Steering › Steering Wheel/Handle Bar
Filed Apr 21, 2003MN
THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME DISCONNECTED. *JB
1995 Dodge Van
Routine
Owners filed 10 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the latches/locks/linkages › doors › latch. No safety recall has been issued.
What fails
| Component | Reports | Crashes | Fires | Injuries | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tires | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Structure › Body › Door | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Steering › Steering Wheel/Handle Bar | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Disc | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Seat Belts › Rear/Other | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Power Train › Driveline › Driveshaft | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Power Train › Automatic Transmission | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Latches/Locks/Linkages › Doors › Latch | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Air Bags › Frontal | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
What owners reported
Newest filingsPower Train › Automatic Transmission
Filed Aug 23, 2002IN
OVER 3 DAY PERIOD OF TIME REVERSE GEAR COMPLETELY FAILED. FEW DAYS LATER, IT WOULD NOT SHIFT INTO THE HIGHEST GEAR. PAN REMOVED. NO SLUDGE/SHAVINGS IN IT. NEW FLUID AND FILTER PLACED IN IT. NO HELP. HAVE FRIEND WITH SAME VEHICLE WITH BAD TRANSMISSION
Tires
Filed Sep 5, 2001LA
TIRE DELAMINATED WHILE TRAVELING WITH FAMILY ON I-10, 20 MINUTES FROM HOME. I FILED A INCIDENT REPORT WITH FIRESTONE AND SENT THEM THE TIRE AS THEY REQUESTED. WHEN TIRE DELAMINATED, IT DAMAGED THE REAR QUARTER PANEL OF MY VAN ALONG WITH DAMAGING EXHAUST AND FUEL FILLER TUBE. FIRESTONE RESPONDED TO MY INCIDENT REPORT CLAIMING NO FAULT AND THAT THE FAILURE WAS DUE TO AN UNDERINFLATED TIRE. I HAVE EVIDENCE AND CAN PROVE UNDER OATH THAT THIS TIRE HAS NEVER BEEN UNDERINFLATED, SINCE I CHECK THE TIRE PRESSURE OF ALL THE VEHICLES TIRES AT MINIMUM EVERY 60 DAYS. I HAVE PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE TIRE AFTER IT FAILED ALONG WITH PIECES OF ITS TREAD. THE TIRE HAD ONLY 36,220 MILES ON IT AND WAS VISUALLY INSPECTED JUST A FEW WEEKS PRIOR TO IT'S FAILURE. THE TIRE HAD NO VISUAL SIGNS OF ADVERSE TREADWEAR; REGULAR ALIGNMENTS AND WHEEL BALANCING WERE PART OF MY PREVENTATIVE ROUTINE MAINTENANCE.*AK (DOT NUMBER: VD1L1XD308 TIRESIZE: 225/75/R16)
Tires
Filed Nov 21, 2000WI
CONSUMER PURCHASED 4 FIRESTONE WILDERNESS TIRES IN JULY OF 1999, ONE OF THE TIRES WENT FLAT AND WAS REPLACED, THE CONSUMER IS REQUESTING 5 NEW REPLACEMENT TIRES OTHER THAN THE FIRESTONE BRAND. *SLC
Seat Belts › Rear/Other
Filed Jul 31, 2000NY
SECOND AND THIRD ROW OF SEATS IN THIS VEHICLE HAVE NO SEAT BELTS. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK
Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Disc
Filed Feb 25, 2000MD
FRONT BRAKE CALIPERS AND DISC BRAKES WERE RUSTED, CAUSING POOR BRAKE PERFORMANCE. WHILE APPLYING BRAKES THERE WAS VIBRATION IN FRONT END. ALSO, BRAKES WERE ONLY ABSORBING PRESSURE ON ONE SIDE. THIS VEHICLE HAS HAD MULITPLE BRAKE PROBLEMS, INCLUDING FRONT WHEEL ROTORS, BRAKE PADS, WHEEL BEARINGS, ALL OF WHICH HAVE BEEN REPAIRED/REPLACED AT LEAST ONCE. *AK *ML
Latches/Locks/Linkages › Doors › Latch
Filed Aug 13, 1997MI
DOOR LOCKS MALFUNCTIONED AND LOCKED OWNER IN VEHICLE.OWNER NOTES THAT WHEN VEHICLE WAS TURNED OFF DOOR LOCK STILL HAD MALFUNCTIONED. OWNER HAS NOT TAKEN VEHICLE TO DEALER. *AK
Power Train › Driveline › Driveshaft
Filed Jul 29, 1997CA
DRIVE SHAFT FELL OUT OF VEHICLE, CAUSING VEHICLE STALL.
Air Bags › FrontalCrash
Filed Nov 13, 1996IA
WHILE TRAVELING WITH HUSBAND DRIVING, CAME OVER A HILL, NOTICED A DEER, HIT BRAKES, DEER RAN TOWARDS VEHICLE, DRIVER'S AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY; VEHICLE CAME TO A SUDDEN STOP AFTER HITTING DEER. *AK
Structure › Body › Door
Filed Apr 13, 1995CA
DRIVERS SIDE DOOR SHUTS PARTIALLY, NOW DOOR WILL NOT SHUT AT ALL. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. TT
10 of 10 complaints, reproduced as filed.
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.