1994 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN Complaints

FRONT SUSPENSION SPRINGS ARE VERY WEAK. SUSPENSIONS WOULD BOTTOM OUT LIKE METAL TO METAL WHEN GOING OVER BUMPS OR CRACKS. SHOCKS WERE REPLACED DUE TO THE PROBLEM WITH SUSPENSION SPRINGS. *AK

I READ AN ARTICLE REGARDING SCHOOL BUSES HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THEIR BRAKES, THE SAME IS HAPPENING WITH MY 94 DODGE CARAVAN LE 3.3 WHEN THE VEHICLE IS MOVING SLOWLY USUALLY LESS THAN 20MPH AND I GO TO BRAKE , THEY TEMPORARILY LOSE THEIR BRAKING ABILITY FOR A FEW SECONDS AS IF THE ABS KICKS IN FOR A FEW SECONDS ON ITS OWN.

PAINT IS PEELING OFF THE TOP OF THE VAN, AS WELL AS THE HOOD AND THE TAILGATE. NO SAFETY DEFECT MENTIONED. *AK

DRIVER'S DOOR HAS A STRESS CRACK AT THE WELDS AND HINGES OF THE DOOR WHICH WON'T SHUT THE DOOR PROPERLY, WON'T SHUT TO THE 2ND LATCH. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

BATTERY CABLES BEGAN TO MELT, AND THE WIRE HARNESS CAUGHT FIRE, THIS CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO RUN, NO STOP THE VEHICLE COULD NOT BE TURNED OFF. FIRE DEPARTMENT CAME TO PUT THE FIRE OUT. DEALER HAS NOT BEEN CONTACTED.*AK

1. AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSIONS LOCKS UP IN SECOND GEAR, RPM'S WILL DOUBLE, SPEED BECOMES LIMITED. 2. WINDOW ON REAR HATCH IS OOZING GLUE AND THE WINDOW IS BUCKELING.

THE REAR DOOR LATCH FAILS TO OPERATE CORRECTLY NOW. DEALERSHIP SERVICE WRITER SAID IT WAS DUE TO THE REAR DOOR LATCH BEING BENT. WE HAVE NOT DONE ANYTHING THAT WE KNOW OF THAT WOULD HAVE CAUSED THIS TO OCCUR. SUSPECT TOO WEAK A COMPONENT BEING USED IN THE MANUFACTURE OF THE VEHICLE. WE HAVE HAD OTHER MIN-VANS WHERE THE SIDE DOOR WAS USED MORE FREGUENTLY THAN ON OUR CURRENT VEHICLE WITHOUT ANY OF THE SAME PROBLEMS OCURRING. STRONGLY FEEL THAT THIS IS A MANUFACTURING DEFECT AND WE SHOULD NOT HAVE TO PAY FOR ANY REPAIRS.3 4RRONE

THE SLIDING DOOR HAS BEEN AN ISSUE SINCE WE FIRST GOT OUR MINIVAN. AT FIRST THE DEALER CLAIMED THAT THE HINGE WAS BAD - IT WAS ONLY A FEW MONTHS OLD. THE NEXT TIME THAT I TOOK IT IN FOR THIS THEY SAID THAT WE WERE EXPERIENCING NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR. I REFUSED TO PAY STATING THAT A NEW VEHICLE WITH LESS THAN 20,000 MILES DOORS HINDGES AND LATCHES WEARING OUT IS NOT NORMAL. THE NEXT TIME THE DOOR WOULD NOT CLOSE IT WAS THE LATCH, THE NEXT TIME IT WAS THE UPPER HINDGE THEN THE LOWER AND BACK AND FORTH. FOR OVER SIX YEARS WE HAVE HAD LATCHES AND HINDGES REPLACED. HALF THE TIME THE DOOR WONT OPEN, THE OTHER HALF IT WONT CLOSE. OH, THEN THERES THOSE TIMES THE DOOR JUST FLYS OPEN AS WE ACCELARATE OR TURN A CORNER. THE DEALER HAS STATED THAT WE NEED TO BUY A NEW DOOR AND THEN HAVE THE FRAME REBENT. AS I HAVE SPOKE WITH OTHER OWNERS OF THIS SAME MAKE AND MODEL MINIVAN THEY HAVE HAD THE SAME TYPE OF PROBLEMS. OR THE DOOR HAS JUST FALLEN OFF. IN ADDITION TO THIS ALL OF OUR PAINT IS PEELING OFF. WE HAD INTENDED TO KEEP THIS THROUGH TILL THE YEAR 2004. HOWEVER I AM BECOMING INCREASINGLY CONCERED SINCE OUR DAUGHTER ALMOST FELL OUT AS WE TURNED A CORNER AND THE SLIDING DOOR FLEW OPEN THEN AS SHE IS FASTENED IN LEANED AS THE DOOR SLAMMED CLOSED. THANK YOU IN ADVANCE FOR YOUR CAREFULL AND FULL INVESTIGATION INTO THIS MATTER. GIVEN THAT THIS IS ONLY SIX YEARS OLD I FEEL THAT THE MANUFATURE SHOULD NOT CLAIM THAT THIS IS NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR.

TRANSMISSION IS HESITATING & WON'T CATCH IN 2ND GEAR. DEALER PUT VEHICLE ON THE DIAGNOSTIC MACHINE & FOUND FAILURE OF 2ND GEAR. WARRANTY HAD EXPIRED. *AK

ALL DOOR HINGES HAVE EITHER COME LOOSE OR HAVE RUSTED, CAUSING THE DOORS NOT TO SHUT CORRECTLY. MANUFACTURER WILL BE NOTIFIED ABOUT THE PROBLEM. *AK *ML