2007 DODGE CARAVAN — Complaint #621010
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NHTSA Complaint about SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:DRUM:DRUM filed April 19, 2007
NHTSA complaint #621010 (ODI reference 10188329) concerns a 2007 DODGE CARAVAN and was filed on April 19, 2007. The owner reports the failure occurred on March 19, 2007. The vehicle had 30,000 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to Illinois based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as service brakes, air:drum:drum, 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 CARAVAN cohort independently describe similar service brakes, air:drum:drum 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 2007 DODGE CARAVAN shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 DODGE CARAVAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BRAKES BEGAN TO FAIL WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH. WHILE INSPECTING THE VEHICLE, SHE OBSERVED THAT THE BRAKES WERE COMPLETELY RUSTED. THE FAILURE CAUSED THE WHEELS TO DRAG AND MADE IT IMPOSSIBLE TO STEER THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER GRINDED THE RUST FROM THE BRAKES AND REPLACED THE ROTORS AND BRAKE SHOES. LESS THAN A WEEK LATER, THE SAME FAILURE RECURRED. THE DEALER STATED THAT THERE WAS NOTHING MORE THAT COULD BE DONE. THE CURRENT MILEAGE IS 34,000 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 30,000.
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 621010 |
| ODI Number | 10188329 |
| Date Filed | April 19, 2007 |
| Failure Date | March 19, 2007 |
| VIN | 1D4GP45R25B |
Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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