1995 Dodge Grand Caravan Body and structure Problems

“The front driver door frame is breaking off metal. Ts the driver door mounting point on the body, is cracking from the flex of the door and will eventually break completely off. Scc”

“There is a structural weakness in the front doors of Dodge/chrysler minivans that causes door failure. The doors become improperly aligned with the door frame, making them difficult or impossible to open and close. The door also fails to latch properly as a result of misalignment. This can cause the door to fly open suddenly while the vehicle is moving, particularly when turning a corner. It happened to me, but fortunately my passenger was wearing his seatbelt and was not thrown out of the car. Others might not be so lucky. …”

“I never been contacted by the dealer or the mfg about my complaints. They want these problems to get too old so they simply ignore you. They may be hundreds of these vans with cracked front cowlings where the door hinges mate. The doors willnot close safely and lock. My family is at risk and with three children I cannot dump this death trap because the mfg ignores their design defects. There may be hundreds of these vans out waiting for a small accident to throw someone out because the door mounting is not solid. Please investigate this before someone gets killed in these death vans. …”

“Driver's door hinge is ripping off metal of frame, door could possibly fall off. Dealer said needed to either spot weld or replace frame. Upon examining the door, it was found that the door had dropped several inches and was gadually separating from the body frame. The solution was to replace the frame which cost the consumer significant amount of money. The manufacturer claimed it occured due to age of the vehicle.”

“Bottom hinges for driver's door are failing, causing door drop down, resulting in failure of door to properly align with frame so that door can be closed and locked. Please provide any additional information / attachments.”