2008 DODGE CARAVAN — Complaint #775933
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NHTSA Complaint about SEAT BELTS:INTEGRATED CHILD SEAT filed March 22, 2010
NHTSA complaint #775933 (ODI reference 10321317) concerns a 2008 DODGE CARAVAN and was filed on March 22, 2010. The owner reports the failure occurred on March 19, 2010. The vehicle had 120,000 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to Texas based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as seat belts:integrated child seat, 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: 1, 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 seat belts:integrated child seat 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 CARAVAN shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 DODGE CARAVAN. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 15 MPH WHILE MAKING A U-TURN WHEN ANOTHER VEHICLE CAUSED HER TO APPLY EXTREME PRESSURE TO THE BRAKES. THE SEAT BELT CONNECTED TO THE CHILD SEAT OPENED AND THE CHILD FELL FORWARD. THE CHILD WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL WITH A BLOODY NOSE AND A CUT ON THE LIPS. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN TO THE DEALER TO HAVE THE SEAT BELT INSPECTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE WHEN THE COMPLAINT WAS FILED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 120,000.
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 775933 |
| ODI Number | 10321317 |
| Date Filed | March 22, 2010 |
| Failure Date | March 19, 2010 |
| VIN | 2D8HN44H38R |
Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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