Owner-reported complaints naming the interior system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming seats, latches, locks, linkages and interior fittings. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1988 Dodge Caravan submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 24 reports on file name it.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed
POWER STEERING FAILURE; ALSO REPLACED SEPENTINE BELT/RACK AND PINION STEERING/WATER PUMP. IN ADDITION, VEHICLE STALLS WHEN EXITING HIGHWAY AFTER DRIVING 55-60 MPH; REAR HATCH OFTEN FALLS DOWN AND SHIFTING DIFFICULTY WHEN PARKED ON INCLINE. *AK
UPPER BODY ATTACHMENT BRACKET OF THE HATCHBACK LATCH BROKE PRIOR TO/AFTER SERVICE RECALL REPAIRS. *AK
DOOR LOCK STICKS NOT ALLOWING PASSENGERS TO EXIT THE VEHICLE.
CHRYSLER HAS TAKEN AN EXCESSIVE PERIOD OF TIME TO REPAIR THE REAR LATCH ON VEHICLE. *AK
AFTER BEING HIT FROM THE REAR THE DRIVER SEAT BACK COLLAPSED. TT
CHRYSLER HAS TAKEN AN EXCESSIVE PERIOD OF TIME TO CORRECT PROBLEM WITH THE LATCH, CALLED MANUFACTURER AND WAS TOLD IT COULD BE UNTIL 7/96 FOR PART TO BE READY. *SLC
THE REAR HATCH LATCH DON'T CLOSED RIGHT. TT
REAR HATCH LOCK FAILS TO ENGAGE PROPERLY. *TW
SCREW HAS COME LOOSE AND LOST, ALLOWING LATCH TO BECOME LOOSE. REAR HATCH WOULD FAIL TO ENGAGE WHEN SHUT. TT
REAR TAILGATE WILL NOT OPEN WITH KEY OR FORCE, BUT WHILE DRIVING ALONG AND HIT A BUMP GATE COMES OPEN. TT
THE FRONT DRIVE SIDE SEAT BEAT CAME LOOSE FROM THE FLOOR AND THE REAR HATCH LATCH IS HARD TOO CLOSE. TT
WHILE DRIVING NOTICED RATTLING SOUND COMING FROM REAR, INDICATING LIFTGATE WAS LOOSE, FINALLY HAD TO HAVE DEALER REPLACE LATCH MECHANISM AT OWN EXPENSE. TT
THE REAR HATCH LATCH MAKES NOISE/RATTLES WHEN GOING OVER BUMPS, INDICATING THAT THE LATCH IS NOT HOLDING IT TIGHT. TT
SEATBELTS FAILED DURING ACCIDENT.
DIFFICULTY LATCHING THE REAR LIFTGATE. TT
REAR LATCH BOLT CAME LOOSE, CAUSING BACK LATCH TO OPEN. TT
WHILE DRIVING, EXPERIENCE INTERMITTENT LIFTGATE LATCH FAILURE, WHEN SUDDENLY LATCH DISENGAGES, ONCE THIS HAPPENS IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO LOCK. TT
IT TAKE ABOUT TEN TIME TO SHUT THE REAR HATCH LATCH AND SOMETIME THE LIGHT COME ON NO ONE HURT. TT
WAS DRIVING THE REAR HATCH LATCH OPEN UP NO ONE HURT. TT
REAR LATCH FAILED, HATCH OPENE AND CONTENTS IN BACK FELL OUT. TT
WHILE DRIVING SUDDENLY REAR LATCH DISENGAGED AND HATCHBACK POPPED UP. TT
EXPERIENCES DIFFICULTY IN LATCHING LIFTGATE, IT SOMETIMES POPS OPEN, NEVER WHILE DRIVING. TT
REAR HATCH LATCH FAILED, CAUSING LIFTGATE TO OPEN WHILE DRIVING WITH NO WARNING SENDING ALL CARGO OUT. TT
WHEN OPENING THE REAR HATCH ALL THE SCREWS AND LOCK WOULD FALL OUT. 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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