1995 Dodge Caravan Problems

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH, THE VEHICLE TRANSMISSION BEGAN TO SLIP. THERE WAS A SQUEALING NOISE COMING FROM THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE WHEEL. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN INSPECTED BY A MECHANIC.

WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH THE INSTRUMENT PANEL GAUGES FAILED. CONSUMER WASN'T ABLE TO SEE HOW FAST SHE WAS DRIVING. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE CONTROL MODULE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK

BOUGHT A NEW 1995 DODGE CARAVAN IN MAY OF SAME YEAR. SHORT TIME LATER A LETTER NOTIFYING US OF REAR LATCH DOOR COMING OPEN AT IMPACT----TOOK CARE OF IT. ABOUT 3 YEARS AFTER THAT A 20 AMP FUSE IN POSITION #20 KEPT BLOWING, AIR BAG LIGHT WOULD COME ON AND REAR WINDOW WIPER WOULD GO OUT. A SHORT TIME AGO WHILE LOOKING UP PARTS FOR ANOTHER VEHICLE AT ADVANCE AUTO PARTS,JUST FOR CURIOSITY LOOKED UP RECALLS FOR THE 95 CARAVAN AND FOUND OUT ABOUT THE SHORT TO GROUND THAT EXISTS IN THE AIRBAG CIRCUIT. I NEVER RECEIVED A RECALL LETTER FROM DODGE. YESTERDAY THE 28TH OF SEPT 2009 WENT TO DODGE AND THEY CONFIRMED THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLES BUT THEY WANT TO CHARGE ME FOR THE DIAGNOSTIC TEST IF IT WAS SOMETHING ELSE. THE DIAGNOSTIC RUNS LIKE $110. NOW I'M UNEMPLOYED AND MY WIFE IS PICKING UP OUR GRANDBOY FROM SCHOOL WITH THIS SAFETY ITEM NOT WORKING PROPERLY I'M WORRIED SICK. I FEEL THAT CHRYSLER SHOULD TAKE CARE OF THIS PROBLEM AT THEIR OWN EXPENSE,BECAUSE THERE IS DEFINITELY A SHORT IN THE CIRCUIT. MY NAME IS ENRIQUE GONZALEZ WOULD LIKE TO GET AN OPINION FROM YOU AS TO WHAT CAN BE DONE TO AVOID A POSSIBLE ACCIDENT. THANK YOU *TR

DT: CONSUMER STATED: HAD TO REPLACE THE CLOCK SPRING. CONTACTS INSIDE WERE BAD, IT MALFUNCTIONED, THE AIR BAG LIGHT WAS ON, HORN AND THE CRUISE CONTROL DIDN'T WORK. *AK

DEALER WAS GOING TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION, BUT AFTER SEVERAL HOURS OF LABOR, THEY DECIDED TO REPLACE A DIFFERENTIAL PIN ON THE TRANSMISSION AFTER ONLY 52,000 MILES. DEALER WOULD NOT COVER COST OF REPAIR. IT SOUNDS LIKE MANY PEOPLE HAVE HAD SIMILAR PROBLEM, IS THERE GOING TO BE A RECALL? ALSO, THE DEALER HAS RECHARGED THE AIR CONDITIONER 3 TIMES WITHIN THE PAST 3 YEARS. EACH TIME THEY CHARGED ME FOR IT. I FIND IT HARD TO BELIEVE THAT A CHARGE WOULD LAST ONLY ONE SUMMER. *CB

THE AIR-CONDITIONING UNIT STOPPED BLOWING COLD AIR WITHOUT WARNING. WHEN I TOOK MY VAN TO THE MECHANIC, HE INFORMED ME THAT HE WAS UNABLE TO DETECT ANY LEAK IN THE SYSTEM AND WITH MY PERMISSION RECHARGED THE SYSTEM BACK IN SEPTEMBER. IT WORKED FINE FOR ABOUT TWO MONTHS THEN ONCE AGAIN,WITHOUT WARNING,IT STOPPED BLOWING COLD AIR.I CALLED THE MANUFACTURER,AND THEY BLUNTLY TOLD ME THAT IT WAS MY PROBLEM SINCE THE 3 YEAR/36,000 MILE WARRANTY HAD LONG EXPIRED. I COUNTERED TO NO AVAIL THAT TWO SEPERATE INDEPENDANT MECHANICS HAD INFORMED ME THAT A NUMBER OF DODGE OWNERS WITH THE SAME AIR-CONDITIONING UNITS HAD BEEN COMPLAINING TO THEM OF THE SAME PROBLEM.IN ADDITION, I ALSO HAD FOUND OUT THAT CHRYSLER HAD EXTENDED SEVERAL MODEL WARRANTIES TO 7 YEAR/70,000 MILES INCLUDING THE GRAND CHEROKEE BECAUSE OF FAULTY AIR-CONDITIONING EVAPORATORS WHICH I BELIEVE IS THE SAME OR SIMILAR ONE PRESENTLY FAILING IN MY VAN. ON A SEPERATE NOTE,I WAS INFORMED EARLIER IN DECEMBER THAT I HAD AN OIL LEAK COMING OUT OF AN AREA WHERE A SECTION OF THE HEAD GASKET WAS SEATED. TO MAKE A LONG STORY SHORT,I HAD ALSO INFORMED THE MANUFACTURER OF THIS PROBLEM THAT COULD HAVE COST ME OVER $1000.00 TO REPLACE. BELIEVE IT OR NOT, THE REPRESENTATIVE THAT I HAD SPOKEN TO ADMITTED OVER THE PHONE TO ME THAT THERE WAS A GASKET PROBLEM WITH A NUMBER OF 90'S MODELS AND THE PROBLEM WAS CORRECTED WITH A CHANGE IN 1999 SELECT VEHICLES INCLUDING THE 2.4 LITRE MINIVANS.FORTUNATELY, I WAS ONLY CHARGED A $100.00 DEDUCTIBLE BY A LOCAL DODGE DEALERSHIP TO REPLACE THE DEFECTIVE HEAD GASKET.

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH, THE VEHICLE TRANSMISSION BEGAN TO SLIP. THERE WAS A SQUEALING NOISE COMING FROM THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE WHEEL. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN INSPECTED BY A MECHANIC.

THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM LIGHT ILLUMINATED WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS PRESSED, AND THE PEDAL TRAVELED ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR. THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD THE ABS PUMP WAS CONSTANTLY IN MOTION, AFFECTING THE CONTROL OF BRAKING. *JB

DODGE CARAVAN SE 1995 MODEL HAS DEFECTIVE AND UNSAFE DRIVER SEAT BACK RESTS. MY DODGE CARAVAN SE 1995 MODEL WAS REAR ENDED BY A SPEEDING TOYOTA COROLLA. THE DODGE WAS GOING BELOW 10 MPH DUE TO CONSTRUCTION AHEAD ON THE ROAD. THE COROLLA WAS SPEEDING OVER 65MPH(ABOUT 75MPH). THE DODGE CARAVAN DRIVER SEAT BACK REST FELL BACKWARD. I ABSOLUTELY LOST CONTROL OF MY VEHICLE. *TR

THERE'S A CRACK IN THE DRIVER'S DOOR THAT IS CAUSING THE DOOR TO SHIFT DOWN WARD AND FAIL TO LINE UP WITH THE LATCH. DOOR HAD TO BE TIED TO KEEP IT CLOSED. THE VEHICLE IS NOT BEING DRIVEN BECAUSE OF THE DOOR.*AK

FRONT DOOR HINGE MOUNT SHEET METAL TEARS OR CRACKS. DOOR LATCHES FAIL DO TO SAGGING DOORS. SHEET METAL HAS CRACKED GOING BACK INTO THE FIRE WALL BULKHEAD. DOORS CAN FLY OPEN ON OUTSIDE TURNS WITH OUT WARNING, POTENTIALLY DISLODGING PASSENGETS.

PAINT IS FLAKING OFF THE HOOD AND ROOF. NOT A NORMAL AGE FLAKING. PAINT BUBBLES UP AND THEN FLAKES OFF. WHITE PRIMER IS SEEN AS PAINT FLAKES OFF. DEALER ADMITTED THAT IT WAS A DEFECT, BUT I HAD WAITED TO LONG TO BRING IT IN. THEY REFUSED TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. I HAD NOT RECEIVED ANY NOTICE OF RECALL FOR THIS PROBLEM. THE OTHER RECALLS ON THIS MAKE/MODEL WERE DEALT WITH PROMPTLY UPON RECEIVING NOTICE. *AK

IM DRIVING ALONG AND MY GAUGES START GOING ON AND OFF AND FLICKERING .THEN AFTER AWHILE THEY COME BACK ON THEN START BACK UP GOING OFF AND ON. *TR

INTERMITTENT ELECTRIC DOOR LOCK FAILURE. HAD THE MAIN CONTROL PANEL ON THE DRIVER'S DOOR REPLACED SHORTLY AFTER DISCOVERING THE PROBLEM AT A COST OF ABOUT $175 PART AND LABOR--CHANGED NOTHING. RESEARCHED ON LINE AND FOUND THAT REMOVING NEGATIVE BATTERY CABLE FROM THE NEGATIVE POST FOR ABOUT 30 MINUTES TEMPORARILY FIXES THE DOOR LOCKS FOR ABOUT 2-3 WEEKS. I AM NOT PUTTING OUT $150-$250 TO HAVE THE BCM RE-FLASHED. THIS IS DODGE'S PROBLEM--PLEASE RECALL.

AIR BAG LIGHT CAME ON AND STAYED ON WHEN I TURNED ON THE REAR WIPER AND THE REAR WIPER MOTOR FROZE. *LA

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MY WIFE WAS DRIVING HER MOTHER TO THE DOCTOR WHEN SHE STARTED TO BACK OUT OF THE PARKING SPACE THE FRONT END MADE A NOISE. SHE STOPPED AND PULLED INTO THE PARKING SPACE AND THE TIE ROD BROKE OFF. VEHICLE ONLY HAS 68,000 MILES. *JB

I WAS PULLING INTO MY DRIVEWAY WHEN THE TIE-ROD ON MY 1995 DODGE CARAVAN (WITH 58,000 MILES ON THE ODOMETER) BROKE SUDDENLY, AND WITHOUT WARNING. THE CAR IS CURRENTLY AT THE LOCAL MENDENHALL DODGE AUTO DEALER WAITING FOR A DIAGNOSIS OF THE PROBLEM. I HAVE REQUESTED THAT THEY KEEP ALL PARTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE REPAIR SO THAT I MAY INSPECT THEM. *AK

BAD FUEL LEAK FROM FUEL RAIL. HUGE POTENTIAL FOR FIRE. *TR

I PURCHASED A 1995 DODGE CARAVAN ON JUNE 12, 2004. IT WAS HAVING A FUEL INJECTOR PROBLEM AND THE DEALERSHIP I PURCHASED IT FROM REPAIRED A FUEL INJECTOR. 9 DAYS LATER GAS FUMES FILLED THE CAB AND THE VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE ON THE LEFT SIDE FACING THE ENGINE. I GOT MYSELF & 6MO OLD DAUGHTER OUT AND THE FIRE DEPT. PUT OUT THE FIRE. ENGINE COMPLETELY BURNED, HOOD. HAVE DETAILED PHOTOS. DEALERSHIP WON'T TAKE RESPONSIBILITY, DODGE WON'T RESPOND. I WANT TO KNOW WHAT CAUSED THIS.*AK

OTHER PROBLEMS THE SAME AS OTHERS IN DATABASE. DT

EVAPORATOR HAS A HOLE, CAUSING FREON TO LEAK OUT. THIS IS A YEAR OLD PROBLEM HAS PROGRESSED FROM REFILLING EVERY 3 WEEKS TO EVERY 2-3 DAYS. PART WAS REPLACED BUT NOT BY DEALERSHIP, AND DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. *AK NEW EVAPORATOR WAS INSTALLED BY A CERTIFIED DODGE DEALER. CONSUMER FEELS FREON LEAKING COULD CAUSE A HEALTH HAZARD. *TT

OWNER WAS DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH AND WAS REAR ENDED. UPON IMPACT, THE SEAT BELTS FAILED TO RESTRAIN THE DRIVER AND THE FRONT PASSENGER. THE BELT LOOSENED. SINCE THE SEAT BELTS LOOSENED ON THE FIRST IMPACT, THE OCCUPANTS HAD NO PROTECTION AFTER THAT AND WERE THROWN ALL OVER THE CAB OF THE VAN. *BF

SEAT BELTS COME UNBUCKLED FOR NO APPARENT REASON. FRONT AND REAR SEAT BELTS HAVE BECOME LOCKED AND WOULD NOT RELEASE WHEN THE RELEASE BUTTON WAS PRESSED. AT LEAST ONE OF THE SEAT BELTS WERE REPLACED WHILE THE VAN WAS UNDER WARRANTY FOR THESE PROBLEMS. IT HAS REQUIRED SEVERAL PUSHES OF THE BUTTON AND PUSHING AND PULLING ON THE LAP/SHOULDER BELT BEFORE THE BELT RELEASES FROM THE PART OF THE BELT WITH THE BUTTON. THIS HAS OCCURRED IN OUR 1995 DODGE CARAVAN WHICH WE BOUGHT NEW. WE ALSO BOUGHT A NEW 2002 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN WHICH HAS THE SAME GENERATION 3 SEAT BELTS IN THE BACK SEATS AND THEY ALSO HAVE COME UNBUCKLED WITHOUT NOTICE. MY NEIGHBOR HAS A 1996 DODGE DAKOTA WHICH HE BOUGHT NEW AND ARGUED WITH THE DEALER UNTIL THEY REPLACED ALL THE SEAT BELTS BECAUSE THEIR CHILDREN KEPT COMING UNBUCKLED AND JEFF (THE TRUCK OWNER) BECAME TRAPPED IN THE DRIVER'S SEAT AND HAD TO HAVE THE SEAT BELT CUT TO FREE HIM. THE INCIDENT DATES HAVE NOT BEEN RECORDED BUT THE MOST RECENT TIME WITH THE 1995 CARAVAN WAS THIS MONTH APRIL 2003. ALSO THE SEATS ARE UNSAFE THROUGHOUT THE 1995 CARAVAN. ON 2/6/98 MY WIFE AND I WERE REAR ENDED IN THE 1995 CARAVAN BY A 1990 MERCURY SABLE. WE WERE NEARLY STOPPED WHILE WAITING FOR THE VAN IN FRONT OF US TO MAKE A LEFT TURN. THE PERSON BEHIND US WAS NOT WATCHING AND SHE REAR ENDED US AT APPROXIMATELY. 40-45 MPH. THIS ACCIDENT WAS WITNESSED BY THE STATE HIGHWAY PATROL MAN. THE PERSON BEHIND US WAS WATCHING INSTEAD OF WATCHING WHERE SHE WAS GOING. I WAS NEARLY PARALYZED BECAUSE THE BUILT IN HEAD REST IS NOT HIGH ENOUGH. I AM 6'1" AND MY WIFE IS 5'2". MY WIFE WAS NOT BADLY INJURED. AS FOR MYSELF, THE DISC AT C5-6 WAS COMPLETELY BLOWN APART AND COMPRESSED MY SPINAL CORD IN HALF. I NOW HAVE A BONE GRAFT AND A STEEL PLATE FUSING MY NECK. THE REAR SEATS ARE COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE! *JB

DT: CONSUMER STATED: HAD TO REPLACE THE CLOCK SPRING. CONTACTS INSIDE WERE BAD, IT MALFUNCTIONED, THE AIR BAG LIGHT WAS ON, HORN AND THE CRUISE CONTROL DIDN'T WORK. *AK

WHEN APPLYING GAS PEDAL VEHICLE WOULD LOSE POWER OR HESITATE, AND THEN JUMP FORWARD INTO GEAR. ALSO, STALLED COMPLETELY OUT. DEALER SAID IT NEEDED A NEW TRANSMISSION.

WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH THERE WAS SEVERE VIBRATION. THE STABILIZER BAR BRACKET FAILED. *AK

THE BRAKE PADS HAVE BEEN REPALCED TWICE AND THE MASTER CYLINDE WAS REPLACED ONCE. NLM

HERCULES TIRES 205-75-15 TREAD SEPARATION SPLITTING ON THE INSIDE OF TIRE BOUGHT IN 2003 WORE DOWN FAST DID NOT LAST AND HAVE BELTS SEPARATING. *JB

FIRESTONE , INFINITI FR360, P20570R14. WHILE DRIVING AT 5 MPH, THE RIGHT REAR TIRE COMPLETELY SEPARATED. THE BLOWOUT CAUSED VEHICLE TO DO 180 DEGREE TURN TO ELUMINATING TRAFFIC. THE CONSUMER HAD TO TAKE THE VEHICLE TO BRIDGESTONE TO REPLACE THE OLD FIRESTONE TIRE WHICH HAD CHUCK OF RUBBER IN IT.THE COST OF REPAIRS WERE $241.24. CONSUMER FELLS FIRESTONE SHOULD REIMBURSE THEM. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK *CB

WHILE TRAVELING EAST ON HWY 70 (BETWEEN MOREHEAD CITY & HAVELOCK NC.) MY VEHICLE (1995 DODGE CARAVAN SE) I WAS STRUCK BY ANOTHER VEHICLE ON THE RIGHT FRONT SIDE OF MY VEHICLE. THE IMPACT WAS SUCH THAT THE AXLES WERE KNOCKED OUT. MY PASSENGERS AIR BAG DEPLOYED AND MY BAG FAILED TO DEPLOY ON IMPACT. THE BAG COMPARTMENT OPEN AFTER MY CHEST STRUC THE STEERING WHEEL. MY IMPACT WITH THE WHEEN WAS LESSENED AS I WAS WEARING MY SEAT BELT (AS WAS MY PASSENGER) THERE WAS A WITNESS TO MY AIR BAG FAILURE. THE HIGHWAY PATROL WERE TOLD OF THE FAILURE BY MYSELF AS WELL AS BY THE WITNESS. I AM CURRENTLY UBDER A DOCTORS CARE FOR EXTENCUVE SOFT TISSUE DAMAGE TO THE AREA OF MY BREAST BONE (INTERNALLY). MY DOGDGE WAS TOTALLED OUT BY THE NATIONWIDE INSURANCE ADJUSTER.*AK

THE CV JOINTS ON THE DRIVERS SIDE WERE BAD CAUSING WOBBLE IN THE FRONT END ON ACCELERATION. NLM

LETTER FROM DAVID R KRIEGER CONCERNING PROBLEM HE EXPERIENCED AFTER HAVING SAFETY RECALL WORK DONE ON 1995, DODGE CARAVAN, AND THE INTERMITTENT LOSS OF ILLUMINATION FROM HEADLIGHTS WHEN THE MULTIPURPOSE SWITCH LOCATED ON STEERING COLUMN WAS USED. *AK

FOUR WAY HAZARD FLASHERS ARE INOPERABLE. DEALER CANNOT IDENTIFY CAUSE. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

TRANS. REPLACED, RIGHT FRONT BEARING REPLACED LEFT FRONT BEARING,CALIPER &SPINDEL REPLACED DEALERS MECHANIC STILL HEARD NOISE SAID REPLACE TIRES .WHICH WERE WORN OUT WITH ONLY 24,000 MILES. TIRE DEALER SAID ALL 4 RIMES WERE WARPED.MY MECH. SAID THIS WAS PROBABLY THE REASON THE OTHER ITEMS FAILED HAVE A STRONG SUSPICION CAR WAS SOLD TO ME AS NEW WHEN IT WAS NOT.WILL EXPLAIN ON THE PHONE. TO MUCH TO WRITE

WHILE ON THE WAY HOME FROM A DRIVE FROM THE BEACH, THE RIM WHEEL BASE SPLIT IN HALF, CAUSING AN ACCIDENT-THE VAN STOOD STRAIGHT UP-THE REAR BUMPER WAS UP IN THE AIR. *AK