Recalls
| Campaign | Manufacturer | Manufacturing date | Type | # of units affected | Date Owner notified Mfg | Recall Initiated by | Manufacturers of recalled vehicles/products | Report Recieved Date | Record Creation Date | Regulation Part Number | FMVSS Number | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHILD SEAT | ||||||||||||||||
| 98V185000 | CHRYSLER CORPORATION | from 01/01/1995 to 07/31/1997 | V (Vehicle) | 157000 | 11/30/1998 | ODI | CHRYSLER GROUP LLC | 08/06/1998 | 08/17/1998 | |||||||
| Defect Summary | Vehicle description: mini vans equipped with integrated child seats. the shoulder harness restraint on the integrated child seat can become difficult to extract when the safety belt latch plate becomes contaminated. | |||||||||||||||
| Consequence Summary | This can cause difficulty in releasing a child from the restraint. | |||||||||||||||
| Corrective Summary | Dealers will clean the latch mechanism. an extender will be added to the emergency release anchor for the child seat safety belts so that the release clips are more visible and accessible to the operator in the event that the retractor mechanism can not be unlocked. in addition, an instructional owner's manual supplement card will be provided. | |||||||||||||||
| Notes | Owner notification is expected to begin november 30, 1998.owners who take their vehicles to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not receive the free remedy within a reasonable time should contact chrysler at 1-800-992-1997.also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-dash-2-dot (1-888-327-4236). | |||||||||||||||
Investigations
| NHTSA ID | Manufacturer | Date open | Date close | Subject | Recall campaign | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHILD SEAT | ||||||
| EA97003 | CHRYSLER GROUP LLC | 01/31/1997 | 08/19/1998 | INTEGRATED CHILD SEAT BELT LOCKUP | 98V185000 | |
| Chrysler submitted a service bulletin to odi as part of the 573.8 monthly submission addressing a service campaign to service the integrated child seats experiencing retractor mechanism lockup. | ||||||
| EA97003 | CHRYSLER GROUP LLC | 01/31/1997 | 08/19/1998 | INTEGRATED CHILD SEAT BELT LOCKUP | 97I001000 | |
| Chrysler submitted a service bulletin to odi as part of the 573.8 monthly submission addressing a service campaign to service the integrated child seats experiencing retractor mechanism lockup. | ||||||
Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHILD SEAT | |||
| 09/12/2003 | 1 | ||
| The seat belt of the integrated car seat mechanism is not working properly. dealer notified. please provide further information. *ph | |||
| 01/02/2002 | 2 | 08/01/2001 | |
| Integraded safety belt stacked and my wife could not remove child from the safety belt on the passenger side. dealer won't replace the safty belt free.*ak | |||
| 02/20/2002 | |||
| Straps on integrated child seat is tangled. straps cannot be adjusted. straps do not hold child in seat properly. please provide any further information.*ak | |||
| 02/05/2002 | |||
| Child was in integrated child seat and seat would unbuckle, but the straps would not retract so child could get out of seat. this has happened twice. took vehicle to dealer, and dealer indicated a cable and/or internal parts have broken. *ak | |||
| 2 | 01/01/1997 | ||
| The seat belts on both intergrated child seats retract but do not lock, owner would have to pay $600.00 each for parts to have problem corrected. cj | |||
| 1 | |||
| The recall on the integrated child safety seat is not a complete repair to the problem, owner must replace the unit to complete repair and is being denied full reimbursement. (98v-185) *mjs | |||
| 1 | |||
| Unable to fasten children in the vehicle due to malfunction of the integrated car seat. yh | |||
| 12/23/1999 | 0 | ||
| Seat belt keeps retracting, and consumer had to get a knife to cut belt because it would not retract. there is a recall on the intergrated child seat on these vehicles, and consumer is having the same problem. *ak | |||
| 10/18/1999 | 05/01/1999 | ||
| The straps on the child safety seat locked up and i had to cut them to get my daughter out. | |||
| Nhtsa recall 98v185000 and manufacturer's recall 791/integrated child seat. no parts were available. *ak | |||
| 01/22/2000 | |||
| Integrated css harness straps does not retract. child won't be protected in event of a crash. dealer is willing to pay half of the repairs. please provide further information. *ak | |||
| 09/02/1999 | 2 | 09/01/1997 | |
| The child belt retrector catches child's hair, and pulls it into the spool for the seat belt, causing hair to get stuck in spool, causing pain to child. | |||
| 03/18/1997 | 1 | 09/01/1996 | |
| Integrated child seat wont retract when pulled out. weatherstripping on drivers door fell off found out the drivers door was not aligned properly. constant belt noise especially during wet conditions. dealer must repeatedly tighten them. brakes pulsate when applying them. replaced numerous components on rear brakes. fuel tank would not read fuel level correctly. dealer had to replace fuel tank, fuel pump, and other components and said the fuel tank was bowed. dual sliding doors have to be repeatedly adjusted because they become difficult to slide. driver's side window regulator broke for no apparent reason. right rear child safety seat had hole in the buckle. replaced battery once.installed child safety belt extensions due to recall. van is now back in shop for unknown problems, will not start. | |||
| 2 | 04/01/1998 | ||
| Integrated child safety seats and straps/harness tangle causing release problems. | |||
| 01/20/1999 | 1 | 06/01/1998 | |
| Built in child restraint failed locking up on child, consumer had to cut to remove child, informed that restraint was recalled prior to incident, however not notified. | |||
| 06/18/1998 | 7 | ||
| The built-in css latching mechanism would press up against the child's crotch area, causing the child to be in pain or claims to be hurting child. took vehicle to dealer to have mechanism extended. was refused due to federal regulations. *ak | |||
| 01/05/1999 | |||
| Consumer had recall # 98-v-185-000 repaired yesterday. the dealership added emergency release clips which helps to release them. but when pulling up over child's head the belt gets tighter on the child's chest, not completely releasing. *ak | |||
| 11/01/1996 | |||
| The child's safety deat does not accomodate a child under 3 years of age--the buckly mechanism is too close to the groin of the child, causing pain and discomfort. also, the latch mechanism often gets obstructed by food/crumbs and will not release. | |||
| 09/14/1998 | |||
| Retractor failed to operate when consumer wanted to remove child from the integrated child seat. belt would continually tighten . consumer had to cut the belt to remove her child. dealer notified and informed consumer that the parts have not arrived since 14-sep-98. mfr. notified, and continued to inform consumer that the parts would be in ; but no date could be given. part has finally been repaired. *ak *ml | |||
| 1 | |||
| Child seat left side will not release. | |||
| Child seat shoulder harness james trapping child. attempts to loosen causes belt to tighten further. emergency release difficult to use with belts under tension. | |||
| 4 | 04/01/1997 | ||
| Child seat failed several times. | |||
| 11/02/1997 | 1 | 10/01/1995 | |
| Integrated child safety seat would not unlock, when trying to disengage the belt became tighter and choked the child. the consumer had to cut straps to remove child. | |||
| 10/06/1997 | 0 | ||
| The police department had to cut the harness straps to get the child out of the intergrated css because the more one would try to get the child out of the intergated css, the more the harness straps would tighten up. *ak | |||
| 08/08/1996 | |||
| Toddler's seat retracts and the belt restraint system malfunctioned. contacted the dealer. *ak | |||
| 12/12/1995 | |||
| Integrated child seat will not unlock, causing children to be trapped. | |||
| 06/01/1996 | |||
| Integrated child safety seat harness/straps retractor, won't release and can not get child out, cut the straps, straps where replaced but still hard to release straps. *ak | |||
| Intergrated infant css belt is inoperative, belt won't release. dealer is ordering css for replacement. *ak | |||
| 11/12/1996 | |||
| Intergated css harness tightens up on the child when trying to release the harness. this is a safety defect because this harness can tighten up around the child's neck and really harm him. *ak | |||
| 03/28/1996 | 1 | ||
| Child safety seat latch sticks not allowing child to be released. | |||
| 01/16/1996 | 04/27/1996 | ||
| Consumer was driving 50 to 55 mph and the transmission locked up, causing the vehicle to stop instantly and the occupant was pushed in the the windshield. also abs brakes pulsated under heavier braking applications/child safety seat locked up, and it was nearly impossible to get 2-year old out/heater hose developed a hole and leaked/replaced power window fuse, and driveshaft broke, vehicle lost control, driver sustained injuries. *ak | |||
| 06/07/1996 | 7 | ||
| Built in child safety seat retractor locked/would not release when buckle was released, trapping child inside the child safety seat/harness had to be cut .*sd | |||
| 03/21/1996 | |||
| Cable within the integral child safety seat broke. *ak | |||
| CHILD SEAT - HANDLE (INFANT) | |||
| 01/19/1999 | 0 | ||
| Built in child safty seat locks do not work.the part that goes over the child will not retract to release the child. *ak | |||
| CHILD SEAT - HARNESS BUCKLE - INFANT | |||
| 06/29/1997 | 0 | 09/01/1995 | |
| When the child is in the intergrated css the harness straps tighten up and is unable to unlatch. *ak consumer states that food debris was what was clogging up the area where the child safety seat buckles in and causes harness to tighten and not release, consumer feels this is a poor design for a safety feature designated for small children. *slc | |||
| CHILD SEAT - POSITIONING CLIP | |||
| 06/17/1999 | |||
| The harness straps on the child seat with the clip can not be adjusted. the clip rides too low on the child's stomach. the child can slip through the harness. will be taking vehicle to dealer to adjust the clip or harness straps. *ak | |||
| 09/15/1995 | 1 | 09/01/1995 | |
| Integrated child safety seat comes with no locking clip; when leaning forward, occupant's shoulders comes out of shoulder harness. tt the consumer had contacted the vehicle dealer and many other sources to find a solution to the child safety seats, but consumer couldn't. consumer concluded that either the seat was defective or installed it incorrectly. what ever the cause, the child's life was in danger. consumer also stated that the problem would be resolved if there was a harness tie clip that would keep the shoulder locked together. *yh | |||
| CHILD SEAT - RETRACTOR | |||
| 05/29/1998 | |||
| The intergrated child safety seat retractors had been replaced with a newer designed retractor because of a service bulletin. now childrens' hair get caught in the retractor because of the new design. *ak | |||
| CHILD SEAT - TETHER (STRAP) SECURES TOP OF CHILD SEAT TO VEHICLE | |||
| 09/27/1998 | 5 | ||
| Harness clips for built-in css failed to keep straps together. the clips would fall off or slide up or down on the child's chest. child can get out of straps easily. *ak | |||
| 2 | 04/01/1998 | ||
| Integrated child safety seats and straps/harness tangle causing release problems. | |||
| 04/01/1998 | 5 | 06/01/1996 | |
| Child seat straps will not disengage while removing child from seat. a/c blower works on high only, second time replace dswitch. in addition,brakes stammer even after complete overhaul of front brake pads/rotors. | |||