Used 1995 Dodge Grand Caravan Minivan Consumer Reviews
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The Last Chrysler
Reliability has been the biggest problem with this vehicle. To date, we've had the following problems: - three transmission failures - water pump - front brake calipers - fan belt - shocks and struts - two out of round wheels - gives nice highway ride - cruise control out Although an older vehicle, the poor reliability of this and our Intrepid has made us import buyers.
Go foreign
I had my van for 6 years, it came with the 3.3L automatic which gave us 4 years of good service. It is at this point you might as well get rid of it because your opinion will change dramatically. The tranny gave up the ghost at 92,000 at a tune of $1,600 and I found out I was real lucky. Dodge doesn't build anything to last. We used to buy Chrysler products, but never again!
Don't do it!
The van was fine for about the first year. The next summer the air conditioning had probs......and the same thing happened summer after summer. Was told by my car repair shop that caravans are notorious for air probs oce the van experiences probs, it will continue year after year, $ and $. At just over 100,000 miles, the transmission went out. Amazing. Found out later too that transmissions do go out on the caravan as well. Paint lso started to peel. For a van I kept maintained, I'm very disappointed. Going back to a toyota!
Bad Van
This van was given to us by my father-in-law when it was 12 years old with 71,000 miles. It had been well maintained and always garaged. I first noticed that the power rear windows only worked some time, the rear windshield wiper motor was out and the electric liftgate opener did not work. In the year we owned it the water pump, drivers side window motor, and the front wiper motor had to be replaced. Then the track on the sliding side door door broke and the side window latch came apart. When the transmission went out at 82,000 miles the van went to the junk yard. I should have known because I had the same experiences with the 96 Caravan I bought new.
It works but not great
The grand caravan fitted my need ok. The capacity is great. The engine i have had no probloems except having to replace an engine mount. The drawbacks to this van is it has very poor suspension. It feels like your driving a truck but much worse because it rocks horably for a van. the side door also doesn't work right it needs constant repair due to design flaws. A better buy would be to get a aerostar which is much better