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1993 Dodge Van Owner Complaints

Reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers, shown in full

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Complaints on fileComplaints are reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a complaint does not establish that a defect exists. Volume is influenced by how many of a vehicle were sold, how long it has been on the road, and how much attention an issue has received.
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Latest Jan 19, 2000
Crash or fire reportedComplaints whose submitter recorded that a crash or a fire occurred. These are the reporter's own answers on the NHTSA form, not verified findings.
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Filed in the last 12 monthsReports filed with NHTSA in the trailing 365 days. Recent volume reflects attention and vehicle age as much as anything else.
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Reports on file since Sep 5, 1997

What this page shows

Our database holds 4 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1993 Dodge Van. Each one is a report filed by an owner or driver and published by NHTSA without most of them being verified. A complaint is not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. Narratives are shown exactly as filed.

Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.

Complaints, most recent first

Showing 1–4 of 4

Brakes
Filed Jan 19, 2000

THE ABS BRAKE LIGHT REMAINS ILLUMINATED, INDICATING A MALFUNCTION WITHIN THE SYSTEM, CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

NHTSA ID
855115
Seat belts
Filed Jan 20, 1998

SEAT BELT HARNESS MOUNTING FOR REAR SECOND DOOR IS QUITE LONG. IT'S APPROXIMATELY 9"-12" AND HITS HEAD OF EVERY PASSENGER WHO ATTEMPTS TO BOARD THE VAN TO GET TO REAR SEATS. MOREOVER, WHOWEVER SITS IN THAT SEAT HAS THE PLASTIC MOUNTING DIGGING INTO HIS/HER SHOULDER. DURING NORMAL RIDES, IT IS UNCONFORTABLE BECAUSE EVERY TIME VEHICLE HIT A BUMP, THE MOUNTING RUBS AGAINST PASSENGER'S SHOULDER. DURING A COLLISION, IT MAY POTENTIALLY CAUSE AN INJURY. *AK

NHTSA ID
523378
Seat belts
Filed Dec 19, 1997

THE PLASTIC MOUNTING OF THE SEAT BELT FRO SECOND ROW OF SEATS, PASSENGERS SIDE CLOSEST TO THE DOOR, IS QUITE LONG. IT IS APPROXIMATELY 9"-12" AND HITS THE HEAD OF EVERY PASSENGER WHO ATTEMPTS TO BOARD THE VAN TO GET TO REAR SEATS; BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, WHOEVER SITS IN THAT SEAT HAS THE PLASTIC MOUNTING DIGGING INTO SHOULDER. *AK

NHTSA ID
523181
Engine
Filed Sep 5, 1997

WHEN MAKING A TURN OR PUTTING THE VEHICLE INTO PARK THE VEHICLE DIES . THE DEALER HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO LOCATE THE PROBLEM. *AK

NHTSA ID
816051
Incident
Sep 4, 1997

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.

Data sources

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