2000 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN Complaints

OUR VEHICLE IS ON TRANSMISSION #3 AND IT IS LESS THAN 7 MONTHS OLD. IT ALSO HAS A FRONT END SUSPENSION PROBLEM THEY HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO FIX. IT HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP A TOTAL OF ALMOST 30 DAYS AND OUT OF COMMISSION FOR ABOUT 37.

AT 50 MPH ON A CURVE STEERING GEAR LOCKED AND WOULD NOT ALLOW DRIVER TO FOLLOW CURVE SO VEHICLE CROSSED YELLOW LINE ,AS DRIVER APPLIED BRAKES, AND LUCKILY THE ONCOMING TRAFFIC WAS ABLE TO MERGE LEFT. BRAKING ALLOWED THE STEERING TO RETURN AND SLOWLY AND CAREFULLY CONTINUE TO OUR HOME. 2ND PROBLEM CONSISTED OF CLUNKING SOUND WHEN MAKING LEFT TURNS IN NEW GEARBOX SO IT WAS REPLACED @ 15,537 MILES.*AK

VEHICLE EXPERIENCING MULTIPLE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM PROBLEMS (TV, VCR, SPEAKERS, DOME LIGHT, ALARM SYSTEM).

VEHICLE WAS REAR ENDED. UPON IMPACT, LATCHES ON REAR SEAT MOVED, CAUSING SEAT TO GO FORWARD. DEALER HAS INSPECTED VEHICLE.*AK

WHEN CONSUMER PUT VEHICLE IN REVERS IT WOULD NOT MOVE, OTHER TIMES IT WORKS, THIS HAS HAPPENED WHEN PUTTING IT IN DRIVE, AS WELL. CURRENTLY, TRANSMISSION IS LEAKING. NOT TAKEN TO DEALER YET. *AK

THERE IS A POPPING NOISE IN THE STEERING COLUMN, VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO DEALER THREE TIMES FOR THIS PROBLEM. NLM

VEHICLE WENT OVER SOME ROAD DEBRIS AND FILLER TUBE GOT KNOCKED OFF. IT WAS EXPOSED UNDER VEHICLE & COULD BREAK LOOSE, OR IF SPARKED IGNITED. DEALER VERY UNCONCERN CONSUMER. ALTHOUGH WARRANTY WAS GOOD ON VEHICLE CONSUMER HAD TO PAY $818 FOR A NEW FUEL TANK. DEALER SAID CONSUMER WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR ROAD HAZARD. *AK

REPORTING A PROBLEM WITH TIRES CAUSING A 2000 DODGE, GRAND CARAVAN TO SLIP WHILE DRIVING ON WET CONDITION ROAD. GOODYEAR NOTIFIED, AND WOULD REPLACE TIRES WITH SAME BRAND. SEEKING HELP FROM NHTSA IN THIS MATTERS. *AK GOODYEAR CONQUEST TIRE (P215 65 R15) DOT # M6VFAKDR1500. *SLC

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 35MPH ON HIGHWAY AND WENT TO APPLY BRAKES AND THERE WAS A LOUD STREAKING NOISE. HE TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP. MECHANIC TOLD HIM THAT BRAKES AND ROTORS WERE BAD. DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE BRAKES.*AK THE CUSTOMER STATES THAT RECALL ON ROTORS AND BRAKES IS OVER DUE BECAUSE THE PROBLEM HAD EXISTED AND THE MANUFACTURER IS AWARE OF IT SINCE 1996. *YH

SHIFT GEARS CAN BE EASILY MOVED INTO GEAR FROM THE PARK POSITION WITHOUT APPLYING THE BRAKES.PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK