Owner-reported complaints naming the driver-assistance system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming forward-collision avoidance, lane keeping, back-over prevention, cruise control and related electronic driver-assistance systems. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 2001 Dodge Caravan submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 9 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
AFTER THE ENGINE WARMS UP AND AT SPEEDS AROUND 45-50 THE ACCELERATION STICKS AS IF THE CRUISE CONTROL IS ON. THE ONLY WAY TO STOP IT IS TO PUT THE CAR IN NEUTRAL THEN DRIVE,OR SHUT THE ENGINE OFF. I DISCONNECTED THE SERVO TO THE CRUISE CONTROL TO ELIMINATE THE CRUISE AS THE CAUSE. THE PROBLEM IS INTERMITTENT BUT OCCURS OFTEN.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE CARAVAN. THE CONTACT STATED THE AIR BAGS WARNING INDICATOR WAS ILLUMINATED, AND THE HORN AND CRUISE CONTROL BECAME INOPERABLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 176,000.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE CARAVAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH, THE CRUISE CONTROL BUTTON WAS INADVERTENTLY ENGAGED DUE TO IT BEING TO CLOSE TO THE HORN. AS A RESULT, THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE BECAME STUCK AT A CERTAIN SPEED, WHICH CAUSED HIM TO DRIVE ABOVE SPEED LIMITS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 195,000.
AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT IS ON CONSTANTLY. HORN WILL NOT WORK .CRUISE CONTROL WILL NOT WORK. *TR
THE VEHICLE WAS REGISTERING MULTIPLE CODES IN THE ODBII SYSTEM. OF WHICH ONE WAS A OPEN INJECTOR CIRCUIT. VEHICLE WOULD STALL AND RUN ROUGH. ON FURTHER INVESTIGATION THE FUEL INJECTOR WIRING HARNESS THAT WAS ROUTED DIRECTLY ABOVE EXHAUST MANIFOLD HAD THE INSULATION MELTED CAUSING MULTIPLE FUEL AND EMISSION CONTROL WIRES TO BE SHORTED. A SEARCH FOR THE FUEL WIRING HARNESS AT MULTIPLE SALVAGE YARDS SHOWED THE EXACT SAME CONDITION TO EXIST ON 4 OF 5 VEHICLES. ONE CAN SPECULATE THE ROUTING OF THE HARNESS OVER THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD COMBINED WITH SUBSTANDARD WIRE INSULATION CAUSED THE INSULATION TO MELT. *TR
DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG, THE HORN AND THE CRUISE CONTROL DO NOT WORK. IT IS QUITE OBVIOUS THAT THESE DEFECTS ARE CAUSED BY A DEFECTIVE CLOCK SPRING. THIS WAS A MATTER OF RECALL FOR THE DODGE CARAVAN AND GRAND CARAVAN, PLYMOUTH VOYAGER AND GRAND VOYAGER AND CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY FROM THE 1996-2000 MODEL YEARS. OUR CAR IS 2001 MODEL AND IS NOT IN A RECALL LIST, BUT IT IS QUITE OBVIOUS TO ME THAT THE DEFECT WAS NOT FIXED IN 2001 YEAR MODELS. AM I ALONE COMPLAINING ABOUT THIS UNFIXED PROBLEM? [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR
DT: CONTACT COMPLAINED ABOUT THE RECALL OF EARLIER MODELS OF THE SAME CAR WHERE THE CLOCK SPRING IN THE STEERING COLUMN WAS BAD. THE STEERING WAS NOT AFFECTED .THIS CAUSED THE HORN AND CRUISE CONTROL TO MALFUNCTION. THE AIR BAG LIGHT CAME ON INTERMITTENTLY. CONTACT CALLED DODGE AND TOLD THEM.HE HAD THIS PROBLEM FOR THE PAST WEEK. *AK
WHEN STARTING MY 2001 DODGE CARAVAN SPORT, THE SPEEDOMETER BOUNCES AROUND AND "FLIPS" BACK BEHIND THE PIECE THAT IS UNDERTHE 0 MPH, PREVENTING THE SPEEDOMETER FROM WORKING. IT IS AN IMTERMITTENT PROBLEM THAT HAS BECOME INCREASINGLING WORSE IN THE LAST 3 WEEKS (3 TIMES). THE FIRST COUPLE OF TIMES I COULD HIT ON THE DASH WHEN THE CAR WAS OFF AND IT WOULD "RESET" AND WORK FINE, BUT THIS DOES NOT ALWAYS WORK SO WHEN I'M DRIVING I CAN'T TELL HOW FAST I'M GOING. NO INJURIES OR TICKETS YET-I HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO TAKE IN TO BE LOOKED AT WHILE THIS WAS OCCURING SO I COULD GET IT FIXED. I HAVE ALSO HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE DRIVER SIDE WINDOW (POWER) GETTING STUCK DOWN (2 TIMES IN LAST 3 MONTHS). I HAVE ALSO HAD A "RATTLEING" NOISE THAT OCCURS WHEN I'M DRIVING AT A STEADY 45 MPH UNDER THE FRONT END. I HAD A DEALER "FIX" IT UNDER MY EXTENDED WARRANTY, BUT IT STARTED DOING IT AGAIN AFTER ABOUT A WEEK. I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO TAKE IT BACK IN TO BE LOOKED AT.
SUDDEN ACCELERATION. STARTING FROM A STOP LIGHT, THE VAN BEGAN ACCELERATING WITHOUT CONTROL. ATTEMPTS TO STOP WERE UNSUCCESSFUL. ACCELERATION STOPPED AS SUDDEN AS IT STARTED. CAR DEALER SAID IT POSSIBLY WAS A BUILD UP OF "CARBON AROUND THE AIRINTAKE FLAP CAUSING IT TO STICK OPEN". PAID $160 FOR MAINTENANCE TO CLEAN THE INTAKE. IT WAS A SCARY INCIDENT THAT COULD HAVE RESULTED IN AN ACCIDENT.*AK
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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