Reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers, shown in full
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Our database holds 18 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1984 Dodge Caravan. Each one is a report filed by an owner or driver and published by NHTSA without most of them being verified. A complaint is not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. Narratives are shown exactly as filed.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
Showing 1–18 of 18
DOOR BRACKET IS SEPARATING FROM PILAR IN LEFT AND RIGHT DOORS. EVENTUALLY DOOR CAN SEPARATE FROM BODY AND CAUSE INJURY TO THE OCCUPANTS. THE SEAT BELTS ON THE BENCH SEAT (MID/REAR) ARE NOT WORKING THE BELTS DONT EXTEND ENOUGHT FOR THE OCCUPANTS SIZE OR TO GET TO THE BUCKLE. *AK
VEHICLE FILLS WITH GAS FUMES WHEN TANK IS REFILLED.
RECALL # 951001008, OWNER STATES THAT THE DEALER DID NOT REPLACED THE LIFTGATE LATCH ON THE HATCHBACK.
THE TRANSMISSION INVOLUNTARILY SLIPPED OUT OF PARK INTO REVERSE, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO ROLL BACK INTO A TRASH DUMPSTER, DAMAGING THE LEFT REAR.
HOOD CAME UNLATCHED/FLEW UP.(OHIO STATE POLICE REPORT)
BRAKE ROTORS/PADS/MASTER CYLINDER REPLACED DUE TO BRAKE FAILURE/PULLING TO ONE SIDE.
EMERGENCY BRAKE FAILURE. *AK
FRONT SEAT DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S MANUAL WINDOW (HANDLES) STICK, COULD RESULT IN ENTRAPMENT UPON EMERGENCY EXIT. *AK
VEHICLE WAS AT COMPLETE STO, IMPACT 6:00 POSITION, PASSENGER SIDE SEAT CLASPED, CAUSING SEATBACK FAILURE. *AK
REMOTE ENTRY NO LONGER FUNCTIONS. DOOR NO LONGER SHUTS. PHASE WILL NOT START FOR ANOTHER MONTH OR SO. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. TT
THE SLIDING DOOR YOU HAVE TO PUSH IT UP TO CLOSE THE DOOR. TT
HYDRAULIC CYLINDER LIFT STRUTS FAIL, WON'T STAY UP, WILL DESCEND UNEXPECTEDLY, WITHOUT WWARNING TT
REAR LATCH GIVES FALSE LATCHING ALLOWING DOOR TO COME OPEN WHILE IN MOTION ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. TT
REAR HATCH IS DIFFICULT TO CLOSE, WILL NOT LATCH FROM TIME TO TIME. TT
ROD IN TRANSMISSION FAILED, EQUIPPED WITH AUTO TRANSMISSION. TT
CONSUMER WAS HIT FROM THE REAR AND THE REAR HATCH LATCH CAME OPEN VAN WAS TOTALED THE DRIVER SIDE SEAT RECLINE BACKWARD. TT
REAR HATCH LIFTGATE OPENED UPON BEING REAR ENDED 35-45MPH CAUSING 3RD SEATING TO COLLAPSE FORWARD, VEHICLE THEN SPUN AND WAS STRUCK IN LEFT SIDE. )AK
VEHICLES SLIDING DOOR WINDOW SHATTERED WHILE CLOSING WITH WARNING GLASS EXPLODED 6-7 FEET. TT
Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.
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