Structure Problem on the 1999 DODGE CARAVAN
Car problem(s) with the 1999 DODGE CARAVAN.
This database includes information received by NHTSA from consumers either directly or as recorded by the Vehicle Safety Hotline. This information may be used by NHTSA during the investigation process.
You may file your own complaint by calling the NHTSA Monday-Friday 8am to 8pm at (888) 327-4236, TTY: (800) 424-9153. You can also file your complaint online.
Problem with Structure
-
Dec 03, 2012 - Belding, MI - Body
DURING AN INSPECTION OF OUR VAN IT WAS NOTED THAT THE DRIVERS SIDE STRUT TOWER IS RUSTING THROUGH. AFTER LOOKING INTO THIS ISSUE ON LINE I NOTICED MANY CASES WITH EXACTLY THE SAME PROBLEM. I AM TRYING TO DETERMINE IF THERE IS ANY RECOURSE TO GET THIS CONDITION REPAIRED. ALSO I AM TRYING TO DETERMINE IF THERE IS SOME TYPE OF WARNING BEFORE THIS CONDITION FAILS RESULTING IN AN ACCIDENT.
View Details
-
Apr 27, 2012 - Bowling Green, OH - Frame And Members, Underbody Shields
THE LEFT HAND STRUT TOWER ON MY 1999 DODGE CARAVAN HAS ALMOST RUSTED THROUGH AND I WAS TOLD BY MECHANIC THAT IT IS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE. LOCAL DODGE DEALER SAID THIS IS NOT COVERED UNDER ANY WARRANTY OR RECALL AND THAT IT'S ONLY A COMESTIC PROBLEM. THEY WANT $2200 TO REPAIR WHICH IS MORE THAN VALUE OF VEHICLE. EVERYTHING I HAVE READ INDICATES THIS IS ABSOLUTELY A SAFETY ISSUE AND WOULD CAUSE A CRASH IF DRIVING WHEN THE STRUT TOWER COMPLETELY FAILS. WHY IS THERE NOT A RECALL FOR THIS WELL KNOWN AND DOCEMENTED SAFETY PROBLEM?
View Details
-
Mar 04, 2011 - Chicago, IL - Structure
STRUT TOWER CORROSION.
View Details
-
Jul 31, 2010 - Prior Lake, MN - Body
1999 DODGE CARAVAN, SHOCK TOWER RUST, THIS IS NOT JUST COSMETIC RUST, THIS IS SERIOUS STRUCTURAL PROBLEM WHERE THE SUSPENSION CAN FAIL BY BREAKING UP THROUGH THE SHOCK TOWER AND COLLAPSE THE FROM END OF THE VEHICLE. THIS IS A DEFECT BY CHRYSLER AND THEY SHOULD PAY FOR THE REPAIR. I HAVE TWO DODGE CARAVANS AND BOTH HAVE THE SAME SHOCK TOWER RUST PROBLEMS. EVEN THE DODGE DEALERS KEEP MANY REPAIR KITS IN STOCK BECAUSE OF THE LARGE DEMAND. AS THE DODGE CARVANS GET OLDER, THERE WILL BE AN INCREASED NUMBER OF FAILURES AND POSSIBLE SAFETY ISSUES. THE VEHICLES ARE ONLY 10 YEARS OLD, AND HAVE THIS TYPE OF PROBLEM IS JUST WRONG.
View Details
-
Jul 18, 2010 - Hope, RI - Body
1999 DODGE CARAVAN. STRUT TOWERS RUSTED OUT NOT ONLY THE CAP BUT THE WHOLE TIRE ON THE DRIVER SIDE. IF THIS SHOULD FAIL IT COULD BE DISASTROUS. I JUST NOTICED THIS A WEEK OR SO AGO.
View Details
-
Jun 17, 2010 - Mckeesport, PA - Body, Hatchback/Liftgate
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 DODGE CARAVAN. HE STATED THAT THE VEHICLE LIFT GATE HANDLE RUSTED CAUSING THE REAR DOOR NOT TO OPERATE. THE VEHICLE WAS NEITHER DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 144,000. UPDATED 10/27/10.
View Details
-
Mar 11, 2010 - Walden, NY - Frame And Members
BOTH STRUT TOWER CAPS RUSTED OUT.
View Details
-
Feb 20, 2010 - Pinckney, MI - Body
VEHICLE SHOCK TOWERS RUSTING AWAY. FAILURE OCCURS IN MOST OF THESE VEHICLES. VEHICLE IS RENDERED UNSAFE AND COULD CAUSE BODILY HARM TO OCCUPANTS IF CATASTROPHIC FAILURE OCCURS.
View Details
-
Jun 01, 2009 - Arlington, TN - Body
TL CONTACT OWNS A 1999 DODGE CARAVAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BODY OF THE VEHICLE WAS SEPARATING FROM THE STRUT MOUNTS. HE FEELS THAT THE STRUT MOUNTS WILL DETACH SOON AND CAUSE THE VEHICLE TO CRASH. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 155,000. UPDATED 06/08/09 UPDATED 06/09/09.
View Details
-
Apr 20, 2009 - Helena, MT - Structure
THE STRUT TOWER ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE OF MY 1999 DODGE CARAVAN HAS COMPLETELY RUSTED OUT, CAUSING THE STRUT TO BURST THROUGH INTO THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT BELOW THE WINDSHIELD. A AUTO BODY REPAIR MAN SAID THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS STRUCTURAL AND SAFETY ISSUE. IN RESEARCHING A FIX FOR THIS PROBLEM, I DISCOVERED THAT HUNDREDS OF DODGE CARAVAN, TOWN AND COUNTRY, AND PLYMOUTH VOYAGER MODELS WERE SUSCEPTIBLE TO THIS DANGEROUS ENGINEERING FAILURE.
View Details
-
Apr 06, 2009 - Canton, OH - Structure
FRONT TWO (2) RUSTED STRUT TOWERS.
View Details
-
Feb 12, 2009 - Lexington, KY - Frame And Members
RUSTING STRUT TOWERS CAUSING STRUCTURAL DAMAGE.
View Details
-
Jul 11, 2008 - University Heights, OH - Frame And Members
CORRODED STRUT TOWER ON DRIVER'S SIDE 1999 DODGE CARAVAN. MECHANIC SAYS THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM FOR 1998-1999 MODEL YEARS. BULLETIN 23-044-02 DESCRIBES THE PROBLEM AS "COSMETIC." MECHANIC SAYS REPAIR (USING CHRYSLER REPAIR KIT) SHOULD RUN $350-450 USD. IF CHRYSLER IS AND HAS BEEN AWARE OF THIS "SAFETY RELATED" ISSUE FOR SO LONG, WHY ARE THEY NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE REPAIR. I BELIEVE THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL ITEM FOR THE MANUFACTURER.
View Details
-
Mar 14, 2008 - Chicago Heights, IL - Frame And Members
I HAVE A 1999 DODGE CARAVAN IN WHICH THE STRUT HOUSING IS RUSTING OUT. I INQUIRED ABOUT IT SOME TIME AGO BUT DODGE DID NOT HAVE A FIX. THIS PROBLEM IS A COMMON OCCURRENCE WITH THIS VEHICLE . IT IS NOW AT THE POINT WHERE IT WILL PUNCH THROUGH AND CAUSE THE CAR TO CRASH ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE CAR.
View Details
-
Feb 05, 2008 - Columbus, OH - Frame And Members, Underbody Shields
DRIVER'S SIDE STRUT TOWER HAS RUST, WHICH EVENTUALLY COULD RESULT IN SUSPENSION-STRUT FAILURE AND LOSS OF CONTROL WHILE DRIVING. PICTURES AVAILABLE.
View Details
-
Oct 23, 2007 - Mansfield, OH - Frame And Members
I WAS DRIVING SLOWLY THROUGH THE LOCAL MEIJER'S PARKING LOT WHEN I HIT A POTHOLE. THIS WOULD NOT NORMALLY BE A CATACLYSMIC EVENT BUT THIS TIME THE STRUT TOWER COLLAPSED ALLOWING THE WHEEL TO HIT THE INNER FENDER. I WAS TRAVELING AT LESS THAN 10 MPH SO THERE WERE NO INJURIES BUT IF THIS WERE TO HAVE HAPPENED AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS DEATH WOULD BE GUARANTEED. THERE IS NO REASON FOR ANY VEHICLE LESS THAN 10 YEARS OLD TO HAVE THE DEGREE OF STRUCTURAL RUST THAT THIS VAN HAS. I HAVE SINCE SEEN MANY MORE VANS WITH THE SAME STRUCTURAL ISSUES AS MINE.
View Details
-
Sep 18, 2006 - Canandaigua, NY - Structure
CORROSION ON TOP OF STRUT TOWERS CAUSING STRESS CRACKS.
View Details
-
Feb 16, 2005 - San Jose, CA - Frame And Members, Underbody Shields
THE CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE IN FOR LEAKAGE UNDER THE MOTOR. HOWEVER, HE FOUND THAT THE HOUSING WAS BROKEN.
View Details
-
Feb 16, 2005 - Labelle, FL - Structure
WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED, THE INSIDE HEADLINER FELL DOWN ONTO THE CONSUMER. THE DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM.
View Details
-
Jun 15, 2004 - Chicago, IL - Frame And Members, Underbody Shields
WHILE VEHICLE WAS BEING SERVICE AND THE TECHNICIAN NOTICED THE LEFT STRUT BODY HAS A CRACK AND FRAME WAS RUSTED DUE TO THIS PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.
View Details
-
Mar 11, 2003 - New Bedford, MA - Body, Door
THE SLIDING DOOR OPENS WHILE DRIVING, IT SEEMS TO OPEN WHEN DRIVING OVER BUMPS IN THE ROAD.
View Details
-
Oct 13, 2000 - Charlotte, NC - Body, Door
CONSUMER STATES THAT ENGINE MAKES LOUD NOISE AND IT IDLES ERRATICALLY, VEHICLE HAS STALLED WHILE TRAVELLING 60 MPH, ON ONE OCCASION, DEALER FOUND THAT A PISTON HAD FAILED, HOWEVER PROBLEM STILL EXIST. BRAKES SQUEALED, DEALER CLEANED AND SANDED PADS AND ROTORS. VEHICLE SHOOK AT SPEEDS ABOVE 70 MPH, DEALER BALANCED AND ROTATED TIRES. CONSUMER SMELLED STRONG ODORS THROUGH THE VENTILATION SYSTEM. PASSENGER SIDE SLIDING DOOR INOPERABLE. ALTERNATOR BELT CAME APART. ACCELERATOR RATTLES. VEHICLE EXPERIENCES DECELERATION. CARPET BUCKLES.
View Details
-
Nov 23, 1999 - Henderson, NV - Frame And Members
FRAME IS BENT/ REAR AXLE IS OFF BY 30 DEGREE, AND TRANSMISSION IS GOING OUT, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO STALL.THERE IS A LOUD KNOCKING NOISE COMING FROM THE VEHICLE. ALSO, REAR TAILGATE WILL NOT OPEN. DEALER CAN'T DETERMINE THE CAUSE.
View Details
-
Jul 29, 1999 - West Palm Beach, FL - Structure
WHILE TRYING TO GET INTO THE VAN, DRIVER FELL DOWN AGAINST A METAL STRIP THAT WAS FLAT AGAINST VEHICLE DUE TO NO SUPPORT (NO STEP TO BE USED / HANDLE TO GRAB). VEHICLE WAS A RENTAL.
View Details
-
Jul 29, 1999 - West Palm Beach, FL - Body
WHILE TRYING TO GET INTO THE VAN, DRIVER FELL DOWN AGAINST A METAL STRIP THAT WAS FLAT AGAINST VEHICLE DUE TO NO SUPPORT (NO STEP TO BE USED / HANDLE TO GRAB). VEHICLE WAS A RENTAL.
View Details
-
Jan 01, 1999 - North Olmsted, OH - Body, Door
CUSTOMER REBATE CHANGED TO 1000 DOLLARS IN THE MIDDLE OF A 750 DOLLAR REBATE PROGRAM, TO EXPIRE 1/4/99 I WROTE TO ASK FOR THE ADDITIONAL 250DOLLARCHANGED ON 11/24/98. SO FAR NO RESPONSE
View Details
See similar problems for the following vehicle(s)