1992 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN Complaints

WHILE DRIVING REAR WINDSHIELD WIPERS STOPPED WORKING. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND THEY SAID DON'T WORRY IT WILL BE A RECALL SOON, THESE VANS HAVE THIS PROBLEM ALL THE TIME. CONSUMER HAS NO REAR WINDSHIELD WIPERS WHICH IMPAIRS DRIVER'S VISIBILITY. ALSO, 94 AND 95 DODGE GRAND CARAVANS HAVE BEEN RECALLED FOR THE SAME PROBLEM. *AK

THE REAR WINDSHIELD WIPER IS STUCK IN THE MIDDLE OF THE WINDSHIELD. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED ABOUT THE PROBLEM. PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN CORRECTED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

WHILE DRIVNG ABOUT 45 MPH CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS STRUCK BY ANOTHER VEHICLE. AIR BAGS DEPLOYED BUT, DRIVER'S SEAT BELT BECAME DETACHED FROM THE HARNESS BOLT. DRIVER AND PASSENGERS INJURED. *AK *ML

THE TRANSMISSION MAKES A WINNING NOISE WHEN DRIVING AND IN REVERSE. TRANSMISSION SOMETHIMES WILL NOT MOVE. THE LEVER TO MOVE THE TRANSMISSION GETS STUCK AND YOU HAVE TO FORCE IT IN GEAR OR TO PLACE IT BACK INTO PARK. IT SEEMS THAT SOMETIMES THE ENGINE SEEMS TO LOSE ITS WILL TO GO. IT WILL GO VERY SLOW OR YOU HAVE TO FLOOR IT TO GO. WHEN GOING UP A VERY SMALL HILL YOU WILL HAVE A SEVER DECREASE IN POWER. YOU WILL GO DOWN TO ABOUT 20 MPH.*AK

BOTH DRIVER AND PASSANGER FRONT DOORS HAVE BROKEN. THE WHOLE INSIDE CASING HAS BROKEN. YOU CANNOT USE THESE DOORS IF POSSIBLE, THEY WILL COME APART AND YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO OPEN THEN. THE GUY AT THE AUTO BODY SHOP SAID THAT THIS A VERY WEEK SPOT ON THIS VEHICLE. AT $500.00 EACH TO FIX. THAT IS JUST THE DOOR IT DOES NOT INCLUDE REMOVING THE DENTS THAT WHEN THE DOOR SPRUNG IT CAUSED WITH THE CHIPPED PAINT. THE BRAKING SYSTEM MAKES THIS CLICKING SOUND WHEN YOU ABLE THE BRAKES. *AK

HE MIDDLE OUT BOUND SEAT BELT BUCKLE HOUSING MECHANISM'S RED RELASE BUTTON CRACKED, CAUSING THE OCCUPANT, WHICH WAS IN A CHILD SEAT, TO BE PUSHED FORWARD WHEN STOPPING THE VEHICLE. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

OUR VAN STARTED SHOWING HOLES IN THE PAINT IN 1993 (VERY SMALL ON THE HOOD). WE TRIED TO FIX THE PROBLEMS WITH THE TOUCH UP PAINT PROVIDED. THIS DID NOT WORK. THE PAINT STARTED BUBBLING UP AND "POPPING". EACH TIME IT DID THAT A HOLE WOULD APPEAR THAT GOT BIGGER AND BIGGER. WE LATER NOTICED THE ROOF DOING THE SAME THING. EVERY TIME WE WASHED THE VEHICLE (GENTLY) MORE PAINT CAME OFF. EVERY TIME WE BROUGHT THE CAR IN FOR SERVICING (AT DEALERS IN RICHARDSON, TX AND PLANO TX DEALERS WE MENTIONED TO THE SERVICE MANAGERS THE PROBLEM AND ASKED IF ANY OTHER VEHICLES WERE HAVING THE SAME PAINT PROBLEMS THEY INDICATED THEY HAD NEVER HEARD NOR SEEN ANY OFHER VEHICLES WITH THE SAME PROBLEMS. THEY ALWAYS INDICATED IT WAS OUR PROBLEM. WE ASKED HOW MUCH IT WOULD COST TO RE-PAINT THE VAN AND WERE TOLD THAT IT WOULD COST $2,000 OR SO DOLLARS. THEY ALWAYS INDICATED THAT IT WAS OUR PROBLEM AND NO ONE ELSE HAD HAD THE PROBLEM. I HAVE COME TO FIND OUT THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH VEHICLES BETWEEN 89-94 AND THAT THE PAINT/PRIMER BOND WAS THE PROBLEM NOT POTENTIAL CUSTOMER NEGLECT. OUR VAN STATRED RUSTING SO WE WENT TO SEVERAL PAINT PLACES TO GET ESTIMATES FOR RE-PAINTING. WE ARE NOW HAVING THE VAN RE-PAINTED FOR APPROX. $800. (NOT $2,000 AS THE DEALER WOULD HAVE CHARGED.) THIS SHOULD NOT BE A "CUSTOMER" PROBLEM. THE PAINT PEELS OFF, GOES INTO SEWERS/GROUND AND POLLUTES. THE RUST WEAKENS THE STRUCTURES OF THE VEHICLES AND MAKES THEM LESS SAFE. FYI I NOTICE LOADS OF VEHICLES IN THE SAME YEARS WITH THE "SAME" PROBLEMS. THE JACK STAND BENT WHEN WE WERE CHANGING A TIME. THE BOTTOM JUST BENT TO THE SIDE. LUCKLY NO ONE WAS HURT AS THE TIRE WAS STILL ATTACHED WHEN IT BENT.

THE DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT MOUNT BROKE IN TWO PLACES. THIS CAUSES THE DRIVER TO BE DUMPED FORWARD INTO THE STEERING COLUMN. THE BOTTOM POINT OF THE SEAT BELT IS ALSO FASTENED TO THE MOUNTING TOWER THUS IT WILL NOT RESTRAIN THE DRIVER FROM BEING PROPELLED FORWARD. THE PERSON WHO WELDED THESE BREAKS STATED THAT HE HAD DONE THIS TO SEVERAL OF THESE VEHICLES. THE BREAK WAS, IN ACTUALITY, A STRESS FRACTURE AT TWO POINTS WHERE THE TOWER IS BOLTED TO THE VEHICLE FLOOR. WELDS DID NOT ENTIRELY HO;D AND HAD TO BE RE-WELDED. REPLACING THE TOWER WITH A NEW, UNSTRESSED DESIGN WOULD HAVE BEEN THE BEST SOLUTION BUT CHRYSLER WOULD NOT DO THIS. THEY DID HOWEVER PAY FOR THE WELDING!

THE REAR WINDSHIELD WIPER BLEW A FUSE WHEN IT WAS ACTIVATED. THIS WOULD HAPPEN EACH & EVERY TIME THE WIPER WOULD BE IN USE. HAS NOT BEEN TO DEALER TO CHECK THE FUSE.*AK

BRAKES ARE NOW INTERMITTENT. WARNING LIGHTS COME ON, THEN GO OUT, THEN REPEAT THE SEQUENCE. DURING THE PROBLEM A HIGH PEDAL PRESSURE IS REQUIRED TO ACHEIVE BRAKING.