1990 Dodge Grand Caravan

Safety Score
86
Safe
Recalls
1
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars

Recalls (1)

Date NHTSA ID Component Units Completion
1995-03-27 95I001003 LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:HATCHBACK/LIFTGATE:LOCK 72,845 Details

Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)

Date Component Crash Injuries Summary
2007-09-25 POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION No 0 TRANSMISSION DROPPED ALL BUT 2ND AND 1ST GEAR WAS TOLD AT TRANSMISSION SHOP IT IS KNOW TO DO THAT... *TR
2007-01-18 FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM:FUEL RAIL No 0 FUEL RAIL FAILED WHILE DRIVING THE VAN. I STARTED TO SMELL RAW GASOLINE IN THE CLOSED CABIN, I WAS ABOUT TO PASS MY ME…
2004-03-29 FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE No 0 CAR KIND OF SPUTTERED AND THEN CONTINUALLY RUNNING GOOD. AS IF IT ALL OF A SUDDEN WAS SHORT ON GAS. HAPPENED A COUPLE…
2003-02-25 FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM No 0 THE FUEL INJECTION LEAKED FUEL IN TWO POSITIONS.*JB
2002-07-23 EQUIPMENT:MECHANICAL:ACCESSORY SCISSOR/SCREW/BOTTLE JACK/LIFT No 0 THREADED COMPOSITE BLOCK FAILED ON CAR JACK WHILE JACKING UP RIGHT FRONT PORTION OF MINI VAN WHILE OPERATOR WAS SERVICI…
2001-03-23 VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD No 0 CONSUMER WAS DRIVING ALONG AND RIGHT SIDE BACK PUSHED OUT WINDOW AND SHATTERED IT. ALSO, AIR CONDITIONING WAS RUNN…
2001-01-13 FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY No 0 FUEL RAIL WAS LEAKING. MECH SAID THIS WAS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS-COULD HAVE CAUSED FIRE.VEHICLE TOO OLD FOR RECENT RECALL,…
2000-09-30 POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION No 0 A604 TRANSMISSION FAILED WITHIN 3000 MILES AFTER PURCHASE. COMPLETELY REBUILT IN OCT., 1997. MILEAGE AT FAILURE, APPROX…
2000-06-25 STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR:HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS No 0 THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THAT THE DOOR HAS FALLEN OUT OF ITS' TRACK. MECHANICS AT MY SHOP CAN'T FIGURE OUT WHAT IS CAUSI…
2000-03-14 POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION No 0 ORIGINAL TRANSMISSION FAILED AT 66,000 MILES. I AM THE THIRD OWNER. I WAS TOLD THAT DODGE WAS HAVING TROUBLE, BUT FIGU…
2000-03-07 POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION No 0 A FAULTY ULTRADRIVE TRANSMISSION CAUSED THE CONSUMER VEHICLE TO SHUDDER/VIBRATE AND LOOSE ALL TRANSMISSION GEARS WHILE …
2000-02-24 POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION No 0 THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT SHIFT UP AFTER STOPPING. THE VEHICLE WENT IN TO HAVE THE TRANSMISSION REBUILT AND OUR MECHA…
1999-12-21 FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM No 0 FUEL RAIL HAS TWO METAL/METAL JOINTS THAT SPRAY GAS ON THE THE ENGINE WHEN THE WEATHER IS COLD. AFTER THE METAL TUBE F…
1999-10-18 ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:RADIATOR ASSEMBLY No 0 RADIATOR LEAKED. YH
1999-09-01 POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION No 0 AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILURE PREMATURE AND SUDDEN. VAN SUDDENLY WITHOUT CAUSE DOWNSHIFTS TO LOW GEAR. VAN ALSO UPSHIF…
1999-07-12 POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION No 0 TRANSMISSION FAILURES HAVE LED TO FOUR TRANSMISSION REPLACEMENTS
1999-06-30 POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION No 0 TRANSMISSION WENT INTO "LIMP IN" MODE(2ND GEAR ONLY) THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THAT THIS HAPPENED. THE FIRST TIME WAS AT …
1999-06-24 POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION No 0 THIS IS SECONED TRANSMISSION FOR THIS VEHICLE, WAS NOT TOLD THAT THIS WAS A REACOURING PROBLEM IN THIS VEHICLE ! PLEAS…
1999-02-22 POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION No 0 TRANSMISSION LOCKED UP WHILE DRIVING 55MPH. HAD FELT A JERKING/PULLING SENSATION. TOOK TO MECHANIC & INFORMED TRANSMISS…
1999-01-15 FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY No 0 FUEL RAIL HAS DEVELOPED A SEVERE LEAK. CALLED DEALER (TOWSON DODGE) AND WAS TOLD THERE HAVE BEEN SOME PROBLEMS WITH THI…
1999-01-15 PARKING BRAKE:CONVENTIONAL:MECHANICAL:LINKAGE AND CABLE No 0 AFTER RELEASING THE EMERGENCY BRAKE, THE BRAKSE REMAIN LOCKED, AND THE CAR WILL NOT MOVE.
1998-11-20 POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION No 0 THIS IS THE THIRD TRANSMISSION TO BE PUT IN THIS VAN. IN 1995 I HAD IT BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP 5 TIMES FOR THE TRANSMISS…
1998-08-28 POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION No 0 WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY TRANSMISSION DROPPED INTO A LOW GEAR AND HAD TO BE RESET BY RESTARTING VEHICLE. TRANSMISSI…
1998-05-23 FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE No 0 FUEL INJECTORS IN MAY VEHICLE FAILED. LEAKING GASOLINE ALL OVER THE ENGINE. UPON SMELLING THE FUEL, SEEING THE PUDDLE O…
1997-12-01 SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY No 0 DRIVER SIDE SEAT BELT BUCKLE FAILED WHEN 50LB PET DOG STOOD ON IT.
1997-11-16 VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL Yes 0 VEHICLE WAS IN A PARK POSITION, BUT ENGINE WAS STILL ON, PARK PAWL CHANGED FROM PARK TO DRIVE BY ITSELF,SUDDEN ACCELER…
1997-05-17 SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR No 0 THE FRONT SEAT BELTS DO NOT RETRACT. DRIVER'S LATCHING PLATE COVER IS CRACKED & NOT WORKING. HAVE TAKEN TO DEALER & IN…
1997-05-01 POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:LEVER AND LINKAGE:COLUMN SHIFT No 0 TRANSMISSION: TRANSFER CASE (4-WHEEL DRIVE) FAILURE. *AK
1997-04-30 SEAT BELTS:FRONT:ANCHORAGE No 0 CENTER SEAT/RIGHT SIDE SAFETY BELT ANCHORAGE RELEASES FREQUENTLY WHEN THE BELT IS IN USE. *AK
1997-04-18 STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR No 0 THE DRIVER WAS IN THE PROCESS OF PUTTING UP THE ELECTRIC WINDOW ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE AND A LOUD NOISE WAS HEARD, AND T…
1996-09-06 FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY No 0 CONSUMER WAS DRIVING UNDER NOMRAL CONDITION AND THE HIT AN OBJECT IN THE ROAD AND PUNCTURED THE GAS TANK, CAUSING FUEL …
1996-05-06 POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION No 0 TRANSMISSION FAILED , CAUSING GEARS TO JUMP WHILE ACCELERATING, SLIP WHILE DECELERATING.
1996-04-01 STRUCTURE:BODY:HATCHBACK/LIFTGATE:SUPPORT DEVICE/STRUT No 0 REAR HATCHBACK CYLINDERS FAILED. *AK
1996-03-14 POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION No 0 THIS VAN BELONGS TO MY SON. IT HAS ALREADY HAD THE TRANSMISSION REPLACED AND NOW IT NEEDS IT AGAIN. I KNOW THIS IS A …
1995-07-20 POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION No 0 TRANSMISSION FAILED THREE TIMES AND REBUILTED.
1995-07-19 POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION No 0 VEHICLE HAS HAD THREE TRANSMISSION REPLACEMENTS WITHIN LESS OF 100,000 MILES OF WEARS. DEALER REPAIRED/REPLACED TWO TR…
1995-06-06 SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP No 0 ABS BRAKE PROBLEMS; WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES AND MAKING A QUICK STOP THE PEDAL TRAVELS ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOORBROAD A…
1994-06-01 UNKNOWN OR OTHER No 0 NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR THIS VEHICLE. *AK
1992-05-01 POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION No 0 TRANSMISSION FAILED 4 TIMES.
1991-10-04 POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION No 0 THIS VEHICLE HAS HAD A PROBLEM TRANSMISSION SINCE IT WAS DRIVEN AWAY FROM THE DEALERSHIP. THE "LURCHING" MOTION MADE BY…
1991-10-01 POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION No 0 MINI VAN NEEDS FIFTH TRANSMISSION. ORIGINAL TRANSMISSION REPLACED ON 10/25/91.
1990-04-01 POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION No 0 TRANSMISSION FAILED.
1990-01-08 POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION No 0 TRANSMISSION DOWNSHIFTS WITHOUT WARNING, CAUSING DRIVER TO LOSE CONTROL OF VEHICLE IN INCLEMENT WEATHER.
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS No 0 BRAKES FAILED.
POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DIFFERENTIAL UNIT No 0 STEEL PIN IN THE DIFFERENTIAL IS LOOSE, DESTROYING IT, AND CAUSING TRANSMISSION TO BECOME INOPERATIVE. TOTAL OF 3 TIME…
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM No 0 FUEL DISTRUBUTION RAIL BROKE AND SPRUNG A LEAK, ALMOST CAUSING A FIRE HAZARD. MECHANIC WILL REPLACED PART. *AK
UNKNOWN OR OTHER No 0 PAINT IS BUBLED UP AND PEALING OFF IN LARGE SECTIONS OF FRONT HOOD AND ROOF OF VAN.
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:COOLING UNIT AND LINES No 0 AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION COOLING UNIT HOSE THAT DIRECTS TRANSMISSION FLUID FLOW WENT OUT, CAUSING A LEAK. *AK
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION No 0 THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT COME OUT OF SECOND GEAR EVEN AT HIGH SPEEDS. DLR HAS REBUILT TRANSMISSION AND PROBLEM IS OCCURRIN…
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE No 0 WHILE ENGINES IS RUNNING RAW GASOLINE LEAKS/DRIPS OFF THE TOP OF ENGINE DOWN ONTO EXHAUST MANIFOLD. *AK