Dodge Caravan

I have a 2005 dodge Gr. Caravan and for some reason, the power door lock is not working, now also the keyless entry. The dealer is telling me that it is going to cost me about $150 to get it repaired and that this is a problem that has been happening to all 05 caravans but is not a recall so far, so I need to pay. What is the Dodge and Chrysler company doing for the consumer? Nobody is giving any answers to this and all they think is that we, the consumer, have to keep on paying for the company's mistakes.

Our 2011 Dodge Grand Caravan has a malfunctioning sliding door on the driver's side. It has been in the shop to get fixed 3 different times, but this problem still has not been fixed. Several times the door has almost closed on my head. I moved out of the way fast enough that it did not get me. Now, my 2 year old had the door close on her whole entire left hand. When will this problem ever get resolved?

I was involved in an accident while driving my 2005 Dodge Grand Caravan SXT. I was in the hospital for 21 days with 17 of those days were in ICU with five broken ribs, broken hip and head injuries.

Neither of the airbags deployed. I received a letter from the Customer Claims Resolution Group at The Chrysler Company, stating that after investigating, it was determined that "the impact which did not significantly involved the frame did not create the longitudinal (front to back) deceleration necessary to deploy the airbags." The frame was bent and my van was totaled.

In 2009, I purchased a Dodge Grand Caravan 2007 and since then, I have had a multitude of problems with the van from steering front end pulling, oil leaks, transmission fluid leaks and even now, oil burning that they have not diagnosed. After thousands of dollars spent, I call Chrysler hoping for some financial assistance, but since my vehicle is now over 60,000 miles they will not even consider. My van is now having just over 72,000 miles.

I am a single mother trying to make ends meet and between monthly payments and excess repair, costs are making it difficult to maintain the vehicle. I have paid into this several thousands of dollars to repair from manufacturer's defects they should take responsibility for. My vehicle has not been in any front-end accident.

I have a 2005 Dodge Grand Caravan. The car stalls after it has been gassed up. While driving, the car will shut down and the power steering will lock up. The car needs to be turned off and then turned back on and then it is fine. After fueling up, if I'm driving at higher speeds, I can feel the car hesitate, but luckily it has not stalled at those times.

I have researched this and found that many people have this same problem, and not just the Grand Caravan, but all 2005 Dodges. Dodge has not recalled this problem, but I believe this is dangerous and should be recalled and repaired by Dodge. Other people have had the car stalled out on them while driving at 70 mph on the highway. That is extremely dangerous!

We bought the 2010 Dodge Gran Caravan from Sorenson's in Lake Wales, FL. Since we are disabled, we did not look at the engine at the time of purchase because the sales person told us we were buying one of the executives cars that was cared for like a baby. Once home we had the car looked over and found that the engine was almost held together by electrical tape and had rust on the engine. The rotors on the brakes were silver painted color. We sent a certified letter canceling the contract the next day to Mr. Weathersbee, but he refused to cancel the deal.

So a few weeks later, we were driving down a road at 60 miles per hour and the engine failed to run. It stopped working. The same dealership said that nothing is wrong. Last week, I took the car to Tom Edwards in Bartow, Florida for an oil change. My shiny silver rotors are now 2 blue and 2 rusty ones. I called the service manager Chris and he said that the rain washed away the silver paint. I do not drive in the rain. They were like this when I was at the dealership but when I turned around to ask what happened, there was not a person in sight to help me. I looked at the engine and it had, instead of rubber hoses, more tape black and silver tape.

So again I contacted Chrysler and talked to Ryan and he made me a case since other Doge Caravans with similar complaints have been declared unsafe and were under the lemon law for replacement. David from Western USA refused to give me a supervisor and his address except to say Western USA. He sided with the dealership and said that rain could wash away the paint and cause rust. I told him three times that I do not drive in the rain and it was sunny a day when the tires were rotated with my oil change. He told me the car was sold to me as is and I told him that if he would check his computer, he would find I have a full warranty. Sure enough he said, "You do, but understand it is still sold as is". He blamed us for not looking at the engine at time of purchase but I again told him we had a car expert check the car out the next day and then tried to cancel the contract. This car is a lemon and we need to get a replacement or a full refund. No one at Chrysler is helping us. I contacted the CEO as well and got no where.

I purchased a new Dodge Grand Caravan from Bankston Dodge of Grand Prairie, Texas in May of 2008. Less than 8 months after that (around 12,000 miles), my front brakes went completely out with no indication whatsoever of any problems (the device that was supposed to audibly warn us rusted and didn't work correctly). Due to the severity of the problem, we were forced to replace the rotors, drums, pads, calipers, basically the entire braking system on the front brakes at a cost of $600. At that time, Dodge refused to pay but eventually did after I reported the same type of problem with my vehicle less than a year later with my rear brakes. I'll have more on that later.

A few short months later, the MyGig radio system in my car began to inexplicably turn itself on and off, thereby, becoming useless for random periods of time. I took it in to be checked a few times during the warranty period but they could not find the cause of the problem. This problem still exists today. About a year and a half into the ownership of my car, my battery blows a cell while on vacation, stranding my family on the side of the road in an unknown town while I hitch a ride with a kind stranger to a Walmart to purchase a new battery at a cost of about $80. A few months after that, I am forced to replace my rear pads, drums and calipers due to another brake system failure. This time I was able to catch it in time and they were able to sand my rotors down to save my costs.

I had just gone over my warranty by 500 miles so Dodge refused to pay for the damage. In December of this year, my air conditioning unit quit working. Due to money concerns, I was unable to have it repaired until the 28th of February, when I took it into the local Dodge dealer and learned that a hose had broken. It cost me $445 dollars to replace a $71 dollar hose. On the way home from the dealer, I had traveled about 10 minutes when I started hearing a squealing sound and smelled something burning. When I stopped at a traffic light one block from my local brake repair shop, I saw a huge amount of smoke coming from the rear of my vehicle. I was able to coast in to the repair facility where they immediately put my car in a bay. Upon inspection, the technician discovered a complete brake failure.

I had just had these brakes replaced less than 6,000 miles previously at this facility and the pads were completely destroyed. The calipers were destroyed, and the bearings had to be repacked because they had frozen up. They were able to save the rotor by sanding it down, but the entire process ended up costing me an additional $234! My vehicle has 46,000 miles on it, but it was only 6,000 miles ago that I had the rear brake system serviced! I have also had to have the line that delivers windshield solvent to my rear wipers replaced twice within 15,000 miles of each other.

Almost forgot, the panel that runs along the outer left side of my car which you are supposed to be able to rest your foot on broke about 6 months ago as well as a part of one of the passenger seats and a plastic part on my driver's seat. This car is less than 3 years old and falling apart, and Dodge is unwilling to do anything to help me get out of this car and into one that won't consistently break down.

I contacted Dodge regarding the myriad of problems I have had with this car, and the only issue they would even consider helping me with was the brake problem. They stated that since the repairs were done at an independent facility, they would only cover part of the cost of the parts and not any of the labor. When I spoke to them about all of the problems I have had and told them that my car is less than 3 years old, they informed me that I was over the 36,000 mile warranty and that I should have purchased an extended warranty agreement.

They would not comment on whether it was "normal" for a car less than 3 years old with 46,000 mostly highway miles to have this many problems, but the case manager said, "The past is behind us now, and I refuse to comment on what is normal with our cars."

I purchased a 2006 Dodge Caravan with the spare tire on a crank hoist in the center of the vehicle. The problem lies with the unit being in the weather under the vehicle. They are impossible to use if you have a flat. Took cable cutters to break it loose from the vehicle. Just hope they fired the genius who thought of this.

My 2005 Dodge Grand Caravan with 61,000 started overheating. I took it to my local mechanic. He told me the water pump needs to be replaced. Later, he called to tell me he was not replacing the water pump as the engine was shot, probably would seize any day but certainly could not drive more than 1,000 miles. I had the car towed to the local Dodge dealership, Jerry Ulm Dodge. He called to tell me the engine had sludge and Chrysler would not honor the 70,000 mile power train warranty unless I could show service records of oil changes.

I told him to look in the glove box. All service records were in there. He called back later to tell me nothing was in there except some invoices from 2005. I have no idea what happened to the service records as they were in the glove box but nonetheless I had my grandson drive around to the places where I had serviced and get copies of the records. Unfortunately, the major place I took the car for service went out of business but Goodyear said they would try to track down my record. They found most records but not all. Surprisingly enough, I had forgotten that since the car went out of regular warranty at 36,000, I had spent thousands of dollars on this! My grandson went to another place and they had a record from January, only 7,000 miles ago, still that was not good enough.

The recommended mileage intervals in the manual is 6,000 miles. You can't tell me that sludge is not a normally occurring event and 1,000 miles past the recommended oil change should not blow the engine! Also right after warranty, driver power window stopped working, power locks stopped working, automatic locks at 10 miles an hour stopped working, brake pads every 6-8 months. I am a 64 year old grandmother who drives no more than five miles a day with an occasional 50 mile trip every few months and a 200 mile trip once per year. I took care of my car and got regular service. This is the worse car I have ever owned! For Chrysler not to honor the 70,000 mile warranty is ridiculous!

I own a 2001 Dodge Grand Caravan EX which broke down for the first time May 23, 2009. It just decided to not start while parked in my driveway. My sons are mechanics and we believed the problem was the starter. They put in a new starter, but that didn't work. Then a new battery (electrical went dead) that didn't work. Since I believed it was no longer in warranty I had it towed to my mechanic. He's worked on my cars for over 30 yrs.

After spending over a month trying to figure out the problem (ignition, wire harness replaced-recall I was never notified of that) some relays he had it towed to Mall Chrysler where a friend of his performed a diagnostic. This read that there was "no response from the PCM" New PCM needed. I was charged 78 by him and the towing made the total 140. My mechanic ordered the PCM which is manufactured in CA. No used PCMs available, no more being made new, 400 on back order nationwide. It took 5 weeks for this PCM to be installed in my van and guess what? It didn't start the van! It's now August.

I still have no van and he still can't find the problem. The Manufacturer of the rebuilt PCs for the van told my mechanic, "You should know if you change one you have to change the other." Unreal! So he ordered the ECM, another 3 weeks wait. This one started the van. My son drove it home, as I had surgery and had to wait 5 days to drive. I finally drove it August 23rd for about 10 minutes. The next morning I got ready to take it through inspection. It started and I checked a few things, (lights didn't work, check engine light still on.) I turned it off and went into the house to get my purse. When I went back out to leave, it wouldn't start! That was the extent of my drive time for a $972, 3 1/2 month repair.

I pleaded with Chrysler to give me a rental while this one was properly repaired again, as I had no other car to drive. They said they could only help me if I had it towed there and diagnosed by them. I told her it was diagnosed by them and incorrectly. She refused to help me. My mechanic checked it with some tester he had and it was the ECM, the second computer, which runs the engines functions. He managed to get me another ECM in a week and that worked fine, although the check engine light never went out. No one can pinpoint the problem with it. In NJ you can't pass inspection with it on.

My 2006 Dodge Grand Caravan, at first, was gas efficient. But all of a sudden, whenever you look at the gauge, it's pretty much empty. It burns too much gasoline and oil. Also, my caravan had no leaks but now all of a sudden it leaks by the sun blind and the windshield where they meet. We were never in any accidents prior to this. I have to spend my grocery money on this. It wastes so much money on oil and gas.

3 times I took my 2007 dodge caravan in to the dealership in Simi Valley and talked to Jeff telling him it was the transmission. They said it wasn't the first time. Then the second time they refused to check it & told me they could not figure out what was wrong with it so there was nothing they could do. I then called Dodge headquarters at the above number & extentension telling him what Jeff had said. I told him that our warranty was almost up & it was not fair to us that they could not find out what was wrong. It old him I thought it was the transmission. He said they would cover me if it was since I notified them a head of time.

They said they would call me & set up a time for them to talk to the Simi Valley dodge service center while my car was there & work together to figure out what was wrong. That never happened. Ray never returned my calls anymore from the main headquarters. So I am driving & my van goes out on me. I thought something had dropped out of my car. It would not move & I was scared. It is taken to the dealership who says it is the axle rod. Now they have had our car for 3 weeks & we have racked up a car rental bill of $400. They say they cannot fix it until the middle of August because they have to wait for the part to come in and it will take that long. So I have called Ray & told him to apply the lemon law & give me my money back or another new van. He NEVER RETURNS MY CALLS. What are we to do.

I bought a 2007 Dodge Grand caravan. With 27000 miles on it, I noticed it was using 1 quart of oil every 1000 miles. Dodge says that's not excessive. The motor is junk at 82000 miles. Dodge will not help me with the issue. It will cost thousands of dollars to repair! No vehicle to go to work or drive my children around. It's going to take 2 weeks to fix!

We have an 07 Dodge Van, with leather seats. The leather on the driver's side has many cracks. We have the extended warranty on the vehicle. I first took the van in on April 27, 2009. They looked at the problem and said it was not a problem, it was under warranty. They would get it ordered and replaced. After many excuses and extensions, I was told today that the new ETS is June 10, 2010! We are now talking over a year that this part is on order! This is unexcusable!

We bought a used 1997 Dodge Grand Caravan last year. Everything started out okay. Then we noticed the dashboard lights started going crazy and the horn would not work. Also when it rained, there was water leaking under the dash onto the passenger side floor. Before we had any time to do anything about it, it was ruined. My husband came home from picking up our son from school. About an hour later, we looked out the window and saw the front windshield was broken. My husband went down to look at it and opened the door and saw that there had been a fire. The center console was melted. The fire did not leave the dashboard. However, the seats and all interior were ruined from smoke. The pressure from the smoke was what caused the window to break.

It was a total loss. Everything that was inside the van was ruined. We later found out there was a recall on the clock spring that was causing things to flicker in the dashboard and not work properly. I am wondering if this is what caused the electrical fire in our van? I am very thankful that my husband and son were no longer in it when it happened. If anyone has any answers, I would love to know. Thank you so much!

I own a 2005 Dodge Grand Caravan with approximately 75,000 miles on it. I currently have to replace the engine despite proper care and maintenance. We have had nothing but problems with this vehicle since we purchased it. The front driver's window motor went out in 2009. The rear automatic sliding door stopped working in 2008 and will only open manually. We have replaced the brakes 3 times, more than the norm for a 5 year old mini-van. We recently replaced the ball joint and now need to replace the anti-sway bushings.

I am thoroughly disgusted with all the problems I have had with my Chrysler Mini-Van. The cost of installing a re-manufactured engine is estimated at $2000. The cost of the ball joint totaled $400. We cannot even begin to afford to pay for the window motor or the motor for the rear sliding window.

Now they need replaced again a year later because they were making a squealing noise and overheating. When I took it in to a local mechanic, he said my left rear caliper is leaking and needs to be replaced. No calipers are available as they are on national backorder. I now have a van that is too dangerous to drive and no parts are available to repair it.

My van is a money pit. I will never buy another Dodge again.

This complaint is about extremely poor service and poor quality of work done on my 2006 dodge Caravan. Several months back a Defective inside door panel has popped off and damaged the outside as the door was opened while the panel was popped off. Spoke with Gilles @dodge. Inspected panel and was covered by warranty. Showed him where the panel rubbed/chipped the paint on the back passenger panel due to the defective inside door panel. They repaired the panel under full warranty but did not fix the body/paint damage.

Gilles said that dodge would cover and repair body/paint damage the next time I brought the vehicle in. Said that it would take 2 days since the back passenger panel would need to be replaced. August 5, 2009. Made appointment to get check engine light issue fixed. Told that I would get a Van for a rental since that is what I was bringing in. August 6th, 2009- 8AM. Dropped off Van with list of problems with vehicle:

Check engine light. CD player. door rubber/seal keeps falling off. driver window makes loud noises when opening closing. fix scratched paint on passenger back panel caused by defective indoor panel that was previously fixed. Gilles remembered the door panel issue and said it would be repaired.

I was NOT provided a mini van as promised. I was provided a dodge caliber which was too small to fit my children's car seats (children ages 6, 4 and 22months). Friday, August 7th I was told by Gilles that the first ozone scan told me that a "smoke test" was needed to find out why the check engine light is on. -told me that it would be $230 for this test and that my warranty did not cover it even if the problem was due to a defective warranty part. -spoke with Guy L. and he told me the same thing.

Gilles told me that the 'smoke test' is a new test that is not covered by warranty. but Gille told me that the first test (ozone scan) was covered by warranty but not the smoke test. Guy told me that no diagnostic is covered by warranty. I then told him that the first diagnostic was covered but why not the last one? He told me that it was not a diagnostic but a 'test'....I told him that was just semantics and is the same thing. Guy then told me that this was a bit of a Grey area...GREY AREA while dealing with customer service and my warranty and vehicle?

Guy also told me that he has tried to put this 'smoke test' through before. Gilles was supposed to call me back to let me know if the repair would be covered by warranty...never called me back. Who knows how many other customers they have ripped off. I spoke with Greg T. at Dodge Dilarwri and he never heard of any diagnostic test not being covered when the repair itself was covered.

Monday August 9th I called Dodge Orleans to see what was going on with my vehicle. Gilles told me that the repair was covered but not the 'smoke test'. Spoke with Rude CS agent at Chrysler named Amy. She told me that no diagnostic is covered by any warranty, then went on to tell me that 'most' are not covered. I asked her to clarify which one it was, 'none' or 'most'. She started to huff and puff loudly and was very rude. Spoke with Janet (Manager) from Chrysler Customer Service. She told me that she does not have very much info. handy that gives specifics about diagnostics being covered or not. She told me she has never heard of any diagnostic not being covered if the repair was covered by warranty and that the diagnostic and repair is invoiced to them together. She believes that it should be covered.

She then told me that each dealer may deal with these charges independently and left me to deal with this myself. Spoke with Guy and he said that he will contact the District manager to find out. Called and left a vm for Greg Taylor. Shannon from Dilwari dodge called me back on behalf of Greg T. Shannon deals with the Dodge warranty issues and she has never heard of a repair being covered by warranty but not the diagnostic that found the defective part. She told me that the diagnostic and repair is invoiced to them together. She was going to contact the district manager on my behalf to get clarification. Guy calls me back to apologize for the error and that the 'smoke test' would be covered.

Tuesday, August 11th. 2:30 PM I am called by Gilles and told that the vehicle is ready to go. I arrive and the CD player has not arrived and should be in within a couple of days...I wasn't informed of that earlier. I am given my keys by Gilles and nothing is indicated was not done except for the CD player. I get my van and I notice that the scratch is still on the side. They DID not even tell me that they did not fix the damage caused by the previous defect. I had to find out on my own. Spoke with Guy immediately. He told me that they would not replace the entire panel as that would cost thousands of dollars but they could buff out the marks and it would look good. Guy wanted to take the car rental back from me but I told him that I would be taking it since i was on my way to work and my van was not ready as indicated.

Wednesday, August 12, 2009. Brendan from Enterprise Rental Car calls me asking where the rental was. I informed him that I still have it since my Van was still with Dodge. Brendan told me that he just spoke with Gilles and he told me that I picked up the Van. Called and spoke to Gilles and he told me that they were still working on the Van. So he very well knew before I called him that my van was there. I reminded Gilles that Guy said he was going to paint the bumper as well. GIlles had no knowledge of this. 2:30PM, I call dodge and ask if my vehicle is ready....apparently it is. I wait 10min at Dodge waiting for Guy to see me. He asks me to wait another 10-15min for the van but I tell him that I am already late for work (since I had to wait for him).

He leaves and comes back less then a minute later and shows me the 'repairs'. the paint 'repairs' are horrible. I tell him how terrible it looks and he tells me that this is the best they can do. the touch up paint is silver in color while my van is pale blue. It looked very poorly done. He tells me that if he was me he wouldn't be happy with the work as well but then tells me that this is the best that they can do since they did not use a paint sprayer....why didn't they. 345pm, I speak with Greg T. from Dilawri Dodge. His is in disbelief as to the poor work that was done. He suggests that I contact Consumer board.

I spent hours on the phone trying to get the work completed under the warranty as it should. It has provided a lot of stress for myself and especially for my pregnant wife. This is time that I could have spent playing with my kids or helping my wife who is due at the end of September. If I didnt fight for the warranty work then they would have charged me like I am sure they did to others. Now I need to spend more time and effort to get the body work done correctly.

I believe Chrysler used inferior steel in their bolts. I emailed Chrysler but they don't care.

On several web-sites many people have the same complaint about the brakes on the Dodge Caravan. This is a premature problem with defective brakes and rotors. I hope they recall this problem before Chrysler/Dodge goes out of business so I can get back my $600.00 for the repairs to their new vehicle. $600.00 out of pocket for new brakes and rotors on a new vehicle.

I purchased 7/70 MAXIMUM CARE UPGRADE Chrysler service contract in good faith at the time I purchased a new Dodge Caravan. My decision to purchase the service contract was in part for the WAVER OF DEDUCTABLE clause. Since then the local dealer has gone out-of-business and sold out to another dealer a couple of months before this service contract became active. The phone number of the original Dodge dealership was still connected and answered by a voice mail message identifying it and prompting the caller to leave a message with promise to return the call.

I left a message including 2 contact numbers and have never received a return call. I spoke to the service manager at the assuming Dodge dealership and he told me that they would not honor the WAVER OF DEDUCTABLE terms of the contract. I then called Chrysler Service Contracts to ask them, since the dealer has gone out-of-business, who is required to fulfill the WAVER OF DEDUCTABLE terms of the contract and they told me in so many words too bad-so sad.

I then wrote a detailed letter to A. Tomlanovich at Daimler Chrysler Service Contracts. She never answered my letter. I then was forced to contact the states attorneys office who contacted Chrysler Service Contracts on my behalf and secured me a contract naming the assuming dealership. Its a shame that big corporations ignore you and hope that you will just go-away.

Lots of lost time and frustration.

I live in New Hampshire and purchased a 2008 Dodge Caravan at the end of February 2008. In December, 2008, while trying to defrost my front windshield, I noticed that the lower portion of the windshield would not defrost and ice would build up. The middle part of the windshield would clear, so I turned the fan on the highest setting and the defrost temperature on the highest setting and attempted to drive. The lower portion of the front windshield still didn't clear and the wipers were scraping as they went over the icy portion. The heat seemed to be blowing up and out toward the driver, but not addressing the ice on the bottom of the windshield. I wanted to check it out under similar conditions a second time to make sure I hadn't pressed the wrong button, but I didn't get another opportunity until January (I don't do extensive driving because my workplace is only 1 mile from my home.)

In January, I was driving once again in sleet/frozen rain. I tried the front defroster and encountered the same problem. I called my local dealer to bring it in to service and have the problem checked out. The tech confirmed that there was snow and ice on the lower windshield. He checked the vent temperature and the air flow and determined that the system was blowing air on the windshield as designed, yet the lower windshield was not clearing. The vents seem to be directed at the mid portion of the windshield. I commented that this seems like a design flaw and asked if it could be repaired in any way. I was told that there are no kits to address this problem and I was given the Customer Service Line to question what could be done.

I called them and, over the course of a week, was told that there was really nothing they could do. I said, That's not a good enough answer because I can't drive my car safely in wintry weather conditions and I live in New Hampshire. She suggested I get in touch with the sales manager of the dealership where I purchased my car. I connected on February 9th. He was sympathetic and told me that he has the same problem with his vehicle and told me he'd try to see if he could get me some information or a phone number of the next higher up in the chain of command. It took another week to connect with him again and I was told that the best he could do was offer me a trade. He could give me between 10K and 12K for my van that had 6000 miles on it. I told him that that was ridiculous and that I was getting penalized for a design flaw that was Chrysler's to own.

He didn't yet have any other information for me so I again requested to be able to speak with a district or regional sales person. He said he'd try to get me a number to call. We spoke again on Feb. 20th and he told me he couldn't get that phone number and advised me to call Customer Service yet again to obtain that number. I told him that they had refused to give me that number earlier when requested, but instead referred me to the sales manager at my dealership where I purchased my car. At this point, I'm frustrated and disgusted with the responses I have gotten to this point. I have a new vehicle that is unsafe to drive in wintry weather because the front windshield does not defrost properly. Chrysler design is to blame and they are not taking responsibility for addressing the problem. The solution should not be at a cost to me.

The only consequence thus far is my inability to drive a distance in wintry weather.

I bought a 1990 Dodge Caravan in 1993. I loved that van! It had minor transmission trouble, while still under warranty, so was repaired quickly. The transmission never actually went out. Also, there was a short in a map light that drained the battery when the light was left on. We shut the switch off and never had any trouble with it. I bought a 1996 Plymouth Voyager in 1997 because my prior van had been hit. I switched to a brand new Saturn Ion in 2004 and it was great on gas, but had lots of other issues...went through tires like crazy, extremely poor mileage in winter, and some mechanical recalls. In spite of gas prices, I switched to a 2007 Dodge Caravan and I still love it! Although my husband has had a few issues with his 96 Dodge Ram 1500 - rebuilt the transmission @165000 miles, ball joints (may have been from negligent mechanic never greasing them), and some minor repairs...he bought another used 2001 Dodge Ram 1500 truck.

I have had good luck with my Dodge vans, and the Plymouth van was ok. My husband has been satisfied with his Dodge trucks. They have cost no more to keep than his Ford or Chevy trucks did. The Dodge seems to have better payload and mileage when loaded.

My Dodge Caravan was new when I bought it in 1996. Over the first three years the special red paint began to slowly fade. Dealers in Memphis, Nashville and Las Vegas said it was normal, not warrantied or simply too late to correct. They provided lots of doubletalk and little help. The Dodge corporate office said it was a dealer responsibility and they were all independent operators.

The candy apple red paint cost me $1000 extra at time of purchase and Dodge simply failed to stand by their poor workmanship. Over time, I learned that Dodge had a serious problem applying a clear coat finish which simply peeled, flaked and looked like a light brushing of snow. It was a clear case of inferior workmanship that Dodge failed to correct. For what it's worth, the car also needed replacements for the steering column, water pump, horn, outside mirror, door locks, belt tensioner, dashboard, odometer, battery, key assembly, door trim, and others. Most of these were fixed under warranty several times due to cheap, inferior parts.

The car has lost much of its value too quickly because of the inferior assembly, cheap parts and poor workmanship. Driving this inferior, bad-looking car has continued to raise much conversation about its degenerate appearance and Dodge's decline in quality. In its own small way , the car still tells others a lot about Dodge and its standing among car manufacturers. Because of their long proven decline in quality, I have reached the conclusion not to purchase a car designed or produced by the American auto industry.

My wife was driving our 1999 Dodge Caravan. Something started smelling hot and then the battery light came on. She pulled over immediately into a parking lot and smoke was coming up from under the hood. An off-duty fireman had seen the smoke and called the fire department. He was worried that with it being a mini-van that there would be kids in the van (luckily there wasn't this time). By the time the fire department came the fire was out. They disconnected the battery for safety precautions and we had the van towed to the mechanic.

The mechanic said that the fire had started from within the starter and appears to have been shooting out of where the wire connects to the starter. It was so hot that all labelings on the starter were melted. The mechanic told us that we were lucky; he suspects that within 30 - 60 seconds the van would have been engulfed in flames. He commented that he has never heard of a starter catching on fire before. I am so glad that nothing happened (other than a $300 repair bill, but that is minor to a loss of the van or the lives of my family members). But I am also worried whether this is a problem that can happen again and maybe next time not be so lucky.

After Being a sasified Dodge 1996 Caravan Customer for 10 years, I bought another one 2005 in Sept 2206...It had 27,000 miles on it... Since that time it has been nothing but major problems every few months.

1/17/07 oil in CoolantReplaced short block and timing chain cover. 3/21/07 Oil in Coolant from last repair 4/6/07 Cel light comes on ...Replace oil Press Censor 9/5/07 Cel comes on Replace hoses due from deteriation from previous repait 4/8/07 Compressor Clutch Bearings..Repalced clutch Bearings. (I had to have it towed in)..compressor and pulley belt.. 8/9 Started amking the same noise it had made in april of 2008..

The Service manger said it needed a new drive belt again..I informed him it had been replaced I thought in April...Then he changed his mind and said it needed adjustin..Well the noise did go away... 8/19/08 My air-conditioning and my electric key opener stopped working. Now I'm taking it in today to have that problem solved 8/21/08..

I did buy an extended Warranty on it for 60,000 miles I don't know what to do..It drives good and I sure wish it could be fixed to give me several good miles on it. I have almost 50,000 miles on it now. I wish someone could give me some advice on whether to keep or trade in on another car... I am a senior and bought this car mostly to travel in...

I have a 99 Dodge Grand Caravan 3.8L with a bad transmission. I have read other complaints and it seems like dodge choices to ignore the problem. It shifts rough and gets stuck in second after driving for a cetain period of time. No codes come up when they check and no one knows what to do.

In December of 2007 my husband and I purchased a 2000 Dodge Caravan. The day we bought it the passenger window did not work, they fix it. Since then we have had many engine/brake problems with the car. We are told the car is old and used so problems will happen. We were not told this when the sale was made. We relize that an older vehicle would not be perfect but this vehicle should never have been put on the lot. We asked for a copy of the ORIGINAL safety check point paper and noone can seem to get us a copy.The car has been back almost once a month and in March it took over a week to fix the engine. Saturday May 3 the car died. We took it back to the dealership and were told to wait untill Monday. On Monday the 5th, we were told it was a starter. They fixed it. On Tuesday the 6th, we picked up the car and my husband drove it to work. The brakes were loud and the wheel is off line. Todat the 7th, I took the vehicle in and the service man was very rude. He they can't look at the car till tomorrow the 8th.Every time we get something fixed, something else goes wrong. We asked that we get a vehicle of the same valuse and were told no. We also bought a 2005 Equinox there and have no problems, it is the Caravan that is a problem. We aren't looking for something brand new, we wanted a minivan for a family of four and a dog. The dealership is making it like it is our fault, this vehicle was not ready to be sold.

I purchased a new Dodge Caravan on oct 12, 2007. on April 10, 2008 I was driving down the Highway in the right lane, when my right side vent window blew out for no reason. I went straight to the dealer and showed him that their was very very little glass in my Car and that it blew out. He told me that something had to have hit it. That a rock just nicked it and it blew out. He said it doesn't take much to break that glass. To top it off I was going to have my right side automatic sliding door fixed as well. It has not been working for weeks prior to this. He told me that it is not working becase a peice of glass got into the track and that it is my problem. Theis are warranty issues and they are covered under my BUMBER to BUMPER warranty. After six months of owning this van they don't care to fix their warranty issues. This is how Dodge deals with their warranty issues.

Short and simple: We bought a used 2000 Dodge Grand Caravan - paid cash! It came with a 30 day warranty. Before this 30 day warranty was exhausted, our transmission crashed while we were 5 hours away from home. We were basically stranded. We called the 800 number for service and they were ZERO help. We left the vehicle at a certified Chrysler repair shop in Little Rock, Arkansas and rented a car so that we could get home. This cost us almost $700.00 by the time it was returned a month later. The dealership we left our vehicle at stated it would be a month before they could even look at it. We were given the name of another dealer who had it towed from the dealership we left it with to theirs. They looked at it and said they could get to work on it. We were without a vehicle for a month! We had to drive back down again to pick it up. Three or so months later the transmission failed again. Again, the dealer we bought it from locally would not help and the Chrysler warranty division was ridiculous! We again had to drive it down to Little Rock, Arkansas to get it fixed. They told us the first time parts were ordered to fix it, but this second time they said they ordered a re-manufactured transmission. Well, well, well guess what? A few months later here we are again! The transmission is leaking again. We cannot afford to drive it back to Little Rock, Arkansas nor can I afford to rent a vehicle. I have two small children now under the age of two that depend on reliable, SAFE transportation. This has not happened. I have contacted the CEO of Chrylser, Tom LaSorda, whose secretary stated over two weeks ago I would be getting a personal call from him. This did not happen. Instead, they transferred us back to a lady who works under him in the warranty department. She was of no help either. Apparently, all she does is try and get your vehicle fixed. Well we can do that on our own. We do not want to continue to deal with these transmission problems, being without a vehicle, having to rent vehicles, downtime, etc. We want our money back please. We paid cash and everything from our savings for this so-called perfect family vehicle that the dealership, warranty department and Chrysler will not back up.

Bought a used van for 1500.00 92 Dodge Caravan. Drove fine for test drive. Put gas in and the next day it started sputtering. Thought it was some bad gas. Then it would not go past 2nd gear after driving for a short period of time. Had a diagnotic ran and it showed a oxygen sensor and number 15(vehicle speed sensor). Found a prior sales receipt. A couple had bought in January of 2008 and returned it. They had the same problems. I spoke with them. What it is after speaking with a mechanic/friend is the transmission is going out. Went back to the place of sale spoke and let him know we spoke with the people who boght and returned it.

well i purchased a 98 dodge caravan from jd byrider in sept. 06. It's been in the shop 7 times already getting repaired for the same thing almost everytime and have to pay a deductible everytime i just got it out of the shop 2/13/08 and the svc eng light came on again the following day i took it back to them and they had this little hand computer and the light went off--for a couple of hours they told me i needed a catalytic converter which was done already in june 07----Im at my witts end with them now the engine is ticking--svc eng light and oil light is on.