1992 Dodge Grand Caravan Body and structure Problems

“Bad paint its peeling flakeing the wood grain too faiding bad trans I just paid a dealership over 2 grand for a new one warranteed for only 3 years or 36,000 miles. Bad power windows cable broke=over $400.= me gettingscrewd bad lug nuts little metal caps over lugnuts come off and then tire tool dosent fit so you end up at the dealership getting them cut off. Keeps stalling headliner falling down headlights are totally yellow at night you cant see more than 50 feet on low beams so you have to have high beams on just to get low beam quality. …”

“The hatchback support strut on my caravan failed today - the bolt that supports the strut in the car body sheared off, while the vehcile was stopped at a stop sign. The strut expanded inside the cavity in the body as far as it could once the bolt sheared. I brought my car in for the recall (97v079000) in about 1997. I know chrysler performed the recall because the new bigger washers are on the lift supports. As I have no way to examine the bolts for stress cracking, there is no maintenance I can perform to insure the rear liftgate won't fall onto the head of me or someone in my family. …”

“The consumer was involved in past recall 730 by Dodge that was poorly handled. The rear hatch attachment bolt was the item on recall. The consumer had taken the vehicle in for repair in july of 1997 because the bolts had broken, and had them replaced. Then they broke again in august of 1999. On may 1, 2005 one of them broke again, and almost broke his wife's arm. On 5-3-2005, and the dealer said that the car was too old. They wouldn't fix it unless the consumer paid. The dealers response was inappropriate. The dealer checked with the districts office and validated that it wouldn't do it. …”

“Recall 97 v 079 000/liftgate support bracket: tailgate hinges attachment to body, metal is being torn and causes tailgate not to stay open. Could cause head injury. Dealer notified and informed consumer that part was not covered under a recall. Please feel free to provide any further details on this matter.”

“Rear tailgate hydraulic cylinder support rod pulls out of vehicle body, causing support rod to malfunction and allowing tailgate to fall when up. Support has failed two times, the right side hydraulic suuport broke off of vehicle, causing liftgate to crash down, consumer states it is not the hydraulic lift that fails, it is its attachment mechanism to the vehicle that fails.”