1997 DODGE CARAVAN Complaints

THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT CAME ON THE DASH AT THE SAME TIME THE HORN STOPPED WORKING AND THE CRUISE CONTROL DID NOT FUNCTION. *AK

CRUISE CONTROL FAILED FIRST - THEN AIRBAG LIGHT STARTED COMING ON AT RANDOM - HORN WORKED THROUGHOUT. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER. DEALER REPAIRED ON 04/04/01. REPAIR ORDER SHOWS "CLOCK SPRING, OPEN CIRCUIT".*AK

CLOCK SPRING WAS REPLACED DUE TO AIR BAG LIGHT ON DASH COMING ON, AND CRUISE CONTROL FAILING TO FUNCTION. *AK *SLC

AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON AND HORN STOPPED WORKING, MECHANIC STATED CLOCK SPRING ASSEMBLY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK ALSO CONSUMER WAS HAVING PROBLEM WITH THE RADIO THAT HAS BEEN WORKED ON FIVE TIMES AND REPLACED TWICE AND STILL DOESNOT WORK TO CONSUMER'S SATISFACTION, CONSUMER ALSO HAD BRAKES REPLACED, ALSO THE TENSIONER BELT ON THE TIMING BELT, ALSO THE WATER PUMP BROKE, ALSO TRANSMISSION WENT OUT.*JB

CONSUMER WAS AT THE GASOLINE STATION WHEN HE FILLED UP GASOLINE TANK. GASOLINE WAS LEAKING FROM BOTTOM OF TANK. THIS HAS HAPPENED MORE THAN ONE OCCASION. ALSO, THERE HAS BEEN GASOLINE SMELLS COMING INSIDE OF VEHICLE. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK

AIR-BAG WARNING LIGHT IS ON, HOWEVER THE AIR BAG HAS NEVER BEEN DEPLOYED IN THIS VEHICLE. DEALER CHARGED $140 JUST TO DIAGNOSE PROBLEM, AND WANTED APPROXIMATELY $1,000 TO FIX THE PROBLEM. DODGE/CHRYSLER CUSTOMER SERVICE HAS BEEN CONTACTED. ASSOCIATED PRESS IS INDICATING THE NHTSA IS LOOKING INTO THE MATTER ALTHOUGH THERE HAS NOT BEEN A FORMAL RECALL.

CONSUMER'S AIRBAG LIGHT HAS BEEN INTERMITTENTLY ON & OFF. FOR PAST 1 1/2 WEEKS THE LIGHT HAS BEEN STAYING ON. PROBLEM MUST BE AFFECTING HORN, IT HASN'T WORKED IN PAST MONTH. DEALER WANTS CONSUMER TO COVER COST. CONSUMER DOESN'T KNOW WHY IT HAPPENING ONLY THAT IF IN AN ACCIDENT IT WILL NOT OPERATE CORRECTLY*AK. CONSUMER STATES EVERYTHING ON STEERING COLUMN IS FAILING INCLUDING CRUISE CONTROL. *SLC

WHEN DRIVING IN A PARKING LOT AND ATTEMPTING TO PULL INTO A PARKING SPACE CONSUMER NOTICED A NOISE COMING FROM FRONT END, PLACED VEHICLE IN REVERSE AND VEHICLE WOULD NOT RESPOND, THEN PLACED VEHICLE IN DRIVE, AND THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT RESPOND IN DRIVE, CONSUMER CONTACTED DEALER AND DEALER NOTICED MAJOR PROBLEMS WITHIN TRANSMISSION AND OIL PAN, TRANSMISSION NEEDED REPLACING. *AK *SLC

WHILE PUTTING REAR SEAT BELT ON SEAT BELT BOLT PULLED FROM FLOORBOARD. *AK WHEN THE CONSUMER PURCHASED THE VEHICLE, THE SIDE DOOR HAD BEEN DAMAGED RIGHT WHERE THE SEAT BELT WAS. THIS VEHICLE HAD BEEN AT THE DEALER THREE TIMES FOR THE SAME SEAT BELT PROBLEM. *YH

AIRBAG LIGHT IN ON DASHBOARD STAYS ON CONSTINOUSLY, AND VEHICLE OVERHEATS. *AK