1998 DODGE CARAVAN Engine And Engine Coolingengine Problems

DEFECTIVE ENGINE INTAKE MANIFOLD BOLT BROKEN INSIDE HOUSING. 1998 DODGE CARAVAN SE, 121000 MILES. *TR

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO THE DEALERSHIP MULTIPLE TIMES, BUT THE DEALERSHIP IS UNABLE TO DETERMINE A PROBLEM.

DT: THE CONSUMER IS HAVING PROBLEMS WITH HIS SERPENTINE BELT. HE STATES THAT THE BELT KEEPS COMING OFF OF THE PULLEYS CAUSING HIS VAN TO OVER HEAT AND LOOSE STEERING. *TT

CONSUMER STATED HALF OF THE ENGINE HAD TO BE REPLACED BECAUSE THE VEHICLE FAILED THE EMISSION TEST. AS A RESULT, OIL BURNED EXCESSIVELY. *AKI

WE SMELLED COOLANT, AND BROUGHT OUR VAN TO A MECHANIC. HE TOLD US WE HAD A BLOWN HEAD GASKET. HE SAID OUR ENGINE WAS FAULTY. WE HAD 48,300 MILES ON THE ENGINE. THE HEAD GASKET WAS REPAIRED, DON'T KNOW IF OUR MECHANIC KEPT THE OLD GASKET. *AK

TRANSMISSION FAILED AT 80,000 MILES. ALSO, ENGINE HEAD GASKET WAS REPLACED TWO MONTHS AGO.*AK

SIX DIFFERENT CASES OF MECHANICAL PROBLEMS THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED. PROBLEMS WITH HEAD GASKET, THE TRANSMISSION TWICE AND THREE TIMES ON THE FLYWHEEL. *LA THE MECHANIC FOUND THAT THE BOLTS ON THE FLYWHEEL AND THE TORQUE CONVERTER WERE LOOSE. *SC THE CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS KNOWN TO HAVE PROBLEMS WITH THE CRANKSHAFT, WHICH CAUSES THE FLYWHEEL TO BREAK OFF, THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD THE CRANKSHAFT WAS OUT OF ROUND, WHICH CAUSED THE PROBLEM. *JB

PURCHASED A USED DODGE CARAVAN ON 8-19-02 WITH 28,000 MILES SHOWING ON THE METER. IT NOW HAS 35,000 MILES ON IT AND THE HEAD GASKET IS LEAKING OIL DOWN THE BACK OF THE ENGINE AND ON TO THE GROUND. DEALER SAYS THEY WILL NOT REPAIR IT UNLESS I PAY FOR IT. SEEMS LIKE A VERY COSTLY REPAIR ON A VAN WITH THIS FEW MILES ON IT. THIS WILL BE THE LAST CHRYSLER PRODUCT I WILL PURCHASE. *LA

WHILE DRIVING AT 45 MPH CRUISE CONTROL SENSOR LIGHT BLINKED, THEN ENGINE STALLED. *AK

WHILE PASSING A TRACTOR TRAILER ON RT 422 WEST OF POTTSTOWN WITHOUT WARNING MY RMP'S SHOT UP AND I LOST POWER. MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. I PULLED OFF THE SHOULDER OF THE HIGHWAY. THE TRANSMISSION WAS SLIPPING AND NOT SHIFTING CORRECTLY. I WAS ABLE TO GET MY CARAVAN TO QUIGLEY MOTORS WHICH IS THE LOCAL DODGE DEALERSHIP. THE DIAGNOSIS WAS 3RD GEAR WAS TOTALLY DESTROYED AND THEY FOUND ALOT OF METAL FRAGMENTS IN THE PAN. IT'S GOING TO COST ME $2500. TO FIX IT. THE CHRYSLER CORPORATION NEEDS TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THERE IS A WELL DOCUMENTED PROBLEM WITH THIS TRANSMISSION AND SHOULD RECTIFY THE SITUATION. IT IS MY FIRST CHRYSLER VEHICLE AND IT WILL PROBABLY WILL BE MY LAST. THE SERVICE THAT I RECEIVED AT QUIGLEY MOTORS WAS HORRENDOUS. MY VAN WAS THERE AN ENTIRE WEEK BEFORE THEY COULD GET IT IN TO GIVE ME A REPAIR ESTIMATE....

ENGINE HEAD GASKET LEAKING COOLANT. *NLM

THE AIR CONDITIONER COMPRESSOR WHICH WAS BROKE AND RUBBED AGAINST THE SERPENTINE BELT CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO CATCH ON FIRE, ALSO THE HEAD GASKETS FAILED. *TS *JB

REAR MAIN SEAL LEAKED, WHICH CAUSED VEHICLE TO USE 3 QUARTS OF OIL PER WEEK. MR...*AK

I PURCHASED MY VEHICLE IN 2000. TWO MONTHS LATER MY TRANSMISSION WENT. 16 MONTHS AFTER THAT MY MOTOR WENT. I HAD TO LET MY VEHICLE SIT FOR NINE MONTHS NOT BEING ABLE TO DRIVE IT AND YET STILL MAKING PAYMENTS ON IT BEFORE I COULD AFFORD TO REPLACE TO THE MOTOR. SO 3 WEEKS AGO I HAD THE MOTOR REPLACED AND NOW MY TRANSMISSION HAS GONE AGAIN. SUPPOSEDLY IT WAS REPLACED WITH A FACTORY REBUILT TRANSMISSION THE FIRST TIME AROUND. THIS SERIOUSLY UPSETS ME THAT THE TRANSMISSION HAS GONE AGAIN. I STILL OWE 2 AND 1/2 YEARS OF PAYMENTS ON THIS VEHICLE AND I AM BACK TO I CANNOT DRIVE IT AGAIN BECAUSE I CANNOT AFFORD TO GET IT FIXED. I WAS TOLD OF SOME FACTORY PROBLEM WITH THE TRANSMISSIONS AND I WONDERED IF THIS COULD BE THE REASON THAT MY VEHICLE IS OUT OF COMMISSION AGAIN. FOR THE AMOUNT...

WHILE TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING. THE SURPENTINE BELT FELL OFF THE MOTOR PLEASE FILL N ADDITIONAL INFORMATION DEALER IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. TS

CONSUMER STATES THAT WHEN VEHICLE IS PARKED OVERNIGHT, THE HEAD GASKET LEAKS FUEL, CONSUMER ALMOST FELL FROM THE FUEL SPILL. DEALER CONTACTED. TS

WHEN SITTING IN PARK OR REVERSE CAN HEAR METAL KNOCKING. WHEN TURNING ON AIR CONDITIONING NOISE IS REALLY LOUD. MECHANIC STATED IT WAS FLYWHEEL THAT CAUSING THE NOISE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

VEHICLE STARTED LEAKING AND BURNING OIL. TOOK TO DEALER AND DEALER INDICATED HEAD GASKETS WERE BLOWN.*AK

ENGINE HEAD GASKET BLEWOUT, CAUSING VEHICLE TO LEAK OIL. *AK CONSUMER STATES THAT THE MANIFOLD WAS CRACKED AND WELDED. *YD

HEAD GASKET LEAKING OIL AT 60K MILES. MANUFACTURER IS AWARE OF PROBLEM HAS SERVICE BULLETIN ON HEAD GASKET LEAKS. OIL LEAK CAUSING POLLUTION, ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE, MAY RESULT IN ENGINE FAILURE OR FIRE. CHRYSLER WILL NOT REPAIR, ESTIMATES MY COST $300 TO FIX. MANUFACTURING DEFECT. NLM

VEHICLE WAS LEAKING OIL. TOOK VEHICLE TO MECHANIC, AND MECHANIC INDICATED EXTERNAL CYLINDER GASKET WAS GONE. DEALER CONTACTED. *AK CONSUMER STATED THAT THE VAN HAD NUMEROUS PROBLEMS, POWER STEERING LOSS, BACK WHEELS ON FIRE, COMPLETE BRAKE FAILURE AND ENGINE WOULD SEIZE AND STOP. *YH

THE ENGINE IS LEAKING OIL FROM THE ENGINE DUE TO A BLOWN HEAD GASKET THE DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM.

HEAD GASKET IS LEAKING OIL FROM ENGINE. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK

VEHICLE EXPERIENCES LOSS OF OIL. VEHICLE TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP DEALER/MANUFACTURER HAVE NOT BEEN NOTIFIED AT THIS TIME. *AK INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP STATED HEAD GASKET SEAL WAS LEAKING OIL SEVERELY. *SLC

WHILE DRIVING CAMSHAFT BEARING BROKE, CAUSING VEHICLE TO COMPLETELY SHUTDOWN, CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

WHILE DRIVING CAMSHAFT BEARING BROKE, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

HEAD GASKET FAILURE. VEHICLE WELL MAINTAINED, RECORDS AVAILABLE. UNACCEPTABLE FOR MAJOR ENGINE FAILURE (HEAD GASKET) AT RELATIVELY LOW MILAGE. CHRYSLER NEEDS TO RECALL AS MY INDEPENDENT MECHANIC REPORTED THAT HE HAS SEEN THIS PROBLEM WITH THIS TYPE OF ENGINE MANY TIMES ALTHOUGH CHRYLSER MAINTAINS THAT THIS IS "NOT A COMMON PROBLEM". *AK

WHILE DRIVING TURNED ON HEATER, BUT THERE WAS NO HEAT. THEN, OPENED FRONT HOOD, AND COOLANT WAS ALL OVER ENGINE. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND THEY SAID THAT HEAD GASKET WAS BLOWN OUT.*AK

I AM HAVING ALOT OF PROBLEMS WITH MY VAN OVER THE PAST YEAR I HAVE PUT OVER 1500 WORTH OF WORK INTO THIS VAN THEY MADE THE ENGINE TOO SMALL FOR THIS SIZE OF A VAN. I CONTINUE TO HAVE PROBLEM WITH THE ENGINE AND NOW THE TRANSMISSION IS ACTING UP. I HAVE ALREADY REPLACED HEAD GASKET ALL THE MOTOR MOUNTS TIMING BELT IT HAS BEEN ONE THING AFTER ANOTHER AND NOW MY ENGINE IS MAKING A RATTLING SOUND EVERYTIME I PUSH THE GAS PETAL I DON'T KNOW WHERE ELSE TO COMPLAIN.

WAS TOLD I NEEDED HEAD GASKET REPLACED DUE TO OIL DRIPPING. NO PRIOR PROBLEMS HAVE HAD REGULAR SERVICE CHECK UP AND OIL CHANGES I HAVE CALLED THE MANUFACTURER AND WAS TOLD THERE WERE NO RECALLS AS A RESULT. I DID FIND ANOTHER COMPLAINT OF SIMILAR SITUATION ON ALLPAR.COM . THIS SEEMS TOO EARLY FOR SUCH A LARGE REPAIR. *AK

CONSUMER HAD SEEN OIL ON GROUND COMING FROM VEHICLE. HAD TAKEN VEHICLE FOR REPAIRS, AND TECHNICIAN SAID THAT OIL WAS COMING AROUND ENGINE. HEAD GASKET WAS REPLACED ONCE. *AK

ENGINE COOLANT LEAK NOTED FROM FRONT OF VEHICLE. DEALER PERFORMED COOLING SYTEM PRESSURE TEST. DIAGNOSED REAR HEAD GASKET AS FAULTY. *AK

WHILE DRIVING DEFECTIVE TIMING BELT AND IDLER ARM BROKE WHICH CAUSE VEHICLE TO STALL UNEXPECTEDLY, ALMOST CAUSING A CRASH. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

DEFECTIVE ENGINE HEAD GASKET CAUSED ENGINE LEAK. *AK

THIS IS THE FOURTH TIME THE SERPENTINE BELT HAS SHREADED APART. THE FIRST TIME WAS AT APPROXIMATELY 20,000 MILES. WHEN THE BELT GOES THERE IS, OF COURSE, NO POWER STEERING (WHICH SERIOUSLY AFFECTS THE HANDLING, NO POWER BRAKES (WHICH AFFECTS THE STOPPING) AND THE WATER PUMP DOS NOT WORK (CAUSING THE VAN TO OVERHEAT RATHER QUICKLY). THE DEALERSHIP IS NOT ABLE TO DETERMINE WHY THIS KEEPS HAPPENING. I AM FROM CANADA SO I WAS UNABLE TO ENTER MY PROVINCE (BRITISH COLUMBIA) AND MY POSTAL CODE (V3G 1L5).*AK

ENGINE HEAD GASKET FAILED, CAUSING MAJOR OIL LEAK. *AK

CYLINDER HEAD GASKET FAILED. YH

TENSIONER FAILED CAUSING THE BELT TO BE THROWN OFF ENGINE PULLEYS. NLM

WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, NO PRIOR WARNING THE VEHICLE SHUT DOWN AS THE CONSUMER WAS COMING OFF THE HIGHWAY AND THE CAMSHAFT WENT OUT. *AK

ENGINE MOUNTS WEAK.

CAMSHAFT SENSOR FAILED CAUSING VEHICLE TO STALL.

ROCKER ARM GASKET FAILURE