Dodge Grand Caravan, Voyager, Caravan, Town & Country, Grand Voyager. Published by Transport Canada as 1996174 on 6 November 1996. System: Brakes.
What the notice says Note: this recall has been superseded by recall 97-107 (chrysler-714).
the master cylinder rear seal between the hydraulic fluid and the vacuum reservoir, may not seal adequately. this can allow hydraulic fluid to be drawn into the power assist vacuum reservoir. loss of brake fluid will result in illumination of …
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Dodge GRAND CARAVAN in the other registers
This site holds seven national and European registers. Dodge GRAND CARAVAN is named on 12 American notices, 1 British, 5 European and 8 Israeli. Those are separate campaigns, filed with separate authorities on their own schedules.
The American register
The British register
The European register
The Israeli register
Nothing here says any of these is this notice in another country. A model recalled in one country is often recalled in another, in different words and at a different time, and the authorities do not cross-reference each other. Reading them together is the reason this site holds more than one register.
What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 1996174
- Recall date
- 6 November 1996
- Make
- Dodge, Plymouth, Chrysler
- Models
- Grand Caravan, Voyager, Caravan, Town & Country, Grand Voyager
- Model years
- 1997
- Vehicle class
- Light Truck & Van
- System
- Brakes
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 1,100
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
NOTE: THIS RECALL HAS BEEN SUPERSEDED BY RECALL 97-107 (CHRYSLER-714).
THE MASTER CYLINDER REAR SEAL BETWEEN THE HYDRAULIC FLUID AND THE VACUUM RESERVOIR, MAY NOT SEAL ADEQUATELY. THIS CAN ALLOW HYDRAULIC FLUID TO BE DRAWN INTO THE POWER ASSIST VACUUM RESERVOIR. LOSS OF BRAKE FLUID WILL RESULT IN ILLUMINATION OF THE INSTRUMENT PANEL BRAKE WARNING LAMP. CONTINUED OPERATION OF THE VEHICLE WITH THE WARNING LAMP ILLUMINATED MAY RESULT IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCES.
CORRECTION: AFFECTED VEHICLES WILL BE INSPECTED AND MASTER CYLINDER WILL BE REPLACED IF REQUIRED.
Transport Canada recorded this notice in capitals, as its system did for many years. It is reproduced here exactly as published.
The wording above is the department's own, as it stood in the monthly file this site last read. Vehicle counts are the sum of the counts published for each make and model the recall covers. To act on a recall, use the official notice: Transport Canada recall 1996174.
Dodge elsewhere in this register
Dodge is named on 580 notices in the copy of Transport Canada’s register held here, of which these are the nearest to this one in time.
- 1996186 · 20 November 1996 · Neon · Brakes
- 1996187 · 20 November 1996 · Ram · Steering
- 1996172 · 24 October 1996 · Stealth · Brakes
- 1996198 · 9 December 1996 · Town & Country, Caravan, Voyager · Steering
- 1996116 · 23 July 1996 · Grand Caravan, Voyager, Caravan · Seats And Restraints
- 1996097 · 27 June 1996 · Dakota · Steering
- 1996078 · 17 May 1996 · Cirrus, Stratus, Breeze · Brakes
- 1996079 · 17 May 1996 · Stratus, Neon, Cirrus · Brakes
The same system: Brakes
791 notices in this register name Brakes. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 1996202 · 17 December 1996 · TC/2000 Non-School Bus, TC/2000 School Bus · Brakes
- 1996122 · 6 August 1996 · 4800 · Brakes
- 1996123 · 6 August 1996 · Rx-7 · Brakes
- 1996114 · 17 July 1996 · Topkick 4500, Topkick 5500 · Brakes
- 1996115 · 17 July 1996 · Super Glide (fx), Dyna Low Rider (fxdl), Dyna Wide Glide (fxdwg) · Brakes
- 1996101 · 11 July 1996 · Lumina Car, Monte Carlo · Brakes
Reading this against the source
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What the words on this notice mean — the system it is filed under, and what the filing type says about who found the fault.
This notice names one vehicle among several registers that have written about it. Every notice this site holds for the Dodge Grand Caravan, in all seven, is kept on that vehicle's own page, with the newest in each.
This register keeps an index of its own for every maker and every year it holds: Canadian recalls on a Dodge: 580 in the register, and 209 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 1996.
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