2000 Dodge Grand Caravan

VAN STOPS FOR NO APPARENT REASON. JUST STARTED IN SUMMER HEAT. TRANSMISSION ACTED UP, HAD IT SERVICED---NOW TRANSMISSION MADE HUGE NOISE, NO REVERSE, LOUD WHINING, ALL GOING OUT. LOUD SQUEAKS IN SUPPORTS, BRAKES REPLACED BUT STILL SQUEALING EVEN WHEN PEDAL NOT PUSHED. HORRIBLE FOGGING PROBLEMS, HAVE HAD TO PULL OVER AND WIPE WINDOWS INSIDE AND OUT WHEN RAINING. ALMOST WRECKED WHEN VEHICLE STOPPED IN TRAFFIC. CAN'T SEE DUE TO FOGGING WHEN RAINING. JUST AN ACCIDENT WAITING TO HAPPEN---GOING TO THE JUNK YARD. MANUFACTURER NEEDS TO OWN UP TO PROBLEMS. WON'T OWN ANOTHER. *TR

2000 GRAND CARAVAN RECALL FOR CLOCKSPRING. CONSUMER STATES THAT HE MAILED TWO DIFFERENT LETTERS WITH A COPY OF THE INVOICE FOR REIMBURSEMENT BUT NEVER RECEIVED A REPLY. *NJ THE CONSUMER STATED WHEN THE AIR BAG LIGHT STAYED ON, THE HORN, THE CHIMES FOR THE LIGHTS AND THE IGNITION DID NOT WORK. THE FRONT PASSENGER WINDOW REGULATOR WAS REPLACED. *JB

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS HAVE FAILED INTERMITTENTLY FOR THREE MONTHS. VISIBILITY IS IMPAIRED DURING RAINY CONDITIONS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE HEADLIGHTS HAVE FAILED SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED. HE STATED THAT THE PLASTIC LENS IS FROSTING AND TURNING YELLOW FROM OXIDIZING, CAUSING POOR ILLUMINATION AT NIGHT. THE CURRENT MILEAGE IS 81,000 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 79,780.

WINDSHIELD WIPERS DO NOT TURN OFF WHEN THE SWITCH IS TURNED OFF. THE WIPERS SWIPE AN ADDITIONAL 2 - 8 TIMES AFTER THEY ARE TURNED OFF, EVEN IF THE ENGINE IS OFF. THE DEALER TELLS ME THEY WILL NEVER FAIL TO COME ON, THEY ONLY FAIL TO GO OFF, AND THAT CHANGING THE SWITCH MAY NOT ELIMINATE THE PROBLEM. I AM CONCERNED THAT ONE DAY THE SWITCH WILL NOT RESPOND WHEN THE WIPERS ARE NEEDED AND VISIBILITY WILL BE COMPROMISED. IT HAS GOTTEN PROGRESSIVELY WORSE SINCE I HAVE HAD THE VAN.

I JUST FOUND THIS WEB SITE. AND NEVER REALIZED HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEMS. MY FIRST PROBLEM WAS WHEN MY 3 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER DROVE MY CAR ON THE NEIGHBORS LAWN BECAUSE YOU DO NOT NEED TO STEP ON THE BRAKE TO PULL IT OUT OF GEAR. I THEN LOOKED IN THE OWNER MANUAL WHICH STATED IT WAS EQUIPPED WITH THAT FEATURE. I HAVE CONTACTED EVERYONE I COULD AND NO ONE IS WILLING TO HELP OR SOLVE THIS PROBLEM. MY NEXT INCIDENT WAS WHEN MY SERPENTINE BELT BROKE WHICH CAUSED MY POWER STEERING PUMP AND PULLEY TO BREAK AND HAD PARTS DANGLING. THANK GOODNESS I WAS IN MY DRIVEWAY. I HAVE HAD MY BRAKES DONE 3 TIMES, AND MY LATEST PROBLEM WAS MY HEATER CORE AND THERE WAS WATER LEAKING INSIDE MY CAR. I WISH SOMEONE COULD HELP I PAID A LOT OF MONEY FOR THIS CAR! *NLM

I HAVE REPEATEDLY TAKEN THE VAN IN FOR REPAIRS FOR FUEL MILEAGE AND PINGING UNDER ACCELERATION AS WELL AS RATTLING IN THE STEERING COLUMN, INTERMITANT WIPERS WILL STOP WORKING INTERMITANTLY. THE MOST RESENT PROBLEM IS THE VENTS ON THE DRIVERS SIDE OF THE DASH BOARD CANNOT BE SHUT OFF WHILE THE HEATER IS ON, THIS CAUSES MY HEAD TO GET VERY WARM WHILE MY FEET ARE COLD. THE WIPER SWITCH, BODY COMPUTER AND MOTOR HAVE BEEN CHANGED AT 4 SEPERATE TRIPS TO THE DEALER AND THIS HAS NOT REPAIRED THE PROBLEM. ALL OF THESE COMPLAINTS HAVE CAUSED THE VAN TO BE OUT OF SERVICE FOR 14 DAYS AT THE DEALER, NONE OF THE PROBLEMS HAVE BEEN RESOLVED.