2000 Dodge Caravan

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FUEL TANK DETACHED FROM THE VEHICLE. THE FUEL TANK WAS FULL TO CAPACITY AT THE TIME OF THE FAILURE AND FUEL WAS SPILLED ONTO THE HIGHWAY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL REPAIR SHOP WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE FUEL TANK DETACHED AS A RESULT OF BOTH STRAPS FRACTURING. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE BUT DID NOT OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN ANY RECALLS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 347,000.

I PURCHASED A 2008 DODGE CARAVAN ABOUT 2 YEARS AGO FROM ELITE MOTORS IN VICTORVILLE. THE CAR WAS NOT SMOKED AT THE TIME OF PURCHASE AND HAD TO BE DONE SO ABOUT 1 MONTH LATER. THEY SAID THEY HAD A HARD TIME GETTING IT TO PASS AND THEN IT PASSED BUT WHEN I GOT IT BACK I SMOGGED IT AND IT FAILED. ELITE MOTOS SAID THEY WOULD WORK WITH ME ON RESOLVING THINGS BUT THEY NEVER DID. SINCE I'VE HAD THE VEHICLE THERE HAS BEEN A LOUD SLAPPING NOISE COMING FROM THE AIR CONDITIONER, THE FUEL PUMP HAS BEEN REPLACED, TWO TIRES HAVE BLOWN, SEVERAL SETS OF FRONT BREAK PADS HAVE BEEN REPLACED, 2 BATTERY'S HAVE BEEN REPLACED, AND WITHIN THE LAST MONTH BOTH FRONT AND REAR BRAKES/MASTER BRAKE CYLINDER/CALIPERS/WATER PUMP/RADIATOR HAS BEEN REPLACED. MY CAR IS AGAIN IN THE SHOP BECAUSE MY ENGINE LIGHT AND AIR BAG LIGHTS HAVE COME ON, THERE ARE NO BRAKE LIGHTS, AND MY CAR WAS HESITATING AND LOOSING POWER INTERMITTENTLY WITH A CLUNKING COMING FROM THE ENGINE. MY MECHANIC TELLS ME THAT I WILL NEED A NEW ENGINE. ALSO, THE VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT A FEW MONTHS AGO. I HAD ASKED GEIKO IF WHEN THEY DID THE BODY WORK - WOULD THEY ALSO LOOK FOR THINGS MECHANICALLY WRONG JUST TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING WAS O.K. THEY SAID THEY WOULD, THE SHOP (PERFORMANCE IN VICTORVILLE SAID THEY WOULD AND GAVE ME A BUSINESS CARD OF THE GUY THEY REFER THINGS OUT TO BUT THEY NEVER DID? POINT OF IMPACT IS LISTED AT 6. REAR. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 DODGE CARAVAN. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS STARTED, THE CONTACT NOTICED A STRONG GASOLINE SMELL INSIDE THE VEHICLE. THE ENGINE WARNING INDICATOR LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE SMELL WAS CAUSED BY FUEL LEAKING FROM THE CROSSOVER TUBE. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 00V268000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM). THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 126,000.

DT: THE CONTACT COMPLAINED THAT THE FUEL INJECTION FUEL RAIL WAS LEAKING. HE SMELLED A GAS ODOR COMING FROM THE VAN AND HAD IT INSPECTED BY A MECHANIC. THE SMELL WAS COMING FROM THE LEAK. IT HAS BEEN LEAKING FOR THE PAST FOUR WEEKS. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VAN TO A MECHANIC FOR SERVICE AND REPAIRS. AFTER CONTACTING THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER HE DISCOVERED THAT THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT COVERED UNDER A RECALL AT THIS TIME.*AK UPDATED 1/4/2006 - THE VEHICLE LEAKED FUEL EACH TIME THE IGNITION WAS TURNED. *NM

GAS FUMES WERE LEAKING THROUGHOUT THE VEHICLE. THE GAS SMELL HAD BECOME OVERWHELMING WHEN THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN DRIVEN FOR AWHILE. A RECALL HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THIS MAKE/MODEL, AND YEAR. THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO VINE ALTHOUGH THE SAME DEFECTS APPLIED TO THIS VEHICLE. *AK RECALL # 03E053000 *SCC *JB

IN NOVEMBER, I HAD FILED LEMON LAW ON MY 2000 DODGE CARAVAN DUE TO THE NUMEROUS FAILED ATTEMPTS TO REPAIR LEAKY FUEL INJECTORS. I LOST THE ARBITRATION BECAUSE IT WAS DETERMINED TO BE NOT SAFETY RELATED. BUT ACCORDING TO NHSTA CAMPAIGN # 00V268000, THE PROBELM WAS SAFETY REALATED. SO DODGE AND THE STATE OF HAWAII (WHERE I LIVED WHEN LEMON LAW WAS FILED) HAVE LIED AND I HAVE BEEN DRIVING A FIRE BOMB WAITING TO HAPPEN.