1999 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN Complaints

WHILE DRIVING GEAR CAN BE EASILY MOVED FROM DRIVE TO NEUTRAL. VEHICLE WOULD LOSE POWER WHILE DRIVING.*AK

1999 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN, BLOWN TRANSMISSION, 41000 MILES. DEALER SAYS TRANSAXEL ASSEMBLY PIN BROKE? UNKNOWN WHY? FACTORY WON'T STANDBY PRODUCT ITS OUTSIDE THE 3YR, 36000 MILES. FACTORY CLAIMS THERE ARE NO PROBLEMS WITH TRANSMISSION. IT APPEARS TO BE A SAFETY ISSUE.*AK

I OWN A 1999 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN, SPORT EDITION. YESTERDAY WHILE MY WIFE WAS MAKING A RIGHT TURN ON THE STREET, THE STEERING FROZE AND THE BRAKES FAILED. SHE WENT STRAIGHT ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE CROSS STREET AND THE VAN WENT DEAD. UPON STARTING THE VAN AGAIN, THE "SERVICE ENGINE SOON" LIGHT CAME UP. THE SPEEDOMETER WAS UNRESPONSIVE AND SOMEHOW WE BROUGHT THE VAN HOME. THIS IS PROBABLY THE SPEED SENSOR THAT HAS GONE BAD AGAIN. THREE MONTHS AGO WHEN I WAS DRIVING THE VAN ON THE FREEWAY, THE VAN WENT UNRESPONSIVE AND I HAD TO PULLOVER. UPON STARTING THE VAN, IT SHOWED THE SERVICE ENGINE SOON LIGHT AND WOULD NOT CATCH UP HIGHWAY SPEED. I HAD TO DRIVE AT 35 MPH SPEED ON FREEWAY AT VERY HIGH ENGINE REVOLUTIONS AND COME HOME. THE DEALER REPLACED THE SPEED SENSOR TO FIX THE PROBLEM. THE SERIOUS THING OF THE PROBLEM IN THIS VAN IS THAT THE PROBLEM OCCURS SUDDENLY WHILE THE VAN IS IN MOTION. YESTERDAY AND THREE MONTHS AGO IT COULD HAVE RESULTED IN A FATAL ACCIDENT. *LA

INSTRUMENT PANEL LIGHTS FAILED TO WORK AND CAUSED A DISTRACTION TO THE DRIVER. *AK THE CONSUMER DID NOT KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON WITH THE VEHICLE DUE TO THE PROBLEM. *SCC *JB

MY SEAT BELTS KEEP COMING UNLATCHED. I HAVE GENERATION 3 SEAT BELTS. MY DAUGHTER'S CAR SEAT HAS COME UNDONE OVER 5 TIMES IN THE LAST TWO YEARS OF OWNERSHIP OF THIS CAR. MY TWO CLIENTS, WHO ARE SEMI-OVER WEIGHT, WHEN THEY SHIFT THEIR BODIES AROUND, THEIR BELTS COME UNDONE. IT IS BECOMING AN ISSUE WITH MY CLIENTS AND I FEAR THAT ONE DAY I MAY NOT NOTICE THEY ARE UNDONE. THE LAST TIME A SEAT BELT CAME UNDONE WAS YESTERDAY WHILE I WAS DRIVING. BUT IT HAS BEEN HAPPENING OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS, SINCE I HAVE OWNED THIS CAR. *LA

RE: 1999 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN HAD INTERMITTENT AND THEN CONSTANT AIR BAG LIGHT FOLLOWED SHORTLY THEREAFTER BY SIMULTANEOUS LOSS OF CRUISE CONTROL & HORN. *LA

WHEN DRIVING AT 30 MPH AND WITHOUT WARNING, THE SERPENTINE BELT DISCONNECTED FROM VEHICLE, WHICH CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO LOSE POWER STEERING AND ALL OTHER FUNCTIONS CONTROLLED BY THE BELT.*AK. THE CONSUMER STATED A NEW BELT AND TENSIONER WAS INSTALLED AT 26,215 MILES AND LESS THAN 10,000 MILES LATER THE BELT FELL OFF AGAIN. *JB

THE LEFT FRONT STRUT TOWER, WHERE THE SUSPENSION WAS BOLTED TO THE VEHICLE, RUSTED OUT. THE STRUT CAN FALL OFF THE VEHICLE AT ANYTIME WITHOUT WARNING. *AK WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS FIRST PURCHASED, THE CONSUMER NOTICED MINOR RUST ON THE STRUT TOWER RIGHT HAND SIDE ONLY. THE CONSUMER SAID THAT THERE WERE OTHERS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. *SCC *JB

UNIVERSAL BELT HAS COMPLETELY FALLEN OFF AND HAD TO BE REPLACED THREE TIMES IN THE LAST EIGHT MONTHS I HAVE HAD THIS AUTO. IT HAS FALLEN OFF THE PULLY AND HAD TO BE PUT BACK ON TWO OTHER ADDITINAL TIMES. *AK

THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED THE SAME DEFECT WITH THE CLOCK SPRING AS STATED IN RECALL 02 V 2930 000, HOWEVER THE VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER, MODEL, AND YEAR WERE NOT INCLUDED. *JB *NLM