Nine problems related to automatic transmission park/neutral start switch have been reported for the 1999 Dodge Caravan. The most recently reported issues are listed below.
Consumer's 3 year old child was able to put car in gear without putting on the brake.
Consumer can take the vehicle out of park without feet on brake, and could cause an accident. Cause unknown. Dealer notified.
Consumer states his 3 year old pulled down on the fear shift and hit another vehicle, this vehicle was not designed with the safety feature, which would allow you to first place foot on the brake before removing out of gear.
My 4 year old son was in van. He was in front seat and for some reason he pulled on the column to put it in drive. The keys were not in the ignition. He is not tall enough to reach the brake pedal. Whenever he pulled the handle the van went from park to neutral and rolled appr. 60feet into the neighbors motor home. There was damage to my bumper and to the tailgate and the quarter panel. The motorhome also had fender damage. I currently have the vehicle at the bob allen dealership in danville ky. They are waiting for a Chrysler rep. To come and view the van. The dealership has said that the whole steering column is defective. All of the components are there but not working. I feel that Chrysler should repair this vehicle at their cost because I feel that this is a major safety issue.
Whenever trying to put vehicle into gear vehicle will, without notice, accelerate even while conusmer has foot on the brake. Ak interlock system was never installed on vehicle, consumer states he can move the gear lever at any time.
Consumer is able to shift from park into drive without applying brakes.
Vehicle does not come equipped with a shift interlock mechanism. Thus,vehicle is capable of being removed from park without applying brakes or using a key. Please provide any additional information/attachments.
5-year old child pulled vehicle out of park into drive. Vehicle took off, causing damage to vehicle . Dealer and manufacturer have been contacted. Please furthefr information.
My wife loaded the kids in the van. My son removed his seatbelt. My wife got out of the driver set to put him back in his seat, and my daughter reached over and accidently put the van in gear. The van took off hitting the side of my home and taking the passenger side door off. Dodge said they do not have to install a device to prevent the transmission from going in to gear with out depressing the brake first (other manufactures d0). Does this go under standard 102?.