Consumer Complaint Detail

DODGE / CARAVAN / 1989

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0 Injured
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0 Death
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No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 999094164 Incident Date: Aug, 03 1999
Consumer's City: TULSA Consumer's State: OK
Vehicle Transmission Type: Manufacturers Name: Chrysler (FCA US, LLC)
Model Name: CARAVAN Model Year: 1989
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Engine and engine cooling:engine:gasoline
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 2B4FK45J6KR Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Nov, 09 1999 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Aug, 31 1998
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: No
Number of Cylinders: 0 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: There is a technical service bulletin out on this issue(#18-31-90, nhtsa item # sb022436). it reads as follows: start-stall and/or decel dieout during low speed maneuvers-repair involves replacement of origingal engine controller(smec) with revised unit-all 1989/90 dodge caravans. our van did this on several occasions before it finnally died on the highway. it was a lucky thing that we were only going about 30 mph at the time and had a place to pull over. when we took it in for a diagnostic they told us the engine controller had failed and it would be $400 to replace it, money we didn't have. so our van just sits there waiting to be fixed and we don't have a car except for a 3-person truck(there are 5 in our family).