Victor, Correct, Caravans and town & Countries did have transmission problems. those were in the 1st, 2nd, 3rd generation minivans. the 4th generation minivan, 2001-2007, fortunately do not have the same problems. Most of the problems are caused by people going to the corner lube shop, and have Dextrin put in the tranny to top it off. Dextrin will toast the tranny in very short time. Jiffy Lube was well known for this. Some places still do not put in the correct fluid. Chrysler ATF +4 is required, it might cost a few pennies more, but the dealer is the only place to get true ATF +4. Michael _____
From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Victor Gouveia Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2007 12:37 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] cars and towing The only problem I see with Michael's suggestion to go with a Caravan is that the Caravan is notorious for transmission failures sooner rather than later. In fact, consumer reports has done an investigation and found that Dodge Caravans were 85% more likely to need a major transmission repair within the first three years of ownership, as opposed to the average 5 to 8 years of their competitors, and 9 to 11 years with the Japanese imports. I have known three Caravan's in my life, and each lived up to the consumer reports investigation. I'm not saying that I took bad care of it, I could see at the time, was driving it on a regular basis, and I had it serviced on regular intervals, as per manufacturer's standards. Either way, it might be worth looking into the report further, as I may be wrong on the numbers. Victor Gouveia [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Check out the new improvements in Yahoo! Groups email. http://us.click.yahoo.com/4It09A/fOaOAA/yQLSAA/86xolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
