HORN ,CRUISE CONTROL,DOES NOT WORK AND THE GAS LIGHT WILL COME ON AND MAKE A BEEPING SOUND FOR NO REASON. *AK
2002
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
ON 4/17/02 I PURCHASED A NEW 2002 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. THE SALESMAN SOLD THE VEHICLE TO ME WITH THE AIRBAG LIGHT ON, INFORMING ME THAT IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE THAT WAY. IMMEDIATELY AFTER READING MY OWNERS MANUAL, I DISCOVERED THAT IT WAS NOT SUPPOSED TO BE THAT WAY. I MADE ARRANGEMENTS TO HAVE THE VAN CHECKED OUT AND SINCE THEN I HAVE HAD NOTHING BUT TROUBLE WITH THE AIRBAG LIGHT/SEAT BELTS/AUTOMATIC DOORS, ETC. THIS VAN HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP EIGHT TIMES FOR THE ABOVE REASONS. ON 7/24/03 THE ABS LIGHT ALONG WITH THE HYDRAULIC BRAKE LIGHT CAME ON. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP AND IT IS STILL THERE AS OF TODAY'S DATE - 8/23/03. I CONTACTED CHRYSLER DIRECTLY ON 8/22/03 AND INFORMED THEM OF THE HAZARDOUS HISTORY OF THIS VEHICLE - THE AIRBAG MODULE HAS BEEN REPLACED SEVERAL TIMES, THE SEATBELT TENSIONERS REPLACED SEVERAL TIMES, AUTOMATIC DOORS REPROGRAMMED, ETC. I INFORMED THE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE, ARLENE, THAT I WAS AFRAID OF THE VEHICLE AND DID NOT WANT IT BACK. I WAS INFORMED BY "ARLENE" THAT THE VEHICLE PARTS HAD BEEN DELIVERED TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THAT THE VAN WOULD BE FIXED. I DON'T WANT THE VAN "FIXED". IT DOESN'T STAY "FIXED"!! IT IS A SAFETY HAZARD AND I DO NOT WANT TO BASE MY CHILDREN'S SAFETY ON THEIR IDEA OF A SITUATION BEING "FIXED" WHEN THEIR TRACK RECORD OBVIOUSLY STINKS. AM I GOING TO HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL AN ACCIDENT AND EITHER MYSELF OR, LORD FORBID, ONE OF MY CHILDREN ARE SENT AIRBORNE THROUGH THE WINDSHIELD? I WAS INFORMED BY "ARLENE" THAT SINCE THE VAN WAS NOT IN THE SHOP FOR THE "EXACT DEFECT" EVERY SINGLE TIME, THAT I WAS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR A NEW VAN. I WOULD THINK THAT THE FACT THAT THE AIRBAG SYSTEM HAS SHOWN IT HAS CONSISTENT PROBLEMS, THE SEATBELTS OBVIOUSLY HAVE CONSISTENT PROBLEMS AND NOW THE AIRBAG SYSTEM AND HYDRAULIC BRAKE SYSTEM LIGHTS ARE ON - ISN'T THAT ENOUGH???? OR DO I HAVE TO DIE IN AN ACCIDENT FOR MY FAMILY TO GET A SAFE VEHICLE?. *AK