1998 DODGE CARAVAN Complaints

DEFECTIVE BRAKE ROTORS WERESEVERLY CORRODED CAUSED EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE WHICH COULD RESULT N A CRASH. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

THE ORIGINAL MICHELIN MX4 ALL SEASON 215/65/R16 TIRES WERE EXPERIENCING TREAD SEPARATION CAUSING VIBRATION WHILE DRIVING, CONSUMER REPLACED ALL FOUR TIRES. *MJS

SERPENTINE BELT FAILED FOR THE 4TH TIME WHILE DRIVING. HAD HEARD A FUNNY NOISE PRIOR TO NO STEERING. THIS CAUSED A LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL. FIRST 2 TIMES WAS AT 35MPH. 2ND 2 TIMES WAS WHILE STARTING VEHICLE. BEEN TO DEALER EACH TIME TO HAVE BELT REPLACED.*AK POWER STEERING, WATER PUM, ALTERNATOR AND AIR CONDITIONER FAILED. *YH

AFTER BACKING THE CAR OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY I HEAR A CLUNKING NOISE, PUT THE CAR INTO DRIVE AND IT WILL NOT MOVE. ONLY AFTER RESTARTING THE ENGINE AND THEN PUTTING IT INTO 2ND GEAR COULD WE MOVE THE CAR OUT OF THE STREET. *AK

LOSS OF CONTROL WHILE ATTEMPTING TO TURN CAUSED VEHICLE TO VEER INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC. VEHICLE TOWED TO DEALER, AND INFOMED CONSUMER THAT PROBLEM WAS DUE TO STEERING BELT TENSIONER NEEDING REPLACEMENT. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS ON THIS MATTER. *AK

WHILE DRIVING THE TRANSMISSION FAILED, THE PIN WENT TROUGH THE CASE AND CAUSED THE FRONT END TO LOCK UP AND THE VAN WENT SKIDDING DOWN THE ROAD I HAD NO STEERING THE GEARS WERE ON THE ROAD SURFACE. THIS HAPPEND A SECOND TIME WITH THE TRANSMISSION THAT WAS PUT IN AT 61000. MILES. I AM CURRENTLY ON MY THIRD TRANSMISSION AND FEARFUL THAT AT A HIGHWAY SPEED THIS CATASTROPHIC MECHANICAL BREAKDOWN WOULD CAUSE A MAJOR ACCIDENT.*AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH VEHICLE STARTS TO SHIMMEY. IF DRIVER TAKES HAND OFF THE STEERING WHEEL IT WILL SHAKE BACK AND FORTH.*AK

WHILE DRIVING CONSUMER TRIED TO PUT ON BRAKES AND FOOT WENT TO THE FLOOR. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND THEY REPLACED MASTER CYLINDER ON 03 JUL 2000. MASTER CYCINDER FAILED AGAIN,AND CONSUMER HAD KNOW BRAKES. THEN, AGAIN ON OCT 7TH THE SAME PROBLEM OCCURRED, CONSUMER FELT THIS VEHICLE WAS UNSAFE BECAUSE THERE WERE KIDS IN VEHICLE. *AK

THE PLASTIC CAP THAT SEALS THE GASKET SEALING THE FUEL PUMP IN THE TOP OF THE GAS TANK POPPED OFF AND GASOLINE WAS PUMPED OUT ALL OVER THE INSIDE OF THE ENGINE AND POURED OUT ALL OVER THE HIGHWAY LEADING TO EMPTYING OF THE GAS TANK AND MAJOR RISK ON THE HIGHWAY. THERE WERE NO HOLES IN THE GAS TANK AND THE PLASTIC CAP WAS NOT BROKEN, IT HAD SIMPLY POPPED OFF LEADING TO THIS POTENTIALLY DISASTEROUS PROBLEM. CAR NEEDED TO BE TOWED, GASOLINE ALL OVER THEPLACE, AND MAJOR FIRE HAZARD.

WHEN PUT IN PARK VEHICLE ACCELERATED FORWARD SUDDENLY AND UNEXPECTEDLY, RESULTING IN A COLLISION . DEALER INSPECTED VEHICLE, AND WAS NOT ABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *AK