1994 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN Complaints

TRANSMISSION FAILED TWICE DUE TO PLANETARY GEAR FAILURE, CAR LOCKED AND SKIDDED TO A STOP.

HATCHBACK DOES NOT WORK PROPERLY. THE BOLTS ATTACHED TO LIFTGATE BRACKET BROKE OFF. THIS CAUSED HATCHBACK TO COLLAPSE & CLOSE. *AK

DRIVER NOTICED SMOKE IN VEHICLE AFTER TURNING REAR WINDOW WIPER ON. LATER FOUND THAT SMOKE WAS COMING FROM REAR DOOR. WHEN OPENED, IT WAS VERY AND THE PLASTIC WAS BEGINNING TO MELT. DRIVER OPENED INTERIOR PANEL AND FOUND THE INSULATION AND WIRING ON FIRE. MONTHS LATER THE WIPER STOPPED WORKING AND THE AIR BAG CAUTION LIGHT CAME ON SIMULTANEOUSLY - FUSE HAD BURNED OUT.

VEHICLE HAS HAD NUMEROUS PROBLEMS WITH TRANSMISSION. FAILURE INCLUDED, WHILE AT LOW SPEED AND IN DRIVE, VEHICLE WOULD NOT GO FORWARD. VEHICLE HAD TO BE RESTARTED BEFORE PROCEEDING. APPEARS NOT TO SHIFT INTO SECOND. WHILE INCREASING SPEAD, ENGINE REVS AS CAR SLOWS DOWN THEN LURCHES FORWARD.

CONSUMER NOT ABLE TO OPEN THE SIDE SLIDING DOOR FROM THE INSIDE. THE DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

METAL BRACKET THAT HOLDS THE DRIVER'S SEAT BROKE, CAUSING THE SEAT TO TILT BACK SEVERELY.

SLIDING DOOR RELEASED FROM THE TRACKS WHICH WAS CAUSED BY BROKEN BOLT. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAIL. *AK

THE DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT WILL NOT RETRACT INTO THE RETRACTOR MECHANISM WHEN RELEASING BELT FROM THE BUCKLE. *AK

WHILE TURNING KEY IN IGNITON DRIVER'S SIDE AIRBAG DEPLOYED FOR NO REASON.CAUSE HAS NOT BEEN DETERMINED.VEHICLE IS CURRENTLY AT DEALER. *AK DEALER STATED THE PROBLEM OCCURRED DUE TO A SHORT IN THE AIR BAG CONTROL MODULE, ONE PERSON WAS INJURED. *SLC

THE DEFECTIVE SLIDING DOOR FELL COMPLETELY OFF THE HINGES DUE TO THE DESIGN OF THE DOOR, ALMOST INJURING THE OCCUPANT. *AK