1999 DODGE CARAVAN Complaints

AIR BAG/CLOCK SPRING EXPERIENCED THE SAME DEFECT AS STATED IN NHTSA RECALL 02V293000, ERRATIC OPERATION OF AIR BAGS. *AK THE CONSUMER STATED THE AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE HORN DID NOT WORK. THE CONSUMER HAD ALREADY HAD THE REPAIRS DONE, WHEN HE LEARNED OF THE RECALL. *JB *NM

MY 1999 DODGE CARAVAN (2.4 ENGINE) IS EXPERIENCING OIL LOSS. I JUST HAD IT TUNED UP ABOUT 5 MONTHS AGO AND IT IS STILL LOSING A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF ENGINE OIL(1 QT/500 MILES; NORMAL-ACCORDING TO SEVERAL DEALERS).MECHANIC FOUND PROBLEMS WITH PCV SYSTEM AND REPLACED YELLOW RESTRICTOR. CHARGED $98. RECENTLY HAD OIL CHANGE. TEN DAYS LATER, OIL IS BLACK AND BROKEN DOWN. OIL LEVEL ON DIPSTICK IS DOWN TO HALF. *AK

WHILE DRIVING A NOISE WAS HEARD COMING FROM THE ENGINE. DEALER FOUND THAT TIMING BELT BROKE. *AK THE IDLER PULLEY MADE NOISES AND THE CONSUMER FOUND THAT THE SYSTEM NEEDED TO BE UPDATED. THE UPDATE PARTS WERE THE TIMING BELT, TENSIONER, IDLER PULLEY, TIMING COVERS, WATER PUMP, TWO DRIVE BELTS, THERMOSTAT AND THE OIL PAN GASKET LEAKED. *SCC *JB

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED AN ELECTRICAL DEFECT. WHILE RAINING INTERIOR LIGHTS FAILED. ALSO, THERE WAS A BRAKE PROBLEM. WHILE TRAVELING 30-35 MPH BRAKES WERE APPLIED, PEDAL WENT STRAIGHT TO THE FLOOR, AND VEHICLE HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE IN FRONT. INSURANCE CO. HAD VEHICLE TOWED SO THAT THEY COULD INSPECT THE DEFECT.*AK

WHILE DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE UNDER NORMAL CONDITIONS, THE ALTERNATOR BRACKET BROKE AND THE ADJUSTMENT BOLT, BROKE. THIS IS THE 2ND TIME, WAS REPLACED WITH OEM PARTS JUST OVER A YEAR AGO. WAS REPLACED AT THE DEALER, WHILE UNDER EXTENDED WARRANTY COVERAGE. *LA

WHILE DRIVING ON THE ROAD UNDER NORMAL CONDITIONS, THE ALTERNATOR BRACKET BROKE ALONG WITH THE ADJUSTMENT BOLT, CAUSING THE BELT TO COME OFF. THE MECHANIC EXPLAINED THAT HE TYPE OF MATERIAL THAT THE BRACKET WAS MADE OF WAS A WEAK MATERIAL, VERY BRITTLE. *LA

CONSUMER PICKED UP CHILD SEAT BY THE HANDLE AND THE HANDLE SNAPPED OFF, CAUSING THE BABY TO FALL OUT OF THE CAR SEAT. *AK CONSUMER WENT TO LOCK THE SEAT BELT AND A SMALL PLASTIC PIECE BROKE. THIS WAS THE THIRD SEAT TO BREAK IN THE SAME PLACE. CONSUMER CONTACTED THE COMPANY, THE FIRST TWO TIMES THEY WANTED TO REPLACED THE BROKEN PART. AFTER HAVING THREE OF THE SAME PARTS BREAK, THE CONSUMER WONDERS HOW EFFECTIVE THE SEAT WOULD BE IN A ACCIDENT. (EVENFLO HORIZON) *PH *JB

WHILE PULLING VEHICLE INTO DRIVEWAY AND SHIFTING INTO PARK THE DRIVER'S AIR BAG INADVERTENTLY DEPLOYED. THIS CAUSED TEMPORARY LOSS OF HEARING IN HER RIGHT EAR AND MINOR INJURIES AND BRUISES TO CHEST/HEAD AND RIGHT SIDE. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK *ML *NLM

AT 72,000 MILES MY 1999 DODGE CARAVAN NEEDS A NEW TRANSMISSION DUE TO A PINION IN THE PINION SHAFT COMING LOOSE AND TEARING THROUGH THE TRANSMISSION CASING. OVER $2400 WORTH OF WORK WAS REQUIRED. NO INJURIES, BUT I LOST CONTROL WHEN INCIDENT OCCURRED AND WAS ABLE TO DRIFT TO THE GRASSY EDGE OF A RURAL ROAD. *JB

AIR BAG LIGHT WOULD COME ON WHEN STARTING UP THE VEHICLE. ALSO, HORN WAS INOPERATIVE. CONSUMER SAID VEHICLE WAS HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM AS MENTIONED IN RECALL 02V293000 CONCERNING CLOCKSPRING FAILURE. HOWEVER, THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO VIN. *AK