2000 Dodge Grand Caravan

(1)DRIVING ALONG AT NORMAL HIGHWAY SPEED WHEN WITH NO WARNING VEHICLE SHIFTED INTO "LIMP" MODE. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND WOULD NOT SHIFT OUT OF 2ND GEAR. VEHICLE HAS BEEN MAINTAINED EXACTLY AS CALLED FOR IN SERVICE MANUAL. (2)TOWED TO REPAIR SHOP AND WAS INFORMED THAT TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. COST WOULD BE $2000 TO $2500. INFORMED THAT THE REAL PROBLEM WAS THAT THERE WAS A BACKLOG ON ORDERING A REBUILT TRANSMISSION. WAIT COULD BE AS LONG AS 6 MONTHS. IF THIS IS NOT A SERIOUS PROBLEM, THEN WHY IS THERE SUCH A BACKLOG IN OBTAINING A REPLACEMENT? ALSO AT THE TIME OF PURCHASE I WAS AWARE OF THE PROBLEMS CHRYSLER HAD IN THE PAST WITH CARAVAN TRANSMISSIONS SO I ASKED THE SALESMAN ABOUT THE PROBLEM. WAS INFORMED THAT CHRYSLER HAD FIXED THE PROBLEM. LATER FOUND OUT THAT THEY DIDN'T FIX THE PROBLEM AS THERE ARE STILL AS MANY PROBLEMS AS BEFORE THEY JUST REDUCED THE WARRANTY PERIOD SO THEY WOULDN'T HAVE TO REPAIR AS MANY UNDER WARRANTY. (3)EVERYTHING IS STILL AVAILABLE AS I CAN NOT AFFORD TO PAY FOR REPAIRS BECAUSE I STILL HAVE TO MAKE MY PAYMENTS. *JB

PROBLEMS WITH VEHICLE'S ALTERNATOR, BATTERY, BRAKES AND ELECTRICAL SYSTEM.*MR THE CONSUMER FEELS THAT THE ELECTRICAL PROBLEM CAUSED THEM THE REPLACE THE BATTERY THREE TIMES AND THE ALTERNATOR TWICE IN FOUR YEARS. THE SERPENTINE BELT BROKE AND LEFT THE DRIVER STRANDED IN RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC. THE BRAKES FAILED WHICH RESULTED IN AN ACCIDENTS. MULTIPLE BRAKE COMPONENTS HAD BEEN REPLACED PRIOR TO THIS ACCIDENT. THE CONSUMER BELIEVES THE VEHICLE IS UNSAFE AND REQUEST REIMBURSEMENT. *NM

THERE WAS A FIRE UNDER THE HOOD WHICH CAUSED 2 EXPLOSIONS. THE FIRST EXPLOSION APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN AN ELECTRICAL FIRE. THE SECOND EXPLOSION WAS IN THE GAS OR FUEL LINE. THE ENTIRE ENGINE AREA WAS BURNED AND THE FIRE CRACKED THE WINDSHIELD AND STARTED MOVING INTO THE FRONT OF THE CAR. NO ONE WAS HURT. THE CAR WAS DETERMINED TO BE A TOTAL LOSS. NO REPAIRS WERE MADE. THIS IS A CLAIM TO REPLACE OR REPAIR THE CAR. POLICE AND FIREMEN WERE CALLED TO THE FIRE. FIRE REPORT WAS MADE.*AK

TRANSMISSION LINES LEAKED AND WERE TIGHTENED UNDER WARRANTY. TRANSMISSION LINES STARTED LEAKING AGAIN BUT THIS TIME I HAD TO PAY BECAUSE ALL OF A SUDDEN THE LINE WAS FRACTURED DUE TO SOME EXTERNAL CAUSE. TRANSMISSION STUTTERS AND SHIFTS HARD ESPECIALLY BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH. STARTED COMPLAINING TO DEALER AROUND 30,000 MILES, OF COURSE WHEN I RETURNED FOR THE 3RD TIME TO COMPLAIN AT JUST OVER 37,000 MILES THEY HAD NO PREVIOUS RECORD IN THEIR COMPUTER SO I HAD TO PAY TO HAVE IT LOOKED AT. THEY STILL INSIST NOTHING IS WRONG AND THE PROBLEM IS GETTING WORSE. THE COOLANT RESERVOIR IS ALWAYS ALMOST EMPTY NO MATTER HOW MUCH I POUR IN. DEALER INSISTS THIS IS NORMAL AND PRESSURE TESTS INDICATE NOTHING IS WRONG.. IF THE SYSTEM IS SEALED WHERE IS ALL OF THE COOLANT GOING?*AK

TENSIONER ASSEMBLY REPLACED 4 TIMES WITHIN 12 MONTH PERIOD. 3 OF WITHIN 60 DAYS. AS A RESULT THE SHAFT AND PULLEY ON THE POWER STEERING WAS BENT REQUIRING REPLACEMENT. DODGE IS AWARE OF THE ISSUE AND PROVIDED A PART TO HOLD THE BELT ONTO THE TENSIONER. IT DID NOT WORK. THE BELT HAS BEEN REPLACED 6 TIMES UNDER 70K MILES. MOPAR PART WARRANTIES HAVE BEEN USED, HOWEVER, $100 DEDUCTIBLES FOR AN EXTENDED WARRANTY HAS BEEN COLLECTED 3 SEPARATE TIMES. FORTUNEATLY, TO DATE, NO INJURIES HAVE OCCURRED.

THE CLOCKSPRING AND STEERING COLUMN IN OUR 200 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN HAS BEEN REPLACED SEVERAL TIMES, INCLUDING SEVERAL TIMES UNDER WARRANTY, YET STILL RATTLES AND MAKES NOISES. I HAVE BEEN ADVISED BY THE ZONE OFFICE THAT IT IS INDEED A SAFETY PROBLEM (RELATING TO THE AIRBAG) AND THEY RECOMMEND I CONTINUE TO GET IT FIXED EACH TIME IT BREAKS. *AK