1998 DODGE CARAVAN Complaints

THE VAN STARTED ACTING LIKE IS NOT GETRTING GAS ON MARCH 11. IT STALLED AND WOULDN'T START AGAIN SO I HAD IT TOWED TO THE GARAGE BY MY HOUSE. THEY COULD'T FIND THE PROMBLEM. SO I TOOK IT HOME AFTER A WEEK. IT DIID IT AGAIN SO I HAD IT TOWED BACK TO THE GARAGE AND THEY STILL COULDN'T FIND IT. SO I DROVE IT TO A DEALER AND THEY HAD IT FOR A WEEK. THEY FOUND NO REASON FOR IT TO STALL OR ACT LIKE IT HAD NO GAS. SO I TOOK IT HOME AND IT DID IT AGAIN SO I TOOK IT TO ANOTHER DEALER AND THEY STATED I NEEDED A NEW BATTERY AND FUEL THOTTLE AND A FEUL PURGE AND NEW FUEL FILTER SO I PAID 438.00 FOR THE WORK TO BE DONE AND TOOK IT HOME AFTER A WEEK. THEN I HAD IT FOR 2 DAYS AND IT ACTED LIKE IT DIDN'T GET GAS AND STALLED AGAIN. SO I HAD IT TOWED BACK TO THE DEALER AND THEY KEPT IT FOR 2 WEEKS AND THEY STILL HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THE PROMBLEM IS. I AM NOT TAKING IT TO THE DEALER I BOUGHT IT FROM BUT ONE CHRYSLER SAID WAS A FIVE STAR AND IN MY CITY. EVERYONE IS BEEN REAL NICE BUT THEY PROMBLEM IS STILL THERE. IT IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE A VEHICLE THAT MAY DIE WHILE DRIVING . I HAVE HAD IT TOWED 5 TIMES SINCE 3/11. I MAY HAVE GOTTEN ONE WEEK WORTH OF DRIVING OUT OF IT FOR THIS MONTH AND A HALF. IT STILL HAS THE PROMBLEM. *AK

VEHICLE WOULD NOT ENGAGE INTO THIRD GEAR. AFTER VEHICLE WARMS UP IT WILL NOT SHIFT IN AND OUT OF GEAR, STAYS IN SAME GEAR.*AK

VEHICLE STARTED LEAKING AND BURNING OIL. TOOK TO DEALER AND DEALER INDICATED HEAD GASKETS WERE BLOWN.*AK

WHILE PROCEEDING TO MAKE A TURN, ANOTHER VEHICLE PASSED THE INSURED ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND HIT THE INSURED'S VEHICLE CAUSING IT TO SPIN AROUND, THE SEAT BELT DID NOT ENGAGE AND THE PASSENGER WAS THROWN TO THE FLOOR, THE SEAT BELT WAS STILL AROUND THE PASSENGER WHEN THE VEHICLE CAME TO A REST, THERE WERE 3 INJURIES.(CLAIM#52-2474-339)*JB

CLOCKSPRING HAS FAILED RENDERING THE AIRBAGS AND HORN UNUSABLE. THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD AND OTHER YEAR DODGE CARAVAN MINIVANS HAVE BEEN RECALLED. MY DEALER SAID THAT MY YEAR MINIVAN IS NOT PART OF THOSE RECALLED. I BELIEVE THIS SAFETY COMPONENT FAILURE NEEDS TO BE RECALLED BY THE MANUFACTURER AND REPLACED. *AK

WHEN DRIVING VEHICLE WILL HAVE TROUBLE ACCELERATEING, AND THEN WILL SHUT OFF. CONTACTED DEALER, AND THE DEALER CANNOT FIND THE CAUSE. *AK

ENGINE HEAD GASKET BLEWOUT, CAUSING VEHICLE TO LEAK OIL. *AK CONSUMER STATES THAT THE MANIFOLD WAS CRACKED AND WELDED. *YD

A CRACK IN EXHAUST MANIFOLD CAUSED FUMES TO COME INTO VEHICLE.*AK DEALER COULD NOT DUPLICATE CONCERN. CUSTOMER STATES VEHICLE JERKS WHEN IN CRUISE. DEALER FOUND NO PROBLEM. *TT

TRANSMISSION GEARS CAN BE CHANGED WITHOUT APPLYING BRAKES. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

WHILE TRAVELING 30-40MPH AIR BAG LIGHT WOULD FLASH ON/OFF. THIS HAS HAPPENED FOR A FEW WEEKS. IT FINALLY REMAINED ON, AND HORN ALONG WITH CRUISE CONTROL FAILED TO WORK. DEALERSHIP REPLACED WIRES AND A STICKY CLOCKSPRING UNIT.*AK *TT