1992 DODGE CARAVAN Power Trainautomatic Transmission Problems

ENGINE HESTIATES. ENGINE MOUNTS, LIFTER, TIMING CHAIN AND TIMING CHAIN COVER REPLACED. VEHICLE COMPLETELY STALLED OUT. DEALER FOUND LARGE HOLE IN ENGINE WHERE PISTON ROD WENT THROUGH ENGINE BLOCK. TRANSMISSION MAKING CLUNK TYPE NOISE AND HAD TO BE REPAIRED. RACK AND PINION ON STEERING HAD TO BE REPLACED. *TT *NLM

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

SPRINGS THAT HOLD ROLLING GEAR PIN WITHIN TRANSMISSION ARE NOT STRONG ENOUGH, AND PIN IS TURNING SIDEWAYS, CAUSING IT TO LOCK UP/ CANNOT GO INTO GEAR. CONSUMER HAS REPLACED TRANSMISSION 3 TIMES AT 90,000/ 110,000 MILES AND AGAIN A FEW WEEKS LATER. MANUFACTURER HAS ISSUED A TSB, STATING PART IS AVAILABLE THAT CAN BE INSTALLED IN TRANSMISSION, AND WILL PREVENT FAILURE. *AK

WHILE TRAVELING DOWN ROAD IF VEHICLE HIT ANY LITTLE PEBBLES, VEHICLE WOULD GO TO THE RIGHT VERY BADLY. VEHICLE CONSTANTLY PULLED TO RIGHT. SOMETIMES WHEN TRYING TO PUT CAR IN PARK, IT WOULDN'T GO, AND WOULD HAVE TO SIT FOR ABOUT 5 MINUTES BEFORE GETTING IT INTO PARK.*AK *SLC

LAST YEAR, THE VAN STARTED REFUSING TO UP SHIFT WHILE DRIVING. I WOULD HAVE TO PULL OVER, STOP THE ENGINE, AND RESTART IT TO GET THE TRANSMISSION TO START TO WORK. I HAD THE TRANS REBUILT (DODGE KIT) FOR $1700. LESS THAN 6 MONTHS LATER, WHILE DRIVING 55 ON THE FREEWAY, THE VAN STOPS MOVING FORWARD AND THE TRANS IS DEAD AGAIN. I HAVE SEARCHED THE INTERNET AND FOUND NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ABOUT OTHER YEARS AND OTHER MODELS OF DODGE TRANSMISSIONS (WWW.AEI.CA/~GREGOIRE/CLAUDE.HTML). SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE ABOUT DODGE AND THEIR TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. OUR MECHANIC NOW WANTS $1200 MORE TO FIX OUR VAN. WE JUST CAN'T AFFORD IT AFTER THE $1700 LAST YEAR. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A CLASS ACTION SUIT FILED AGAINST DODGE. THIS PROBLEM SHOULD HAVE BEEN CORRECTED, NOT SWEPT UNDER THE CARPET. I TRY TO BUY AMERICAN, BUT INCIDENTS LIKE THIS MAKE WE WISH I HADN'T.*AK

WHILE DRIVING TRANSMISSION SLIPS INTO A LOWER GEAR. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED.*AK

TRANSMISSION DOESN'T GO FROM 3RD GEAR TO DRIVE . THERE IS A SERIOUS PROBELM WHEN GOING UP HILLS. DEALER SAYS IT'S A CONTROLER INSIDE TRANSMISSION. TRANSMISION WA REBUILT AT CONSUMERS COST.*AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

AIRBAG LIGHT COMES ON SOMETIMES. DEALER SAID WHEN LIGHT IS ON IT'S AN INDICATION THAT AIRBAG WILL NOT DEPLOY.*AK DEALER SAYS IT IS DUE TO A FAILURE OF THE SPRING IN THE STREEING COLUMN. THE DRIVER DID NOT WANT SPRING REPAIR, BUT SAY LIGHT GOES OFF WHEN SEAT BELT IS TIGHTENED. THE VEHICLE ALSO DEVELOPED SHUDDER AS IT SHIFTS THE FORWARD GEARS, PARTICULARLY BETWEEN SPEED OF 44 AND 50 MPH. WITH LIGHT ACCELERATION. *YH

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

THIS WAS THE SECOND TIME THAT TRANSMISSION TOTALLY WENT OUT WITHIN 6 MONTHS OF EACH OTHER. CONSUMER WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE COST OF REPLACEMENT. DEALER INSISTED THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM. BUT, MANUFACTURER SAID THEY DIDN'T SEE A PROBLEM. *AK

TRANSMISSION FAILLURE CAUSED GEAR TO DISENGAGE SUDDENLY WHILE DRIVING. YH

THE SPIDER GEAR PIN IN THE TRANSMISSION BROKE, CAME OUT OF THE TRANSMISSION CASE AND HIT THE FLOORBOARD. TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN REPLACED ONCE. THE PROBLEM HAS BEEN REPORTED TO THE MANUFACTURER AND DEALERSHIP. PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN CORRECTED. THIS IS ACOMMON PROBLEM WITH THE 604 TRANSMISSION. *AK

WHILE RIVING ON THE INTERSTATE 55MPH THE TRANSMISSION SLIPPED OUT OF GEAR, AND THE ENGINE WAS JUST RACING. PULLED OFF THE ROAD TO RESET THE VEHICLE. THE CAR WAS IN OVERDRIVE, SLIPPED OUT OF OVERDRIVE TO SECOND GEAR. PULLED OVER AGAIN TO RESTART. WAS GOING UP THE HILL, HEARD A CLUNKING NOISE AND COULD FEEL IT. THEN IT DROPPED INTO A LOWER GEAR. WAS TOLD BY A LOCAL TRANSMISSION SHOP THAT A COMPUTER SENSOR WHICH WAS ATTACHED TO THE TRANSMISSION WENT OUT. AS A RESULT, TRANSMISSION REPLACED. *AK

WHEN DRIVING AT ANY SPEED THE VEHICLE IS SHIFTING HARD AND THHEN JERKS. ALSO, THERE IS A LOSS OF POWER. *AK

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WHEN DRIVING AT ANY SPEED THE VEHICLE WON'T GO INTO REVERSE AND THE VEHICLE IS STALLING AND JERKING DUE TO THE TRANSMISSION GOING OUT. *AK

NEW TRANSMISSION AT 41000 MILES. THREE BATTERY REPLACMENTS. IGNITION REPLACEMENT. 2 BROKEN RADIATOR FANS AND THERMOMETERS. REAR SHOCK AND FRONT MOUNT REPLACEMENT. UNRELIABLE SEAT BELT. WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR REPLACEMENT. FRONT ENGINE MOUNT REPLACEMENT. AUXILIARY COOLER REPLACEMENT.

DOOR BENT OUT OF ALIGNMENT. TRANSMISSION FAILED. STEERING FAILED.

THE TRANSMISSION SLIPPED INTO LOW GEAR WHILE TRAVELING 70 MILES PER HOUR, WHICH INSTANTLY SLOWED THE VEHICLE DOWN TO 45 MILES PER HOUR. THIS OCCURRED ON A HIGHWAY WHERE THE SPEED LIMIT IS 70 MPH. WE WERE STUCK IN LOW GEAR. AFTER WE STOPPED AND THE VEHICLE SAT A WHILE, IT WOULD GO BACK INTO HIGH GEAR. THIS HAPPENED WHEN WE WERE SEVERAL HUNDRED MILES FROM HOME. WHEN WE RETURNED HOME, WE HAD THE TRANSMISSION REPLACED.

DELAY INTO REVERSE GEAR CAUSED BY TRANSMISSION MALFUNCTINING, REQUIRED REPLACING SEALER,FLUID,FILTER,CV AND REAR BEARING. YH

HILE DRIVNG AT 15 MPH WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING TRANSMISSION LOCKED UP AND BLEW OUT ON THE INSIDE WHILE ENGINE WAS RUNNING, AND CONSUMER COULD SHIFT GEARS. BUT VEHICLE WOULDN'T MOVE. *AK

I HAVE LOST TWO STARTER ENGINES IN 90,000 MILES, WHICH APPEAR TO BE COMPONENT DESIGN FLAWS. THE CHRONIC STALLING PROBLEM SURFACED AT 5,000 MILES, AND THE CHRYSLER TECHNICAL CENTER COULD NOT DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM. STALLING HAS OCCURRED WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE AT <25 MPH (DURING LEFT OR RIGHT HAND TURNS), WHICH I BELIEVE IS A SAFETY HAZARD. SEVERAL TIMES, A DEALER CLEANED THE THROTTLE BODY HOUSING, BUT THE PROBLEM WOULD REOCCUR FREQUENTLY. I NOTICE THAT THERE ARE MORE THAN 10 TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETINS FOR THE IDLE CONTROL MOTOR, THE FUEL PUMP, STALLING IMMEDIATELY AT COLD START, STALLING AFTER THE TRANSMISSION IS PLACED INTO GEAR, ETC. I BELIEVE THAT MY VEHICLE IS A LEMON AND DODGE/CHRYSLER HAS NOT DEALT WITH ME FAIRLY.

NO SUMMARY

TRANSMISSION FAILED CAUSING GEARS TO DOWNSHIFT AND SLIP WITHOUT NOTICE CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL.

TRANSMISSION WOULD DOWN SHIFT TO LOW GEAR UNKNOWINGLY, IT ALSO STAYS IN LOW GEAR AS THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN FROM A STOP TOWARDS HIGHWAY SPEEDS.

WHILE DRIVING DOWN HILL THE VEHICLE WILL GO INTO LOW GEAR, AND STAY EVEN AFTER THE THE DECLINE IS PASSED. DEALER SAYS ITS A BROKEN SNAP RING. *AK

TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE FAILED.

TRANSMISSION OVERHAULED.

THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILED.

WHILE STARTING THE VEHICLE THE REAR WINDOW SHATTERED FOR NO APPARENT REASON. ALSO, HAVING DEFECTIVE TRANSMISSION WHICH BLEW OUT, CAUSING THE VEHICLE STALL OUT WHICH CAN RESULT IN AN ACCIDENT. *AK

TRANSMISSION REPLACED DUE TO LIP SEALS HARDENING AND BURNT CLUTCHES, PREVENTING GEARS FROM SHIFTING OUT OF SECOND.

TRANSMISSION FAILURE; ALSO, REPLACED ENGINE PISTONS AND ABS BRAKES. *AK

CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AND VEHICLE WOULDN'T SHIFT, TOOK TO DEALER AND HE REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION. *AK

WAS DRIVING AND THE TRANSMISSION WOULDN'T SHIFT, TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER AND HE REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION PUMP AND TORQUE CONVERTER . *AK

TRANSMISSION SHIFTS INTO 2ND GEAR WHILE TRAVELING DOWN THE ROAD. *AK

OWNER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING TRANSMISSION, FOR NO REASON AT ALL, DROPPED INTO A LOWER GEAR AUTOMATICALLY, OWNER HAS AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. *AK

WHILE DRIVING TRANSMISSION DISENGAGED, STEPPED ON GAS, NO ACCELERATION, INTERMITTENT PROBLEM, NO WARNING, DEALER REPLACED TRANSMISSION AND TRANSMISSION CONTROL UNIT, PROBLEM REOCCURRED WITHIN 6 WEEKS. *AK

TRANSMISSION FAILURE. *AK

TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT SHIFT ABOVE FIRST GEAR AFTER TRAVELING UP AN INCLINE. *AK CONSUMER STATES THAT AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS TURNED OFF AND LATER TURNED BACK ON, VEHICLE SHIFTED CORRECTLY, DEALER RELACED TRANSMISSION WITH A REMANUFACTURED UNIT. *SLC

REPLACED WORN OUT TRANSMISSION. *AK

PURCHASED TRUCK USED, REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION ON TWO OCCASIONS. PLEASE DESCRIBE . *AK

TRANSMISSION FAILED. *DH

TRANSMISSION SLIPS. *DSH

WHILE DRIVING, AT APPROX. 50MPH, SUDDENLY TRANSMISSION LOCKED UP, AS RESULT OF HOLE BLOWN IN TRANS. CASING, FOLLOWING TRANS. FLUID LOSS, NO PRIOR WARNING. *AK

TRANSMISSION FAILED TWICE. *SD

AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILURE WITHOUT ANY WARNING WHILE DRIVING ON HW. *AK

PURCHASE TRUCK NEW THE TRANSMISION IS SLIPPING, AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION . *AK