1996 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN Complaints

THE VEHICLES AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE CRUISE CONTROL STOPPED WORKING AT THE SAME TIME, THE CONSUMER BELIEVES THIS PROBLEM IS RELATED TO A FAULTY CLOCKSPRING. NLM

CONSUMER STATES HAVING PROBLEMS WITH WINDSHIELD WIPER. PLEASE ADD MORE DETAILS. MR

THE FUEL TANK PIPE FILLER NECK HAS BROKEN. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *MR ONE OR MORE OF THE PLASTIC HOSES EXITING THE PLASTIC FUEL TANK WERE LEAKING. THE REPLACEMENT PARTS ARE NO LONGER AVAILABLE. DAIMLER CHRYSLER REPLACED WITH STEEL TANK AND FUEL LINES. THE CONSUMER STATES THAT HE HAD TO REPLACE AT A PRICE OF $740.78. DAIMLER CHRYSLER REFUSED TO REIMBURSE. THE CONSUMER FEELS THAT THE LEAKING FUEL IN THE GARAGE WAS A MAJOR FIRE HAZARD. *SCC

CONSUMER STATES HAD A TRANSMISSION DEFECT. CONSUMER ADVISED THAT THE "HOLLOW ROPE" THEAT HOLDS THE "PIN" IN PLACE BROKE, CAUSING THE PIN TO BECOME DISLODGED AND BLEW HOLES IN THE TRANSMISSION CASING. CONSUMER STATES ISSUE COULD HAVE RESULTED IN HOLES BEING BLOWN INTO THE FLOORBOARD. NLM

CONSUMER STATES THAT THE CLOCK SPRING IS DEFECTIVE AND NOW THE AIR BAG LIGHT HAS COME ON AND ALSO THE HORN STOPPED WORKING AND CRUISE CONTROL STOPPED WORKING. CONTACTED DEALER AND THE DEALER IS NOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING. NLM

CONSUMER STATES WHILE DRIVING HIT A BUMP IN ROAD AND BOTH DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. CONSUMER STATES AS A RESULT VEHICLE WAS TOTALLED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *MR

AIRBAG LIGHT HAS ILLUMINATED ON THE DASH AND HORN IS NO LONGER INOPERATIVE. MR

LEFT REAR TIRE HAD MAJOR TREAD SEPARATION AT 70-75 MPH. TIRE REMAINED INFLATED. TREAD DEPTH IS 5/32. NLM

EXPERIENCED INCIDENT WHERE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILED TO SHIFT FROM FIRST GEAR. ATTEMPTS TO SHIFT FROM N TO D FAILED TO CORRECT PROBLEM. TRANSMISSION CORRECTED ITSELF AFTER BRINGING VEHICLE TO A COMPLETE STOP, PLACING IN P AND RESTARTING ENGINE. HAVE ALSO EXPERIENCED NUMERIOUS INCIDENTS DURING PAST 6 YEARS WHERE TRANSMISSON FAILS TO SHIFT FROM P TO R AND R TO D AND REQUIRES TO BE RESHIFTED TO P AND THEN TO DESIRED SELECTION. RESEARCH INTO PROBLEM BY QUESTIONING VARIOUS PRIVATE TRANMISSION SPECIALISTS THAT AN UNDETERMINED DESIGN FLAW IN DIFFERENTIAL, IN 1995 AND LATER MODELS, CAUSES BOTH PROBLEMS AND HAS EVEN RESULTED IN DIFFERENTIAL COMPLETELY FAILING AND EXPLODING.*AK

AIR BAG LIGHT WAS ON ALL THE TIME. CRUISE CONTROL AND HORN WERE NOT FUCTIONING CORRECTLY.DEALER WAS CONTACTED. *AK