1997 Dodge Caravan suspension problems
21 complaints about suspension have been filed for the 1997 Dodge Caravan, which is 2% of all its NHTSA complaints.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 21 2% of this year's complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 0 and 1
- Injuries and deaths
- 6 and 2
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
What the data shows
These complaints mention 1 fire, 6 injuries, 2 deaths.
What owners wrote
Snow build-up under front-end caused steering lines to leak leading to fire and damage to lower engine components. Only 6inches of snow on ground.lines positioned too close to ground.
Summary: control arm bushings replacement parts are on national backlog: wides-spread occurrence of this defect indicates the need for recall on these parts. Details: our dodge caravan is in need of new control arm bushings, however there is a national backlog for these parts and they will not be available for 4-8 weeks or longer. We believe a recall for this defect is a needed and fair way to handle this, as this defect is obviously so wide-spread as to be unmanageable under normal circumstances.
Other problems reported for the 1997 Dodge Caravan
- Air bags 154 complaints
- Engine 132 complaints
- Transmission 129 complaints
- Electrical system 109 complaints
- Brakes 86 complaints
- Fuel system 66 complaints
- Wipers, windshield & visibility 59 complaints
- Cruise control 45 complaints