[Hersbird]

The transmission problems on those year caravans is grisly overrated. Even on the link you posted you see it some very inexpensive speed sensors not total transmission failures. Actually the Honda Odyssey of these years is a transmission eater. The Dodge got a bad rap from the earlier years actually from wrong fluid commonly used at anybody but a Dodge dealer (Dodge didn't help matter by saying common fluid was OK if atf4 was not available). My father had a transmission a shop diagnose a total rebuild he then completely fixed by just a fluid change with the proper fluid. There is no better minivan from the late 1990s then the Dodge. A reason Chevy and Ford just plain got out of the market even though there are millions of buyers out there. I had a Dodge from 87, 88, 95, and 99 never new, all over 100k (one over 2) with never a problem on any of them. We went to the KIA in 2007 but probably will go back to the Dodge next time.