At 72,000 miles my 1999 Dodge Caravan needs a new transmission due to a pinion in the pinion shaft coming loose and tearing through the transmission casing. Over $2400 worth of work was required. No injuries, but I lost control when incident occurred and was able to drift to the grassy edge of a rural road.

- Harrisonburg, VA, USA

While driving at 40/50 mph a pin from the automatic transmission flew off and blew the transmission. Engine shut off, and driver was unable to change gears.

- Canada, 00, USA

Needed to replace input/output transmission sensors. Not only have we had this done but a number of 1999 Caravan users we have spoken with have had this problem.

- Brecksville, OH, USA

The consumer stated when the vehicle came to a stop, the transmission slipped out of gear. The vehicle went forward even though the gear was not completely in drive.

- Laingsburg, MI, USA

A bolt in the transmission broke and dislodge a bearing that blew a hole in the housing. This resulted in vehicle being unable to go into gear, and driver losing control of the vehicle.

- Lombard, IL, USA

While in an intersection the transmission slipped out of gear and the vehicle would not move.

- Plainfield, CT, USA

The transmission failed while driving.

- Bennington, VT, USA

The mechanic informed the consumer, the transmission failed.

- Dover, NH, USA

The automatic transmission continuously failed. The check engine lights illuminated and the gear became stuck in first gear.

- Brighton, MI, USA

Wife was loading grand kids into minivan, grandson crawled across drivers seat and grabbed the shifting lever, which the caused van to go into reverse and back up into step wall, we realized you do not have to put foot your on the brake to shift into gear when engine is running.

- Shawnee, OK, USA

The transmission pin broke and went through the casing.

- Presque Isle, MI, USA

While driving the transmission slipped. The dealer indicated that the transmission completely burned out.

- New Orleans, LA, USA

The transmission locked up, and caused the rear tires to lock up, which made it difficult to control the vehicle.

- Presque Isle, MI, USA

The van was equipped with an automatic transmission. Without the key in the ignition (2) failures occurred. The first was the gear shift lever could be moved and the second failure was the transmission had dropped out of gear.

- Oklahoma City, OK, USA

Complete transmission failure on a 1999 Dodge ge and Caravan VIN# [xxx] at 67,723 miles. No help from Chrysler on this problem, because of high mileage. Transmissions should not fail this soon. We had a transmission failure on another Grand Caravan with VIN# [xxx] that had 37,491 miles on it that was mostly covered by them. These vehicles appear to have defects and should be covered by Chrysler and built to last. Information redacted pursuant to the Freedom Of Information Act (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).

- Perkinsville, VT, USA

While driving, the vehicle stalled out. The dealership indicated that this was caused by a pin in the automatic transmission which was coming a loose, and had blown a hole in the transmission. Ph scc

- Hillsboro, OH, USA

1999 Dodge Caravan has two baseball size holes in casing of transmission after bringing down to ? sound of transmission and was told it was fine by dealers, I feel as though this is a defect in transmission. I would like a transmisson replaced due to only having for 11/2 yrs and owe 10.000.00 still on loan.

- Tewksbury, MA, USA

Consumer stated while driving and without warning the rear transmission seal cracked causing fluid to leak.

- Saint Petersburg, FL, USA

I notified the first incident to the dealer about its speed sensor, over the phone, which blew away just after the two weeks of buying this car from his showroom. Last month, the break went bad and were not covered under the warranty, I had to end up replacing the rotor and complete brake set, paying around $300 from my pocket, from a midas in Pennsylvania. The third incident was most dangerous, and don't know how I saved the life of my two little kids including the one with 11months infant baby, the automatic transmission blew away while driving normally and lost control on the downhill, in the city of norristown, since its break and the entire system went off due to the failure of automatic transmission and I eventually took a great risk of pulling the car all be myself on the sidewalk and somehow protected each of my family members. This car is proven to be very unsafe and does not worth the life of my kids and my family. I sincerely request to help me have my money back at the earliest. The dealer is very rude and rough over the phone and does not let me speak at all. It took me several years to save this money to buy this car but the dealer has really deceived me by giving a faulty car. It seems to me that this car did not undergo for any kind of safety inspection as long as it was sitting in his showroom and I am very afraid of driving now.

- Audubon, PA, USA

Vehicles transmission line keeps disconnecting for the bottom of the vehicle. This results in a fuel leak, which can cause an accident, due to the fact if a vehicle is behind when the fuel leaks they can slide into the back of consumer. The dealership replace parts but the problem recurs. This is a common problem with this make/model vehicle.

- Hamburg, NJ, USA