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 2000 record →
A CHILD GOT INSIDE THE VEHICLE & WAS ABLE TO SHIFT VEHICLE INTO GEAR WITHOUT APPLYING BRAKES. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP & MECHANIC INDICATED IT WAS THE WAY VEHICLE WAS TO OPERATE. OWNER CONSIDER ED PROBLEM A SAFETY HAZARD.*AK
CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 25MPH ON A RAMP. APPLIED BRAKES AND THE ABS BRAKING SYSTEM DIDN'T WORK, AND PEDAL DIDN'T GO DOWN TO THE FLOOR. HE HIT VEHICLE IN FRONT. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY.*AK
VEHICLE EXPERIENCED A REAR END COLLISION WHICH CAUSED FRONT SEATBACKS TO GO FORWARD AND RECLINE. REPAIRS WERE BEING MADE AT INDEPENDENT SHOP. ASKING NHTSA TO SHARE SOME LIGHT ON THIS MATTER. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
WHEN VEHICLE WAS IMPACTED FROM REAR TWO FRONT SEATS FELL INTO THE RECLINING POSITION. VEHICLE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF BEING REPAIRED. REPORT GIVEN BY INSURANCE INVESTIGATOR, BECKY HOBBS.*AK
RUST UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE. ALL FOUR AXLES/BRAKE CALIPER,BRAKE DRUMS/STABALIZER/ EXHAUST PIPE AND LEAF SPRING BRACKET.ALSO, ON TIRES AND INSIDE OF THE RIMS WERE RUSTED. CONSUMER STATED NOTIFIED THE DEALERSHIP.*AK CUSTOMER ARBITRATION BOARD DINIED CUSTOMER'S REQUEST FOR REPLACEMENT VEHICLE SAYING THAT THE RUST IS NOT A MANUFACTURING DEFECT. *YH
CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH WHEN ANOTHER VEHICLE CUT IN FRONTOF CONSUMER, HITTING VEHICLE IN THE FRONT LEFT SIDE. UPON IMPACT, DUAL AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, POSSIBLY DUE TO A DEFECTIVE MODULE WITHIN AIRBAG. CONSUMER CONTACTED MANFACTURER . SENT AN INSPECTER WHO INSPECTED VEHICLE. BUT, WILL NOT RELEASE INFORMATION REGARDING INSPECTION OF VEHICLE TO CONSUMER.*AK
THE CAM SHAFT BROKE BECAUSE THE ENGINE WAS IMPROPERLY BORED CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO STALL OUT WHILE DRIVING. NLM
BOTH FRONT SIDE WINDOWS HAVE EXPLODED/SHATTERS ON TWO DIFFERENT OCCASION WHILE TRAVELING AT HIGHWAY SPEED OF 55/70 MPH. NO REASON WAS DICOVERED ON WHY THIS OCCUR. DEALER NOTIFIED, AND REPAIRS/REPLACEMENT MADE AT NO COST TO CONSUMER. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
WHILE DRIVING AT 65 MPH CONSUMER'S VEHICLE HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE. UPON IMPACT, THIRD REAR SEAT FLEW FORWARD, AND THE CHILDREN WHO WERE SEATED THERE, SUSTAINED KNEE INJURIES. ALSO, DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, AND DID NOT PROTECT THE OCCUPANTS IN THE CRASH. MANUFACTURER WAS NOT WILLING TO HELP. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
METAL BAR ON FRONT PASSENGER SEAT, GETS HOT ENOUGH FROM SUN, TO CAUSE BURNS ON LEG. VERY UNCOMFORTABLE FOR PASSENGER. *AK
REAR SEAT BELTS ON DODGE MINIVANS DO NOT HAVE THE REQUIRED (9/1/1995) LOCKING DEVICES NEEDED FOR PROPER CARSEAT INSTALLATION. *AK
GAS TANK RUPTURED. DEALER HAS REPAIRED VEHICLE.*AK
INTERLOCK SYSTEM FAILED WHEN CONSURMERS CHILD WAS ABLE TO PULL THE GEAR SELECTOR OUT OF PARK INTO DRIVE RESULTING IN THE VEHICLE ROLLING INTO A TREE. YH
ONGOING PROBLEM WITH STEERING COLUMN CONTINUALLY POPPING/CLICKING WHENEVER STEERING WHEEL IS MOVED. VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN DEALER'S SHOP ON TWO OCCASIONS, AND PROBLEM IS STILL OCCURRING. *AK
INTERMITTENTLY WHILE DRIVING STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP. VAN HAS BEEN TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP 5 TIMES FOR THIS PROBLEM. DEALER WAS NOT ABLE TO DUPLICATE THIS PROBLEM. *AK *ML
CONSUMER'S SON CLIMBED INSIDE OF CAR. THE KEY WAS IN THE IGNITION AND IT WAS TURNED ON THE ON WITH VEHICLE WAS IN PARK. HE SHIFTED GEAR INTO REVERSE AND VAN ROLLED INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE. THERE WWAS DAMAGED TO THE OTHER VEHICLE. CONSUMER STATED THAT IF IGNITION SWITCH ON, AND WITHOUT APPLYING THE BRAKES, GEARS CAN BE MOVED. *AK
WHILE DRIVING THROUGH AN INTERSECTION ABOUT 20 MPH ANOTHER VEHICLE STRUCK CONSUMER'S VEHICLE ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE, AND THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED, BUT DID NOT STAY INFLATED FOR LONG TIME. *AK
WHILE DRIVING REAR SUSPENSION NOISE IS PRESENT. *MJS
HEADLIGHTS ON THIS VEHICLE ARE SO POORLY DESIGNED AS TO BE A HAZARD. AS A 2000 MODEL DAIMLER -CHRYSLER SHOULD BE REQUIRED TO UPGRADE THE HEADLIGHTS ON THIS VEHICLE. THIS IS NOT THE FIRST CHRYSLER PRODUCT I HAVE OWNED WITH VERY POOR FORWARD LIGHTING. *AK
TRANSMISSION INTERLOCK SYSTEM WERE NOT EQUIPPED ON VEHICLE. THE INFORMATION IS LISTED IN OWNER'S MANUAL. *AK
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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