1995 DODGE CARAVAN Complaints

THE LIFTGATE FELL ON THE CONSUMERS HEAD. BOLT BROKE AND LIFTGATE WILL NOT OPEN. *AK

FIRESTONE , INFINITI FR360, P20570R14. WHILE DRIVING AT 5 MPH, THE RIGHT REAR TIRE COMPLETELY SEPARATED. THE BLOWOUT CAUSED VEHICLE TO DO 180 DEGREE TURN TO ELUMINATING TRAFFIC. THE CONSUMER HAD TO TAKE THE VEHICLE TO BRIDGESTONE TO REPLACE THE OLD FIRESTONE TIRE WHICH HAD CHUCK OF RUBBER IN IT.THE COST OF REPAIRS WERE $241.24. CONSUMER FELLS FIRESTONE SHOULD REIMBURSE THEM. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK *CB

THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM AS STATED IN RECALL # 00 V 268 000, HOWEVER THE VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. *JB

SEAT BELTS COME UNBUCKLED FOR NO APPARENT REASON. FRONT AND REAR SEAT BELTS HAVE BECOME LOCKED AND WOULD NOT RELEASE WHEN THE RELEASE BUTTON WAS PRESSED. AT LEAST ONE OF THE SEAT BELTS WERE REPLACED WHILE THE VAN WAS UNDER WARRANTY FOR THESE PROBLEMS. IT HAS REQUIRED SEVERAL PUSHES OF THE BUTTON AND PUSHING AND PULLING ON THE LAP/SHOULDER BELT BEFORE THE BELT RELEASES FROM THE PART OF THE BELT WITH THE BUTTON. THIS HAS OCCURRED IN OUR 1995 DODGE CARAVAN WHICH WE BOUGHT NEW. WE ALSO BOUGHT A NEW 2002 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN WHICH HAS THE SAME GENERATION 3 SEAT BELTS IN THE BACK SEATS AND THEY ALSO HAVE COME UNBUCKLED WITHOUT NOTICE. MY NEIGHBOR HAS A 1996 DODGE DAKOTA WHICH HE BOUGHT NEW AND ARGUED WITH THE DEALER UNTIL THEY REPLACED ALL THE SEAT BELTS BECAUSE THEIR CHILDREN KEPT COMING UNBUCKLED AND JEFF (THE TRUCK OWNER) BECAME TRAPPED IN THE DRIVER'S SEAT AND HAD TO HAVE THE SEAT BELT CUT TO FREE HIM. THE INCIDENT DATES HAVE NOT BEEN RECORDED BUT THE MOST RECENT TIME WITH THE 1995 CARAVAN WAS THIS MONTH APRIL 2003. ALSO THE SEATS ARE UNSAFE THROUGHOUT THE 1995 CARAVAN. ON 2/6/98 MY WIFE AND I WERE REAR ENDED IN THE 1995 CARAVAN BY A 1990 MERCURY SABLE. WE WERE NEARLY STOPPED WHILE WAITING FOR THE VAN IN FRONT OF US TO MAKE A LEFT TURN. THE PERSON BEHIND US WAS NOT WATCHING AND SHE REAR ENDED US AT APPROXIMATELY. 40-45 MPH. THIS ACCIDENT WAS WITNESSED BY THE STATE HIGHWAY PATROL MAN. THE PERSON BEHIND US WAS WATCHING INSTEAD OF WATCHING WHERE SHE WAS GOING. I WAS NEARLY PARALYZED BECAUSE THE BUILT IN HEAD REST IS NOT HIGH ENOUGH. I AM 6'1" AND MY WIFE IS 5'2". MY WIFE WAS NOT BADLY INJURED. AS FOR MYSELF, THE DISC AT C5-6 WAS COMPLETELY BLOWN APART AND COMPRESSED MY SPINAL CORD IN HALF. I NOW HAVE A BONE GRAFT AND A STEEL PLATE FUSING MY NECK. THE REAR SEATS ARE COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE! *JB

THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM LIGHT ILLUMINATED WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS PRESSED, AND THE PEDAL TRAVELED ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR. THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD THE ABS PUMP WAS CONSTANTLY IN MOTION, AFFECTING THE CONTROL OF BRAKING. *JB

LETTER FROM DAVID R KRIEGER CONCERNING PROBLEM HE EXPERIENCED AFTER HAVING SAFETY RECALL WORK DONE ON 1995, DODGE CARAVAN, AND THE INTERMITTENT LOSS OF ILLUMINATION FROM HEADLIGHTS WHEN THE MULTIPURPOSE SWITCH LOCATED ON STEERING COLUMN WAS USED. *AK

THE HORN AND SPEED CONTROL WAS INOPERATIVE, WHICH WAS CAUSED BY FAULTY CLOCK SPRING. THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT STAYED ON , BECAUSE IT WAS DISCOVERED THE PASSENGER AIR BAG WAS MISSING, THE BULB WAS REMOVED FROM THE INSTRUMENT PANEL, AND THE AIR BAG WILL NOT DEPLOY IN A COLLISION. SCC *JB

AFTER AIR BAG RECALL WAS PERFORMED, THE WARNING CHIME SOUNDED AS THE DOME LIGHTS CAME ON. CONSUMER FELT DEFECT IS RELATED TO RECALL WORK PERFORMED. WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT, AND USING THE MULTIPURPOSE SWITCH TO GO FROM BRIGHT HIGH BEAM TO NORMAL HEADLIGHTS, THE HEADLIGHTS SUDDENLY WENT DARK. THE SEAT BELT RETRACTOR FAILED. *TT *NLM

DEFECTIVE HEADLIGHT SWITCH / SHORT CIRCUIT RELATED TO AIR BAG WIRING. AFTER THE AIR BAG WIRING WAS PERFORMED, THE WARNING CHIME SOUNDED AND THE DOME LIGHTS CAME ON. THE DEFECT WAS RELATED TO THE RECALL WORK. WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT, AND USING THE MULTIPURPOSE SWITCH, TO GET FROM HIGH BEAMS TO NORMAL HEADLIGHTS, THE HEADLIGHTS FAILED *TT *JB

WATER LEAKED THROUGH THE SUNROOF, THE PAINT ON THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER WINDOW FRAME PEELED*JB