2008 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN — Complaint #1571026
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NHTSA Complaint about AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:DRIVER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE filed May 31, 2019
NHTSA complaint #1571026 (ODI reference 11217119) concerns a 2008 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN and was filed on May 31, 2019. The owner reports the failure occurred on September 1, 2017. The vehicle had 128,000 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to Alabama based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as air bags:frontal:driver side:inflator module, 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: no, fire: no, injuries: 0, fatalities: 0. No crash, fire, or fatality was associated with this report, which places it in the early-warning stream rather than the priority-review stream. 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 GRAND CARAVAN cohort independently describe similar air bags:frontal:driver side:inflator module 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 2008 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. WHILE DRIVING, THE BRAKES WOULD ERRONEOUSLY ACTIVATE AND CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO ABRUPTLY SLOW DOWN. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DOTHAN DODGE(4074 ROSS CLARK CIR, DOTHAN, AL) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE CLOCKSPRING WAS FAULTY AND NEEDED TO BE REPAIRED. THE BRAKE FAILURE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 128,000. *BF CONSUMER STATED BRAKES WILL LOCK DOWN 80% DAILY AND WILL ACCERLATE AFTER RELEASING THE BRAKES WHICH CAUSES EXCESSIVE PAD WEAR. THIS ALSO CAUSES A/C TO SHUTDOWN.*JB
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 1571026 |
| ODI Number | 11217119 |
| Date Filed | May 31, 2019 |
| Failure Date | September 1, 2017 |
| VIN | 2D8HN44HX8R |
Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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