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1992 Dodge Caravan complaints

Owner reports filed with NHTSA about this vehicle, newest first and reproduced as filed. They are unverified accounts: one proves nothing, and a pattern across many is the thing worth reading. Back to the full 1992 record →

Seat Belts › Front › Anchorage
Filed May 9, 1997CA

THE SECOND ROW RIGHT SIDE SEAT BELT COMES UNHOOKED, THE SPRING BROKE. EA-97-005. *AK

Seat Belts › Front › Anchorage
Filed May 9, 1997CA

CENTER SEAT/RIGHT SIDE SAFETY BELT ANCHORAGE RELEASES WHEN THE BELT IS IN USE. *AK

Structure › Body › Hatchback/Liftgate › Support Device/Strut
Filed May 9, 1997CT

OWNER STATES THAT THE HYDRAULIC CYLINDERS THAT SUPPORT THE HATCHBACK FELL DOWN AND HIT OWNER IN THE HEAD. DEALERS STATED THAT A FIXED BOLT ON THE OPENING SNAPPED. *AK

Seat Belts › Front › Anchorage
Filed May 8, 1997NJ

CONSUMER STATES THAT THE MIDDLE RIGHT SEAT ANCHORAGE FROM THE FLOOR TO THE SIDE OF THE WALL CAME UNHOOKED DUE TO THE BROKEN CLIP, EA97-005. *AK

Seat Belts › Front › Anchorage
Filed May 6, 1997OH

WHILE DRIVING THE CENTER SEAT/RIGHT SIDE SEAT BELT ANCHORAGE RELEASES WHEN BELT IS IN USE. *AK

Seat Belts › Front › Anchorage
Filed May 6, 1997FL

EA-96-005, THE VEHICLE'S REAR MIDDLE RIGHT SIDE SEATBELT ANCHORAGE COMES LOOSE WHEN WEARING THE SEAT BELT, WILL NOT PROTECT AN OCCUPANT IN CASE OF AN ACCIDENT. ALSO, EXPERIENCES SEAT BELT BUCKLE PROBLEMS WITH THE PASSENGER'S AND DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELTS WHICH GET JAMMED AND COME UNDONE WHEN WEARING THE SEAT BELT. *AK

Seat Belts
Filed May 6, 1997TX

THE RIGHT REAR SEAT BELT COMES APART.

Seat Belts › Front › Anchorage
Filed May 2, 1997OH

EA 97-005, THE VEHICLE REAR MIDDLE/RIGHT SIDE SEAT BELT ANCHORAGE BROKE OFF, CAUSING THE SEAT BELT TO BE INOPERATIVE, WILL NOT PROTECT AN OCCUPANT IN CASE OF AN ACCIDENT. *AK

Seat Belts › Front › Anchorage
Filed May 2, 1997SD

EA97005, SAFETY BELT ANCHORAGE FAILURE. SAFETY BELT ANCHORAGE RELEASES FREQUENTLY WHEN BELT IS IN USE. VEHICLE PURCHASED IN OCT OF 92. THE SPRING CLIP IS NOT BROKEN. DEALER HAS NOT LOOKED AT VEHICLE.

Seat Belts › Front › Anchorage
Filed May 2, 1997AZ

OWNER STATES THAT SEAT BELT IN THE MIDDLE REAR BECOMES DETACHED. SHE ALSO NOTES THAT THE SPRING CLIP IS FAULTY. OWNER HAS NOT TAKEN VEHICLE TO DEALER. *AK

Seat Belts › Front › Anchorage
Filed May 1, 1997GA

OWNER STATES THAT THE MIDDLE/REAR SEAT BELT BECOMES DETACHED, SPRING CLIP DOES NOT HOLD. OWNER IS VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE PROBLEM. *AK

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip
Filed May 1, 1997CA

HAD VEHICLE REPAIRED UNDER RECALL (96V099000); PROBLEM STILL EXIST; NOTHING FIXED; TOOK IT BACK; VEHICLE KEPT FEW DAYS; TOOK TO ANOTHER DEALER & SAID ONLY SCREW REPLACED; TOOK IT BACK TO ORG. DEALER WHO SAID HAVE TO PAY FOR THE REPAIRS EVENTHOUGH THEY DID NOT FIX PROBLEM.

Seat Belts › Front › Anchorage
Filed Apr 30, 1997MI

EA-97-005, THE VEHICLE'S REAR MIDDLE RIGHT HAND SIDE SEAT BELT ANCHORAGE COMES LOOSE WHEN USING THE SEAT BELT. SEA TBELT WON'T PROTECT THE OCCUPANT IN CASE OF AN ACCIDENT. *AK

Seat Belts › Front › Anchorage
Filed Apr 30, 1997MN

SEAT BELT ANCHORAGE FAILURE, THE MIDDLE SEAT ON THE RIGHT SIDE ANCHORAGE HOOK CLIP, COMES LOOSE WHEN FASTENED SEAT BELT. *AK

Latches/Locks/Linkages › Hatchback/Liftgate › Lock
Filed Apr 29, 1997FL

HATCHBACK DOOR: BOLT WHICH HOLDS REAR HATCH PISTONS HAS BROKEN TWICE. WHEN PISTONS BREAK THE DOOR HAS THE POTENTIAL TO CLOSE ON CONSUMER. THIS COULD BE VERY DANGEROUS. *AK

Seat Belts › Front › Anchorage
Filed Apr 29, 1997NH

THE CENTER SEAT/RIGHT SIDE SAFETY BELT ACHORAGE RELEASES FREQUENTLY WHEN THE BELT IS IN USE. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. *AK

Seat Belts › Front › Anchorage
Filed Apr 28, 1997SC

MIDDLE SEAT BELT COMES DETACHED FROM THE FLOOR ATTACHMENT. *AK

Seat Belts › Front › Anchorage
Filed Apr 25, 1997WI

SEAT BELT ANCHORAGE FAILURE, THE MIDDLE SEAT ON THE RIGHT SIDE HOOK CLIP ANCHORAGE FAILED, 2ND OWNER NOTICED THE PROBLEM ABOUT 2 MONTHS AGO. *AK

Seat Belts › Front › Anchorage
Filed Apr 24, 1997IL

WHILE DRIVING THE CENTER SEAT/RIGHT SIDE SEAT BELT ANCHORAGE RELEASES WHEN BELT IS IN USE. *AK

Seat Belts › Front › Anchorage
Filed Apr 24, 1997WA

VEHICLE'S REAR MIDDLE SEAT BELT COMES LOOSE AND UNDONE DUE TO A DEFECTIVE SPRING CLIP. *AK

Seat Belts › Front › Anchorage
Filed Apr 23, 1997OH

MIDDLE REAR SEAT BELT COMES UNHOOKED FROM FLOOR FREQUENTLY. *AK

Seat Belts › Front › Anchorage
Filed Apr 23, 1997KY

SEAT BELT ANCHORAGE, THE MIDDLE SEAT BELT ANCHORAGE, WHEN BUCKLE THE CLIP OFF THE FLOOR ANCHORAGE UNHOOKED. CONTACTED MANUFACTURER, NO REPAIR HAS BEEN DONE. *AK

Seat Belts › Front › Anchorage
Filed Apr 23, 1997MD

THE SEAT BELT HOOK ON THE RIGHT SIDE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE VEHICLE DISENGAGED FROM THE METAL FLOOR ANCHOR. THE SPRING CLIP IS NOT BROKEN, BUT DOES NOT STAY IN POSITION. CONSUMER HAS NOT TAKEN VEHICLE TO THE DEALER. PLEASE ADD FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

Seats
Filed Apr 23, 1997PA

FRONT DRIVER'S SEAT: WHILE DRIVING DOWN HIGHWAY FRONT SEAT COLLAPSED WHILE THE SEATBACK WAS LEANING BACK. CAUSE UNKNOWN, HAVE NOT HAD REPAIRED. *AK

Seats
Filed Apr 23, 1997TX

EA97-005, SAFETY BELT ANCHORAGE FAILURE. SAFETY BELT ANCHORAGE RELEASES FREQUENTLY WHEN BELT IS IN USE. VEHICLE PURCHASED IN JUNE OF 92. THE SPRING CLIP IS NOT BROKEN. DEALER HAS NOT LOOKED AT PROBLEM. *AK

Seat Belts › Front › Anchorage
Filed Apr 23, 1997MO

EA97-005, THE VEHICLE REAR MIDDLE RIGHT SIDE SEAT BELT ANCHORAGE CAME UNDONE WHEN USING THE SEATBELT. DEALER CANNOT DETERMINE THE PROBLEM. THE SEATBELT IS INOPERATIVE. *AK

Seat Belts › Front › Anchorage
Filed Apr 23, 1997PA

SEAT BELT ANCHORAGE FAILURE, THE MIDDLE SEAT ON THE RIGHT SIDE, HOOK CLIP ANCHORAGE COME LOOSE WHEN BUCKLED. *AK

Seat Belts › Front › Anchorage
Filed Apr 23, 1997AZ

SEAT BELTANCHORAGE FAILURE, THE MIDDLE SEAT ANCHORAGE FAILURE, THE HOOK CLIP COME LOOSE WHEN BUCKLING THE CHILD IN SEAT AND WHEN DRIVING. *AK

Seat Belts › Front › Anchorage
Filed Apr 23, 1997IN

CONSUMER STATES THAT THE HARNESS CAME UNDONE FROM THE FLOOR AND HE COULD NOT GET IT REHOOKED, TOOK IT TO THE DEALER, AND THEY REHOOKED IT. (EA 97-005). *AK

Seat Belts
Filed Apr 22, 1997VA

WHILE DRIVING THE CENTER SEAT/RIGHT SIDE SEAT BELT ANCHORAGE RELEASED WHEN BELT WAS IN USE. *AK

Seat Belts › Front › Anchorage
Filed Apr 22, 1997OH

CENTER SEATRIGHT SIDE SAFETY BELT ANCHORAGE RELEASES FREQUENTLY WHEN THE BELT IS IN USE. *AK

Seat Belts › Front › Anchorage
Filed Apr 22, 1997OH

CENTER SEAT/RIGHT SIDE SAFETY BELT ANCHORAGE RELEASES WHEN SEAT BELT IS IN USE. *AK

Seat Belts
Filed Apr 22, 1997ME

SEAT BELT ANCHORAGE FAILURE, THE MIDDLE SEAT ON THE RIGHT SIDE SEAT BELT ANCHORAGE COMES DETACHED FROM THE FLOOR ANCHOR WHEN DRIVING. *AK

Seat Belts › Front › Anchorage
Filed Apr 22, 1997MS

DRIVER'S SEAT BELT ASSEMBLY IS INOPERATIVE DUE TO POOR DESIGN. *AK

Seat Belts › Front › Anchorage
Filed Apr 22, 1997NJ

SEAT BELT ANCHORAGE FAILURE, THE MIDDLE SEAT ON THE RIGHT SIDE ANCHORAGE HOOK THAT IS ATTACHED TO THE CLIPS COMES LOOSE WHEN DRIVING OR WHEN BUCKLE IS APPLIED. *AK

Seat Belts › Front › Anchorage
Filed Apr 22, 1997AZ

THE LATCH THAT KEEPS THE SEAT BELT HOOKED IS BROKEN, DOES NOT HOLD (EA 97-005). *AK

Seat Belts › Front › Anchorage
Filed Apr 22, 1997CA

MIDDLE RIGHT SEAT BELT COMES OFF FROM THE ANCHOR ON THE FLOOR UPON REPLACING IT , SEAT BELT DOES NOT STAY (EA- 97-005). *AK

Seat Belts › Front › Anchorage
Filed Apr 21, 1997FL

THE SEAT BELT ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE DOOR DISENGAGES FROM THE METAL HOOK, CAUSING THE SEAT BELT TO BECOME INOPERATIVE, VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN TAKEN INTO THE DEALER FOR REPAIRS PLEASE GIVE FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

Seat Belts › Front › Anchorage
Filed Apr 21, 1997PA

CENTER SEAT/RIGHT SIDE SAFETY BELT ANCHORAGE RELEASES FREQUENTLY WHEN THE SEAT IS IN USE. *AK

Seat Belts › Front › Anchorage
Filed Apr 21, 1997NC

VEHICLE'S MIDDLE REAR SEAT BELT SPRING CLIP RUSTED AND BROKE, DEALER HAD TO REPLACE IT. *AK

Seat Belts
Filed Apr 21, 1997IL

WHILE DRIVING THE CENTER SEAT/RIGHT SIDE SEAT BELT ANCHORAGE RELEASES, WHEN BELT IS IN USE. DEALER HAS NOT LOOKED AT VEHICLE FOR PROBLEM. *AK

Seat Belts
Filed Apr 21, 1997IL

WHILE DRIVING THE CENTER SEAT/RIGHT SIDE SEAT BELT ANCHORAGE RELEASES WHEN BELT IS IN USE. PLEASE PROVIDE DETAILS. *AK

Seat Belts › Front › Anchorage
Filed Apr 21, 1997FL

THE SEAT BELT ON THE RIGHT SIDE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE VEHICLE DISENGAGES FROM THE METAL FLOOR ANCHOR AND FROM THE WALL ANCHOR, THE SPRING CLIP IS NOT BROKEN. VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN INTO THE DEALER FOR SERVICE. *AK

Seat Belts
Filed Apr 21, 1997TN

SEAT BELT ANCHORAGE FAILURE, THE MIDDLE SEAT BELT ANCHORAGE, THE HOOK CLIP COMES LOOSE WHEN FASTENING THE SEAT BELT FROM THE ANCHORAGE. *AK

Seat Belts › Front › Anchorage
Filed Apr 21, 1997CA

CENTER SEAT/RIGHT SIDE SAFETY BELT ANCHORAGE RELEASES FREQUENTLY WHEN THE BELT IS IN USE. *AK

Seat Belts
Filed Apr 21, 1997PA

MIDDLE SEAT BELT ON PASSENGER'S SIDE WHERE IT ATTACHES TO FLOOR CAME UNDONE FOR NO APPARENT REASO. BELT RELEASED, DRIVER WAS UNAWARE, 3 YEAR OLD UNRESTRAINED. *AK

Seat Belts
Filed Apr 21, 1997CT

MIDDLE BENCH SEAT BELT ANCHORED TO FLOOR RELEASES FREQUENTLY, NO INJURIES, CHECKED BY DEALER, FOUND NO PROBLEM. *AK

Seat Belts › Front › Anchorage
Filed Apr 21, 1997FL

THE SEAT BELT ON THE RIGHT SIDE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE VEHICLE, THE HOOK DISENGAGES FROM THE METAL FLOOR ANCHOR. THIS PROBLEM OCCURS WHEN THE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION AND WHEN THE SEAT IS BEING OCCUPIED. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN INTO THE DEALER, BUT THE PROBLEM WAS NOT REMEDIED. PLEASE ADD ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

Seat Belts
Filed Apr 21, 1997MD

WHILE DRIVING THE CENTER SEAT/RIGHT SIDE SEAT BELT ANCHORAGE RELEASES WHEN BELT IS IN USE. DEALER HAS NOT LOOKED AT VEHICLE FOR PROBLEM. *AK

Seat Belts
Filed Apr 21, 1997IL

SEAT BELT ANCHORAGE FAILURE, THE MIDDLE SEAT ON THE RIGHT SIDE, HOOK WILL STAY AFTER SEAT BELT IS BUCKLED. *AK

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