1994 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN Complaints

COMPUTER FAILED POSSIBLY DUE TO TRANSMISSION FAILING WHICH HAPPENED PRIOR. ALSO, SLIDING DOOR LATCH IS STUCK , WHICH WILL NOT ALLOW DOOR TO OPEN OR CLOSE. CAUSE IS UNKNOWN. *AK

THERE WAS A LOUD NOISE COMING FROM THE MOTOR DUE TO THE SWAY BAR BREAKING IN HALF. DEALER HAS NOT SEEN VEHICLE. *AK

DRIVER STARTED TO SMELL GAS WHILE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION. DRIVER NOTICED ABOUT A PINT OF GAS WAS LEAKING ON TOP OF ENGINE, RESULTING IN A FIRE HAZARD. CAUSE UNKNOWN. AFTER THE LAST TIME THE INCIDENT OCCURED, DRIVER SHUT VEHICLE OFF, AND WHEN TURNED BACK ON, EVERYTHING WAS NORMAL. PROBLEM HAS BOT OCCURRED SINCE. *AK *ML

DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S DOOR HINGES BROKE, CAUSING THE DOORS TO FALL OFF WHICH MAY RESULT IN INJURIES. *AK

TRANSMISSION STARTED ACTING-UP APPROX. TEN MONTHS AGO. VEHICLE DEVELOPED A SHUDDER AROUND 40 MPH WHEN TRANSMISSION WAS SHIFTING FROM DRIVE INTO OVER-DRIVE. RECENTLY, WHEN COLD, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT MOVE WHEN PUT INTO REVERSE. UPON CONTACTING A RECOMMENDED TRANSMISSION REPAIR SHOP, I WAS TOLD THAT THESE WERE COMMON PROBLEMS WITH CHRYSLER PRODUCED MINI VANS. THEY EXPLAINED TO ME THAT THE SHUDDER WAS MOST LIKELY CAUSED BY A BROKEN SNAP-RING THAT THE MANUFACTURER MADE TOO THIN AND THE REASON THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT MOVE WHEN PUT INTO REVERSE WAS THAT THE INTERNAL SEALS WERE FAILING BECAUSE THE MANUFACTURER MADE THEM OUT OF THE WRONG MATERIAL. I UNDERSTAND THAT CHRYSLER HAS REPAIR KITS TO TAKE CARE OF THESE DEFECTS. MY QUESTION IS: IF THIS IS SUCH A COMMON PROBLEM, WHY HASN'T THERE BEEN A RECALL? WE ARE FACING A REPAIR BILL OF WELL OVER $1000 BECAUSE OF THE AMOUNT OF LABOR INVOLVED TO CORRECT PROBLEM. IS CHRYSLER DOING ANYTHING FOR CUSTOMERS REGARDING THIS SITUATION? *AK

REPORTING A SPONTANEOUS LEAKING OF FUEL FROM PLASTIC FUEL TANKS, AND UNABLE TO RELACE/REPAIR DUE TO NATIONAL BACK ORDERS. DEALER/MANUFACTURER NOTIFIED. *AK

WIFE WAS GOING TO HER SECOND JOB ON GRANT AVE THIS MORNING AT 8:30AM,VERY SUNNY WITH SUN GLARE,BLACK ICE ON ROAD,WIFE HIT THE CAR IN FRONT OF HER,THAT HIT SOMEONE ELSE.MY WAE WEARING HER SEAT BELT AT THAT TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.SIR THE DRIVER-SIDE AIR BAG IN STEERING WHEEL DID NOT OPEN,NOR DID THE PASSENER - SIDE OPEN EITHER THIE THE 3RD TIME THIS AS HAPPEN. EVEN AFTER THE RECALL THE PROBLEM WAS STILL THERE AND WE DID NOT KNOW IT. WHAT IT GOING TO TAKE THE DEATH OF MY WIFE TO GET TO THE BOTTOM OF THIS ON GOING PROBLEM WITH HER MIMI-VAN SIR. WE NEED HELP, SINCE CHRYSLER CAN FIX THIS PROBLEM. IT IS NOT FAIR TO LET THIS STONE BE OVER LOOKED.PLEASE HELP US.MY WIFE DID GET HURT IN THIS ACCIDENT TODAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH THE CASON FAMILY. *AK

AN ARTICLE RELEASED BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ON 12/31/98 INDICATED THAT CHRYSLER WAS AWARE OF A PROBLEM WITH THE O-RINGS INSTALLED ON THE FUEL INJECTORS OF THE V-6 (3.3L) ENGINES MANUFACTURED IN 1993. THEY INDICATED THAT THERE HAVE BEEN SOME OCCURRANCES OF FIRE DUE TO FUEL LEAKS CAUSED BY THIS HARDENED O-RING. MY VEHICLE IS HAVING THIS SAME PROBLEM. FUEL IS LEAKING FROM AROUND THE BASE OF THE FUEL INJECTOR CAUSING FUEL TO POOL UP ON TOP OF THE ENGINE WHICH IS A DEFINITE FIRE HAZARD AND ALSO A HEALTH HAZARD CAUSED BY THE AMOUNT OF FUMES. I WOULD LIKE THIS RESEARCHED TO SEE IF THE RECALL SHOULD HAVE BEEN EXTENDED TO INCLUDE 1994 3.3L V-6 ENGINES AS WELL. THIS IS THE SECOND OCCURRENCE OF THIS PROBLEM IN THE LAST TWO MONTHS. IT HAS BEEN FORTUNATE THAT NO FIRE RESULTED FROM THIS FAILURE. PLEASE ADVISE ME IF THERE IS MORE INFORMATION I CAN SUPPLY IN REFERENCE TO THIS REQUEST. *AK

ON 12/23/98 I TOOK MY VAN TO SERVICE DEPT.@ KAMAAINA MOTORS AFTER MY AIRBAG LITE STAYED ON. ALSO MY REAR WINDSHIELD WIPER WAS NOT WORKING.ON 5 JAN. 99 THEY FIXED THE FUSE AND I WAS TOLD THE CAR WAS FINE.ON 16 AUG. 99 I RECEIVED A RECALL FROM MANUFACTURER .THEY THEN INSTALLED A PATCH(MASTIC) MY MILEAGE AT THIS TIME WAS 64940.ON DEC.20 99 MY AIR BAG STAYED ON AGAIN AND SHORTED MY REAR WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR. THIS IS THE 3RD TIME IAM HAVING THIS FIXED PLEASE HELP ME BECAUSE IM WORRIED THAT IT HAPPEN AGAIN.THW2MY MIL

TRANSMISSION FAILURE IN MY MINIVAN AT 38,000 MILES. TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN REPLACED, SINCE PROBLEM AT A COST OF $1461.50. I FEEL THAT A MAJOR COMPONENT AS A TRANSMISSION SHOULD NOT FAIL AT 38,000 MILES. THE TRANSMISSION FLUID WAS CHANGED ON 04/01/1999, AT 35,262 MILES. IT WASN'T BECAUSE OF THE FLUID.