The air conditioning system worked fine until I drove the van home after the plaza dodge of holiday replaced the serp belt. Approximately one week after the van was serviced which also included a transmission flush, the transmission had a total failure. The engine runs but the van will not move.
2001 Dodge Caravan transmission complaints
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Consumer states that control module in the transmission has failed. Dealer notified.
Vehicle headlights have a pulsating problem causing night driving to be very difficult. *mr the consumer stated the pulsating of the headlights causes the driver to think there is a reflection of something on the highway. The consumer was told it is a characteristic of the van. The PCM was replaced.
Vehicle slams into second gear while driving at any speed causing car to nose dive and almost causing it to be rear ended. Incident occurred 10/15/02, 10/26/02, 11/23/02 and 04/29/03. Vehicle is currently at dealer after having been "fixed" three times before this.
My 2001 dodge caravan se has transmission problems at 35,000 miles.the van stop on the freeway for no reason at all. The dealer fix it and 2 weeks after that the car will not shift form 2nd gear. And the gauges didn't work at all. The engine light came on. This is my 2nd dodge caravan minivan and the last one .I'll buy a honda for now on when I pay or nearly pay this one. I'm a dodge man , I have 2002 pt cruiser that I had a recall already. These are the last american made car I'll purchase. I had purchase 7 new vehicles in the past 10 years(3 dodge,1 gm, 2 hondas and 1 mazda) I was very satisfied within all the japanese cars but not with the american cars.there are junk!!!!
Vehicle has jumped out of gear while consumer was parked, and vehicle was in idle. Contacted dealer, and the dealer was not willing to do anything.
While traveling at highway speeds transmission suddenly died without warning. Driver felt lucky that vehicle made it to the side of the road.
Design of controls: the transmission shift lever in any position lower than d blocks the driver's knee when moving from accelerator to brake. This is a significant safety issue, especially when using low ranges in descending a grade. There seems to be no physical reason not to have angled the transmission lever higher to leave clearance. The effect of this poor design is that one does not use engine braking on a grade, increasing the possibility of brake failure.
While driving about 35 m/p/h up small incline transmission slips to low gear and then the car stops moving forward totally. No lights light up on the dashboard. No codes are set for the mechanics to check. This happens sporadically when the engine is warm and without warning. Also of note that when this happens the gears are lit on the dash but none are highlighted so the car appears to be totally out of gear. I have been so very lucky-it has happened 3 times and I was not rear-ended in traffic. This has always happened in the morning and always after I have driven about 10 miles and about one half hour to 1 hour.
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