1996 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN Complaints

REAR BRAKE HYDRAULIC PROPORTIONING VALVE RUSTED THROUGH, LEAKING AGAIN. REPLACED THE SAME ITEM ON 2-21-01 FOR THE SAME PROBLEM. RESULTING IN LITTLE TO NO BRAKING. *NM

THE HEADLIGHTS ARE A PLASTIC AND THEY HAVE CLOUDED OVER SO THAT VERY LITTLE LIGHT PENETRATES. SAFETY HAZARD AT NIGHT DUE TO REDUCED VISIBILITY. *JB

ON 12/5/2002, MY HUSBAND & I WERE SITTING AT A RED LIGHT IN OUR 1996 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN WHEN WE WERE REAR-ENDED BY A FORD TAURUS. BEING LOWER TO THE GROUND THAN THE CARAVAN, THE TAURUS HIT THE DEALER INSTALLED TOW BAR CAUSING THE FRAME TO BUCKLE ABOVE BOTH AXLES & MINIMAL DAMAGE TO THE BODY OF THE VAN. THE CASE FOR RECOVERY OF MEDICAL BILLS & WAGES LOST IS NOW COMING UP & WE FOUND OUT THAT THEY ARE CLAIMING THAT WE WERE HIT BETWEEN 8-10 MPH. I TALKED WITH SOMEONE IN YOUR LEGAL DEPARTMENT & SHE TOLD ME TO SEE IF CHRYSLER COULD GIVE ME INFO ON THE STRENGTH OF THAT FRAME & IF NOT, TO FILE A COMPLAINT. WE HEARD BACK FROM CHRYSLER THIS MORNING & THEY SAID THAT THEY COULDN'T HELP US. *NM

! STATE ANNUAL CAR INSPECTION 2. FAILED INSPECTION DUE TO HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLY PLASTIC COVER FADED AND WOULD NOT ALLOW SUFFICIENT LIGHT TO PASS INSPECTION. THIS I BELIEVE IS A MANUFACTURER DEFECT AS IT IS COMMON ON ALL DODGE GRAND CARAVAN (1996) AND NEON CARS. THIS DEFECT IS SOMETHING I BELIEVE SHOULD HAVE BEEN KNOWN TO THE MANUFACTURER. IT IS CERTAINLY A SAFETY DEFECT AFFECTING MANY CHRYSLER VEHICLES. 3. THE PART QUOTED FROM THE DEALER WAS #281.00 PLUS TAX AND INSTALLATION I WAS TOLD BY MY AUTO MECHANIC THAT THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH MAY 1996 DODGE CARAVAN VEHICLES. I AM SURE THERE ARE MANY OTHER VEHICLES PRODUCED BY CHRYSLER THAT HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. I BELIEVE THE MANUFACTURER SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR MAKING ALL REPAIRS. *JB

1996 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN FUEL FILLER NECK- RUSTED THROUGH AND LEAKING WHEN REFUELING.*JB

DT: THE CONTACT STATED THAT GAS TANK HAD TO BE REPLACED. IT WAS FALLING APART AT THE TOP OF THE TANK. WHEN FILLING THE VEHICLE UP WITH GAS IT SPILLED EVERYWHERE. THE GAS WAS SEEPING OUT OF THE TOP. HE CALLED THE DEALER AND IT WAS NOT UNDER RECALL.*AK UPDATED 11/29/05. *JB

1994 DODGE CARAVAN LE, V6, 3.8 L. LEAKING FUEL TANK. FUEL LEAKS WHEN VEHICLE??S TANK IS FILLED. FUEL RUN OFF FROM THE TOP SIDE OF FUEL TANK BETWEEN THE FLOOR AND TOP OF GAS TANK. VEHICLE FUEL DOES NOT LEAK AFTER 2-4 GALLONS OF FUEL IS BURNED. VEHICLE HAS NO ACCIDENT HISTORY. *NM

DT: THE CONSUMER STATED VEHICLE WAS LEAKING FUEL FROM FUEL TANK, AND HAS ALREADY HAD THREE FUEL RELATED RECALLS. THERE WAS A DEFECTIVE ROLL OVER VALVE. THE VEHICLE IS CURRENTLY AT THE DEALERSHIP. THEY HAVE NOT STATED WHY THE PROBLEM WAS HAPPENING. ALSO CALLED THE MANUFACTURER. THE FUEL LEAKED WHEN THE TANK WAS RELATIVELY FULL. THE PROBLEM WAS NOTICED FOUR OR FIVE MONTHS AGO. ON JULY 21, 2005 THERE WAS FUEL UNDER THE VEHICLE. CONSUMER STATED IT WAS HIS WIFE'S VEHICLE.*AK *JB

OCCASIONAL FUEL SMELL FROM CAR FOR MANY MONTHS. AFTER FILLING AND PARKING CAR WITH REAR END ON UP HILL INCLINE NOTICED GAS POURING OUT FROM UNDER CAR FROM TOP OF GAS TANK. TOOK TO DEALER THEY SAID ALL RECALLS WERE PERFORMED. THEY DROPPED TANK AND INFORMED ME THE PLASTIC TANK WAS SPLITTING AT THE SEAM ON TOP. NOT A DODGE PROBLEM . MY COST TO REPLACE $900.00. I THINK THIS IS A MANUFACTURER DEFECT SINCE I HAVE BEEN INFORMED BY SEVERAL OUTSIDE MECHANICS THAT THEY HAVE REPLACED QUITE A FEW OF THESE CHRYSLER FUEL TANKS. THE POTENTIAL FOR FIRE IS GREAT FOR SOME ONE PASSING BY AND FLIPPING A CIGARETTE. *JB

BOUGHT A 1996 CARAVAN NEW, IN AUGUST 1999 THE TRANSMISSION WENT WITH ABOUT 36,000 MILES AND REBUILT PUT IN - LASTED TILL JAN 2005. TRANSMISSION WENT OUT JAN 2005 AND A REBUILT WAS PUT IN AND LASTED UNTIL JULY 2005 AND ANOTHER REBUILT WAS PUT IN. *NM