1993 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN Complaints

THE LEFT WINDSHIELD WIPER PIVOT FAILED PRIOR TO RECALL NOTICE 99V-189 DURING A RAIN STORM RESULTING IN POOR VISIBILITY. NLM

TRANSMISSION WILL NOT ENGAGE IN ANY SELECTION IN COLD WEATHER. I BEGAN TO ENCOUNTER THIS PROBLEM THE FIRST WINTER I OWNED IT, IT WAS OUT OF WARRANTY. LAST WEEK THE TRANSMISSION FAILED. THERE WAS A LOUD BANGING NOISE. THE TRANS. WILL NOT ENGAGE. IF THE ENGINE IS RUNNING YOU CANNOT MOVE THE VEHICLE EVEN IN NEUTERAL. IF THE ENGINE IS NOT RUNNNING THE VEHICLE CAN BE MOVED. MECHANIC SAYS THERE IS A TRANSMISSION PROBLEM, HOWEVER AT THIS TIME THE NATURE IS UNKNOWN. *AK

THE LEFT HAND WINDSHIELD WIPER PIVOT ARM FAILED PRIOR TO RECALL NOTICE 99V-189 DURING INCLEMENT WEATHER CAUSING POOR VISIBILITY. NLM

ONGOING PROBLEM WITH TRANSMISSION FAILURE FROM 120,000 TO THE PRESENT OF 135,000 MILES. REPLACEMENTS WERE DONE ON FOUR OCCASIONS TWO BY INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOPS, AND TWO BY DEALERS. PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

PAINT IS FLAKING FROM HOOD AND ROOF, PARTICLES CAN BE INGESTED. DISTRICT MANAGER SAID UV STABILIZERS IN PAINT NOT CORRECT. PAINT IS FLAKING FROM RAIN GUTTERS, ROOF RIDGES, AND HOOD. NO SAFETY DEFECT LISTED IN THE SUMMARY. *AK

WITHOUT WARNING- ENGINE STALLS IN TRAFFIC, USUALLY WHILE DECELERATING, AND CAN ONLY RESTART WITH GAS PEDAL FLOORED. PROBLEM IS INTERMITTENT, SPORADIC, AND CANNOT BE DUPLICATED. DLR/MFR. SAY CORRECT BY WARRANTY, BUT PROBLEM MAY NOT SHOW FOR MONTHS. *AK

TRANSMISSION WAS SERVICED SHORTLEY AFTER PURCHASE FOR ROUGH SHIFTING. TRANSMISSION SERVICED AGAIN AND TRANSMISSION KIT PUT ON AFTER 3 YEARS. JUST NOTIFIED THAT TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE COMPLETELY REBUILT. FINDING MECHANICS WILL NOT WORK ON THIS TRANSMISSION BECAUSE OF POOR REPUTATION OF DODGE TRANSMISSIONS. I AM VERY FRUSTRATED THAT DODGE DOESN'T REPAIR THIS PROBLEM. *AK

DRIVER SIDE SEAT BELT WILL JAM UP AND NOT ALLOW MOVEMENT. MANY TIMES IT TAKES 5 MIN TO FIGHT THE SEATBELT JUST TO GET IT TO PULL OUT SO THAT IT MAY BE PUT ON. ONCE I GET IT ON, THERE IS NO GUARANTEE THAT I WILL BE ABLE TO MOVE AS MUCH AS TO ROLL DOWN THE WINDOW TO PAY TOLLS ECT. IT TIGHTENS UP AS I DRIVE AND THERE HAVE MANY TIMES WHILE DRIVING I HAVE HAD TO TAKE IT OFF BECAUSE IT BECOMES TO TIGHT. THEN I EATHER HAVE TO FIGHT WHILE DRIVING OR PULL OVER AND FIGHT WITH IT TO GET IT BACK OUT SO THAT I MAY COMPLY WITH THE LAW. I NEED TO GET IT IN SOON FOR REPAIR. *AK

WHILE APPLYING BRAKES PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING WHICH CAUSED A MINOR COLLISION. PRIOR TO THE COLLISION, DEALER HAD REPAIRED THE VEHICLE UNDER A SAFETY RECALL FOR BRAKES. *AK

TRANSMISSION FAILURE POSSIBLY DUE TO PISTONS WITHIN THE TRANSMISSION THAT WERE MANUFACTURED ROUGH, AND PUT TEFLON ON IT. WHEN IT WORE OUT IT CAUSED PISTON TO BREAK OFF. COMMON PROBLEM WITH CARAVANS. *AK *ML