# Dodge Caravan 2002 transmission **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Tags:** caravan, transmissions, dodge\ **Created:** [March 16, 2008, 6:30pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/dodge-caravan-2002-transmission/11878 "2008-03-16T18:30:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![brundog6](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/eada6e/32.png) [@brundog6](https://community.cartalk.com/u/brundog6)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2008, 6:30pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/dodge-caravan-2002-transmission/11878/1 "2008-03-16T18:30:18Z")
My automatic transmission won’t stay in park. I force the shift lever into park to remove the key. When I restart the van the indicator shows that I’m in reverse. sometimes the vehicle rolls back and makes a ratcheting sound. This is the second transmission in the vehicle. The origional went out at about 120,000. The remanufactured transmission has about 55,000 miles on it. ---
**Author:** ![transman618](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/transman618/32/24_2.png) [@transman618](https://community.cartalk.com/u/transman618)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2008, 11:54am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/dodge-caravan-2002-transmission/11878/2 "2008-03-17T11:54:59Z")
You definately need to get the park mechanism checked. Your issue could be anything from a linkage to the park pawl itself. It would be impossible for us to tell you exactly what it is without looking at it first. Get it checked, this is a safety issue. Until then, make sure your parking brake works. transman ---
**Author:** ![brundog6](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/eada6e/32.png) [@brundog6](https://community.cartalk.com/u/brundog6)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2008, 4:17am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/dodge-caravan-2002-transmission/11878/3 "2008-03-19T04:17:08Z")
Thanks for the info. I just found out the my parking brake is frozen too. Looks like it time to spend some bucks.