1991 Dodge Caravan Fuel system Problems

1991 DODGE CARAVAN. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO ANTI LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM RECALL AND SEEKS REIMBURSEMENT FOR REPAIRS. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED HE PAID FOR THE REPAIRS ON APRIL 20, 2006 AND WAS CHARGED $376.73, EVEN THOUGH A RECALL HAD BEEN ISSUED. THE CONSUMER EXPERIENCED ABS PROBLEMS AGAIN IN DECEMBER 2013. THE CONSUMER STATED THE RECALL LETTER STATED IF THE PROBLEM OCCURRED AGAIN, CHRYSLER WOULD COVER ANY REPAIRS. THE DEALER INFORMED THE CONSUMER, HE HAD TO PAY $112 FOR A DIAGNOSTIC TEST, TO SEE IF THE PROBLEM WOULD BE COVERED, UNDER THE RECALL. THE DEALER THEN INFORMED THE CONSUMER, THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE EQUIPMENT TO TEST HIS VEHICLE, DUE TO THE AGE. HOWEVER, A FEW DAYS LATER, THE DEALER INFORMED THE CONSUMER, THEY HAD THE EQUIPMENT, BUT IT WOULD COST $336. THE CONSUMER DECLINED THE TEST. ALSO, THE TRANSMISSION, STARTER, FUEL PUMP, IGNITION COIL BLOCKS , SERPENTINE BELT, PULLEYS, POWER STEERING PUMP, AND RADIATOR WERE ALL REPLACED. *JB UPDATED 04/16/14

NHTSA ID

10574533

Incident

Apr 20, 2006

DT: THE CONSUMER STATED THAT AFTER SMELLING GAS, HE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A MECHANIC. THE MECHANIC TOLD THE CONSUMER TO START THE VEHICLE. HE THEN TOLD THE CONSUMER TO SHUT THE VEHICLE OFF. THE MECHANIC SUGGESTED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE. THE FUEL RAIL HAD BEEN REPLACED AT THIS TIME. NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID # IS 00V268000 DID NOT INCLUDE THE CONSUMERS VIN. *NM (12/08/05) *SC

NHTSA ID

10142767

Incident

Nov 10, 2005

Mileage

189,600 mi

CONSUMER STATES FUEL PUMP HAS FAILED. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK

NHTSA ID

10029830

Incident

Jul 21, 2003

I OWN BOTH A 1991 AND A 1995 DODGE CARAVAN... THE 1991 HAS NUMEROUS PROBLEMS, INCLUDING A BACK HATCH THAT WON'T STAY UP BECAUSE THE AREA OF THE FRAME THAT THE SHOCK LATCHES INTO IS BROKEN DUE TO A STRESS CRACK.. THIS MAKES IT REALLY HARD TRYING TO GET THINGS IN AND OUT WHEN YOU HAVE A BABY.. THE DRIVER SEAT ALSO FALLS BACKWARDS AND DOES NOT STAY IN PLACE. THE GAUGES DO NOT WORK, WITH NO KNOWN CAUSE... BOTH THESE VEHICLES ARE WHITE IN COLOR AND THE PAINT IS PEELING IN THE SAME EXACT SPOTS ON BOTH VANS. IT'S ACROSS THE HOOD AND ACROSS THE TOP. ALL I HAVE TO SAY IS, BECAUSE OF THESE PROBLEMS - I HATE MY VANS AND PROBABLY WON'T EVER PURCHASE ANOTHER CARAVAN. *JB

NHTSA ID

10010969

Incident

Jul 1, 2002

Mileage

100,000 mi

FUEL RAIL LEAKS ONTO SUPER-HEATED EXHAUST MANIFOLD - EXTREME FIRE/EXPLOSION DANGER. THIS IS PRECISELY THE SAME PROBLEM AS IN OFICIAL RECALL OF SLIGHTLY LATER (1996 -...) DODGE/CHRYSLER MINIVANS. MANY OTHER IDENTICALLY REGISTERED COMPLAINTS AT NHTSA FOR SAME YEAR MODEL AS MINE. BELIEVE THIS TO BE A CHRYSLER DESIGN/SAFETY DEFECT. OUTRAGEOUS REPAIR COST FOR CONSUMER TO BEAR THE BRUNT OF CHRYSLER SAFETY/DESIGN FLAW. OPINION: CHRYSLER IS NEGLIGENT.

NHTSA ID

10003178

Incident

Jan 1, 2003

WHILE BACKING OUT THERE WAS A FUEL LEAKAGE. MECHANIC STATED FUEL RAIL LINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. ALSO, HAS A NEWER MODEL, AND THERE HAS BEEN A RECALL ON FUEL RAIL LINE.*AK

NHTSA ID

8005906

FILTER IN THE FUEL LINE SPRAYED FUEL DIRECTLY ONTO MUFFLER. VEHICLE HAS BEEN REPAIRED.*AK

NHTSA ID

889634

CONSUMER WAS GOING ABOUT 30 MPH AND NOTICED GAS GAUGE HAD DROPPED. CONSUMER STARTED SMELLING GAS INSIDE OF VEHICLE. CONSUMER PULLED OVER, GOT OUT, AND DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING. THEN, GOT BACK IN. WHEN CONSUMER AND CHILDREN GOT BACK INTO VEHICLE, FLAMES AND SMOKE WERE COMING OUT FROM UNDER HOOD. THEY GOT OUT, RAN ACROSS THE STREET, AND FIRE DEPARTMENT PUT OUT THE FLAMES. VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. INSURANCE COMPANY RULED THAT THE IT WAS A RUPTURED FUEL LINE THAT SPRAYED FLUID ONTO MANIFOLD, AND THAT MADE IT IGNITE. CONSUMER WILL CONTACT MANUFACTURER TO FILE A COMPLAINT. *AK

NHTSA ID

886744

Incident

Apr 22, 2001

A FUEL LEAK OCCURRED AT THE CONNECTION BETWEEN A FLEXIBLE FUEL LINE FROM THE FUEL TANK TO WHERE IT JOINS A STEEL FUEL LINE ON THE REAR AXLE. THE FUEL LEAK WAS CAUSED BY FAILURE OF THE CRIMPED ALUMINUM CONNECTOR. THE CONNECTOR WAS SEVERELY CORRODED TO THE POINT WHERE IT BROKE. THIS ALLOWED FUEL TO LEAK FROM THIS CONNECTION WHENEVER THERE WAS PRESSURE IN THE FUEL SYSTEM.

NHTSA ID

744482

Incident

Oct 1, 2000

THE FAULTY FUEL RAIL CAUSED A SMALL ENGINE FIRE, THE 1996-2000 MODEL CARAVANS WERE RECALLED FOR FAULTY FUEL RAILS, THE CONSUMER REQUEST REIMBUSEMENT BECAUSE HE BELIEVES THIS IS A DESIGN DEFECT. NLM

NHTSA ID

560483

Incident

Nov 27, 2000

WHILE DRIVING PUT HEAT ON AND STARTED SMELLING GAS FUMES INSIDE OF VEHICLE. TOOK TO DEALER. MECHANIC COULD NOT LOCATE OR SMELL FUMES. NEXT DAY, TURNED ON HEAT TO WARM UP, WENT INSIDE, AND THEN CAME 15 MINUTES LATER AND VEHICLE WAS IN FLAMES. FIRE DEPARTMENT ARRIVED AND PUT FLAMES OUT. CONTACTED MECHANIC, WHO CHECKED VEHICLE , AND INDICATED FUEL LEAK CAUSED FIRE. *AK CONSUMER IS REQUESTING REIMBURSEMENT. *SLC

NHTSA ID

878531

Incident

Dec 23, 2000

FUEL RAIL IS LEAKING INTO ENGINE COMPARTMENT. DELER HAS BEEN CONTACTED.*AK

NHTSA ID

876053

FUEL INJECTOR RACK WAS CAUSING FUEL LEAKAGES ONTO ENGINE. MANUFACTURER NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER NO RECALLS ON THAT PART. *AK ON ONE OCCASION, A FIRE IGNITED DUE TO THE FUEL LEAKAGE, THE FIRE CAUSED DAMAGE TO MANY COMPONENTS, THE STRONG FUEL ODOR CAUSED HEADACHES AND NAUSEA. *SLC

NHTSA ID

875574

Incident

May 26, 2000

THERE WAS A FIRE IN ENGINE COMPARTMENT DUE TO A FUEL RAIL LEAK. DEALER HAS NOT BEEN CONTACTED.*AK SUBSEQUENT INSPECTION SHOWED LEAKS AT BOTH JOINTS OF FUEL RAIL. THE MANUFACTURER OF THE VEHICLE CLAIMS THAT IT WAS NOT CAUSED BY MANUFACTURING ERROR, BUT THE CONSUMER CITS NTHSA WEBSITES WHERE FUEL INJECTION RAIL DESING WAS STATED TO HAVE CAUSED THE PROBLEM. *YH

NHTSA ID

875227

Incident

Nov 16, 2000

NOTICED A SMELL OF GASOLINE IN GARAGE. POPPED HOOD & NOTICED FUEL RAIL WAS LEAKING ON THE MANIFOLD. CONTACTED DEALER ABOUT ANY RECALLS. NO RECALLS, BUT INFORMED CONSUMER THAT NO PARTS WERE AVAILABLE DUE TO BEING ON NATIONAL BACK ORDER. CONSUMER FIXED ON HIS OWN WITH A WELD BECAUSE THE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE. *AK *ML

NHTSA ID

856971

Incident

Jan 19, 2000

WHEN STARTING VEHICLE THE GAS FUMES WERE SO STRONG THAT VAN WAS TURNED OFF AND NOT DRIVEN. HUSBAND STARTED VAN ONCE AGAIN LATER, CHECKED UNDER HOOD AND FUEL WAS SHOOTING OUT ALL OVER ENGINE. FUEL RAIL WAS FOUND TO BE SPLIT IN ENGINE COMPARTMENT. WHEN VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A MECHANIC. MECHANIC STATED THAT PART NEEDED TO CORRECT PROBLEM WAS ON NATIONAL BACK ORDER. *AK

NHTSA ID

841564

Incident

Jun 26, 1999

THE FUEL NECK FILLER TUBE RUBBER HOUSING CRACKED CAUSING A FUEL LEAK WHICH MAY CAUSE A FIRE. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.

NHTSA ID

835197

Incident

Feb 19, 1999

THE FUEL RAIL DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM IS AN INCOMPETENT DESIGN. IT WILL ALLOW, AT ANY TIME FUEL TO BE DISBURSED ONTO THE ENGINE. IN OUR ATTEMPT TO GET REPAIRED, WE WERE TOLD THE PART IS ON NATIONAL BACK-ORDER (YIPPEE) AND FURTHER EFFORTS TO USE RECYCLED OR PARTS REMOVED FROM OTHER VEHICLES FOUND THAT THE LEAK IS PREVALENT IN ALL THAT WE TRIED. NO NEW PARTS SEEM TO BE AVAILABLE THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY BECAUSE THIS PROBLEM IS GROWING MORE WIDESPREAD. GAS EVAPORATES QUICKLY ON THE WARM ENGINE AND IT IS NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO SEE UNLESS THE ENGINE IS RUNNING. CHECK THE FUEL RAIL ON A RUNNING ENGINE AT THE NECK-DOWN POINT.

NHTSA ID

702222

Incident

Dec 27, 1998

THE FUEL LINE, LOCATED UNDERNEATH THE INTAKE MANIFOLD, HAD A CRACK AND LEAKED FLUID, SPRAYING FLUID UNTO THE INTAKE MANIFOLD WHICH MAY HAVE CAUSED A FIRE. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

NHTSA ID

833101

Incident

Jan 1, 1999

I HAVE BEEN INFORMED BY THE DEALER THAT MY VAN'S FUEL PUMP HAD A SHORT IN IT. ACCORDING TO THEM, THE SHORT WAS THE REASON WHY MY VAN STOPPED 5 TIMES WITHOUT WARNING, BURNING THE FUSIBLE LINK. THE VAN STOPPED THREE TIMES ON THE FREEWAY WHILE I WAS DRIVING UP TO SPEEDS OF 65 MPH AND ONCE IN THE MIDDLE OF A BUSY INTERSECTION!. THERE WAS NO WARNING EACH TIME THIS OCCURRED. THE FIRST GARAGE REPLACED THE FUSIBLE LINK, SEPARATED THE WIRES IN THE LINK, AND THEN REPLACED THE IGNITION SWITCH ALL TO NO AVAIL. THEN THE VAN WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER AND THE PROBLEM ACCORDING TO THEM WAS A SHORT IN THE FUEL PUMP. THE NEXT DAY THE VAN AGAIN STOPPED, THE DEALER SAID THEY HAD ERRED BY ACCIDENTLY PINCHING THE GROUND WIRE OF THE FUEL PUMP WHILE INSTALLING IT. EACH TIME THE VAN WAS REPAIRED I WAS TOLD THEY THOUGHT THEY HAD SOLVED THE PROBLEM. WHEN I CALLED DODGE HEADQUARTERS TO INQUIRE IF THEY HAD HEARD OF SIMILIAR PROBLEMS OR COMPLAINTS I WAS TOLD BY THEIR CUSTOMER SERVICE PERSON THAT THEY COULD NOT RESPOND TO MY QUESTION. I HOPE THAT THIS DANGEROUS CONDITION HAS BEEN REPAIRED THIS TIME. I'M CONCERNED THAT THE VAN WOULD SUDDENTLY STOP WITHOUT ANY WARNING AT ANY SPEED DAY OR NIGHT. I COULD HAVE KILLED SOMEONE OR BEEN KILLED.

NHTSA ID

701411

THE FUEL RAIL WHICH LOCATED AROUND THE ENGINE BROKE, CAUSING THE FUEL TO LEAK ON THE ENGINE WHICH MAY CAUSE A FIRE. CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

NHTSA ID

831573

Incident

Nov 15, 1998

FUEL GAUGE FAILED TO WORK PROPERLY. 20 OR SO MILES AFTER FILL UP, GAUGE GOES TO ZERO. ALSO OIL LEAK.

NHTSA ID

780118

ODOMETER FAILED. NLM

NHTSA ID

605416

WHEN GOING UP HILL CAR HAS LOSS OF POWER.THE FUEL FILTER AND TANK HAD WATER.PARTS REPLACED 3 TIMES. TT

NHTSA ID

966081

FUEL LEAKED ONTO PAVEMENT DUE TO A PUNCTURE IN FUEL TANK CAUSED BY VEHICLE RUNNING OVER TIRE DEBRIS. *AK

NHTSA ID

480670

Incident

Jun 22, 1994