Dodge Caravan Transmission Problems
25 owner complaints filed with NHTSA across 2 model years.
Complaints by Year
Worst year: 2002. Best year: 2004.
Owner Reports
A representative sample of complaints filed with NHTSA.
VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN A PARKING LOT WITH THE ENGINE RUNNING, CONSUMER STEPPED OUT OF THE VEHICLE TO MOVE AN OBJECT OUT OF THE PARKING LOT, AND VEHICLE POPPED OUT OF PARK INTO REVERSE. THIS CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO ROLL BACKWARDS AND HIT AN...
2002 DODGE CARAVAN ROLLED BACK WHILE IN PARK AND HIT A TREE HEAD ON. NONE OF THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED AND THE STEERING WHEEL NEVER LOCKED. *MR PH *JB
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 DODGE CARAVAN. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE GEAR SHIFTED FROM DRIVE TO NEUTRAL INDEPENDENTLY. THE FAILURE RECURRED NUMEROUS TIMES OVER THE YEARS. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN DIAGNOSED OR R...
2004 DODGE CARAVAN SXT. ' WHINE' NOISE AND HIGH FREQUENCY VIBRATION IN THE STEERING WHEEL. NOISE IS MOST NOTICEABLE IN COLD WEATHER AND WHEN WHEEL IS TURNED RIGHT OR LEFT. VEHICLE HAS 54 THOUSAND MILES NOW. DEALER DID A FACTORY BULLE...
I PURCHASED MY 2002 DODGE CARAVAN NEW. IT HAS HAD SEVERAL PROBLEMS IN THE FOUR YEARS THAT I HAVE OWNED IT. ASIDE FROM ALL OF THE RECALL WORK, MY TRANSMISSION HAS FAILED TWICE NOW. THE FIRST TIME IT FAILED WAS TWO MONTHS AGO, THE MECHANIC...
2002 DODGE CARAVAN'S TRANSMISSION FAILED. *KB *NM
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, ALL OF THE DASHBOARD LIGHTS ILLUMINATED THEN THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT MOVE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP ON A FLATBED TRUCK BECAUSE THE TIRES WERE LOCKED UP. THE DEALERSHIPS DIAGNO...
DT THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN FIXED, BUT IT COULD BE DANGEROUS. THE CONSUMER COULD HEAR A NOISE WHEN SHIFTING GEARS. THE CONSUMER BROUGHT THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND THEY FOUNDTHAT THE AXLE NUTS WERE LOOSE. THREE MONTHS LATER THE CONSUMER ...
WHEN DRIVING THE VEHICLE THROUGH VARYING SPEEDS THE VEHICLE SHIFTS IMPROPERLY. SOMETIMES IT IS AN EXTREMELY HARD SHIFT BETWEEN SECOND AND THIRD GEAR AT SPEEDS OF 20-30 MPH WHERE THE VEHICLE WILL PULL BACK AND THEN LURCH FORWARD AND A LO...
WHILE SHIFTING GEARS THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED UNCONTROLLABLY. CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, AND DROVE IT TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. MECHANIC COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *AK
WHEN SHIFTING GEARS AT LOW SPEEDS TRANSMISSION WOULD LOCKED UP. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK
MY 2002 DODGE CARAVAN SE HAS HAD TO HAVE THE TRANSMISSION PUMP REPLACED TWO TIMES IN LESS THAN 32,000 MILES. THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT AT MY DEALER DOES NOT BELIEVE THIS IS A CHRONIC PROBLEM WITH THE CARAVAN.*AK