25 problems related to automatic transmission have been reported for the 1999 Dodge Grand Caravan. The most recently reported issues are listed below.
Vehicle engine was running and transmission was in park, when it suddenly changed to reverse, knocking down and running over the driver.
: the contact stated while driving 35 mph, the wheels locked up. The vehicle slid off of the road into a snow bank and was towed to an independent repair shop. The repair shop determined a pin in the transmission came out, causing the wheels to lock up. The pin in the transmission was replaced. Updated 03/15/06.
While driving 60 mph vehicle shifted into low gears. Consumer was concerned that vehicle will be rear ended if problem continued.
I have a 1999 Dodge Grand Caravan, VIN # 1b4gp44g9xb504017 with 47,300 miles. Here lately it will shift rough sometimes and I would like to know if there is a service bullitten concerning this situation or if it needs to be serviced and what I should advise the service department to check. I am not sure they service the transmission at 25,000 miles. As a service and training manager for york I know the value of correct service. Thanks.
Transmission broke from inside the vehicle. Metal penetrated the case, vehicle only had 38,304 miles on it. It is a 1999 Dodge Grand Caravan se. Dodge would not cover it since they believe it was wear and tear. For me this was a safety hazard. This was an act of god that my husband was not killed while driving 55 miles per hour on the express way going to a weapons training site on the wisconsin/illinois boarder. We had aaa motor club but the next dealership was over 35 miles away and they would not cover the cost. Our bill from gurnee Dodge, 7255 grand avenue (route 132), gurnee, IL 60031 was $3499. 27. And our tow was $125. 00. We not only baby the car, clean it and do preventive maintenance on it every 6 months, it shocked the hell out of me to know my husband was just driving and all of a sudden almost lost control of the car on an off ramp w/ nothing but a gally drop to look forward to. I was angry to see that daimler Chrysler would not help us with this knowing that it has a 7 year 70,000 miles power train warranty (bumper to bumper). This was not my husband's fault and he could have been killed. Thank god he's a cop and can maneuver even from the toughest situations. The average consumer is not my husband, so I write you this note to make companies like daimler Chrysler honor their warranty and help the consumer when a faulty transmission blows from the inside of the mechanism up to the vehicle. The mechanic at gurnee said my husband was lucky it had not penetrated the floor of the vehicle. It could have killed him, cut him in half or even caused more damage. Thank you in advance for hearing my voice.
I have a poorly manufactured transmission, 1999 Dodge Grand Caravan. It was rebuilt once, now it needs to be totally rebuilt again this time 1600. 00 dollars. Maybe you all can do something about this problem . Searching the internet many others have had problems with faullty chysler transmissions. Thanks.
While driving gear can be easily moved from drive to neutral. Vehicle would lose power while driving.
1999 Dodge Grand Caravan, blown transmission, 41000 miles. Dealer says transaxel assembly pin broke? unknown why? factory won't standby product its outside the 3yr, 36000 miles. Factory claims there are no problems with transmission. It appears to be a safety issue.
Automatic transmission locked up in low range while driving on highway. Mechanic found that tranmission was shot after 80,000 miles.
Without warning vehicle "lunged forward" and lost speed and speedometer went to "0mph". Veh would not shift out of 1st or 2d gear. We are military stationed in germany and this is our own veh. Veh taken to a local shop that honors u. S. Warranty and we were told that 27 other vans had the same problem at this time and were also waiting for a new transmission. It took 6 weeks for a transmission to become available. . . Obviously a problem if that many other vehicles had the same problem and took that long to get a tranmission.
We were on the way to our vacation destination on 7/30/02 and pulled off the freeway for gas. The "service engine soon" light came on as soon as we pulled into the gas station. Once we were on the road again, the van would not come out of second gear. We were then forced to stop in a parking lot and got directions to the closest full service repair shop. (this all took place at 8:15pm in barstow, CA) the mechanic ran diagnostics on the van and thought it might be the sensor but would have to run more tests the following morning. We were, at that point forced to stay in barstow for the night. We called the mechanic in the morning and got the unbelievable news. After running more diagnostics he found two additional errors in the transmission related to a pressure problem and informed us our transmission was the problem and needed to be replaced. The mechanic was able to order a factory rebuilt transmission and we were charged a mere $2,750. 00 for parts and labor. In the mean time we had to rent 2 cars to get to our destination (no vehicles were available to fit 6 people). We had to stay an additional night in a hotel, as our van would not be ready until Friday night. Our van has less than 43,000 miles on it and should have been more reliable than what it was. We now have the factory rebuilt transmission, probably from someone else van and therefore cannot be trusted. We do not feel the rebuilt transmission is reliable and now will not drive this vehicle unless absolutely necessary. It is unsafe!! we feel fortunate that we had exited the freeway at apparently the right time, who knows what would have happened had the van shifted in to second gear at 70mph. The story would have been much different.
Transmission doesn't shift properly, engine light comes on.
The transfer pin in the transmission broke causing total failure of the transmission. It would not even stay in park. At first we thought we had hit something because of the jolt that this caused. After the insurance company's investigation it discovered that the damage was from the pin. I contacted daimler/ Chrysler after having the vehicle repaired at a local shop. They seemed willing to help with the repairs through a local dealer. When I informed them that I had already had it fixed through a local shop they were completely unwilling to even discuss the matter. A mechanic that we know only works on these transmissions. He was not shocked that this happened. He has seen it many times.
Without warning, while driving 55mp, heard clunking, grinding, felt jerking. Pulled over to find transmission fluid pouring out. Found large pieces of transmission on highway. Thankful we weren't going faster or on a freeway. Car continued to roll easily while in park. Had to use emergency brake to park vehicle. Had daimler extended warranty, but extremely dissatisfied with them now. Been 1 week now, still being repaired. Warranty only gave a too small replacement vehicle for 5 days(we needed all the van's 7 seats to transport our family). It is expected to take a total of 11 or more days to repair. We have also had trouble with the key in this van. We will probably never buy another Dodge vehicle, as we have multiple problems with our last van too. We thought that was because it had been previously wrecked, before we bought it. We would be glad to discuss this with anyone. Thank you.
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Design defect as per certified transmission repair shop: vertical pin breaks off which causes a slippage for the main rotating mechanism causing it to puncture the transmission.
While making a stop vehicle surged forward because the transmission case blew out. Dealer and manufacturer have been notified.
Transmission rebuilt once, but problem persists. Vehicle stutters when shifting from 1st to 2nd gear. After dealer investigates complains the vanruns smoothly for about 3 months; then problem starts again. Dealer says they can't find anything wrong when they run diagnostics.
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When the transmission is in overdrive, there is a whistle sound when the trottle is pressed. Releasing the trottle stops the whistle. This happens when cruise control is on as well as with out, can be reproduced very easily at various speeds. At higher speeds it is louder, I. E. It is louder on the highway than on surface streets.
Transmission is not working properly. While consumer was pulling out of drive way, and putting transmission in gear it felt like it was in neutral. Consumer had to play with it before it caught a gear. Contacted dealer,and dealer replaced transmission three times, and problem was still occurring.
My first incident happened on 5/21/99; dealer service said there was nothing wrong. Second incident was 6/1/99, this time the dealer service said they repaired the problem. Again, I reported to dealer service the same problem on 9/9/99; dealer service said there was no problem found. Again, I reported the same problem to dealer service on 1/18/2000; again, they said there was no problem found. The day I took the van to dealer to possibly trade for a new car, the salesman drove the van and immediately said it had a transmission problem, and within an hour the transmission wouldn't even shift gears. The warranty had expired; however, Chrysler said they would cover the repair since I had had the van in so many times before for the same problem. This was 5/20/00. They kept the van all week, and finally said it was repaired. I picked up the van on 5/27/00, and before I got 5 (five) miles from the dealership, as I was driving on the expressway at 65 mph, the transmission went out again, and it was like someone slammed on the brakes. The speedodemeter went to zero and it kicked back down into first gear and wouldn't shift back. When this happened all four of my children and my husband were in the van, and one of my children's head was slung forward and then back. She has been complaining with a headache ever since. I took the van back to the dealership, (in 1st gear), and they said they would try again. My child is hurt, and my vehicle is a lemon! what can I do?.
Transmission got stuck between park and reverse, then jumped back into reverse, backed up and hit a tree. It is very easy to put the shifter in a position that looks like park but is not fully engaged.
Vehicle can be put into gear without engine running and no safety feature like brake depression before care can be put into gear a small child can easily do this as my 2 1/2 yo did much to my surprise.
Consumer states that while driving vehicle up hills vehicle loses power and sometimes cuts off. Dealer has been notified. Mr.