NHTSA Complaint #10401968 — 2006 DODGE CARAVAN

I BOUGHT A 2006 DODGE CARAVAN IN 2009. IT HAD 20,000 AT THAT TIME. SHORTLY AFTER PURCHASE WE DROVE THE VAN APPROXIMATELY 100 MILES. IT BEGAN MAKING ROARING NOISES SO I PULLED OVER AND STOPPED. AFTER SITTING FOR ABOUT 20 MINUTES, I STARTED THE CAR AGAIN AND THERE WAS NO NOISE. EVERY TIME I TRAVELED FOR OVER 45 MINUTES, THIS WOULD HAPPEN. I TOOK THE CAR TO BE LOOKED AT SEVERAL TIMES BUT NO ONE COULD FIND A PROBLEM. FINALLY IN JANUARY OF THIS YEAR THE CAR STARTED MAKING THIS NOISE ALL OF THE TIME AND MY SON-IN-LAW, WHO IS A MECHANIC, SAID THAT IT NEEDED POWER STEERING FLUID. THAT FIXED THE PROBLEM FOR AWHILE. IN MARCH, I TOOK MY CAR IN AND WAS TOLD THAT THE RACK AND PINION NEEDS TO BE REPLACED! VERY EXPENSIVE! THE CAR IS NOW ONLY MAKING NOISE WHEN I GO THROUGH STANDING WATER. ALSO, THE AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATES AT INTERVALS. IT SEEMS THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE HAVING THESE SAME COMPLAINTS. I THINK THAT DODGE NEEDS TO DO SOME RECALLS AND SOME REPAIRS!