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 1993 Dodge Caravan submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 65 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.
The 25 most recent of 65, in the owner's own words
VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A SIDE COLLISION WITH A 18 WHEELER SLIDING DOOR FLEW OFF WHILE LOCKED. DEALER WAS NOT NOTIFIED AT THIS TIME. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK
FRONT PASSENGER'S SIDE DOOR WILL NOT LOCK. DOME LIGHT WILL COME ON, AND DOOR AJAR SIGN WILL COME ON.*AK
WHILE COMING OUT OF A DRIVEWAY AT 5MPH, WAS TRYING TO MERGE INTO TRAFFIC, AND DRIVER'S SEATBACK COLLAPSED BACKWARDS. THIS CAUSED DRIVER TO LOSE VISIBILITY, AND NOT ABLE TO APPLY BRAKES. WAS ABLE TO PULL SELF UP BY USING STEERING WHEEL.*AK
PASSENGER'S FRONT DOOR FLEW OPEN WHILE TURNING CORNER. AFTER CLOSING DOOR, IT THEN FLEW BACK OPEN. IN ORDER TO KEEP DOOR CLOSED CONSUMER HAD TO HOLD DOOR BY HAND. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO A MECHANIC, AND MECHANIC STATED THAT PROBLEM WAS A FACTORY DEFECT. *AK
WHILE MOTOR WAS RUNNING AND VEHICLE WAS IN NEUTRAL, WHEN LEANING BACK, DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT SUDDENLY COLLAPSED IN RECLINING POSITION. DEALERSHIP HAS YET TO EXAMINE VEHICLE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL NFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS.*AK
DRIVER'S SEAT ANCHOR/SUPPORT BRACKET CRACKED AND SEAT MOVED. *AK
THE INVESTIGATION IS NOT YET COMPLETED SO I COULD NOT ANSWER THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF DAMAGES. I DARE SAY MY VEHICLE IS TOTALLED. NO SAFETY DEFECT INDICATED. *AK
DRIVER SEAT BROKEN AT BOTTOM OF SEAT AND TRACK. DEALER SAID THERE WAS NOTHING HE COULD DO SINCE VEHICLE WAS OUT OF WARRANTY. *AK
DRIVER'S SEATBACK RECLINED BACK ON WHILE DRIVING. VEHCILE CAN'T BE DRIVEN BECAUSE OF THE SEAT. THIS HAPPENED 2 OTHER TIMES. DEALER IS GOING TO LOOK INTO THE PROBLEM. *AK
BACK REST WOULD NOT STAY IN A STRAIGHT UP POSITION. DEALER NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT VEHICLE WAS NOT COVERED UNDER A RECALL. *AK THE FRAME ON THE DRIVER SEAT WHICH WAS REPAIRED EARLIER IS NOW MALFUNCTIONING. *YH
VAN WAS AT COMPLETE STOP WHEN REARENDED BY CAR GOING AT APPROXIMATELY 70/75 MILES PER HOUR. THE BACK PART OF THE DRIVERS SEAT BROKE UPON IMPACT AND SEPARATED FROM BOTTOM SEAT.
THE FRONT BUCKET SEATS BROKE WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS REAR ENDED, THE PASSENGER SITTING BEHIND THE DRIVER'S WAS STRUCK IN THE FACE BY THE DRIVER'S SEAT, KNOCKING OUT A TOOTH AND LACERATING HER LIP. NLM
EACH TIME THAT CONSUMER SAT DOWN SEAT MALFUNCTIONED/BROKE IN TWO. CONSUMER COULD NOT LEAN ON IT.*AK
VEHICLE WAS STRUCK FROM THE REAR WHICH CAUSED BOTH FRONT BUCKET SEAT TO COLLAPSE. DEALER/MANUFACTURER WERE NOT CONTACTED AT THIS TIME. *AK
TRANSMISSION FAILED CAUSING VEHICLE TO COME TO A HALT WHILE DRIVING DOWNHILL. NLM
VAN COUGHT ON FIRE AND WAS A TOTAL LOSS, THE ONLY ITEMS REMAING WAS THE BUMPER. THERE WAS NO WARNING AND THE INSURANSCE COMPANT FEELS THAT IT WAS ELECTRICAL. *AK
DRIVER'S SEAT DOES NOT STAY LOCKED IN PLACE. WHILE DRIVING THE VAN THE SEAT GOES ALL THE WAY BACK ON THE TRACK. DEALER WILL BE LOOKING AT THE SEAT. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
THE SEATBELTS ARE JAMMING DUE TO RESIDUE IN THE SEATBELT CAUSING THE CLAMP/ BUCKLE TO FAIL. *YC
WHILE DRIVING AT 15 MPH ANOTHER VEHICLE HIT THE CONSUMER'S VEHICLE HEAD-ON. UPON IMPACT, REAR SEAT AND BOLTS TO CAME LOOSE, AND REAR SEAT DROPPED INTO THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. *AK
WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE AT ABOUT 60 TO 65MPH THE HOOD FLEW OPEN AND STUCK TO THE WINDSHIELD. OWNER HAD TO PULL OVER TO SHUT THE HOOD. DEALER HAS NOT SEEN CVEHICLE. *AK
NO SUMMARY
CONSUMER STOPPED TO MAKE A LEFT TURN AND A TOYOTA CAMRY REAR ENDED CONSUMER'S VAN. DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S FRONT SEATBACKS BROKE. UNIBODY/REAR LEAF SPRINGS WERE BENT, AND THE VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. THREE PASSENGERS SUSTAINED INJURIES. *AK
IF LIFTGATE OPENS, THE OCCUPANTS CAN BE EJECTED DUE TO THE LIFTGATE FALLING DOWN ON THE OCCUPANTS' HEAD. *AK
WHILE CLOSING THE REAR LIFTGATE OF OUR 1993 DODGE CARAVAN, MY WIFE HEARD A LOUD POP AND THE LIFTGATE BECAME UNUSUALLY HEAVY. UPON EXAMINING THE PROBLEM, I FOUND THAT THE BOLT HOLDING THE LIFTGATE STRUT TO THE BODY OF THE CAR WAS SHEARED. IN ADDITION, I FOUND DAMAGE TO THE PLASTIC MOLDING ON THE INTERIOR OF THE DOOR FRAME AND TO THE CEILING PANEL. THE DOOR CAN NO LONGER BE OPENED OR CLOSED BY ONE PERSON BECAUSE IT IS HEAVY AND THE STRUT WILL NOT COMPRESS. THE 1992 MODEL HAD A SIMILAR FAILURE AND WAS RECALLED( MY NEIGHBOR HAD HIS STRUTS REPLACED AND HIS CEILING PANEL REPAIRED AT NO COST ONE YEAR AGO), BUT THE DEALERSHIP IN THE AREA AND CHRYSLER/DODGE CORP. INFORMED ME THAT MY MODEL WAS EXCLUDED FROM THE RECALL. ONLY 1992 MODELS OF CERTAIN VIN'S WERE INCLUDED. THEY WERE UNABLE TO TELL ME THE CRITERIA BY WHICH THEY LIMITED THE RECALL. FORTUNATELY, NO-ONE WAS HURT BY THE FALLING DOOR OR THE EJECTING STRUT IN THIS OCCURENCE.
VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT (REAR IMPACT), DRIVERS SEATBACK BROKE. MANUFACTURER'S INSPECTOR LOOKED AT THE CAR, AND STATED THAT THETHE VEHICLE WAS DESIGNED IN SUCH MANNER THAT THE DRIVER COULD NOT GO THROUGH THE WINDSHIELD. *AK
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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