1999 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN Complaints

THE TRANSMISSION FAILED IN MY 1999 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN SPORT WITH LESS THAN 66,000 MILES ON IT. I WAS ABLE TO GET IT TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE I BOUGHT IT USING THE "LIMP HOME" MODE! I CONTACTED DAIMLERCHRYSLER AND ASKED THEM TO PAY FOR THE REPAIRS AND THEY DECLINED. I WAS AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM WHEN I BOUGHT IT FOUR YEARS AGO BUT WAS TOLD THAT IT HAD BEEN RESOLVED!

WHILE DRIVING AT 45 MPH AND WITHOUT ANY WARNING AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILED. TOWED VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, TECHNICIAN INDICATED THE NEED FOR A NEW TRANSMISSION, ALSO TIE ROD AND STEERING WHEEL PROBLEMS. *AK

I WOULD LIKE TO COMPLAIN THAT DAIMLER CHRYSLER IS STILL INSTALLING SEATBELTS (GEN3) IN THEIR VEHICLES AND HAS NOT ISSUED A RECALL ON PREVIOUS YEAR MODELS TO REPLACE THE FAULTY SEATBELTS. THIS IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF PASSENGERS AS WELL AS DRIVERS OF THESE VEHICLES. I WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO GET FREE REPLACEMENT OF MY BUCKLES OF MY MINIVAN AND SEE THAT THIS SORT OF NONSENSE REGARDING THE SAFETY OF PASSENGERS IN VEHICLES IS STOPPED NOW, BEFORE OTHERS ARE SERIOUSLY INJURED OR KILLED AS A RESULT. THIS SORT OF INFORMATION REGARDING FAULTY BUCKLES IS EXTREMELY DISTURBING AND SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE.*AK

1999 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN STARTED TO HAVE INTERMITTANT 'AIRBAG' LIGHT ILLUMINATED IN TURNS. WITHIN A DAY, THE LIGHT STAYED ON STEADY AND THE HORN AND SPEED CONTROL STOPPED WORKING. I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE WAS A RECALL UP THROUGH THE 1998 MODELS AND THEN THE CLOCKSPRING ASSEMBLY WAS REPLACED WITH A NEWER MODEL. IT SEEMS THAT THE 'NEW' CLOCKSPRING IS ALSO DEFECTIVE AND I BELIEVE THAT THE 1999 AND LATER MODEL MINIVANS NEED TO BE INCLUDED IN THE PREVIOUS RECALL.

AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION LOCKED UP IN LOW RANGE WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY. MECHANIC FOUND THAT TRANMISSION WAS SHOT AFTER 80,000 MILES.*AK

THE SERPENTINE BELT TENSIONER HAS A BROKEN SPRING THERE FORE NOT PUTTING TENSION ON THE SERPENTINE BELT CAUSING WATER PUMP AND ALTINATOR AND LATER BATTERY PROBLEMS.IVE DONE SOME RESEARCH ON THIS AND IT SEEMS TO BE A PROBLEM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY TO WHICH BELTS ARE FALLING OFF ETC.....THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP BEFORE AND WE WERE TOLD THAT ALL WAS WELL.IVE HEARD THE BELT SLIPPING FOR A WHILE NOW USUALLY AT START OF VEHICLE. THIS SEEMS TO BE A PROPLEM WITH MANY MORE 99 GRAND CARAVANS AT OR AROUND 40-50,000 MILES.THIS SHOULD BE A WARRENTY FIX BUT IS NOT!*AK

WE PURCHASED A USED 1999 GRAND CARAVAN. THROUGH RESEARCH WE FOUND THE CLOCKSPRING WAS THE PROBLEM. CRYSLER REFUSES TO FIX IT BECAUSE THEY SAID A DIFFERENT PART WAS USED AFTER THE LAST RECALL. THEY SAID SAVE OUR RECEIPT AND IF THERE ACTUALLY A RECALL WE WOULD BE REIMBURSED 100%.*AK

WE BOUGHT OUR DODGE GRAND CARAVAN ON MARCH 11TH 2000, WITHIN THE FOLLOWING MONTH WE TOOK THE VAN BACK TO THE LEITH DEALER SHIP THAT WE BOUGHT IT FROM TO COMPLAIN ABOUT A VERY LOUD POPPING NOISE THAT WAS COMMING FROM THE FRONT RIGHT WHEEL WELL AND WE WERE TOLD AND I QUOITE " THAT IS A NOISE THAT IS VERY COMMON TO DODGE VEHICLES" AND BASICLLY TOLD WE WOULD HAVE TO LIVE WITH IT. IT GOT WORSE SO WE TOOK IT BACK AGAIN TO THE SAME DEALERSHIP AND TOLD THEM THAT THE PROBLEM WAS DEFFIANTLY WORSE AND WOULD YOU PLEASE LOOK AT IT, AGAIN WE WERE TOLD THE SAME THING. ALL IN ALL WE TOOK IT BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP AT LEAST 3 OR 4 DIFFERENT TIMES AND EVERYTIME THE ANSWER WAS THE SAME. IN MARCH OF THIS YEAR (2003) WE TOOK OUR VAN IN TO A LOCAL FIRESTONE TO HAVE NEW TIRES BUT ON THE VAN AND I ASKED ONCE AGAIN IF THEY WOULD CHECK AND SEE IF THEY COULD FIND THE SOURCE TO THE NOISE, AND THEY DID. FOR 3 YEARS WE DROVE AROUND WITH THE WHEEL HUB COMMING OFF, IT TURNED OUT THE THE WHEEL HUB ASEMBLEY WAS LOOSE AND COMING OFF YOU COULD PULL THE WHEEL IN ALL DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS WITH IT TIGHTLY BOLTED TO THE VAN ITSELF, THE GAS STRUTS HAD TO BE REPLACED AND THE SWAY BAR LINK KIT HAD TO REPLACED ON IT ALSO. ALL IN ALL THE TOTAL BILL ENDED UP AS $800.09 TO GET THE VAN FIXED. WE HAVE ALSO HAD TO HAVE THE CALIPERS REPLACED TWICE ON THE VAN AND WE HAVE BEEN TOLD ONCE AGAIN THAT THIS IS ALSO COMMON TO DODGE VEHICLES. WE WOULD LOVE TO BE REIMBERSED FOR THIS BECAUSE THE DEALERSHIP SOLD US THIS VEHICLE IN THIS SHAPE AND KNEW IT AND THEN LIED ABOUT IT NOT ONCE BUT SEVERAL TIMES BUT THE DEALERSHIP IS NO LONGER IN BUSINESS.*AK

CLOCK ASSEMBLY FAULTY ON 1999 GRAND CARAVAN. THIS VEHICLE IS USED AS A COMPANY VAN. FIRST AIIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON THEN THE CRUISE CONTROL AND HORN STOPPED WORKING. TWICE IN EMERGENCY SITUATIONS THE HORN DID NOT WORK. HAD CLOCK ASSEMBLY REPLACED AT A COST OF $304.53. THIS SEEMS TO BE A MANUFACTURER PROBLEM AND A RECALL SHOULD BE IN PLACE.*AK

I HAVE A 1999 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN WITH THE "AIR BAG" LIGHT ON. I HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT I NEED THE "CLOCK SPRING" REPLACED. THERE WAS A RECALL ON THIS ISSUE WITH DODGE IN 1998 AND 1999. I WILL SEND FEEDBACK TO YOU WHEN I GET THIS FIXED. I ALSO WILL KEEP THE PART THAT IS REPLACED. MANY THANKS JOHN BOUSMAN. *LA