1991 Dodge Van

Routine

Owners filed 5 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the electrical system › ignition. It has been recalled 1 time.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Tires › Tread/Belt1
000
Tires1
000
Seats1
000
Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine › Gasoline1
000
Air Bags › Frontal1
000

1 safety recall

Part 573 reports
Seat Belts › Front › Anchorage91V164000
Filed Sep 20, 19914,842 vehiclesSherrod Vans, Inc.

Defect. SEAT BELT ANCHORAGE BAR FOR REAR SOFA FAILED TO SUSTAIN LOADS REQUIRED BY FMVSS 210.

Risk. VEHICLES WOULD NOT COMPLY WITH FMVSS 210.

Remedy. REPLACE NONCOMPLYING SOFA BAR WITH BAR THAT MEETS REQUIREMENTS.

What owners reported

Newest filings
Air Bags › Frontal
Filed Jun 8, 2001MA

AIR CONDITIONER DID NOT WORK, REPAIRED. SMELLED SMOKE AND THEN SAW AIR BAG BEGIN TO EXPAND, DRIVER PUT HER HAND ON THE AIR BAG IN HOPES THAT SHE COULD HOLD IT DOWN, THE AIR BAG EXPLODED FRACTURING DRIVER HAND AND CAUSING HER TO LOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE WHICH LEFT THE ROAD AND HIT A TELEPHONE POLE.

Tires
Filed Jan 4, 2001CA

BRIDGESTONE DUELER 684 TIRES P235/75R15 DOT PLAKNNJ494 EXPERIENCED BLOWOUT, TREAD WAS STILL INTACT, BLOWOUT ALMOST CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. *SLC

Tires › Tread/Belt
Filed Nov 21, 2000NJ

PE00.046 CONSUMER WAS PULLING UP INTO DRIVEWAY AND HEARD A NOISE. RIGHT FRONT TIRE TREAD SEPARATED. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. GOODYEAR TIRE, WRANGLER #ATP235/75R15. *AK

Seats
Filed Nov 6, 2000VA

WHILE DRIVING, DRIVER SEAT BACK REST BROKE CAUSING DRIVER TO FALL BACKWARDS ALMOST CAUSING A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. *SLC

Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine › Gasoline
Filed Apr 9, 1997OH

ENGINE STALLING.

5 of 5 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 1998
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
200218010Routine
200115010Routine
200019000Routine
199917022Fatalities reported
199824000Routine
199724000Routine
199618000Routine
199510000Routine
19949020Routine
19934000Routine
1991 — this page5100Routine
19900100Routine

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Reading this record

No unusual pattern of severe incidents in the complaint record.

Complaint counts track how many cars were sold and how long they have been on the road as much as they track quality. A common model from 2013 has had a decade to accumulate reports; a rare one from last year has not. The signal worth weighing is in the severity columns, in whether the same component keeps appearing, and in whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.

Recall repairs are free for as long as the recall stands. Check whether a specific car still has open work at NHTSA's VIN lookup.

Most recent recall on file: Sep 20, 1991. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.