7.0
pretty badTypical Repair Cost:
$680.00
Average Mileage:
109,753 miles
Total Complaints:
2 complaints
Most common solutions:
- fix the leaks (1 reports)
- not sure (1 reports)
transmission problem
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2007Nov 01
Caravan LE
- Automatic transmission
- 135,000 miles
Our 2000 caravan has this problem where after putting the car in gear (R or D) it will not engage and just idle as if in neutral for 30 - 45 sec, then it will engage. It does this once or twice first thing in the morning - then is fine the rest of the day.
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2008Jan 17
Caravan
This has been a great vehicle the entire time that I have owned it. Only regular maintenance and there were two recalls that were repaired as they came up. This morning after driving half a block and stopping at a stop sign it was as though the car had slipped into neutral. I put the car in park and then back into Drive and it was fine, at least until the next stop sign. Again same problem, this time I just put my foot on the brake and let it idle and you could feel it go into gear. No loud noise, or grinding, it just went into gear. Then it was fine the rest of the day. Brought it in and was told that there were a few leaks. The pan was leaking, some solenoid was leaking and then they had to tighten some clamps on two hoses. Needless to say, they called me up and informed me that it would cost $680 plus taxes. So $800 to fix a couple of leaks. Hopefully this is the only problem I have for a while, knock on wood!!
Megan G.
Burnaby, BC, Canada
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