1999 DODGE CARAVAN Complaints

DEFECTIVE CLOCKSPRING, 1999 DODGE CARAVAN, THE HORN AND AIRBAGS DON'T WORK. THE AIRBAG LIGHT IS ON CONSTANTLY.*AK

VEHICLE IS EXPERIENCING A PROBLEM WITH THE HEADLIGHTS. THE HEADLIGHT SWITCH WAS REPLACED. IT HAPPENED A SECOND TIME AND THE SWITCH WAS REPLACED AGAIN. THE HEADLIGHTS WENT OUT AGAIN FOR THE THIRD TIME. THIS TIME THE REPAIR WILL NOT BE FREE BECAUSE THE VEHICLE IS OUT OF WARRANTY. THE HEADLIGHTS WENT OUT AGAIN. DEALERSHIP WILL NOT DO ANYMORE THAN REPLACE A SWITCH. AFTER 4 FAILURES, THE LIGHTS ARE STILL OPERATING INTERMITTENTLY. *PH DODGE APPROVED A NEW SWITCH AT NO COST AND HAD BEEN MADE AVAILABLE ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO BUT A LOCAL DEALER INSTALLED AN OLD SWITCH IN 2000, 2001, AND 2002. *SCC *JB

THE KEY STICKS IN THE IGNITION AND FAILS TO TURN. THE CONSUMER HAS TO POUND AND PLAY WITH THE KEY IN THE IGNITION TO RELEASE IT. THE DEALERSHIP INDICATED THAT IS DUE TO A BAD IGNITION CYLINDER AND IT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THEY ALSO INDICATED THAT THIS IS A COMMON FAILURE WITH THIS PART. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION. *PH

CONSUMER WAS UPSET BECAUSE ALL FOUR BACK SEAT BELTS DID NOT WORK. THERE WERE PASSENGERS IN THE REAR SEATS WHO COULD NOT BUCKLE IN SAFELY. *AK CONSUMER WANTED TO WITHDRAW THE COMPLAINT. CONSUMER WAS UNAWARE AS TO HOW THE SYSTEM WAS SUPPOSE TO WORK IN THE CARAVAN. THE DEALER WAS CONTACTED WHO INFORMED THE CONSUMER THAT THE SEAT BELTS DO NOT LOCK WHEN PULED MANUALLY. *PH *NLM

WHILE DRIVING, SMOKE ENTERED THE CABIN WHICH WAS CAUSED BY THE HEAD GASKET BLOWING OUT AND LEAKING OIL ONTO THE EXHAUST PIPE AND CATALYTIC CONVERTER. THE MECHANIC REPLACED THE HEAD GASKET. THE MANUFACTURER REDESIGNED AN UPGRADED THE HEAD GASKET. THE VAN HAD 4 CYLINDERS, AND 2.4 LITER ENGINE. *AK THE FUMES AND SMOKE MADE THE CONSUMER AND HIS WIFE SICK. (SINUS AND COUGHING WHICH EXISTED TWO WEEKS AFTER) *SCC *JB

WHEN DEPRESSING THE BRAKES AT ANY SPEED THE VAN WOULD START BUCKING OR JUMPING. THE DEALER INDICATED THAT A SPEED SENSOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *NLM

ONE PARTICULAR EVENING MY AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON AND STAYED ON IN MY 1999 DODGE CARAVAN. AFTER COMING TO THE CONCLUSION THAT I NEED TO INVESTIGATE THE PROBLEM. TO MY DISAPPOINTMENT I WAS TOLD THE COST OF REPAIRING THE PROBLEM WOULD BE 280.00 DOLLARS. THIS ALSO LEARNED THAT THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM THAT'S HAPPENING IN DODGE CARAVANS. *LA

NHTSA# 02V293000: ON CERTAIN MINI VANS, THE CLOCKSPRING ASSEMBLY MAY HAVE BEEN WOUND INCORRECTLY DURING THE VEHICLE ASSEMBLY PROCESS. CONSUMER HAS THE SAME PROBLEM. DEALER STATED SORRY THIS RECALL IS ONLY FOR 96 TO 98. *NLM

AIR BAG LIGHT CAME ON AND STAYED ON WHILE VEHICLE WAS BEING DRIVEN. HOWEVER, SPEED CONTROL/HORN ASSEMBLY, AND HEAT SYSTEM FAILED TO OPERATE. VEHICLE WAS SERVICED, AND CLOCKSPRING WAS REPLACED. *AK

IDLE PULLEY AND BELT CAME OFF WHILE DRIVING IN THE RAIN CAUSING LOSS OF POWER STEERING AND OVERHEATING. PREVIOUS REPAIR FOR SAME CONDITION ONE WEEK PRIOR. WHILE WAITING, ANOTHER VEHICLE OF SAME MAKE, MODEL AND YEAR WAS TOWED IN FOR SAME RECURRING PROBLEM. *LA