Investigations
| NHTSA ID | Manufacturer | Date open | Date close | Subject | Recall campaign | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VISIBILITY | ||||||
| PE97049 | CHRYSLER GROUP LLC | 11/18/1997 | 03/17/1998 | AIR BAG CIRCUIT/WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR | ||
| Alleged air bag assemblies and the rear wiper motor in these vehicles share the same fuse.failure of the rear wiper motor or a high current condition may cause the fuse to open thus activating the air bag warning light. | ||||||
Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| VISIBILITY - DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER SYSTEM | |||
| 01/21/2001 | 1 | 06/01/1998 | |
| Due to bad rear defroster rear window on tailgate exploded with a loud bang and glas flew every where even up front by the driver(me) i had kids in the car was a lucky thing that no one was hurt. *ak | |||
| VISIBILITY - DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER SYSTEM - REAR WINDOW | |||
| 01/11/1999 | |||
| While driving at 20 mph heard explosion. looked in rearview mirrow and rear window had blown out into little pieces. dealer not aware of the problem. impact was from inside to outside. glass corp. states cause may have been defroster. *ak | |||
| VISIBILITY - DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER SYSTEM - WINDSHIELD - HEATER CORE | |||
| 02/20/2000 | 1 | 01/01/1999 | |
| Rear heater lines ruptured causing vehicle to over heat. yh | |||
| VISIBILITY - GLASS, SIDE/REAR | |||
| After turning the defroster on the rear window shattered and blew out. dealer can't find the reason. *ak | |||
| VISIBILITY - POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS | |||
| 08/08/1996 | 5 | ||
| The vehicle stalled.the dealer serviced the throttle body, replaced the check valve, serviced the transmission, replaced the oxygen sensor, replaced the idle speed motor, but the problem continued. *slc the power window switch was replaced. ph *jb *cb | |||
| 12/27/2000 | 2 | ||
| Consumer states the right front window is at times inoperative, the dealer replaced the power window switch and later replaced a bad connector at the window switch. *slc | |||
| 02/01/1996 | 1 | 05/01/1994 | |
| Power window motor failed. | |||
| VISIBILITY - REARVIEW MIRRORS/DEVICES - INTERIOR | |||
| 12/22/1996 | |||
| Rear view mirror in the interior fell off. | |||
| VISIBILITY - REAR WINDOW WIPER/WASHER | |||
| 02/26/1999 | |||
| Rear wipers stopped working. there was a recall for wipers, took to dealer, they corrected the problem. a year later, windshield wipers stopped working again. please provide any further information.*ak | |||
| VISIBILITY - WINDSHIELD | |||
| 01/01/1998 | 07/19/1997 | ||
| Recall related: consumer took vehicle to the dealership for repair of mfr recall 818. dealership repaired the airbags, however the parts for the windshield wiper were not available, vehicle not allowed to leave dealership until parts came--2 months later. *ak | |||
| 1 | |||
| Window on the right side does not work. mjs | |||
| 1 | |||
| Driver's window did not roll up. | |||
| VISIBILITY - WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER | |||
| 12/23/1998 | 3 | 05/01/1996 | |
| On 12/23/98 i took my van to service dept.@ kamaaina motors after my airbag lite stayed on. also my rear windshield wiper was not working.on 5 jan. 99 they fixed the fuse and i was told the car was fine.on 16 aug. 99 i received a recall from manufacturer .they then installed a patch(mastic) my mileage at this time was 64940.on dec.20 99 my air bag stayed on again and shorted my rear windshield wiper motor. this is the 3rd time iam having this fixed please help me because im worried that it happen again.thw2my mil | |||
| 1 | |||
| Rear windshield wiper recall not able to be performed due to lack of parts. mjs | |||
| VISIBILITY - WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER - MOTOR | |||
| 06/06/2001 | 2 | ||
| After having repair work performed for recall 99v113000 rear windshield wiper motor has failed 14 months after repair work was performed. consumer complained that air bag was not on a separate electrical fuse, which caused fuse for air bag to short when wiper motor failed. *ak *slc | |||
| 06/22/1998 | 03/20/1995 | ||
| Driver noticed smoke in vehicle after turning rear window wiper on. later found that smoke was coming from rear door. when opened, it was very and the plastic was beginning to melt. driver opened interior panel and found the insulation and wiring on fire. months later the wiper stopped working and the air bag caution light came on simultaneously - fuse had burned out. | |||