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Originally Posted by tobybul
Non-MB but frustrating...
Dodge Caravan Tranny leak. Tranny shop peaked under car and said $600 to fix leak. Went to another tranny shop, put vehicle up hoist, pointed to rear seal leak. Fixed for $90.
Dodge Caravan Misfire (I knew it was due to water in gas tank. I knew this because whenever I would put Dry-Gas it would temporarily cure it). Brought it to Dodge dealer. They insisted it was bad plugs and bad wires. I told them that it was water in tank but since they guaranteed it would fix it I let them do it for $250. Next day same thing and demanded my money back.
I just continued adding Dry-Gas until the problem went away (about $10).
Dodge Caravan Air Bag Light ON. Brought it to 2 dealers who wanted 1 hour diagnosis charge minimum. Decided to put it off. Later when I had time, I checked the fuses and noticed the ABS fuse was open. Replaced it and fixed the problem (10 minutes and $0.99).
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Aren't dodge caravans awesome?  My dad brought his to the dealer about 8 times for the cooling fan variable resistor failure that plagues them....it overheats and fries, then the fans don't come on at all, and in standing traffic it begins to overheat unless you put the heater on max heat/blower....finally we swapped the fan assembly thinking that old fans might be drawing too much current....didn't fix the problem. So my final solution was to disable (unplug) one of the two fans. Its been 2 years problem free. Instead of running two fans on low-mid speed....it just runs the one fan a little faster....and doesn't overload the resistor control since its half the juice going through it. Classic case of poor/bare minimum design.
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Last edited by pawoSD; 03-17-2009 at 01:10 PM.
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