2000 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN Complaints

VEHICLE CAN BE PUT INTO GEAR WITHOUT THE BRAKE PEDAL BEING DEPRESSED . CONSUMER'S CHILD WAS ABLE TO PUT THE VEHICLE IN GEAR, ALMOST CAUSING AN ACCIDENT WHILE PARKED IN DRIVEWAY.*AK

DODGE GRAND CARAVAN 2000 - FRONT PASSENGER DOOR AREA LEAK CONTINUES DESPITE HAVING HAD IT "REPAIRED" AT THE DEALER TWICE. MOST NOTICEABLE IS THAT THE LEAK OCCURS WHEN THE VAN SITS IN THE DRIVE WITH THE WINDOWS ROLLED UP. NO EVIDENCE OF WHERE THE WATER COMES FROM, JUST THE PUDDLE AT THE PASSENGER FRONT DOOR SILL.*AK

CONSUMER NOTICED THAT THE TAIL LIGHTS WERE INOPERATIVE. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. *AK

THE SWITCH THAT CONTROLS THE LIGHTING ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL AND THE DOME LIGHTS WOULD INTERMITTENTLY MAKE A BUZZING NOISE, AND CAUSES THE PANEL LIGHTS TO FLICKER WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT DURING VARIOUS SPEEDS OF 0-60 MPH. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED.*AK

A LOUD NOISE WAS HEARD COMING FROM THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE WHILE TURNING. CONSUMER NOTICED ON MORE THAN ONE OCCASION THAT THE NOISE WOULD ESCALATE LOUDER AND LOUDER. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, BUT MECHANIC COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM.*AK

SHORTLY AFTER BUYING THIS VAN WITH IN A YEAR THE VAN WAS MAKING A GRINDING NOISE,TOOK IT BACK ON MARCH 2002 , THAY SAID IT WAS REPAIRED.ON A HIGHWAY IN JAN. 01 2003,THE CAR WAS ON ROUTE 1 AND IT SUDDENLY WENT FROM DRIVE TO NEUTRAL,DOING50 MILES AN HOUR IN THE FAST LANE,I HAD TOGO TO THE BREAKDOWN LANE JUST MISSING SEVERAL CARS BEFORE I RELIEZED THE ENGINE WAS RACING.THIS HAPPENED TO MY WIFE,OF COURSE I THOUGHT SHE WAS CRAZY,BUT IT HAPPENED AGAIN WEN MY SON WAS DRIVING ,THIS AFTER BEING BROUGHT IN FOR TRANSMISSION WORK AT IRA DODGE IN MEDFORD WHICH COST ME 615.97 MARCH 19 2003,PROBLEM WAS STILL HAPPINING AND I WENT TO MELROSE DODGE AND ALL HE DID WAS AJUSTED SHIFTER LINKAGE FOR 85.00 DOLLERS. NO PROBLEM SINCE THANK GOD. THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THESE VANS. *AK

2000 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN, VEHICLE PUT INTO GEAR WITHOUT FOOT ON BRAKE. DODGE DOES NOT HAVE SAFETY SWITCH ON BRAKE TO PREVENT GEAR SHIFTING. THIS SHOULD BE ILLEGAL. THIS SHOULD BE ILLEGAL. LET'S DO THE RIGHT THING, IF THIS IS NOT ILLEGAL THE GOVERNMENT IS NOT DOING THEIR JOB.*AK

THE POWER STEERING CONTINUES TO FAIL WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONSUMER STATES THE POWER STEERING HOSES HAVE BEEN REPLACED TWICE, HOWEVER PROBLEM STILL EXIST. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *NM

VEHICLE WAS BEING MAINTAINED BY AN AFTERMARKET AUTO SHOP WHERE IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THERE WAS A QUARTER SIZE HOLE THAT WENT COMPLETELY THROUGH THE TRANSMISSION. THE OWNER THEN CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER WHO STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS OUT OF WARRANTY AND THAT THE VEHICLE WAS MANUFACTURED IN CANADA AND THAT THERE WAS NOTHING THEY CAN DO. PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *JB

WHILE DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE IN RAINY WEATHER SERPENTINE BELT GOT WET AND CAME OFF. WHEN THIS OCCURRED THERE WAS NO CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, WHICH INCLUDED STEERING AND BRAKES. CONSUMER CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER, WHO SUGGESTED THAT CONSUMER CONTACT NHTSA AND COMPLAIN. THEY DID NOT PROVIDE ANY ASSISTANCE FOR THIS DEFECT. *AK