Side/window Air Bag Problems of Dodge Grand Caravan

Passenger side air bag exploded. Luckily no injury. Vehicle was not moving. I didn't even know it could do that! I'd like this fixed. Also, two leaks in engine. Oil leak/transmission leak. Is this normal? leaks are ongoing. Another thing: noticing headlights getting slightly dimmer, then brighter, at night as if some sort of electrical problem? this happens during driving and not driving.

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I just made this same report but with my son's Dodge 06 VIN number. Ignore that report!! for my Dodge 2015 Dodge Grand Caravan here is my report: passenger side air bag exploded. Luckily no injury. Vehicle was not moving. I didn't even know it could do that! I'd like this fixed. Also, two leaks in engine. Oil leak/transmission leak. Is this normal? leaks are ongoing. Another thing: noticing headlights getting slightly dimmer, then brighter, at night as if some sort of electrical problem? this happens during driving and not driving.

The passenger side airbag inside the headrest deployed on it's own while sitting in a parking lot. The vehicle was stationary and unattended.

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The contact owns a 2008 Dodge Grand Caravan. While driving 55 mph, the passenger side air bag deployed without warning or impact. Wickstrom Dodge & Chrysler of barrington, illinois was made aware of the failure and stated that there was no recall and referred the contact to the manufacturer. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and stated that there was no recall and that they would send someone to investigate/inspect the vehicle within two to three days. In addition, the manufacturer stated that the entire investigation process would take a month to complete. The failure mileage was approximately 44,000.

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The contact owns a 2010 Dodge Grand Caravan. While driving, all of the passenger side air bags deployed without a crash involved. A police report was filed and there were no injuries reported. The vehicle was taken to a dealer but was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 18,000.

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This morning the first thing I noticed was that the cruise control would not work. This afternoon, I went to a local hardware store, purchased some items then went to my van. When opening the driver door, the driver side air bag deployed from the steering wheel. There is no sign of any damage to the outside of the car. I did notice that when I started the van the windshield wipers began but I could not stop them. When the wrecker came and the car was started, the wipers did not come on by them selves again glad that this did not happen when the car was moving. .

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I was driving and the passenger side airbag deployed. There was no one in the passenger seat and no accident to cause the airbag to blow.

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2010 Dodge Grand Caravan with one passenger (driver) was hit by a driver running a red light at ~ 50mph. The collision occured at the front right (passenger) side of the Grand Caravan. The collision was severe and the van was totaled out as a result of this accident. Although the accident was a side impact none of the side airbags deployed, only the front air bags deployed. The driver of the van suffered head injuries due to contact with the side window of the van during the crash.

2010 Dodge Grand Caravan dangerous driver side air bags. The consumer and his wife were involved in an accident. When the air bags deployed, his wife was injured. The consumer stated his wife was hit by the air bag with such force, it knocked her unconscious for 20 minutes or more. The Dodge insignia from the center of the steering wheel was permanently imprinted on her stomach. His wife also suffered from increasing nerve damage from spinal injures caused by the air bag.

My vehicle was traveling at approx 30 mph when another vehicle pulled out in front of my vehicle resulting in a side impact. Passenger side airbag deployed but nothing or no one was in the passenger seat.

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Dear sir's, I made an appointment and went to the Dodge dealership to have a recall defective maintenance performed on the clock spring in my 2000 Dodge Grand Caravan, which has made my driver side airbag inoperable. They advised me that the part is not in stock and that there are over 6,000 on back order. They gave me a phone number to call so that could get a reference and or case number. I was advised that by doing this I would be covered. Is there further need for any other actions on my part?.

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Low speed (around 15 miles per hour) front end collision resulted in deployment of driver side airbags. Knee airbag with hard plastic cover deployed against shins of driver, my wife. Within minutes of the accident she had sever bruising, swelling and pain. Within a few weeks, the skin and tissue on left leg turned black and required surgery to remove. A few days later she had a skin graft done. Six months later she continues to have significant issues with swelling, pain and circulation. Surgeon has now referred her to another specialist.

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The contact owns a 2007 Dodge Grand Caravan. While driving 30 mph, a vehicle crashed into the rear driver's side of the contact's vehicle. The vehicle spun, rolled over into a ditch, and landed on its roof. The side air bags failed to deploy and the seat belts did not lock. The contact was informed that when he purchased the vehicle, the seat belts would lock in case of a rollover. The driver and front passenger were ejected from the seat belts and struck their heads. The driver sustained a misaligned back and upper and lower spinal strain. The driver sustained a cut hand and upper and lower spinal strain. The vehicle was towed and determined to be destroyed. A police report was filed. The current and failure mileages were 32,000.

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Passenger side airbag deployed with out crash/impact. Driver pulled into parking space and turned off the car. When the key was moved into the off position the air bag deployed.

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Accident, Grand Caravan was totaled. Van flipped, extensive front end, frame, side, roof, etc, damage. Neither of the front air bags deployed, nor did the side air bags. Preliminary assessments, including qualified individuals, indicate that the air bags should have deployed given the extent of the damage. Additionally, the drivers seat belt became disengaged during the accident (at the connection between belt tang and anchorage buckle).

1. No events or lights leading up to the crash. ( lights, error message for air bag, etc. ) 2. Side impact airbag - did not go off. I was in a side impact car crash at sliding passenger door on our Dodge Grand Caravan. 3. Over $6,000. 00 worth of work done on vehicle. Nothing was done to coorect or even look into why the airbag didn't go off. Got run around from the dealership, Chrysler corporate office also the auto body shop that fixed our vehicle. I was referred to the auto shop by my "reputable" car insurance company state farm.

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After being involved in an accident whereby the driver's side air bags deployed, injuring the neck/back and shoulders.

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While driving in a parking lot driver's side air bag deployed first. A few moments later, the passenger's air bag deployed. Something underneath the vehilce broke, which was the frame. As a result of the airbag deploying the consumer hit a curb afterwhich the passenger side airbag deployed.

Consumer states while driving hit a bump in road and both driver and passenger side airbags deployed. Consumer states as a result vehicle was totalled. Please provide any further information.

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While driving at 25mph and when the vehicle was hit on front driver's side air bag did not deploy. Dealer notified.

I was driving my approximately 10mph when the driver's side airbag unexpectedly deployed. We noticed the airbag light began to light intermittently a week prior to the failure. We took the vehicle to our local Dodge dealer, lancaster Dodge. They immediately implied that the airbag never went off and that it wasn't a Chrysler airbag. They refused to do any work on the vehicle and repeatedly stated "what are you trying to pull here?". My wife and I were shocked and couldn't understand what they were implying. I took the van to another Dodge dealer who confirmed that the airbag did in fact go off (no surprise to us). I called to discuss with Chrysler and describe the situation. The client service representative wasn't interested in hearing about the second Chrysler dealer's finding even when I repeatedly explained how the first dealer's report had to be innaccurate because they said the airbag didn't go off. I since investigated reports similar to mine on the NHTSA site and found an active investigation into the clock spring on my vehicle. It appears to me that the first Chrysler dealer and the manufacturer are fraudulently covering-up this issue by preparing inaccurate reports of the failure.

Consumer states that the air bag light comes and and stays on and the horn is inopertive. Dealer contacted had the clock spring replaced. This is a common problem. Ts.

Clock spring assembly open circuit failure disables driver's side air bag and triggers open circuit sensor, enabling airbag indicator light.

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While driving, driver's side airbag deployed. One person was injured in the accident. Dealer has been contacted.

The clockspring failure caused several components to stop functioning including the driver side airbag, horn and cruise control. I understand this is a fairly common problem among Dodge vehicles and am upset that they first charge a sizable diagnostic fee only to determine that this common problem has occurred rather than offering a free part replacement which would render the diagnostic uncessary. The air bag and horn should be considered by Dodge to be safety components and if this clockspring assembly is a commonly defective part, it should be replaced as part of a recall program.

Clockspring assembly in the steering column that carries power to the driver side airbag installed in the steering wheel is broken and thus there is no electric connection to the airbag. The failure is due to the way the connecting wire, consisting of a foil on a flexible belt, is wound into "clockspring". The belt makes two bends which causes stretching pressure to the foil and in the long run wears the foil and breaks the connection. The same configration carries also the signal horn connection and when the parallel running foils break also horn fails to work.

Consumer was traveling about 35mpg on a side street and another vehicle ran a stop sign and ran into side of consumer's vehicle. Vehicle was totaled. Driver's side airbags didn't deploy, and there were no injuries.

The horn is currently not working and after reading a news release I am concerned that my drivers side airbag may not be working. I intend to contact a Dodge service department to have the horn repaired and the air bag inspected but wanted to report our concern as the news release indicated that an investigation is currently underway.

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Air bag disabled drivers side, horn disabled, cruise control disabled.

Neither driver nor passenger side airbag deployed in 30 mph front-end collision. Acquantice at gm said that it should have.

2008 Dodge Grand Caravan side airbags failed to deploy. Consumer states that his wife was in an accident when she got hit in the left side and the airbags did not deploy but luckily she came out with just injuries.

While driving and without collision occurring passenger's side airbag deployed. Cause unknown. Please give further details.

Was driving, and was about to make a turn, when vehicle lost power. Driver lost control of vehicle. Applied brakes to stop. Had checked vehicle & noticed pulley belt had came off. Tension bracket had failed (serpentine belt). Also, driver's side air bag did not deploy.