05 caravan 58k miles - problems

loud clunk from rear - and turn signal fell apart, now hard to turn steering
wheel - in at repair - is any of this under factory warrantty? 58K miles

Nice car, but starting to wonder why are we having problems so soon - we had
5 trannys in the last caravan.
Rocky

 

forgot to mention - check engine light on - local gas station doesn;t have
scanner - is this ODB II? they say it's not standard scanner compatable -
dealer only? can autozone pull codes?

 

I believe that the original warranty is 3 years/36,000 miles, unless
the extended warranty was purchased. That's quite a lot of miles for a
2005.

-Kirk Matheson

 

My brother uses the van a lot on the highway driving to sales calls. turned
out to be both rear shocks needed to be replaced - thats odd - no heavy
loads. turn signal assembly needed to be replaced. Chrysler must just put
minimum grade running gear in to get the vans on the road and not care about
reliability - sounds like the old aspen and volare days before the k cars
were made.

 

I doubt that your experience is typical.

My 2002 Caravan SE, the "strippo" model, now has 73K on it.
My only problems have been the sway bar struts and normal brake
replacement.

Doug

 

I'm glad to hear all is well for you. I had talked my brother into buying
this van telling him he was better off buying new thatn fixing his old van.
He had a bad experience at the dealer and won't go back, so he has been
using a local garage for service.

 

I have found a VERY honest local shop. They do everything except
transmission work - and I have a local shop for that too!

I have no particular need to go to the dealer, and I wont unless I
absolutely have to. I had some problems with my old 94 Acclaim and the
ABS brakes. They said they would have a look, but if it was anything
serious, I would have to go to the dealer. Fortunately it was very
simple. It was right after that I sold the car and purchased the GC
which - coincidentally, has no ABS brakes.