1995 DODGE CARAVAN Complaints

HEAD GASKET BLEW AND ENGINE CHECK LIGHTR ILLUMINATED ON THE DASH. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. PLEASE PROVIDE VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER.*AK

WHILE DRIVING, VEHICLE ENGINE CHECK ILLUMINATED, THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE MALFUNCTIONED, AND THE HEAD GASKET BLEWOUT. *AK. CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THAT THE REASON THE GUAGES WERE ACTING ERRACTICALLY WAS DUE TO THE BLOWN HEAD GASKET.*SLC

IN MAY, 200L, AT 51,365 MILES THE VAN'S TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT UPSHIFT ALL OF THE TIME. I TOOK IT INTO STAN MCNABB DEALER SERVICE AND WAS TOLD THEY COULD NOT FIND THE PROBLEM. ALTHOUGH THEY DID CHANGE FLUIDS AND ADJUST THE LINKAGE CHARGING ME $100.18.THIS SEEMED TO HELP UNTIL JULY WHEN I TOOK IT BACK TO THE SERVICE DEPT. AND THEY COULD NOT FIND A PROBLEM. ON OCT 31, 200L, THE CAR WOULD NOT UPSHIFT WHEN I WAS PULLING ONTO A BUSY HIGHWAY. I WAS ALMOST IN AN ACCIDENT WITH MY SON AS A PASSENGER. ON NOV. 1, 2001, AT 56,058 THE SERVICE MANAGER WITH STAN MCNABB SAID THAT THE TRANSMISSION HAD FAILED AND THEY REPLACED IT CHARGING ME $1,762.72. I FEEL DODGE KNEW ABOUT THE FAULTY TRANSMISSION WHEN THEY BUILT MY VEHICLE AND THEY SHOULD HAVE TO RECALL THESE TRANSMISSIONS!!!*AK

AT APPROXIMATELY 58500 MILES THE HEAD GASKET ON THE ENGINE FAILED. IT WAS REPLACED UNDER A PURCHASED EXTENDED WARRANTEE. I WAS NOT INFORMED BY ANYONE THAT CHRYSLER HAD A PROGRAM IN PLACE TO COVER THE COST OF REPAIRS THOUGH SUCH A PROGRAM EXISTED. AT 75419 MILES THE HEADGASKET BLEW AGAIN. ONLY THIS TIME THE HEAD WAS CRACKED AS WELL. I WAS CHARGED OVER $1625.00 FOR THE REPAIRS EVENTHOUGH IT APPEARS THE ORIGINAL REPAIRS WERE INEFFECTIVE. AFTER MUCH DISCUSSION THE CAR DEALER WARRANTEED THE REPAIRS FOR 36000 MILES OR 3 YEARS. THIS OFFER WAS NEVER MADE ON THE ORIGINAL REPAIRS. OTHER PROBLEMS WITH THE CAR INCLUDE THE FRONT STRUTS GOING OUT AT 42000 MILES (IT TOOK OVER FOUR TRIPS TO THE DEALER TO GET THE PROBLEM MOSTLY CORRECTED), A FROZEN BRAKE CALIPER CAUSING PREMATURE WARE OUT OF THE LEFT FRONT BRAKES, A SUSPENSION SYSTEM THAT BOTTOMS OUT HARSHLY ON ROADS WITH DIPS. WITH THE LATEST REPAIR THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE READ A HALF UNIT HIGHER THAN EVER BEFORE AND THE VENT BLOWS WARM AIR REGARDLESS OF OUTSIDE TEMPERATURE (EVEN IF IT IS VERY COLD). I AM VERY DISSATISFIED WITH THIS VEHICLE. *AK

ON AT LEAST 7 OCCASIONS WHEN STARTING THE VEHICLE IF THE AIR BAG LIGHT ON THE INFORMATION CENTER STAYS ON THE TURN SIGNALS,STOP LIGHTS ,A/C ETC WILL NOT WORK. IF I TURN OFF THE IGNITION AND RESTART AND THE AIR BAG LIGHT GOES OFF THEN EVERYTHING IS NORMAL. I KNOW THERE WAS A CAMPAIGN ON THE AIR BAGS SOMETIMES DEPLOYING THROUGH AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM BUT THE DEALER I CONTACTED AND GAVE THE ID # TO ASSURED ME THAT CAMPAIGN HAVE BEEN DONE ON THIS VEHICLE. I DO NOT WANT TO GET INTO A LENGHTY REPAIR BILL ON AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM UNLESS SOME ONE KNOWS SPECIFICALLY WHAT IS WRONG. I WOULD APPRECIATE ANY HELP YOU CAN PROVIDE IN REGARD TO THIS PROBLEM.*AK

WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH TRANSMISSION SHIFTS INTO LOW GEAR, CAUSE UNKNOWN. TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN REPLACED THREE TIMES. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

PASSENGERS SIDE DOOR WAS DEFECTIVE, AND AT BOTTOM OF DOOR PANEL, HAS SEPARATED. ALSO, DRIVERS SIDE DOOR WILL NOT UNLOCK FROM OUTSIDE, CAN ONLY UNLOCK IT FROM INSIDE. SOMETIMES PASSENGERS DOOR WILL NOT STAY CLOSED. *AK CONSUMER STATES THAT THE PASSENGERS DOOR IS TOTALLY DISLOCATED AT THE BOTTOM HINGE AND WILL NOT STAY FASTENED, IT SOMETIMES WILL OPEN WHILE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION, DRIVERS SIDE DOOR WILL NOT OPEN FROM THE OUTSIDE. *SLC

THERE WAS A FRONT CRASH AT A SPEED OF 15-20 MPH, HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE. DRIVER RECEIVED SLIGHT INJURIES, NEITHER AIRBAG DEPLOYED. VEHICLE IS TOTALLED.*AK

MANUFACTURER'S INCIDENT REPORT 8962625 / NHTSA SIMILIAR REPORT 702363 01/16/1999 / MY ORIGINAL REPORT 749642 ORIGINAL PART (2) FUEL LINES HAVE BEEN SAVED FOR INSPECTION IF NECESSARY / ADDITIONAL NHTSA REPORTS OF ENGINE FIRES 810648 03/30/1997 AND 978765 01/07/1996 ... QUESTION "WERE THESE ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRES CAUSED BY FUEL LINE LEAKS"

WE BOUGHT THE 1995 DODGE CARAVAN USED. WE'VE REBUILT THE TRANSMISSION 4 TIMES.*AK