1996 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN Complaints

VEHICLE WAS LEAKING FUEL FROM O-RINGS AS DESCRIBED IN RECALL 00V268000. MANUFACTURER HAS INFORMED CONSUMER THAT HIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS.*AK

IN OCTOBER OF 1999, OUR VAN WAS OVERHEATING AND WE HAD TO HAVE THE RADIATOR FAN RELAY REPLACED. TWO WEEKS LATER WE RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE AND WERE REIMBURSED BY DAIMLER CHRYSLER. IN FEBRUARY 2001 OUR AIRBAG INDICATOR LIGHT CAME ON AND THE HORN STOPPED WORKING. WE REPLACED THE CLOCK SPRING. IN JUNE 2001 WE HAD TO REPLACE OUR FUEL TANK BECAUSE IT WAS CRACKED. WE CONTINUED TO SMELL GAS AND HAD TO HAVE OUR FUEL RAIL REPLACED BECAUSE IT WAS LEAKING FUEL ONTO THE ENGINE. WE WERE TOLD NOT TO DRIVE IT BECAUSE IT COULD CATCH ON FIRE.*AK

THE ENGINE IS RIUNED DUE TO A 'DOMINO' EFFECT OF DAMAGES BEGINNING WITH THE A/C COMPRESSOR LOCKING UP.*AK

BELT TENSIONER FAILED CAUSING LOSS OF STEERING. THIS IS THE 2ND TIME THIS COMPONENT HAS FAILED. THIS IS ALSO THE SECOND TIME I'VE HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE CRUISE CONTROL. THIS TIME THE PROBLEM IS THE CLOCK SPRING, ALSO CAUSING THE HORN AND AIR BAG SYSTEM TO BE INOPERABLE.

DAIMLERCHRYSLER REFERENCE # 08756857 - BATTERY HAS FAILED 4 TIMES CHRYSLER HAS REIMB. TWICE AND STILL REFUSED TO SEND ME KNOWN SERVICE BULLETINS #082995 &08195 RELATING TO PROBLEMS WITH DEAD BATTERIES. ALSO REQUESTED INFO ON FLUID BUBBLING OVER ONTO ENGINE FROM JUNE 97 AND SEPT. 99. I HAVE WRITTEN TO CHRYSLER AND HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT "THE INFORMATION YOU ARE SEEKING IS EITHER UNAVAILABLE FROM DAIMLERCHRYSLER MOTORS CORPORATION OR CONSIDERED PROPRIETARY" AND WAS SIGNED BY GLENN S. CAMERON, SENIOR STAFF.*AK

LOCAL CHRYSLER WAS CONTACTED TO INVESTIGATE REASON AIR BAG LIGHT REMAINS LIT CONSTATLY, CRUISE CONTROL DOES NOT WORK, AND HORN DOES NOT WORK. COST WAS $80 TO TROUBLE SHOOT, AND ADDITIONAL $250 ESTIMATED TO REPAIR - I REFUSED REPAIR

WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH AND WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING DRIVER'S SEATBACK BROKE. BRAKE WAS NOT APPLIED. NO INJURY.*AK

O-RING CONNECTION BETWEEN FUEL RAIL LEAKS GASOLINE ONTO VALVE COVER AND THEN EXHAUST MANIFOLD. LEAKS MOST BEFORE ENGINE WARMS UP. STRONG GAS SMELL OUTSIDE CAR WARNED OF PROBLEM.*AK

FUEL RAIL IS LEAKING GASOLINE ONTO ENGINE, CAUSING VEHICLE TO SMOKE. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. MANUFACTURER INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THEY ARE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM, BUT CANNOT ISSUE A RECALL UNTIL THE PARTS ARE MADE. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

THROTTLE WAS STUCK WHILE TRAVELING AT HWY SPEED OF 70 MPH WITH CRUISE CONTROL ENGAGED. VEHICLE COMMENCED TO ACCELERATE UP TO 80 MPH BEFORE DRIVER COULD GAIN CONTROL. DEALER/MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED AT THIS TIME.*AK CONSUMER STATES DEALER REPLACED SPEED CONTROL , MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED.*JB