1999 DODGE CARAVAN Complaints

VEHICLE WAS IN A T-BONE ACCIDENT AND THE REAR WHEEL FELL OFF UPON IMPACT. ON INSPECTION OF THE VEHICLE, THE DEALERSHIP NOTICED THAT THE REAR CASTING THAT HOLDS THE WHEEL ASSEMBLY HAD CRACKED OVER TIME, WHICH CAUSE THE REAR WHEEL TO COME OFF. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE DETAILS. TS

CONSUMER NOTICE WHILE TRAVELING INTERMITTENT STRONG GAS SMELL IN SIDE VEHICLE OR WHILE FUEL TANK IS FULL. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. TS

1999 DODGE CARAVAN: STRONG FUEL ODERS ENTER CARGO/PASSENGER AREA OF VEHICLE - ODERS ALSO NOTICIBLE OUTSIDE OF VAN. FUMES ARE POTENTIAL FOR SPONTANIOUS COMBUSTION. ALSO, EXPOSURE TO GAS FUMES (DURING EXTENDED TRIPS AND OVER CUMULATIVE TIME) CAN BE HARMFUL TO MAJOR ORGAN COMPONENTS WITHIN THE HUMAN BODY - ESPECIALLY TO DEVELOPING INFANTS. A FORMER COMPLAINT WAS SUBMITTED USING ODI ID: 748730 SURROUNDING DATE: 09/06/2001. "COMPONENT: FUEL: FUEL TANK ASSEMBLY: TANK SUMMARY: SMELL GASOLINE COMING FROM THE FUEL TANK, A SMALL AMOUNT OF GAS WAS LEAKING DOWN THE SIDE OF THE FUEL TANK, DUE TO THE ROLLOVER VALVE WAS LEAKING ON THE FUEL TANK, REPLACE FUEL TANK." THE CONCLUSION LEADS THE READER TO BELIEVE THERE'S POTENTIAL FOR IGNITION IF VEHICLE SHOULD BE IN PROXIMITY OF AN UNEXTINGUISHED CIGGARETTE, EX: AT A STOP LIGHT ONCE A DRIVER/PASSENGER IN PROXIMITY PLUCKS A BUTT NEAR VEHICLE. THE FINDINGS ALSO LEAD THE READER TO BELIEVE THE ROLL OVER VALVE WILL FAIL WHEN CAPSIZED CONTRIBUTING TO CATISTROPHIC IGNITION/EXPLOSION.

WHILE TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY AND CLIMBING UP A HILL THE VEHICLE LOOSES POWER. THE CAMPAIGN NUMBER IS 00B26800. BUT HIS VEHICLE VIN DOES NOT MATCH. PLEASE FURNISH ADDITIONAL INFORMATION DEALER IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. MR

THIS IS THE THIRD DODGE I'VE OWNED THAT THE TRANSMISSON HAS FAILED. I KNOW THIS HAS BEEN PROBLEM BUT I THOUGHT IT HAD BEEN CORRECTED BUT I GUESS IT HASN'T. I'M HAVING IT REPAIRED BY AN INDEPENDENT GARAGE AND WOULD LIKE FOR DODGE TO PAY FOR IT. DT

AFTER MY ACCIDENT THE BACK SEAT HAD POPPED OFF THE TRACK AND WAS NO LONGER ATTACHED TO THE CAR. I WAS ALMOST STOPPED AND THE MAN WHO HIT ME WAS DOING MAYBE 30 MPH. I BROUGHT IT UP TO THE DODGE DEALERSHIP IN MY AREA AND THEY SAID THAT IT SHOULDN'T HAVE DONE IT AND THEY DON'T KNOW WHY IT DID BUT THE SEAT IS BACK IN PLACE SO DONT WORRY ABOUT IT. I CALLED DODGE THE COMPANY AND THEY TOLD ME SINCE THERE WAS NO MAJOR PROPERTY DAMAGE OR NO INJURIES OR FATALITIES THEY WEREN'T GOING TO CHECK OUT WHY THE SEAT POPPED OUT. DT

A COUPLE DAYS BEFORE THE HORN COMPLETELY QUIT WORKING. THE AIR BAG LIGHT WOULD COME ON THEN I HONKED THE HORN AND IT HONKED DIFFERENT THAN NORMAL, NOT A FULL HONK. THE NEXT DAY THE AIR BAG LIGHT STAYED ON AND WHEN I WENT TO HONK THE HORN IT DIDN'T WORK ANYMORE,THE AIR BAG LIGHT STAYS ON ALL THE TIME NOW. DT

WHEN DRIVING A "WIND" BLOWING SOUND IS HEARD IN INTERIOR COMPARTMENT. THE DEALER ADVISED THAT THE NOISE WAS AS A RESULT OF A DEFECTIVE WIRE IN THE STEERING COLUMN WHICH COULD CAUSE VEHICLE TO CATCH FIRE, CHRYSLER RECALLED 96-98 MODELS DUE TO AFOREMENTIONED PROBLEM, THE CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS MFG ON 12-98 AND SOLD AS A 1999 MODEL. *TS *NLM

WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKE, THE ROTORS HAVE HOLES IN THEM CAUSING VEHICLE TO HAVE EXTEND STOPPING DISTANCE. DEALER NOTIFIED. TS CONSUMER HAS HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE VEHICLE SINCE PURCHASE. AFTER HAVING THE ROTORS REPAIRED, THE VEHICLE STOPS AT A MUCH SHORTER DISTANCE. *JG

THE VAN HAS DEVELOPED AN OIL LEAK BETWEEN THE ENGINE HEAD AND BLOCK WHICH A MECHANIC FEELS THIS IS AN UNUSUAL PLACE. FUMES ARE ENTERING INTO THE COMPARTMENT OF THE VAN. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. MR