NHTSA Complaint #714389 — 1993 DODGE CARAVAN

BREAKS - AT 21,000 MILES BEGAN TO EXPERIENCE BREAK PROBLEMS - 1ST A BAD BREAK SPRING LATER - 48,000 ABS PUMP REPLACED; 56,000 BREAK PROBLEMS AGAIN AND WAS TOLD THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE PROBLEM; AT 80,000 PISTON ASSEMBLY (RECALL) WAS REPLACED AGAIN DUE TO LIGHT STAYING ON AND BREAKING FAILURE ENGINE - 18,000 MILES OIL LEAK WAS DISCOVERED; BAD GASKETS 48,000 INFORMED DEALERSHIP VAN WAS USING EXCESS OIL, THEY STATED NO PROBLEM 62,500 CYLINDER GASKETS HAD TO BE REPLACED, CAR HAD TO BE TOWED TO THE GARAGE 81,000 CAR DIED OUT - BAD INTAKE VALE, ALL EXHAUST GUIDES BAD, HEADS NEEDED REDONE, AND A NEW VALVE JOB TAILGATE - RATTLED AT 18,500 AND WAS ADJUSTED; 21,800 INSTRUMENT PANEL LIGHT STAYED ON AND DOOR WAS HARD TO CLOSED; TAILGATE HAS NEVER BEEN CORRECT AIR CONDITIONER - DOES NOT STAY COOL, DEALERSHIP CHECKED FOR LEAKS AND RECHARGED ; FOLLOWING YEAR IT IS WAS NOT COLD AGAIN RADIO - AT TIMES IT DOES NOT TURN ON, OR IT JUST TURNS OFF ON ITS OWN OTHER NOT LISTED - WINDOW SEALS SEEM TO BE LEAKING AIR