2000 Dodge Grand Caravan

CAMPAIGN I 04V480000, ACTION NUMBER EA04013. I CURRENTLY HAVE A NON FUNCTION AIRBAG AND HORN IN MY 2000 GRAND CARAVAN. I HAVE CALLED TWO LOCAL DEALERS THAT HAVE BOTH SAID I AM COVERED UNDER THE ABOVE RECALL, HOWEVER, THE REQUIRED PART HAS NO DATE FOR RE-STOCK. INTERESTINGLY, I CAN FIND THE PART WIDELY AVAILABLE ON THE INTERNET. SO I AM DRIVING A VEHICLE WITH A NON-FUNCTIONING AIR BAG, THAT WILL NOT PASS INSPECTION. SO I SEE IT AS CHRYSLER HAS FOUND A SIMPLE WAY TO AVOID CORRECTING A MANDATED RECALL SIMPLY BY NOT HAVING THE PART AVAILABLE TO THEIR DEALERS. IS THERE ANYTHING THAT CAN BE DONE ABOUT THIS? *TR

DEAR SIR'S, I MADE AN APPOINTMENT AND WENT TO THE DODGE DEALERSHIP TO HAVE A RECALL DEFECTIVE MAINTENANCE PERFORMED ON THE CLOCK SPRING IN MY 2000 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN, WHICH HAS MADE MY DRIVER SIDE AIRBAG INOPERABLE. THEY ADVISED ME THAT THE PART IS NOT IN STOCK AND THAT THERE ARE OVER 6,000 ON BACK ORDER. THEY GAVE ME A PHONE NUMBER TO CALL SO THAT COULD GET A REFERENCE AND OR CASE NUMBER. I WAS ADVISED THAT BY DOING THIS I WOULD BE COVERED. IS THERE FURTHER NEED FOR ANY OTHER ACTIONS ON MY PART? *TR

I WAS DRIVING MY 2000 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN TO RUN TO THE STORE. WHILE DRIVING PEOPLE WERE JUMPING UP AND DOWN WAVING. AFTER SEEING THE THIRD OR FOURTH PERSON I REALIZED SOMETHING MUST BE WRONG. I ROLLED DOWN WINDOW AND THEY WERE SCREAMING YOUR VAN IS ON FIRE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED AND FIRE INVESTIGATOR PRESENT STATED I WAS EXTREMELY LUCKY ONE MORE PUSH ON THE GAS COULD OF BLOWN MY VAN UP. HE STATED ENGINE MALFUNCTION WAS THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE. *TR

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

DODGE CARAVAN HAS CORROSION IN FRONT STRUT TOWER. THIS IS A UNIBODY FRAME. WAS TOLD BY A CHRYSLER EMPLOYEE THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM AND RARELY DOES CHRYSLER ASSIST WITH REPAIRS. ON OCT 14, 2002 CHRYSLER ISSUED A TSB REPORT #23-044-02, STATING ISSUE WITH LEFT AND RIGHT STRUT TOWERS AND THE CORRECTION OF THE CONDITION. CHRYSLER IS AWARE OF THIS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS ISSUE AND CHOOSES TO IGNORE IT. AFTER PHONING CHRYSLER THEY WILL NOT ASSIST ME IN THE REPAIR OF THE VEHICLE. I WAS TOLD BY CHRYSLER CUSTOMER SERVICE THAT UNTIL SOMETHING HAPPENS OR BREAKS THEY WILL NOT CORRECT PROBLEM. IF THE STRUT TOWER COMPLETELY BREAKS AS IT WILL, IT WILL RENDER THE VEHICLE INOPERABLE AND POSES A SIGNIFICANT DANGER TO PERSONS. *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 HEADLIGHTS NORMALLY FAILED ONE AT A TIME. THE HEADLIGHT'S FRONT CONTROL MODULE WAS REPLACED IN 2006. IN DECEMBER OF 2008, THE HEADLIGHTS FAILED WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH. HE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND THEY STATED THAT THE MULTIFUNCTION SWITCH WAS THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. THE MULTIFUNCTION SWITCH WAS REPLACED AND CORRECTED THE ISSUE TEMPORARILY. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 99,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 180,000.

I OWN A 2000 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN THAT I PURCHASED NEW IN 2000, I RECENTLY HAD NEW STRUTS INSTALLED ON THE FRONT AND WAS TOLD THAT THE LEFT FRONT STRUT TOWER WAS SEVERELY RUSTED AND SHOULD BE FIXED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. I WAS ALSO TOLD THAT THIS WAS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE THAT CHRYSLER WAS AWARE OF,I DID SOME RESEARCH AND FOUND THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH 1996 TO 2000 CHRYSLER MINI-VANS DUE TO A DESIGN DEFECT. *TR