1995 Dodge Caravan Airbags Problems

BOUGHT A NEW 1995 DODGE CARAVAN IN MAY OF SAME YEAR. SHORT TIME LATER A LETTER NOTIFYING US OF REAR LATCH DOOR COMING OPEN AT IMPACT----TOOK CARE OF IT. ABOUT 3 YEARS AFTER THAT A 20 AMP FUSE IN POSITION #20 KEPT BLOWING, AIR BAG LIGHT WOULD COME ON AND REAR WINDOW WIPER WOULD GO OUT. A SHORT TIME AGO WHILE LOOKING UP PARTS FOR ANOTHER VEHICLE AT ADVANCE AUTO PARTS,JUST FOR CURIOSITY LOOKED UP RECALLS FOR THE 95 CARAVAN AND FOUND OUT ABOUT THE SHORT TO GROUND THAT EXISTS IN THE AIRBAG CIRCUIT. I NEVER RECEIVED A RECALL LETTER FROM DODGE. YESTERDAY THE 28TH OF SEPT 2009 WENT TO DODGE AND THEY CONFIRMED THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLES BUT THEY WANT TO CHARGE ME FOR THE DIAGNOSTIC TEST IF IT WAS SOMETHING ELSE. THE DIAGNOSTIC RUNS LIKE $110. NOW I'M UNEMPLOYED AND MY WIFE IS PICKING UP OUR GRANDBOY FROM SCHOOL WITH THIS SAFETY ITEM NOT WORKING PROPERLY I'M WORRIED SICK. I FEEL THAT CHRYSLER SHOULD TAKE CARE OF THIS PROBLEM AT THEIR OWN EXPENSE,BECAUSE THERE IS DEFINITELY A SHORT IN THE CIRCUIT. MY NAME IS ENRIQUE GONZALEZ WOULD LIKE TO GET AN OPINION FROM YOU AS TO WHAT CAN BE DONE TO AVOID A POSSIBLE ACCIDENT. THANK YOU *TR

NHTSA ID

10285728

Incident

Sep 28, 2009

Mileage

48,000 mi

DT: CONSUMER STATED: HAD TO REPLACE THE CLOCK SPRING. CONTACTS INSIDE WERE BAD, IT MALFUNCTIONED, THE AIR BAG LIGHT WAS ON, HORN AND THE CRUISE CONTROL DIDN'T WORK. *AK

NHTSA ID

10122198

Incident

May 18, 2005

Mileage

104,500 mi

WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH VEHICLE WAS REAR ENDED AND COLLIDED INTO A POLE. UPON IMPACT, DUAL AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. DRIVER SUSTAINED NECK AND BACK INJURIES. *AK THE CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN TWO ACCIDENTS WITH THE VEHICLE IN WHICH THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *NM UPDATED 11/7/2005 - THE CONSUMER REQUEST THAT THE MANUFACTURER INVESTIGATE THE 1995 DODGE CARAVANS FOR FAULTY AIR BAGS. *NM

NHTSA ID

10109055

Incident

Jan 9, 2005

Mileage

102,000 mi

THE VEHICLE ACCIDENTALLY JUMPED THE CURB WHILE ON THE ROAD. THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED, CAUSING A FIRE. DRIVER SUSTAINED BURNS. MANUFACTURER WILL BE NOTIFIED BY CONSUMER.*AK

NHTSA ID

10109552

Incident

Jan 30, 2005

THE AIR BAG AND THE HORN WERE INOPERATIVE. THE CONSUMER FELT IT WAS DUE TO THE DEFECT DESCRIBED IN THE CLOCK SPRING RECALL 02V293000 ON LATER MODEL YEAR VANS. THE CONSUMERS VAN HAS NEVER BEEN INSPECTED BY A DEALER OR MECHANIC TO IDENTIFY WHAT WAS CAUSING THE PROBLEM. *JB THE SPEEDOMETER AND ODOMETER ALSO STOPPED WORKING FOR A FEW DAYS. *NM

NHTSA ID

10101518

Incident

Dec 20, 1999

Mileage

55,000 mi

AIR BAG LIGHT CAME ON AND STAYED ON WHEN I TURNED ON THE REAR WIPER AND THE REAR WIPER MOTOR FROZE. *LA

NHTSA ID

10046890

Incident

Nov 13, 2003

Mileage

78,345 mi

LETTER FROM DAVID R KRIEGER CONCERNING PROBLEM HE EXPERIENCED AFTER HAVING SAFETY RECALL WORK DONE ON 1995, DODGE CARAVAN, AND THE INTERMITTENT LOSS OF ILLUMINATION FROM HEADLIGHTS WHEN THE MULTIPURPOSE SWITCH LOCATED ON STEERING COLUMN WAS USED. *AK

NHTSA ID

10012287

Incident

Feb 20, 2003

THE HORN AND SPEED CONTROL WAS INOPERATIVE, WHICH WAS CAUSED BY FAULTY CLOCK SPRING. THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT STAYED ON , BECAUSE IT WAS DISCOVERED THE PASSENGER AIR BAG WAS MISSING, THE BULB WAS REMOVED FROM THE INSTRUMENT PANEL, AND THE AIR BAG WILL NOT DEPLOY IN A COLLISION. SCC *JB

NHTSA ID

10011621

Mileage

81,268 mi

AFTER AIR BAG RECALL WAS PERFORMED, THE WARNING CHIME SOUNDED AS THE DOME LIGHTS CAME ON. CONSUMER FELT DEFECT IS RELATED TO RECALL WORK PERFORMED. WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT, AND USING THE MULTIPURPOSE SWITCH TO GO FROM BRIGHT HIGH BEAM TO NORMAL HEADLIGHTS, THE HEADLIGHTS SUDDENLY WENT DARK. THE SEAT BELT RETRACTOR FAILED. *TT *NLM

NHTSA ID

10009771

DEFECTIVE HEADLIGHT SWITCH / SHORT CIRCUIT RELATED TO AIR BAG WIRING. AFTER THE AIR BAG WIRING WAS PERFORMED, THE WARNING CHIME SOUNDED AND THE DOME LIGHTS CAME ON. THE DEFECT WAS RELATED TO THE RECALL WORK. WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT, AND USING THE MULTIPURPOSE SWITCH, TO GET FROM HIGH BEAMS TO NORMAL HEADLIGHTS, THE HEADLIGHTS FAILED *TT *JB

NHTSA ID

10009716

THE AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE DASHBOARD.*JB

NHTSA ID

10008689

Incident

Jan 15, 2003

CONSUMER STATED AFTER RECALL #99V113000 AIR BAG HAS BEEN PERFORMED ON THEIR VEHICLE THEY ARE STILL HAVING THE SAME PROBLEMS. DODGE HAVERSTRAW 845-429-5990 PLEASE PROVIDE THE ADDRESS OF THE DEALER. TS

NHTSA ID

10004597

Incident

Feb 12, 2002

AFTER AIRBAG WIRING SYSTEM RECALL HAS BEEN DONE, 2 BLOCKS AWAY VEHICLE SHUT OFF. VEHICLE LOST ALL POWER. DEALERSHIP NOTIFIED. *AK *TTVEHICLE IS STILL INOPERABLE AFTER THE INSTALLATION OF THE NEW AIRBAG. DEALERSHIP IS REFUSING TO HONOR THE WORKMANSHIP (AIRBAG RECALL). *JG

NHTSA ID

8008423

Incident

Apr 23, 2002

FRONT COLLISION AT 55 MPH, AND NEITHER AIRBAG DEPLOYED. NO INJURIES, VEHICLE WAS TOTALLED. *AK

NHTSA ID

8006839

Incident

Mar 26, 2002

AIR BAG LIGHT WILL COME ON AND OFF PERIODICALLY. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER NOTED THAT CLOCK SPRING COULD BE REASON FOR PROBLEM.*AK

NHTSA ID

8003397

Incident

Jan 1, 2002

WHILE DRIVING AT 15-20MPH, VEHICLE CRASHED. UPON IMPACT, AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED.*AK 2 PEOPLE WERE INJURED IN THE ACCIDENT. *JB

NHTSA ID

8002181

Incident

Dec 23, 2001

ON AT LEAST 7 OCCASIONS WHEN STARTING THE VEHICLE IF THE AIR BAG LIGHT ON THE INFORMATION CENTER STAYS ON THE TURN SIGNALS,STOP LIGHTS ,A/C ETC WILL NOT WORK. IF I TURN OFF THE IGNITION AND RESTART AND THE AIR BAG LIGHT GOES OFF THEN EVERYTHING IS NORMAL. I KNOW THERE WAS A CAMPAIGN ON THE AIR BAGS SOMETIMES DEPLOYING THROUGH AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM BUT THE DEALER I CONTACTED AND GAVE THE ID # TO ASSURED ME THAT CAMPAIGN HAVE BEEN DONE ON THIS VEHICLE. I DO NOT WANT TO GET INTO A LENGHTY REPAIR BILL ON AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM UNLESS SOME ONE KNOWS SPECIFICALLY WHAT IS WRONG. I WOULD APPRECIATE ANY HELP YOU CAN PROVIDE IN REGARD TO THIS PROBLEM.*AK

NHTSA ID

752712

Incident

Sep 28, 2001

THERE WAS A FRONT CRASH AT A SPEED OF 15-20 MPH, HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE. DRIVER RECEIVED SLIGHT INJURIES, NEITHER AIRBAG DEPLOYED. VEHICLE IS TOTALLED.*AK

NHTSA ID

896091

Incident

Sep 8, 2001

WHILE TRAVELING EAST ON HWY 70 (BETWEEN MOREHEAD CITY & HAVELOCK NC.) MY VEHICLE (1995 DODGE CARAVAN SE) I WAS STRUCK BY ANOTHER VEHICLE ON THE RIGHT FRONT SIDE OF MY VEHICLE. THE IMPACT WAS SUCH THAT THE AXLES WERE KNOCKED OUT. MY PASSENGERS AIR BAG DEPLOYED AND MY BAG FAILED TO DEPLOY ON IMPACT. THE BAG COMPARTMENT OPEN AFTER MY CHEST STRUC THE STEERING WHEEL. MY IMPACT WITH THE WHEEN WAS LESSENED AS I WAS WEARING MY SEAT BELT (AS WAS MY PASSENGER) THERE WAS A WITNESS TO MY AIR BAG FAILURE. THE HIGHWAY PATROL WERE TOLD OF THE FAILURE BY MYSELF AS WELL AS BY THE WITNESS. I AM CURRENTLY UBDER A DOCTORS CARE FOR EXTENCUVE SOFT TISSUE DAMAGE TO THE AREA OF MY BREAST BONE (INTERNALLY). MY DOGDGE WAS TOTALLED OUT BY THE NATIONWIDE INSURANCE ADJUSTER.*AK

NHTSA ID

742797

Incident

Mar 1, 2001

THE VAN WAS STRUCK FROM THE REAR (APPROX. 35-40 MPH) AND WAS DRIVEN INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE ENTIRE FRONT END OF THE VAN WAS DRIVEN IN AGAINST THE MOTOR, BOTH FRONT BUCKET SEAT (BACKS) WERE BROKEN, THE DRIVER SEAT WAS FACING SLIGHTLY TOWARD THE DRIVER DOOR, THE DRIVERS KNEES WERE FORCED INTO THE DASH (WITH HER SEAT BELT ON) AND NEITHER ONE OF THE AIR BAGS WERE DEPLOYED. CHRYSLER SAID THIS WAS NORMAL WHEN I CONTACTED THEM ABOUT WHY THE BAGS DIDN'T DEPLOY. *AK

NHTSA ID

742690

Incident

Dec 5, 1999

A VEHICLE HIT THE CONSUMER IN THE DRIVER'S SIDE REAR PUSHING THE VEHICLE INTO A LANDSCAPING WALL AND INTO A TREE, THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE WAS SMASHED INWARD, HOWEVER THE AIRBAG EXPERIENCED NO DEPLOYMENT, CAUSING THE CONSUMER TO SUSTAIN INJURIES, THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE AIRBAG (99V113) WHICH THE CONSUMER DID HAVE SERVICED. *SLC

NHTSA ID

559006

I WENT TO TURN ON MY REAR WINDOW WIPER AND THE AIR BAG LIGHT CAME ON AND HAS NOT TURNED OFF.*AK

NHTSA ID

738885

Incident

Jan 5, 2001

NO DEPLOYMENT OF THE AIR BAGS DURING VEHICLE COLLISION, 2 INJURIES DURING COLLISION. (NO OTHER INFORMATION PROVIDED) *MJS

NHTSA ID

557616

RECALL 99V113000. AFTER DEALER REPAIRED THE VEHICLE UNDER THE RECALL, THE AIRBAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED. SINCE THE INITIAL REPAIR, DEALER HAS ATTEMPTED TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM THREE TIMES.*AKDURING THE LAST REPAIR, THE DEALER REPLACED MODULE BECAUSE IT WAS RUSTED OUT. *YH

NHTSA ID

865514

Incident

Apr 1, 2000

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED FAILURE OF THE RECALL COMPONENT PRIOR TO RECALL NOTIFICATION. (99V-113) *MJS

NHTSA ID

552760

Incident

Jul 10, 1998