1998 Dodge Caravan Exterior lighting Problems

AIRBAG LIGHT ON NO TURN SIGNALS AND NO REVERSE LIGHTS DUE TO FAILED AIRBAG CLOCKSPRING

NHTSA ID

11196029

Incident

Jan 10, 2019

THE AMOUNT OF LIGHT THAT OUR HEADLIGHTS EMIT IS VERY LOW AND CREATES SIGNIFICANT DIFFICULTY WITH VISIBILITY AT NIGHT. *TR

NHTSA ID

10278973

Incident

Jul 31, 2009

Mileage

130,000 mi

LENS ON HEADLIGHTS FOG UP WITH TEXTURED SURFACE ON OUTSIDE. UNABLE TO GET LIGHT THROUGH. *JB

NHTSA ID

10205269

Incident

Jul 4, 2007

Mileage

105,000 mi

TL*- THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 DODGE CARAVAN. SHE NOTICED THE HEADLIGHTS WERE DIM DUE TO THE PLASTIC COVERING OF THE HEADLIGHTS TURNED YELLOW. SHE STATED THAT EVEN WITH THE HIGH BEAMS ON IT IS HARD FOR HER TO SEE. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 150,000. THE CONTACT DID NOT WANT TO ESTIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE.

NHTSA ID

10190704

Incident

May 14, 2007

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 DODGE CARAVAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE HEADLIGHT COVERS WERE TARNISHED AND DECREASED VISIBILITY WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT. THE DEALER INFORMED THE CONTACT TO PURCHASE A NEW HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLY. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 96,000, AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 86,000.*AK

NHTSA ID

10186890

Incident

May 13, 2005

Mileage

86,000 mi

MATERIAL ON HEADLAMPS OF 1998 DODGE CARAVAN IS FOGGING OVER AND IS OBSTRUCTING THE HEADLIGHTS. CONDITION HAS BEEN GETTING PROGRESSIVLY WORSE OVER TIME.*AK

NHTSA ID

10185608

Incident

Mar 20, 2007

MATERIAL HEADLAMPS ARE MADE OF IS YELLOWING/DULL TO THE POINT THAT IT INTERFERES WITH YOUR VISION AT NIGHT. WE HAVE TRIED TO CLEAN AND BLUFF THEM. THEN WE WERE TOLD TO TRY WET SANDING AND CLEANING THEM. THIS HELPED SOMEWHAT FOR AWHILE. REPLACEMENT FOR BOTH HEADLAMPS COST OVER $700 TO REPLACE. THE VEHICLE RUNS OKAY AND WOULD LIKE TO KEEP IT FOR AWHILE LONGER, BUT NIGHT DRIVING IN IT IS REALLY BECOMING A PROBLEM. I HAVE SPOKEN TO SEVERAL PEOPLE WITH VEHICLES IN THAT AGE MODEL THAT ARE EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEMS. *JB

NHTSA ID

10184613

Incident

Jan 1, 2004

Mileage

100,000 mi

HEADLAMPS ON 1998 DODGE CARAVAN HAVE CLOUDED OVER SO MUCH THAT IT MAKES IT DIFFICULT TO SEE WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT. RECEIVED TWO ESTIMATES ON REPLACEMENT OF HEADLAMPS. BOTH WERE BETWEEN 600 & 700 DOLLARS. INFORMED BY BOTH MECHANICS THAT REPLACEMENT LAMPS WOULD MORE THAN LIKELY DO THE SAME THING AFTER A NUMBER OF YEARS BECAUSE THERE HAS BEEN NO RECALL ON PART IN QUESTION FOR THAT YEAR VEHICLE. *NM

NHTSA ID

10177988

Incident

Jul 1, 2002

HEADLIGHTS ARE CLOUDED OVER, LIGHTS ARE DIM, CAN'T SEE WELL AT DARK. POTENTIAL FOR AN ACCIDENT. *NM

NHTSA ID

10171920

Incident

Oct 26, 2006

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE HEADLIGHT LENSES WERE CLOUDED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER.

NHTSA ID

10166787

Incident

Aug 28, 2006

Mileage

125,000 mi

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE HEADLIGHTS ON THE VEHICLE HAVE A FILM OVER THEM WHICH MAKE IT HARD TO SEE AT NIGHT. THE DEALER WAS ALERTED. UPDATED 05/22/06. *JB

NHTSA ID

10155785

Incident

Apr 19, 2006

Mileage

89,700 mi

THE LENSES ON THE HEADLIGHTS OF MY DODGE CARAVAN (1998) HAVE BECOME ALMOST FROSTED DURING THE PAST 3 OR 4 YEARS, WHICH CAUSES INADEQUATE LIGHTING OF ROADS AND INCREASED GLARE. THE DEALER TOLD ME THAT BOTH ENTIRE HEADLIGHTS WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED FOR A COST OF $500-600 PLUS LABOR. HE SAID THAT SOME CARAVANS HAVE THIS HAPPEN AND OTHERS DON'T. I FEEL THAT THIS IS A SAFETY FACTOR AND SHOULD BE TREATED AS A RECALL. *NM

NHTSA ID

10136549

Incident

Jan 1, 2000

Mileage

84,000 mi

A THICK FILM IS COVERING THE HEADLIGHT LENS. AS A RESULT, THE LIGHTS ARE VERY DIM AT NIGHT. *AK...*AK

NHTSA ID

10111557

Incident

Dec 1, 2004

Mileage

118,000 mi

THIS VEHICLE HAS MULTIPLY PROBLEMS. CONSUMER NOTICED THAT THE AIR BAG LIGHT APPEARED ON THE DASHBOARD AND REMAINED ON. WHEN PRESSING THE HORN IT FAILED TO COME ON ITS OWN. ALSO, SMOKE WAS COMING FROM THE STEERING COLUMN. THE SMOKE EXTINGUISHED ITSELF OUT. NO INJURIES REPORTED. HAZARD LIGHTS FAILED TO COME ON. DROVE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE HORN ASSEMBLY AND AIR BAGS WERE SEPARATED PROBLEMS, AND THE STEERING COLUMN WAS OKAY. NO DETERMINATION ON THE HAZARD LIGHTS WAS MADE. CONSUMER INFORMED THE MECHANIC THAT THIS PROBLEM OCCURRED ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS, AND HAD NOT BEEN RESOLVED. *AK

NHTSA ID

10099913

Incident

Nov 12, 2004

THE HEADLIGHT LENSES HAS PRODUCED A THICK HAZE ON THEM. AS A RESULT THE LIGHT WERE BECOMING VERY DIM AND THE CONSUMER HAD TO DRIVE WITH THE HIGH BEAMS ON. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *JB

NHTSA ID

10099107

Incident

Aug 13, 2004

Mileage

87,000 mi

PLASTIC HEADLIGHT COVERS ARE CLOUDY AND CANNOT BE CLEANED. NIGHTTIME DRIVING IS HAZARDOUS.

NHTSA ID

10096175

Incident

Oct 17, 2004

Mileage

80,000 mi

CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL 02V293000 CONCERNING AIR BAG CLOCK SPRING FAILURE. AIR BAG LIGHT AND THE LEFT SIGNAL LIGHT ILLUMINATED WHILE IN MOTION, ALSO, HORN WAS INOPERATIVE AND THE LEFT TURN SIGNAL GAVE OFF AN CONSENT ALARM SOUND WHEN ENGAGED. *AK

NHTSA ID

10079795

Incident

May 1, 2004

Mileage

138,444 mi

WHILE DRIVING THE CONSUMER NOTICED THAT THE VEHICLE'S HEAD LIGHTS BECAME DIM AND PROVIDED POOR VISIBILITY. THE DEALERSHIP HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *NM THE HEAD LIGHT LENSES WERE ALSO FOGGED. *NM

NHTSA ID

10054108

HEADLIGHTS ARE FOGGY. EACH TIME IT RAINS IT BECOMES MORE DIFFICULT TO SEE AT NIGHT TIME DRIVING.*AK

NHTSA ID

10048109

Incident

Jul 14, 2003

THE PLASTIC HEADLIGHT LENSES CONTAINED GLAZED, WHICH CAUSED POOR ILLUMINATION AND RESULTED IN POOR VISIBILITY. *AK ALMOST ALL OF THESE MODELS HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. *SCC *JB

NHTSA ID

10029580

Mileage

35,000 mi

THE CONSUMER STATED THE LENSES THAT COVERED THE HEADLIGHTS WERE CLOUDY WHICH RESULTED IN REDUCED VISIBILITY. *AK *CB *NOLAN

NHTSA ID

10024980

Mileage

34,000 mi

HEADLIGHT HIGH BEAM WALNUT WORK AT ALL WHEN THE VEHICLE IS TURNED ON. *AK

NHTSA ID

10022892

Incident

Jun 11, 2003

THE VEHICLES HEADLIGHT COVERS HAD A THICK FILM OVER THEM WHICH IMPAIRS VISIBILITY. *NLM

NHTSA ID

10017770

Incident

Nov 17, 2002

Mileage

89,568 mi

1998 DODGE CARAVAN: (1.)TWICE IN THE PAST TWO YEARS "FLEX PLATE" BETWEEN THE ENGINE AND TRANSMISSION HAS FAILED BREAKING IN THE CENTER IMITATING THE SOUND OF A FAILING MAIN BEARING. UNDER 100,000 MILES. (2.) TRANSMISSION FAILED 100,000 MI., (3.)WIRING HARNESS CAUGHT FIRE WHILE ENGINE RUNNING - DESTROYED HARNESS. (SPARKS SHOOTING OUT FROM BENEATH VEHICLE - FIRE EXTINGUISHED BEFORE MAJOR DAMAGE @ 110,000 MILES. ,000 MI. ( 4.) HEADLIGHT LENS PLASTIC TURNED MILKY AND INHIBITS PROPER LIGHT PROJECTION - DIFFICULT TO SEE WELL AT NIGHT EVEN WHEN LIGHTS ARE ON BRIGHT. *NLM

NHTSA ID

10010862

Incident

Mar 13, 2003

THE HEAD LIGHTS FLICKERED ON AND OFF.*JB *TS

NHTSA ID

10011417

Incident

Mar 3, 2003