2001 Dodge Caravan Interior & seats Problems

GOT REAR ENDED AND SEAT BROKE SENDING DRIVER ACROSS VAN WITH SEAT BELT IN TAC. *TR

NHTSA ID

10550427

Incident

Oct 30, 2013

Mileage

356,000 mi

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE CARAVAN SPORT. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 40 MPH WHEN THE DRIVER SIDE SLIDING DOOR FAILED TO LOCK. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND THEY CONFIRMED THE VIN FAILED TO QUALIFY FOR REPAIRS UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 01I003000(LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH). THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 123,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 124,000.

NHTSA ID

10455691

Incident

Jan 1, 2012

Mileage

123,000 mi

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE CARAVAN. THE LOCKS WOULD LOCK AND UNLOCK INTERMITTENTLY ON THEIR OWN. THE LOCKS WOULD ALSO MAKE AN UNFAMILIAR NOISE. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE, REAR HATCH, AND PASSENGER SIDE SLIDING DOOR NEEDED A LATCH COMPONENT. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 01I003000 (LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH). THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 72,786.

NHTSA ID

10218566

Incident

Feb 1, 2008

Mileage

72,786 mi

I BOUGHT A BRAND NEW 2001 DODGE CARAVAN SE AND HAD ENGINE & ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS. JUST A FEW MONTHS LATER, WHILE DRIVING OVER THE BRIDGE OUT OF NEW YORK CITY, THE CAR FILLED UP WITH WHITE SMOKE OF A REALLY TOXIC SMELL. GREENISH BROWN FLUID LEAKED OUT AT MY FEET. SEVERAL TIMES I WENT TO HAVE IT FIXED, ALL THE FLUIDS WOULD LEAK OUT OF THE BOTTOM OF THE CAR, I WOULD TAKE IT BACK TO ONLY HAVE IT HAPPEN AGAIN. FINALLY THEY CLAMPED A HOSE UNDERNEATH THE CAR CAUSING FLUIDS TO SWISH BACK AND FORTH IN THE DASH AREA SHORTING OUT THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM AND MY LIGHTS WOULD FLASH ON AND OFF. (VERY DANGEROUS VEHICLE WITH CHILDREN). WENT THROUGH THE LEMON LAW UNIT WITH A JUDGE THAT DID NOT USUALLY WORK IN THAT COURT, AND LOST THE CASE AFTER PAYING A LAWYER $2000. THAT WENT OUT ON DISABILITY! I HAD NO JUSTICE AND STOPPED PAYING ON THE CAR. IT WAS REPOSSESED AND SOMEONE ELSE IS PROBABLY DRIVING AROUND WITH THIS CAR! *NM

NHTSA ID

10164233

Incident

Nov 21, 2001

DT: THE CALLER COMPLAINED ABOUT ELECTRICAL SYSTEM PROBLEM. HE STATES THAT HEADLIGHTS WILL TURN OFF AT NIGHT WITHOUT WARNING. THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS WILL SHUT OFF AS WELL. SOMETIMES THE HEADLIGHTS AND WINDSHIELD WIPERS WILL COME BACK ON, AND SOMETIMES THEY WON'T COME ON AT ALL. ALSO, THE HORN BLOWS, AND THE DASHBOARD LIGHTS WILL BE ON, AND THE AUTOMATIC HEADLIGHTS WILL NOT SHUT OFF WHEN THE VEHICLE IS TURNED OFF. DEALER SAID THEY DO NOT KNOW WHAT THE PROBLEM IS. ANOTHER DEALER REPLACED THE BODY CONTROL MODULE. MANUFACTURER SAID TO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH DEALER.*AK

NHTSA ID

10137418

Incident

Jan 1, 2005

Mileage

45,000 mi

DT: RECEIVED RECALL 04V531000 AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, AND COULD NOT GET THE RECALL WORK DONE ON 2001 DODGE CARAVAN. TOOK IT TO A DEALER TO HAVE IT REPAIRED, AND THEY SAID THEY COULD NOT DO IT BECAUSE THEY DID NOT HAVE THE PART. THE CONSUMER CALLED CHRYSLER AND THEY HAD NO SERVICE IN SPANISH. *AK THE DOOR ACTUATOR WAS REPLACED. *JB

NHTSA ID

10129577

Incident

Jul 21, 2005

Mileage

67,000 mi

2001 DODGE GR CARAVAN HAS HAD A PROBLEM WITH THE POWER SLIDING DOORS & POWER LIFTGATE FROM THE VERY FIRST DAY I PURCHASED IT. BOTH POWERED DOORS & POWER LIFT GATE WILL EITHER NOT OPEN OR MAKE THE NOISE OF TRYING TO OPEN WHEN USING EITHER THE KEYLESS REMOTE, INSIDE REMOTES OR MY OPENING & CLOSING MANUALLY. SOMETIMES THE DOORS & LIFTGATE WILL ALSO KICKBACK AS IF SOMETHING IS OBSTRUCTING THE PATHWAY. THIS ALSO OCURRS WHEN USING THE KEYLESS REMOTE OR INSIDE REMOTE BUTTONS. I FIRST LEARNED ABOUT A PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION REGARDING DOORS & LIFTGATE OPENING WITHOUT WARNING FROM MY LOCAL NEWS STATION BACK IN DECEMBER OF 2004. I HAD PREVIOUSLY BROUGHT MY VAN TO THE DEALERSHIP REGARDING THIS PROBLEM BUT SINCE THEY COULD NEVER DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM THEY INFORMED ME THEY COULD NOT FIX MY VAN. I WAS FINALLY ABLE TO SHOW THE DEALERSHIP THE PROBLEM WHEN I BROUGHT MY CAR IN FOR SERVICE BACK IN JANUARY 2005. THE DEALERSHIP INFORMED ME THAT THERE WAS NO RECALL OR INVESTIGATION BUT WAS ABLE TO DETERMINE THAT THE PROBLEM WAS CAUSED BY DTC INCOMPLETE POWER OPEN LATCH FAILURE, INCOMPLETE LATCH RELEASE PAW SW FAILURE. I HAVE ACTUAL SERVICE NOTATION OF WHAT THE DEALERSHIP DETERMINED TO BE THE PROBLEM & HOW TO FIX IT. THE DEALERSHIP ALLOWED A GOODWILL SERVICE ON ONE DOOR & THE POWER LIFTGATE. THEY WOULD NOT & COULD NOT FIX THE OTHER DOOR BECAUSE THEY ONCE AGAIN COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM ALTHOUGH THEY WERE ABLE TO DETERMINE THE PROBLEM ON THE OTHER DOOR & LIFTGATE BECAUSE THE PROBLEM WAS DUPLICATED IN FRONT OF THEIR EYES. I CONTINUE TO HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE ONE POWER DOOR THAT THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO DETERMINE TO HAVE A PROBLEM. I UNDERSTAND THERE WAS SOME PRELIMINARY EVALUATIONS BEING DONE (PE04-054). HAS ANYTHING BEEN RESOLVED? I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO HAVE MY INFORMATION & COMPLAINT NOTED. PLEASE NOTE THAT THE NUMBER OF OCURRANCES IS EVEN HIGH THAN NOTED FROM BELOW BECAUSE OF THE AGE OF THE CAR. THANK YOU.

NHTSA ID

10130372

Incident

Feb 17, 2001

Mileage

106 mi

THE DRIVER SEAT RECLINED WHILE DRIVING 30-35 MPH. THE CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO LIFT UP WITHOUT BEING INVOLVED IN A VEHICLE CRASH. THE CONSUMER NOTICED THAT THE SEAT WAS BROKEN AT THE WELD. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN INSPECTED AT THIS TIME. *JB

NHTSA ID

10113527

Incident

Mar 3, 2005

Mileage

56,000 mi

THIS VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO THE DEALER ON NUMEROUS OCCASION AND THIS PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN RESOLVED AT THIS TIME. THE CONSUMER INFORMED THE DEALER THAT THE REAR SIDE DOOR HANDLES WILL NOT RELEASE ON ITS OWN. THE DRIVER CAN NOT OPEN OR CLOSE THE DOORS AT ALL. THE DOOR HANDLES HAS BEEN REPLACED MORE THAN ONCE. THE MECHANIC INFORMED THE DRIVER THAT THIS PROBLEM IS A MANUFACTURER'S PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *JB

NHTSA ID

10108780

Incident

Jan 24, 2005

I HAVE FILED SEVERAL COMPLAINTS ON THIS CAR SINCE BUYING IN 2001 THIS LATEST ONE IS THE HEAT CONTROL KNOB IN THE DASH HAS FROZEN DEALER SAYS BROKEN AND WOULD COST 400 TO FIX, AT THAT PRICE IT SHOULDN'T BREAK AT ALL!CAR NOW HAS 50000 MILES. THIS IS THE SAME CAR THAT WITHIN THE FIRST 72 HOURS AND 200 MILES THE TRANSMISSION WENT OUT. TIE ROD ENDS WERE REPLACED 2 OR 3 TIMES AT 20000 AND 36700 MILES MOTOR ON WINDOW ALSO REPLACED CARPET REPLACED BECAUSE WATER SEEPING IN CAR I AM AFRAID OF THIS CAR. *JB

NHTSA ID

10107613

Incident

Jan 16, 2005

Mileage

200 mi

MY DIMMER SWITCH HAS NOT BEEN FUNCTIONING SINCE 10/31/04. I AM NOT ABLE TO SEE ANYTHING ON THE DASHBOARD WHEN DRIVING AT NIGHT. THIS MAKES IT VERY HARD TO DRIVE AT NIGHT. RATHER DANGEROUS. CHRYSLER IS STATING THAT THEY HAVE NO IDEA WHEN THE PART WILL BE AVAILABLE. AS IT SOUNDS TO ME THE PART IS NOT EVEN BEING MANUFACTURED AT THIS TIME.*AK

NHTSA ID

10105898

Incident

Oct 31, 2004

SEAT FRAME ON DRIVER'S SEAT BROKE. DEALR STATES THAT IT IS NOT UNDER WARRANTY. IT WOULD BE $1,200 TO REPLACE. I FEEL THAT THE METAL FRAME SHOULD NOT HAVE BROKEN SINCE THIS CAR HAS NOT BEEN INVOLVED IN ANY ACCIDENTS AND THERE IS NO REASON THE FRAME SHOULD HAVE BROKEN.*AK

NHTSA ID

10090924

Incident

Sep 2, 2004

OWNED A 2001 DODGE CARAVAN THAT CAUGHT ON FIRE. FIRE CAME FROM UNDERNEATH THE MIDDLE OF THE DASH BOARD IN THE CENTER. THE CAR WAS TOTALED AS WELL AS MY OTHER CAR AND GARAGE DOOR. *JB

NHTSA ID

10081343

Incident

Sep 25, 2003

SEAT BACK ON THE CAPTAINS CHAIR LOCATED ON REAR DRIVER'S SIDE DID NOT LOCK IN PLACE, RESULTING IN CHILD BEING INJURED. CHILD SUSTAINED A BLACKENED EYE FROM HITTING THE DRIVER'S SEAT. *AK CONSUMER STATED THAT REAR SEAT DIDN'T LATCHED PROPERLY CAUSING THE SEAT TO PIVOT FORWARD. BROUGHT SEAT TO THE DEALER AND FOUND THAT THE MECHANISM THAT LOCKS CHAIR WAS FROZEN. *LA

NHTSA ID

10051942

Incident

Dec 22, 2003

Mileage

41,000 mi

IN THE 3RD ROW OF SEATS IN MY 2001 DODGE MINIVAN, A PASSENGER LEFT THE SEATBACK IN A SEMI-RECLINED POSITION. I LEANED IN TO RELEASE THE SEATBACK TO FULL UPRIGHT. WHEN I ENGAGED THE RELEASE, THE SEATBACK SNAPPED FORWARD WITH GREAT SPEED AND FORCE ALL THE WAY DOWN UNTIL IT RESTED ON THE SEAT. IN ITS PATH DOWNWARD, IT FAILED TO STOP IN THE UPRIGHT POSITION. THE TOP OF THE SEAT STRUCK FULL IN MY FACE, BREAKING MY GLASSES, CAUSING A BRUISE AND ABRASION TO MY NOSE. IN SUBSEQUENT TESTS, THE SEATBACK ALWAYS FAILED TO STOP IN THE UPRIGHT POSITION. *LA

NHTSA ID

10043168

Incident

Oct 18, 2003

Mileage

15,568 mi

THE TWO SLIDING DOORS AND THE REAR BACK DOOR WOULD NOT OPEN WITH REMOTE. THE PROBLEM IS STILL OCCURRING, NOT FIXED. *TT *CB

NHTSA ID

10021776

Incident

Jul 6, 2003

Mileage

10,000 mi

ALL GAUGES AND LIGHTS ARE NO ON AND WILL NOT TURN OFF. THE SPEED ODOMETER DOEWS NOT WORK. THE RPM STAYS AT 2000 EVEN WHEN THE VEHICLE IS TURNED OFF. *AK

NHTSA ID

10020903

Incident

May 30, 2003

REAR SEAT ANCHORS(ISOFIX) STICK UPWARD FROM SEAT BACK. ANCHORS INTERFERES WITH CHILD SEAT. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND DEALER BENT ANCHORS DOWNWARD. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

NHTSA ID

8002555

Incident

Dec 14, 2001

WHILE DRIVING ENGINE AND AIR BAG LIGHTS CAME ON, GAUGES STARTED ACTING UP, AND HEADLIGHTS STARTED FLASHING. CONSUMER LOST ALL POWER. ALSO, HAD NO BRAKES, AND STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP. HEARD A POPPING NOISE UNDER HOOD. *AK

NHTSA ID

897345

Incident

Sep 30, 2001

WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD BACK SLIDING DOOR POPPED OPEN WHILE CONSUMERS CHILD WAS SITTING IN BACK SEAT. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER WAS TAKING A LOOK AT THE VEHICLE. THERE WAS RECALL ON VEHICLE FOR SAME PROBLEM, 01-I-003-000. *AK

NHTSA ID

893796

Incident

Aug 1, 2001

1)ABNORMAL ENGINE NOISE WHEN COLD START. 2)RUBBING NOISE JUST BEHIND STEERING WHEEL WHEN TURNING SOP RACK. 3)RECALL DOOR LATCH.*AK

NHTSA ID

749147