1998 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN Complaints

CHRYSLER REFUSED TO HELP WITH THE OVER $600 REPAIR BILL FOR HEAD GASKET. DID NOT CALL THEM ON THE VALVE COVER GASKETS IN OCTOBER. NOW WITH THE FAILURE OF THE HEAD GASKET IT MAKES ME WONDER WHY THE FAILURE OF THEIR GASKETS. THIS IS PREMATURE FAILURE ON BOTH CASES. CHRYSLER REFUSES TO STAND BEHIND THEIR VEHICLES. NO WONDER THEY WILL SOON DROP OUT OF THE BIG THREE. *AK

UNABLE TO GET A FRONT WHEELS ALIGNED BECAUSE OF A POSSIBLE DEFECTIVE CAMBER OR STRUT THAT NEEDEDED TO BE REPLACED. DEALER / MANUFACTURER NOTIFIED, AND BOTH REFUSED TO ASSIST BECAUSE THERE WAS NO RECALL, AND OUT OF IT WARRANTY. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS MATTER.*AK

WE HAD TO TRADE IN OUR 1998 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN ON 01-05-02 AS THE ENGINE WAS WORTHLESS. WE LOST OVER $7500.

THE DRIVESHAFT SPLIT IN HALF ..THE METAL TWISTED APART...IF I WAS GOING AT A FAST RATE OF SPEED SOMEONE ELSE WOULD BE WIRTING YOU..*AK

AIR BAG LIGHT ON INSTRUMENT PANEL STAYS ON DURING OPERATION OF VEHICLE. ALSO, HORN FAILS TO FUNCTION, AND CRUISE CONTROL IS INOPERABLE. DEALERSHIP HAS NOT EXAMINED VEHICLE TO DETERMINE CAUSE OF THIS PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION / DOCUMENTATION.*AK

THE PROBLEMS BEGAN AS INTERMITTENT ISSUES AND THEN BECAME PERMANENT. NO SAFETY DEFECT STATED. *AK

WE WERE DRIVING DOWN THE INTERSTATE AND THE VAN CAME TO A SUDDEN STOP. WITH THE THOUGHT OF ENGINE TROUBLE FURTHEST FROM OUR MINDS WITH ONLY 48000 MILES ON THE VEHICLE. WE WERE TOLD THAT THE CAMSHAFT WAS BROKE AND NO EXPLANATION GIVEN, WE WERE TOLD BY THE DEALER IT WAS RARE BUT THAT ONE OF THEIR TECHNICIANS HAD SEEN THIS IN ABOUT 2-3 OTHER VANS LIKE OURS. THE DEALER REFUSED TO PAY ANYTHING AND DAIMLER CHRYSLER WAS NOTIFIED AND ALTHOUGH THEY WOULD NOT ADMIT TO FACTORY DEFECT THEY DID RELUCTANTLY PAY HALF OF THE MORE THAN 3000.00 IN DAMAGES. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY A NONE DODGE DEALER FIRST WHO COULD NOT BELIEVE HOW BAD THE ENGINE LOOKED FOR 48000 MILES. WE PURCHASED THE VEHICLE IN MARCH OF 2001 FROM THE DEALER AND THE ENGINES APPEARANCE WAS GOOD WE OWNED IT LESS THAN 4 MONTHS WHEN MALFUNCTION OCCURED. CHRYSLER WAS CONTACTED DIRECTLY BY US AND TOLD US THIS WAS RARE, HOWEVER FOR ONE TECHNICIAN TO SEE 2-3 VANS BESIDES OURS IN ONE STATE DOES NOT SEEM THAT RARE TO US. *AK

SERPENTINE BELT WILL COME OFF IN HEAVY RAIN, THIS HAS HAPPENED 4 TIMES. DEALER WILL PUT ON NEW BELT. *AK

HEATER BLOWER WILL TURN ON AND OFF BY ITSELF. WHEN CONTROLS ARE OFF BLOWER WILL COME ON, AND SOMETIMES WILL STAY ON FOR A WHILE. CONSUMER HAS TO TURN BLOWER OFF AND ON TO SHUT OFF. THIS HAPPENS INTERMITTENTLY. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE PROBLEM.*AK

PASSENGER'S SEAT BELT BUCKLE WOULD NOT LATCH. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS MATTER.*AK