Plastic wheel on water pump pulley has broken on three occasions. All repairs were done by an independent repair shop. But, problem kept reoccurring. Believed this problem was caused by defective parts. Asking the federal safety agency to look into this matter. Feel free to provide us with any further information concerning this problem.
1993 Dodge Caravan engine complaints
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Engine made a banging noise in morning, like it was going to blowout. It sounded like no oil was in engine. Consumer used up to 1 quart every 900 miles. Consumer has been battling this problem for sometime. Dealer said problem involved valve sleeve. Consumer had to pay $3000 to get it fixed because manufacturer wouldn't honor warranty.*ak the engine problem occured while the vehicle was under warranty but the dealer waited until the warranty expired. The consumer pointed out replacing or repairing the engine out of pocket was very expensive.
Engine belt came off, causing steering failure. Dealer repaired belt, but problem has reoccurred. *ak when driving 38 to 42 MPH steering wheel is vibrating. Consumer states pressure pulley or tensioner keeps breaking bolt, it does not take pressure, at speeds above 38 MPH it vibrates like it's going to come off.
Seals no longer fit head properly, and engine is sucking oil through, and causing car to smoke from the tailpipe.
The pulley/belt tensioner disintegrated and came apart causing parts to fall off engine while driving and resulting in an immediate loss of power steering. Nlm
Engine cooling system fan keeps loosening. If consumer does not tighten fan periodically, it would fall off.
Engine burns more oil than gas. Smoke is a blue cloud color coming from exhaust. Dealer will fix it at consumer's cost.
I am so disappointed in dodge/chrysler I should have bought a toyota. No safety defect mentioned in summary.
Vehicle has experienced continued stalling problems.
Freon was leaking from air conditioner. Leak was coming from under dashboard. Took vehicle to mechanic, and they had to go under the dashboard, they fixed the leak. One month before, had to put a brand new transmission. Then driveshaft belt broke. Consumer has had nothing but problems with this vehicle. *ak left door switch failed. Heater core, evaporator, condenser, o- rings and seals all replaced. Starter failed. Engine timing case cover, gaskets seals belt and tensioners failed.
Consumer was traveling on the highway and vehicle just stopped. Also, engine was blowing blue smoke from the engine exhaust manifold pipe.
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Transmission failed causing vehicle to come to a halt while driving downhill. Nlm
Ongoing problem with serpentine belt coming off pully whenever vehicle rolled over a puddle of water or snow. Dealer notified and installed a shield over area, and problem is still occurring.
Breaks - at 21,000 miles began to experience break problems - 1st a bad break spring later - 48,000 ABS pump replaced; 56,000 break problems again and was told they could not duplicate problem; at 80,000 piston assembly (recall) was replaced again due to light staying on and breaking failure engine - 18,000 miles oil leak was discovered; bad gaskets 48,000 informed dealership van was using excess oil, they stated no problem 62,500 cylinder gaskets had to be replaced, car had to be towed to the garage 81,000 car died out - bad intake vale, all exhaust guides bad, heads needed redone, and a new valve job tailgate - rattled at 18,500 and was adjusted; 21,800 instrument panel light stayed on and door was hard to closed; tailgate has never been correct air conditioner - does not stay cool, dealership checked for leaks and recharged ; following year it is was not cold again radio - at times it does not turn on, or it just turns off on its own other not listed - window seals seem to be leaking air
The vehicle keeps running hot and blowing head gaskets without giving any warning or light signal that it is running hot. Had it repaired twice...the first repair lasted about a year then blew a head gasket again. The mechanic said that this was due to the heads being made of aluminum. Cannot find any defect bullitons of that nature. Thank you vian r. Woods
Whenever it rains the fan belt keeps coming off due to the water getting under the hood of the vehicle and on the engine.
When driving transmission did not change gears. Broken engine mounts cause movement within engine. Consumer has contacted dealer, stated transmission needed replacing. Dealer replaced the engine mounts. Transmission replaced but the new one was bad also--caused axle to go bad. *ak
There have been many components replaced over 6 years - problem keeps recurring.
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Engine blown head gasket
Engine compartment a fire started unexpectedly. Please provide further information.
Leaking oil, changed head gasket, now getting a white smoke, mechanic claims it's now the rings, but it's "strange" for all the rings to go on a vehicle at once and specially one with such "low" mileage. I'm looking at having to replace the entire engine on a vehicle will extremely low mileage
Engine cooling fan broke, causing vehicle to overheat and stall. Had engine damage. This may have resulted in a crash. Please provide further information and VIN#.
There is a leakage in the engine head gasket which is causing the cooling to leak out, and the pressure gauge is high.
When driving at any speed the temperature gauge went up to hot, and the vehicle wasn't running hot. There was a cooling leakage, and the pressure gauge light kept coming on. The dealer could not determine the problem.
Mechanic states that valve failure is extremely uncommon in mini-vans with this low mileage. The dodge dealer mechanic also atated that they are replacing engine valve at the rate of one vehicle per week on this particular engine. This clearly demonstrates a defective engine and should be covered by the company.
Oil leaks many
When driving in snow the belt will come off of the pully, causing power steering/alternator/water pump to fail, nothing runs. Dealer contacted and repairs were made - replaced a plate. Problems still exists. Provide further information.
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