1996 DODGE CARAVAN Complaints

WHILE DRIVING AND WITHOUT WARNING VEHICLE COMPLETELY SHUTSDOWN, CAUSE UNKNOWN. *AK CONSUMER STATES DEALER DISCONNECTED SAFETY LOCKS, ALARM SYSTEM, AND KEYLESS ENTRY, THEY THINK IT WILL SOLVE THE PROBLEM BUT IT DIDN?T, STILL VEHICLE STALLS AND STARTS EVERY TIME AFTER 20 MINUTES.*YD

INTEGRADED SAFETY BELT STACKED AND MY WIFE COULD NOT REMOVE CHILD FROM THE SAFETY BELT ON THE PASSENGER SIDE. DEALER WON'T REPLACE THE SAFTY BELT FREE.*AK

LOSS OF OIL AND OVERHEATING WHILE DRIVING. TAKEN TO A REPAIR SHOP, AND INFORMED OF A HEAD GASKET FAILURE. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT VEHICLE WAS NOT COVERED UNDER A RECALL. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

VEHICLE STALLS WHILE COMING TO A STOP AT 25 MPH. HAS STALLED 4-5 TIMES. DEALER CANNOT FIND A PROBLEM.*AK

ON 22 APRIL 2002 AT APPROXIMATELY 5:35 PM WHILE DRIVING ON I-10 WEST NEAR LORDSBURG, NM MY VAN STARTED TO VIBRATE VIOLENTLY. I ASSUMED IT WAS UNEVEN PAVEMENT HOWEVER WHEN I SLOWED DOWN THE VIBRATION DIMINISHED BUT DID NOT CEASE. NOT SURE WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS I EXITED AND STOPPED FOR THE DAY. THE NEXT MORNING WHILE INSPECTING THE CAR I NOTICED THE PASSENGER SIDE REAR TIRE WAS COMING APART (BADLY). I HAD THE DAMAGED TIRE CHANGED AND THE OTHERS INSPECTED. THE OTHER TIRES APPEARED FINE. I BOUGHT THE TIRES NEW IN APRIL 1999. THEY HAVE APPROXIMATELY 34,000 MILES ON THEM. I STILL HAVE THE DAMAGED TIRE. DO YOU WANT IT? PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CONTACT ME.*AK

CONSUMER STATES AIR BAG LIGHT CAME ON AND STAYED ON ALL DAY, AND THE HORN STOPPED WORKING. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP WHO INFORMED HER THIS WAS A RESULT OF A DEFECT IN THE CLOCK SPRING.*JB *JG

THE CLOCKSPRING ASSEMBLY FAILED RENDERING AIRBAG USELESS. THE FAILED PART WAS DISMANTLED AND IT SEEMS TO ME THAT THIS FAILURE IS A LATENT DEFECT THAT IS INDEED SAFETY RELATED. I'D BE HAPPY TO SUPPLY YOU THE PART SINCE CHRYSLER SEEMS UNINTERESTED IN RESOLVING THIS MATTER. *AK

WHILE AT A STOP ANOTHER VEHICLE REAR ENDED CONSUMER AT ABOUT 55 MPH. BOTH PASSENGERS' SIDE SEATBACKS COLLASPED. AS A RESULT OF SEATBACK COLLASPING CONSUMER FELT SOME OF THE INJURIES WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN SO BAD. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

FRONT BRAKE ROTORS ARE PREMATURELY WEARING AWAY, ROTORS HAVE WARPED, AND HAVE BEEN REPLACED FOUR TIMES ALREADY.*AK. CONSUMER STATES ROTORS WEAR CAUSING VIBRATION AND PULSATION WHEN STOPPING, ALSO BELT DRIVE AND TENSIONER BELT WERE REPALCED, AND THE ENGINE LIGHT WAS ON.*JB

AIR BAG LIGHT COMES ON AND OFF. WHEN CONTACTING DEALER, DEALER NOTED THAT CLOCK SPRING ON VEHICLE IS THE REASON FOR LIGHT COMING ON. THEY ARE NOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING.*AK