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 | |||||
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| LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES - DOORS - LATCH | ||||||||||||||||
| 01I003000 | DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION | from 02/07/2000 to 05/24/2001 | I | 105484 | MFR | CHRYSLER GROUP LLC | 05/31/2001 | 06/05/2001 | ||||||||
| Defect Summary | This is not a safety recall in accordance with the safety act. however, it is deemed a safety improvement campaign by the agency. vehicle description: 2001 plymouth voyager, chrysler town & country, and dodge caravan/grand caravan mini vans that are not equipped with the remote keyless entry option. the sliding door latches on these vehicles could release during certain severe accident conditions that involve the sliding door. | |||||||||||||||
| Consequence Summary | This could allow the sliding door to partially open. | |||||||||||||||
| Corrective Summary | Dealer will replace both sliding door key cylinder-to-bell crank links on the sliding doors free of charge (parts and labor). daimlerchrysler has decided to conduct a service campaign to replace the sliding door key cylinder-to-bell crank links. owners can contact daimlerchrysler at 1-800-853-1403, concerning this program. | |||||||||||||||
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Investigations
| NHTSA ID | Manufacturer | Date open | Date close | Subject | Recall campaign | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES | ||||||
| EA04031 | CHRYSLER GROUP LLC | 11/22/2004 | 04/07/2005 | POWER LIFTGATE LATCH | 05V134000 | |
| This investigation was opened as pe04-054 regarding reports of alleged power liftgate (plg) opening while driving.the investigation was upgraded on november 22, 2004 based on information provided by daimlerchrysler corporation (dcc) in its september 17, 2004 response to pe04-054. by letter of april 5, 2005, dcc has notified the agency that it will conduct a safety recall of 70,235 model year (my) 2003 chrysler town & country and dodge grand caravan vehicles equipped with the plg option.dcc has identified a problem in early production my 2003 plg control modules that can prevent the plg door from latching closed in a power open/close cycle.in this condition the plg can rise (not power open) during vehicle operation.dealers will install a revised plg control module to remedy the affected vehicles.see safety recall 05v134 for details. | ||||||
| LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES - TAILGATE - LATCH | ||||||
| EA04031 | CHRYSLER GROUP LLC | 11/22/2004 | 04/07/2005 | POWER LIFTGATE LATCH | 05V134000 | |
| This investigation was opened as pe04-054 regarding reports of alleged power liftgate (plg) opening while driving.the investigation was upgraded on november 22, 2004 based on information provided by daimlerchrysler corporation (dcc) in its september 17, 2004 response to pe04-054. by letter of april 5, 2005, dcc has notified the agency that it will conduct a safety recall of 70,235 model year (my) 2003 chrysler town & country and dodge grand caravan vehicles equipped with the plg option.dcc has identified a problem in early production my 2003 plg control modules that can prevent the plg door from latching closed in a power open/close cycle.in this condition the plg can rise (not power open) during vehicle operation.dealers will install a revised plg control module to remedy the affected vehicles.see safety recall 05v134 for details. | ||||||
Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES - DOORS - LATCH | |||
| 10/30/2004 | 58000 | 50 | 04/01/2001 |
| (1) normal usage (2) the passenger sliding door does not latch and remains open. even after closing by hand. a side effect is that it does not open when the close button is pressed. (3) to fix right now - i have to stop the van, get out, and close a couple of times by hand. each time you have to check to make sure it stays closed. now i am paying $320 to have the dealer put in a new latch and electronic switch. the dealer, jolly john, had two of these same failures today! a sevice desk person mentioned he had a similar failure. seems like a common problem. this is not a cold problem, as our van is in a heated garage and it occurs anytime since october. | |||
| LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES - HATCHBACK/LIFTGATE - LOCK | |||
| 07/01/2005 | 100 | 11/23/2000 | |
| Our back latch on our dodge grand caravan does not release enough to let the automatic lift gate open. the dealer cleared the code and said it worked, but it does not fully release and the auto lkift gate fails everytime. | |||
| 04/18/2004 | 55138 | 3 | 02/22/2001 |
| 1. there were no warning signs, according to the mechanic it wasn't going bad it just went. 2. i was pulling out of a parking lot into traffic when suddenly the vehicle just stopped moving. i was merging into traffic and instead of getting out and going i got out and almost got hit. the car coming towards me slammed on the breaks and was able to swerve around me. 3. the rear planitary gear weld failed, this failure was described as a sudden catastrophic failor. the vehicle could not be put into park. it was towed into the dealership they said the fluid was bad and the filter clogged. the vehicle has 55,000 miles they say the 7/70 warrenty didnt apply to my model. the second mechanic said there was nothing wrong with the filter or the fluid that they have to replace a lot of these part the welds fail alot. i called diamler/chrysler and told them what the mechanic said that i wanted to send them back the part that showed that the failure was manufacturer's defect they explained to me that it didn't matter that it why it failed just that it was out of warranty and they don't want to see the part. i was lucky the next person may not be. the vehicle is 2001 dodge grand caravan sport. so far the hatch doesn't work when this part failed i was also notified that the wheel cylinder on the rear brakes failed and that could have caused fire to the vehicle the dealership wanted 4.000 plus tax to fix these problems. the entire rear braking system had to be redone and the transmission had to be rebuilt. i have decided not to deal with fixing the hatch so it opens.*ak | |||