Consumer Complaint Detail

DODGE / CARAVAN / 2003

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0 Injured
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0 Death
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No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 003018730 Incident Date: Dec, 09 2003
Consumer's City: LARCHMONT Consumer's State: NY
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: Chrysler (FCA US, LLC)
Model Name: CARAVAN Model Year: 2003
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Power train:automatic transmission
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 1D4GP45R84B Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Jun, 02 2005 Complaint Type: LETR
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Nov, 23 2003
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 6 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Two and a half weeks after the vehicle was purchased there was a jerking and clicking noise whenever the vehicle went up a hill. the vehicle only had 279 miles on it at the time. the vehicle was taken to the dealer and was told that nothing was wrong. at 1829 miles, check engine light came on and cylinder number 4 was misfiring. the dealer replaced a spark plug. after 13,301 miles this happened again. at 14,456 miles the rear wheels moved but the front wheels would move along with big noise. there was hesitation and rumbling when in drive. took to dealer and found front pump in transmission had failed. the pump was replaced. on april 4-7, 2005 again to dealer who found nothing wrong. on april 28, 2005 hesitation along with check engine light came on. april 29 car had to be towed to dealer. may 2, 2005 was told need replacement of valve body and transmission. check engine light came on several times. all this occurred as car has yet to have 15,000 actual miles. *nm *nm