Transmission is leaking fluid since purchase from axle seal transfer case. Front right strut assembly makes exstreme noises over bumps and sharp curves. Engine has developed a leak. Left driver side door can not be opened with key. Suspect flood damage due to a reoccurring odor from heater vents. We have contacted dealer more than three times and were given a "dodge" ! Dealer has changed the buisness name and states has no longer an obligation to honor these problems which we encountered under warranty! Also, air condition unit has been leaking and was serviced under warrenty and remains a problem. There are several other items too long to list. The bottom line is that this vehicle is failing rapidly mechanically! I feel strongly that I have been "ripped off!" by this dealer and am in need of some sort of solution!.
1994 Dodge Caravan transmission complaints
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Transmission's 2nd & 4th gears went out, vehicle lost power, and slowed to a crawl. Pressed accelerator & no response. Heard a clunking noise before loss of power. Took to dealer & informed by mechanic the 4th gear was inoperative.
I had to replace the transmission in my 94 dodge failed twice! 3 time. Had repair transmission in a vehicle that is only 5 years old. Is this normal?
While driving transmission bangs very heavy. When changing gears on can feel the car shaking.
Four speed od transmissions in the chrysler vans seem to be failing at a high rate at about 100k miles. When I inquired to several repair shops about getting my transmission fixed, they all told me that the problem I am experiencing is common in the chrysler vans. Every mechanic told me that it is a combination of manufacturing defect and poor quality parts used in the manufacture of the transmissions. One shop in particular has been replacing these transmissions on the magnitude of 70-80 per year. Additionally, I happen to have 6 neighbors who own or have owned '92-'95 chrysler vans with the od transmission and have needed replacement assemblies anywhere from 60k to 100k (my next door neighbor had hers replaced 3 times, she finally traded it in for a nissan van). One mechanic, after performing $1000 worth of work replacing the axles, tie rod ends, brakes, rotors, struts (complete), tires, and alignment, told me to "dump" the van because not only do they have transmission failures, but they have valve guide failures with the 3.0l engine starting around 100k miles. He told me $3000 to fix the transmission and another $2000 when the valve guide (plastic) failure occurs. I might add that I've done all scheduled maintenance ahead of manufacturers recommended intervals. I am certain that this is a problem that chrysler has known about for at least 5 years and perhaps longer and based on conversations with several repair shops, chrysler has done nothing to make the design flaw right.. I did not buy my $20,000 vehicle to have it fail at 95k miles. Thnaks for your help. Regards, ted cuneo
While attempting to accelerate onto a busy street, the engine revved up but the van barely moved. The transmission suddenly kicked in. Replace of transmission-$1,200.
The vehicle does not shift into gears properly. When vehicle is shifted from reverse to drive it does not shift right away. Dealer has been notified.
While driving at 55 MPH vehicle stalled, and there was a loss of power . Also, some type of knocking noise came from vehicle.
While driving the vehicle begins to shake violently, and transmission begins to lose power .manufacturer was contacted ,and stated that the problem could be fixed by rebuilding the transmission at the cost of the owner.
Transmission stays locked in first or second gear. Transmision has been rebuilt. Transmission specalist stated that this a problem that is seen all the time with caravans. Please provide any further information.
This is the second transmission failure in this vehical. Both have occured at about 70,000 miles. This is a famous problem now with these vehicals. Countless mechanics have told me that these transmissions "go" at about 70,000 miles. The web has pages dedicated to the fact that these transmissions fail. The government should make a concentrated effort to investigate this issue before there are more accidents that put our taxpaying lives at risk. You should look up pages on the internet that will demonstrate a consistant pattern of transmission failure at or near 70,000 miles. Also an investigation should look at the rack and pinion steering problems for which there is an entirely different set of web pages dedicated to these problems. The bottom line is that these engineering problems are costing owners of these cars enourmoos amounts of money and severely jeoprodizing peoples' saftey!! There must be some recourse for the shoddy engineering of chrysler/dodge!! Don't stop at just the airbag problems!! The large amount of famlies who own chrysler/dodge mini-vans and the serious saftey problems- imagine the transmission slipping into 2nd at fifty on an icy mn road, or the steering coming loose passing at 60mph - that these cars exhibit at regular intervals should be enough reason to start an investigation.
I have had 4 transmissions replaced by a ri dealership, because the dealership in massachusetts where this vehicle was purchased went out of business. The latest transmission was put in on june 11th 1999. The transmission previous to that was put in in april 1999. At the time the transmission was replaced in april, I picked up the vehicle at the dealership after hours and when I started the vehicle I immediately knew that a bad transmission was replaced by antother bad transmission! I have made numerous calls to the 800 telephone # in my owners manual and have had many differant complaint case numbers assigned. I have sent an e-mail message to the district manager for this area for chrysler and have made more than 2 dozen requests and demands that she contact me regarding this lemon that I spent $17,000. On! I have not had any luck. The fuse for my air bags which also controls the rear windshield wiper has blown for the second time and I now have no airbags! I have not had a working float in my gas tank since I hit the 12,000 mile mark, now I have no air conditioning. I have not used it all that much and have had it recharged and it still does not work. This car has been a lemon since I purchased it. I keep asking the people at chrysler and have been asking since 1995, who I may talk to or write to for some satisfaction, but they won't cooperate. N I do not know who to talk to. I am very nervous driving this vehicle, when the third transmission blew we were on our way home on a major highway, we lost power and our speed dropped to around 20 miles per hour, we were lucky to make it to safety! My son was very scared. Please help, thank you.
Within two weeks of having routine maintenance (inspections - including hoses, oil change and change transmission fluid - a rod blew on the transmission, allegedly damaged the right axle and the starter motor, both of which have to be replaced along with
Put van in park, left running, exited van. Van began rolling forward and eventually hit myself and garage door. Van was approximately 25-30 feet from garage. Neighbor recomfirmed van was in park when she entered van to back it up off me and garage.
When slowing down automatic transmission will skip first gear, go into neutral, and then suddenly pop into second gear, causing vehicle to lunge foward and get stuck in second gear. Consumer must shut ignition off three times in order for it to work properly again.
Transmission lugs, shifts hard will not go into drive, the problem started when we bought the van. The dealer said it was normal. The van goes into limp mode constantly when it finally goes into gear.
On several occasions vehicle experienced transmission failure, causing slippage.
Our original transmission failed last summer (august). Since then we have had three replacements, all of them have failed.
Transmission would always jerk when shifting. Dealer told us that was natural for that transmission. After two years, transmission completely failed and had to be replaced. Previously we owned a 1990 dodge caravan and also had to replace transmission at approximately 80000 miles. Since then we have been told by several transmission specialists that this is common in caravans. Also the bolt holding the engine fan in place has had to replaced twice as it falls out. We did catch the problem both times when the engine overheated while idling.
The overdrive gear was making whinning noises inside of the transmission. This caused the vehicle to shift hard. The vehicle would also jerk when shifting.
It jerks severly when going into gears when shifting sometimes does not shift into first till after 50mph, when you stop has poor take off seems to not want to move, previous owner had pump in transmission and other components change a year before we purchased it in 1997 and now we also have been told this needs to be replaced again, also when putting into reverse does not want to engage at first or when it does clunks badly and we have had the motor mounts checked and they are fine
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While driving 60 MPH a malfunction occurred within the transmission, causing vehicle to remain in 2nd gear. Cause unknown. Please give any further details.
Dome light occasionally turns off and on intermitantly.
Transmission failed to operate. Vehicle got stuck in gear. Dealer/mfr. Wer enot notified at this time.
Had tourque converter replaced four times. The fourth being today current. It is still in shop now. They replace with rebuilt torque converters and it keeps cracking and the transmission leaks fluid like crazy. We have spent over 4000.00 in last two years on this transmission. We dont misdrive our vehicle. We purchased vehicle at 77,000 miles on it and it was in the shop for repair two weeks after purchase. That was the first replacement of tourque converter then second replacement came six motnhs later and the third was a year later then the fourth just six months later again.
Vehicle started to vibrate at speeds around 40 MPH. Taken to garage several times and many other components were replaced before the source of the fault was found to be the transmission.
After coming to a complete stop it is difficult to get into first gear ,cause unknown. Please provide any further details.
Odometer/speedometer malfunctioned, causing them to be inoperative intermittently. Been to dlr 6 times. Dlr cannot determine problem. Cause unknown. Problem with vehicle stalling while driving which almost caused an accident. Please provide details.
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