Investigations
| NHTSA ID | Manufacturer | Date open | Date close | Subject | Recall campaign | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EXTERIOR LIGHTING | ||||||
| PE98002 | CHRYSLER GROUP LLC | 01/14/1998 | 05/08/1998 | HEADLIGHT CIRCUIT FAILURE | ||
| Consumers allege failure of the headlights resulting in a loss of vision | ||||||
Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| EXTERIOR LIGHTING | |||
| 12/24/2010 | 344000 | ||
| After driving approximately 30 min, the headlamps intermittently lose power, sometimes staying off until the switch is manipulated to re-establish the electrical connection. slight burning odor accompanies incident. | |||
| EXTERIOR LIGHTING - HEADLIGHTS | |||
| 1 | |||
| While driving headlights malfunctioned. *ak | |||
| 10/23/2001 | |||
| Consumer states after recall was done problem reoccured. dealer refused to redo problem. mr | |||
| 2 | |||
| Headlights go on & off with tilt wheel (dealer fixed by replacing switch and taping burned wires :( ). fan and power windows function with key removed from vehicle withtilt wheel in up postion removal of column cover shows burned rubber exposed wires. problem has rendered the upper fuse box with no power and no heater or power windows. all these problems occurr from the wheel pinching the wires inside. at time s a burning odor can be smelled. | |||
| 11/17/1996 | 2 | 05/01/1994 | |
| Was driving on a highway during inclement conditions consisting of light to moderate rainfall/total darkness and foggy, vehicle's lights were on low beam. the headlights suddenly went out, vehicle went out of control, applied brakes b ut they didn't wotk, vehivle hit a rock wall. during inspection, it was noted that brake pads and rotors were worn out. both driver/passenger sustaine dinjuries. *ak | |||
| EXTERIOR LIGHTING - HEADLIGHTS - SWITCH | |||
| 11/23/2006 | 121890 | 2 | 09/20/1994 |
| Head lights go out then back on. head lights go out again,smell smoke in cab of truck can not see road, had to stop truck before going of road. bought new headlamp switch to put in, found wires burn and connector melted. can not drive truck now. *nm | |||
| Main lighting switch fails, melting brake housing, headlight switch gets very hot. switch is not available by itself. please describe details.*ak | |||