1995 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN Complaints

TRANSMISSION SEALS IS LEAKING FLUID, RESULTING IN TRANSMISSION FAILURE, TRANSMISSION DOES NOT SHIFT INTO GEAR WHEN DRIVING. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER, DEALER STATES THE TRANSMISSION NEEDS REPLACING. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

TRANSMISSION IS GOING OUT, AND THE VEHICLE IS GETTING STUCK IN NEUTRAL. ALSO, VEHICLE ISN'T SHIFTING PROPERLY, AND THEIR IS A LOSS OF POWER. *AK

AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION SHIFT: SOLENOID MANFUNCTIONED, CAUSING VEHICLE TO STICK IN OVERDRIVE . TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN REPLACED. *AK

I NOTICED ROUGH SHIFTING THEN IT BECAME WORSE THE TRANSMISSION WOULD HUNT ARROUND 40 MPH I NOTIFIED THE DEALER THEY FOUND OTHER PROBLEMS BUT THE TRANS CHECKED OUT NOW FOUR MONTHS LATER , MY TRANSMISSION IS TOTALLY GONE ALONG WITH THE HOUSING UNIT PIECES OF METAL WERE FOUND UNDERNEATH THE VAN

DRIVERS SIDE DOOR HINGE IS FAULTY OR DEFECTIVE (LOOSE) WHICH CAUSES DOOR TO DROP (NOT ALIGN CORRECTLY) WHICH CAUSES LATCHING/LOCKING FEATURES TO NOT WORK PROPERLY, THUS DOOR WILL EITHER NOT SHUT OR WILL SHUT AND WILL COME OPEN WHILE DRIVING, CAUSING A SAFETY PROBLEM

THIS PROBLEM HAS HAPPENED TWICE, BOTH TIMES AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS ON CROWDED ROADS. THE SECOND TIME ALMOST CAUSED A MAJOR TRAFFIC ACCIDENT. THE FIRST TIME WAS ON RT 29 JUST OUSIDE CHARLOTTESVILLE ON 4 APRIL 1999. AFTER ALMOST 2 HOURS OF DRIVING (SPEED 55 CRUISE CONTROL ON), THE CAR TRANSMISSION JERKED A BIT AND THEN WENT (SEEMINGLY) INTO NEUTRAL. TOOK CRUISE CONTROL OFF AND TRIED TO ACCELERATE, NO RESPONSE. WITHOUT ANY ACCELERATION THE CAR SLOWED QUICKLY. FORTUNATELY WE WERE IN THE RIGHT HAND LANE, AND WERE ABLE TO COAST OFF THE ROAD INTO A PARKING LOT. THE TRANSMISSION WAS NOT ENGAGED (ALTHOUGH IN DRIVE). THE MOTOR SPUTTERED AND DIED AND WOULD NOT RESTART. WE HAD THE CAR TOWED BACK TO THE DEALERHIP (LUSTINE) IN WOODBRIDGE. AFTER THE TOW TRUCK DROPPED OFF THE VEHICILE, I WAS ABLE TO START IT, PUT IT IN DRIVE, AND PARK IT. THE DEALERSHIP COULD ONLY FINF\D IT LOW ON TRANSMISSION FLUID, AND COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING ELSE WRONG. THEY SAID THEY COULD NOT FIX SOMETHING NOT BROKEN. ON 31 JULY 1999 RETURNING FROM NAGS HEAD, NC AFTER SEVERAL HOURS OF DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEED, THE PROBLEM OCCURRED AGAIN JUST NORTH OF RICHMOND ON I95. EXCEPT THIS TIME WE WERE IN HEAVY TRAFFIC, MOVING AT 65 (CRUISE CONTROL ON)(WITH SOME PEOPLE GOING FASTER) AND IN THE CENTER LANE. WHEN THE CAR FAILED (TOOK CRUISE CONTROL OFF, TRIED TO ACCELERATE, TRANSMISSION ENGAGED, BUT SUDDENLY NO POWER/ACCELERATION/FORWARD MOMENTUM, WE WERE ALMOST REAR ENDED, AND AGAIN ALMOST IN A MAJOR COLLISION AS WE TRIED TO COAST OFF THE A BUSY HIGHWAY WITH A RAPIDLY DECELERATING MINIVAN. AGAIN, THE ENGINE SPUTTERED AND DIED ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND WOULD NOT RESTART. AGAIN WE HAD IT TOWED ABOUT 100 MILES TO THE DEALER (LUSTINE). AGAIN, AFTER THE TOW, I COULD START AND MOVE THE CAR TO A PARKING SPACE. AGAIN, LUSTINE COULD FIND NOTHING WRONG. LEFT CAR AT DEALER FOR A WEEK (ALLOWED DEALER TO KEEP CAR & DRIVE IT A WEEK) DODGE TECH REP HAS NOT RESPONED TO DEALER CALLS. STORY IS INTERMITANT CAN'T BE FIXED.

DRIVER'S DOOR LATCH AREA HAS A CRACK WHICH PREVENTS THE DOOR FROM LOCKING PROPERLY. CAN NHTSA HELP OR PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *AK

FUEL PUMP FAILED DUE TO BLOCKED FILTER (SECONDARY FILTER) HAD TO BE TOWED. NOWHERE IN THE OWNER'S MANUAL DOES IT SAY TO CHECK AND REPLACE THIS FILTER, WHICH IS ONLY A 20.00 PART. MY REAPIR COST 450.00 PLUS TOWING. I FOLLOW THE MAINTENANCE DILIGENTLY. THE CHILTON REPAI MANUAL RECOMMENDS CHANGING THIS AT 52000. WE WOULD HAVE DONE SO IF INFO PROVIDED. WE BOUGHT THE OTHER MANUAL WHEN I RETURNED HOME. THERE WAS NO WARNING AND FORTUNATELY I WAS IN A PARKING LOT AT THE TIME. CHRYSLER SAYS I CANNOT BE REIMBURSED EVEN THOUGH THEY ADMIT I AM RIGHT. LETTERS SHOULD BE SENT TO OWNERS ADVISING THEM OF THIS MORE THAN LIKELY FAILURE. THE MECHANIC WHO FIXED IT RECOMMENDS CHANGING THIS FILTER AT 30,000. HE HAS REPAIRED MANY. I WOULD HATE TO SEE SOMEONE HURT IF THIS FAILS WHILE THEY ARE ON THE HIGHWAY. IT WAS BAD ENOUGH I WAS 200 MILES FROM HOME AND IT WAS DARK.

DEALER UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE PERSISTENT "SHUDDER". PROBLEM IS EVIDENT SOME DAYS AND FINE ON OTHER DAYS. DESPITE EFFORTS TO CORRECT IT, NOTHING HAS WORKED.

FRONT BRAKES APPLIED BY THEMSELVES, CAUSING THE WHEEL TO BE EXTREMLY HOT . DEALER REPLACED MASTER CYLINDER AND CALIPER. BUT, PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. *AK