1996 Dodge Grand Caravan Fuel system Problems

Rubber fuel line in main engine bay is leaking fuel and cracked I have seen others that have burned down for this issue. Dodge fiat Chrysler needs to be aware that all 1996 to 2000 dodge caravans and Chrysler town and country’s could burn down if this fuel issue isn’t fixed I have already had to pay out of pocket to fix one vehicle I’m not doing it again.. my phone number if anyone at you’re agency would like to call me my cell is [XXX] thanks PLEASE HELP!! INFORMATION Redacted PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).

NHTSA ID

11459290

Incident

Apr 1, 2022

FUEL LEAKING FROM THE FUEL TANK AND THE INJECTION BASE. START JANUARY 20 ,2014. I AM A NEW OWNER. *TR

NHTSA ID

10562047

Incident

Jan 20, 2014

1996 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN WITH LEAKING FUEL TANK. CONSUMER STATES THAT SHE DID A SEARCH ON THE INTERNET FOR RECALLS AND FOUND SEVERAL FOR HER VEHICLE. SHE STATES THAT SHE NEVER RECEIVED ANY PAPERWORK FROM THE MANUFACTURER ABOUT THE RECALLS. *KB

NHTSA ID

10228430

Incident

Jan 1, 1901

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1996 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. THE CONTACT HAD THE VEHICLE REPAIRED ACCORDING TO RECALL NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 00V268000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM) IN 2005. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, HE SMELLED A MILD BURNING ODOR. MINUTES LATER, HE NOTICED SMOKE RISING FROM THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE. SECONDS LATER, THE VEHICLE WAS ENGULFED IN FLAMES. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ARRIVED AND EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. THE MAJORITY OF THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED AND IT WAS TOWED TO HIS RESIDENCE. AN INVESTIGATOR FROM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT CONCLUDED THAT THE FIRE BEGAN NEAR THE FUEL LINES. THE MANUFACTURER HAS NOT BEEN NOTIFIED. THE CONTACT STILL HAS POSSESSION OF THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 130,000.

NHTSA ID

10223788

Incident

Apr 12, 2006

Mileage

130,000 mi

TL* - THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR RECALL 00V268000 REPAIRS. THE DEALER TOLD THE CONTACT THAT THE RECALL REPAIRS HAD ALREADY BEEN MADE ON THE VEHICLE PER RECALL REQUIREMENTS. THIS REPAIR WAS DONE ON DECEMBER 11, 2006. ON JANUARY 2, 2007 AFTER DRIVING APPROXIMATE 6 MILES THE DRIVER SMELLED GAS FUMES SO HE DROVE THE VEHICLE BACK HOME. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE GAS FUMES KILLED 14 OF THE BIRDS THAT WERE HOUSED IN HIS GARAGE. THE CONTACT OPENED THE HOOD AND GAS WAS LEAKING. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE HAD NOTICED THE VEHICLE WAS USING MORE GAS THAN IT HAD PREVIOUSLY. THE VEHICLE WAS STILL SLOWLY LEAKING GAS 24 HOURS AFTER HE ORIGINALLY NOTICED THE LEAK. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DRIVABLE AND HE HAS NOT YET CONTACTED THE DEALER. THE CONTACT STATED THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS ON. *AK UPDATED 2/6/2007 - *NM UPDATED 03/21/07

NHTSA ID

10177640

Incident

Jan 2, 2007

Mileage

140,000 mi

1996 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN FUEL FILLER NECK- RUSTED THROUGH AND LEAKING WHEN REFUELING.*JB

NHTSA ID

10142685

Incident

Nov 8, 2005

Mileage

191,000 mi

DT: THE CONTACT STATED THAT GAS TANK HAD TO BE REPLACED. IT WAS FALLING APART AT THE TOP OF THE TANK. WHEN FILLING THE VEHICLE UP WITH GAS IT SPILLED EVERYWHERE. THE GAS WAS SEEPING OUT OF THE TOP. HE CALLED THE DEALER AND IT WAS NOT UNDER RECALL.*AK UPDATED 11/29/05. *JB

NHTSA ID

10140615

Incident

Oct 24, 2005

Mileage

83,000 mi

1994 DODGE CARAVAN LE, V6, 3.8 L. LEAKING FUEL TANK. FUEL LEAKS WHEN VEHICLE??S TANK IS FILLED. FUEL RUN OFF FROM THE TOP SIDE OF FUEL TANK BETWEEN THE FLOOR AND TOP OF GAS TANK. VEHICLE FUEL DOES NOT LEAK AFTER 2-4 GALLONS OF FUEL IS BURNED. VEHICLE HAS NO ACCIDENT HISTORY. *NM

NHTSA ID

10137687

Incident

Sep 25, 2005

Mileage

131,000 mi

DT: THE CONSUMER STATED VEHICLE WAS LEAKING FUEL FROM FUEL TANK, AND HAS ALREADY HAD THREE FUEL RELATED RECALLS. THERE WAS A DEFECTIVE ROLL OVER VALVE. THE VEHICLE IS CURRENTLY AT THE DEALERSHIP. THEY HAVE NOT STATED WHY THE PROBLEM WAS HAPPENING. ALSO CALLED THE MANUFACTURER. THE FUEL LEAKED WHEN THE TANK WAS RELATIVELY FULL. THE PROBLEM WAS NOTICED FOUR OR FIVE MONTHS AGO. ON JULY 21, 2005 THERE WAS FUEL UNDER THE VEHICLE. CONSUMER STATED IT WAS HIS WIFE'S VEHICLE.*AK *JB

NHTSA ID

10130138

Incident

Jul 21, 2005

OCCASIONAL FUEL SMELL FROM CAR FOR MANY MONTHS. AFTER FILLING AND PARKING CAR WITH REAR END ON UP HILL INCLINE NOTICED GAS POURING OUT FROM UNDER CAR FROM TOP OF GAS TANK. TOOK TO DEALER THEY SAID ALL RECALLS WERE PERFORMED. THEY DROPPED TANK AND INFORMED ME THE PLASTIC TANK WAS SPLITTING AT THE SEAM ON TOP. NOT A DODGE PROBLEM . MY COST TO REPLACE $900.00. I THINK THIS IS A MANUFACTURER DEFECT SINCE I HAVE BEEN INFORMED BY SEVERAL OUTSIDE MECHANICS THAT THEY HAVE REPLACED QUITE A FEW OF THESE CHRYSLER FUEL TANKS. THE POTENTIAL FOR FIRE IS GREAT FOR SOME ONE PASSING BY AND FLIPPING A CIGARETTE. *JB

NHTSA ID

10135283

Incident

Aug 30, 2005

Mileage

85,000 mi

1996 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN CAUGHT ON FIRE. ***NO ANSWER REQUIRED***. *MR FEUL RAIL LEAK CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO CATCH ON FIRE WHILE DRIVING. *NM

NHTSA ID

10128077

Incident

Dec 29, 2004

WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED, FLUID WAS LEAKING FROM UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE. THE CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND THE MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE FUEL PUMP NEEDED TO BE REPLACED, AND REPLACED IT. HOWEVER, THE PROBLEM RECURRED. *AK THE TIME BELT COVER WAS A PROBLEM. *SC

NHTSA ID

10095284

Incident

Dec 20, 2003

FUEL RAIL LEAKED. RECALL 00V26800 REPAIRS WERE PERFORMED; HOWEVER PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. *AK

NHTSA ID

10059399

Incident

Feb 15, 2004

Mileage

90,000 mi

A/C INTERNAL FAN SWITCH FAILS IN AT LEAST TWO POSITIONS AND HAVE HAD SMOKE ENTER INSIDE THE VAN WHILE DRIVING, FROM I THINK THE FAN. ONCE THE FAN IS TURNED OFF THE SMOKE GOES AWAY.

NHTSA ID

10068999

Incident

Jun 15, 2003

Mileage

48,650 mi

WHILE FUELING GASOLINE SPILLED OUT FROM THE BOTTOM PORTION OF THE FUEL TANK. AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE O-RING SNAPPED OFF, CAUSING THE GASOLINE TO LEAK. *AK

NHTSA ID

10044106

Incident

Oct 14, 2003

Mileage

172,000 mi

THE CONSUMER REQUESTED REIMBURSEMENT FOR FUEL TANK REPLACEMENT.*MR. THE CONSUMER NOTICED A LEAK UNDER THE VAN, AND SEEING THE LEAK BECOME WORSE AFTER FILLING UP THE VEHICLE, THE CONSUMER DISCOVERED THE VAN WAS LEAKING GASOLINE. THE FUEL TANK WAS REPLACED. *TS *JB

NHTSA ID

10029603

Incident

May 1, 2002

AFTER THE RECALL WAS PERFORMED REGARDING THE FUEL RAIL SEAL, THE VEHICLE STARTED TO MISFIRE, THE DEALER REFUSED TO LOOK AT THE VEHICLE WITHOUT CHARGING CONSUMER. *JB

NHTSA ID

10008899

THE METER READ LESS THAN HALF A TANK OF GAS, THE VAN RAN OUT OF GAS, THEN THE ENGINE STALLED. THE CONSUMER STARTED THE VEHICLE AND BEGAN TO DRIVE WHEN SOON AFTER THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD THE PROBLEM WAS A MISFIRED CYLINDER, THE FUEL FUEL PUMP WAS BURIED INSIDE THE GAS TANK, AND WHEN THE FUEL LEVEL DROPPED BELOW THE FUEL PUMP, THE PUMP HEATED UP AND SUCKED IN AIR INSTEAD OF THE GASOLINE. *SCC *JB

NHTSA ID

10006175

Incident

Oct 1, 2002

Mileage

84,000 mi

THE FUEL TANK CRACKED AND LEAKED FUEL. *JB THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD THAT THE PROBLEM WAS DUE TO THE FUEL TANK ASSEMBLY WHICH HAD ADDITIONAL BRACKETS. THE CONSUMER FELT THAT THIS WAS A DESIGN FLAW. SCC

NHTSA ID

10006883

Incident

Feb 10, 2003

Mileage

55,000 mi

CONSUMER SMELLED FUEL WHILE DRIVING, VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO REPAIR SHOP. MECHANIC DETERMINED A FLEXIBLE FUEL LINE IS POROUS FROM FRAME TO FUEL RAIL, SPRAYING FUEL OVER ENGINE. TS

NHTSA ID

10004123

Incident

Jan 16, 2003

Mileage

93,662 mi

WHILE TRAVELING ON HIGHWAY THERE WAS A FUEL SMELL COMING FROM INSIDE OF THE VENTS, AND FUEL WAS LEAKING FROM UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE. BUILT IN CHECK ON TOP OF FUEL TANK WAS CRACKED AND LEAKING. .*JB. *AK

NHTSA ID

10002532

Incident

Oct 2, 2000

ON DECEMBER 05/2002 MY 1996 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN CAUGHT ON FIRE. THE CAR WAS JUST WARMING UP PRIOR TO BEING USED TO TAKE MY KIDS TO SCHOOL. THE FIRE WAS EXTINGUISHED BY THE DEKALB COUNTY, GEORGIA FIRE DEPARTMENT. I LEARNED AFTER THE FIRE THAT CHRYSLER HAD A RECALL RELATED TO A FUEL RAIL/SYSTEM DEFECT. I HAVE ALL MAJOR MECHANIC WORK DONE AT THE AUTHORIZED CHRYSLER DEALERSHIP AND WAS NEVER TOLD OF THIS RECALL.

NHTSA ID

10000064

Incident

Dec 5, 2002

Mileage

190,000 mi

THE VAN HAD BEEN DRIVEN 2-3 HOURS PRIOR AND PARKED. AT 3:00 AM WHILE PARKED, THE VAN CAUGHT FIRE IN THE FRONT MORE SO TO THE LEFT SIDE. THE STEERING WHEEL WAS MELTED ALONG WITH THE FRONT TIRES, DASHBOARD, ETC. DIAMLER CHRYSLER IS SENDING A REPRESENTATIVE OUT TO DIAGNOSE THE VAN. THIS VAN HAS A 3.3 LITRE ENGINE AS STATED IN THE RECALL FOR THE FUEL RAIL CROSS OVER TUBE -O- RING; NHTSA RECALL CAMPAIGN 02V293000, WHICH THE OWNER HAS YET TO FIND OUT IF ACTUAL RECALL AFFECTS HER VAN. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS TS

NHTSA ID

8023006

FUEL TANK LEAKED PROFUSELY WHEN FULL. TANK HAD A LEAKY VENT ON TOP REPAIRED COST $300. I NOTICED SEVERAL OF THESE TANKS SETTING AROUND THE DEALERS REPAIR AREA THAT HAVE BEEN REPLACED. DT

NHTSA ID

769555

Incident

Sep 24, 2002

THE FUEL TANK WAS LEAKING FUEL. TS *TT *JB

NHTSA ID

8021313

Incident

Aug 1, 2002

Mileage

115,000 mi