Consumer Complaint Detail

DODGE / CARAVAN / 1997

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0 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
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No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 005026155 Incident Date: Jun, 15 2005
Consumer's City: FORT COLLINS Consumer's State: CO
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: Chrysler (FCA US, LLC)
Model Name: CARAVAN Model Year: 1997
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Vehicle speed control
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 1B4GP54L0VB Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Aug, 22 2005 Complaint Type: LETR
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Dec, 27 1997
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 6 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Dt: just back from a road trip the vehicle started acting up, it would keep speeding like it was accelerating on its on, had to pull off the road, turn off the engine and physically push the throttle down ,it's like it gets stuck. it would do that after turning on the cruise control, and even after turning it off, it still would run away. it would only do this during time periods of using the cruise control. during that particular trip. this would happen regardless if the cruise was off or on. had to brake very hard in order to get the vehicle to slow down to pull off. *ak customer stated the throttle sticks with cruise when on and after it has been on does not happen unless cruise has been on seems like it wants to drive away. *tt the consumer stated a vacuum hose associated with the cruise control was replaced. updated 09/14/07. *jb