NHTSA Complaint #762118 — 2000 DODGE CARAVAN

THE TRANSMISSION SLIPS AND GOES INTO NEUTRAL WHILE DRIVING. THIS HAS NOW HAPPEND ON FOUR DIFFERENT OCCASIONS. AT FIRST I THOUGHT I JUST HAD NOT ENGAGED DRIVE ALL THE WAY, BUT THIS LAST TIME I ACTUALLY CHECKED AND THE GEAR STICK WAS FULLY ENGAGED IN DRIVE - I.E IT DID NOT WIGGLE AROUND. THEN AS I WAS ROUNDING THE CORNER AT A LIGHT IT ALL OF A SUDDEN STARTED TO REV AND I REALIZED IT WAS IN NEUTRAL. I SLIPPED IT BACK INTO GEAR AND PROMPTLY CALLED THE DEALER FOR AN APPOINTMENT. WHEN I WAS CALLED TO TELL ME MY CAR WAS DONE, THEY SAID THAT THIS HAPPENS WHEN THE TRANSMISSION FLUID IS LOW, AND THAT MY FLUID WAS LOW DUE A FAULTY HOSE CAUSING A LEAK. HOWEVER EARLIER THIS YEAR WHEN MY FLUID LEVEL WAS LOW THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND THEY ADDED FLUID THEN. THIS TIME THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT DID NOT COME ON TO INDIACATE THAT TRANSMISSION FLUIDS WERE LOW. SO I AM ALITTLE CONCERN ABOUT THE PROBLEM. HOWEVER SINCE TAKING IT TO THE DEALER, I HAVE NOT HAD ANY PROBLEMS WITH IT SLIPING, YET.*AK