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 1992 Dodge Caravan submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 19 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
ON 6/26/2003, THE CONSUMER WAS CHARGED $40 TO REPAIR A RECALL. THE DEALER STATED THE CHARGE WAS NECESSARY BECAUSE IT WAS A HANDICAPPED VEHICLE, THE GAS TANK WAS MOVED UP, WHICH CAUSED MORE WORK TO REPAIR THE RECALL. RECALL# 02V274000 SUBJECT: FUEL TANK CONTROL VALVE WELD. THE CONSUMER REQUESTED A CALL BACK. *NLM *TS *JB
NEED TO KNOW CAUSE OF GAS LEAK IN GAS LINE. *AK
FUEL PUMP IS GOING OUT, VEHICLE STALLS DUE TO NOT ENOUGH FUEL BEING PUMPED IN. *AK
FUEL LEAKING AT CENTER FUEL RAIL, SEALS ARE NON REPLACEABLE. *AK THE FUEL RAIL CROSS OVER TUBE WAS LEAKING FUEL ON TO THE CENTER OF THE ENGINE. THE CONSUMER QUIT DRIVING FOR FEAR OF POSSIBLE FIRE. THE CONSUMER'S INVESTIGATION INDICATED THAT THE 3.3 LS FOR 1996-2000 HAD A RECALL FOR EXACT SAME PART FAILURED AND THE 1992 3.3 LS SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. *YH
FUEL INJECTOR STARTED LEAKING. THE LEFT FUEL RAIL SEAL, WHICH MEETS THE CROSSOVER JOINT TO CONNECT THE LEFT AND RIGHT RAILS, WENT BAD AND STARTED LEAKING WITHOUT WARNING. ALSO, 3 LOCAL DEALERS HAD THE PART ON BACK ORDER, AND A NEW MODIFIED PIECE WILL BE ISSUED IN JUNE BY THE MANUFACTURING COMPANY. THIS CAN CAUSE A FIRE . *AK *ML
FUEL IS LEAKING ALL OVER THE ENGINE. CONSUMER FEELS THAT FAMILY COULD BE BURNED BECAUSE OF THIS PROBLEMS. *AK
WHILE DRIVING T A FIRE BRIKE OUT IN THE FUEL TANK, RESULTING IN MINOR INJURIES. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK
WHILE FILLING THE FUEL TANK, A FIRE ERUPTED DUE TO THE FUMES COMING FROM THE TANK, POSSIBLY FROM STATIC ELECTRICITY. THE NEXT DAY I TOOK THE VAN IN TO MY LOCAL DODGE DISTRIBUTOR TO CHECK OUT THE INTEGRITY OF THE FUEL TANK ( NO DAMAGE WAS VISIBLE, EVEN TO THE PAINT) AND THEY SUGGESTED I LET THEM INSTALL A "GROUND STRAP ON FUEL FILLER NECK" OF THE FUEL TANK. I AGREED, AND ASKED WHY SOMETHING LIKE THAT WAS NOT ALREADY IN PLACE, BUT DID NOT RECEIVE A SATISFACTORY ANSWER. I WOULD LIKE TO CHECK FOR RECALLS ON DODGE CARAVANS FOR "GROUND STRAPS ON THE FUEL FILLER NECK."
THE FUEL RAILS THAT JOIN TOGETHER ARE LEAKING FLUID FROM THE CONNECTION POINT. THE "U" SHAPE RAIL AT BOTH CONNECTING ENDS IS WHERE LEAK IS HAPPENING. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP & WAS INFORMED BY MECHANIC THE PARTS NEEDED TO BE ORDERED & WOULD NOTIFY CONSUMER WHEN THEY ARE IN FOR REPAIRS. *AK
WE HAVETHE BRAKES FIXED4TIMES , A NEW FUEL PUMP
WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE BURSTED INTO FLAMES DUE TO THE FUEL PUMP MALFUNCTIONING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER HAVE NOTIFIED. *AK
WHEN DRIVING THE FUEL INJECTOR CRACKED, CAUSING FUEL TO LEAK ON THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER, DEALER REPLACED THE FUEL INJECTOR. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
REAR ENGINE BLOCK LEAK REPLACED, CYLINDER HEAD REMOVED AND THREE VALVES REPLACED. YH
VEHICLE DID NOT START DUE TO OVERHEATED PLASTIC HOUSING INSIDE FUEL PUMP ASSEMBLY.
FUEL PUMP REPLACED 3 TIMES.
FUEL PUMP FAILED, CAUSING VEHICLE TO STALL. *SD
AT 29,000 MILES A NEW TRANSMISSION WAS PUT IN THE CAR. IT BUCKED AND SKIPPED. *AK PLEASE DESCRIBE. TT
THE FUEL PUMP HAS GONE OUT AND IT CAUSES BACKFIRE AND IT HESITATES. WILL NOT PULL ONTO THE HIGHWAY SMOOTHLY. PLEASE DESCRIBE. TT
FUEL TANK VENT WAS DUMPING FUEL ONTO EXHAUST SYSTEM; NO APPARENT REASON; COULD HAVE CAUSED FIRE. 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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