1993 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN Complaints

FRONT PASSENGER'S DOOR SEPARATED FROM ITS WELDING. DEALER HAS INSPECTED AND REPAIRED VEHICLE, AND DETERMINED THAT IT WAS A FACTORY DEFECT. SINCE REPAIRS WERE DONE,DOOR HAS SEPARATED AGAIN. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED PROBLEMS WITH THE ABS SYSTEM SINCE PURCHASE, THE BENDIX-10 ABS SYSTEM WAS PREVIOUSLY REPAIRED, PER RECALL #99V-099, HOWEVER FAILURE OF THE SYSTEM AFTER REPAIR RESULTED IN VEHICLE COLLISION. *MJS

NHTSA RECALL 96V099000/AND MANUFACTURER'S RECALL 685. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER ON 02-11-2000. , DEALER KEPT VEHICLE FOR THREE WEEKS. AFTER CONSUMER RECEIVED VEHICLE BACK, IT FAILED WITHIN AN HOUR. BROUGHT VEHICLE BACK TO DEALER. UPON RETURNING VEHICLE TO CONSUMER, IT HAD NO HYDRAULIC FLUID IN THE SYSTEM. CONSUMER RETURNED VEHICLE TO DEALER. ONCE AGAIN. AFTER REPAIRS WERE MADE, ABS LIGHT CAME ON. RETURNED IT BACK TO DEALER ON 02-24-2000, AND VEHICLE IS STILL IN THE SHOP. *AK THE CUSTOMER MADE SEVEN TRIPS TO THE DEALER. FIVE OF THE TRIPS WERE FOR FAILURES THAT OCCURED ONE HOUR AFTER REPAIR. THE BRAKES ALSO FAILED AND WERE FIXED. *YH

THE FIRST TRANSMISSION FAILURE OCCURRED AT 56,000MILES AND WAS REPLACED BY CHRYSLER. THE SECOND TRANSMISSION FAILURE OCCURRED AT 119,609 MILES AND CHRYSLER REFUSES TO ACCEPT ANY RESPONSIBILITY TOWARDS ITS REPLACEMENT. *AK

DRIVERSIDE AIRBAG DEPLOYED WHILE THE MINIVAN WAS IDLING AND IN THE PARKED POSITION WITH NO OTHER VEHICLES PRESENT. DEALER SAID IT WAS A BAD AIR BAG MODULE AND THE CHRYSLER CORPORATION SAID IT WAS BECAUSE OF A FRONT END COLLISION WHICH HAPPENED APPROXIMATELY 4 TO 5 YEARS AGO. *AK

THE DRIVER'S SIDE SHOULDER BELT STICKS IN THE RETRACTOR AND WILL NOT COME OUT. AFTER SEVERAL MINUTES/HOURS OF TUGGING, IT MAY/MAY NOT FREE UP AND PULL OUT. EVEN THEN, IT GENERALLY DOES NOT MOVE FREELY IN AND OUT OF THE RETRACTOR. I PREVIOUSLY HAD TO REPLACE THE PASSENGER SIDE SHOULDER BELT WHICH HAD THE SAME PROBLEM, AT A COST OF ABOUT $200. THE DEALER INDICATED THAT EVEN THOUGH IT WAS SAFETY RELATED, DODGE WOULD NOT PAY FOR THE REPAIR. *AK

THE SEAT BELT ON THE PASSENGER'S SIDE IS STUCK IN THE RETRACTOR. ALSO, SEAT BELT ON DRIVER'S SIDE STICKS WHEN PULLING OUT OF THE RETRACTOR. SOMETIMES SEAT BELT TIGHTENS AROUND THE DRIVER FOR NO REASON. PROBLEM WAS NOT REPORTED TO THE DEALERSHIP. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

DESIGN FLAW OF HAIR SPRING IN THE AIRBAG SENSOR HAS BROKEN, CAUSING THE AIRBAG TO FAIL. DEALER HAS REPAIRED THE VEHICLE. *AK *YC THE CLOCK SPRING ASSEMBLY IS THE ELECTRICAL HARNESS FOR THE CRUISE CONTROL AND AIR BAG. THE CLOCK SPRING ASSEMBLY FAILURE CAUSED THE AIR BAG INOPERABLE. THE CLOCK SPRING ASSEMBLY WAS REPLACED BUT FAILED AGAIN AND AIR BAG FAILED TO DEPLOY DURING COLLISION. THE CLOCK SPRING ASSEMBLY HAD BEEN DIAGNOSED TO BE DEFECTIVE AND SHOULD BE RECALLED. *YH

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED FAILURE OF THE RECALL COMPONENT PRIOR TO RECALL NOTICE (99V-213), CAUSED DAMAGE TO WINDOW WHEN FAILURE INCIDENT OCCURRED. MJS

TRANSIMISSION DOES NOT SHFT INTO GEAR PROPERLY. DEALER HAS INSPECTED VEHICLE, AND MANUFACTURER NOTIFED. *AK