2000 DODGE CARAVAN Complaints

VEHICLE WAS LEFT RUNNING AND PARENT WAS OUTSIDE OF VEHICLE WHILE CHILD WAS INSIDE. CHILD WAS ABLE TO SHIFT VEHICLE INTO DRIVE WITHOUT DEPRESSING BRAKE PEDAL WHICH CAUSED VEHICLE TO HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER, NO PARTS WERE REPLACED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

I WAS IN LINE AT SCHOOL WHEN MY BRAKES WENT OUT. WE TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP, BUT THEY TOLD US THAT IT WAS THE MASTER CYLINDER. I THINK NOW AFTER WATCHING THE STORY ON THE NEWS THAT IT WAS THE BRAKES THAT DID NOT HOLD. I THINK ALL CARS NEED TO HAVE THIS INTERLOCK BRAKE ON THEM. I WANT TO KNOW HOW I CAN GET INTERLOCK BRAKES ON MY VAN. IF I HAD OF KNOWN THAT MY VAN DID NOT HAVE THAT ON IT I WOULD HAVE BROUGHT ANOTHER TYPE VAN. #EVEN OUR INSURANCE COMPANY SAID THAT THIS WAS THE SAFETY VAN. PLEASE HELP. *AK

WHILE STOPPING AT A STOP LIGHT CONSUMER WAS REAR ENDED AND FRONT SEATS COLLAPSED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

INITIAL IMPACT TO FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE AND AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY) I HAD CONTACTED A LAW FIRM WHICH INDICATED THEY COULDN'T SUE FOR AT LEAST A MILLION DOLLARS, SO I CONTACTED DAIMLER CHRYSLER WHO INDICATED THAT THEY INVESTIGATED THE WRECK AND REPORTED, "))) THAT DUE TO THE SPINNING TYPE OF ACCIDENT)))" AND IT WAS NOT SUBJECTED TO THE NECESSARY G FORCES REQUIRED AND THAT, "OBVIOUSLY, IN REVIEWING THE POLICE REPORT, THIS IS NOT THE TYPE OF IMPACT YOUR VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN)" THE POLICE REPORT INDICATES THAT I WAS DOING 50 TO 70 MPH UPON FIRST IMPACT WITH A GUARD RAIL, ALMOST HEAD ON) THEY EVEN INDICATED SPECIFICALLY THAT THE DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY) I AM SURE THAT THIS WAS NOT A VALID ANALYSIS AND WANTED TO OFFICIALLY INFORM YOU THAT, WHILE I WAS NOT SERIUOSLY INJURED AND WAS ALONE IN THE ACCIDENT, I AM CONCERNED THAT THE AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT IS FAULTY IN THESE VEHICLES) I HAVE PICTURES OF A SEVERLY DENTED STEERING WHEEL WHICH HAPPENED UPON IMPACT) IF THAT'S NOT ENOUGH G FORCE, THEN THEY NEED TO REENGINEER THE THING!*AK

FAILURE OF AIRBAGS TO DEPLOY. TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH WHEN CONSUMER IMPACTED A CADILLAC. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS. *AK

VEHICLE SMELLED LIKE CARBON MONOXIDE. CONSUMER HAS BEEN ILL FOR MONTHS. DODGE FINALLY SENT INVESTIGATOR. SAID VEHICLE REGISTERED 13 FOR CARBON MONOXIDE. DODGE REFUSED TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY, AND DENIED ANYTHING WAS WRONG WITH VEHICLE. *AK

WINDING NOISE WHEN ACCELERATING. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND THEY SAID IT WAS TRANSMISSION. CONSUMER HAD TO PUT NEW PAPER UNDER CAR AT NIGHT FOR TRANSMISSION FLUID LEAKING. TOOK BACK TO DEALER AND, AND DEALER INDICATED THAT CONSUMER NEEDED A NEW TRANSMISSION. *AK

CONSUMER PUT SPEED CONTROL ON AVERAGE CONTROL AND VEHICLE WENT DOWN TO DOWN HILL LIKE THERE WAS NOT A SMOOTH SPEED. DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM. *AK THE VEHICLE DOWN SHIFTED THREE TIMES AND THE CONSUMER WAS SCARED IT COULD CAUSE ACCIDENT. *YH

LAST FOUR MONTHS CONSUMER HAD TO REPLACE STEERING COLUMN, AND A FEW OTHER THINGS THAT HAVE TO DO WITH STEERING SYSTEM. CONSUMER HAS HAD VEHICLE IN REPAIR SHOP EIGHT TIMES SINCE SHE PURCHASED IT IN NOVEMBER. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER SAID IT WAS NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR. THEN, CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO A DIFFERENT DEALER, AND THEY WERE FIXING VEHICLE AT THIS MOMENT. *AK

WHEN RAINING PARKING BRAKE LOCKS UP, AND IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO GET CAR TO MOVE. CONSUMER HAS TO PLAY WITH PARKING BRAKE. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER SAID THAT THEY WILL TAKE A LOOK AT VEHICLE.*AK