2004 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN Complaints

DURING INSPECTION DEALERSHIP INFORMED THE CONSUMER THAT FRONT BRAKES WORE OUT PREMATURELY. THE BRAKES WERE REPLACED. *AK

CONSUMER STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AS TO WHY CONSUMER NEVER RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE. VEHICLE WAS VALID AS BEING A PART OF THE RECALL. MANUFACTURER HAD NO EXPLANATION AS TO WHY CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS NOT REGISTERED WITH THE MANUFACTURER TO BE INCLUDED WITH THE CURRENT RECALL. *AK

AFTER HURRICANE FRANCES, I NOTICED THAT WHEN I GOT INTO MY CAR,( THAT HAD SAT IN THE STORM OUTSIDE MY HOME,) TO DRIVE TWO DAYS AFTER THE STORM , MY BRAKES DID NOT WORK PROPERLY . IT WAS AS IF THE ABS WAS INGAGED AND SUDDENLY GRABBED.MY HUSBANDS CAR DID THE SAME THING. SO I THINK IT IS A DAIMLERCHRYSLER ISSUE. THE SAME DAY AS THIS OCCURED, AFTER ABOUT FOUR OR FIVE MILES IT GOT BETTER AND I HAVE HAD NO NOTICEABLE PROBLEMS.*AK

THE BRAKES HAVE BEEN SQEAKING AND WHEN I LET OFF OF THEM THEY FEEL LIKE THEY ARE GRABBING. THERE IS ALSO LOTS OF BRAKES DUST ON MY FRONT RIMS. THIS HAS BEEN SINCE I BOUGHT THE CAR 3/15/04. THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT AT THE DEALERS SAID THE BRAKE NOISE IS NORMAL. THEY CHECKED THE BRAKES ON 3/17 AND SAID THEY WERE FINE. I TOOK THE VEHICLE BACK 8/17 BECAUSE OF THE FRONT END PULLING AND ASKED THAT THEY CHECK MY BRAKES AGAIN. THE ROTORS WERE WARPED SO THEY "TURNED THE FRONT ROTORS". I ASKED WHAT COULD CAUSE THIS AND THEY SAID DRIVING WITH 2 FEET OR IT COULD ALSO HAPPEN IF THE ROTORS ARE HOT AND IT STARTS TO RAIN AND COLD WATER HITS THEM. THEY BLAME THE DRIVER. IT ONLY HAD 7539 MILES ON IT. I TOOK IT BACK 8/23 BECAUSE I DO NOT HEAR OR FEEL A CHANGE IN THE BRAKES. THEYTEST DROVE IT AND SAID IT WAS NORMAL NOISES THAT I WAS HEARING AND NOTHING IS WRONG.*AK

THE DAY AFTER I BOUGHT MY 2004 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN/SE IT STARTED MAKING FUNNY NOISES AND THE STEERING FELT FUNNY. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND THEY REPLACED THE RACK AND PINION SYSTEM. SINCE THEN THE VEHICLE CONTINUES TO PULL TO THE RIGHT AND THE FRONT TIRES ARE WEARING FAST. I TOOK IT BACK AND THEY DID A FRONT END ALIGNMENT. IT IS STILL PULLING AND I TOOK IT SOMEWHERE ELSE AND THEY CHECKED THE ALIGNMENT AND SAID IT WAS OFF. I TOOK IT BACK TO THE DEALER AND TOLD THEM AND THEY SAID IT WAS NOT AND THEY DID NOTHING. MEANWHILE MY FRONT TIRES CONTINUE TO WEAR FAST. I HAVE A WARRANTY ON THE TIRES BUT GOODYEAR SAYS IT IS A FACTORY/DEALER PROBLEM CAUSING IT. (IGNORE EQUIPMENT SECTION ON THIS COMPLAINT, IT WAS DONE IN ERROR AND I CAN'T GET RID OF IT). *AK

CONSUMER STATES THAT FRONT HEAD RESTS ARE IN THE WAY WHEN VIEWING THROUGH THE REAR WINDOW. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK

WHEN IN DRIVE AND SITTING AT STOP LIGHT OR STILL THE MOTOR RUNS ROUGH. IT FEELS LIKE THE ENGINE WILL SHUT OFF.*AK

CONSUMER STATED THAT HE PURCHASED A 2004 GRAND DODGE CARAVAN AND IT VIBRATED WHILE DRIVING. HE STATED IT VIBRATED AS IF THE TIRES WERE UNBALANCED. THE CONSUMER STATED THE DEALER HAD REMOVED ALL THE TIRES AND HAD REBALANCED THEM, BUT IT DID NOT HELP. HE ALSO STATED THAT A CHRYSLER ENGINEER WAS CALLED IN AND HE WAS TOLD THAT THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE. HE ALSO STATED HE CALLED THE CHRYSLER MANUFACTURER AND THEY TOLD HIM THAT THE VEHICLE WAS OPERATING AS DESIGNED. THE CONSUMER BELIEVED THERE WAS A PROBLEM, BECAUSE NO VEHICLE SHOULD VIBRATE WHILE DRIVING. *JB