1999 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN Complaints

ON AUGUST 22 OUR 1999 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN WAS REAR-ENDED. IN THE COLLISION, THE SEAT BACK ON 3 OF THE 4 BUCKET SEATS WAS BROKEN. BECAUSE OF THIS FAILURE, THE HEADREST OFFERED NO PROTECTION AGAINST WHIPLASH.

THE CLOCK SPRING FAILED, WHICH RESULTED IN THE AIRBAG, HORN AND CRUISE CONTROL FUNCTIONS BEING INOPERATIVE. (THE RELATED RECALL# 02V293000) THE CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED DUE TO THE VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER. AK THE AIR BAG LIGHT STAYED ON. THE AIR BAG LIGHT WAS INTERMITTENT AND WHEN THE LIGHT HAD COME ON, THE CRUISE CONTROL AND HORN WOULD NOT WORK. *SCC *JB

WITHOUT WARNING VEHICLE "LUNGED FORWARD" AND LOST SPEED AND SPEEDOMETER WENT TO "0MPH". VEH WOULD NOT SHIFT OUT OF 1ST OR 2D GEAR. WE ARE MILITARY STATIONED IN GERMANY AND THIS IS OUR OWN VEH. VEH TAKEN TO A LOCAL SHOP THAT HONORS U.S. WARRANTY AND WE WERE TOLD THAT 27 OTHER VANS HAD THE SAME PROBLEM AT THIS TIME AND WERE ALSO WAITING FOR A NEW TRANSMISSION. IT TOOK 6 WEEKS FOR A TRANSMISSION TO BECOME AVAILABLE...OBVIOUSLY A PROBLEM IF THAT MANY OTHER VEHICLES HAD THE SAME PROBLEM AND TOOK THAT LONG TO GET A TRANMISSION. *AK

THE FUEL LINE IS LEAKING. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, WHO ATTEMPTED TO FIX THE PROBLEM TWICE ON 6/5/2003 & 6/11/2003, BUT THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. *AK

THE AIRBAG LIGHT STAYS ON ALL THE TIME, THE HORN WILL NOT SOUND, AND THE CRUISE CONTROL DOES NOT WORK. THE DEALER HAD TO REPLACE THE CLOCKSPRING ON MY 1999 DODGE CARAVAN. DIAMLER-CHRYSLER HAD A RECALL ON THEIR 1996,1997,AND 1998 DODGE CARAVANS. WE OWNED A 1996 DODGE CARAVAN WHICH WE BOUGHT FROM THE DEALER AND HAD IT REGISTERED. WE HAD TO HAVE THAT CLOCKSPRING REPLACED APPARENTLY BEFORE THE RECALL AND WE WERE NOT NOTIFIED OF THAT RECALL. *AK

ELECTRICAL FIRE UNDER THE STEERING COLUMN, WIRING HARNESS REPLACED, AND PROBLEMS WITH THE STEERING WHEEL.*MR THE VEHICLE IS EQUIPPED WITH EMC DS2000 ADAPTIVE STEERING AND EMC EGB. WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE'S FAILURE ALARMS CONSTANTLY SOUNDED. ON ONE OCCASION THE SYSTEM MALFUNCTION AND CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. ON ANOTHER OCCASION THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE UNDER THE STEERING COLUMN. ON BOTH OCCASIONS THE DEALER REPLACED THE WIRING HARNESS. THE DRIVER CONTINUED TO HAVE PROBLEMS WITH THE STEERING WHEEL. THE DEALER DETERMINED THAT THE GEAR TRAIN OF THE ENCODERS WERE DAMAGED. BOTH ENCODER GEARS AS WELL AS THE ENCODER ASSEMBLY WERE REPLACED. *NM

THE FAN BELT AND TENSIONER HAVE FAILED TWICE, AND AFTER DOING RESEARCH, IT APPEARS THAT THIS IS A VERY COMMON OCCURRENCE. I EVEN FOUND A WEB SITE OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM, SOME MORE THAN SIX TIMES ON THE SAME VAN. *NLM

I OWN A 1999 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN SPORT. THE TRANSMISSION HAS FAILED WITH LESS THAN 66,000 MILES ON THE VEHICLE. FROM MY RESEARCH, DAIMLERCHRYSLER HAS KNOWN ABOUT THE PREMATURE TRANSMISSION FAILURE FOR OVER 15 YEARS BUT HAVE REFUSED TO REMEDY THE SITUATION WHILE CONTINUING TO INSTALL THE SAME TRANSMISSIONS IN ALL DODGE, CHRYSLER AND PLYMOUTH VANS. IN 1992, CHRYSLER RENAMED THE A604 ULTRADRIVE AS THE 41TE TRANSMISSION TO ESCAPE BAD PUBLICITY! WHY IS THE GOVERNMENT LETTING THIS CONTINUE? DO WE HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL SOMEONE GETS KILLED? *AK

WHILE TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY AND WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING TRANSMISSION STARTED SLIPPING AND MAKING A LOUD STREAKING NOISE. DEALER IS AWARE OF PROBLEM, PLEASE FILL IN ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *AK

I AM VERY DISAPPOINTED WITH CHRYSLER'S STANCE ON THE GEN3 SEAT BELT. EVEN IF THEY DON'T RECALL IT, THEY SHOULD GIVE ME THE OPTION TO PAY FOR THE FIX ON MY OWN. I URGE THE NHTSA TO FORCE A MOVE BY CHRYSLER. I GUESS IT WILL TAKE ONE OF THEIR OWN CHILDREN TO DIE. *JB