Dodge Grand Caravan, Caravan, Voyager, Town & Country, Grand Voyager. Published by Transport Canada as 1999104 on 27 May 1999. System: Seats And Restraints.
What the notice says On certain vehicles, an intermittent short circuit in the air bag initiator wire that occurs between 1.5 to 1.7 seconds after vehicle start-up (or "key on") may lead to an inadvertent air bag deployment. This short is caused by an unprotected metal sharp edge where the clockspring wire passes through the lower …
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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.
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The British register
The European register
The Israeli register
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 1999104
- Recall date
- 27 May 1999
- Make
- Dodge, Plymouth, Chrysler
- Models
- Grand Caravan, Caravan, Voyager, Town & Country, Grand Voyager
- Model years
- 1994 to 1995
- Vehicle class
- Light Truck & Van
- System
- Seats And Restraints
- Raised as
- Safety TC
- Vehicles affected
- 129,978
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
On certain vehicles, an intermittent short circuit in the air bag initiator wire that occurs between 1.5 to 1.7 seconds after vehicle start-up (or "key on") may lead to an inadvertent air bag deployment. This short is caused by an unprotected metal sharp edge where the clockspring wire passes through the lower instrument panel. Correction: An electrical diagnostic check will be performed and any short circuits will be repaired. In addition, a mastic patch will be added to the lower instrument panel to prevent chafing of the clockspring wire. If the air bag warning light is illuminated due to a rear wiper motor short circuit condition, the shorted motor will be disconnected and the fuse replaced.
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 1999104.
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.
- 1999092 · 18 May 1999 · Ram · Emissions
- 1999132 · 28 June 1999 · Ram · Structure
- 1999144 · 30 July 1999 · Sebring, Talon, Avenger · Steering
- 1999145 · 30 July 1999 · Caravan, Voyager, Grand Caravan · Visual System
- 1999146 · 30 July 1999 · Ram · Powertrain
- 1999045 · 18 March 1999 · Acclaim, Spirit, Intrepid · Emissions
- 1999033 · 3 March 1999 · Ram · Emissions
- 1999154 · 19 August 1999 · Town & Country, Grand Caravan, Grand Voyager · Fuel System
The same system: Seats And Restraints
900 notices in this register name Seats And Restraints. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 1999114 · 8 June 1999 · 9000 · Seats And Restraints
- 1999116 · 9 June 1999 · C Series, K Series · Seats And Restraints
- 1999118 · 9 June 1999 · 960, 961 · Seats And Restraints
- 1999131 · 28 June 1999 · Silver Seraph, Arnage · Seats And Restraints
- 1999060 · 15 April 1999 · Grand Am, Alero · Seats And Restraints
- 1999063 · 15 April 1999 · Admiral, Lapalma, Vacationer · Seats And Restraints
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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 240 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 1999.
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