Owner-reported complaints naming the transmission system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming the automatic or manual transmission, including shifting behaviour, shudder, slipping and transmission control modules. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1989 Dodge Caravan submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 48 reports on file name it.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
The 25 most recent of 48, in the owner's own words
THE TRANSMISSION HAS FAILED REPEATEDLY AFTER A NEW ONE WAS INSTALLED, INITIALLY THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED THE BREAKAGE OF TWO AXLES, MAIN AXLE, VAC PINION AND BOTH FRONT BEARINGS (R4761821-AA TRANSMISSION-41T 2100 2001). NLM
TRUNK DOOR, WHEN OPENING WILL NOT STAY IN UP POSITION, WILL SLAM SHUT. ALSO WHEN VEHICLE PUT IN DRIVE, IT WILL NOT TAKE OFF. CONSUMER HAS TO DRIVE IT IN D1 CONSTANTLY, WHEN SHE DRIVES IT IN D2 VEHICLE WILL STALL. *AK *SLC
MOTOR MOUNTS BROKE. YH
VALVE COVER GASKET JUST STARTED LEAKING 1 WEEK AFTER WE PURCHASED THE VAN. 2. TRANSMISSION WENT OUT ON SEPT. 24, 1999 2ND TIME IN LESS THAN A YEAR. THE WHOLE THING NEEDS REPLACING ONCE AGAIN.
CONSUMER STATES HAD A COMPLETE FAILURE IN TRANSMISSION. *AK
TRANSMISSION IS MISSING, AND IT DOESN'T SHIFT INTO GEAR PROPERLY. DEALER CANNOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *AK
DRIVER CANNOT SHIFT INTO REVERSE, AND SOMETIMES TRUCK WILL GET STUCK IN GEAR. OTHER TIMES DRIVER CANNOT SHIFT INTO ANOTHER GEAR, AND THERE ARE TIMES WHEN THE DRIVER STEPS ON THE GAS PEDAL THE TRUCK WILL GO FORWARD. THIS HAS BEEN AN ONGOING PROBLEM FOR SEVERAL DIFFERENT INCIDENTS. THERE WAS AN INVESTIGATION FOR AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILURE DP98- 003. *AK
TRANSMISSION JUMPS OUT OF SECOND GEAR, REFUSES TO SHIFT INTO FIRST, FIFTH, AND REVERSE, AND MADE GRINDING NOISE.
TRANSMISSION SLIPPING DUE TO FAILURE. NLM
THE HATCHBACK HYDRAULIC CYLINDER WHICH SUPPORTS THE THE LIFT DOES NOT HOLD THE HATCH BACK, RESULTING IN THE HATACHBACK FALLING ON THE OCCUPANT. *AK TRANSMISSION FAILED. *YH
TRANSMISSION FAILED ON 3 DIFFERENT OCCASSIONS.
TRANSMISSION LOCKS IN GEAR AND SOMETIMES SHUTTERS AT STOP LIGHTS. *AK
TRANSMISSION FAILED 3 TIMES.
WHILE DRIVING AT A HIGH SPEED THE VAN SHIFTS INTO SECOND OR NEUTRAL GEAR. PLEASE DESCRIBE.
AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILURE, ERRATIC OPERATION OF THE TRANMISSION, VEHICLE WILL EITHER NOT ACCELERATE OR DECELERATE ON ITS OWN. *AK
TRANSMISSION FAILED. *DH
THE TRANSMISSION SLIPS OUT OF GEAR. TT
AT 50,000 THE TRANSMISSION NEEDS TO BE REPLACED AT 85,000 THE SECOND TRANSMISION WAS REPLACE . TT
AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION GETS STUCK IN 2ND GEAR. TT
PROBLEMS WITH AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION SHUTTING DOWN LOSING POWER. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. TT
TRANSMISSION STUCK IN FIRST GEAR THREE TIMES. *DSH
TRANSMISSION WON'T DOWNSHIFT BELOW 10 MPH. *DSH
STARTER FAILED.
PURCHASE TRUCK NEW REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION FOUR TIMES. TT
BEFORE VEHICLE WILL ACCELERATE, IT JERKS AND FEELS LIKE IT HAS BEEN HIT IN REAR. TT
Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.
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