2015 DODGE CARAVAN — Complaint #1395931
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NHTSA Complaint about POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION:SHIFT PATTERN INDICATOR filed July 30, 2017
NHTSA complaint #1395931 (ODI reference 11011514) concerns a 2015 DODGE CARAVAN and was filed on July 30, 2017. The owner reports the failure occurred on July 30, 2017. The vehicle had 18,000 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to Missouri based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as power train:manual transmission:shift pattern indicator, one of NHTSA's standardized taxonomy codes used to group defect patterns across make, model, and year.
The filer flagged the following severity indicators: crash: yes, fire: no, injuries: 0, fatalities: 0. A complaint that flags a crash, fire, or fatality is escalated on NHTSA's internal review queue and factors more heavily into any Preliminary Evaluation decision on this make and model. Because a VIN was supplied, this complaint is tied to a specific vehicle and not just a model-year cohort.
Individual complaints are consumer-submitted and unverified by NHTSA engineers — the agency's role at this stage is to collect, index, and make them searchable. What matters for federal action is the pattern: when many owners of the same DODGE CARAVAN cohort independently describe similar power train:manual transmission:shift pattern indicator failures, defect investigators have grounds to open a PE and request manufacturer data. Related filings for the same vehicle and component appear below, and the detail page for the full 2015 DODGE CARAVAN shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
CAR WAS SITTING IN PARK AND STATIONARY WITH ENGINE ON IN OUR HOME FLAT DRIVEWAY AND DRIVER GOT OUT OF CAR TO RETURN TO HOUSE WHILE CAR WAS IN PARK. THE DRIVER WAS GONE FOR 20 SECONDS AND AS DRIVER WAS RETURNING TO CAR THE CAR STARTED ROLLING BACKWARDS IN DRIVEWAY FOR 150 FEET UNTIL IT HIT TREE AND STOPPED. WHEN DRIVER RETURNED TO DRIVER SEAT THE GEAR SHIFT WAS IN REVERSE.
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 1395931 |
| ODI Number | 11011514 |
| Date Filed | July 30, 2017 |
| Failure Date | July 30, 2017 |
| VIN | 2C4RDGCG2FR |
Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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