1996 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN Complaints

CLOCK SPRING FAILURE FROM DEALER DIAGNOSIS. APPEARS TO BE COMMON PROBLEM. AIRBAG IS SAFETY ITEM. *AK

AIR BAG LIGHT WILL COME ON AND STAY ON AFTER TAKING IT TO THE DEALER. DEALER NOTED THAT CLOCK SPRING IN THE VEHICLE WILL HAVE TO BE REPLACED. *AK HORN WOULD NOT OPERATE. *YD

AFTER PULLING AWAY FROM A STOP, NOTICED A PUDDLE WAS LEFT & A CLANKING NOISE. TOOK VEHICLE TO TRANSMISSION SPECIALIST. WAS INFORMED THAT THE DIFFERENTIAL PIN HAD WEDGED A HOLE IN THE TRANSMISSION. THIS WAS CAUSING THE LEAK & THE NOISE. NLM

CONSUMER STATES VEHICLES ENGINE WAS TURNED OFF, CONSUMER WAS GETTING GAS, AFTER ENTERING THE VEHICLE CONSUMER SMELLED SMOKE, AND SAW SMOKE COMING OUT OF DASH. CONSUMER DROVE CAR TO A MECHANIC. NLM *YH

STRUT TOWER ON PASSENGER'S FRONT IS RUSTED THROUGH, MILEAGE AT TIME WAS 96000.*AK

INTERMITTENTLY A RAW GAS SMELL IS LEAKING INSIDE THE VEHICLE. THE SMELL SO PERVASIVE AT TIMES THE CONSUMER WILL HAVE TO PULL OVER OR RIDE WITH THE WINDOWS DOWN. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. PLEASE ADD MORE INFORMATION.

I WAS NOTIFIED OF RECALL THE FORST WEEK OF MARCH. I HAVE BEEN CALLING SINCE THEN TO SCHEDULE REPAIR. LOCAL DEALER NAME ABOVE HAS NOT RECEIVED PARTS NEEDED TO MAKE REPAIR. I CALL DAIMLER CHYSLER WHO CONTACTED DEALER. DAIMLER TOLD ME THE DEALER HAD BEEN ORDERING INCORRECTLY AND IT WOULD BE CORRECTED. THE DEALER NOW TELLS ME THE PARTS ARE ON BACK ORDER WITH NO EXPECTED RELEASE DATE AVAILABLE. THE RECALL NOTICE I RECEIVED SAID TO : "SIMPLY CONTACT YOUR DEALER RIGHT AWAY" THAT "AFTER EXTENDED USE, THE FUEL RAIL CROSSOVER TUBE O-RINGS ON YOUR MINIVAN MAY LEAK FUEL...CAN RESULT IN AN ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRE." THEY MADE THE REPAIR SOUND TERRIBLY IMPORTANT YET I CAN'T GET THE REPAIR SCHEDULED.

RED RELEASE BUTTONS ON VEHICLE IS SITUATED HIGHER THAN THE BUCKLE. WHEN PASSENGERS' ELBOWS HIT BUCKLE IT RELEASES. DEALER SAYS IT'S NORMAL. *AK

THE CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE ON THE FUEL RAIL, BUT THE PARTS WERE ON BACK ORDER AND THE DEALER COULD NOT COMPLETE RECALL REPAIRS. *YH

MECHANIC WHO REPLACED MY BELT TENSIONER, STATED THAT HE REPLACED SAME PARTS ON DODGE CARAVANS IN A RECENT SHORT PERIOD OF TIME AND SUGGESTED THAT THIS IS A FACTORY OR DESIGN DEFECT. *AK