Consumer Complaint Detail

DODGE / GRAND CARAVAN / 2000

Recalls
0 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
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No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 005016662 Incident Date: Mar, 02 2005
Consumer's City: LENEXA Consumer's State: KS
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: Chrysler (FCA US, LLC)
Model Name: GRAND CARAVAN Model Year: 2000
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Fuel system, gasoline:fuel injection system
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 1B4GP44G1YB Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Apr, 21 2005 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Aug, 27 2000
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: No
Number of Cylinders: 6 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: My 2000 dodge grand caravan mini van has a 3.3l engine. early in march 2005, i had a difficult time starting the vehicle and the smell of fuel was prominent. upon a search of fulel injection problems on the internet, i found nhtsa recall notice 00v268000. this notice describes the following problem for minivans with the 3.3l and 3.8l enginges: these vehicles have fuel rails with nitrole rubber o-ring seals that can degrade over time. fuel leakage from the underhood fuel injection fuel rail could result, increasing the likelihood of a vehicle fire. i suspect that, although my vehicle is not in the recall, my problem is the same as the problem that affected the recalled vehicles. *jb