1994 DODGE CARAVAN Equipmentapplianceair Conditioner Problems

AIR CONDITIONER EVAPORATOR IS NOT WORKING, IT DOES NOT ALLOW AIR CONDITIONER TO WORK. CONSUMER HAS REPLACED THE PART BEFORE, BUT IT DID NOT WORK. CONTACTED DEALER. *AK

AIR CONDITIONER SYSTEM EVAPRATING COIL FAILED WICH COULD BE HARMFULL TO FAMILY. *AK

AIR CONDITIONER EVAPORATOR FAILED. NLM

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

COOLANT LEAKS FROM AIR CONDITIONER CONDENSOR. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

THIS AUTOMOBILE HAS HAD 3 NEW TRANSMISSIONS, 3 NEW AIRCONDITIONERS,, A NEW STARTER, 3 OR 4 RECALLS FOR DIFFERENT THINGS AND NOW AN OIL LEAK THAT HAS TO BE REPAIRED. *AK

TRANSMISSION IS LEAKING FLUID SINCE PURCHASE FROM AXLE SEAL TRANSFER CASE. FRONT RIGHT STRUT ASSEMBLY MAKES EXSTREME NOISES OVER BUMPS AND SHARP CURVES. ENGINE HAS DEVELOPED A LEAK. LEFT DRIVER SIDE DOOR CAN NOT BE OPENED WITH KEY. SUSPECT FLOOD DAMAGE DUE TO A REOCCURRING ODOR FROM HEATER VENTS. WE HAVE CONTACTED DEALER MORE THAN THREE TIMES AND WERE GIVEN A "DODGE" ! DEALER HAS CHANGED THE BUISNESS NAME AND STATES HAS NO LONGER AN OBLIGATION TO HONOR THESE PROBLEMS WHICH WE ENCOUNTERED UNDER WARRANTY! ALSO, AIR CONDITION UNIT HAS BEEN LEAKING AND WAS SERVICED UNDER WARRENTY AND REMAINS A PROBLEM. THERE ARE SEVERAL OTHER ITEMS TOO LONG TO LIST. THE BOTTOM LINE IS THAT THIS VEHICLE IS FAILING RAPIDLY MECHANICALLY! I FEEL STRONGLY THAT I HAVE BEEN "RIPPED OFF!" BY THIS DEALER AND AM IN NEED OF SOME SORT OF SOLUTION!. *AK

A/C EVAPORATOR FAILED AFTER ONLY 2.5 YEARS, $800 TO REPAIR, CHRYSLER AGREED TO PAY HALF, MANY OTHER COMPLAINTS. IN MY OPINION, IT IS A DESIGN DEFECT. *AK

SEVERAL TIMES I REPORTED THE PROBLEM TO ARRIGO BUT THEY COULD NEVER FIND A PROBLEM. THEN THE AIR CONDITIONING WENT OUT AND THEY SAID TOO BAD, NOT THERE PROBLEM. I HAVE RECORDS OF EVERY TIME I WAS THERE FOR SERVICE TELLING THEM THAT THE SQUEALING NOISE SOUNDED LIKE A COMPRESSOR LEAK. I'M JUST VERY DISAPPOINTED THAT THEY DO NOT CARE ABOUT THEIR CUSTOMERS ONCE THE VEHICLE IS PURCHASED.

NO SUMMARY

8/98-A/C FAILS-EVAPORATOR COIL LEAK BLAMED-RECHARGED-8/99 FAILED AGAIN

THIS IS THE SECOND TRANSMISSION FAILURE IN THIS VEHICAL. BOTH HAVE OCCURED AT ABOUT 70,000 MILES. THIS IS A FAMOUS PROBLEM NOW WITH THESE VEHICALS. COUNTLESS MECHANICS HAVE TOLD ME THAT THESE TRANSMISSIONS "GO" AT ABOUT 70,000 MILES. THE WEB HAS PAGES DEDICATED TO THE FACT THAT THESE TRANSMISSIONS FAIL. THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD MAKE A CONCENTRATED EFFORT TO INVESTIGATE THIS ISSUE BEFORE THERE ARE MORE ACCIDENTS THAT PUT OUR TAXPAYING LIVES AT RISK. YOU SHOULD LOOK UP PAGES ON THE INTERNET THAT WILL DEMONSTRATE A CONSISTANT PATTERN OF TRANSMISSION FAILURE AT OR NEAR 70,000 MILES. ALSO AN INVESTIGATION SHOULD LOOK AT THE RACK AND PINION STEERING PROBLEMS FOR WHICH THERE IS AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT SET OF WEB PAGES DEDICATED TO THESE PROBLEMS. THE BOTTOM LINE IS THAT THESE ENGINEERING PROBLEMS ARE COSTING OWNERS OF THESE CARS ENOURMOOS AMOUNTS OF MONEY AND SEVERELY JEOPRODIZING PEOPLES' SAFTEY!! THERE MUST BE SOME RECOURSE...

I HAVE HAD 4 TRANSMISSIONS REPLACED BY A RI DEALERSHIP, BECAUSE THE DEALERSHIP IN MASSACHUSETTS WHERE THIS VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED WENT OUT OF BUSINESS. THE LATEST TRANSMISSION WAS PUT IN ON JUNE 11TH 1999. THE TRANSMISSION PREVIOUS TO THAT WAS PUT IN IN APRIL 1999. AT THE TIME THE TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED IN APRIL, I PICKED UP THE VEHICLE AT THE DEALERSHIP AFTER HOURS AND WHEN I STARTED THE VEHICLE I IMMEDIATELY KNEW THAT A BAD TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED BY ANTOTHER BAD TRANSMISSION! I HAVE MADE NUMEROUS CALLS TO THE 800 TELEPHONE # IN MY OWNERS MANUAL AND HAVE HAD MANY DIFFERANT COMPLAINT CASE NUMBERS ASSIGNED. I HAVE SENT AN E-MAIL MESSAGE TO THE DISTRICT MANAGER FOR THIS AREA FOR CHRYSLER AND HAVE MADE MORE THAN 2 DOZEN REQUESTS AND DEMANDS THAT SHE CONTACT ME REGARDING THIS LEMON THAT I SPENT $17,000. ON! I HAVE NOT HAD ANY LUCK. THE...

AIR CONDITIONER EVAPORATOR STICKING CAUSING FLUID LEAKAGE. MJS

I HAVE TALKED TO HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE WITH THE SAME PROBLEM ON THE SAME MAKE AND MODEL VEHICLE.

IT JERKS SEVERLY WHEN GOING INTO GEARS WHEN SHIFTING SOMETIMES DOES NOT SHIFT INTO FIRST TILL AFTER 50MPH, WHEN YOU STOP HAS POOR TAKE OFF SEEMS TO NOT WANT TO MOVE, PREVIOUS OWNER HAD PUMP IN TRANSMISSION AND OTHER COMPONENTS CHANGE A YEAR BEFORE WE PURCHASED IT IN 1997 AND NOW WE ALSO HAVE BEEN TOLD THIS NEEDS TO BE REPLACED AGAIN, ALSO WHEN PUTTING INTO REVERSE DOES NOT WANT TO ENGAGE AT FIRST OR WHEN IT DOES CLUNKS BADLY AND WE HAVE HAD THE MOTOR MOUNTS CHECKED AND THEY ARE FINE

AIR CONDITIONER FAILED,VAN WAS BROUGHT INTO DEALER AND I WAS TOLD IT WAS GOING TO BE ABOUT 1000 DOLLARS TO REPAIR.THE VEHICLE WAS JUST OUT OF WARRANTY AND I DID NOT HAVE THE MONEY TO GET THE COMPONENTS REPAIRED,I WAS TOLD THAT THE EVAPORATOR WAS CLOGGED AND THAT THE CONDENSOR HAD TO BE REPLACED BECAUSE THE FREON HAD LEAKED OUT.AFTER GETTING BACK THE CAR FROM THE DEALER THE COMPRESSOR LOCKED UP FROM LACK OF LUBRICATION FROM THE OIL THAT IS IN THE FREON. NOW MY LATEST ESTIMATE TO REPAIR THE AIR CONDITIONER IS 2500 DOLLARS. I FEEL THAT THERE SHOULD HAVE BEEN NO REASON FOR THIS PROBLEM TO OCCUR.THE VAN HAS BEEN TO THE DEALER FOR EVERY SERVICE IMAGINABLE AND NEVER ONCE WAS I TOLD THAT THE AIR CONDITIONER NEEDED ANY KIND OF MAINTENANCE.NOT EVEN IN THE OWNERS MANUAL IS THERE ANY MENTION OF AIR CONDITIONER MAINTENANCE.

AIR CONDITIONER FAILS TO BLOW COOL AIR AFTER A COLLISION DAMAGING THE UNIT.

AIR CONDITIONER FAILED DUE TO LEAKING EVAPORATOR.

AIR CONDITIONER COMPRESSOR FAILED.

EVAPORATOR MALFUNCTION.

WHILE TURNING THE AIR CONDITIONER ON THERE WAS NO INDICATONS OF WORKING. *AK

WHENEVER 134A IS USED IN AIR CONDITIONER, IT WOULD EAT/LEAK THROUGH IT, CAUSING IT NOT TO WORK PROPERLY. HAD AIR CONDITIONER REPLACED 3 TIMES BECAUSE OF 134A. TALKED TO MANUFACTURER & INFORMED FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR USE OF 134A IN VEHICLES. *AK

A HOLE IN THE EVAPORATOR CAUSED AIR CONDITIONING TO FAIL.

WHILE DRIVING AT APPROX. 25MPH STOPPED FOR STOP SIGN AND EXPERIENCED ENGINE SHUT DOWN, NO WARNING, DUE TO THROTTLE BODY CONTAMINATION; ALSO REPLACED SERPENTINE BELT AND A/C BELTS. *AK

A/C SEAL BROKE, CAUSING FREON TO LEAK.

THE AIR CONDITIONER HOSE WHEN OUT . TT

BECAUSE OF THE AIR CONDITIONER VEHICLE HAS DEVELOPED MOLD, ODORS AND FUMES THAT HAS MADE PASSENGERS SICK. TT