Airbag light stays on dashboard continously, and horn/ cruise control doesn't work. Dealership is aware of problem.
1996 Dodge Caravan acceleration complaints
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While driving airbag light would come on and horn stopped working. Consumer felt this may be a problem with clock spring. *ak dealer replaced clock spring.
While traveling, air bag light illuminated for 1 year. Dealer has been contacted. Consumer lost horn and cruise control. *ak possibly failure of the clock spring assembly.
Cruise control would work soon after air bag indicator light would flash on. *ak consumer states on 2 occasions the cruse would only disengage by pushing the off button, also cruise control would not work unless the steering wheel was turned at a certain place.
Ea-010-007- consumer has noticed air bag light illuminated on t dashboard. Also, horn was inoperable/ windshield wipers worked intermittently, and curise control was inoperable. Consumer has contacted t dealer, dealer noted spring within steering wheel needed replacing. Please provide any further details.
Horn and cruise control do not work. Also, air bag light stays illuminated on dash panel while driving. Dealer has not been contacted.
Airbag light constantly stays on. Also, horn and cruise control do not work.
Dealer would not replace clock spring under extended warranty. My cruise control is inoperative as well my air bag dash lite is on. Dodge has a problem with this and should be held accountable....thank you.... Jeff roberts.
Since I have had this vehicle, the air bag light comes on and will stay on thus I do not know if the air bag would work or not if needed. My cruise control alternates working and not as does the check engine light. Most of the time the check engine light is on and everytime I have had it checked, I have been told they reset it and everything look good. The computer does not show anything wrong. The cruise will come on sometimes and it will not at others. I think this vehicle as well as others I have talked to has a defect and I would like to see you check it out and have them do a recall and correct the electrical problems. I took my vehicle back several times during the first few months I had it for repairs and the same type probles keep occurring. My wipers will also at times come on with out being turned on. My sisters caravan does the same thing.
While driving at approximately 60mph caravan began to slow down to about 40mph and did not want to accelerate when gas pedal was pushed down. Pulled off to side of road and put van in park. Waited a few minutes then put van in drive and tried to pull back onto shoulder. Van would not move and heard a squelling noise. Put van back in park. Tried again to pulle onto highway, this time it went into drive but seemed to be slipping or not fully engaged in gear. Finally made it to a service station a couple hundred yards from where I pulled off of the highway. Had van towed on flatbed to liberty dodge. Upon initial inspection of transmission found dip stick not properly seated/sealed in transmission. Liberty dodge suggested transmission be pulled and tore down for further inspection. When mechanic started to remove transmission noticed transmission mount busted loose from transmission case and transmission case cracked. Mechanic finished removing transmission fron van and reported to service manager transmission would have to be replaced due to mount being busted and case cracked. Van has only 44,292 miles on it. Service manager and mechanic could not tell me what or how the transmission mount or case could get cracked. Suggested maybe van had ran over something or hit a big pothole in road. Dealership would not pay any part of the replacement cost of transmission because they said the factory warranty was only 36,000 miles and the van had over 44,000 miles on it. Van was broadsided in may 1999 on drivers side. When it was hit it was parked. Was knocked approximately 4 to 6 ft up over a curb and stopped in a grassy area adjacent to parking spot. Had front door, front fender, door jam, replaced with realignment done. Approximately $4,000 to $5,000 damage. Wonder if this might have cracked the transmission case and it evevtually cracked enough to break the mount off and loosing all fluid then quitting altogether.
Consumer needed to have transmission replaced again because it was shifting incorrectly. Problem could've been a rebuilt torque converter they used. Clock spring needed to replaced because horn didn't work. Also, airbag light stayed on, and cruise control went totally out.*ak drivers side sliding door jams, linkage appears okay. Windshield wipers sometomes will not shut off after key is removed.
Airbag light stays on, and cruise control unit will not engage. Pe00032 investigation.
I was pulling out of a parking lot from a stop and the transmission went out. We had no warning whatsoever.the transmission cost us $1800. To replace. The air conditioner has been nothing but problems, we had a new compressor put in and have had the freeon replaced several different times. The clock spring which controls the airbag,cruise control and horn quit working and cost us $200. To have fixed.
Clock spring broke. This caused air bag, and cruise control not to work.
Failure of clock spring caused failure of airbag, cruise control and horn. Chrysler contacted and refused to pay for repair.
While traveling at approximately 35 MPH a clicking noise came from under the van. I removed my foot from the accelerator and the noise softened. I then reingaged the accelerator to resume speed at this point there was a loud noise from under the van and I observed pieces of metal and fluid exiting the rear of the van. The transmission was disengauged and I coasted about 1/8 of a mile to and area were I could safety exit the roadway.
While driving down on road and heard noise coming from engine where the belt tensioner was loose, and serpentine belt was not working. Also, air bag light will stayed on, and cruise control/ horn will not work.
Vehicle will stall without prior warning. Consumer must wait for while in order to restart vehicl., dealer and mechanic cannot determine cause. Throttle body ,idle speed motor, computer changed , a solenoid replaced, but defect keeps occurring. Please provide further information.
The vehicle has had continued problems with poor fuel mileage, surging and loss of power, consumer noticed that the wiring harness was resting on the throttle body linkage, this chaffed the wiring and caused problems with acceleration.
Consumer was traveling with cruise control set at 70mph and vehicle started to accelerate up to 80mph & over. Applying brakes & turning switch didn't disengage cruise control. Consumer moved to the shoulder of the road & put the vehicle in neutral, which put in it wide open throttle. Vehicle started smoking & it was turned off. Dealer basically said it wasn't under warranty. Consumer will be contacting manufacturer.
While driving air bag light will come on/horn will not work/ cruise control malfunctioned, and windshield wipers will come on unexpectedly.
The A/C and heat valve stick. Yh
While driving at high speeds for 65mph the throttle cable gets stuck and tangled which causes the wires to fray and break apart, resulting in sudden acceleration. Please provide further information.
Defect in head gasket caused oil to leak causing the air idle valve control,pcv,fuel filter, hormica balancing board, throttle,water pump, theromstat, iignition module to have to be repaired . Timing belt was recall dodge did not put it on right causing to head gasket to leak. Timing belt covers was never replace when it was recalled.was not notified of this recall timing belt broken while driving.
Consumer had cruise control set at 70mph. Tapped on brakes & hit the on/off switch to disengage cruise control. Vehicle kept on accelerating. Finally vehicle stopped. Dealer service representative came out to look at vehicle & found that cruise control cable was jammed, so disconnected it to allow owner to continue trip. Consumer wrote letter to manufacturer. *ak
While traveling at 65mph he consumer applied brakes, and they stuck. Also, cruise control wouldn't shut off. Consumer stopped at a gas station because engine was roaring up. Took fuse from the fuse box.
While driving two dogs ran out into the street, consumer put on brakes and tried to blow horn, and the horn did not work. Also, airbag light came on, and cruise control did not work. Took to dealer , and they had to order a clock spring. *ak
Airbag light stays on once vehicle is started and causes horn and cruise control not to work. Dealer was contacted 6 months ago, and they contacted the consumer 3 months after that to tell consumer that there will be a charge for repairs. Consumer believes it is a factory defect. *ak
Transmission slips and shifts into gears at unusual speeds. At initial start up each day, car lurches into gear when shifted into reverse.
I have had many problems with the 1996 dodge caravan that I purchased used six months ago and I would like to know if anyone else has experienced similure problems and if any of these are recall issues. No safety defect mentioned.
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