1989 DODGE CARAVAN Power Trainautomatic Transmission Problems

THE TRANSMISSION HAS FAILED REPEATEDLY AFTER A NEW ONE WAS INSTALLED, INITIALLY THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED THE BREAKAGE OF TWO AXLES, MAIN AXLE, VAC PINION AND BOTH FRONT BEARINGS (R4761821-AA TRANSMISSION-41T 2100 2001). NLM

TRUNK DOOR, WHEN OPENING WILL NOT STAY IN UP POSITION, WILL SLAM SHUT. ALSO WHEN VEHICLE PUT IN DRIVE, IT WILL NOT TAKE OFF. CONSUMER HAS TO DRIVE IT IN D1 CONSTANTLY, WHEN SHE DRIVES IT IN D2 VEHICLE WILL STALL. *AK *SLC

TRANSMISSION FAILED. YH

TRANSMISSION SLIPPING DUE TO FAILURE. NLM

VALVE COVER GASKET JUST STARTED LEAKING 1 WEEK AFTER WE PURCHASED THE VAN. 2. TRANSMISSION WENT OUT ON SEPT. 24, 1999 2ND TIME IN LESS THAN A YEAR. THE WHOLE THING NEEDS REPLACING ONCE AGAIN.

CONSUMER STATES HAD A COMPLETE FAILURE IN TRANSMISSION. *AK

TRANSMISSION IS MISSING, AND IT DOESN'T SHIFT INTO GEAR PROPERLY. DEALER CANNOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *AK

DRIVER CANNOT SHIFT INTO REVERSE, AND SOMETIMES TRUCK WILL GET STUCK IN GEAR. OTHER TIMES DRIVER CANNOT SHIFT INTO ANOTHER GEAR, AND THERE ARE TIMES WHEN THE DRIVER STEPS ON THE GAS PEDAL THE TRUCK WILL GO FORWARD. THIS HAS BEEN AN ONGOING PROBLEM FOR SEVERAL DIFFERENT INCIDENTS. THERE WAS AN INVESTIGATION FOR AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILURE DP98- 003. *AK

THE HATCHBACK HYDRAULIC CYLINDER WHICH SUPPORTS THE THE LIFT DOES NOT HOLD THE HATCH BACK, RESULTING IN THE HATACHBACK FALLING ON THE OCCUPANT. *AK TRANSMISSION FAILED. *YH

TRANSMISSION FAILED ON 3 DIFFERENT OCCASSIONS.

TRANSMISSION LOCKS IN GEAR AND SOMETIMES SHUTTERS AT STOP LIGHTS. *AK

TRANSMISSION FAILED 3 TIMES.

WHILE DRIVING AT A HIGH SPEED THE VAN SHIFTS INTO SECOND OR NEUTRAL GEAR. PLEASE DESCRIBE.

TRANSMISSION FAILED. *DH

TRANSMISSION STUCK IN FIRST GEAR THREE TIMES. *DSH

AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILURE, ERRATIC OPERATION OF THE TRANMISSION, VEHICLE WILL EITHER NOT ACCELERATE OR DECELERATE ON ITS OWN. *AK

TRANSMISSION WON'T DOWNSHIFT BELOW 10 MPH. *DSH

TRANSMISSION FAILED.

THE TRANSMISSION SLIPS OUT OF GEAR. TT

AT 50,000 THE TRANSMISSION NEEDS TO BE REPLACED AT 85,000 THE SECOND TRANSMISION WAS REPLACE . TT

AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION GETS STUCK IN 2ND GEAR. TT

PROBLEMS WITH AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION SHUTTING DOWN LOSING POWER. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. TT

REPLACED TRANSMISSION TWICE. *AK

PURCHASE TRUCK NEW REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION FOUR TIMES. TT

BEFORE VEHICLE WILL ACCELERATE, IT JERKS AND FEELS LIKE IT HAS BEEN HIT IN REAR. TT

PURCHASE CAR NEW THE TRANSMISSION NEEDS TO BE REBUILT . TT

GEAR SHEARED OFF IN THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, RESULTING IN INOPERATIVE, REPLACE ONCE/NEEDS TO BE REPLACE AGAIN. TT

AT 60,000 MILE DEALER REPLACED TRANSMISSION ONLY PUT 12,000 MILE CAR STILL DOING THE SAME PROBLEM CAR SHIFT AT WRONG TIME LOCKED IN SECOND GEAR . TT

AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILURE WITHOUT ANY WARNING. TT

TRANSMISSION HAS FAILED WHILE DRIVING. PLEASE DESCRIBE. TT

THE TRANSMISION WENT AND JUST QUIT RUNNING WHILE DRIVING. PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK

PURCHASE CAR NEW CONSUMER IS ON IT SIX TRANSMISSION AND THE MASTER CYLINDER WHEN OUT ONCE . TT

CONSUMER WAS DRIVING 3 SMALLL CHILDREN TO SCHOOL WHEN THE TRANSMISSION BLOW OUT, PURCHASED THE VAN USED. TT

TRANSMISSION FAILED. *SKD

FOUR SPEED OVERDRIVE JUMPS GEARS/DOWNSHIFTS 2 GEARS OR GOES BACK AND FORTH FROM 2ND GEAR TO 3RD GEAR TO 4TH GEAR GEAR. *AK

TRANSMISSION FAIL AT 83,500 MILES NEED TO BE REPLACE. TT

TRANSMISSION FAILED TWICE, ONCE RESULTING IN SUDDEN ACCELERATION/ACCIDENT. *AW

VEHICLES AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION GEAR SHIFTS/SLIPS OUT OF GEARS ALWAYS ONE GEAR DOWN THAN WHAT IT SHOULD BE. TT

THE TRANSMISSION LURCHS AND IT WILL NOT SHIFT. PLEASE DESCRIBE. TT

TRANSMISSION WILL NOT SHIFT INTO OVERDRIVE. TT

CAN BE DRIVING ALONG VEHICLE DROPS INTO REVERSE. TT

TRANSMISSION FAILED. *SKD

TRANSMISSION FAILED 5 TIMES DUE TO ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS. *AK

TRANSMISSION; PURCHASE CAR USED AND HAD TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED AT 500 MILES DEALER WOULDN'T REPLACE. TT