And of course things can vary. I have both a Dodge Grand Caravan and a Honda
Odyssey mini van. Both have around 75,000 miles; the Dodge is a 2002, and the
Odyssey is a 2001. I just had to get a new transmission for ... the Honda.
The good news is that Honda covered the entire cost under a special warranty
for that model year.
----- Original Message -----
From: Don
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2007 3:24 PM
Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] cars and towing
I have heard the same thing about the transmissions, We have owned three
caravans, all have been fine. know problem. for what ever that is worth.
one caravan, we even pulled a small trailer. for what ever that is worth. Don
----- Original Message -----
From: Victor Gouveia
To: [email protected]
Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2007 12:36 PM
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
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