1998 DODGE CARAVAN Power Trainautomatic Transmission Problems

I FOUND OUT THAT THE 1998 DODGE CARAVAN THAT I PURCHASED HAS TWO DESIGN FLAWS. ONE IS THAT THE VEHICLE DOES NOT HAVE BRAKE-SHIFT INTERLOCK. THE OTHER IS THAT THE VEHICLE IS EQUIPPED WITH CHRYSLER GEN3 SEAT BELTS THAT, IN SOME VEHICLES, HAVE UNLATCHED WHILE PEOPLE WERE DRIVING. I BELIEVE THAT THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD ORDER A RECALL OF THE 1998 CARAVAN FOR BOTH OF THESE IMPORTANT SAFETY ISSUES. *TR

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 40MPH, THE TRANSMISSION BEGAN LEAKING FLUID. THE DEALER DETERMINED THE TRANSMISSION FAILED DUE TO A PIN LOST INSIDE THE TRANSMISSION. THE DEALER RECOMMENDED REPLACING THE TRANSMISSION.

DT: CONTACT STATES THERE IS A PIN LOCATED IN THE HUB THAT SEPARATES THE DRIVESHAFT FROM THE AXLE. THIS PIN CAUSED THE HUB TO BUST THE CASING ON THE TRANSMISSION. *AK THE CONSUME BELIEVES THE SMALL PIN IS NOT LARGE/STRONG ENOUGH FOR ALL THE PRESSURE. *NM

WHILE DRIVING AT LOW SPEEDS TRANSMISSION FAILED. THIS CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO STALL. CONSUMER HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED. THEN, DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK. TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED TWICE, BUT PROBLEM RECURRED.*AK

WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH VEHICLE STALLED. CONSUMER WAS NOT ABLE TO RESTART VEHICLE. HAD IT TOWED TO A GARAGE FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK

I STARTED OUT IN THE MORNING TO TAKE MY SON TO SCHOOL, AND WE HAD TO MAKE A STOP AT THE GROCERY STORE. WHEN I GOT TO THE STOP SIGN TO TURN INTO THE GROCERY STORE I HEARD THIS CLANKING SOUND. THE CAR HAD STOPPED AND WOULD NOT MOVE. I HAD MY CAR TOWED TO A REPAIR SHOP, AND THEY SAID MY TRANSMISSION BROKE INTO PIECES AND FELL OUT FROM UNDER THE VAN. HE COULD NOT UNDERSTAND WHY THIS HAPPENED BEING THAT I ONLY HAD 67,000 MILES ON THE VAN. HE COULD NOT FIX IT SO I HAD TO GET A NEW ONE FROM THE MANUFACTURER. THE WHOLE PROCESS COST ME $2400.00 (OUTRAGEOUS). BEFORE THIS INCIDENT HAPPENED THERE WAS LEAKING COMING FROM UNDER THE VAN. WITH ALL THE COMPLAINTS AND PROBLEMS WITH THE TRANSMISSION I CANNOT BELIEVE DODGE/CHRYSLER HAS NOT DONE SOMETHING ABOUT THIS. THEY SHOULD BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE.*AK

I HAVE A 1998 DODGE CARAVAN WITH ONLY 66,332 MILES THE PROBLEM'S THAT HAVE COME UP IS FIRST THE TRANSMISSION HAD A INTERNAL PIN BUST WHICH CAUSED SEVERAL PARTS TO COME APART. THIS CAUSED THE TRANSMISSIONTO BREAK, IT HAD TO BE REBUILT ON 2-17-04 WITH 61995 MILES AT THE COST OF $1685.25. THE SECOND PROBLEM IS THE AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM HAD A FAILURE WITH THE EVAPORATOR WHICH SEEMS TO BE VERY COMON ACCORDING TO SEVERAL SERVICE CENTERS THAT I HAVE CONTACTED OUTSIDE THE CHRYSLER COMPANY. WHICH SPITZER DODGE WANTED TO CHARGE $1100.00 TO REPAIR. I KNOW THE VEHICAL IS 6 YEARS OLD BUT WITH THE LOW MILAGE I THINK THIS IS A LITTLE UNCALLED FOR AND THOUGH IT SHOULD BE REPORTED.*AK

WHEN PUTTING THE CAR IN REVERSE TO LEAVE FOR WORK, I HEARD A GRINDING NOISE. AS I LET THE VAN RUN, THE NOISE SLOWLY STOPPED BUT THE VAN WOULDN'T MOVE. I TALKED TO SEVERAL PEOPLE WITH CARAVANS TO SEE IF THIS WAS COMMON. AND TO MY SURPRISE, EVERYONE SAID THEY HAD TO REPLACE/OVERHAUL THEIR TRANSMISSION. I WAS INFORMED TO LOOK AT THIS SITE TO SEE IF ANY COMPLAINTS MATCHED MINE AND THERE WAS AT LEAST TEN WHEN I STOPPED COUNTING. I NOTIFIED DODGE AND THEY WERE OF LITTLE HELP BECAUSE THEY SAID MY VEHICLE HAD 77,000 MILES.

ON AUGUST, 1, 1998, ALLEN AND ANNE MAZEROLLE PURCHASED A NEW 1998 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN SE MANUFACTURED BY CHRYSLER FROM LEE DODGE IN WESTBROOK, MAINE. AT THE TIME OF THEIR PURCHASE, NEITHER THE DEALER NOR CHRYSLER PROVIDED ANY DISCLOSURE TO THE MAZEROLLES CONCERNING THE DIFFERENTIAL TRANSMISSION DEFECT. IN 2001, ANNE MAZEROLLE WAS OPERATING THE CHRYSLER MINIVAN WITH HER CHILDREN IN THE VEHICLE. WITHOUT ANY ADVANCE WARNING, A THUNDEROUS NOISE OCCURRED AND THE VEHICLE SEIZED AND THE WHEELS LOCKED IN TRAFFIC. MRS. MAZEROLLE TELEPHONED CHRYSLERS AUTHORIZED DEALER, LEE DODGE, FROM THE HIGHWAY SEEKING ASSISTANCE. MRS. MAZEROLLE WAS INFORMED THAT, WHILE IT WAS WITHIN THREE YEARS OF THE VEHICLES PURCHASE, THE MILEAGE EXCEEDED THE 36,000 MILE LIMITATION AND THE MAZEROLLES WERE OUT OF LUCK AS TO ANY WARRANTY COVERAGE. THE MAZEROLLES THEN INQUIRED AS TO WHETHER THERE WAS ANY RECALL OR PROBLEMS CONCERNING THE CHRYSLER TRANSMISSION. THEY WERE INFORMED BY THE CHRYSLER...

TRANSMISSION FAILURE AT 115,000 MILES. *NM

I OWN A 1998 V6 DODGE CARAVAN. MY WIFE WAS TRAVELING ON THE INTERSTATE AND THE TRANSMISSION LITERALLY BLEW APART. IT WAS NOT MERELY A TRANSMISSION FAILURE, BUT THE TRANSMISSION CASE WAS DESTROYED ALONG WITH THE TRANSMISSION. I HAVE CHECKED THE TRANSMISSION MONTHLY SINCE I PURCHASED THE VAN IN 1999, AND I HAVE PROPERLY MAINTAINED AND CHANGED THE FLUID. THE DAMAGE TO MY VEHICLE WAS $2,511.00.*AK

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

CONSUMER NOTICED GRINDING SOUND IN FRONT END. REPLACED BRAKE PADS, NOISE STILL EXIST. SERVICE MANAGER FOUND THAT NOISE WAS COMING FROM VEHICLE'S TRANSMISSION, AND WAS REPLACED BECAUSE INSPECTION REVEALED THAT NUMEROUS PARTS HAD BEEN DAMAGED. *LA *MR

EMERGENCY BRAKES INOPERABLE, AIRBAG LIGHT TURNS ON, HORN DOES NOT WORK, HARD TIME REMOVING KEY FROM IGNITION AND I CAN GO FROM "P" TO "R" OR "D" WITHOUT PRESSING ON THE BRAKES (EVEN IF THERE IS NO KEY IN THE IGNITION). *JB

DEALER REPLACED THREE TIMES THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION IN THE LAST PAST TWO YEARS AT OWNER'S EXPENSE. *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

WHILE DRIVING AT 15 MPH AND TURNING TO THE LEFT, THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK THE CONSUMER WANTED TO KNOW WHAT THE CRITERIA WAS FOR ISSUING A RECALL. *SCC *JB

1998 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN SE ID#1B4GP44GOWB500517 WITH UNDER 100,000 MILES ENDED THE LIFE OF THE TRANSMISSION WITH A LOUD METALIC CLUNK.*AK

VEHICLE FIRE CAUSED FROM DEFECTIVE TRANSMISSION SYSTEM. *MR (UNDER SIZED TRANSMISSIONS, INADEQUATE SIZED COOLING LINES AND INTERNAL PARTS) THE TRANSMISSIONS DID NOT LAST OVER AND AVERAGE OF 25K MILES AND HAD TO BE REPLACED MORE THAN ONCE AT TIMES. WHILE DRIVING, THE DASH SHOWED EVERYTHING BEING, NORMAL, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY STARTED TO SMOKE. THE TRANSMISSION WAS NOT RESPONSIVE. THE TRANSMISSION DRIPPED BALLS OF FLAMES. *SCC *JB

TRANSMISSION FAILED AT 63,000 ON THE HIGHWAY, ON A COLD DAY, 90 MILES FROM HOME WHEN I HAD MY CHILDREN, AGES 2 AND 5 IN THE VAN. THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE A FAMILY VEHICLE! IT SHOULD BE RELIABLE AND SAFE. I'VE ALWAYS HAD TOYOTAS AND HONDAS AND PUT 200,000 MILES ON THEM WITH NO TRANSMISSION FAILURE. THE PUBLIC IS BEING DUMPED BY DAIMLER CHRYSLER INTO THINKING THAT REPLACING TRANSMISSIONS IS A NORMAL PART OF VEHICLE OWNERSHIP. I JUST HAD TO SPEND $2800 TO FIX A VEHICLE THAT IS WORTH ABOUT $7000. I'VE RECENTLY LEARNED THAT MANY, MANY PEOPLE HAVE HAD THIS SAME PROBLEM AND THAT CARAVANS ARE NOTORIOUS FOR BAD TRANSMISSIONS AND MOTOR FAILURE IN UNDER 100,000 MILES. IF THEY ARE GOING TO MARKET FAMILY VEHICLES THEY SHOULD BE SAFE AND RELIABLE! *LA

TOTAL TRANSMISSION FAILURE. WE DROVE TO NJ FROM OUR HOUSE, NO PROBLEMS, NOISES OR WARNINGS PARKED THE CAR AND 1/2 HOUR LATER GO IN THE CAR AND CAR WOULD NOT MOVE EITHER BACK OR FORTH. HAD CAR TOWED TO MECHANIC AND NEXT DAY HE TOLD ME I NEEDED A NEW TRANSMISSION, I WAS SHOCKED, SO DECIDE TO GET A 2ND OPINION, TOOK CAR TO AMACO , THEY DIAGNOSED ALSO THAT A NEEDED NEW TRANSMISSION OR REBUILD TRANSMISSION. I WAS GOING AWAY ON VACATION ON FRIDAY , SO HAD NO OPTIONS BUT FIX TRANSMISSION WHICH COST ME $2,021.25. I WAS GLAD IT DIDNT BRAKE WHILE WE WERE DRIVING IN THE HIGHWAY AND NO ONE GOT HURT. I ASKED THE PEOPLE AT AMACO , WHAT MADE THE TRANSMISSION JUST DIE, AT 81,525 MILES AND THEY TOLD ME IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEMS WITH THIS PARTICULAR CAR, SO I DECIDE TO RESEARCH AND...

PROBLEMS WITH FUEL RAIL ON 1998 DODGE CARAVAN. *MR THE CONSUMER HAD TAKEN THE VEHICLE IN FOR A RECALL REPAIR FOR THE FUEL LINE IN WHICH THE DODGE DEALER REPAIRED IT, BUT THERE WAS A CONTINUED LEAK THAT HAD COME FROM THE ENGINE. THE CONSUMER THEN TOOK THE VEHICLE TO GOOD YEAR WHO REPLACED THE FAULTY LINE TO STOP THE LEAK, AND ALL THE DEALER DID WAS PLACE A STRONGER CLAMP AROUND THE LEAKING LINE. THE CONSUMER WAS DENIED A REFUND, BECAUSE AN AUTHORIZED DEALER DID NOT PERFORM THE WORK. RECALL#00V268000 *SCC. THE CONSUMER ALSO STATED THE TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE REPLACED. *JB

TRANSMISSION FAILURE AT 60,400 MILES THAT RESULTED IN HAVING TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION. *AK

I HAVE A 1998 DODGE CARAVAN WITH A TRANSMISSION PROBLEM AT 65,000 MILES WITH A COST OF REPAIR AT $2140.00, THE DEALER TELLING ME I HAVE A 15% OFF TOTAL COST TO FIX. AN ACTUAL REPLACEMENT IS A $2600.00, A REBUILT AT THE COST OF 2,140.00. A COMPLAINT HAS BEEN MADE WITH CHRYSLER, WITH NO RESPONSE FROM THEM AS YET. THE DEALER SAID THE WOULD CONTACT THE ZONE MGR, BUT NOT AVAILABLE FOR ME FOR AT LEAST A WEEK. WHEN I ASKED WHY THIS WOULD HAPPEN, THE DEALER DID REPLY, WELL, THE VAN IS 5 YEARS OLD. MEANING? A DISPOSABLE VAN AT 5 YEARS OR 50,000 WHICH EVER COMES FIRST. RIDICULOUS! *AK

I HAVE A 1998 DODGE CARAVAN SPORT WITH 57000 MILES. TODAY 7/2/03 THE TRANSMISSION FAILED, IT APPEARS THAT THE CASTING CRACKED DUE TO AN INTERNAL FAILURE. I KNOW OF TWO OTHER OWNERS OF THE SAME YEAR VAN THAT HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. I CONTACTED THE CHRYSLER DISTRICT OFFICE AND WAS TOLD I WAS OUT OF LUCK.. *AK

1998 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN SPORT (68,000 MILES) DRIVEN ON DRY PAVEMENT ON A CLEAR DAY AT SPEED LIMIT OR BELOW (45MPH ZONE) THREW DIFFERENTIAL PIN THROUGH TRANSMISSION HOUSING, DESTROYING TRANSMISSION. VEHICLE WAS TRANSPORTED TO DEALER AND ASSESSED. REPAIR COST (NEW TRANSMISSION) STATED TO BE $3,445. THIS VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED NEW FROM HERB GORDON DODGE OF SILVER SPRING, MD. RESEARCH INDICATES THAT THIS IS A RECURRING PROBLEM WITH THIS MAKE AND MODEL OF CHRYSLER PRODUCED VEHICLE. *AK

THE AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED, WHICH CAUSED THE HORN AND CRUISE CONTROL TO BE INOPERATIVE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO STATED THE DRIVERS SIDE FRONTAL AIR BAG HAD TO BE REPAIRED. *NLM. ALSO THE TRANSMISSION DOWN SHIFTED HARD *TS *JB

BOUGHT USED 1998 DODGE CARAVAN IN JUNE 2002 WITH 42K MILES. HEARD NOISE IN ENGINE IN OCTOBER 2002 AND TOOK TO INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. SAID TRANSMISSION WAS BAD. TRANSMISSION WENT OUT WHILE TRAVELING TO WORK IN APRIL 2003. ONLY HAS 59,500 MILES ON IT. *NLM

WE BOUGHT THE DODGE CARAVAN SE IN 1998. LAST YEAR, WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS AROUND 30,000 MILES, THE CAR WAS STARTING TO HAVE PROBLEM ON SHIFTING. IT SOMETIMES LOCKED ON THE 2ND GEAR AND WOULDN''T GO FASTER. AFTER WE TURNED OFF THE ENGINE AND RESTARTED, IT WAS ALL OK AGAIN. ON FEB 21ST, 2003 WHILE WE WERE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY, THE TRANSMISSION GAVE UP AND BROKE. THE WHOLE FAMILY WAS STRANDED, AS THE VEHICLE WOULDN''T MOVE AT ALL. THE VEHICLE HAD ONLY 42,000 MILES ON IT AND ONLY 6000 MILES AFTER THE WARRANTY EXPIRED. I THEREFORE CONTACTED THE CHRYSLER SUPPORT. THEY REPLIED PLAINLY THAT IT IS MY RESPONSIBILITY BECAUSE IT HAS PASSED THE WARRANTY. I THEN PURCHASED A REMANUFACTURED TRANSMISSION FROM PHOENIX REMANUFACTURED TRANSMISSION IN ARIZONA AND HAD KUAN''S AUTO REPAIR, AN ASE CERTIFIED REPAIR SHOP IN ST. PAUL, FIX IT. I WENT ON AND CONDUCT AN EXTENDED RESEARCH...

A HUMMING NOISE COULD BE HEARD FROM THE TRANSMISSION. THE TRANSMISSION ALSO STARTED TO SLIP AND THE VEHICLE WOULD JERK FORWARD WHEN THE GEARS WERE CHANGED. *NLM

1998 DODGE CARAVAN: (1.)TWICE IN THE PAST TWO YEARS "FLEX PLATE" BETWEEN THE ENGINE AND TRANSMISSION HAS FAILED BREAKING IN THE CENTER IMITATING THE SOUND OF A FAILING MAIN BEARING. UNDER 100,000 MILES. (2.) TRANSMISSION FAILED 100,000 MI., (3.)WIRING HARNESS CAUGHT FIRE WHILE ENGINE RUNNING - DESTROYED HARNESS. (SPARKS SHOOTING OUT FROM BENEATH VEHICLE - FIRE EXTINGUISHED BEFORE MAJOR DAMAGE @ 110,000 MILES. ,000 MI. ( 4.) HEADLIGHT LENS PLASTIC TURNED MILKY AND INHIBITS PROPER LIGHT PROJECTION - DIFFICULT TO SEE WELL AT NIGHT EVEN WHEN LIGHTS ARE ON BRIGHT. *NLM

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...

PRIOR TO RECALL THE CLOCKSPRING WAS REPLACED, HOWEVER DEALER REFUSED TO REFUND CONSUMER, ALSO THE TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED.*JB

AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILURE. EXTENT OF REBUILD/REPAIRS BEING ASSESSED BY BENCHMARK TRANSMISSION, WILMINGTON DE. PROBABLE FAILURE OF SHIFT GOVERNOR DUE TO INTERNAL FAILURE OF PART/PARTS WAS PRELIMINARY DIAGNOSIS OF BRANDYWINE CHRYSLER, WILMINGTON DE AND BENCHMARK TRANSMISSION, WILMINGTON DE. PRELIMINARY ESTIMATE OF REBUILD IS $1400, BUT DEPENDENT ON EXTENT OF INTERNAL DAMAGE. BENCHMARK REPORTED NO ELECTRONIC FAILURE OR CAUSE. MILEAGE IS 56,111. VEHICLE PURCHASED NEW IN JULY 1998 AND STILL OWNED BY ORIGINAL OWNER.

WHILE APPLYING THE GEAR THE TRANSMISSION WILL SLIP AND WILL NOT MOVE. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION DEALER IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. TS

THE TRANSMISSION CAN BE SHIFTED FROM PARK TO DRIVE WITHOUT HAVING FOOT ON BRAKE. ALSO, WHEN SHIFTING INTO DRIVE, INDICATOR NOT REALLY LOCKED IN DRIVE POSITION EVEN IF SHOWN IN DRIVE. THE MECHANIC HAS TO REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION (TWICE) BECAUSE OF DAMAGE DONE WHILE TRYING TO SHIFT PROPERLY. TS

WHILE DRIVING THE CONSUMER HEARD A KNOCKING NOISE AND THE VEHICLE STARTED JERKING THEN STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE PLANETARY GEARS FAILED. *TS *NLM

CONSUMER STATED THE TRANSMISSION FAILED, THE MANUFACTURER OFFERED TO REIMBURSE CONSUMER 50% OF THE COST OF THE REPAIR. TS *JB

ON GOING PROBLEM WITH DODGE/CHRYSLER TRANSMISSION. MINE FAILED AT 17,200 MILES AND I BELIEVE CHRYSLER SHOULD PAY FOR THE REPAIRS. DT

06/00 FRONT CARRIER CAME APART, 07/01 TRANSMISSION STOPPED WORKING, DEALER UNABLE TO REPLICATE PROBLEMS, 05/02 COMPLETE FAILURE OF PLANETARY GEAR MECHANSIM. *AK

WHILE DRIVING, TRANSMISSION WENT OUT, CAUSING VEHICLE TO STALL.*AK *SLC

VEHICLE HESITATES AND JERKS BEFORE GOING INTO GEAR. DEALER HAS INSPECTED VEHICLE AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT TRANSMISSION NEEDS TO BE OVERHAULED. *AK PRIOR TO TAKING THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, IT WOULD NOT SHIFT INTO GEAR. THEN IT WOULD JERK INTO GEAR. THE ENGINE LIGHT NEVER ILLUMINATED. THERE HAS NEVER BEEN ANY INDICATION OF A TRANSMISSION PROBLEM UNTIL TWO WEEKS BEFORE TAKING TO THE DEALER. THE RUBBER SEALS IN THE TRANSMISSION GOT HARD AND NEEDED REPLACING. *JG

WHILE DRIVING 45MPH DRIVER HEARD A LOUD BOOM JUST BEFORE STALLING OUT. DRIVER HAD DIFFICULT TIME STEERING VEHICLE TO THE SIDE OF ROAD. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO MECHANIC. MECHANIC SAID A PIN BROKE INSIDE OF TRANSMISSION, CAUSING IT TO FAIL. OTHER DEALERS STATED THERE WAS NO PROBLEM REGARDING TRANSMISSION.*AK *YH

VEHICLE WOULD NOT ENGAGE INTO THIRD GEAR. AFTER VEHICLE WARMS UP IT WILL NOT SHIFT IN AND OUT OF GEAR, STAYS IN SAME GEAR.*AK

FAILED TRANSMISSION - AFTER TO TALKING TO SEVERAL DODGE OWNERS IT IS QUITE APPARENT THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THEIR TRANSMISSIONS. OUR FAMILY VEHICLE NORMALLY CARRIES PRECIOUS CARGO OF THREE SMALL CHILDREN. HAVING A VEHICLE WITH A POOR TRANSMISSION AND A COMPANY THAT DOES NOT BELIEVE IN STANDING BEHIND THERE PRODUCT COULD BE VERY LIFE THREATENING TO OUR FAMILY AS WELL AS OTHERS. IT IS AT POTENTIAL RISK OF CAUSING A SERIOUS ACCIDENT IF IT FAILS AT THE WRONG TIME. PRIOR TO THE 1998 PRODUCTS AND CURRENTLY DODGE STANDS BEHIND THEIR DRIVE TRAIN BUT FOR MANY YEARS THAT STOPPED. WHICH MAKES ME WONDER DID THEY HAVE A TEMPORARY PROBLEM WITH THE TRANSMISSIONS IN THEIR VEHICLES WHICH MADE THEM TEMPORARILY DISCONTINUE WARRANTING THEM FOR 100,000 MILES. AS FOR THE CAR SEATS I HAVE CONTACTED DODGE AS WELL AS THE NHTSA ABOUT THE DEFECT IN THE CHEST CLIP. THE CHEST CLIP...

AFTER SHIFTING VEHICLE INTO GEAR TO DRIVE VEHICLE WOULD NOT MOVE. DEALER SERVICE TECHNICIAN NOTICED METAL INSIDE TRANSMISSION BROKE. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

MAIN TRANSAXLE SHAFT WENT THROUGH BODY OF TRANSMISSION AND IT WOULD NOT CHANGE GEARS. DEALER CONTACTED. PLEASE ADD VIN. *AK

AS A CONCERNED CITIZEN, WHO HANDLES THE FLEET FOR A STATE AGENCY, I UNHAPPY THAT NOTHING HAS BEEN PUBLISHED FROM THE MANUFACTURED AS RECALLS TO FIX THE PROBLEMS WHICH SEEMS TO HAPPEN AROUND 35,000 MILES OR IF THE VEHICLE HAPPENS TO BE PARKED FOR ANYTIME OVER TWO WEEKS. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS VEHICLE BEGAN TO STALL. DEALER WAS CONTACTED, INFORMED CONSUMER THAT TRANSMISSION FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

TRANSMISSION FAILED WHILE MY WIFE WAS DRIVING HOME FROM MY DAUGHTERS HOME WHICH IS ABOUT 3 MILES DISTANCE. ON THE WAY HOME THER IS A ONE MILE STRETCH THAT HAS A 50 MILE SPEED LIMIT. MY WIFE SAID THAT THE VAN NEVER GOT OUT OF LOW GEAR ON THAT STRETCH. WHEN SHE GOT HOME ,I IMMEDIATELY WENT AND TOOK THE VAN FOR A TEST DRIVE, AND FOUND THAT WHAT SHE HAD TOLD ME WAS IN FACT CORRECT. THE VAN DOES NOT WANT TO KICK INTO HIGH GEAR .SHE DROVE IT HOME IN 2ND GEAR.*AK