1999 Dodge Grand Caravan

DT: THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. HE STATES THAT FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS ALL THE GAUGES WILL GO OUT WHILE DRIVING. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON WHILE THE CAR WAS RUNNING. ALSO, WHILE THIS PROBLEM WAS HAPPENING ABS BRAKES FAILED. DEALER SAID THAT THE PROBLEM COULD HAVE BEEN THE BODY CONTROL MODULE. THEY COULD REPROGRAM OR REBUILD IT. THE VEHICLE WILL NOT TABULATE MILES. HE HAS KNOWN 1994'S TO DO THE SAME THING . THEY REPLACED THE BCM, AND A COUPLE OF YEARS LATER IT WENT OUT AGAIN. IF CONSUMER TAKES Y FIST AND HITS THE DASH THE LIGHTS WILL COME BACK ON. THIS WORKED FOR A WHILE BUT SINCE THE PROBLEM WAS HAPPENING MORE OFTEN THIS DIDN'T FIX THE PROBLEM ANYMORE. HE CHECKED THE NHTSA WEBSITE FOR THIS PROBLEM AND HAS SEEN OTHER COMPLAINTS LISTED BUT UNDER DIFFERENT COMPONENTS. THE CAR WAS ACTUALLY FALSIFYING MILEAGE BECAUSE IT WILL NOT TABULATE THE MILES CORRECTLY. HE HAD THE NAME AND ADDRESS OF THE 1994 DODGE OWNER.*AK

HAD A COMPLETE CHECK DONE ON VAN BEFORE LEAVING FOR A LONG VACATION TRIP. AT THIS CHECK IT WAS FOUND THAT THE FRONT BRAKE PADS NEEDED REPLACEMENT. WE DID SO THINKING THIS WAS NORMAL MAINTENANCE. LESS THAN TWO MONTHS LATER WE NOTICED A SQUEAKING NOISE FROM FRONT OF VEHICLE AND WITHIN ONE DAY AFTER TRYING TO MAKE A STOP AT A TURNING LANE AFTER GOING APPROXIMATELY 25MPH THE BRAKE WENT TO THE FLOOR. TOOK TO GARAGE AND FRONT BRAKES HAD GONE TO THE ROTORS. WE HAVE BEEN HAVING THEM CHECKED EVERY FOUR WEEKS DUE TO THE HORRIBLE SQUEAKING NOISE WE CONTINUE TO HEAR. *AK

I HAVE A 1999 GRAND CARAVAN, I HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY RECALL NOTICES AT ALL. I HAVE HAD NUMEROUS PROBLEMS WITH THIS VEHICLE. WHY HAVEN'T I BEEN NOTIFIED OF ANY OF THESE CONCERNS. I HAVE PROBLEMS WITH WINDSHIELD WIPERS JUST QUITTING. DOME LIGHTS FADING IN AN OUT. NOW THAT MY WARRENTY IS UP, THEY SAY I'LL NEED A NEW TRANSMISSION. THE BACK GATE WON'T UNLOCK WITH A KEY, THE WINDOWS LEAK, THE SLIDING DOORS DON'T SEAL, THEY RATTLE GOING DOWN THE ROAD. MY RPM DIAL SHOOTS UP AND DOWN, NOT ONLY THAT, MY PAINT HAS STARTED PEELING OVER THE BACK LEFT WHEEL. THEY SAY IT'S NOT THEIR PROBLEM. JUST STARTED BUBBLING AND RUSTING. I'VE HAD TO HAVE A GAS LINE UNDERNEATH FIXED DUE TO KNOCKING IT WASN'T FIXED PROPERLY. I HAVE A LEMON IS WHAT I HAVE AND NOW THAT I HAVE NO WARRENTY THEY JUST KEEP PUTTING THEIR HANDS OUT. I HAVE PUT THREE SETS OF BRAKES IN LESS THAN 4 YEARS AND NOW THEY SAY I NEED ROTORS. I LIVE 3 MILES FROM WORK. WHAT'S UP WITH THAT. HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!NOW MY BLOWER IS GOING OUT OF MY HEATER, I'VE HAD TO REPLACE TWO HUB CAPS, $150 EACH FOR THE FRAGILE PLASTIC.*AK

WE BOUGHT OUR DODGE GRAND CARAVAN ON MARCH 11TH 2000, WITHIN THE FOLLOWING MONTH WE TOOK THE VAN BACK TO THE LEITH DEALER SHIP THAT WE BOUGHT IT FROM TO COMPLAIN ABOUT A VERY LOUD POPPING NOISE THAT WAS COMMING FROM THE FRONT RIGHT WHEEL WELL AND WE WERE TOLD AND I QUOITE " THAT IS A NOISE THAT IS VERY COMMON TO DODGE VEHICLES" AND BASICLLY TOLD WE WOULD HAVE TO LIVE WITH IT. IT GOT WORSE SO WE TOOK IT BACK AGAIN TO THE SAME DEALERSHIP AND TOLD THEM THAT THE PROBLEM WAS DEFFIANTLY WORSE AND WOULD YOU PLEASE LOOK AT IT, AGAIN WE WERE TOLD THE SAME THING. ALL IN ALL WE TOOK IT BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP AT LEAST 3 OR 4 DIFFERENT TIMES AND EVERYTIME THE ANSWER WAS THE SAME. IN MARCH OF THIS YEAR (2003) WE TOOK OUR VAN IN TO A LOCAL FIRESTONE TO HAVE NEW TIRES BUT ON THE VAN AND I ASKED ONCE AGAIN IF THEY WOULD CHECK AND SEE IF THEY COULD FIND THE SOURCE TO THE NOISE, AND THEY DID. FOR 3 YEARS WE DROVE AROUND WITH THE WHEEL HUB COMMING OFF, IT TURNED OUT THE THE WHEEL HUB ASEMBLEY WAS LOOSE AND COMING OFF YOU COULD PULL THE WHEEL IN ALL DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS WITH IT TIGHTLY BOLTED TO THE VAN ITSELF, THE GAS STRUTS HAD TO BE REPLACED AND THE SWAY BAR LINK KIT HAD TO REPLACED ON IT ALSO. ALL IN ALL THE TOTAL BILL ENDED UP AS $800.09 TO GET THE VAN FIXED. WE HAVE ALSO HAD TO HAVE THE CALIPERS REPLACED TWICE ON THE VAN AND WE HAVE BEEN TOLD ONCE AGAIN THAT THIS IS ALSO COMMON TO DODGE VEHICLES. WE WOULD LOVE TO BE REIMBERSED FOR THIS BECAUSE THE DEALERSHIP SOLD US THIS VEHICLE IN THIS SHAPE AND KNEW IT AND THEN LIED ABOUT IT NOT ONCE BUT SEVERAL TIMES BUT THE DEALERSHIP IS NO LONGER IN BUSINESS.*AK

I OWN A 1999 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN, SPORT EDITION. YESTERDAY WHILE MY WIFE WAS MAKING A RIGHT TURN ON THE STREET, THE STEERING FROZE AND THE BRAKES FAILED. SHE WENT STRAIGHT ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE CROSS STREET AND THE VAN WENT DEAD. UPON STARTING THE VAN AGAIN, THE "SERVICE ENGINE SOON" LIGHT CAME UP. THE SPEEDOMETER WAS UNRESPONSIVE AND SOMEHOW WE BROUGHT THE VAN HOME. THIS IS PROBABLY THE SPEED SENSOR THAT HAS GONE BAD AGAIN. THREE MONTHS AGO WHEN I WAS DRIVING THE VAN ON THE FREEWAY, THE VAN WENT UNRESPONSIVE AND I HAD TO PULLOVER. UPON STARTING THE VAN, IT SHOWED THE SERVICE ENGINE SOON LIGHT AND WOULD NOT CATCH UP HIGHWAY SPEED. I HAD TO DRIVE AT 35 MPH SPEED ON FREEWAY AT VERY HIGH ENGINE REVOLUTIONS AND COME HOME. THE DEALER REPLACED THE SPEED SENSOR TO FIX THE PROBLEM. THE SERIOUS THING OF THE PROBLEM IN THIS VAN IS THAT THE PROBLEM OCCURS SUDDENLY WHILE THE VAN IS IN MOTION. YESTERDAY AND THREE MONTHS AGO IT COULD HAVE RESULTED IN A FATAL ACCIDENT. *LA

CONTINUOUS BRAKE PROBLEMS/FAILURES DUE TO PITTING & CORRODING OF THE FRONT DISC ROTORS. REAR BRAKE DRUMS NOT ADJUSTING PROPERLY (HAVE NEVER ADJUSTED). ROTORS REPLACED BY DEALER AND NOW REQUIRE REPLACEMENT AGAIN. ENTIRE REAR WHEEL BRAKING SYSTEM REPLACED, STILL NOT WORKING CORRECTLY. VEHICLE HAS NEVER STOPPED CORRECTLY IN FOUR YEARS OF OWNERSHIP. IS VERY DANGEROUS AND COULD CAUSE AN ACCIDENT.