1999 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN Suspensionfrontmacpherson Strut Problems
6 NHTSA complaints on file
Suspensionfrontmacpherson Strut Issues in the 1999 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN
6 suspensionfrontmacpherson strut complaints have been filed with NHTSA for the 1999 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. Of these, 0 involved a crash, 0 involved a fire, and 0 resulted in injury.
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All Suspensionfrontmacpherson Strut Complaints
LEFT FRONT STRUT HOUSING RUSTED AND NEED OF REPAIR. DODGE DEALER STATES MY PROBLEM. IS THERE A TSB ON THIS ISSUE? *JB
1999 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN TAKEN TO LOCAL REPAIR SHOP IN MARCH 2007 FOR NORMAL SERVICING , OIL CHANGE/TIRE ROTATION, AND SHOP MANAGER INDICATED THAT THE FRONT STRUTS WERE WORN OUT AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THEY STATED THEY COULD NOT DO THIS SINCE BOTH FRONT STRUT MOUNTS WERE BADLY RUSTED AND WOULD LIKELY BREAK UPON SERVICING. THE REPAIR SHOP WARNED ME TO IMMEDIATELY GET THE STRUT MOUNTS FIXED FOR SAFETY REASONS. I VISITED A LOCAL 5 STAR DODGE DEALER, WHO STATED THAT THIS PROBLEM DOES OCCUR AND IS NOT COVERED UNDER ANY WARRANTY/RECALL. COST TO REPAIR PROBLEM , NO NEW STRUTS WAS $1300. I CALLED A NUMBER OF BODY SHOPS AND FOUND A LOCAL SHOP WHICH HAS BEEN REPAIRING THIS PROBLEM SINCE 2000! THEY SAID THIS PROBLEM WAS COMMON FOR THESE VEHICLES FOR MODEL YEARS 1996-2000 IN THIS PART OF THE COUNTRY. THEY HAD DEVELOPED A SYSTEM TO REPAIR THE...
I HAD MY 1999 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN IN FOR REGULAR SERVICING AND THE MECHANIC NOTED THAT THERE WAS A SERIOUS RUST PROBLEM WITH THE LEFT FRONT STRUT TOWER. THE PERSON FROM THE SHOP WHO CALLED ME SUGGESTED THAT I TAKE IT TO A BODY SHOP TO BE EVALUATED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. I DISCOVERED LATER THAT THE ACTUAL MECHANIC LOOKING AT THE PROBLEM WROTE: "RECOMMEND: GET NEW VEHICLE SOON!"THE NEXT DAY I TOOK IT TO A BODY SHOP AND THEY COULDN'T BELIEVE THAT A 1999 WOULD BE SO BADLY RUSTED AND QUOTED ME AN ESTIMATE OF $1300 TO REPLACE THE STRUT TOWER AND TAKE CARE OF THE RUST THAT HAD BEGUN TO EAT AT THE OTHER SIDE. NCE THEY HAD IT IN THE SHOP AND DISASSEMBLED, THEY CALLED TO SAY IT WOULD TAKE AN ADDITIONAL WEEK OF SERVICE SINCE THE LOCAL DODGE DEALERSHIP HAD ORDERED THE WRONG PART. THEY SAID...
AFTER 2.5 YEARS OF OWNERSHIP, I NOTICED RUST FORMING ON THE STRUT TOWERS. IT WASN'T BAD ENOUGH TO WORRY ABOUT,BUT I KEPT AN EYE ON IT. OVER THE NEXT YEARS IT PROGRESSIVELY GOT WORSE ON BOTH SIDES TO A POINT THAT WE WERE NOT GOING TO KEEP THE CAR MUCH LONGER AT ONLY 70K. I GOT AN OIL CHANGE BEFORE A TRIP SOUTH (7/04)AND THE MECHANIC SAID THIS SHOULD BE THE LAST TRIP FOR THIS CAR. THIS WAS LATER CONFIRMED BY THE DODGE DEALERSHIP AND 2 BODY SHOPS. IF THE STRUTS HAD FAILED AND POPPED THROUGH THE TOWERS, THE DEALER TOLD US THE CAR WOULD "DROP" AND WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO STEER OR STOP. WE HAVE THE CAR IN OUR DRIVEWAY AND ARE FORCED TO INCUR A $2000 REPAIR OR TRADE THE CAR TO A DEALER SINCE WE CANNOT SELL IT TO SOMEONE. *NM
THE LEFT FRONT STRUT TOWER, WHERE THE SUSPENSION WAS BOLTED TO THE VEHICLE, RUSTED OUT. THE STRUT CAN FALL OFF THE VEHICLE AT ANYTIME WITHOUT WARNING. *AK WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS FIRST PURCHASED, THE CONSUMER NOTICED MINOR RUST ON THE STRUT TOWER RIGHT HAND SIDE ONLY. THE CONSUMER SAID THAT THERE WERE OTHERS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. *SCC *JB
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EXCESSIVE WEAR AND TEAR ON THE PADS AT 13,000 MILES. THE SERVICE DEPT FAILED TO INSPECT WHEELS AND BRAKES. THEN AT 28,000 MILES A TOTAL BRAKE FAILURE OCCURRED. ADDITIONALLY, A STRUT IS DEFECTIVE.*AK
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