1999 DODGE CARAVAN Complaints

FRONT BRAKE ROTORS HAVE RUSTED THROUGH, CAUSING THE BRAKES TO FAIL. ROTORS HAVE BEEN REPLACED. *AK REAR BRAKE DRUMS ALSO ARE RUSTING. THE RUST THAT IS DISLODGED IS FOULING THE SELF-ADJUSTER MECHANISMS, AND MANUAL ADJUSTMENT OF THE REAR BRAKES IS PERIDICALLY NEEDED. *YH

BRAKES SHUTTER AND VIBRATE. CONSUMER HAS TO PUT FOOT ALMOST TO THE FLOOR TO STOP THE VEHICLE, TOOK TO DEALER AND THEY REPLACED ROTORS AND PADS. THEY HAVE BEEN REPLACED 3 DIFFERENT TIMES. CURRENTLY, ROTORS NEED TO BE REPLACED AGAIN. VEHICLE HAD BEEN IN 6 TIMES FOR BRAKES. *AK

I FELT A JERK AND THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT CHANGE, THIS IS THE SECOND TIME AND I AM SCARED SOMEONE WILL GET KILLED IN THIS VAN. *AK

WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH VEHICLE WILL COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN WITHOUT WARNING, THIS PROBLEM ALSO OCCURS WHILE VEHICLE IS STOPPED AT TRAFFIC LIGHTS. DEALER REPLACED THE IAC MOTOR AND CRANKSHAFT SENSOR WHICH DID NOT CORRECT THE PROBLEM. *AK

BRAKE ROTORS PITTED WITH RUST, DEALER REFUSES TO REPLACE ROTORS, DEALER TURNED THEM INSTEAD. *SLC

NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAG DURING ACCIDENT, CONSUMER WAS TOLD BY THE MANUFACTURER THAT THE CRITERIAN FOR AIR BAG DEPLPLOYMENT WAS NOT MET. NLM

AFTER STARTING ENGINE AND MOVED TRANSMISSION, IT WILL NOT WORK, ONLY FUNCTIONS IN REVERSE. HAD TAKEN VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND THEY COULD NOT EXPLAIN WHAT HAPPENED. VEHICLE STILL AT DEALER. *AK

WHILE TRAVELING NOTICED A LOUD NOISE, COULD NOT STEER VEHICLE. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK THE DEALER REPLACED THE STEERING PUMP AND THE STEERING RACK. *YH

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 35MPH ON A TWO LANE ROAD AND ANOTHER VEHICLE HIT CONSUMER'S VEHICLE HEAD-ON. DRIVER'S SIDE AIRBAG DIDN'T DEPLOY, AND REAR PASSENGER'S SIDE SEATBELT CAME APART FROM IMPACT. *AK

ENGINE WAS OFF, AND WHILE CLEANING INSTRUMENT PANEL WITH A LIGHTLY DAMP CLOTH, SMOKE STARTED TO COMING FROM THE INSTRUMENT PANEL LIGHTS, WHICH SEEMED TO HAVE BEEN TO BEEN CAUSED BY A SHORT CIRCUIT. NO PROBLEMS WITH THE LIGHT, GAUGES, ETC. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK