1997 DODGE CARAVAN Complaints

TRANSMISSION IS BEING REBUILT AGAIN THIS IS MY THIRD TRANSMISSION.THE ORIGINAL WAS REPLACED AT 16,500 MILES WITH A REMANUFACTURED FROM CHRYSLER TRANSMISSION,WHICH AN INDEPENDANT SHOP PURCHASED FROM DARROW DODGE AND HAS INSTALLED IT,AND NOW ONLY AFTER 31,000 MILES FIRST GEAR WENT OUT ON IT AND IT IS BEING REBUILT NOW.THERE IS A DEFINITE PROBLEM WITH THEIR TRANSMISSIONS AND SHOULD BE RECALLED.

DT: AIR BAG LIGHT IS ON AND CRUISE CONTROL AND HORN DOESN'T WORK. *AK CONSUMER STATES HAVING A RECALL NOTICE FOR THESE PROBLEMS BUT DELEARSHIP REFUSES TO FIX BECAUSE THE VEHICLE IS NOT A 1998 OR NEWER. THE CONSUMER'S STEERING WHEEL IS GETTING WORST. CONSUMER'S VIN #'S ARE NOT ON THE RECALL LIST, CONSUMER ALSO OWNS A 2000 DODGE VAN. CONSUMER WANTS TO BE KEPT UP TO DATE ON THE PROGRESS OF THE CLAIM. *NM

I HAVE A MINI- CARAVAN 1997 AIRBAG LIGHT STAYS ON OR BLINKS INTERMITTANTLY HORN DOESN'T WORK OR ONLY WORKS SOMTIMES (THATS FUN) CRUISE CONTROL DOESN'T WORK

THE HEADLIGHTS DON'T TURN ON ALL TIMES UNLESS THE SWITCH IS WIGGLED AND SOME TIMES IS GOES OUT AFTER THEY COME ON

DT: TRANSMISSION: CONTACT STATES VEHICLE HAD 28,000 MILES WHEN TRANSMISSION WENT OUT. THE TRANSMISSION WAS REBUILT, AND AGAIN AT 50,000 THE TRANSMISSION WENT OUT, THE TRANSMISSION WAS AGAIN REBUILT. AT ABOUT 70,000 THE TRANSMISSION FAILED AGAIN. TRANSMISSION SERVICE MECHANIC STATED THAT THESE VANS NEEDED TO BE EQUIPPED WITH ANOTHER COOLING SYSTEM. THE TRANSMISSION WAS REBUILT AND ANOTHER COOLING SYSTEM INSTALLED.*AK ENGINE: CONTACT STATES THE OIL WARNING LIGHT COMES ON EVEN WHEN THE VEHICLE IS FULL OF OIL. THREE DIFFERENT MECHANIC SHOPS SAID THERE IS NOT ENOUGH OIL PRESSURE TO KEEP OIL ON THE BEARINGS.

1997 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN SUFFERED TRANSMISSION FAILURE.***NO ANSWER REQUIRED***.*MR IN JAN 2005 THE ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS DIAGNOSED, IT WAS DETERMINED THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE TORQUE CONVERTER. THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD THERE WAS CHANCE THAT REPLACING THE FLUID AND FILTER MIGHT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM, THE PROBLEM REMAINED AND NOW THE TRANSMISSION IS SLIPPING. THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD THE ONLY RECOURSE WAS TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION WHICH WOULD BE FOR THE SECOND TIME. *JB

I OWN A 1997 DODGE CARAVAN, I HAVE TWO CHILDREN THE SEAT BELT CAME UNLATCHED SEVERAL TIMES. TWICE MY 8 YEARS OLD DAUGHTER LEANED TO THE SIDE AND HER ELBO HIT THE RELEASE BUTTON IT UNLATHED, MY OTHER DAUGHTER IS 5 FEW TIMES WE NOTICED HER BOOSTER SEAT IS UNLACHED FOR NO REASON. NEED HELP TO SOLVE THIS PROBLEM . *AK

RECALL 00V268999 CONCERNING FUEL LEAKAGE. GASOLINE ODOR/FUME WAS GETTING INTO THE VEHICLE WHEN IDLING OR AT A STOP POSITION. CONSUMER CONTACTED THE DEALER ABOUT THIS RECALL. DEALER INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT COVERED UNDER THIS RECALL DUE TO VIN. *AK *NM

SERPENTINE BELT COMES OFF DODGE GRAND CARAVAN WHENEVER THERE IS INCLEMENT WEATHER -IE, RAIN , SNOW, SLUSH, MAKING IT ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO DRIVE THIS VEHICLE. MY SPECIFIC CONCERN IS THAT - THIS DEFECT- MAY CAUSE AN EXTREMELY SERIOUS ACCIDENT ON SOME SUPER HIGHWAY BECAUSE STEERING BECOMES ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE. I THINK THE POTENTIAL FOR MANY DEATHS IS THERE IF THIS PROBLEM - WHICH APPEARS QUITE FREQUENTLY ON CHRYSLER PRODUCT MINIVANS IS NOT CORRECTED. IT IS MY OPIUNION THAT THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL ON ALL THE MINIVANS WHICH HAVE SIMILAR CONFIGURATIONS AS THE 1997 3.3 SERIES ENGINES. *AK

THE HEADLIGHTS WERE MADE OF PLASTIC AND HAVE OXIDIZED TO THE POINT THAT THE CONSUMER HAD TO DRIVE AT NIGHT WITH THE HIGH BEAMS ON. *JB THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THE FILM WAS SO BAD THAT HE COULD NOT SEE THE BULB INSIDE THE COVER. *TC