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
Owner-reported complaints naming the driver-assistance system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming forward-collision avoidance, lane keeping, back-over prevention, cruise control and related electronic driver-assistance systems. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1995 Dodge Caravan submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 14 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
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
WHEN APPLYING GAS PEDAL VEHICLE WOULD LOSE POWER OR HESITATE, AND THEN JUMP FORWARD INTO GEAR. ALSO, STALLED COMPLETELY OUT. DEALER SAID IT NEEDED A NEW TRANSMISSION.
WHEN APPLYING BRAKE PEDAL VEHICLE ACELLERATED WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING. DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK
WHEN GOING DOWN STEEP GRADES CONSUMER PUTS VEHICLE IN 2ND GEAR, AND VEHICLE WILL STALL. FOUND INFORMATION ON INTERNET REGARDING THIS PROBLEM. THROTTLE PLATE CARBONS UP, AND CAUSES ENGINE TO STALL. ALSO, WENT TO DEALER WHO COULD NOT REMEDY PROBLEM. *AK THE VEHICLE STALLED THREE TIMES ON STEEP MOUNTAIN ROAD AND THE DRIVER LOST STEERING CONTROL AND THE BRAKES FAILED TOO. *YH
WHEN DRIVING AT ANY SPEED RMPS ARE VERY HIGH, CAUSING THE ENGINE TO RACE. WHENEVER CONSUMER IS COMING OFF A HILL, VEHICLE RACES AT HIGH HIGH SPEED, AND CONSUMER HAS TO APPLY BRAKES IN ORDER TO GET THE RPMS DOWN. *AK
ON TWO OCCASIONS, THE VEHICLE SURGED WHILE DRIVER WAS ABOUT TO DEPRESS THE BRAKE PEDAL. DIAGNOSTICS BY DEALERSHIP AND SPECIAL INVESTIGATOR SENT BY CHRYSLER WAS UNABLE TO DETECT CAUSE. *AK
THROTTLE BODY FAILED.
FUEL THROTTLE LINKAGE/FUEL PUMP/FUEL FILTER FAILED, CAUSING VEHICLE TO STALL. IN ADDITION, POWER BRAKES AND POWER STEERING MALFUNCTIONED. *AK
VEHICLE STALLED WHEN ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS RELEASED, RESULTING IN AN ACCIDENT/INJURY, *AK
AFTER SHIFTING THE VEHICLE INTO DRIVE, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED. PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK
DURING OPERATION UNDER 30MPH THE VEHICLE STALLS. FUEL PUMP, FUEL FILTER, AND ACCELERATOR SENSOR TO THE COMPUTER HAVE BEEN REPLACED.8AK
PUT INTO GEAR DRIVE, VEHICLE WENT INTO OPEN THROTTLE POSITION, IMPACT 12:00 POSITION HIT A CONCRETE POLE , AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. TT
CRUISE CONTROL FAILED, CAUSING INTERMITTENT SUDDEN ACCELERATIONS/LOSS OF CONTROL. *SKD
CRUISE CONTROL DISENGAGED THEN VEHICLE ACCELERATED OUT OF CONTROL, RESULTING IN AN ACCIDENT. *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.
Categories with enough reports to have a page of their own
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