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 1999 record →
WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH ON THE HIGHWAY THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. CAUSE UNKNOWN. DODGE REPURCHASED THE VEHICLE UNDER THE LEMON LAW AFTER SEVERAL FAILED ATTEMPTS TO FIX IT. *AK *ML
WHILE BACKING VEHICLE UP, RIGHT REAR BRAKES LOCKED UP. BLACK STREAKS ON DRIVEWAY (1/5/99). EMERGENCY BRAKES WERE NOT USED. HAD CONTACTED DEALER (1/20/99), PICKARD DODGE 530 E. CUMBERLAND PATHWAY CORBIN KY 40701). WANTED OLD CAR BACK, WAS CHARGING $8,900. *AK
INTERMITTENTLY WHILE DRIVING OVER BUMPS THE VEHICLE SLIDING DOOR OPENED UNEXPECTEDLY WHICH MAY CAUSE INJURIES. PROBLEM HAPPENED 6 TIMES. DEALER CANNOT DETERMINE THE PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION AND VIN#. *AK
CUSTOMER REBATE CHANGED TO 1000 DOLLARS IN THE MIDDLE OF A 750 DOLLAR REBATE PROGRAM, TO EXPIRE 1/4/99 I WROTE TO ASK FOR THE ADDITIONAL 250DOLLARCHANGED ON 11/24/98. SO FAR NO RESPONSE
THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE POWER DOOR SWITCH BURN OUT, PUT A NEW TRANSMISSION IN VAN REBUILT. TT
NHTSA publishes every complaint as the owner wrote it and investigates only a fraction. Spelling, capitalisation and judgement are the filer’s own. What carries weight is repetition: the same component failing the same way across many filings, and whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.
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