2005 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN — Complaint #910812
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NHTSA Complaint about SEAT BELTS:INTEGRATED CHILD SEAT filed March 20, 2012
NHTSA complaint #910812 (ODI reference 10452419) concerns a 2005 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN and was filed on March 20, 2012. The owner reports the failure occurred on March 10, 2012. The vehicle had 123,915 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to North Dakota 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: 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 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 2005 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE INTEGRATED CHILD SEAT HARNESS SNAPPED OPEN ABNORMALLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE BUCKLES WERE DEFECTIVE AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE WHO STATED THAT THEY WOULD CONTACT HER BACK AT A LATER DATE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 123,915. UPDATED 04/19/12*LJ THE DEALER INFORMED THE CONSUMER THE ENTIRE SEAT WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED. UPDATED 04/25/12
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 910812 |
| ODI Number | 10452419 |
| Date Filed | March 20, 2012 |
| Failure Date | March 10, 2012 |
| VIN | 1D4GP24R85B |
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Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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