1.8

hardly worth mentioning
Crashes / Fires:
0 / 0
Injuries / Deaths:
0 / 0
Average Mileage:
90,167 miles

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problem #3

Apr 222012

Caravan

  • 200,000 miles
The contact owns a 1997 Dodge Caravan. The contact stated that while driving 3 mph and attempting a turn, the front passenger side tire rod fractured. The vehicle was then towed to the contact's residence. The dealer and manufacturer were not made aware of the failure. The vehicle was neither diagnosed nor repaired.the VIN was not available. The failure and the current mileage was 200,000.

- Winstead, CT, USA

problem #2

Oct 212003

Caravan 6-cyl

  • Automatic transmission
  • 70,502 miles
We have had our vehicle since 1999 and have been disappointed with its performance. This is our third Chrysler/Dodge van and this is the second of the three to have transmission problems. The first had them at 37,000 miles and this one is having them at 71,000 miles. We were smart enough to have an extended warranty for both vehicles, unfortunately, on the current van the warranty ran out last month...besides the poor engineering of the transmissions this van has had several problems with the tie rod and front end noise as well as going through front brakes relatively quickly (we do not drive it roughly and it is mainly used to Transport our kids around our community approximately. 12000 miles or less a year since we have owned it.

- Medina, OH, USA

problem #1

Jul 222001

Caravan

  • miles
Tie rod end became disassembled while backing out of a parking stall. The knuckle came out of the cup resulting in loss of steering control, lucky we were not on freeway.

- University Place, WA, USA