1993 Dodge Caravan door lock problems

LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH

FRONT PASSENGER'S SIDE DOOR WILL NOT LOCK. DOME LIGHT WILL COME ON, AND DOOR AJAR SIGN WILL COME ON.

NHTSA complaint #8005919 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH

PASSENGER'S FRONT DOOR FLEW OPEN WHILE TURNING CORNER. AFTER CLOSING DOOR, IT THEN FLEW BACK OPEN. IN ORDER TO KEEP DOOR CLOSED CONSUMER HAD TO HOLD DOOR BY HAND. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO A MECHANIC, AND MECHANIC STATED THAT PROBLEM WAS A FACTORY DEFECT.

NHTSA complaint #891010 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH

FAULTY LATCH CAUSED THE SLIDING DOOR NOT TO CLOSE, CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALER BUT DEALER HAD NO PARTS AVAILABLE, DEALER SAID THEY WOULD ORDER PART AND CONTACT CONSUMER BUT A YEAR HAS PASSED AND STILL NO NOTIFICATION. NLM

NHTSA complaint #551433 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:HOOD:LATCH

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE AT ABOUT 60 TO 65MPH THE HOOD FLEW OPEN AND STUCK TO THE WINDSHIELD. OWNER HAD TO PULL OVER TO SHUT THE HOOD. DEALER HAS NOT SEEN CVEHICLE.

NHTSA complaint #847779 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:HATCHBACK/LIFTGATE:LOCK

IF LIFTGATE OPENS, THE OCCUPANTS CAN BE EJECTED DUE TO THE LIFTGATE FALLING DOWN ON THE OCCUPANTS' HEAD.

NHTSA complaint #834579 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:TAILGATE:LATCH

WHILE CLOSING THE REAR LIFTGATE OF OUR 1993 DODGE CARAVAN, MY WIFE HEARD A LOUD POP AND THE LIFTGATE BECAME UNUSUALLY HEAVY. UPON EXAMINING THE PROBLEM, I FOUND THAT THE BOLT HOLDING THE LIFTGATE STRUT TO THE BODY OF THE CAR WAS SHEARED. IN ADDITION, I FOUND DAMAGE TO THE PLASTIC MOLDING ON THE INTERIOR OF THE DOOR FRAME AND TO THE CEILING PANEL. THE DOOR CAN NO LONGER BE OPENED OR CLOSED BY ONE PERSON BECAUSE IT IS HEAVY AND THE STRUT WILL NOT COMPRESS. THE 1992 MODEL HAD A SIMILAR FAILURE AND WAS RECALLED( MY NEIGHBOR HAD HIS STRUTS REPLACED AND HIS CEILING PANEL REPAIRED AT NO COST ONE YEAR AGO), BUT THE DEALERSHIP IN THE AREA AND CHRYSLER/DODGE CORP. INFORMED ME THAT MY MODEL WAS EXCLUDED FROM THE RECALL. ONLY 1992 MODELS OF CERTAIN VIN'S WERE INCLUDED. THEY WERE UNABLE TO TELL ME THE CRITERIA BY WHICH THEY LIMITED THE RECALL. FORTUNATELY, NO-ONE WAS HURT BY THE FALLING DOOR OR THE EJECTING STRUT IN THIS OCCURENCE.

NHTSA complaint #702656 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:HATCHBACK/LIFTGATE:LOCK

SEAT BELT CLIP FAILED PRIOR TO RECALL 97V-149. PREVIOUSLY, VEHICLE WAS ALSO RECALLED FOR LIFTGATE REAR LATCH FAILURE 95I-001.005.

NHTSA complaint #533798 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:TRUNK LID:LOCK

RECALL 95I001005, CONSUMER HAS BEEN WAITING FOR A LATCH REPLACEMENT FOR (2) MONTHS. NO PARTS AVAILABLE FROM MANUFACTURER.

NHTSA complaint #808859 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE, THE SIDE SLIDING DOOR (PASSENGER SIDE) OPENED FOR NO REASON, CAR POOL W/CHILDREN, HAD REPORTED INCIDENT TO DEALERSHIP SEVERAL DIFFERENT TIMES, BUT DEALER WILL NOT REPAIR PROBLEM, MAKING NOTE IN COMPUTER.

NHTSA complaint #807366 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH

DRIVING VEHICLE ON INTERSTATE, WIFE WENT TO FEED BABY, WIFE LEANED AGAINST PASSENGER SIDE DOOR WHICH WAS LOCKED, DOOR SUDDENLY POPPED OPEN.

NHTSA complaint #984956 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH

SLIDING DOOR LOCK STUDS PULL OUT OF PLASTIC DURING EXTREMELY COLD TEMPS, CAUSING LOCK TO FAIL.

NHTSA complaint #500871 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH

SIDE SLIDING DOOR COMES UNLATCHED AFTER HITTING ANY BUMP IN THE ROAD. TT

NHTSA complaint #977890 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:HATCHBACK/LIFTGATE:LOCK

HARBOR DODGE, WHITE HOUSE POINT-FL; NO PARTS AVAILABLE FOR HATCHBACK LATCHES/LOCKS RECALL. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. TT

NHTSA complaint #976311 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:HATCHBACK/LIFTGATE:LOCK

CONSUMER IS VERY UPSET ABOUT THE TIME ITS TAKEN TO REPLACE THE LATCH. TT

NHTSA complaint #974038 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:HATCHBACK/LIFTGATE:LOCK

CONTACTED TWO DIFFERENT DEALERS, WOULD MAKE APPOINTMENT FOR REPAIRS, TOLD OWNER TO BRING VEHICLE IN AND THEY WOULD REPAIR IT WHENEVER THEY CAN GET TO IT. TT

NHTSA complaint #972300 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH

THE FRONT PASSENGER DOOR LOCKS BUT WHEN YOU PULL THE HANDLE THE LOCK JUST OPENS UP. PLEASE EXPLAIN.

NHTSA complaint #968159 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:HATCHBACK/LIFTGATE:LOCK

WAS DRIVING AND THE REAR HATCH LATCH CAME OPEN . TT

NHTSA complaint #968095 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH

DRIVER/PASS FRONT DOORS MALFUNCTION INTERMITTENTLY WHEN MANUAL LOCK/LATCH MECHANISM ACTS LIKE ELECTRIC LOCK, WHEN SHUT DOORS THEY LOCK WITHOUT ASSISTANCE. TT

NHTSA complaint #964307 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH

SIDE SLIDING DOOR WILL NOT LATCH LOCK. TT

NHTSA complaint #963998 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:HATCHBACK/LIFTGATE:LOCK

INTERIOR LIGHT COMES ON PERIODICALLY INDICATING THAT REAR HATCH DOOR IS OPEN. TT

NHTSA complaint #963833 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:HATCHBACK/LIFTGATE:LOCK

WHILE DRIVING, NOTICE RATTLE SOUND, WHICH MEANT LATCH MECHANISM WAS LOOSE, DEALER FIXED ONCE BUT PROBLEM PERSISTS. TT

NHTSA complaint #963749 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:HATCHBACK/LIFTGATE:LOCK

CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AND THE REAR HATCH LATCH FAILED, HATCH POPPED OPEN, NO ONE WAS HURT.

NHTSA complaint #961857 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:HATCHBACK/LIFTGATE:LOCK

MALE INSERT TO FEMALE PORTION OF LATCH MECHANISM, WORKS LOOSE FROM BASE OF HATCH, RATTLES WHEN LOOSE, MUST TIGHTEN WHEN THIS HAPPENS. TT

NHTSA complaint #961159 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:HATCHBACK/LIFTGATE:LOCK

REAR LATCH GATE CAME OPEN WHILE DRIVING. PLEASE EXPLAIN. TT

NHTSA complaint #961319 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:HATCHBACK/LIFTGATE:LOCK

WHILE PARKED A YOUNG PERSON RUNNING FAST BOUNCED OFF REAR GATE, CAUSING TAILGATE LATCH TO FAIL ANF TAILGATE POPPED OPEN.

NHTSA complaint #961109 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.