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Replying to: jojoemc (Nov 14, 2005 5:37 am) Slow moving driver's power window (3 times). Driver's window fell off track Wiring harness in side door pinched, causing power door not to work. Two bad spark plugs and plug wires. Needless to say, I am very disappointed with this vehicle. The service manager says that the brakes normally wear out quickly because it is a "heavy-duty" vehicle. Bull! Anyone else having these issues? |
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When someone who's owned a vehicle for a number of years, joins and posts major problems the same day. Just skeptical here.
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| Hey everybody, my wife and i have about $15,000 to spend and I see plenty of low mileage Dodge Caravans as well as Mazda MPV's for sale all over California, usually being former short-term rentals/shuttles. I drove a Dodge Caravan and really enjoyed the ride. The interior parts seemed cheaporama, though! My dad owned a Caravan when I was in High School and HATED IT. It broke down constantly, (it was a 1990 model) and we had constant electrical problems. I drove an MPV and LOVED the way it drove, thought the interior was sweet and generally wife and I adored it. Problem is, I'm not sure if the reliability is up to the old school Mazda I grew up with. So many Ford parts, Duratec motor/Ford Transmission, I read in Consumer Reports about bad trannys and other things. JD Power rated it really low in mechanical quality. How do you think the Mazda stands vs. Dodge Caravan, Kia Sedona? My dad has a 1996 Mazda MPV and that thing is bullet proof!! He's driven that thing over 110,000 and only replaced batteries and tires! Has the same brakes on it as from factory, everything! Timing belt had to be changed, obviously, but that rig is solid!! That being said, it had a REAL Mazda engine, not a Ford. What do you guys think? I see some awesome deals with Dodge and a mechanic I know at a local Dodge dealer said they never hardly see Caravans except to service them. He said Neons and Intrepids are the usual bad apples. | |
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Replying to: gurneyhalleck (Mar 12, 2006 1:35 pm)  By the way, have you heard that Dodge is working on a new model, I've heard that it's going to be called the "Ornithopter". Best Regards, Shipo |
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Replying to: gurneyhalleck (Mar 12, 2006 1:35 pm)
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Replying to: micweb (Mar 12, 2006 6:07 pm) |
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Replying to: gman73 (Mar 12, 2006 12:13 pm)  was bought in may of 2004. I have your problems, and also, my car will turn off while I am driving. I am trying to work with Chrysler, but unfortunately chrysler has pretty much told me to get a lawyer.Even after my car turned off on the expressway and I almost got creamed with my two young childrne in the car. Needless to say I am not happy. In the past year and a half my SXT has tuened off three times, I have had to be jumped-started over a dozen times, and I have heard that this has happened from too many keys on my keyring (I had 5: the van key, my house key, and our parents house keys.) to spark plugs (they have been replaced i believe 3 times) to a bad battery, and now they say it is a fuel pump. Not to mention countless other repairs to the vehicle. Please let me know if you have had your situation solved?? Anyone else??? HELP!!
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4th generation Caravans are very heavy vehicles, and tend to roll forever when you ease off the gas pedal (unless climbing a grade) I purchased my Caravan with 24,000 miles, and had to replace the front pads immediately, because they were worn to the metal. I now have close to 50,000 miles, and the replacement pads look almost the same as the day I installed them. I read many posts about early brake wear in Caravans, and I am willing to bet driving habits have a lot to do with it. I have seen many people who either have their foot on the gas or on the brake, not anticipating stops, and never rolling to a braked stop, but like I said from the gas pedal right to the brake pedal. With the weight and inertia of these vans, the brakes will not last if driven this way.
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Replying to: 97xpresso (Mar 13, 2006 4:14 pm) |
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