Safety Score
70
Average
Recalls
0
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars
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Recalls (0)
No recalls found for the 1989 Dodge Caravan.
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007-04-04 | LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH | No | 0 | THERE HAS DEVELOPED AN UNUSUAL AND UNSAFE CONDITION IN THE FRONT PASSENGER DOOR LOCK MECHANISM THAT ON A REGULAR BASIS… |
| 2004-11-01 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | No | 0 | CONSUMER RECEIVED NHTSA RECALL 89V237000. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AS WELL AS MADE SEVERAL APPOINTMENTS TO … |
| 2003-04-15 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING AT 30 MPH AND WITH NO WARNING CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, THEN THE VEHICLE SHUT OFF. CONSUMER HAS MADE… |
| 2003-01-24 | FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM | No | 0 | FUEL INJECTOR LEAK SPRAYS HIGH PRESSURE GASOLINE ON TOP OF INTAKE MANIFOLD. LARGE AMOUNTS OF GASOLINE LEAK FROM INJECT… |
| 2002-06-01 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD | No | 0 | NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK |
| 2002-06-01 | EQUIPMENT:MECHANICAL:CARRIER/RACK | No | 0 | WIRE STRAND THAT HOLDS SPARE TIRE ONTO VEHICLE IS DEFECTIVE, IT SNAPPED, CAUSING SPARE TIRE TO FALL OFF.*AK JLG |
| 2002-05-24 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | THE TRANSMISSION HAS FAILED REPEATEDLY AFTER A NEW ONE WAS INSTALLED, INITIALLY THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED THE BREAKAGE OF… |
| 2002-03-17 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD | No | 0 | WE WERE DRIVING ON RT 1 IN SMRNA DELAWARE AND IT FELT LIKE THE ENGINE LOST COMPRESSION. I PULLED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROA… |
| 2001-05-23 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR | Yes | 1 | WHILE TRAVELING AT 20 MPH PASSENGER'S SIDE SEATBELT DID NOT HOLD PASSENGER WHEN VEHICLE REAR ENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE. P… |
| 2001-04-20 | STRUCTURE:BODY:TAILGATE | No | 0 | WHILE BACK DOOR IS OPENED COULD BE PLACING ANYTHING INSIDE OF VEHICLE, BUT IT WILL BE DROPING DOWN ON CONSUMER'S HEAD.… |
| 2000-10-11 | STRUCTURE:BODY:TAILGATE | No | 0 | THE RIGHT LIFT ON THE TAILGATE IS TEARING THE BODY MATERIAL AND LEAVING JAGGED METAL EXPOSED. I HAVE TALKED TO THE MAN… |
| 2000-09-21 | VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD | No | 0 | WINDSHIELD WAS REPLACED. *YH *CB |
| 2000-04-26 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE | No | 0 | CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 55MPH ON THE HIGHYWAY AND HEARD A BIG BOOMING SOUND. SHE PULLED OVER ONTO THE SHOULDER, … |
| 1999-11-04 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM | No | 0 | WHILE PARKED VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE BECAUSE THE NEWLY INSTALLED FUEL PRESSURE REGULATOR WAS DEFFECTIVE. *AK |
| 1999-10-06 | EQUIPMENT:MECHANICAL:CARRIER/RACK | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING SPARE TIRE FELL OFF ON THE ROAD. THE CABLE, THAT SUPPORTS THE SPARE TIRE UNDERNEATH VEHICLE,HAD BROKEN.… |
| 1999-09-24 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | VALVE COVER GASKET JUST STARTED LEAKING 1 WEEK AFTER WE PURCHASED THE VAN. 2. TRANSMISSION WENT OUT ON SEPT. 24, 1999 … |
| 1999-08-04 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE | No | 0 | THERE IS A TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN OUT ON THIS ISSUE(#18-31-90, NHTSA ITEM # SB022436). IT READS AS FOLLOWS: START-… |
| 1999-06-01 | EQUIPMENT:MECHANICAL:CARRIER/RACK | No | 0 | THIS PROBLEM SEEMS VERY DANGEROUS, I WOULD NOT WANT TO BE DRIVING A BEHIND ANYONE AND FINDING THEIR SPARE TIRE GAVE AWA… |
| 1999-02-12 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD | No | 0 | THE DODGE CARAVAN WHILE PARKED-- CAUGHT FIRE FROM THE UNDERNEATH HOOD DUE TO UNKNOWN REASON.COMPLETELY GUTTED! |
| 1998-10-12 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | ENGINE VALVE COVER GASKET DISLOCATED, CAUSING AN ENGINE OIL LEAK AT GASKET. ALSO DRIVING THE VEHICLE VIRBRATES. *AK |
| 1998-08-29 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | CONSUMER STATES HAD A COMPLETE FAILURE IN TRANSMISSION. *AK |
| 1998-08-20 | VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH THE VEHICLE SLIDING DOOR WINDOW SHATTERED UNEXPECTEDLY WHICH COULD HAVE CAUSED INJURIES OR LOSS O… |
| 1998-03-01 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | MOTOR MOUNTS BROKE. YH |
| 1997-12-20 | SEATS | No | 1 | DRIVER SEAT CAME UNBOLTED FROM FLOORBOARD IN A HEAD ON COLLISION, ALLOWING DRIVER TO HIT STEERING COLUMN, WINDSHIELD AN… |
| 1997-10-05 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | TRANSMISSION SLIPPING DUE TO FAILURE. NLM |
| 1997-08-05 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD | No | 0 | ABOUT 5 MINUTES AFTER PARKING VEHICLE IT CAUGHT ON FIRE UNDER THE HOOD AREA. NOT SURE WHAT STARTED FIRE. *AK |
| 1997-06-01 | STRUCTURE:BODY:HATCHBACK/LIFTGATE:SUPPORT DEVICE/STRUT | No | 0 | THE HATCHBACK HYDRAULIC CYLINDER WHICH SUPPORTS THE THE LIFT DOES NOT HOLD THE HATCH BACK, RESULTING IN THE HATACHBACK… |
| 1997-05-16 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | Yes | 0 | DRIVING VEHICLE SUDDENLY VEHICLE WENT INTO HIGH IDLE & SUDDENLY ACCELERATED. HAD FOOT ON BRAKES;TOOK DEALER & FOUND NO… |
| 1997-05-15 | STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR | No | 0 | THE SLIDING DOOR DOES NOT OPEN BY THE REMOTE AND INTERMITTENTLY THE DOOR WILL NOT OPEN MANUALLY. THE DOOR HAS NOT BEEN … |
| 1997-05-12 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | DRIVER CANNOT SHIFT INTO REVERSE, AND SOMETIMES TRUCK WILL GET STUCK IN GEAR. OTHER TIMES DRIVER CANNOT SHIFT INTO ANOT… |
| 1997-03-23 | LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:HATCHBACK/LIFTGATE:LOCK | No | 0 | CONSUMER'S TAILGATE LATCH WAS RECALLED AND SHE HAS REPAIRED IT ON AUG./96, DEC/96, JAN./FEB AND 97 23-MAR-97, LIBERTY … |
| 1997-02-12 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT:ANCHORAGE | No | 0 | THE PASSENGER'S SIDE OF THE FRONT SEAT BELT ANCHORAGE CAME RIGHT OUT OF THE FLOOR WITHOUT IMPACT. *AK |
| 1997-02-09 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION | No | 0 | DRIVING DOWN ROAD, WIFE HEARD NOISE, STOPPED VEHICLE & LIFTED HOOD; FLAMES SHOT OUT FROM IGNITION WIRING; GOT WIFE/DAUG… |
| 1996-12-31 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS | No | 7 | BRAKES FAILED CAUSING TWO SEPARATE ACCIDENTS. |
| 1996-12-17 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | WHEN BACKING OUT VEHICLE ACCELERATED IN REVERSE. STARTED VEHICLE IN MORNIG, ACCELERATED FORWARD. DID NOT MATTER IN WH… |
| 1996-11-10 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE | No | 0 | VEHICLE FIRE AFTER SHORT-BLOCK ENGINE REPLACEMENT. *AK |
| 1996-10-20 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE | No | 0 | INTERMITTENT STALLING. |
| 1996-10-18 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | DASHBOARD WARPED/SCREWS FALLING OUT. |
| 1996-10-08 | STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR:HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS | No | 0 | THE RIGHT SIDE SLIDING DOOR HINGES BROKE, CAUSING THE DOOR TO FALL OUT WHEN OPENING THE DOOR. *AK |
| 1996-09-22 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT:ANCHORAGE | No | 0 | FAILURE ON THE PASSENGER'S SIDE SEAT BELT ANCHOR, THE PASSENGER'S SIDE SEAT BELT ANCHOR BROKE.*AK |
| 1996-08-04 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING IN HIGH SPEED THE VAN SHIFTS INTO SECOND OR NEUTRAL GEAR. PLEASE DESCRIBE.*AK |
| 1996-08-04 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING AT A HIGH SPEED THE VAN SHIFTS INTO SECOND OR NEUTRAL GEAR. PLEASE DESCRIBE. |
| 1996-08-04 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE | No | 0 | ENGINE FAILED AND WAS REBUILT. NEW ENGINE KNOCKS. |
| 1996-07-29 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | THE BUCKLE OF THE DRIVERS SEAT SPLIT IN HALF, THE BUCKLE OF THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT CAME UNANCHORED FROM THE FLOORBOAR… |
| 1996-03-20 | STRUCTURE:BODY:TRUNK LID | No | 0 | CONSUMER FEELS THAT CHRYSLER HAS TAKEN AN EXCESSIVE PERIOD OF TIME TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM, CHRYSLER SAID THEY WILL SEND… |
| 1996-03-08 | STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR | No | 0 | SLIDING DOOR ON THE RIGHT SIDE WINDOW SHEARED AND FELL OUT 3 TIMES. *AK |
| 1996-02-12 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS | Yes | 1 | SUDDEN ACCELERATION DUE TO THE PEDAL OF THE BRAKE, THE BRAKE PEDAL CAME OFF. TT |
| 1996-02-05 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | THE TRANSMISSION SLIPS OUT OF GEAR. TT |
| 1996-01-16 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | HALF OF PASSENGERS SEAT BELT BUCKLE MISSING. |
| 1996-01-10 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT BUCKLE WOULD BECOME UNLOCKED DURING OPERATION.*AK |