2002 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN Unknown Or Other Problems

REAL AXLE RUSTED OUT ON RIGHT SIDE CAUSING THE WHEEL BRAKE LOOSE IN MY DRIVEWAY AS I PULLED IN AFTER GOING OVER A BUMP IN MY DRIVEWAY AS I CAME TO A STOP I HAD IT REPAIRED AT A COST NEAR $800 I CAN NOT ACCESS RECORDS AT THIS BUT COULD IF NECESSARY

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. WHILE DRIVING IN RAIN OR SNOW BETWEEN APPROXIMATELY 20 TO 70 MILES PER HOUR, THE SERPENTINE BELT SLIPPED OFF THE PULLEY AND THE POWER STEERING ABILITY WAS REDUCED. ALSO, THE BATTERY INDICATOR ILLUMINATED AFTER THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE FAILURE WAS CAUSED BY THE DESIGN OF THE VEHICLE, AND THERE WAS NO REMEDY. THE FAILURE RECURRED MULTIPLE TIMES. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 170,000.

MY STEERING WHEEL ACTS UP WHEN IT RAINS OUTSIDE MAKES IT HARD TO STEER MY LEFT SIDE SPEAKERS WENT OUT THE TAPE DECKS NEVER WORKED ON MY VAN MY DRIVER SIDE WINDOW GOES DOWN BUT SEEMS TO HAVE DIFFICULT GOING UP MY SLIDING DOORS SEEM TO HAVE DIFFICULTIES AT TIMES THE RIGHT SIDE NEVER OPENS

I HAVE HAD NUMEROUS PROBLEMS WITH THE VEH SINCE IT WAS PURCHASED NEW , MAY 2002. VEH HAS A ROUGH IDLE WHILE STOPPED IN GEAR, DEALER STATES THEY ARE WAITING FOR A COMPUTER UPDATE. TO DATE STILL HAVE PROBLEM. PROBLEM WITH STARTER , SAME GRINDS ON FIRST START IN EXTREME COLD WEATHER. DEALER REPLACED 2 STARTERS AND FLYWHEEL. PROBLEM WITH TRANS, HARD BANG FELT WHEN SLOWING UP BETWEEN 8-5 MPH. SAID PROBLEM IS INTERMITTENT AND DEALER HAS NOT DRIVEN VEH LONG ENOUGH TO GET CONDITION. DEALER HAS REPLACED NUMEROUS PARTS OF TRANS, PROBLEM STILL EXIST. CAR HAS BEEN IN SEVERAL TIMES FOR POWER STEERING LEAK AND VIBRATION. NUMEROUS PARTS REPLACED. I HAVE CONTACTED CHRYSLER AND SPOKE WITH THE DISTRICT MANAGER AND ADVISED HIM OF ALL THE COMPLAINTS WITH VEH AND PROBLEMS THAT STILL EXIST. I TOLD HIM I DID NOT WANT THE VEH . HE ADVISED ME HE WOULD LOOK...

THE PROBLEM I AM HAVING IS THAT THE GAS MILEAGE IS WAY OFF. I AM ONLY 12 MILES TO A GALLON AND SHOULD GET ALEAST 18. I HAVE HAD IN FOR REPAIRS NUMEROUS TIMES AND ON SOME OCCASSIONS THEY WILL REPLACE A SENSOR OR A HOSE.WITHIN A COUPLE OF WEEKS IT IS BACK TO THE SAME OLD PROBLEM AGAIN. SOMETIMES THEY SAY THEY CAN FIND NO PROBLEM. WHAT DO I DO?

LODGED A COMPLAINT WITH GOVERNMENT IMMEDIATELY AT WWW.NHTSA.DOT.GOV/HOTLINE -----ORIGINAL MESSAGE----- FROM: [XXX] ON BEHALF OF CND EVENING NEWS SENT: FRIDAY, DECEMBER 19, 2003 4:10 PM TO: [XXX] SUBJECT: FW: DODGE PROBLEM -----ORIGINAL MESSAGE----- FROM: [XXX] [MAILTO:[XXX]] SENT: THURSDAY, DECEMBER 18, 2003 7:36 PM TO: CND EVENING NEWS SUBJECT: DODGE PROBLEM HELLO MY NAME IS [XXX], I AM FROM BROOKLYN, NEW YORK. WHAT YOU'VE HAVE JUST REPORTED, ALSO HAPPEN TO HUSBAND [XXX] VEHICLE. THE ONLY THING IS THAT IT IS A 2002 CARAVAN. RIGHT NOW BROOKLYN DODGE SERVICE CENTER HAS OUR VEHICLE SINCE MONDAY 15 2003. WE'VE BEEN HAVING THESE PROBLEM SINCE MARCH 2002 TWO WEEKS AFTER WE BOUGHT THE VEHICLE. WE HAVE TRIED EVERYTHING TO RESOLVE THIS PROBLEM WITH DAIMLER-CHRYSLER. WE TOO ARE SEEKING THE HELP FROM A LAWYER THIS COMING MONDAY. PLEASE SEE THAT THE RIGHT PEOPLE GET THIS INFORMATION THAT THE GRAND CARAVAN HAS THESE PROBLEM AND MORE...

MY VAN WAS BOUGHT NEW AND IS JUST ABOUT 1 YEAR OLD. I HAVE BEEN HAVING MANY PROBLEMS WITH THIS VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WOULD GO 30 MPH BY ITSELF ALTHOUGH I WAS PRESSING THE BRAKE. THIS EVEN HAPPENED WHILE I WAS DRIVING ON AN ICY ROAD. THE DEALER SAID THAT THIS IS NORMAL. ALL THE VEHICLE'S LOCKS WOULD LOCK AND UNLOCK BY THEMSELVES, SOMETIMES LOCKING MY KEYS IN IT BEFORE I CAN GET THEM OUT. THREE MONTHS AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED IT WAS RETURNED TO THE DEALER BECAUSE THE HEATER AND AIR DID NOT WORK PROPERLY. A FIRE BURNED THE DRIVER'S DOOR, SEAT, FLOOR RUGS AND WINDOW. THE FIREMAN SAID IT WAS AN ELECTRICAL FIRE, WHICH STARTED IN THE DRIVER'S DOOR BY THE WIRES. THE FIRE HAPPENED ON THE WEEKEND THEREFORE THE DEALER IS NOT AWARE OF THE FIRE YET. I PLAN TO GO TO THE DEALER ON MONDAY...

FIRST INCIDENT WAS THE AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON INTERMITTENTLY. THE DEALER REPAIRED IT LAST WEEK. TODAY, THE ENTIRE INSTRUMENT PANEL FUNCTIONED INTERMITTENTLY. DEALER WAS CALLED AND ANOTHER REPAIR DATE WAS SET.*AK