There was no events leading up to the failure. I have had no proablems with the vehicle. I parked the van in the yard and it started on fire under the hood. The fire inspector said the fire was from the wiring. My insurance totaled the vehicle. I have contacted daimlercrysler and I am still waiting for a response.

- Ceres, CA, USA

There was no events leading up to the failure. Parked vehicle in front yard and engine caught on fire. Fire inspector said fire was due to electical failure. Insurance totaled vechile. Called DaimlerChrysler still waiting for response.

- Ceres, CA, USA

Within seconds upon starting the vehicle it burst into flames from under the hood. Fire department indicated that the fire was due to an electrical system failure.

- Blackwood, NJ, USA

The vehicle caught on fire under the hood.

- Bronx, NY, USA

Changed battery 3 times don't know mileage/changed starter 2X. Second time transmission went - was told I was lucky to get another 30, 000 miles out of it.

- Wantagh, NY, USA

Vehicle had been to dealer twice, would not start, bought new battery. Next day dead again. Dealer said headlight stayed on that caused battery to be drained. Next night vehicle was burning, flames and smoke from under the hood. Fire department had to cut open hood to get to engine, left side of engine was melted. Vehicle at dealers since then.

- Meas, AZ, USA

Engine caught on fire under the hood while being parked. Owner had smelled plastic melting before hand.

- Sacremento, CA, USA

My minivan had a slight jerk and the tachometer and speedometer went to zero, the engine was still running and all lights were on so I continued, when the car was restarted the guages registered correctly. 10 days later the same thing happened on acceleration. Then the guages all pegged at high end and blue smoke poured from under the hood. The resulting fire burned out my started, battery and wiring harness. A Chrysler dealership is repairing the problem, but under my auto insurance instead of vehicle warrenty. This same symptom of the guages going to zero was reported to my by a friend who owns of a 1997 Dodge Caravan. This fire was extremely scary and I wanted a record of it in case of reports by other owners of similar problems thank you.

- Portland, OR, USA