Owner-reported complaints naming the suspension system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming suspension components — springs, struts, shocks, control arms and related hardware. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1993 Dodge Caravan submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 15 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.
Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed
THE BALL JOINTS AND STARTER FAILED, THE BRAKE LINE WAS BROKEN, THE SIDE DOOR FELL OFF, THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED OIL AND COOLANT FAILURES. ALSO THE VEHICLE NEEDED AN OUTER ROD END INSTALLED AND A NEW TRANSMISSION WITHIN ONE YEAR OF PURCHASING THE VEHICLE. *JG *JB
THE SLIDING DOOR SEPARATED FROM THE HINGES, ALSO THERE WAS PROBLEMS WITH THE OIL, COOLANT, BALL JOINTS, STARTER, BRAKE LINE, TIE ROD, TRANSMISSION, EXHAUST AND THE FRONT BRAKES. TS *JB
WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 40 MPH COULD FEEL VEHICLE BOUNCING ON STEERING WHEEL OR COULD BE COMING FROM FRONT TIRES.*AK
WHILE DRIVING FRONT TIRES WILL MAKE NOISE AND VIBRATE, AND CONSUMER WILL LOSE CONTROL OF VEHICLE. *AK
WHEN PULLING OUT OF DRIVEWAY / MAKING ANY TYPE OF TURN, THERE IS SOME TYPE OF KNOCKING NOISE WITHIN THE STEERING SYSTEM. DEALER CAN'T FIND THE PROBLEM. *YC
FAULTY POWER STEERING UNIT.
COMPLETE ABS FAILURE DUE TO CONTAMINATION OF BRAKE FLUID.
VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT AND AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. VEHICLE WAS HIT ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE AND VEHICLE ROLLED OVER (3) TIMES.*AK
TRANSMISSION GEARS SHIFT HARD. *SD
AIR CONDITIONER INOPERATIVE/LEAKS.
FAILURE ON THE STEERING WHEEL AND COLUMN THE VEHICLE PULLS TO THE RIGHT, DODGE REPAIRED THE VEHICLE THE VEHICLE NOW PULLS TO THE LEFT. *AK
IDLER PULLEY BLEW APART.
SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER STEERING BELT TENSIONER #PE95-012. TT CONSUMER STATES WHILE DRIVING THE STEERING WHEEL VIBRATES, DEALER SAID IT WAS THE TRANSMISSION AND REPLACED IT, HOWEVER THIS DID NOT SOLVE THE PROBLEM, CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE BACK IN AND THIS TIME DEALER STATED THE PROBLEM WAS WITH THE TIRES, CONSUMER CHANGED THE TIRES AND THIS TOO DID NOT HELP, DEALER CAN NOT FIND PROBLEM, POSSIBLY STEERING OR SUSPENSION RELATED. *SLC
BRAKE DRUMS RESURFACED. *SD
VIBRATION OF VEHICLE AT 30MPH - 50 MPH. 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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