2000 DODGE CARAVAN Complaints

WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH VEHICLE STALLED. THE DRIVER WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE, AND DROVE TO DEALER. THE MECHANIC NOTICED THAT THE IDLE CONTROL SENSOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK

REQUEST FOR AIR BAG ON AND OFF SWITCH.*MR THE CONSUMERS VEHICLE WAS MODIFIED WITH HANDICAP ADAPTIVE EQUIPMENT, IN WHICH HER BODY WAS CLOSER THAN 10 INCHES TO THE STEERING WHEEL. *JB *NLM

WHILE TRAVELING AT 55 MPH VEHICLE LOST POWER AND DID NOT GO INTO THIRD OR FORTH GEAR. VEHICLE WOULD NOT GO OVER 20 MPH, IT ALMOST RESULTED IN A REAR END COLLISION. DEALER SAID THAT TRANSMISSION TOTALLY FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK

COMPUTER CONTROLLED TRANSMISSION IN 2000 DODGE CARAVAN. THIS TRANSMISSION HAS TWICE BEEN DISCONNECTED FROM THE ENGINE BY THE COMPUTER IN TRAFFIC. THE SECOND TIME I WAS IN HEAVY TRAFFIC ON THE MIDDLE LANE OF INTERSTATE 20 AT WEATHERFORD, TX. AND HAD TO COAST OVER TO THE EMERGENCY LANE. THE DODGE DEALER IN WEATHERFORD WHO FIXED THE TRANSMISSION TOLD ME THAT THERE WAS NOTHING ACTUALLY WRONG WITH THE TRANSMISSION, BUT THAT THE COMPUTER DISCONNECTED THE TRANSMISSION FROM THE ENGINE BECAUSE OF LOW PRESSURE IN THE TRANSMISSION SYSTEM TO KEEP THE ENGINE FROM TEARING THE TRANSMISSION APART. MY PROBLEM WITH THAT KIND OF SCENARIO IS THIS: WHAT THIS SHOULD HAPPEN WHEN I WAS PASSING A VEHICLE ON A TWO LANE HIGH WAY WITH ON COMING TRAFFIC AT WHAT WOULD HAVE BEEN A SAFE DISTANCE AWAY BUT ALL AT ONCE I FIND I AM COASTING IN THE WRONG LANE WITH TRAFFIC COMING AT ME HEAD ON? *LA

WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH TRANSMISSION SLIPPED INTO NEUTRAL WITHOUT WARNING. ALSO, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON,AND SPEEDOMETER STOPPED WORKING. *AK

THE DRIVER'S BELT ARM HAD BROKEN THREE TIMES. TWICE THE BELT SHREDDED WHILE AT SPEED CAUSING BREAK DOWNS AND RESULTED IN GETTING TOWED IN. ONCE I MANAGED TO CATCH THAT THE BELT WAS WEARING AND GOT IT TO THE DEALER. THEY NOTED THE TENSIONER WAS CLOCKED CAUSING THE BELT TO RIDE OFF. *LA

AT 51,000 MILES IN A THREE YEAR OLD CARAVAN THE TRANSMISSION DROPPED OUT AND NEEDED A $2300 REPAIR. THE DEALER TOLD ME GLEEFULLY MY WARRANTY WAS EXPIRED, THERE WAS NO EXTENDED WARRANTY ON THE TRANSMISSION AND THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD OR WOULD DO. *LA

THERE IS A STRONG BAD ODOR COMING FROM THE AIR CONDITIONER VENT. AIR CONDITIONER UNIT IS GETTING EXCESSIVE MOISTURE WHICH CAUSES MILDEW. THIS ODOR IS VERY TOXIC, AND IS MAKING THE OCCUPANTS SICK. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM, BUT IS UNABLE TO CORRECT IT. *AK VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOUR TIMES DURING THE WARRANTY PERIOD FOR REPAIRS AND IT WAS STILL SMELLING. IT WAS RECENTLY TESTED AND MOLD WAS FOUND. DODGE NEVER FOUND THE PROBLEM. *PH

THE VEHICLE SPEED SENSOR FAILED AND CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO STALL. THE CONSUMER BELIEVES THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE. *AK *TS *NLM

THE CONSUMER SMELLED GAS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE TECHNICIAN DISCOVERED THAT GAS WAS LEAKING. THE CAUSE WAS UNKNOWN. PLEASE DESCRIBE FURTHER. *NLM