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Most Reliable Yet
Captain EO, 01/01/2004
1997 Dodge Grand Caravan ES 4dr Minivan
0 of 1 people found this review helpful
The 3.8 engine is powerful and yet provides good mileage and is tight as can be for over 120,000 miles now. Not a drop of oil is used. Have not put any money into this vehicle in five years of ownership other than normal maintenance items. Passing it on to family member so we can try the new Chrysler Pacifica.
Love our van
dodge owner, 03/08/2003
1997 Dodge Grand Caravan ES 4dr Minivan
0 of 1 people found this review helpful
We've had our van since new. Mostly reliable, and very comfortable. We have the 3.8 engine-had to have the block replaced at 6000 miles, dealer claims certain oil passages were not bored through on original. No problems since with the engine. Only minor problems since. Front wipers turn on for no reason sometimes. Difficult to converse on freeways because of interior noise. Luggage rack on roof contributes to this problem. But we love the space inside, hauls our kids and gear comfortably. My wife drives it in downtown Detroit, very rough roads, and no interior shakes,rattles, etc. Would buy another. Exterior paint still looks great after 5.5 years.
1997 Dodge Grand Caravan for sale near you
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- ES Passenger MinivanMSRP: $4,9951,507 mi away
What a Lemon! On to Toyota!
Andrew561, 11/09/2004
1997 Dodge Grand Caravan LE 4dr Minivan AWD
0 of 1 people found this review helpful
We bought this second hand 1997 Grand Caravan LE AWD with 30k klm's on it. Now it has 84,000 km on it and it's literally falling apart. Rusting, brakes, transmission, phantom wipers, electrical, underbody rust etc....it's simply pathetic the problems this relatively new car has. Already this year, we've dropped approx $3,000 into it, figuring it's the cost, but a pattern was starting to develop where this thing was simply not reliable. Then the van starting mysteriously not starting or just going "click" and turning of!Then, the gears starting malfunctioning, put the van in Reverse and it goes forward! Drove it to Toyota the other day and traded it in...bubye