1993 DODGE CARAVAN Complaints

TRANSMISSION ON 1993 DODGE CARAVAN IS FAILING ONCE AGAIN. I SEE THAT THERE IS ACTUALLY A WEB SITE DEDICATED TO PEOPLE THAT HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. THE TRANSMISSION WAS REBUIT AT APPROXIMATELY 40,000 MILES. THE VEHICLE NOW HAS 70,000+ MILES AND IS IN NEED FOR ITS NEXT RE-BUILD. I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW DODGE HAS BEEN ABLE TO GET AWAY WITH NOT HAVING TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THESE PROBLEM TRANSMISSONS. THE WARANTEE IS OVER AND THE COST OF THE REPAIR WILL PROBABLY BE BETWEEN $1500 AND $2000. CAN ANYTHING BE DONE? TO READ SOME STORIES FROM OTHER CARAVAN OWNERS, GO TO GOOGLE.COM AND TYPE IN "DODGE CARAVAN TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS". IT MAKES FOR SOME INTERESTING READING! THANK YOU...

TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS, I HAD TO GET A REBUILT TRANSMISSION EVERY YEAR SINCE THE YEAR I BOUGHT IT. *JB

WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED, THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE, WHICH CAUSED CONSUMER TO RUN 2 STOP SIGNS. *JB SCC

PRESSED ON BRAKE AND IT WOULDN'T MOVE (HARD PEDAL). CONSUMER DROVE OFF SIDE OF THE ROAD TO STOP. DEALER INFORMED CONSUMER THERE WAS A RECALL BUT CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WASN'T ON THE LIST. *JB

THE BALL JOINTS AND STARTER FAILED, THE BRAKE LINE WAS BROKEN, THE SIDE DOOR FELL OFF, THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED OIL AND COOLANT FAILURES. ALSO THE VEHICLE NEEDED AN OUTER ROD END INSTALLED AND A NEW TRANSMISSION WITHIN ONE YEAR OF PURCHASING THE VEHICLE. *JG *JB

THE RUBBER THAT SEALS THE TAILGATE AND BLOCKS CARBON DIOXIDE FROM ENTERING THE VEHICLE SEPARATED. THIS RESULTED IN CARBON DIOXIDE ENTERING THE VEHICLE AND THE DRIVER SUSTAINED CARBON DIOXIDE POISONING. *PH *NLM

THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. DEALER DIAGNOSED THAT ABS HAD FAILED. VEHICLE WAS PREVIOUSLY REMEDIED UNDER RECALL 96V099000. PH

WHILE APPLYING THE BRAKES THE ABS WARNING LIGHT APPEAR ON THE DASHBOARD. AND THE PEDAL GOES ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE FLOOR. PLEASE FILL IN ADDITIONAL INFORMATION DEALER IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. TS

CONSUMER WANTED TO BE REIMBURSED FOR A REPAIR HE PAID FOR THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN COVERED UNDER THE RECALL. THE ABS LIGHT ILLUMINATED SO THE CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO HIS MECHANIC, THE MECHANIC REPLACED THE DUAL PRESSURE SWITCH FOR $340.00 BUT IT DID NOT COMPLETELY FIX THE PROBLEM. THE MECHANIC DID SOME RESEARCH AND DISCOVERED THE RECALL. THE DEALER REPLACED THE PUMP MOTOR ASSEMBLY FREE OF CHARGE, HOWEVER THE CONSUMER IS REQUESTING REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE 340 THAT HIS MECHANIC CHARGED TO FIX THE DUEL PRESSURE SWITCH WHICH WAS APART OF THE LIFE TIME WARRANTY RECALL. CHRYSLER HOTLINE INFORMED THE CONSUMER IT WAS NOT APART OF THE RECALL. ( RECALL #96V099000). *JB

THE SLIDING DOOR SEPARATED FROM THE HINGES, ALSO THERE WAS PROBLEMS WITH THE OIL, COOLANT, BALL JOINTS, STARTER, BRAKE LINE, TIE ROD, TRANSMISSION, EXHAUST AND THE FRONT BRAKES. TS *JB