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.
1996 Dodge Caravan engine complaints
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Cam seal, crankcase seal,transmission seal and axle seal where replaced due to leakage. Nlm
Airbag light stays on. Also, fuel gauge/ odometer/ temperature gauge do not work, and windshield wipers come on intermittenly.
The timing belt failed before its time luckly it did not strand my wife on a dark street.
Engine stalled at 35 MPH. Would restart with transmission in nuetral but would stall again when drive engaged. Several attempts made to restart vehicle, vehicle finally restarted and operating normally.
Motor cut off, consumer could not start vehicle.
While traveling and without any indication vehicle would stall/ windshield wipers would come on, and vehicle would lose all braking power. Please provide further information.
While driving at any speed engine just cut off and total power was lost. Van was taken to the dealership for routine maintenance after the first incident on august 6, 2000. Dealership is doing everything to correct the problem. The van is being held at dealership again for this problem. Please provide any further information.
Intermittently vehicle shuts down and dies . Vehicle will restart immediately. Dealer has not been able to duplicate the problem. *ak windshield wipers malfunctions.
When we are driving the van just shuts off this has been happening since approx 1 year from date of purchase after the steering column was recalled and replaced. It is happening more offten and the other day I was driving on the freeway and it just stopped all power is lost . We have had the van back to the dealer numerous times with no avail now I am afraid somebody it going to get injured or killed it has been extremelly dangerous . We have two children and this is our prime trasportation and we do not feel comfortable with our childrens saftey. I would like this taken care of as soon as possible before someone is hurt or killed
Consumer was traveling about 70mph on highway and without prior warning lost power steering/ all belt driven accessories/ water pump pulley flew off,and vehicle started to vibrate.
At any speed vehicle would stall without any indication. Also, vehicle would lose all power steering. Dealer has beem contacted.
Engine check light came on when they finally fixed my fuel system recall problem . I replaced my oxygen sensors, it still won't go off, I have found sand up in my engine and I want to find out if this caravan was in a flood,or such
The belt tensioner and serpentine belt wherein the tension mounting belt is sheared off and the belt becomes torn apart resulting in immediate loss of power steering and power braking. Nlm
Vehicle experienced failure of the recall component (engine radiator fan) prior to notification resulting in the vehicle overheating, consumer is requesting reimbursement.
I received a radiator fan relay recall, could this defective relay help the major transmition seals fail? If so, is dodge/chrysler respnsible for the $1300 repair of the faulty transmision seals? If so, how do I file a claim with the manufacturer? The transmission repair shop claims the seal failure was due to extreme heat, he stated that the seals were very brittle, like dry noodles, nothing like the soft rubber that they should resemble.
Independent mechanics have told us of many failures of transmissions and head gaskets, and they say that dodge is paying half the cost as they did with us to avoid a recall where dodge would have to pay the full cost of repair. Rec.
The A/C and heat valve stick. Yh
While driving, consumer was informed by someone that vehicle was on fire in the engine compartment, claim 48-512-308.
Was pulling out of parking lot when vehicle jerked hard in driver's hand. Lost control & hit a curb. Towed vehicle to dealership & mechanic discovered that tensioner wheel broke, and serpentine belt fell off. Also, mounts to side of motor & shaft had broken in half. Tensioner wheel needed to be replaced.
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.
From november of 1998 unitl march of 2000, serpentine belt and tensioner has been replaced four times. Dealer has no idea why the belt continues to break. Please provide any further information.
Automobile was driving fine until consumer took it to dealer for recall repairs on fuel pump module seal and lock nut. Then, on the way home, vehicle died. Also, all the gas leaked out.
Defective rocker bridge mount cylinder head broke, causing a knocking noise which resulted into very serious engine problems. Please provide further information.
Recall 96v006000/engine: while traveling at highway speed of 40 MPH engine check light came on. Smoke was coming from under the hood, and oil was spilling on top of engine. Vehicle towed to an independent repairr shop. Dealer/manufacturer notified. Manufacturer informed consumer that vehicle was not covered under recall due to VIN
Defective temperature relay failure caused the engine to fail and the fan malfunctioned. Yh
While traveling on the street at 25-30 MPH vehicle commenced to run very poorly, and it started to vibrate/hesitate and lose power. Vehicle was taken to an independent repair shop. Consumer was informed of a defective rocker arm, and a snapped engine head gasket. Manufacturer was contacted.
While driving lost power. Took vehicle to dealer, and they said it was the serpentine belt. Dealer replaced the serpentine belt in 1998. But serpentine belt broke again, and was replaced. Then, it happened again in 1999, on saturday march 25, 2000, all power went out while kids were in the car, consumer feels this is very unsafe for driving on the road.
Serpentine belt broke twice while driving which could have caused loss of vehicle control. There are tsbs on this problem. *ak
Air conditioner causing a loud, grinding noise while running. Slight hesitation of engine while this is happening. Problem increasing in intensity over time.
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