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1992 Dodge Grand 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
Filed Apr 21, 1997NJ

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

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

THE SEAT BELT ON THE RIGHT SIDE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE VEHICLE, THE HOOK DISENGAGES FROM THE METAL FLOOR ANCHOR. THE SPRING CLIP IS NOT BROKEN, BUT DOES NOT REMAIN IN POSITION. PLEASE ADD ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

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

SPRING IN CLIP IS BROKEN, THIS CLIP ATTACHES TO THE FLOOR. *AK

Seat Belts › Front › Anchorage1 injured
Filed Apr 21, 1997AZ

SEAT BELT FROM THE MIDDLE BENCH SEAT DOES NOT STAY ATTACHED TO THE FLOOR. *AK

Seat Belts
Filed Apr 18, 1997SC

THE CLIPS THAT HOLDS RIGHT HAND SIDE SECOND SEAT BELT IN PLACE COME UNDONE. *AK

Seat Belts › Front › Anchorage
Filed Apr 18, 1997PA

SEAT BELTS: THE MIDDLE ROW SEAT BELT HAS A CLIP THAT SOMETIMES BECOMES UNCLIPPED FROM THE MOUNT WHILE DRIVING. *AK

Seat Belts › Front › Buckle Assembly
Filed Apr 18, 1997SC

SEAT BELTS: MIDDLE SEAT BELT CONSTANTLY BECOMES UNLOCKED WHEN DRIVING. SEAT BELT IS VERY WEAK AND CAN'T BE LOCKED. *AK

Seat Belts › Front › Anchorage
Filed Apr 18, 1997PA

THE SECOND ROW SEAT BEHIND THE PASSENGER WILL COME UNDONE WHEN SOMEONE IS IN USE OF THE SEAT BELT. *AK

Seat Belts › Front › Buckle Assembly
Filed Apr 18, 1997ME

CONSUMER EXPERIENCED PROBLEMS WITH SEAT BELTS OF THE MIDDLE ROW ON THE RIGHT SIDE LATCHING. CONSUMER SAYS PROBLEM HAS EXISTED FOR MORE THAN A YEAR. *AK

Seat Belts
Filed Apr 18, 1997DE

THE RIGHT SIDE CENTER AUTOMATIC SEAT BELT ANCHORAGE RELEASES WHEN SEAT BELT IS BEING USED. *AK

Seat Belts › Front › Anchorage
Filed Apr 18, 1997IN

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

Seat Belts › Front › AnchorageFire
Filed Apr 18, 1997MN

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

Seat Belts › Front › Anchorage
Filed Apr 18, 1997PA

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

Seat Belts › Front › Anchorage
Filed Apr 18, 1997AZ

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

Seat Belts › Front › Anchorage
Filed Apr 18, 1997CA

THE PASSENGER'S SIDE MIDDLE SEAT BELT APPEARSTO BE SECURE BUT THE HOOK COMES UNDONE WHEN THE BELT IS BEING USE AND ALSO WHEN THE VEHICLE IS BEING DRIVEN. DEALER HAS REPLACED THE SPRING CLIP WHICH DID NOT REMEDY THE PROBLEM. PLEASE GIVE FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

Seat Belts
Filed Apr 18, 1997OR

THE CENTER SEAT/ RIGHT SIDE SEAT BELT SPRING CLIP BROKE, CAUSING THE SEAT BELT ANCHORAGE TO RELEASE WHEN BELT WAS IN USE. *AK

Seat Belts › Front › Anchorage
Filed Apr 18, 1997WA

THE SEAT BELT ON THE RIGHT SIDE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE VEHICLE DISENGAGES FROM THE METAL FLOOR ANCHOR, THE SPRING CLIP DOES NOT APPEAR BROKEN, VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN IN FOR REPAIRS CONCERNING THIS PROBLEM. *AK

Seat Belts
Filed Apr 18, 1997PA

SEAT BELT ANCHORGE FAILURE, THE MIDDLE RIGHT SIDE SEAT ANCHORAGE CLIP BROKE, CAN NOT FASTEN SEAT BELT, NOT IN FOR REPAIRS. *AK

Seat Belts › Front › Anchorage
Filed Apr 18, 1997MI

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

Electrical System › Ignition › Module
Filed Apr 10, 1997TX

WHILE DRIVING EXPERIENCED INTERMITTENT COMPUTER MODULE MALFUNCTIONING, CAUSING ENGINE TO SHUT DOWN ON TWO OCCASIONS AT APPROX. 55-60MPH. THEN ENGINE CHECK LIGHT ALSO APPEARED, RENDERING POWER ASSIST INOPERATIVE, ALSO, VEHICLE COULDN'T BE RESTARTED, DLR'S REPLACED COMPUTER SENSOR AND MASTER COMPUTER MODULE, PROBLEM PERSISTS. *AK

Structure › Body › Hatchback/Liftgate › Support Device/Strut
Filed Mar 15, 1997NC

ONE LIFTGATE SUPPORT WASHER SHEARED, CAUSING LIFTGATE TO FALL DOWN AS CONSUMER WAS LOADING GROCERIES INTO THE BACK PRIOR TO RECALL NOTICE. (97V-079)

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip
Filed Mar 11, 1997ID

THE ABS BRAKE SYSTEM ON HAS BEEN RECALLED. THE DEALERSHIP DID NOT PERFORM THE RECALL, AND THEN THE BRAKES WENT OUT AND DID NOT STOP THE VEHICLE AT A RED LIGHT. *AK

Visibility › Power Window Devices and Controls
Filed Mar 5, 1997TX

IN COLD WEATHER, THE VEHICLE LEFT REAR ELECTRONIC WINDOW SHATTERED WHILE DRIVING AT 40 MPH WHICH ALMOST CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. *AK

Structure › Body1 injured
Filed Feb 28, 1997VA

VEHICLE LACKS A SAFE POINT FOR TOWING, WHEEL FELL OFF WHEN "J " HOOK WAS PLACED BEHIND DRIVE WHEEL DURING TOWING.

Seat Belts › Front › Anchorage
Filed Feb 26, 1997MD

THE CLASP FOR THE MIDDLE RIGHT SIDE SEAT BELT HAS SNAPPED OFF RENDERING IT UNUSABLE.

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip
Filed Feb 25, 1997IN

AFTER RECALL CAMPAIGN 96V099000 WAS DONE, ABS FAILURE PERSISTS, WHEN ATTEMPTING TO SLOW/STOP PEDAL BECOMES SPONGY THEN GOES TO FLOOR, CONTINUES TO ROLL FORWARD, DEALER REPLACED ABS THREE TIMES UNDER RECALL. *AK

Power Train › Axle Assembly
Filed Feb 20, 1997KS

PUTTING INTO A PARKING LOT THE TRUCK FEELS LIKE PULLING AND MAKES A POPPING NOISE DUE TO TRANSAXLE FAILURE. *AK

Power Train › Manual Transmission
Filed Feb 9, 1997AL

VEHICLE HAS HAD FOUR TRANSMISSION FAILURES, TWO ENGINE FAILURES, AND ONE COMPLETE ABS REPLACEMENT.

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip
Filed Feb 9, 1997AL

ABS PISTON FAILURE.

Steering › Steering Wheel/Handle Bar
Filed Feb 6, 1997NM

VEHICLE UNDER RECALL #96V229000; TAKEN TO DEALERSHIP 3 TIMES; FIRST 2 TIMES DEALER REFUSED TO DO ANYTHING; THIRD TIME WAS INFORMED THEY HAD NO PARTS. *AK

Seat Belts › Front › Anchorage
Filed Jan 27, 1997OH

THE RETAINER CLIP ON THE RIGHT SIDE MIDDLE SEAT BELT BENCH BECOMES PERMANENTLY DEPRESSED AND ALLOWS THE HOOK TO DISENGAGE FROM THE FLOOR ANCHORAGE. TAKEN TO DEALER ONCE. PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. *AK

Power Train › Automatic Transmission › Gear Position Indication (prndl)
Filed Jan 22, 1997TN

AT 89,000 TRANSMISSION WOULDN'T CHANGE GEARS. TOOK TO DEALER, TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK

Seat Belts
Filed Jan 22, 1997MS

2ND ROW CENTER SEAT BELTS, WHICH HOOKS INTO SIDE WALL AND ANCHORS, ARE INOPERATIVE; METAL RETAINER CLIPS BROKEN, WON'T STAY LATCHED TO FLOOR ANCHOR, COMES UNDONE WITH ANY AMOUNT OF SLACK IN SEAT BELT. *AK

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip
Filed Jan 5, 1997CA

ANTI LOCK BRAKE RECALL REPAIR WORK COMPLETED HOWEVER BRAKES CONTINUED TO EXPERIENCE PROBLEMS UNTIL FINALLY RECTIFIED AFTER THREE REPAIR ATTEMPTS.

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip
Filed Dec 30, 1996IL

ANTILOCK BRAKES DISENGAGE ON ROUGH ROAD SURFACE.

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip
Filed Dec 30, 1996IL

ABS SYSTEM FAILED.

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip
Filed Dec 27, 1996FL

ABS SYSTEM FAILURE PRIOR TO RECALL NOTICE, RECALL WORK COMPLETED HOWEVER FAILED, CONSUMER LOST ALL BRAKE POWER.

Structure › Body › Hatchback/Liftgate › Support Device/Strut
Filed Dec 18, 1996IL

REAR HATCH DOOR PISTON PUMP BROKE OFF, CAUSING REAR HATCH DOOR TO COLLAPSE.

Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine
Filed Dec 16, 1996CA

PIVOT SHAFT ON THE SPRING LOADED IDLER PULLEY BROKE.

Visibility › Glass, Side/Rear
Filed Dec 6, 1996DE

WHILE VEHICLE WAS PARKED, THE REAR WINDOW SHATTERED WITHOUT ANY REASON. *AK

Electrical System › Ignition
Filed Nov 27, 1996MA

WHILE DRIVING, THE VEHICLE ENGINE SHUTS DOWN, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO STALL. PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK

Seats › Front Assembly › Recliner
Filed Nov 27, 1996OH

RED RELEASE BUTTON ON SEAT BELT REPLACED TWICE.

Structure › Body › Hatchback/Liftgate › Support Device/Strut
Filed Nov 15, 1996MO

REAR LIFTGATE SUPPORT ROD HAS FAILED TWO TIMES PRIOR TO RECALL NOTICE.

Power Train › Automatic Transmission
Filed Oct 29, 1996AL

TRANSMISSION FAILED 4 TIMES.

Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine
Filed Oct 25, 1996MO

MOTOR MOUNTS BROKE TWICE.

Structure › Body › Hatchback/Liftgate › Support Device/Strut
Filed Oct 24, 1996MO

REAR TAILGATE HYDRAULIC CYLINDER SUPPORT ROD PULLS OUT OF VEHICLE BODY, CAUSING SUPPORT ROD TO MALFUNCTION AND ALLOWING TAILGATE TO FALL WHEN UP. *AK SUPPORT HAS FAILED TWO TIMES, THE RIGHT SIDE HYDRAULIC SUUPORT BROKE OFF OF VEHICLE, CAUSING LIFTGATE TO CRASH DOWN, CONSUMER STATES IT IS NOT THE HYDRAULIC LIFT THAT FAILS, IT IS ITS ATTACHMENT MECHANISM TO THE VEHICLE THAT FAILS. *SLC

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip
Filed Oct 24, 1996MI

WHILE DRIVING EXPERIENCED ABS FAILURE, UPON ATTEMPTING TO SLOW/STOP BRAKE ACTION SEEM INEFFECTIVE, BRAKE PEDAL GOES TO FLOOR, NO PRIOR WARNING. *AK

Power Train › Automatic Transmission
Filed Oct 24, 1996PA

TRANSMISSION FAILED.

Air Bags › FrontalCrash
Filed Oct 18, 1996IL

CONSUMER WAS IN A HEAD COLLISION AND THE DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG DIDN'T DEPLOY . PLEASE DESCRIBE . *AK

Seat Belts › Front › Buckle Assembly
Filed Oct 15, 1996VA

WHILE DRIVING, THE DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT BECOMES DETACHED FROM THE BELT BUCKLE.*AK

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