Owner-reported complaints naming the powertrain system, filed with NHTSA
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Powertrain reports that are not specifically the engine or transmission — driveshafts, axles, transfer cases and differentials. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 2000 Dodge Caravan submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 11 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
DRIVING IN A RAINSTORM THE DRIVE BELT CAME OFF WHILE DRIVING ONTO THE ENTRANCE RAMP OF C270. THE POWER STEERING, WATER PUMP, GENERATOR FAILED. THE CAR WAS NOT ABLE TO DRIVE. *TR
ON AUG. 19 MY HUSBAND HEARD A VERY FAINT "PING" ABOUT A 2 MILES FROM HOME. NOTHING SEEMED TO BE WRONG AND HE FELT IT MUST HAVE BEEN SOMETHING MOVING AROUND IN THE CAR. ON AUG. 20, AFTER DRIVING SEVERAL MILES, I HEARD WHAT SOUNDED LIKE SOMETHING UNDER THE HOOD SELF-DESTRUCTING, THE ODOMETER AND RPM GAUGE WENT WACKY, AND I HAD NO POWER. I WAS FORTUNATE TO BE PERHAPS 50 YARDS FROM AN AUTO SERVICE CENTER AND COASTED INTO THE DRIVEWAY LEAKING FLUID AND FLINGING PARTS. THE TRANSMISSION HAD BLOWN APART. HAD I BEEN ON A FREEWAY I WOULD LIKELY HAVE BEEN KILLED OR KILLED SOMEONE ELSE. FROM TALKING TO MECHANICS IT SEEMS THAT THIS IS A WELL KNOWN DEFECT AND DODGE MANUFACTURED TRANSMISSIONS WERE NOT MODIFIED, BUT THERE HAS BEEN NO RECALL. WE WERE TOLD THAT AFTER MARKET PARTS FROM ANOTHER COMPANY HAD THE PROBLEM ADDRESSED. (WHAT RECOURSE DO WE HAVE. CAN WE EVER EXPECT DODGE TO PAY FOR A REMANUFACTURED TRANSMISSION?) NOTE: THE MILEAGE AND SPEED ARE APPROXIMATE. *TR
MY 4 CHILDREN WERE IN MY VAN WHILE IT WAS PARKED AND MY 5 YR OLD GOT INTO DRIVERS SEAT AND PULLED GEAR SHIFT IN REVERSE AND VAN ROLLED DOWN DRIVEWAY, ACROSS ROAD, AND OVER AN EMBANKMENT AND IT TOTALED THE VEHICLE. THIS SHOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED, THE GEAR SHIFT SHOULD NOT HAVE MOVED WHILE IT WAS IN PARK WITHOUT THE BRAKES BEING APPLIED TO GET IT OUT OF GEAR. MY DAUGHTER HAD TO HAVE STITCHES AS A RESULT OF THIS ACCIDENT. THEY COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED. *TR
THE DIFFERENTIAL DRIVE PIN IN THE 41TE MODEL AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FALLS OUT , LOCKING UP THE FRONT WHEELS. AND STALLING MOTOR. THEN TRANSMISSION WILL BLOW APART SENDING PIN AND FLUID GEARS RANDOMLY. *NM
WHILE PULLING OUT OF A LOCAL MARKET PARKING LOT, THERE WAS A LOUD NOISE COMING FROM THE LEFT FRONT UNDERCARRIAGE. THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT MOVE WITH THE TRANSMISSION ENGAGED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE NEAREST DEALER. I WAS INFORMED BY THE DEALER THAT THE LEFT FRONT AXLE HAD FAILED. I REQUESTED THAT THE DEALER REPLACE THE FAILED COMPONENT AND HAD THE DEALER HOLD ONTO THE FAILED PART. WHEN I PICKED UP THE REPAIRED VEHICLE, I LOOKED AT THE FAILED COMPONENT AND SAW THAT IT HAD SHEARED COMPLETELY INTO TWO PIECES. FORTUNATELY THERE WERE NO INJURIES OR DAMAGE. I CONSIDER THIS MECHANICAL FAILURE AN EXTREME SAFETY HAZARD. *NM
SINCE TRANSMISSION FAILURE OCCURRED EIGHT MONTHS AFTER WARRANTY EXPIRED, DEALERSHIP WOULDN'T COVER THE COST OF REPLACING THE TRANSMISSION. *PH A FAULTY PIN IN THE DIFFERENTIAL UNIT WHERE IN MANUFACTURER IS AWARE OF. THE PIN BROKE AND WENT RIGHT THROUGH THE TRANSMISSION CASE. *LA
WHILE DRIVING THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION OUTER CASE RUPTURED AND THE TRANSMISSION BLEW OUT. WHEN THIS OCCURRED THE VAN STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CAUSE OF THE TRANSMISSION FAILURE HAS NOT BEEN DETERMINED. *NM THE DIFFERENTIAL PIN WHICH BROKE AND CAME OUT THROUGH THE CASE. SERVICE DEALER HAVE MADE DIAGNOSTICS AND REPAIRS ON TRANSMISSION ON THE VEHICLE. *LA
WHILE DRIVING, THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE CONSUMER HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR AN ANALYSIS. THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD THE TRANSAXLE DRIVE PIN HAD SHEARED OFF AND HAD BLOWN COMPLETELY THROUGH THE TRANSMISSION AND THE HOUSING.*AK THE TRANSMISSION AND THE DIFFERENTIAL HAD TO BE REPLACED. *JB
DIFFERENTIAL PIN BROKE WHILE DRIVING IN A NORMAL MANNER. PIN WENT THROUGH CASING OF TRANSMISSON , AND REUINED THE TRANSMISSION WHICH OTHERWISE WOULD BE FINE. VEHICLE ONLY HAD 75 ,000 MILES AND ALWAYS REGULARLY MAINTAINED. *AK
WITHOUT WARNING, THE TRANSMISSION BEGAN TO LEAK - APPROXIMATELY 1 QUART A WEEK - AND BECAME DIFFICULT TO SHIFT. AT TIMES IT SIMPLY FAILED TO GO INTO GEAR. UPON DIAGNOSIS OF THE LEAK, I WAS INFORMED THAT A DIFFERENTIAL PIN HAD COME LOOSE AND BEGAN DESTROYING THE INTERIOR OF THE DIFFERENTIAL. $1850 TO REPAIR ON A 3 YEAR OLD VEHICLE. ACCORDING TO THE MECHANIC, THIS IS VERY COMMON ON CHRYSLER PRODUCTS.*JB
WHILE DRIVING, CONSUMER HEARD A LOUD NOISE AND VEHICLE WOULD NOT PULL. TOOK TO DEALER, AND DEALER INDICATED DIFFERENTIAL PIN BROKE IN TRANSMISSION.*AK CHRYSLER PAID FOR HALF OF THE BILL. *JB
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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