FUEL RAIL LEAKING WHILE DRIVING, VEHICLE TAKEN TO A REPAIR SHOP. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER NOTIFIED AND INFORMED VEHICLE WAS NOT COVER UNDER THAT RECALL. PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. TS
- NHTSA ID
- 8023835
- Incident
- Nov 30, 2002
Owner-reported complaints naming the fuel system system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming fuel storage or delivery — tanks, pumps, lines, injectors and fuel leaks. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1990 Dodge Caravan submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 11 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
FUEL RAIL LEAKING WHILE DRIVING, VEHICLE TAKEN TO A REPAIR SHOP. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER NOTIFIED AND INFORMED VEHICLE WAS NOT COVER UNDER THAT RECALL. PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. TS
FUEL RAIL IS LEAKING OIL ONTO MOTOR, AND COULD CAUSE AND FIRE. CAUSE UNKNOWN. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK
FUEL WAS LEAKING FROM THE FUEL RAIL. DEALER DETERMINED THAT THE O-RINGS FAILED AT THE FUEL RAIL CONNECTIONS ALLOWING FUEL TO LEAK ONTO THE ENGINE. THIS COULD HAVE RESULTED IN A FIRE. THIS PROBLEM WAS FOUND ON OTHER CHRYSLER VEHICLES. REFERENCE NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 98V184000.*AK
A METAL FUEL LINE LOCATED NEAR EXHAUST SYETEM COULD LEAD TO A POSSIBLE FIRE. DEALER NOTIFED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
THE FUEL INJECTORS HAVE LEAKED 3 TIMES. DEALER REPLACED FUEL INJECTORS EACH TIME. *AK
DEFECTIVE FUEL LINE, CAUSING A LEAK. IF THERE WAS A SOURCE OF IGNITION A FIRE MAY HAVE STARTED. MANUFACTURER IS FULLY AWARE OF THE PROBLEM, AND PARTS HAVE BEEN ON BACK ORDER FOR MONTHS. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
FUEL RAIL FAILED RESULTING IN LEAKAGE.
VERY THIN METAL/THINLY PLATED CLAMPS THAT HOLD THE RUBBER TUBES TO THE FUEL FILLER UNDERNEATH THE FLOOR PAN RUSTED THROUGH, CAUSING A FUEL LEAK, WHICH IF IGNITED BY A SOURCE, MAY CAUSE A FIRE. *AK
CLAMP HOLDING FUEL LINE CORRODED AND RUPTURED CAUSING CONTENTS OF FUEL TANK TO SPILL OUT. NLM
FUEL INJECTORS LEAKED GASOLINE ONTO ENGINE MANIFOLD DUE TO A CRACK IN PLASTIC CENTER PIECE. *AK
SEAT BELTS FAILED.
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.
Categories with enough reports to have a page of their own
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