Owner-reported complaints naming the engine system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming the engine itself — including stalling, misfires, oil consumption, cooling and internal engine components. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1991 Dodge Grand 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
ANDY LEWIS DODGE DID NOT REPAIR ANTI LOCK BRAKES ON RECALLS THEY WERE HOSTILE TO ME AND MY VAN WAS OPERABLE WHEN LEFT THERE. WHEN I PICKED IT UP I HAD TO HAVE A WRECKER TAKE IT HOME.THE BATTERY WAS DEAD AND THE ANTILOCK LIGHT CONTINUED TO STAY ON. THEY NEVER REPAIRED THE BRAKE PROBLEM WITH THE RECALLS. THEY ARE LEAKING NOW.
PART FAILURE CAUSED 4 PEOPLE TO BE MAROONED ON INTERSTATE HWY5 AT NIGHT. *AK
WHILE DRIVING ENGINE STALLED. THEN, CONSUMER FOUND OUT THAT CAMSHAFT WAS BROKEN, AND ENGINE HAD TO BE REPLACED. *AK
WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING, THERE IS A LOSS OF POWER, AND THEIR IS A FUEL LEAKAGE FROM THE FUEL RAILS. ALSO, THERE IS SOME TYPE OF KNOCKING NOISE COMING FROM THE VEHICLE, AND ENGINE CYLINDER HEAD HAD TO BE REPLACED. *AK
THE MOUNTING BOLT/STUD FOR THE DYNAMIC TENSIONER BROKE, CAUSING LOSS OF SERPENTINE BELT DRIVEN ACCESSORIES INCLUDING THE POWER STEERING PUMP, ALTERNATOR, AND WATER PUMP. THE FAILED TENSIONER WAS A DEALER-INSTALLED WARRANTY REPLACEMENT OF AN OEM PART; THE OEM PART WAS REPLACED DUE TO EXCESSIVE BELT NOISE ON 5/25/93 WITH 25,915 MILES ON THE ODOMETER.
BELT TENSION PULLEY FAILED.
WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE WOULD LOSE ALL POWER; THERE'S NO STEERING; NO BRAKING; ENGINE STALLS; TRANSMISSION DOES NOT WORK; WOULD HAPPEN AT VARIOUS SPEEDS; SOMETIMES NOT STARTING AT ALL. *AK
MUFFLER REPLACED THREE TIMES.
VEHICLE PARKED IN GARAGE, HOUSE SMOKE ALARMS WENT OFF, OWNERS DISCOVERED VEHICLE ON FIRE, ORIGINATING UNDERHOOD. *AK *SLC
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.
Categories with enough reports to have a page of their own
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