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 - HATCHBACK/LIFTGATE - LOCK | ||||||||||||||||
| 95I001007 | CHRYSLER CORPORATION | from 08/01/1989 to 07/01/1990 | I | 360000 | 07/10/1996 | ODI | CHRYSLER GROUP LLC | 03/27/1995 | 05/13/1996 | |||||||
| Defect Summary | Vehicle description: light duty passenger minivans with remote release. this is not a safety recall. there has been no determination that a safety defect exists with the minivan latches. chrysler is conducting a service campaign to replace the liftgate latch assembly of the affected minivans. in a collision, the rear liftgate latch assembly could open. | |||||||||||||||
| Consequence Summary | If the liftgate latch opens, occupants can be ejected resulting in significantly increased risk of injury or death. | |||||||||||||||
| Corrective Summary | Chrysler dealers will replace the liftgate latch with a new stronger latch assembly without charge. chrysler began notifying owners of these vehicles in june 1996. | |||||||||||||||
| Notes | This is not a safety recall.there has been no determination that a safety defect exists with the minivan latches.however, chrysler has decided to provide a stronger latch without charge.owners can contact chrysler at 1-800-minivan (1-800-646-4826). | |||||||||||||||
| 95I001003 | CHRYSLER CORPORATION | from 08/01/1989 to 07/01/1990 | I | 72845 | 10/17/1995 | ODI | CHRYSLER GROUP LLC | 03/27/1995 | 05/09/1996 | |||||||
| Defect Summary | Vehicle description: light duty passenger minivans without remote release. this is not a safety recall. there has been no determination that a safety defect exists with the minivan latches. chrysler is conducting a service campaign to replace the liftgate latch assembly of the affected minivans. in a collision, the rear liftgate latch assembly could open. | |||||||||||||||
| Consequence Summary | If the liftgate latch opens, occupants can be ejected resulting in significantly increased risk of injury or death. | |||||||||||||||
| Corrective Summary | Chrysler dealers will replace the liftgate latch with a stronger latch assembly without charge. chrysler began notifying owners during october 1995. | |||||||||||||||
| Notes | This is not a safety recall. there has been no determination that a safety defect exists with the minivan latches.however, chrysler has decided to provide a stronger latch without charge.owners can contact chrysler at 1-800-minivan (1-800-646-4826). | |||||||||||||||
Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES - DOORS - LATCH | |||
| 5000 | 1 | ||
| The hatch back door failed. dealer was contacted. ts *jg | |||
| 08/01/1995 | |||
| All screws have fallen out of back door latch assembly. | |||
| 03/18/1996 | |||
| Side sliding door is difficult to open and close from inside and outside. *ak | |||
| 09/06/1995 | 6 | ||
| Side sliding door latch fails to hold door open if parked facing downhill. *dsh | |||
| 10/15/1994 | 5 | ||
| Sliding door latch failed, preventing door from opening, trapping passenger in vehicle as passenger is handicapped. *aw | |||
| 04/19/1995 | 1 | ||
| Sliding door latch jams, will not unlatch. *ak | |||
| LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES - HATCHBACK/LIFTGATE - LOCK | |||
| 07/10/1996 | 0 | ||
| Rear hatch latch/lock failed. *sd | |||
| 1 | |||
| Chrysler continues to put off the work. (recall) 95i001003 - hatchback latches. *ak *jb | |||
| 08/14/1995 | 4 | ||
| Rear hatch latch failed, causing door to come open and endangering passengers. *sd | |||
| 02/07/1996 | |||
| Recieved a card stating his latch was ready and it was not available even now. please describe. tt | |||
| 1 | 01/01/1990 | ||
| Contact w/manufacturer six months ago. on 2/7/96, was told by chrysler could be another six months before rear latch is replaced. tt *jb | |||
| 01/01/1994 | 1 | ||
| Rear door hatch latch sticks. | |||
| 10/13/1994 | 3 | ||
| Hatch latch failed, causing rear door springs to malfunction. | |||
| The automatic rear hatch latch don't open . tt | |||
| 04/23/1995 | |||
| One bolt to the rear hatch latch sheared off and the other two fell out, replace bolts. tt | |||
| Upon impact, during side impact, at approx. 45mph, rear liftgate latch disengaged and liftgate came open. tt | |||
| While driving liftgate latch disengaged, allowing hatch to pop up. tt | |||
| While driving, experienced intermittent failure or rear liftgate when suddenly indictor light comes on, acknowledging the latch mechanism has disengaged. tt | |||
| 03/01/1994 | 2 | ||
| Rear latch will not lock down or close, owner tied latch down with a piece of wire, holding it close. tt | |||
| 04/06/1995 | 1 | ||
| Liftgate open light would stay on while driving. door latch seems loose. tt | |||
| 11/03/1993 | |||
| Rear hatch latch comes open when going over bumps and regular riding. tt | |||
| Rear latch mechanism failed allowing suit cases and other articles to fall onto road. rear latch has failed prior to this. please describe details. tt | |||
| Rear latch may not catch possible several attempts before latching. tt | |||
| 03/15/1995 | 1 | ||
| While driving, noticed road noise, when reach destination found latch had come undone due stress of broken frame. tt | |||
| 03/13/1995 | |||
| Ea94-005 active, rear liftgate hatch back latch is broken can not close the hatchback. tt | |||
| 02/01/1995 | 1 | ||
| Rear lift gate pop open while driving, latch repaired 3 times. tt | |||
| 03/07/1994 | 1 | ||
| Rear lift gate bolts came out, causing lift not to latch. tt | |||
| 01/01/1994 | 1 | ||
| Rear door light keep flashing on/off, then opened rear door and one of the bolts in the rear hatch latch fell out, tightened screws back. tt | |||
| 01/02/1991 | |||
| Vehicle was at stop impact 6:00 latch came open, object in the rear flew out onto the hwy, latch will not close. tt | |||
| 02/11/1995 | |||
| Consumer was driving van stop at light the rear hatch latch came open and all of the grocery fall out no one hurt. tt | |||
| 01/01/1995 | 15 | ||
| Rear hatch lift gate latch came open while driving without warning. tt | |||
| 04/18/1994 | 1 | ||
| Van was in an accident hit from side by truck and the rear hatch latch came open, the van was totaled. tt | |||
| 02/17/1990 | 1 | ||
| Rear hatch latch released when backing out of driveway and son fell out landed on his face. requiring child to need plastic surgery. tt | |||
| While driving on freeway at approx. 50mph, suddenly the rear hatch opened throwing luggage out onto road way. tt | |||
| 06/01/1994 | |||
| Rear liftgate became opened by itself. tt | |||
| 03/03/1995 | |||
| While driving rear hatch liftgate would open frequently. latch failed to close completely, repaired 3 times. please describe details. tt | |||
| 05/01/1994 | |||
| During a right rear side impact, hatch back latch failed and door came open, dealer made an adjustment, resulting in hard to latch. tt | |||
| Rear latch gate came open. please explain. tt | |||
| Rear latch gate comes open. please explain. tt | |||
| 08/15/1994 | 1 | ||
| While driving at 70mph on hwy rear hatch latch lift gate opened with no warning. tt | |||
| 12/01/1993 | |||
| Difficulty latching rear lift gate, replaced latching mechanism once. tt | |||
| Vehicles rear hatch latch gate pops open while driving with no prior warning. tt | |||
| 02/15/1995 | |||
| While driving rear back door popped open. tt | |||
| 01/01/1995 | 1 | ||
| At 50 mph back hatch come completely open because one bolt was missing and the other was just about out. tt | |||
| 04/27/1993 | 1 | ||
| Rear hatch latch failed on impact, causing hatch to fall backwards and all contents fell out of the rear. tt and all contents fell out. | |||
| 01/30/1995 | |||
| (313-554-8341w)rear latch mechanism causing electrical shortage and other componets to come on/off periodically. repaired 4 times. tt | |||
| LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES - TAILGATE - LATCH | |||
| 03/15/1994 | 5 | ||
| Rear liftgate latch failed, causing door to pop open/liftgate warning light to come on. | |||
| LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES - TRUNK LID - LOCK | |||
| Brought vehicle in, told by dealer that latch was replaced in july. moved to another state and found recall work was never fixed by dealer in atlanta. worried that others are being told the same. *ak | |||