This van has been great to me and my family, and I will now own nothing, but a dodge minivan! Just a few small issues with it. Shortly after I bought it, the down-shift solenoid in the transmission went. Expensive part, but not uncommon. The only other issues I have had is recently the driver's window stopped going up and I had to replace one rear wheel bearing. Nothing that any other car couldn't have had go wrong. Other than that, this van has been great. I have had no problems that the other people have had with the brakes or the serpentine belt. Folks, it all comes down to preventive maintenance. For those with the front brake problems; are your rear brakes properly adjusted? If they're not tight enough, you're putting too much stress on your fronts, causing them to wear prematurely. Also, after any brake job, you cannot do any hard stopping for about 500 miles or you will cause them to wear prematurely. Same thing with the belt, check the alignment of all the pulleys. I have never had to take my van into a mechanic. I just keep up on all the little things, and it treats me well. When this thing finally does die out, I will be definitely buying another one!
Comfortable.
Good gas mileage for it's size.
Inexpensive to upkeep with regular preventive maintenance.
Not the most maintenance friendly though (plugs are a nightmare to change on the v6 models)
All in all though, a great van.
If your experience is typical of Dodge/Chrysler minivans you should have many, many more miles of trouble free driving ahead. I don't know of anyone who has owned one of these great vehicles who hasn't been very pleased with it. One of our last Dodges went 240,000 miles with virtually ZERO maintenance. One thing I was surprised at in your review, however, was the remark about the spark plugs. We never changed ours (not even in the one with 240,000 miles on it). How come they needed changing?? My dealer tells me American made vehicles no longer require changing the spark plugs.
Unless the vehicle is a diesel, ALL vehicles will require spark plugs at one time or another, some sooner than others.
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