2000 Dodge Caravan

MOVING WITH THE MILITARY FROM MO TO NV. VAN IS 35 MONTHS OLD BUT 10000 MILES OUTSIDE WARRANTY (46K). CHECK TRANS FLUID EVERY DAY PRIOR TO DRIVING. FLUID WAS FULL IN DENVER. ARRIVED IN ST. GEORGE, UT AND TRANSMISSION STOPPED GOING IN REVERSE. TOOK IT TO THE DEALER. DEALER CHARGED $80 TO ASSESS THE PROBLEM. STATED TRANSMISSION NEEDED OVERHAUL. BOTH DEALER AND CHRYSLER CORP TOLD US TO DRIVE TO LAS VEGAS, OUR DESTINATION. CHRYSLER SAID THEY WOULD ASSIST WITH THE REPAIR. UPON ARRIVAL TOOK IT TO THE DEALER. DEALER TOLD CHRYSLER THAT VEHICLE HAD NO TRANS FLUID AND SHOULD NOT BE A GOOD FAITH REPAIR. 1) TRANSMISSION SHOULD NOT FAIL AT 46000 WHEN PROPERLY SERVICED. 2) ST. GEORGE WAS WRONG FOR TELLING US TO DRIVE 120 MILES IN 107 WITHOUT TRANSMISSION FLUID. 3) OR THE DEALER IS LYING ABOUT THE FLUID LEVEL TO FORCE US TO PAY. CHRYLER STATES THEY CANNOT SAY ONE DEALER OR THE OTHER IS WRONG SO THEY REFUSE TO ASSIST FURTHER. ADDITIONALLY, I HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT I CANNOT TALK TO ANYONE HIGHER IN THE COMPANY THAN THE CUSTOMER SERVICE AGENTS AT CHRYSLER.*AK

SOMETIMES AFTER MY 2000 CARAVAN HAS SAT OVERNIGHT, IT WILL NOT GO IN REVERSE TO BACK OUT OF THE GARAGE. THE PARKING BRAKE WILL BE OFF AND THE GEAR SHIFT WILL BE IN REVERSE BUT THE VAN WON'T MOVE. ONLY AFTER REPEATED ATTEMPTS AT PUSHING DOWN ON THE ACCELERATOR WILL THE GEAR POP OUT AND THE VAN FINALLY GO INTO REVERSE. THE VAN HAS 35000 + MILES AND IS APPROACHING THE END OF THE WARRANTY. THE DEALER CAN NOT FIND THE PROBLEM. WHAT MAKES THIS WORSE IS THAT THE VERY SAME THING HAPPENED AFTER WE BOUGHT THE VAN NEW AND AFTER THREE FAILED ATTEMPTS BY THE DEALER TO FIGURE IT OUT, THEY PUT IN A NEW TRANSMISSION -- AFTER ONLY 900 MILES! *JB

WITHOUT WARNING, THE TRANSMISSION BEGAN TO LEAK - APPROXIMATELY 1 QUART A WEEK - AND BECAME DIFFICULT TO SHIFT. AT TIMES IT SIMPLY FAILED TO GO INTO GEAR. UPON DIAGNOSIS OF THE LEAK, I WAS INFORMED THAT A DIFFERENTIAL PIN HAD COME LOOSE AND BEGAN DESTROYING THE INTERIOR OF THE DIFFERENTIAL. $1850 TO REPAIR ON A 3 YEAR OLD VEHICLE. ACCORDING TO THE MECHANIC, THIS IS VERY COMMON ON CHRYSLER PRODUCTS.*JB

I HAVE A DODGE 2000 CARAVAN WHOSE TRANMISSION WENT OUT AT 45,000 MILES -SHORTLY AFTER THE EXPIRATION OF THE WARRANTY. THE DEALERSHIP IS UNWILLING TO ASSIST ME WITH THE REPAIRS, WHICH COST $2,700.00. I HEARD A HUMMING NOISE AND FIVE MINUTES LATER, MY VAN STARTING SLIPPING GEARS AND LEFT ME AND MY FAMILY STRANDED. THERE IS OBVIOUSLY A MAJOR DEFECT IN THE TRANSMISSIONS OF DODGE - IT IS UNBELIEVABLE THAT A TRANSMISSION WOULD FAIL WITH SUCH LOW MILEAGE ON IT. I HAVE BEEN READING THE OTHER COMPLAINTS ON THIS WEBSITE AND THERE IS OBVIOUSLY A MAJOR FLAW WITH THE DODGE PRODUCTS AND THEIR TRANMISSION. THEY NEED TO BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS PROBLEM AND OFFER ASSISTANCE TO US CONSUMERS - AFTER ALL, IF IT WEREN'T FOR US BUYING THIS PIECE OF TRASH, DODGE AND ITS EMPLOYEES WOULD BE OUT OF BUSINESS. I WILL NEVER BUY ANOTHER DODGE VEHICLE.