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 | |||
| 09/10/2005 | 1 | 03/01/2002 | |
| Dt: the contact owns a 1997 plymouth grand voyager tk. the vehicle has an integrated car seat that was built in and the straps kept tightening with the child in the seat. the child seat straps had to be cut to get the child out of the car seat. the dealership and manufacturer were not contacted. this occurred on september 10, 2005.*ak | |||
| 04/01/2001 | 1 | 09/01/1996 | |
| The child seat failure consisted of a cable connecting the latch plate to the belt tensioner mechanism. the failure is not faile safe. a failure safe mode would maintain the seat belt and child restrained. the failure mode instead leaves the belt loose. this leaves parents with a false sense of security since they believe their child is safely restrained. this is also an expensive repair since chrysler designed the integrated child seats contained in the bench to be unmaintainable requiring parents to purchase the complete bench in excess of $600. nlm | |||
| 05/28/1998 | 1 | 03/11/1998 | |
| Upon attempt to remove child from build-in child safety seat, harness locked and would not dis-engage. only alternative for removal was to cut the belt. please contact with recommendations for repair and/or further action. | |||
| 01/11/1998 | 1 | 03/01/1997 | |
| Integrated child safety seat belt retractor failed to release child. | |||
| CHILD SEAT - TETHER (STRAP) SECURES TOP OF CHILD SEAT TO VEHICLE | |||
| Straps on the integrated child car seat are too loose. child can climb out of the seat. there is no way to tighten them up. dealer has been contacted.*ak | |||
| 5 | |||
| Consumer states child safety seat's straps don't lock in place at times, and other tomes the straps tighten up while child is in the seat. *ak | |||