Owner-reported complaints naming the fuel system system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming fuel storage or delivery — tanks, pumps, lines, injectors and fuel leaks. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1994 Dodge Caravan submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 22 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
1994 DODGE CARAVAN GAS TANK LEAK. THE CONSUMER STATED SHE WAS SEARCHING FOR INFORMATION REGARDING A GAS LEAK AND CAME ACROSS RECALL 99V216000 AND WAS WONDERING IF IT APPLIED TO HER VEHICLE? AND IF SO, WILL DODGE HONOR THE RECALL AND FIX HER VEHICLE?
LACKS POWER, WANTS TO STALL LIKE IT'S NOT GETTING ANY FUEL, HAVE REPLACED NUMEROUS PARTS INCLUDING WHAT WAS LISTED ON THE DIAGNOSTIC SCANS, CLUNKING NOISE UNDER VAN. NOTHING SEEMS TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. HAVE SPENT OVER $600 IN PARTS ALONE, NOT COUNTING LABOR. *NM
THE CONSUMER HAS EXPERIENCED THE FOLLOWING PROBLEMS WITH: THE BALL JOINT, AXLE, STABILIZER, AND THE STRUTS-DRIVING IS BUMPY. SCC
CONSUMER HAD SMELLED FUEL ODOR INSIDE OF GARAGE. HE THOUGHT THAT SMELL WAS COMING FROM THE LANDMOORE. BUT, WHEN HE TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, THEY FOUND OUT THAT FUEL TANK HAD A CRACK JUST LIKE MENTIONED IN MANUFACTURER'S RECALL 845. *AK
WHEN DRIVING CONSUMER NOTICED THE CLOCK/ RADIO/ HEADLIGHTS AND WINDSHIELD WIPERS WERE FLASHING OFF AND ON WITHOUT OPERATOR CONTROLING THE COMPONENTS. ALSO GAS GAUGE AND SPEEDOMETER MALFUNCTIONED, GAUGES WERE MOVING UP AND DOWN. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER, DEALER HAS LINKED THE PROBLEM TO THE BODY CONTROL COMPUTER WHICH NEED REPLACING. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
THE SEALS/MOLDING AROUND THE WINDOWS AND GAS TANK ARE MELTING AND CAUSING THE RUBBER TO MELT. I THINK THE STUFF THATS MELTING IS GETTING IN THE GAS BECAUSE THE CAR ACTS LIKE THERE IS SOMETHING IN THE GAS. THE MOLDING AROUND THE WIDOWS MELTS AND THE BLACK MELTS ALL OVER THE PAINT. *AK
ONGOING PROBLEM WITH RELAY SENDING A FAULTY SIGNAL TO THE GAS GAUGE INDICATOR. GAS GAUGE WOULD REGISTER EMPTY, BUT THERE WOULD STILL BE FUEL IN THE TANK. DEALER NOTIIFED AND REFUSED TO REPAIR UNLESS COST GOES TO CONSUMER.*AK
THE FUEL FILTER WAS REPLACED TWICE BECAUSE OF LEAKAGE. ONCE IN MAY OF 97 AND ONCE IN AUGUST OF 98. THE FILTER IS LOCATED VERY CLOSE TO THE CATAYLIC CONVERTER. THE DEALER NOT AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. *AK
VEHICLE STALLS FOR NO REASON AND WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING. MAY RUN JUST FINE FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS. CONTACTED DEALER, AND HE REPLACED THE FUEL PUMP. BUT STALLING CONTINUES. *AK
I HAVE HAD 4 TRANSMISSIONS REPLACED BY A RI DEALERSHIP, BECAUSE THE DEALERSHIP IN MASSACHUSETTS WHERE THIS VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED WENT OUT OF BUSINESS. THE LATEST TRANSMISSION WAS PUT IN ON JUNE 11TH 1999. THE TRANSMISSION PREVIOUS TO THAT WAS PUT IN IN APRIL 1999. AT THE TIME THE TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED IN APRIL, I PICKED UP THE VEHICLE AT THE DEALERSHIP AFTER HOURS AND WHEN I STARTED THE VEHICLE I IMMEDIATELY KNEW THAT A BAD TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED BY ANTOTHER BAD TRANSMISSION! I HAVE MADE NUMEROUS CALLS TO THE 800 TELEPHONE # IN MY OWNERS MANUAL AND HAVE HAD MANY DIFFERANT COMPLAINT CASE NUMBERS ASSIGNED. I HAVE SENT AN E-MAIL MESSAGE TO THE DISTRICT MANAGER FOR THIS AREA FOR CHRYSLER AND HAVE MADE MORE THAN 2 DOZEN REQUESTS AND DEMANDS THAT SHE CONTACT ME REGARDING THIS LEMON THAT I SPENT $17,000. ON! I HAVE NOT HAD ANY LUCK. THE FUSE FOR MY AIR BAGS WHICH ALSO CONTROLS THE REAR WINDSHIELD WIPER HAS BLOWN FOR THE SECOND TIME AND I NOW HAVE NO AIRBAGS! I HAVE NOT HAD A WORKING FLOAT IN MY GAS TANK SINCE I HIT THE 12,000 MILE MARK, NOW I HAVE NO AIR CONDITIONING. I HAVE NOT USED IT ALL THAT MUCH AND HAVE HAD IT RECHARGED AND IT STILL DOES NOT WORK. THIS CAR HAS BEEN A LEMON SINCE I PURCHASED IT. I KEEP ASKING THE PEOPLE AT CHRYSLER AND HAVE BEEN ASKING SINCE 1995, WHO I MAY TALK TO OR WRITE TO FOR SOME SATISFACTION, BUT THEY WON'T COOPERATE. N I DO NOT KNOW WHO TO TALK TO. I AM VERY NERVOUS DRIVING THIS VEHICLE, WHEN THE THIRD TRANSMISSION BLEW WE WERE ON OUR WAY HOME ON A MAJOR HIGHWAY, WE LOST POWER AND OUR SPEED DROPPED TO AROUND 20 MILES PER HOUR, WE WERE LUCKY TO MAKE IT TO SAFETY! MY SON WAS VERY SCARED. PLEASE HELP, THANK YOU.
WHILE DRIVING IN TRAFFIC THE ENGINE WILL DIE,MOST FREQUENTLY WHILE SLOWING AND MAKING A TURN.WHILE I HAVEN'T HAD AN ACCIDENT YET LOSING THE POWER STEERING WHEN THIS OCCURS HAS CAUSED SOME CLOSE CALLS.
WHEN GAS TANK IS FULL FUMES SOMEHOW GASOLINE ESCAPES AND GASOLINE SMELLS INSIDE THE VEHICLE. DEALER ADVISES NOT TO FILL THE TANK TO FULL. ANY AMOUNT OF GAS ADDED CAUSES GASOLINE SMELL. DEALER NOT AWARE OF SECOND INCIDENT, NO LEAKS IN CAR. *AK
CONSUMER
RACK AND PINION STEERING FAILED.
OWNER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE IT STALLS, OWNER TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER AND WAS TOLD THAT HIS FUEL INJECTORS WERE CLOGGED, THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED, HE IS VERY CONCERNED FOR HIS SAFETY. *AK *JB
OWNER STATES THAT HER FUEL TANK HAD A LEAK AND THAT THE DEALERS HAD TO REPLACE A VAVLE, OWNER IS VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE PROBLEM SHE IS HAVING WITH VEHICLE. *AK
WHEN REFUELING VEHICLE AT THE FUEL FILLER PIPE NECK, A SPARK OCCURRED, CAUSING A FIRE, IN FOR REPAIR. *AK DEALER FOUND NO PROBLEMS, CONSUMER REFUSES TO PUT HIS FAMILY IN DANGER BY RIDING IN THIS VEHICLE. *SLC
HATCH RELEASE BROKEN.
VEHICLE STALLS INTERMITTENTLY.
THE FUEL GAUGE IS NOT WORKING PROPERLY, DRIVER IS UNAWARE OF THE AMOUNT OF FUEL IN FUEL TANK. *AK
VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE, DUE TO FUEL LEAKING FROM A FUEL INJECTION HOSE ONTO THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD. TT
VEHICLE STALLS OUT AT ANY SPEED, REPLACED FUEL FILTER. 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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