1994 Dodge Caravan Engine Problems

DRIVING DOWN INTERSTATE VEHICLE JUST QUIT. WAS ABLE TO COAST TO SIDE OF ROAD. ATTEMPT TO RESTART FAILED.4 TIMES. LET VEHICLE SIT FOR ABOUT 10 MINUTES AND NORMAL RESTART. THIS IS THIRD TIME IN THREE WEEKS. OTHER TWO NO STARTS WERE AFTER VEHICLE SITTING OVERNIGHT. NO ERROR CODES OR CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. FIRST NO START REPLACED AIR FILTER. SECOND NO START REPLACED BATTERY. INFO PROVIDED BECAUSE OF 2010 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN ISSUE AN POTENTIAL FOR IT TO EXIST IN EARLY VEHICLES. I DO NOT BELIEVE IT IS THE IGNITION SWITCH. *TR

NHTSA ID

10692369

Incident

Mar 5, 2015

Mileage

95,356 mi

SERPENTINE BELT COMES OFF...DRY, WET, SNOW..BIG, LITTLE ...LITERALLY NO PUDDLES...AND THE GATORBACK BELT DOESN'T FIX IT, NOR THE SNOW SHIELD ON THE PULLEY SHIELD.....WITH ALL THE COMPLAINTS AND THE NUMEROUS TIMES MY BELT HAS COME OFF..YOU'D THINK CHRYSLER WOULD HAVE FIXED THIS LONG AGO...NO JUST SOAK PEOPLE FOR MONEY..IF THEY R NOT MECHANICALLY INCLINED( WHICH THANKS TO MY FATHER, BROTHER, AND HUSBAND) I AM.....AND I KNOW ABOUT THE INTERNET SITE FORUMS THAT HELP EACH OTHER OUT...IN TIMES LIKE THESE. SOME UNFORTUNATELY..SEVERAL HUNDREDS AND THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS LATER...HOW UNFAIR OF CHRYSLER...AND WE'RE TALKING.... THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN AROUND AWHILE...YOU'D HAVE THOUGHT THEY WOULD'VE FIXED IT LONG AGO ..EVEN BEFORE PUTTING OUT NEW ONES WITH THE SAME PROBLEM....I BET THOSE NEW BUYERS ARE FIT TO BE TIED RIGHT ABOUT NOW!!!! HOPEFULLY ALL THESE COMPLAINTS AND I HOPE YOU PEOPLE ARE COMPLAINING...GETS SOMETHING DONE!! *NM

NHTSA ID

10172482

Incident

Nov 4, 2003

THE SERPENTINE BELT CONTINUOUSLY SLIPS OFF WHICH CAUSES THE STEERING TO BECOME INOPERABLE. THE POWER STEERING COMPLETELY FAILS. *AK

NHTSA ID

10112852

Incident

Nov 11, 2004

WITHOUT WARNING CONSUMERS VEHICLE WILL SHUT OFF. TS

NHTSA ID

10004347

Incident

Oct 15, 2002

WHILE TRAVELING 65 MPH AND WITHOUT ANY INDICATION VEHICLE LOST ALL POWER. THIS PROBLEM HAS HAPPENED MORE THAN ONCE. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED, BUT COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

NHTSA ID

8018143

AFTER TRAVELING OVER WATER PUDDLES SERPENTINE BELT COMES OFF, CAUSING LOSS OF POWER STEERING AND THE ENGINE OVERHEATS, SERPENTINE BELT HAS BEEN REPLACED FIVE TIMES. *AK THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THE DEALER SAID THIS WAS A DESIGN FLAW AND THEY RECOMMEND THE SHIELD TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. *YH

NHTSA ID

8004860

AT TIME OF STARTIN ENGINE, CONSUMER NEEDS TO LET IT WARM UP FOR LONG TIME BECAUSE IT'S NOT REAL WARM AT THE TIME OF SHIFTING TO DRIVE. ENGINE WILL DIE WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION.*AK

NHTSA ID

8002627

Incident

Jan 15, 2002

OIL IS LEAKING FROM ENGINE, CAUSING SMOKE TO COME FROM ENGINE COMPARTMENT WHILE DRIVING. ALSO, OIL LIGHT REMAINS ILLUMINATED, CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

NHTSA ID

8001827

Incident

Jan 9, 1999

INTERMITTENT STALLING. *AK

NHTSA ID

8001822

INTERMITTENTLY TAILGATE COMES AJAR WHEN DRIVING, DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK CONSUMER STATED REAR LIFTGATE OPENS WITHOUT BEING ACTIVATED, ALSO AIRBAG LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED, HEAD GASKET WAS LEAKING.*SLC

NHTSA ID

8001743

Incident

Feb 25, 2000

VEHICLE OVERHEATED BECAUSE FAN BLADE CAME LOOSE DUE TO THREADED NUT THAT HOLDS BLADE CAME LOOSE. CONTACTED A DEALER, AND THE DEALER WAS NOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING.*AK *SLC

NHTSA ID

884009

Incident

Apr 16, 1999

IT STALLS SUDDENLY FROM TIME TO TIME - "CHECK GAUGES" LIGHT IS ON AT THIS POINT - SOMETIMES ONCE A WEEK, SOMETIMES ONCE A MONTH, SOMETIMES TWICE A WEEK, SOMETIMES ... YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN!. I CAN RESTART IT EASY, BUT IT DOES NOT HOLD ON IDLE, AND STALLS IMMEDIATELY. IF I STEP AT THIS MOMENT AT GAS PEDAL, AND WHILE KEEPING RPM AROUND 1000, SHIFT INTO DRIVE, IT RUNS OK AS IT NEVER HAD ANY PROBLEMS....ONLY UNTIL NEXT TIME... I TURN OFF ALL ELECTRIC DEVICES: RADIO, FAN, LIGHTS WHILE RESTARTING IT. THAT SEEMS LIKE NOT MAKE ANY DIFFERENCES. I HAVE NOTICED THAT IT STARTED DOING SO AFTER DEALER REPLACED ELECTRONIC MODULE FOR AIR BAGS ACCORDING TO SAFETY SERVICE NOTICE FROM CHRYSLER, OR IT'S JUST A COINCIDENCE. I GOT READING STOPPING THE ENGINE NORMALLY, IT IS 55, THEN NEXT TIME IT STALLED I GOT THE READING AGAIN, IT WAS THE SAME AS IN NORMAL SITUATION - 55.*AK

NHTSA ID

741863

WHILE DRIIVNG COULD DECELERATE, AND ENGINE WILL STALL WITHOUT A PRIOR WARNING.CONSUMER USED A DIFFERENT TYPE OF FUEL TO CORRECT PROBLEM. DEALER TOLD CONSUMER THAT ENGINE STALLING COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED. *AK

NHTSA ID

880750

Incident

Oct 1, 2000

ENGINE DIES/RPM DROPS OUT: JUST DRIVING ALONG, HIGHWAY OR ROADWAY AND THE ENGINE DIES AND POWER STEERING AND BRAKING IS LOST AND IS DANGEROUS. NO ACCIDENTS YET, THANK GOODNESS. DEALER SAID IT WAS BECAUSE MY THROTTLE BODY AND BASE GASKET HAVEN'T BEEN MA

NHTSA ID

740823

Incident

Aug 14, 1999

CONSUMERS VEHICLE IS EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS SIMILAR TO THOSE OF THE FORD EXPLORER'S ELECTRICAL/ENGINE FAILURE, THE VEHICLE STALLS AFTER HIGH SPEED TRAVEL ON INTERSTATE, WHEN SLOWING AND WHEN TURNING AFTER EXITING WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING, THE VEHICLE CAN BE RESTARTED AFTER SECOND OR THIRD ATTEMPT AND RUNS FINE UNTIL THE NEXT OCCURANCE. NLM

NHTSA ID

559365

Incident

Sep 1, 2000

DRIVER SIDE DOOR OPENED WHILE ROUNDING A BEND CAUSING ME TO ALMOST FALL OUT OF THE VEHICLE. IF IT HADN'T BEEN FOR THE SEAT BELT I WOULD HAVE FALLEN OUT. AFTER THE DOOR OPENED I SWERVED LOOSING CONTROL HOWEVER THERE WASN'T AN ON COMING VEHICLE AT THE TIME. FROM THE FORCE OF THE DOOR SWINGING OPEN BOTH OF THE JOINTS BROKE OFF AND THE SERVICE MAN AT OUR LOCAL DEALER INFORMED US THAT HE SEES MANY OF THESE PROBLEMS ON THE 1994/1995 MODELS. I HAD ALL OF THE RECALLS DONE TO DATE INCLUDING THE REAR LATCH THAT I NEVER HAD A PROBLEM WITH. I HAVE ALSO HAD TO REPLACE THE 02 SENSOR. I FEEL THIS COULD HAVE BEEN WORSE IF THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN AN ON COMING CAR AT THE TIME. WE WERE VERY LUCKY. *NLM **DIMSII IVOQ ENTRY POSTED AFTER 12/12/02 CUT-OVER TO ARTEMIS*734346

NHTSA ID

10007041

Incident

Oct 13, 2000

Mileage

67,000 mi

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 70MPH & VEHICLE ON MANY OCCASION HAS STALLED. ONCE VEHICLE HAS STALLED IT WILL START BACK UP. THERE WAS A CONTINUOUS PROBLEM WITH THIS HAPPENING. DEALER CHECKED VEHICLE OTHER TIMES, BUT COULD NOT FIND A REMEDY. *AK

NHTSA ID

867593

Incident

Aug 7, 2000

ENGINE DIES WHEN YOU RELEASE THE ACCELERATOR AT ALMOST ANY SPEED. VEHICLE MUST BE PUT IN NEUTRAL AND RESTARTED. NO MECHANIC CAN DETECT A COMPUTER, SENSOR, DIRTY PART OR OTHER PROBLEM TO CAUSE THIS EFFECT.*AK

NHTSA ID

724620

Incident

Jun 27, 2000

BELT TENSIONER FAILURE DESTROYED SERPETINE ENGINE BELT. I COULD NOT CHARGE BATTERY AND HAD REDUCED POWER STEERING. THIS IS A SAFETY PROBLEM. MANY TENSIONERS HAVE BEEN REPLACED BY MY SERVICE STATION ('HOUSER'S AUTOMOTIVE' IN BROOKHAVEN, PA, 610-874-9285). *AK

NHTSA ID

724301

Incident

Dec 22, 1999

WHILE DRIVING AND WITHOUT WARNING ENGINE COMPLETELY SHUTDOWN, CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

NHTSA ID

862375

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOV EVEHICLE. *AK

NHTSA ID

721711

Incident

May 9, 1997

THE VAN'S ENGINE WILL INTERMITENTLY CUT OUT WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY OR IN TOWN. IN MOST CASES THERE IS NO WAY TO WARN DRIVERS APPROACHING FROM THE REAR THAT YOU HAVE NO POWER OR ARE STOPPED IN THE ROAD. (WHEN THE ENGINE CUTS OUT THERE IS NO WARNING OR NOISE. THE ONLY WAY THE DRIVER KNOWS THE ENGINE IS NOT RUNNING IS THAT THE POWER STEERING IS GONE OR THE VAN DOES NOT RESPOND WHEN THE DRIVER STEPS ON THE GAS PEDAL.) RESTARTING THE ENGINE MAY TAKE 4 TO 6 TRIES BEFORE YOU CAN PLACE THE VAN BACK IN DRIVE AND CONTINUE. EVEN IF THE DRIVER WERE TO STEP ON THE BRAKES OR TURN ON THE EMERGENCY FLASHERS, OTHER CARS AND MACK TRUCKS APPROACHING FROM THE REAR HAVE A TENDENCY TO RUSH UP ON THE REAR BUMBER BEFORE THEY REALIZE WHAT IS HAPPENING. THIS IS, OBVIOUSLY, VERY UN-NERVING ESPECIALLY TO THE DRIVER WHO IS TRYING TO RESTART THE VAN BEFORE SOMEONE RUNS INTO HIM. I KNOW OF AT LEAST 6 OTHER PEOPLE WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED THIS STALLING PROBLEM IN EITHER A DODGE VAN OR CAR THAT HAS THE 3.0L ENGINE. MOST HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO RESOLVE THIS PROBLEM AT THEIR DODGE DEALER AND HAVE SOLD THE UN-REPAIRED VAN OR CAR RATHER THAN ARGUE WITH THE DELERSHIP'S SERVICE DEPARTMENT. THE STALLING PROBLEM IN MY VAN HAPPENED ONCE EVERY FEW MONTHS WHEN IT WAS NEW AND IT DID NOT REALLY SEEM TO BE A SAFETY PROBLEM. HOWEVER, IN THE PAST YEAR THE PROBLEM HAS GOTTEN WORSE TO THE POINT WHERE I HAVE TO THINK TWICE ABOUT GETTING OUT ON 495 AT RUSH HOUR FOR FEAR OF BEING RUN OVER. DODGE HAS JUST SENT ME A RECALL NOTICE FOR AIR BAG WIRING ON THIS VAN, PLEASE GET THEM TO RECALL THE VANS AND CARS THAT USE THE 3.0L ENGINE TO FIX THIS VERY DANGEROUS STALLING PROBLEM. *AK

NHTSA ID

711134

Incident

Aug 22, 1999

THIS AUTOMOBILE HAS HAD 3 NEW TRANSMISSIONS, 3 NEW AIRCONDITIONERS,, A NEW STARTER, 3 OR 4 RECALLS FOR DIFFERENT THINGS AND NOW AN OIL LEAK THAT HAS TO BE REPAIRED. *AK

NHTSA ID

719278

Incident

Feb 13, 1997

TRANSMISSION IS LEAKING FLUID SINCE PURCHASE FROM AXLE SEAL TRANSFER CASE. FRONT RIGHT STRUT ASSEMBLY MAKES EXSTREME NOISES OVER BUMPS AND SHARP CURVES. ENGINE HAS DEVELOPED A LEAK. LEFT DRIVER SIDE DOOR CAN NOT BE OPENED WITH KEY. SUSPECT FLOOD DAMAGE DUE TO A REOCCURRING ODOR FROM HEATER VENTS. WE HAVE CONTACTED DEALER MORE THAN THREE TIMES AND WERE GIVEN A "DODGE" ! DEALER HAS CHANGED THE BUISNESS NAME AND STATES HAS NO LONGER AN OBLIGATION TO HONOR THESE PROBLEMS WHICH WE ENCOUNTERED UNDER WARRANTY! ALSO, AIR CONDITION UNIT HAS BEEN LEAKING AND WAS SERVICED UNDER WARRENTY AND REMAINS A PROBLEM. THERE ARE SEVERAL OTHER ITEMS TOO LONG TO LIST. THE BOTTOM LINE IS THAT THIS VEHICLE IS FAILING RAPIDLY MECHANICALLY! I FEEL STRONGLY THAT I HAVE BEEN "RIPPED OFF!" BY THIS DEALER AND AM IN NEED OF SOME SORT OF SOLUTION!. *AK

NHTSA ID

716950

Incident

Aug 1, 1998

THIS IS THE SECOND FAILURE OF TBHIS PART. FIRST FAILURE WAS AT 61590 MILES. I BELIEVE THIS TO BE A CHRONIC PROBLEM WITH CHRYSLER V-6 ENGINES AND ONE WHICH, IF IT OCCURS AT SPEED, CAN RESULT IN LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL WITH TRAGIC CONSEQUENCES. I WOULD APPRECIATE YOUR LOOKING INTO THIS MATTER AND ADVISING ME OF YOUR FINDINGS. *AK

NHTSA ID

716593

Incident

Dec 3, 1999