While driving 50-55 MPH transmission exploded. Broken pieces of the transmission spread out onto the roadway. Vehicle was towed to a repair shop, and mechanic stated that the cause of this problem was undetermined. The dealer was not notified.*ak... Let chrysler know of the problem. When transmission was taken out it looked like a bunch of holes shot into it. The mechanic said the pin came out of the differential. Consumer was lucky to get off the road.
2000 Dodge Grand Caravan transmission complaints
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All the seals and gaskets on the transmission wore out and caused leaks. *nm the transmission failed less than a year later after the seals and gaskets were replaced. *jb fluid was leaking from the transmission.
Transmission failure at 42,000 miles. Problems with transmission shudder, tsb 18-05-94. I had brought the transmission shudder to the dealers attention starting at around 32,000 miles. Dealer said they could not find anything wrong. They re-flashed the computer, etc. Van was brought back to dealer twice before 36,000 mile warranty expired. Brought the van back at 37,000 miles to complain again and dealer proceeded to tell us that they have no records of any prior complaint regarding the transmission, therefore they would have to charge us to re-flash the transmission. (I will never lose or throw away any warranty related receipts again). After going back and forth and getting nowhere we paid the re-flash fee and once again the they told us there was nothing wrong. Then at about 42,000 miles the transmission blew. This after the dealer told us on a minimum of 4 occasions the transmission was fine. After some "polite" negotiation I got the dealer to cover half of the $1300.00 repair cost to replace the transmission pump. Of course they didn't cover the flatbed & rental car expenses. I have never owned a car that I have had to repair or replace a transmission and I had driven most of them well over 100,000 miles. I do not understand how chrysler can get away with this. With all of the disgruntled chrysler customers on the internet I can't beleive the federal safety agency isn't investigating their transmissions. Who is paying off who?
Make : dodge model : grand caravan year : 2000 manufacturer : daimlerchrysler corporation crash : no fire : no number of injuries: 0 odi id number : 10100418 date of failure: november 20, 2004. *jb VIN : not available component: cv joint.axle problem summary: I took my 2000 dodge grand caravan in on a friday to the dealer for the air bag recall (clockspring- which by the way the airbag really stays on now, where it did not before the dealer replaced/repaired the clockspring) and plus the dealer called me to tell me that had found a leak in the master cylinder which they wanted to fix. I said yes (now I see there are several complaints about master cylinder leaks) I picked up my van up on friday evening after work. Saturday morning I ran a couple of errands around town and at 12:30 p.m. Began to back out of a parking spot and heard a loud noise. I proceeded out of the parking structure and only made it as far as the street before coming to a complete stop. I called for a tow. The tow truck driver said that my wheel on the front driver's side did not appear to be completely attached to the axle. He towed it to the dealer. The service department on monday informed me that my cv joint/axle had broken. A broken axle on a 2000 that has 18,222 miles on it. How does this happen under normal driving conditions? My kids and I were lucky that I was not going fast or driving down a freeway. Now I see on the news this morning that there is a recall for dakota trucks and durangos, but not caravans. What's up with that?
Vehicle can be put into gear without the brake pedal being depressed . Consumer's child was able to put the vehicle in gear, almost causing an accident while parked in driveway.
Shortly after buying this van with in a year the van was making a grinding noise,took it back on march 2002 , thay said it was repaired.on a highway in jan. 01 2003,the car was on route 1 and it suddenly went from drive to neutral,doing50 miles an hour in the fast lane,I had togo to the breakdown lane just missing several cars before I reliezed the engine was racing.this happened to my wife,of course I thought she was crazy,but it happened again wen my son was driving ,this after being brought in for transmission work at ira dodge in medford which cost me 615.97 march 19 2003,problem was still happining and I went to melrose dodge and all he did was ajusted shifter linkage for 85.00 dollers. No problem since thank god. There is a problem with these vans.
2000 dodge grand caravan, vehicle put into gear without foot on brake. Dodge does not have safety switch on brake to prevent gear shifting. This should be illegal. This should be illegal. Let's do the right thing, if this is not illegal the government is not doing their job.
Vehicle was being maintained by an aftermarket auto shop where it was discovered that there was a quarter size hole that went completely through the transmission. The owner then contacted the manufacturer who stated that the vehicle was out of warranty and that the vehicle was manufactured in canada and that there was nothing they can do. Provide further details.
2000 dodge grand caravan: I shifted the vehicle into reverse and it started to reverse but then jerked, placed in park, and again attempted to reverse but experienced the same results. Placed in neutral and rolled out of driveway into street and noticed transmission fluid had blown, pulled forward and parked. Towed to dealership and they are telling me that the transmission housing cracked and that the repair/replacement cost will be $3500.
I started my 2000 dodge grand caravan and turned on the air conditioner. I opened the doors to let the heat out and my 2 1/2 year old son reached into the front seat and pulled the shifter into drive. The van shifter shifted without pushing the brake and the van ran into my chain-link fence. This is a saety issue and I do not think it was recalled. If it does not get recalled then I will trade in my vehicle for a more safe one.
(1)driving along at normal highway speed when with no warning vehicle shifted into "limp" mode. Check engine light came on and would not shift out of 2nd gear. Vehicle has been maintained exactly as called for in service manual. (2)towed to repair shop and was informed that transmission needed to be replaced. Cost would be $2000 to $2500. Informed that the real problem was that there was a backlog on ordering a rebuilt transmission. Wait could be as long as 6 months. If this is not a serious problem, then why is there such a backlog in obtaining a replacement? Also at the time of purchase I was aware of the problems chrysler had in the past with caravan transmissions so I asked the salesman about the problem. Was informed that chrysler had fixed the problem. Later found out that they didn't fix the problem as there are still as many problems as before they just reduced the warranty period so they wouldn't have to repair as many under warranty. (3)everything is still available as I can not afford to pay for repairs because I still have to make my payments.
Transmission lines leaked and were tightened under warranty. Transmission lines started leaking again but this time I had to pay because all of a sudden the line was fractured due to some external cause. Transmission stutters and shifts hard especially between 25 and 35 MPH. Started complaining to dealer around 30,000 miles, of course when I returned for the 3rd time to complain at just over 37,000 miles they had no previous record in their computer so I had to pay to have it looked at. They still insist nothing is wrong and the problem is getting worse. The coolant reservoir is always almost empty no matter how much I pour in. Dealer insists this is normal and pressure tests indicate nothing is wrong.. If the system is sealed where is all of the coolant going?
Transmission failure @ 105,000 miles
While driving 35 MPH without warning the vehicle shifted into neutral. The vehicle was taken to the dealer for inspection but the mechanic can not duplicate the problem. *nm
2000 dodge caravan jumped from drive to neutral while driving 35 MPH. *mr the vehicle has been taken to the dealer over five times for this problem.
While driving, suddenly there was a loud clanging noise from the transmission then the van stopped accelerating. The van was towed to a dealership. The dealership indicated that the differential pin broke in half and went through the transmission and created a hole . The cause of the differential pin breaking had not been determined.
While driving 60 MPH transmission locked up. Consumer was forced to pull over. Consumer had the vehicle towed to dealer, but dealer was not able to resolve the problem.
While driving 40 MPH transmission malfunctioned. Vehicle was towed to a repair shop, where consumer was told that transmission needed to be replaced.
After 22800 miles (feb 7, 2002), the transmission solenoid pack failed (slight leaking), causing a check engine light to come on and forcing bad shifting. The dealer replaced this under warranty. At 49,500 miles (september 8, 2003), the check engine light came on again and the van was shifting rough again. Since the main warranty had been exceeded at 36k miles and the part from the first dealer repair was warranted for 1 year/12000 miles, the dealer offered no recourse. Found a good (non-dealer) mechanic to replace it for less (still cost $525...dealer wanted over $600). Dealer claimed that this was unusual to happen once, let alone twice, but still wouldn't help me.
At 41,000 miles suffered total transmission failure w/ no warning. Veh would buck when shifted into reverse, as well as forward gears. Brought to dealership and was told it was a failed differential, needed total replacement and was not covered under warranty. (this van is 10 days/ 5000 miles beyond the warranty period). We had a previous problem of trans fluid leakage which was repaired approx a year ago, and we have followed the reccomended service schedule. This time around the repair totaled $1900.
While driving the gear shifter shifted into neutral and as a result the vehicle would not accelerate. This also happened while stopped in traffic. The consumer has several witnesses to the problem but the dealer mechanic could not duplicate or determine the cause of the problem. Please provide any additional information.
Transaxle pin slipped out of position and ripped transmission case open. Transmision was destroyed. Fluid drained out in local driveway. Ealership says will cost $3,100 to $3,400 to replace transmision with, not a new one, but a chrysler rebuilt transmision.*ak ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 3 years old ... 71,000 miles ... When tranny busted. Dealership preformed $150.00 powerflush to transmision 1 1/2 years ago with superior fluid that was avert any problems due to original equipment fluid not recomended because of not being good enough. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ amy whitford stopped van in the middle of the road when she thought she hit something (the noise of the transmision pin breaking through the case) and got out in traffic walking around vehicle with 3 young children inside. She noticed fluid on ground and pulled into nearest driveway, where remainder of fluid ran out. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I am outrage to find that thousands of these exact falures happen with these chrysler automatic transmisions and continue. The consumer pays the $3,300 price for these known defects after they tear the transmision apart. These failures are dangerous and only ignored because it will cost the manufacturer instead of me. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ chrysler has made a blunder here and wants me to pay for it. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ cameron r. Whitford ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [email protected] please email with any assistance. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ how do I get chrysler to own up to this customer nightmare. I will do anything!
Transmission fluid leaking from transmission pan seal at 24000 miles.
Hi, my name is [xxx], I live in bradley, il. In june of 2000, my husband and I purchased a 2000 dodge grand caravan from, taylor dodge in kankakee, il. On october 20, 2000 with only 4500 miles on it the van began slipping into neutral while driving. This van has been in over and over to that shop. I have been with out my van on a regular basis, with out resolution. The owner of the dealership, [xxx], was in the van - in his shop and the van dropped into neutral when he put it into drive. (not moving). After many visits of we cannot duplicate the problem, the chrysler corp was contacted by dodge. A return fax to the prior service manager [xxx] , told them not to do anything until the problem is duplicated. I have talked to [xxx] asking him to replace this van, of course he cannot do that. I have emailed dodge corp asking them to fix or replace as this is a safety issue. A couple of weeks ago they replaced the transmission, within 2 weeks the van was doing this again. I called and was told they would get back with me. I had to call them back. The resolution this time was bring it in will take it for a drive. Which of course I did, of course in a 10 minute drive it did not do this. The bottom line is, I cannot manipulate the van to do this and when you are driving 45 miles pr hour and the van drops into neutral it is a safety issue. We have had many close calls with this van in being rear end. I have put large size lemons in my windows and pained on the van, 3 years and dodge cannot find problem, I have only 35,000.00 miles and have had problems since 4500, I purchased the extended warranty about 15 months ago due to these issues. Today dodge tells me that until a certified service person, experiences the problem first hand, nothing will be done. I asked [xxx] (service manager, does that mean someone has to die in this van before it is fixed, he stated they have made an honest effort to try and fix the van -that is all they can do.) *la information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (
Vechile will shift into reverse or drive without brakes applied. Any child could shift while engine is running and could cause fatal accident.
Last night my transmission blew up for the 2nd time. The first time the van was a year old. This time I am past my warranty, but the brakes locked up on me & 2 of my children almost ended up in the pompton water falls. The dealership and manufacturer basically told me "oh well--your on your own." this should not have happened twice in three years.. This is a dangerous situation and I hope you can help prevent this from happening to others... My van was meticulously cared for... This should not have happened!! Thank you for any help you can give me..
2000 dodge grand caravan sport purchased new jan 26, 2000; well maintained with 30,000 mile warranty maintenance performed; transmission failed at 41, 343 miles with no warning; required total overhaul. No new transmission available; no rebuilt transmission available in us with a backlog of around 275 awaiting delivery. As a result , transmission had to be locally rebuilt and the vehicle was out of service for 10 days. Failure occurred 671 miles from home causing great personal inconvenience and expense.
I just found this web site. And never realized how many people have had the same problems. My first problem was when my 3 year old daughter drove my car on the neighbors lawn because you do not need to step on the brake to pull it out of gear. I then looked in the owner manual which stated it was equipped with that feature. I have contacted everyone I could and no one is willing to help or solve this problem. My next incident was when my serpentine belt broke which caused my power steering pump and pulley to break and had parts dangling. Thank goodness I was in my driveway. I have had my brakes done 3 times, and my latest problem was my heater core and there was water leaking inside my car. I wish someone could help I paid a lot of money for this car!
Automatic transaxle: within the first 5, 000 miles I complained to the dealer about a "jump" in the tranmission. I was advised by the salesperson and service department that is was normal. After driving other 2000 grand caravans, I noticed it to be the same.within the following 10, 000 miles the jump still existed and progressively got worse. I again returned to the dealer and again was advised it was normal. After a total of 36, 000 miles, the transmission died. I now have to pay out of pocket for reapirs and want other consumers to know that the transmission sensors and powertrain control modules (PCM) are faulty and could cause injuries if not checked or replaced. A "jumpy" transmission could cause a vehicle to accel or decel out of control. My neighbor's 2000 grand caravan transmission sensor powertrain control module (PCM) went out after 15, 000 miles and had to get it replaced. It was not under warranty. He had to pay for the repair out of pocket.
While driving the consumer heard a grinding noise and pulled over. The vehicle was towed to the dealer who diagnosed that the left front axle had broken. The van has been modified by "braun entervan" for disabled access.
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