2007 DODGE CARAVAN — Complaint #641779
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NHTSA Complaint about EXTERIOR LIGHTING:FOG LIGHTS:SWITCH filed October 12, 2007
NHTSA complaint #641779 (ODI reference 10205497) concerns a 2007 DODGE CARAVAN and was filed on October 12, 2007. The owner reports the failure occurred on July 1, 2007. The vehicle had 3,618 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to California based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as exterior lighting:fog lights:switch, 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 exterior lighting:fog lights:switch 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 AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATES INTERMITTENTLY. THE LIGHT REMAINS ILLUMINATED FOR 20 SECONDS OR 30 MINUTES. THE CONTACT HAS TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER ON APPROXIMATELY FOUR OCCASIONS. THE FIRST TIME, THEY PERFORMED A DIAGNOSTIC AND THE VEHICLE PASSED. THE SECOND TIME, THE DEALER REPLACED THE CLOCKSPRING. THE THIRD AND FOURTH TIMES, THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 3,618 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 9,000. THE CONSUMER STATED SINCE THE INCIDENT WAS REPORTED CHRYSLER REFUNDED ONE MONTH'S PAYMENT AND REPAIRED/REPLACED THE CLOCK SPRING AGAIN ON 10/17/07 OR 10/19/07. AND YET AGAIN ON 11/02/07 THE AIR BAG LIGHT HAS SINCE ILLUMINATED. THE DEALER STATED REAR HATCH, PASSENGER SLIDING DOOR AND FOG LAMP SWITCH WERE INOPERABLE. UPDATED 12/12/07 *TR
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 641779 |
| ODI Number | 10205497 |
| Date Filed | October 12, 2007 |
| Failure Date | July 1, 2007 |
| VIN | 2D4GP44L17R |
Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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