Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | |||
| 02/24/2006 | 30500 | 1 | |
| Dt*: the contact stated while stopped at a red light with the brake pedal depressed, the vehicle suddenly accelerated and crashed. the vehicle impacted the rear of another vehicle. the contact's vehicle only received minor damage to the front bumper. the police were not contacted and no injuries reported. the vehicle was driven away from the scene; however the vehicle has not been inspected and no repairs made. | |||
| 10/01/2003 | 10 | 06/27/2001 | |
| Speedometer was operating erratically. sometimes it worked fine, sometimes it raced from 0 to 120 mph, moving back and forth rapidly,and sometimes it rested on 0 mph while car was in motion. when stopped at stop sign and / or red light and while vehicle in gear, van sometimes stalled. van often stalled when moving in reverse. feared that vehicle would lose power at high speed, resulting in a collision. dealer worked on van for one full day. returned van claiming that problem was corrected; replaced output speed sensor. within five minutes after leaving dealer, speedometer began moving erratically again. vehicle has been with dealer for over one week. dealer claimed that speedometer would not act up for them long enough to determine problem. dealer wanted loner vehicle returned, butowner refused; not until problem was corrected. vehicle purchased june 2001 and had less than 29000 miles when malfunction was noticed -- early october 2003.*ak | |||
| VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL - CRUISE CONTROL | |||
| 12/15/2005 | 84035 | 2 | 07/02/2005 |
| I purchased a 2001 dodge grand caravan in august of 2005 with 73k miles. vehicle smelled musty (stagnant water). three trips to shop to diagnose and fix sway bar link, bushing, strut and strut mount problem to cure a clunking sound on front end. transmission slips out of gear to neutral at whim. also, shifts through first 3 gears (automatic) at whim causing vehicle to lurch. however, shop cannot duplicate these problems or the problem with my non working cruise control. at this point, i have spent a lot of money for non-diagnosis. the dealership charges everytime for not being able to find the problem. they say it is fine. i tell them that it is not fine that they just can't find it. i am disturbed by the number of posts re: to sway bar problems and transmission problems and the fact that no one is holding chrysler/dodge accountable. will it take a number of deaths to determine that this is a real safety issue? i implore you to investigate these problems along with the water issue. so far it caused my blower resistor to short out and need replacing. i had no heat in below zero weather. *jb | |||
| 10/10/2003 | 53800 | 2 | 12/20/2000 |
| Cruise control automatically engaged without any action taken by the driver. this has happened on two occasions in the last week. *la | |||