Owner-reported complaints naming the transmission system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming the automatic or manual transmission, including shifting behaviour, shudder, slipping and transmission control modules. 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. 14 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
ORIGINAL TRANSMISSION WAS REBUILT BY DEALERSHIP AT OUR EXPENSE. LATER, HAD TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION BECAUSE OF THE SAME PROBLEM. CHRYSLER WOULD NOT COVER ANY OF THE EXPENSES AND WE HAVE NEVER HEARD IF ANY RECALL WORK WAS DONE FOR TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS.*AK
CONSUMER HAS HAD TO REPLACE TRANSMISSION EVERY YEAR FOR THE PAST FOUR YEARS.*AK
REPLACEMENT TRANSMISSION WAS PURCHASED THROUGH CHRYSLER AND LASTED ONLY 29,000 MILES BEFORE FAILING IN WASHINGTON D.C. TRAFFIC ON MOTHER'S DAY. CHRYSLER WILL NOT REPLACE AND ARE NON-RESPONSIVE TO MY REQUESTS TO MEET ON THE SUBJECT.
1. TRANSMISSION SOLENOID BODY LOCKS TRANSMISSION IN DRIVE/2/1 RANGE. (THE TRANSMISSION CANNOT BE SHIFTED TO NEUTRAL, REVERSE OR PARK WITHOUT A GREAT AMOUNT OF FORCE.) DISCONNECTING THE BATTERY RESETS THE CONTROLS AND ALLOWS THE GEARS TO BE CHANGED NORMALLY FOR A MONTH OR SO. 2. IDLE AIR CONTROL MOTOR STICKS IN THE OPEN POSITION, CAUSING THE ENGINE TO IDLE AT A HIGH RPM (1000 TO START WITH, MORE IF NOT REPLACED RIGHT AWAY). THIS MAKES STOPPING THE VEHICLE MORE AND MORE DIFFICULT. *AK
VEHICLE SHUTS DOWN COMPLETELY FROM TRANSMISSION. VEHICLE WILL START BACK UP, BUT WILL NOT GO FASTER THAN 30-40MPH. BEFORE WHEN TRANSMISSION WAS CHANGED VEHICLE WOULDN'T GO FASTER THAN 10MPH. DEALER KEPT REBUILDING TRANSMISSION, AND CONSUMER HAD TO PAY OUT OF POCKET TOO OFTEN TO REPAIR TRAMNSMISSION AGAIN.*AK
VEHICLE ISN'T GOING INTO GEAR PROPERLY. WHEN PUTTING FOOT ON GAS PEDAL VEHICLE JUMPS FORWARD, AND THE GEARS SHIFT. THEN VEHICLE CUTS OFF WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING, AND VEHICLE WON'T MOVE SOMETIMES. *AK
BRAKES GOT RED HOT WITH SMOKE AS THE ONLY INDICATION. PEDAL STIFF AT TOP. NO BRAKE WARNING LIGHT AND NO ABS AMBER WARNING LIGHT. LOST PRESSURE DOWN TO 14.5 PSI IN FRONT DRIVER SIDE TIRE. TIRE TOO HOT TO TOUCH. BREAK BREAK//////// ON OLDER TRANSMISSION FAILURE THE FOL. APPLIES. TRANSMISSION SEIZED AS THOUGH IT WENT INTO PARK. VAN SHOOK VIOLENTLY UNTIL NEUTRAL SELECTED ON GEARSHIFT ALLOWING ME TO COAST TO STOP. SECOND COMPLETE TRANSMISSION SWAP OUT. FIRST WAS AT 90K MILES. STILL HAVE PART THAT FAILED. SECOND FAILURE I WAS ALMOST HIT FROM BEHIND.
WHEN DRIVING THE VEHICLE JUMPS INTO DIFFERENT GEARS AND JERKS ALL THE TIME. DEALER HAS NOT SEEN. *AK
TRANSMISSION FAILED.
AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILURE. *AK
TRANSMISSION FAILS CONTINUALLY AFTER REPAIR.
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
TRANSMISSION SLIPPED TWICE.
TRANSMISSION REBUILT DUE TO DIFFICULTY SHIFTING OUT OF FIRST GEAR.
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