Dt: the transmission would not go into drive, reverse, and all the way to park. It would finally go into drive after in was in park for a few minutes. Had not contacted dodge dealer yet, but this started happening last saturday july 16, 2005. Noticed since then when coming to a stop it made a clinking noise like it was tryingto shift down.
2003 Dodge Caravan transmission complaints
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The consumer had several problems with his 2003 dodge caravan; such problems were a knock in the transmission and 2 brake jobs. *jb the two brakes jobs occurred within one year. The steering wheel knocked (recall campaign #04v386000), the vehicle had broken down at 8k miles, the wheel alignment was off, the gear panel illuminated, and the window had become loose. 80% of the vehicles problems was under 10k miles. The rotation noise continued and the rubber lining around the sliding door was coming off. Other problems: when the vehicle would be taken out of park to drive, all of the lights would illuminate, the front rims/hub caps were dirty due to excessive leakage around the brakes, even during normal washing, there was a mild ringing noise in the vehicle, the front door rattled, the rear tail lamp was damaged, the brake light and back-up lights had gone out, the brakes were going bad again, the engine would sputter due to no fuel pressure, the vehicle would pull to the left, when the driver door was shut it made a loud rattle sound, there would be a delay in the transmission when going uphill, when sitting at idle, the engine would sound as if it were revving but the gauge did not display this. *sc
Transmission problem, when taking off vehicle hesitates shifting into gear. When coming to a stop hard downshift and feels like being hit in rear end. On one occasion recently going up hill van shifted into neutral for no reason. First time fixed at 4493 miles 9/10/04, mileage 2nd time problem appx 5850 mileage today 5950 as of 6/17/05 reported to dealer 6/14/05 5908 miles apt for fixing 6/29/05
Two and a half weeks after the vehicle was purchased there was a jerking and clicking noise whenever the vehicle went up a hill. The vehicle only had 279 miles on it at the time. The vehicle was taken to the dealer and was told that nothing was wrong. At 1829 miles, check engine light came on and cylinder number 4 was misfiring. The dealer replaced a spark plug. After 13,301 miles this happened again. At 14,456 miles the rear wheels moved but the front wheels would move along with big noise. There was hesitation and rumbling when in drive. Took to dealer and found front pump in transmission had failed. The pump was replaced. On april 4-7, 2005 again to dealer who found nothing wrong. On april 28, 2005 hesitation along with check engine light came on. April 29 car had to be towed to dealer. May 2, 2005 was told need replacement of valve body and transmission. Check engine light came on several times. All this occurred as car has yet to have 15,000 actual miles. *nm
Transmission fluid was replaced by dealer at 34,000 miles. After leaving dealership, van experienced hard downshifting at 30 MPH. Dealer said a control module on the side of the transmission was faulty and it was replaced. Van continued to experience hard downshift at 30mph, so it was again returned to the dealer. Problem was corrected, but no further explanation offered.
The first problem happened on 4/24/03 transmission stuck in second gear would not shift. Dealership removed and disassembled transmission. Found a lot of metal filings and found torque converter failure. They replaced clutches and converter, reassembled. The second time the transmission blew. The dealership inspected transmission and there was a hole in the case, differential failure. They replaced the transmission. The brand new from the factory transmission is doing the same as when we first bought it. I believe it is a lemon.
While driving transmission failed, causing consumer to pull off the highway. Driver had vehicle towed to the dealer.
While driving the car, the transmission started to go in neutral and then to drive.
Consumer states that intermittently not able to physically change transmission gear to the reverse setting. Also, intermittently when gear is in reverse, vehicle will roll forward.
Intermittently when the vehicle was in the reverse with the gear and gas pedal depressed, the vehicle didn't accelerate or when it was in the drive gear and gas pedal was depressed, the vehicle would go into reverse. *ak this problem occurred three times a week when the vehicle was in first gear. The engine revved, but the vehicle didn't move. The consumer's foot was on the gas, and had no idea the vehicle would move. The vehicle had been back to the dealer on three occasions; the first time for warranty, the second time the vehicle was involved in an accident, and the third time the dealer wasn't successful with finding the problem. The consumer discovered ford had problems with their transmissions. *scc
My "brand-new" 03 dodge caravan has rusty and old parts inside. It has less than 3500 miles, and there are problems with the transmission already, the brakes make a slight noise, and the battery started corroding, too. When I called daimler-chrysler, they would not give me specific information about my vehicle. I am questioning whether my vehicle is really new... I paid way too much for it to be acting this way - again under 3500 miles!
Bought a 2003 sport grand caravan on dec 30, 2003. The same day, I discovered the vehical vibrate on reverse on gentle slope. Later, test drive two other new 2003 sport grand caravan = less vibration. Test drive 2002 (13000 miles) sport grand caravan = no vibration at all. The dealer acknowledge the problem and refuse to fix the problem because there is no recall from the manufacturer.
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