1994 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN Complaints

NHTSA RECALL 99V213000 LIFTGATE SUPPORT BRACKET; SHE HAD THIS RECALL REPAIRED TWO YEARS AGO. THE OWNER STATES THAT SHE HEARD SOMETHING, MOVED OUT THE WAY AND THE LIFTGATE SLAMMED SHUT ON ITS' OWN. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. NLM

VAN HAS PROBLEM WITH ILLUMINATION OF HEAD LIGHTS, DEALERSHIP HAS TRIED SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO RECTIFY ILLUMINATION FAILURE. MANUFACTURER HAS NO MORE SUGGESTIONS ON HOW TO CORRECT PROBLEM. DEALERSHIP IS DECLINING PUTTING ON FOG LIGHTS, AND IS QUESTIONING NEXT STEP.*AK. CONSUMER'S SON ADJUSTED THE HEADLIGHTS AND CONSUMER CAN NOW SEE THE ROAD, CONSUMER ASSUMED IT WAS THE HEADLIGHTS THEMSELVES, BUT IT SEEMS THEY WERE JUSE MISALIGNED.*JB

ENGINE SPORADICALLY DIES WHEN SLOWING DOWN FOR STOP OR TURNS. CAN'T FIND A PATTERN - HAPPENS IN ALL SEASONS, TEMPERATURES AND ROAD CONDITIONS.*AK

WHILE TRYING TO OPEN HATCH GATE UP STRUT THAT HOLDS HATCH GATE SHEARED OFF FRAME, AND GATE CAME DOWN ON CONSUMER, CAUSING SOME MINOR DAMAGES ON SHOULDER, ARM AND BACK.*AK *YH

RECALL 00-V-305; STEERING WHEEL ARMATURE STAMPING CRACKED AND SEPARATED FROM CENTER HUB ATTACHMENT. ALSO, WHEEL NUTS ON BOTH FRONT SIDES ARE SNAPPED. THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL DUE TO VIN. *AK *YD

CONSUMER HAD TO STOP THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY TO AVOID AN ACCIDENT. CONSUMERS WIFE WHO WAS SEATED IN THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT FELT A VERY LARGE JOLT TO THE VEHICLE. THINKING THEY HAD BEEN HIT FROM BEHIND, THE WIFE TURNS TO CHECK ON THEIR 2 YEAR OLD SON WHO WAS SEATED IN BACK OF THE PASSENGER SEAT. THE SAFETY BELT BELONGING TO THE VEHICLE HAD COME UNBUCKLED AND THE SON HAD BEEN THROWN INTO THE BACK OF THE SEAT HEAD FIRST. SOMEONE FROM THE CARSEAT SAFETY COALITION CAME TO CONSUMERS HOME TO INSPECT THE SEATS. THEY WERE INSTALLED CORRECTLY. CRYSLER CLAIMS IT IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR A SFETY BELT TO BECOME UNBUCKLED BY ITSELF. *JG

THE VEHICLE STALLED.THE DEALER SERVICED THE THROTTLE BODY, REPLACED THE CHECK VALVE, SERVICED THE TRANSMISSION, REPLACED THE OXYGEN SENSOR, REPLACED THE IDLE SPEED MOTOR, BUT THE PROBLEM CONTINUED. *SLC THE POWER WINDOW SWITCH WAS REPLACED. PH *JB *CB

TRANSMISSION SHIFTING PROBLEM. COULD NOT BE FIXED, AND HAD TO BE REPLACED. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION.*AK

REAR DOOR IS FALLING APART FROM THE TOP HINGE WHERE IT COULD SEPARATE LIKE IT HAD HAPPEN BEFORE. DEALER HAD BEEN CONTACTED. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION.*AK

SLIDING DOOR, HAD COLLAPSED WITHOUT A PRIOR WARNING. HAD TAKEN VEHICLE TO A BODY SHOP FOR REPAIRS, AND THEY COULD NOT DETERMINE WHAT HAD BEEN THE CAUSE OF SLIDING DOOR FALLING OUT. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION.*AK