Two problems related to instrument panel have been reported for the 1999 Dodge Grand Caravan. The most recently reported issues are listed below.
Instruments and instrument panel lights become inoperative with no warning. In the past several years, while driving the 1999 Dodge Grand Caravan, without warning, the instrument panel lights would go off and all gauges would quit working. Usually, a smack on the top of the dashboard would bring it back, however, lately this did not work. The latest incident was on a cold, dark, wet evening with my wife driving and the children in the van. This problem results in not being able to see the speedometer nor the gear selection. I feel this is an unsafe condition that should be looked into by the manufacturer. In performing an internet search on this subject, it appears there may be a manufacturing defect with the soldering of some connectors for the instrument panel. Thank you.
The contact owns a 1999 Dodge Grand Caravan. The contact stated that the instrument panel intermittently fails. The dealer attempted to locate the failure, but two years later, the failure recurred for the fourth time. The current and failure mileages were unknown because the speedometer was the failure.