RUDE AND SAID THERE IS NO RECALLS ON YOUR VEHICLE THERES NOTHING WE CAN DO FOR YOU. I KNOW FROM SOME RESEARCH THERE HAS BEEN A BIG PROBLEM WITH THE EVAPORATORS ON CHRYSLER PRODUCTS. PLEASE HELP ME I DO NOT KNOW WHAT ELSE TO DO. THIS IS THE VAN I WILL BE DRIVING MY TWO SONS TO SCHOOL IN, I STARTING TO WONDER HOW SAFE WE WILL BE. *AK

I HAVE A 1998 CARAVAN THAT THE TRANS COOLER FAILED AND FILLED THE ENGINE WITH TRANSMISSION FLUID, AND THE TRANSMISSION WITH COOLANT, NOT ABLE TO DRIVE VEHICLE. *AK

CONSUMER STATED WHILE DRIVING HE LOSS A 1/2 OF TANK OF GAS WITHIN 40 MILES. GAS HAD LEAKED OUT. GAS TANK NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *PH

THE PLASTIC HEADLIGHT LENSES CONTAINED GLAZED, WHICH CAUSED POOR ILLUMINATION AND RESULTED IN POOR VISIBILITY. *AK ALMOST ALL OF THESE MODELS HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. *SCC *JB

WHILE DRIVING AT NORMAL SPEED VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN FRONT COLLISION, AND NEITHER OF THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK

I HAVE A 1998 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN WE HAVE HAD THE STEERING RAC REPLACED TWICE. WE ALSO HAVE CONSTANT ALIGNMENT PROBLEMS WHAT WE ARE WONDERING HAS THERE EVER BEEN REPORTS ON THE FRONT SEATS (DRIVERS SEAT) SEPARATING AS THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED 8/3/03 THE WELDING HAS SEPERATED AND THE SUPPORT BAR HAS SNAPPED COMPLETELY APART WE HAVE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE IT. *AK

THE CONSUMER STATED THE LENSES THAT COVERED THE HEADLIGHTS WERE CLOUDY WHICH RESULTED IN REDUCED VISIBILITY. *AK *CB *NOLAN

THE BOLT SEPARATED FROM THE GAS TANK.*JB THE CLAMP WHICH HELD THE GAS TANK IN PLACE WAS HANGING DOWN. *TS *JB

CONSUMER STATES WHILE TRAVELING AT HIGHWAY SPEED VEHICLE SUDDENLY STARTED TO MAKE A WEIRD NOISE. CONSUMER PULLED OVER, POPPED THE HOOD, AND NOTICED THAT ONE OF THE BELTS IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT HAD SHREDDED. CAUSE UNKNOWN. *AK

DEALER HAS REPLACED 3 TIMES THE SERPENTINE BELT SINCE 2001. CONSUMER STATED DEALER MENTIONED IT WAS NORMAL. *AK