1993 Dodge Van

Routine

Owners filed 4 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the seat belts › front › anchorage. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Seat Belts › Front › Anchorage2
000
Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip1
000
Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine › Gasoline1
000

What owners reported

Newest filings
Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip
Filed Jan 19, 2000OH

THE ABS BRAKE LIGHT REMAINS ILLUMINATED, INDICATING A MALFUNCTION WITHIN THE SYSTEM, CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

Seat Belts › Front › Anchorage
Filed Jan 20, 1998CA

SEAT BELT HARNESS MOUNTING FOR REAR SECOND DOOR IS QUITE LONG. IT'S APPROXIMATELY 9"-12" AND HITS HEAD OF EVERY PASSENGER WHO ATTEMPTS TO BOARD THE VAN TO GET TO REAR SEATS. MOREOVER, WHOWEVER SITS IN THAT SEAT HAS THE PLASTIC MOUNTING DIGGING INTO HIS/HER SHOULDER. DURING NORMAL RIDES, IT IS UNCONFORTABLE BECAUSE EVERY TIME VEHICLE HIT A BUMP, THE MOUNTING RUBS AGAINST PASSENGER'S SHOULDER. DURING A COLLISION, IT MAY POTENTIALLY CAUSE AN INJURY. *AK

Seat Belts › Front › Anchorage
Filed Dec 19, 1997CA

THE PLASTIC MOUNTING OF THE SEAT BELT FRO SECOND ROW OF SEATS, PASSENGERS SIDE CLOSEST TO THE DOOR, IS QUITE LONG. IT IS APPROXIMATELY 9"-12" AND HITS THE HEAD OF EVERY PASSENGER WHO ATTEMPTS TO BOARD THE VAN TO GET TO REAR SEATS; BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, WHOEVER SITS IN THAT SEAT HAS THE PLASTIC MOUNTING DIGGING INTO SHOULDER. *AK

Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine › Gasoline
Filed Sep 5, 1997KY

WHEN MAKING A TURN OR PUTTING THE VEHICLE INTO PARK THE VEHICLE DIES . THE DEALER HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO LOCATE THE PROBLEM. *AK

4 of 4 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 1998
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
200218010Routine
200115010Routine
200019000Routine
199917022Fatalities reported
199824000Routine
199724000Routine
199618000Routine
199510000Routine
19949020Routine
1993 — this page4000Routine
19915100Routine
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.

Most recent recall on file: none. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.