Front Air Bag Problems of Dodge Grand Caravan - part 1

The contact owns a 2008 Dodge Grand Caravan. The contact stated that she received notification of NHTSA campaign id numbers: 10v611000 (equipment:electrical:air conditioner) and 11v394000 (air bags:frontal). The contact had been on the waiting list to have her vehicle repaired under the recall since July 2011. The contact was unable to understand why the recall repair parts were taking extremely long to be shipped. The manufacturer was not contacted. And the vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 55,000 and the current mileage was 60,000.

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Airbag on driver side did not work with a high speed from impact.

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2006 Dodge Grand Caravan rear ended a car parked at the stop light. The airbags didn't deploy. The driver suffered injuries because her head hit the steering wheel. The crash was almost straight on. If the airbags would have deployed there would have not been any injuries like she is suffering now. There has never been any modifications made to the van, it is the same as when we bought it brand new.

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2007 Dodge Grand Caravan. Since about 5,000 miles the van has had an intermittent rumbling/squealing from the braking system, more pronounced at a stop, but also at low to mid-speeds. This past weekend, while driving down the driveway at less than 10 mph, the abs rumbled so loud the entire van shook. We then stopped the van, placed it in park and then back into gear (drive). When the brakes were again applied, they were rock solid (no movement of the brake pedal) then the pedal went all the way to the floor, resulting in a collision with a tree vice an on-coming vehicle. The passenger front tire rolled slightly up the tree, broke the wheel frame connection piece, bent the sway arm, buckled the front quarter panel, and exploded the tire. Van currently has 16k miles. No injuries. Event was witnessed by three people outside of the vehicle. But with that type of hit on the tree, shouldn't the airbags have also deployed?.

While pulling into a parking space in a strip mall, my drivers side steering wheel air bag deployed. There was no contact of any kind with another vehicle or object on the pavement. My right arm was injured with lacerations and contusions, although not serious enough to see a doctor. The next day, I took it into the Dodge dealer for what I thought would be a warranty repair. The service manager said it looked to him like it had a front impact. I couldn't see any damage or indication of an impact , but he was quite sure and suggested I call my insurance company. The insurance adjuster said there had been a front impact. I have not had an impact of any kind since I purchased the vehicle approx. 6 months ago. I, of course, can not say it was never hit while parked in a parking lot. I can say the vehicle was not left unattended in a parking lot for 48 hours before the air bag deployed. I am concerned that an air bag can deploy, without warning, several hours, days, or weeks after the impact. If I had been traveling on the interstate highway when the bag deployed there could easily have been fatalities. By the way, the Dodge dealer checked the computer controller and says there is absolutely nothing on it. I have ordered a new air bag and controller.

I own a 2001 Grand Caravan with a issue with the air bag clock spring my van was built in Dec of 2000 but is listed as a 2001 now there is a recall on this problem for van up to 2000 but mine falls outside of this recall.

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The contact owns a 2002 Dodge Grand Caravan ES. On may 13, 2007, the contact's vehicle was rear ended, forcing her to crash into another vehicle at 45 mph. The front passenger side was shoved into the other vehicle. The vehicle was destroyed. Both the passenger side seat belt and air bag failed. The engine size and purchase date were unknown. The current and failure mileages were 88,000.

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- the contact stated that while driving the 2005 Dodge Grand Caravan a vehicle hit the contact's vehicle from behind. The contact was sitting at a railroad stop waiting for a train to pass when another vehicle hit her while driving at 55 mph which caused the contacts vehicle to hit the vehicle that was sitting at the railroad crossing in front of her. The contact stated that she hit the vehicle with a hard force that caused damage to the front end of the vehicle. The crash resulted in all passengers having both back and neck injuries. The contact stated that the she and her 3 passengers sustained injuries which sent them to the hospital. The airbags didn't deploy and the front passenger's seat belt didn't restrain the passengers . The contact stated that she felt that the airbags didn't do anything to protect the front seat passenger or driver . The failure mileage was 34618.

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Consumer was driving at approximately 10 to 15 mph ,and while crossing the railroad tracks, both front air bags deployed. Vehicle did not hit anything. When the airbags deployed it cracked the front windshield.

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Nhtsa recall 04v480000 concerning air bag clock spring. Vehicle was taken to the dealer for recall repairs. However, mechanic charged $74. 75 for the replacement of the clock spring. The consumer wanted to be reimburst for the amout of service .

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While driving 55 mph the consumer hit a deer. When getting out of the vehicle the owner notice a fire in the engine compartment. No report of air bag deployment. As a result the vehicle burned to the ground. No injuries reported. Please provide additional information.

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While driving 20 mph consumer noticed that the srs light appeared on the dashboard and remained on. Vehicle was taken to the dealer for inspection, and mechanic determined that the clock spring needed to be replaced.

While driving 10 mph, the driver's frontal air bag inadvertently deployed. The vehicle was towed to the dealer for inspection. The cause has not been determined.

Consumer's vehicle was involved in a collision, where the air bags deployed after the vehicle had come to a stop. Consumer stated that the heat from the air burned the consumer on the arm and face.

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While driving, the srs light appeared on the dashboard and remained on. This caused the horn and cruise control to malfunction. The consumer contacted the dealer and was informed that the clock spring needed to be replaced. Please provide further details.

While traveling at 20 mph vehicle was involved in a frontal collision. Upon impact, none of the airbags deployed. Manufacturer was notified.

Consumer's vehicle experienced the same problem as stated in recall 02v293000. Also, horn was inoperable.

The vehicle's air bag deployed during a front end collision. The consumer believes the driver's air bag over inflated causing more sever injuries than the passenger's air bag. The vehicle was totaled. The air bags were found over-inflated when they deployed.

While driving 30-35 mph. Proceeding on the right side of the road. Accident occurred. The consumer was injured very badly consumer states the air bag deployed. Also states the air bag caused the injuries. Please provide any further information.

My "clockspring" wiring harness that controls power to the driver-sdie airbag, horn, and cruise control has failed on my 1999 Dodge grand cavan (~45,000 miles) VIN 1b4gp44l3xb886901. This is a safety issue and a clearly defective part that is involved in other recalls, yet Chrysler will not replace the part for free.

Clockspring failure at 99,400 miles. It's been recalled 1996 - 1998 and 2001 - 2002 and 1999 Dodge durango's have all been recalled. Westport Dodge refused to fix under recall or warranty. It's a safety issue as the horn and air bag don't work. Cruse is out but not a safety hazard. Dodge should be required to fix as almost all vehicles I searched have this problem and it's the result of a manufacturing defect (it was put togather wrong, causing the failure).

I own a 2000 Dodge caravan. I recently had to replace a faulty clock spring. This is something that has been recalled on earlier models and was previously under lifetime warranty. I have 53,000 miles on the car and do not feel this should have been defective.

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I like to file a complaint regarding 2000 Dodge Grand Caravan. This vehicle has experienced the same problem other owners have complained about regarding the horn and air bag not functioning due to a defective clockspring harness. Chrysler has refused to recall this component or acknowledge this as a safety issue other than saying it should be fixed. Most Mini-van owners transport families in these vehicles and it is a shame that Chrysler won't do anything about it.

While driving 25 mph the vehicle went over a pot hole and both front air bags deployed. The front passenger's side axle also broke.

Vehicle hit a deer while driving at 45mph. Upon impact with the deer, neither air bag deployed. Please provide correct VIN number upon receipt of this complaint.

Chrysler's improper action on air bag recall #02v293000 . When symptoms appeared 2 years prior to this recall, the dealer replaced both the clock spring and air bag, based on Chrysler's best service information. At the time I complained to a regional service representative stating that air bags rarely go bad and only need to be replaced after activation. He agreed by compensating half of the total repair cost. Lo and behold this recall shows up identifying this safety issue. I submitted the proper paperwork to Chrysler to participate in the recall and they denied the air bag portion of my repair stating it was not part of the recall. I feel total consideration should be given to the entire repair as this was their original solution to this safety issue. I felt my hands were tied at the time of repair because I wanted the safety of having the air bag for my family and was actually afraid of accidental deployment. You should direct Chrysler to provide full remedy qualified participants in this program. Do not allow them to shirk this obligation.

On 04-26-2003 my family and I were leaving the detroit metro airport parking garage. We had just left our parking spot when we passed over what I assumed was a speed bump going approximately 5 mph heading toward the ticket booth which was just ahead. As we passed this speed bump our air bags spontaneously deployed for no apparent reason. There is no damage to our vehicle that would justify the air bags going off as they did. We have informed our dealership of this problem, as we feel that the air bags are faulty, and they also agreed at that time that there was no cause for the air bags to deploy. I spoke to the service manager, mr white at the m-59 Dodge dealer who said that we would be contacted and the matter investigated. I spoke to a mr. Bott, with the Chrysler investigations dept who stated to me that they determined that the air bags deployed from impact with a speed bump and no further assistance would be forthcoming. We feel that this should be looked at as a possible problem in the air bag system and at the least have the car fixed, as our dash board is all tore apart at this time, making the car virtually undrivable. We have major concerns about what happened as this could possibly have been a worse situation if we had been driving highway speeds and passed a bump or hit a pot hole and these bags had deployed,causing loss of control and a possible accident/fatality. The vehicle involved is a 1997 Dodge Grand Caravan, VIN # 2b4gp2431vr228528.

The air bag on the passenger side was inoperative. The air bag had to be replaced.

Recall# 02-v-293-000:the vehicle experienced a problem with the air bag, there was a recall regarding the issue, however the vehicle's identification number was not included.

The vehicle experienced a problem with the air bag, there was a recall regarding the issue, # 02 v 293 000, however the vehicle identification number was not included.

Air bag clockspring has been replaced 6 times. There was a leak inside the vehicle on the passenger's side, a broken chain on the driver's slider door, a hesitation upon acceleration and a stalling problem (possible fuel filter problem), and a grinding noise due to the idler pulley being faulty. The consumer request compensation.

Was told that horn needed fuse. Discovered later that cruise control didn't work. Web research points to failed clock spring mechanism. **dimsii ivoq entry posted after 12/12/02 cut-over to artemis*767682.

Consumer experiencing problems with air bag clockspring. Horn has stopped working. Dealer notified.

The air bags inadvertently deployed while driving causing minor injury to the driver and passenger. The dealer has repaired the vehicle. Please provide additional information.

Front crash at 40 mph, neither airbag deployed. Consumer suffered minor injuries, damage to vehicle unknown at this time.