1999 DODGE CARAVAN Complaints

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 DODGE CARAVAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED INTERMITTENTLY, BUT THEN REMAINED LIT. ON JULY 3, 2006, THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 04V480000 (AIR BAGS). THE DEALER STATED THAT THE CONTACT WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE COST TO REPAIR THE AIR BAGS. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 127,000 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 101,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 DODGE CARAVAN. AFTER THE CONTACT HAD THE TURN SIGNAL SWITCH REPLACED, THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS AUTOMATICALLY ACTIVATED EACH TIME THE VEHICLE WAS STARTED. THE DEALER WOULD NOT REPLACE THE WIPERS BECAUSE THEY WERE NOT UNDER WARRANTY. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 185,000 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 180,000.

STRUT TOWERS HAVE RUSTED THROUGH. WHY IS SUCH A CRITICAL AREA ONLY GOOD FOR 9 YEARS? IS VEHICLE NOW IN AN UNSAFE CONDITION? WILL CHRYSLER PAY FOR REPAIRS. THEY SHOULD! *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 DODGE CARAVAN. WHILE DRIVING 15 MPH THROUGH PUDDLES IN THE ROAD, THE SERPENTINE BELT DETACHED FROM THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE HAS BEEN OCCURRING FOR SIX MONTHS. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A REPAIR SHOP AFTER THE FIRST FAILURE. ONCE THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED, THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THIS WAS A COMMON FAILURE IN THIS VEHICLE MODEL. AFTER THE SECOND FAILURE OCCURRED, SHE CONDUCTED RESEARCH AND DISCOVERED A TSB. THE CONTACT BELIEVES THAT THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL ON HER VEHICLE. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 107,000 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 105,000.

WE HAVE HAD 5 GOODYEAR ALLEGRA TIRES BLOW OUT THERE SIDEWALLS WITHIN 14 MONTHS. THIS INCIDENT HAPPENED IN A 45 MPH ZONE. VEHICLE HAS BEEN CHECKED FOR ALIGNMENT AFTER EACH INCIDENT MECHANICAL SAYS VEHICLE HAS NO MECHANICAL PROBLEMS. *TR

ON 1999 AND POSSIBLY 2000, OR OTHER MODELS, DODGE CARAVAN/GRAND CARAVAN THE TOP OF THE DRIVERS SIDE & POSSIBLY PASSENGERS SIDE 'STRUT TOWER' RUSTS OUT. MOST BODY SHOPS AVOID MESSING WITH THIS DUE TO LIABILITY ISSUES. *JB

CORROSION OF LEFT FORWARD STRUT TOWER. DURING SCHEDULED OIL CHANGE, SAW EXTENSIVE CORROSION ON LEFT SHOCK TOWER IN ENGINE COMPARTMENT. THE CORROSION APPEARS TO HAVE DEVELOPED FROM INSIDE THE SHOCK TOWER AND ONLY BECAME APPARENT RECENTLY. CORROSION IS AFFECTING THE OUTBOARD HALF OF THE SHOCK TOWER AND AFFECTS TWO OF THE THREE BOLTS HOLDING THE STRUT TO THE TOWER. TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERS BODY SHOP. THEY SAID THERE IS A FACTORY KIT TO FIX THIS PROBLEM, BUT THEY WERE NOT IMPRESSED WITH ITS STRUCTURAL STRENGTH OR APPEARANCE. SUGGESTED REPLACING STRUT TOWER AS A BETTER OPTION AT THE COST OF $1300.00. SAID DODGE WOULD NOT PROVIDE ANY WARRANTY BECAUSE THE VEHICLE HAS 116K MILES. ASKED SERVICE MANAGER IF THEY HAD SEEN THIS PROBLEM BEFORE, SAID THEY HAD REPAIRED A FEW, AND THIS DEFECT SEEMS ALWAYS TO BE ON THE LEFT SIDE OF CARAVANS. HE ALSO SAID THAT HE HAD NOT SEEN ANY STRUT TOWERS FAIL, BUT RESEARCHING THIS WEB SITE THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS FAILURES AND CONSTITUTES A SAFETY DEFECT, THE MANUFACTURER NEEDS TO CORRECT. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 DODGE CARAVAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ABS LIGHT REMAINS ILLUMINATED AND THE HORN FAILED TO WORK AT THE SAME TIME. SHE BELIEVES THE FAILURES ARE RELATED. INITIALLY, THE ABS LIGHT WOULD GO ON AND OFF, FOLLOWED BY A CHIME TO ALERT THE DRIVER. CURRENTLY, IT IS CONSTANTLY ILLUMINATED AND NO LONGER CHIMES. A DIAGNOSTIC WAS PERFORMED IN APRIL OF 2007 AND THE MECHANIC COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG. THE PURCHASE DATE AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT MILEAGE IS 93,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 DODGE CARAVAN. WHILE DRIVING 15 MPH, THE CONTACT NOTICED A LOSS OF POWER IN THE VEHICLE AND ITS POWER STEERING. THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE SERPENTINE BELT DETACHED FROM THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SERPENTINE BELT DETACHED ON FOUR OCCASIONS AND THE ROAD CONDITIONS WERE SNOWY OR WET EACH TIME. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 106,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 DODGE CARAVAN. THE DRIVER'S SIDE STRUT TOWER WAS RUSTED, AND THE MECHANIC AND THE BODY REPAIR SHOP STATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS COMMON FOR THIS TYPE OF VEHICLE. DIAMLER-CHRYLSER STATED THAT THE WARRANTY EXPIRED, AND THE REPAIR WOULD BE AT COST TO THE CONTACT. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGE WERE 67000. *AK