When the vehicle was in second gear, it became stuck. The dealer informed consumer, the transmission needed to be replaced.
2000 Dodge Grand Caravan transmission complaints
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Pinion pin of the automatic transmission came out and destroyed the transmission. A standard pin retaining clip would have precluded the problem.
The consumer heard a noise from the under carriage of the vehicle, when the consumer depressed the gas pedal, the rpms increased, but the speed did not. The dealer diagnosed the transmission differential failed which resulted in a $3000 repair.
I have owned a 2000 grand caravan for 6 months and it has 40 thousand miles on it and I am already having transmission problems. This is the 4th time I have had to take it to be looked at about the transmission, now the dealership says it needs a totally new transmission this van is not that old and does not have that many miles on it. I am starting to think I made a bad choice trading my ford in for a dodge van.
I have been having a problem with my transmission leaking from the transmission coolant hose. Vehicle was still under warranty, took to dodge dealer and they replaced hoses and clamps, 1 month later leaking again and they stated that it was probably a bad part. They replaced them again. 1 year later problem returns and now they want to charge me to replace the hoses, the reason this happened according to them was the hose clamps they used. Now they have changed the clamps, this should not be my responsibility to pay for since they are changing a manufacturer's part. This should be a recall.
The transmission failed without warning, the dealer stated the differential pin went through the transfer case.
Power train:transmission cooler lines leaking.
In january 2003 I experienced a problem getting my van to shift into drive after I had backed out of my driveway. On february 17, 2003 my husband was driving the van and experienced problems getting it to shift gears while he was driving it. He added transmission fluid and later that evening I drove the van to a store two miles from our house and at 35 MPH the rpms would not go below 3 and the check engine light came on. I called the dealership first thing tuesday morning and took it the shop on thursday. They repaired a leak in the transmission (which we had had repaired previously) and replaced the water pump. Two days later while out running errands the check engine light came on again. I had to exit the freeway because the engine would not shift gears again and at 50 MPH (in a 60 MPH zone) the engine was at 4 rpms. Before I could get home the engine quit in the middle of a highway intersection with traffic coming at me from behind at 55 MPH. I was able to get it started but it lurched for about a quarter mile or so and I just drove no more than 30 MPH for the next 5 miles to my home. My husband took it back to the dealership on monday and was told that the solenoid (sorry if I misspelled it) needed to be replaced. He was told to take the van home and they would call when the part came in. On monday, march 3, he called and spoke with the parts department and they informed him that there are 24,000 of this part on backorder nationwide.
My car just died in the middle nowhere on route 42 on the way to work. Only to find out that the transmission needs to be replaced. The caravan I own has only 42,000 miles on it. I do not even own it for 2 years. It was a buy back from the dealer. The warranty was only for 3 years of 36,000 miles. I was told by the mechanic from the dealer I purchased the vehicle from that this should not have happened. Now I am forced to pay over $1100 for a new transmission. I was told that they have agreed to split the bill of approximately $2200. I feel I should not have to pay anything as this should never have happened and is a defect from the chrysler manufacturer. I am not the only one complaining. There is a whole web site dedicated to complaints by consumers which I have down loaded and is over 11 pages long.
The vehicle began to make a loud noise, consumer pulled over and noticed transmission fluid all over the ground. The vehicle was towed to the dealer, after the vehicle was inspected, it was determined the pins which were located inside of the differentral was bent and had shot out of the casing.
The vehicle lurched forward when it was put into gear, the dealership indicated it was caused by the transmission cylinder pack, however the part was on national back order.
The differential pin popped out, which caused a noise when the vehicle coasted. *jb the dealer stated that if the vehicle continues to be driven, the pin would penetrate the transmission, then spill fluid and breakdown. Scc
Transmission fluid leaks. First it appeared that it was leaking from the transmission oil pan, 3 weeks later the transmission hoses and clamps, two weeks later, its leaking from the transmission coolant packs. The vehicle is only two and a half yrs old, this should not be happening. Between each visit it stopped leaking for a couple of weeks.
@37,000 miles the transmission failure light came on the dash board and the transmission went into safety mode keeping it from shifting out of first gear. The dealership replaced the module and the vehicle worked ok for another 2000 miles before it did the same thing. The dealership advised it was a different module however (therefore it wouldn't be covered under their repair warranty) the first repair cost $160.00 and the second one was another $130.00. The dealership was venice dodge in venice, florida
The transaxle in the transmission blew apart in the gear case at 76,000 miles on our 2000 caravan and nine days after this the left front axle assemble was shot and had to be replaced.
Consumer stated whiel driving, the transaxle failed, which caused the transmission fluid to leak.
My 2000 dodge grand caravan sport all wheel drive developed a thumping noise in the front drive train. I took it to county chrysler, hamburg, pa - a 5 star chrysler dealership. The service dept. There told me that it was the result of a worn out power transfer unit. The cost to replace it including the diagnostic and repair labor will approach $3,000. Since the van is only 3 years old and has only 67 thousand miles on it, it seems like the power transfer unit must be either cheap or defective. With only this much mileage to have to replace major power train components makes me think that there must be a problem with either the design or the parts quality.
Transmission failure - when placed into drive the gears failed to engage (especially when cold). This van is 2+years old with ~62,000 miles. Fixed at smith brothers in old saybrook, ct and required new part due to the failure of the clutch hub imput which broke down sending metal parts throughout the transmission. (very expensive for a car this new!). I caught this problem early enough to avoid the potential disaster of a high speed failure. In addition, this vehicle does not appear to be able to maintain it's front end alignment. Since purchase the front end has been aligned twice. On 12/20/00 the front 2 tires had to be replaced ant the front end aligned (national tire, niantic ct). This past summer (I don't have the exact date handy) the front end had to be realigned again and I was told that the driver side was way out (auto service of old saybrook, 4 jade court, old saybrook, ct). This issue has caused excessive tire wear but danger was minimized due to regular inspection.
Transmission failure occurred at 58,822 miles on the 2000 dodge grand caravan I own. The problem with my transmission was that the splines of the front planetary stripped because they were made with a softer metal than the underdrive clutch hub. I feel this is a design flaw that daimler chrysler should address. When I contacted daimler chrysler, I was told the problem was my fault, because I had not changed the transmission fluid at the recommended service interval, and I was 22,000 miles outside of warranty. However, there is not a transmission fluid I am aware of that will make those splines stronger. Ts
The automatic transmission pan was leaking. Consumer had vehicle checked by a mechanic, who indicated that this was a result of the transmission pan being made with silicone. The mechanic also stated that this is a common problem with these make/model vehicle. Please provide more details.
Consumer stated that while driving transmission failed causing vehicle to stall. Dealer diagnosed and replaced transmission "line", "converter" and "solenoid". Ph
The vehicle can be shifted into reverse of drive from park without applying the brake. *ts
The transmission on this van suddenly went out while I was driving over railroad tracks. Fortunately, I was able to get the van off the tracks before the train came by. The van was towed to the dealership who accused me of not properly maintaining the transmission. My husband takes care of the maintenance on this vehicle and followed the manufacturer's instructions. There was never any indication that there was a problem with the transmission prior to it's failure. The transmission shop has stated that the cooler on the transmission causes a backflow of fliud in the lines forcing the torque converter to drop metal shreds into the transmission. Their opinion is that the failure was caused by a chrysler design flaw. Just from the little bit of research we have done on car point, it is very common for the transmissions in these vans to fail before they reach 50,000 miles. I was lucky that mine lasted until 60,000. I have had several problems with this minivan, including a dashboard melting over the airbag and a belt needing to be replaced 2x already and quite possibly a third now. Chrysler refuses to stans behind these vans because they are out of the mileage warranty and it's not right. There is an obvious and chronic problem with these minivan transmissions that needs to be fixed. Another mother may not be so lucky and get her van off the railroad tracks when the transmission. Dt fails.thank you for your time and consideration in this matter. I look forward to hearing from you.
When driving at 5-10 MPH transmission is jerking, vehicle is at dealership at this time. Please provide additional information.
There is a noise in steering wheel, vehicle vibrates when changing from drive to reverse gear. Contacted dealer. Electrical system problem
Van drops into nuetral when driving, dealer can't find anything, dodge won't do anything. Been in shop repeatedly. Not repaired gointto kill someone nearly rearended.
Vehicle went into safe mode while diving causing it to stop. Dealer has repaired vehicle. Please provide further information.
6 year old child was able to slip the gear shift in drive while vehicle was on. Vehicle rolled backwards, almost running over another sibling, and went through a fence. No injuries or fatalites manufacturer was notified, and stated it was not a saftey feature for vehicle. However, it was added to 2002 vehicle to avert gear shift from going into another gear while vehicle was in motion.
Speedometer erratic whilde driving freeway speeds. The speedometer will jump to 120 causing the engine to stall if the need is not released. This happen on the freeway and had to coast over to the emergancy lane "imediatly" . The cause was the rss speed sensor (203 c 4800879 and the outpu rss speed sensor 204 c) this is a major safty issue when it stall on the freeway with my family in the minivan. This should not have been a repair payed for by the consumer for faulty design!
The transmission has been repaired twice. The first incident was at 32,716 miles. The symptoms at this time was a transmission slippage when at idle (and a grinding noise) and a hesitation to go into reverse. The transmission was rebuilt at the dealership (seals replace). After driving approximately 200 miles continuously the transmission suddenly failed with no prior warning while driving 65 MPH. We were barely able to pull off the highway in heavy traffic. The transmission has been replaced with a new one. How can a vehicle go through 2 transmissions in 33,000 miles? I had my family (including 2 children under age 2) in the car during this. We went from 65 MPH in heavy traffic in the middle lane to 20 MPH in less than a 30 seconds with the RPM's redlined. We were lucky not to have been in an accident.
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