Consumer Complaint Detail

DODGE / CARAVAN / 2005

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NHTSA Complaint Number: 007110164 Incident Date: Jun, 27 2007
Consumer's City: MECHANICSBURG Consumer's State: PA
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: Chrysler (FCA US, LLC)
Model Name: CARAVAN Model Year: 2005
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Electrical system: instrument cluster/panel
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 2D4GP24R45R Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Jun, 27 2007 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Jun, 17 2004
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: No
Number of Cylinders: 6 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: The following item needs to be revisited and include the year 2005 for the dodge caravan. this morning i had this problem diagnosed on 2005 dodge caravan. the dealer wanted $212.00 for the part and $100.00 labor to correct this problem. nhtsa action number : ea04013, nhtsa recall campaign number : 04v480000; date investigation opened : june 4, 2004, and date investigation closed was may 25, 2005 . summary: the driver's air bag clock spring can develop an open-circuit condition, resulting in nonfunctional driver-side frontal air bag, horn, cruise control , if equipped, and/or steering wheel radio control , if equipped. in its october 5, 2004 letter to nhtsa, daimler/chrysler stated that it will conduct a safety recall and replace the clocks prying assembly on all the 1998--2000 daimler/chrysler minivans, built between march 1998 and august 2000 with 70,000 miles or less. ialso, t will provide a lifetime warranty for the 1998.5-2000 minivans, regardless of mileage. the details of the corrective action ere described in daimlerchrysler's letter . see recall 04v480000. the agency believed that further expenditure of agency resources did not appear to be warranted. the closing of this investigation did not constitute a finding by nhtsa that no safety-related defect existed with respect to those vehicles covered only by the lifetime warranty. the agency will take further action if warranted by the circumstances. see page 2 for additional information. *ak