1996 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN Complaints

WHILE TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH DURING SNOWY CONDITIONS POWER ASSIST STEERING BELT TENSIONER BROKE, CAUSING CONSUMER TO LOSE CONTROL OF VEHICLE. DEALERSHIP DID NOT INFORM THE CONSUMER AS TO WHY THIS DEFECT HAPPENED. APPROXIMATELY FOUR WEEKS AFTER THIS EVENT, CONSUMER LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE AGAIN, THIS TIME RACK AND PINION STEERING CAUSED THIS DEFECT. DEALERSHIP INFORMED CONSUMER THIS COULD HAVE BEEN DUE TO FLUID BURNING, NOTHING MORE SPECIFIC WAS SAID. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS.*AK

FUEL IS LEAKING BETWEEN INTERFACE SENSOR MODULE SUBJECT TO RECALL 99V21600/ MANUFACTURER'S RECALL 845. BOTH INDEPENDENT CHRYSLER AND SERVICE REPRESENTATIVES CLAIMED FUEL TANK WAS WARPED IN THE AREA WHICH WAS LEAKING FUEL. SOME RESPONSABILITY SHOULD BE ON CHRYSLER. PROBLEM DOESN'T SEEM LIKE NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR. THIS IS A GREAT DEAL OF SAFETY CONCERN TO CONSUMER.*AK CONSUMER STATES ROOT IS THE CAUSE OF LEAKING FUEL, DISTORTION OF MOLDED PLASTIC FUEL TANK INDICATES IMPROPER MANUFACTURER DESIGN. *JB

1996 G CARAVAN, 63K MILES, TRANSMISSION FAILED, $1900 TO REPLACE, CONTACTED CHRYSLER SUPPORT - THEY WERE OF NO HELP IN COVERING COST.*AK

THE AIRBAG AND HORN ARE NO LONGER FUNDTIONAL. THE AIRBAG FAILURE LIGHT REMAINS ON MOST OF THE TIME. AN INTERMITTANT WIRING PROBLEM IN THE DASH IS SUSPECTED. I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM.

WE HAD TO REPLACE THE A/C COMPRESSOR, HIGH PRESSURE SWITCH, EXPANSION VALVE AND RECEIVER/DRIVER TO REPAIR LEAKS DUE TO PREMATURE WEAROUT. THIS COST US $1240.00. CHRYSLER HAS HAD PROBLEMS WITH THIS A/C SYSTEM BREAKING DOWN PREMATURELY. *AK

DRIVER'S SIDE AND PASSENGER'S SIDE SLIDING DOORS HAVE FROZEN IN UNLOCKED POSITION. CONSUMER IS UNABLE TO LOCK DOORS WHEN TRANSPORTING HIS CHILDREN. CONSUMER HAS YET TO CONTACT DEALER. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

MINIVAN'S DASHLIGHT WARNINGS FOR AIRBAGS/ABS(AND RELATED EQUIP:HORN/CRUISE CONTROL-INOPERATIVE) APPEARED. TOOK AUTO TO CHRYSLER DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS. DEALER SERVICE DEPT.STATED DEFECTIVE ITEM: CLOCKSPRING DEVICE, AND NOT A WARRANTY COVERED PART/SERVICE PART, THEREFORE CUSTOMER LIABLE FOR REPAIR..

VEHICLE TRAVELS THROUGH WATER AND POWER ASSISTED STEERING CONTROL GOES OUT. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS.*AK

TRANSMISSION HAS GONE OUT WHILE TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH. /MECHANIC HAS NOT GIVEN CONSUMER A REASON FOR DEFECT. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS.*AK

I AM AWARE THAT SOME DODGE GRAND CARAVANS HAVE HAD A PROBLEM RELATED TO A SPRING LOCATED INSIDE THE STEERING WHEEL THAT PREVENTS THE AIRBAG FROM DEPLOYING IN CASE OF AN ACCIDENT, AS WELL AS PREVENTING THE HORN FROM OPERATING. I'VE CONTACTED THE DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD THAT SUCH RECALL DIDN'T APPLY TO MY VAN, AND AFTER CHECKING THE VIN, IT WAS CONFIRMED THAT I WAS NOT PART OF THAT RECALL. HOWEVER, WHEN I HEAR THAT SOMETHING THAT HAS GONE WRONG WITH MY VAN IS A RECALL IN OTHER VANS, I TEND TO GET A LITTLE SUSPICIOUS.*AK