Mid/rear Seats Assembly Problems of Dodge Caravan

The above vehicle was a rental vehicle being demonstrated to me to show the amount of rear luggage space available. When the rental representative was demonstrating the rear seat stowage system he inadvertently released what appeared to be an unnecessarily strong rear row seat back release spring which kicked the seat back down hard and fast enough to hit me in the head, scrape and bruise my face and head, damage my glasses, knock me to the floor of the van and and cause a concussion, which I was treated for in the hospital emergency room. A significant concern of mine is that the doctor and a nurse in the hospital said that the apparent force with which the seat hit my head would have seriously injured a possibly killed a small child. From my vantage point as a retired engineer with 40+ years of experience, there is no reason to design a seat back that will close with that level of force with no added impetus. This appears to be a serious design flaw of which owners and the manufacturer should be made should be made aware. I do have medical records, photographs of my head and a note from the rental company representative admitting that I was injured. Photographs of my head and medical records can be supplied if needed, but are not presently on my computer.

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The contact owns a 2010 Dodge Caravan. The contact stated that while driving at various speeds, the rear seat moved continuously and independently. The vehicle was taken to a dealer for diagnosis and the contact was informed that the reclining mechanism would need to be replaced. The manufacturer was notified but offered no assistance. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure and current mileage was 45,000.

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The contact owns a 2008 Dodge Caravan. The contact stated that her 6 and 7 year old sons were both slightly leaning over the seat, and one of them pressed a button. The seat suddenly released and pinned both children between the well of the vehicle and the tailgate. They were both complaining that they could not breathe. The contact exited the vehicle and released the tailgate. Both children fell out of the vehicle and their heads struck the cement. The seven year old sustained a bump on his head and stated that his head hurt. The powertrain was unknown. The current and failure mileages were 1,497.

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The contact owns a 2004 Dodge Caravan. The contact read an article about the rear seat collapsing and is concerned about the safety risk involved. The contact has not experienced any failures at this time. The VIN and failure mileage were unavailable. The current mileage is 60,000.

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The contacts son owns a 2007 Dodge Caravan. The contact stated that the head restraint in the middle row seats failed to secure. She stated that the head restraint gave the appearance that it was locked, however, it would only lock in the high position. The dealer stated that they would be unable to repair it because that is how the vehicle was designed. The current mileage was 3,749 and failure mileage was 300. The consumer provided repair invoices. The dealer stated brake light intermittently comes on while driving. Updated 08/27/07.

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Folding rear passenger seat sprang forward with such great force smashing into the left side of my face, breaking the frames of my glasses which poked and cut my nose. I was very luckily that the frame did not poke my eye! this was a Dodge Caravan passenger van with rear folding seats into the floor that I rented from enterprises car rental in willow grove, PA 19090.

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Noticed that around September 1, 2004 that the designed seat of the second row seats hinge in the front seat locks on the back. When locking the seat it appears that they are lock. But, in reality, they are not locking in the back of second row seat. There is no indication that the seat is not properly locked. When children are in the seat and its is not locked it will rotate forward. The row in front features a hard plastic handle that if the children would hit would cause even more damage when not properly locked down. This happened with the consumer's child in the vehicle, and the entire weight of the seat was on him. He hit the back front seat, and this broke teeth. Contacted manufacturer and they just complaint.

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While driving at 25 mph latch mechanism was not locked properly. As a result the bench seat moved forward, and child who was seated hit his face on the back of the passenger side . Manufacturer and dealership had been notified.

The rear passenger side seat lunged forward. As a result, consumer sustained a concussion and a black eye. The seat was left reclined by the owner's daughter before incident occurred. As consumer tried to retrieve some items from the rear driver side, consumer leaned across the seat and pulled the lever to raise it from the reclined position. As the seat lunged forward, it hit the consumer's head forcing it to hit the handle of the front passenger seat.

While driving at any speed and when turning corners center seat lifted up on the right side. Consumer removed the seats, and replaced them according to her in the proper way.

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Seat back on the captains chair located on rear driver's side did not lock in place, resulting in child being injured. Child sustained a blackened eye from hitting the driver's seat. Consumer stated that rear seat didn't latched properly causing the seat to pivot forward. Brought seat to the dealer and found that the mechanism that locks chair was frozen.

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While waiting at a red light, the consumers vehicle was struck from the behind by another vehicle, driving from 55 to 60 mph. At the moment of impact the drivers seat back collapsed, slamming the consumer onto the rear seats. Seat belts were worn at the time of the collision. The police arrived on the scene and cited the other driver. The consumer suffered neck and spinal injuries. The manufacturer and the dealer are aware of the problem.

In the 3rd row of seats in my 2001 Dodge minivan, a passenger left the seatback in a semi-reclined position. I leaned in to release the seatback to full upright. When I engaged the release, the seatback snapped forward with great speed and force all the way down until it rested on the seat. In its path downward, it failed to stop in the upright position. The top of the seat struck full in my face, breaking my glasses, causing a bruise and abrasion to my nose. In subsequent tests, the seatback always failed to stop in the upright position.

While driving t and with no warning driver's seat broke, causing consumer to fall backwards into the rear seat.

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Consumer states that vehicle's back seat will not lock even with occupants. Please provide additional information. Ts.

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After my accident the back seat had popped off the track and was no longer attached to the car. I was almost stopped and the man who hit me was doing maybe 30 mph. I brought it up to the Dodge dealership in my area and they said that it shouldn't have done it and they don't know why it did but the seat is back in place so dont worry about it. I called Dodge the company and they told me since there was no major property damage or no injuries or fatalities they weren't going to check out why the seat popped out. Dt.

Rear seat anchors(isofix) stick upward from seat back. Anchors interferes with child seat. Took vehicle to dealer, and dealer bent anchors downward. Please provide further information.

Consumer was driving when another vehicle struck the rear of consumer vehicle at approximately 35-40 mph , causing both sets of rear seats to unanchor from tracks. Dealer notified.

Vehicle was involved in a rearend collision. Upon impact, rear seat disconnected from floor and flew into the faces of the three children who were sitting in the rear seat belted securely. All three of them suffered injuries, broken legs.

While driving vehicle was in a rear end collision, driver/passenger sides declined backwards upon impact. The passenger in the rear seat was impacted by the seatback when it declined backwards.

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