Water Pump Problems of Dodge Grand Caravan

The serpentine belt on 96-2000 Chrysler minivans slipping off is a known issue and has been for years. Time and time again Chrysler has refused to issue a recall for it. It is due to a manufacturing defect in one of the engine mounts causing a pulley misalignment. The belt slipping off causes loss of power steering, water pump, and alternator. The power steering loss can cause a driver to not be able to correct in time and cause an accident. The loss of the water pump can cause overheating resulting in engine damage. The loss of the alternator can cause the car to eventually stop running when the battery is drained, causing motorists to be stranded. I live in alaska and I'm not always in cellular signal when driving and temperatures in the winter get down to -30 f at times. I can't wait sometimes several hours for a tow truck to get to me without risking hypothermia at those temperatures. This needs to be made into a recall so it can get fixed.

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Serpentine belt repeatedly comes off during rain, car wash, etc. Power steering goes out, water pump quits working, altenator stops working. This creates serious safety hazard, especially in traffic and/or at highway speeds. There are literally hundreds, if not thousands, of people with this complaint. Chrysler/Dodge turns a deaf ear to the request for a fix, always pointing to other possible issues (which at times are legitimate), while ignoring the design defect in their vans (which is always present). This is a multi-year problem involving several Dodge vans and there is still no recall issued by the government. Where is the protection ntsa states is their mission? there is a simple, effective fix for this problem: gates 38379k enhancement component kit price: $125. 74 found on ebay. Please issue a recall!.

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I have a 2000 Dodge Grand Caravan sport, the serpentine belt has fallen off 4 times since I have had the vehicle. The first time it came off I was going 35 mph in a residential area, a friend helped my dad put the belt back on, then a few days later it came off again going 55/60 mph, took it to a local mechanic and had the water pump, serpentine belt and tensioner pulley replaced. About one to two week(s) later the belt falls off again during excelleration to get onto an express way, this time took it back in and they replaced the tensioner itself. I thought the problem was fixed, but it happened again on August 12, 2014, it was raining and I was only going 25 mph as I turned onto my street, luckily I was able to pull into the drive way before my van started to overheat.

I have a 2001 Dodge Grand Caravan sport and I had nothing but problems with it from the brake lines rotted away to the anti freeze line rotted away also the steering getting hard to were it wont budge also lights flickering and overheating so there's nothing on my van that isn't a problem I spent thousands of dollars on these problems and they just continue to happen anything on my van that holds fluids just rots away from the inside out and now the water pump housing that's bolted onto the motor were the hose attaches to goto the firewall so that you have heat and ac inside the van rotted off so there's a hole were the nipple would be to connect a hose to and the dealership wont help me in anyway shape or form so im basically on my own so I guess there waiting for someone to die before they fix anything on these vans they have so much concern for the civilians that buy there car vans ext. They keep up like this everyone who buys a vehicle from them is certain to die and they wont have any customers to sell to period because they will all be dead. . . . Its time to take our story to the press and you will see how fast the will fix these issues so if your a owner of a Dodge Chrysler and having problems such as me we should get the press involved and have them write a story about there lack or care for there customers safety so lets team up and write me at [xxx] and lets put a flame under there butts. Information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u. S. C. 552(b)(6).

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I have been told by a Dodge dealership that the following is wrong with my car and I need the following: - erg valve - water pump - power steering rack - rack & pinion even though the car runs fine and does not shakes or anything. . Read more...

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