1997 DODGE CARAVAN Complaints

AT A 50MPH VEHICLE CRASHED. UPON IMPACT, AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. CAUSE UNKNOWN. DEALER NOTIFIED.*AK

EA 01 007/AIR BAG CLOCKSPRING: AIR BAG LIGHT REMAINS ON WHILE DRIVING. HORN AND CRUISE CONTROL ARE INOPERATIVE. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED AT THIS TIME. *AK

WHILE BACKING OUT, NOTICED VEHICLE HAD NO TAIL LIGHTS. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED, AND REPAIRED VEHICLE, BUT PROBLEM HAS RETURNED EVERY YEAR. *AKPROBLEM IS STILL OCCURING. A DODGE MECHANIC TOLD CONSUMER THAT IT'S A PROBLEM WITH THE SWITCH ON THE TRANSMISSION. *JG

MY AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON, CRUISE CONTROL WAS LOST AND HORN DOES NOT WORK. I UNDERSTAND THERE HAVE BEEN OTHER COMPLAINTS REGARDING THE CLOCK SPRING FAILURE ON DODGE CARAVANS.*AK

WHILE DRIVING, THE AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED, AND THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE CLOCK SPRING NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK THE CONSUMER ALSO STATED THAT THE CRUISE CONTROL WORKS PART TIME, AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT STAYS ON. *SCC

ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, WHILE DRIVING, BOTH FANS REMAIN ON, AND THE DASHBOARD TEMPERATURE GAUGE DROPS TO C (BOTTOM). DEALER REPLACED RELAY BY THE RADIATOR AND THE COMPUTER (POWER TRAIN MODULE) BUT THE PROBLEMS REMAINS. *TT

CONSUMER STATES REAR-SEAT SHOULDER-HARNESS SEAT BELTS (BOTH LEFT AND RIGHT) ARE JAMMED. ENABLING PASSENGER TO EXTEND THE SEAT BELTS OUT FROM THE OPENING IN THE OVER THE SHOULD INTERIOR ROOF TRIM. DEALER FOUND ADHESIVE / INSULATION FROM THE HEADLINDER HAD MELTED ONTO THE SEATBELTS. *TT UPDATED *JB

ENGINE BLOCK CRACKED WHEN VEHICLE WAS APPROX 1 YEAR OLD. DODGE FIXED CRACK IN ENGINE WITH PUTTY. I WAS TOLD BY DODGE SERVICE PEOPLE THAT WAS THE STANDARD FIX FOR THAT PROBLEM. THE CRACK HAS EITHER REOPENED OR A NEW CRACK HAS DEVELOPED. LOCAL MECHANIC REPORTS THAT THE HEAD GASKET HAS ALSO FAILED. I JUST THOUGHT THAT THIS SHOULD BE NOTED IN YOUR FILES, SINCE I AM SURE OTHER OWNERS ARE SEEING SAME PROBLEMS. A CO-WORKER HAS THE SAME YEAR DODGE STRATUS WITH SAME ENGINE AND TRANSMISSION, HE HAS SAME PROBLEM- HIS WAS FIXED AT SAME TIME MY CARAVAN WAS BY THE SAME DEALER WITH SAME PUTTY. HE HAS SINCE TRADED HIS VEHICLE OFF. THANK YOU. *TS *JB ***DIMSII IVOQ ENTRY POSTED AFTER 12-12-02 CUT OVER TO ARTEMIS***762668

AIR BAG AND THE HORN AREV NOT WORKING PROPERLY. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER STATED THAT IT COULD BE CLOCKSPRING MATERIAL ON VEHICLE.*AK

DUE TO A FLAT TIRE CONSUMER TRIED TO REMOVE SPARE TIRE ,HOWEVER, LOCKING MECHANISM WOULD NOT RELEASE. CONSUMER WAS STRANDED, AND VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO DEALER.*AK