NHTSA Complaint #743415 — 1996 DODGE CARAVAN

I'VE STARTED EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH MY TRANSMISSION ABOUT AT 51,602 MILES, THE BACK-UP LIGHTS WERE NOT OPERATING WHEN I WAS IN REVERSE. THE DEALERSHIP NOTICE THAT WHEN I HAD MY CAR IN FOR SERVICE, THEY TRIED CHANGING THE LIGHTS WITH NO SUCCESS. THEN THEY REALIZED THERE WAS A "GAP" IN THE TRANSMISSION, THE TECHNICIAN WAS ABLE TO PUT HIS HAND IN THE GAP!! THEY PULLED AND REPLACE VALVE BODY AND SEALS. STILL, I WAS ALWAYS TELLING MY FRIENDS THAT MY CAR WAS MAKING STRANGE NOISES WITH THE TRANSMISSION. AROUND 72,000 MILES I'VE STARTED EXPERIENCING BIGGER CHANGE WITH MY VEHICLE. IT WOULD NOT ACCELERATE OR CHANGE GEAR IN SECOND AFTER I'VE PRESSED ON THE GAS PEDAL, UNTIL IT SUDDENLY JUMPED TO THE THIRD GEAR. VERY SCARY AND ANNOYING. I THOUGH IT WAS WEATHER RELATED SINCE IT WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE WINTER IN WEST VIRGINIA. AFTER A WHILE I'VE CONTACTED MY DEALER IN ANSTED THEY TOLD ME TO HAVE IT CHECK AND DECICED TO REPLACE THE DEFECTIVE PART. I WAS APPALED SINCE I HAVE LOW MILEAGE ON MY CAR, 74,000 MILES. THERE IS A LONG LIST OF PROBLEMS WITH MY VAN, BRAKES PAD AND ROTORS, SWAY BAR BUSHINGS, FRONT STRUTS( CHANGED THE FIRST TIME AT 12,000 MILES) ENGINE AND A/C PROBLEMS TO NAME A FEW. I'VE BEEN PRETTY PATIENT WITH CHRYSLER SO FAR. I'VE CALLED THEM THIS MORNING REF#8474912, TO BE TOLD THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A SECRET WARRANTY, AND SINCE I WAS OUT OF MY WARRANTY TIME FRAME I WAS REGARDED AS LESS THAN A CHRYSLER CUSTOMER TO MY SURPRISE. COULD YOU DO ANYTHING FOR ME PLEASE? THANKS. *AK