1995 DODGE CARAVAN Complaints

CONSUMER STATED AFTER RECALL #99V113000 AIR BAG HAS BEEN PERFORMED ON THEIR VEHICLE THEY ARE STILL HAVING THE SAME PROBLEMS. DODGE HAVERSTRAW 845-429-5990 PLEASE PROVIDE THE ADDRESS OF THE DEALER. TS

CONSUMER CALLED COMPLAINING ABOUT HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE FRONT DRIVER DOOR ASSEMBLY HINGE, WHICH IS FALLING FROM THE WELDING. OBSTRUCTING TO CLOSE THE DOOR PROPERLY. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. TS

ON THE PASSENGER & DRIVERS SIDE DOORS THE SHEET METAL SURROUNDING THE BOTTOM HINGES IS CRACKING, WITH THE CRACKS BECONING INCREASINGLY WORSE WITH TIME. THE PASSENGER DOOR BEGAN TO OPEN ABOUT 3 MOS. AGO WITH THE SOUND LIKE THAT OF A COKE CAN BEING FOLDED MIDWAY ON THE CYLINDER, THEN BEING FOLDED BACK & FORTH. UPON INSPECTION, I NOTED A SMALL CRACK ON THE SHEET METAL THAT THE HINGE IS BOLTED TO. TODAY THE CRACK EXTENDS ABOVE & BELOW THE TOP & BOTTOM OF THE HINGE APPROX 1/2 INCH. THE DRIVERS SIDE DOOR STARTED MAKING THE "COKE-CAN" SOUND ROUGHLY A WEEK AGO; AND HAS A CRACK SLIGHTLY LONGER THAN THE HINGE IS HIGH. AFTER READING REPORTS OF PEOPLE HAVING THEIR HINGES DISCONNECT FROM THEIR CARAVANS DUE TO WHAT I REGARD AS AN APPARENT FATIGUE FAILURE, I AM CONCERNED.

CONSUMER STATES THAT WITH NO WARNING THE TWO FRONT DOORS IS FALLING OFF THE HINGES AND IT WILL BE HARD TO OPEN FOR THE CONSUMER TO ENTER OR EXIT THE VEHICLE. DEALER NOTIFIED TS

THE TRANSMISSION WILL NOT ENGAGE IN REVERSE IN COOLER WEATHER, IT WILL NOT UPSHIFT PROPERLY AND HAS OCCASIONALLY DOWNSHIFTED WITHOUT WARNING IN TRAFFIC CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO SLOW SUDDENLY AND DRAMATICALLY. NLM

CONSUMER STATES VEHICLE STALLS OUT WHILE DRIVING. INTERMITTENTLY LURCHES AND MISSES EITHER AT A STOP OR WHEN GOING ABOUT 50 MPH. WILL HAPPEN EITHER COLD OR WARM. LACK OF POWER WHEN TRYING TO ACCELERATE. *TT

SEAT BELT ATTACHMENT BOLT AT DRIVER'S SIDE SHOULDER WAS OVER TIGHTENED AT THE FACTORY AND MAY FAIL UPON IMPACT. THE SEVERLY SRTIPPED BOLT WAS REMOVED DURING SIDE WINDOW REPLACEMENT. *AK

WHILE TRAVELING ON HIGHWAY AND WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING VEHICLE WILL SHUT OFF. *AK

EVAPORATOR HAS A HOLE, CAUSING FREON TO LEAK OUT. THIS IS A YEAR OLD PROBLEM HAS PROGRESSED FROM REFILLING EVERY 3 WEEKS TO EVERY 2-3 DAYS. PART WAS REPLACED BUT NOT BY DEALERSHIP, AND DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. *AK NEW EVAPORATOR WAS INSTALLED BY A CERTIFIED DODGE DEALER. CONSUMER FEELS FREON LEAKING COULD CAUSE A HEALTH HAZARD. *TT

WHILE DRIVING, DRIVERS SIDE WINDSHIELD WIPER STOPPED WORKING. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER AND PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE, CONSUMER HAS BEEN WAITING FOR PARTS SINCE APRIL 29,2002. CONSUMER FELT THIS WAS VERY UNSAFE. *AK *JG