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no recall issued
** This defect investigation is filed under 3 related vehicle components.
2001 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN -- Owner reports indicate allegations of improper headlight operation of one or both headlights.some report intermittent outage or dimming.many report that the condition is random; it sometimes does not repeat and lasts for a very short duration. A safety-related defect has not been identified at this time and further use of Agency resources does not appear to be warranted.accordingly, this investigation is closed.the closing of this investigation does not constitute a finding by NHTSA that a safety-related defect does not exist.the Agency will monitor this issue and reserves the right to take further action if warranted by the circumstances.see summary report for additional information.
Investigation was initiated on June 01 2005. Closed on May 02 2006. For detailed information & supporting documents, see the official NHTSA page concerning investigation #EA05009 »
no recall issued
** This defect investigation is filed under 3 related vehicle components.
2001 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN -- The Office Of Defects Investigation (ODI) opened this investigation after receiving reports from consumers that their headlights would malfunction in various ways from flickering to complete non-illumination.headlight operation is monitored by the vehicle's body control module (BCM) and front control module (FCM).ODI is upgrading this preliminary evaluation to an engineering analysis (EA05-009) to further examine the issue.
Investigation was initiated on February 02 2005. Closed on June 01 2005. For detailed information & supporting documents, see the official NHTSA page concerning investigation #PE05004 »
Recall #05V134000
** This defect investigation is filed under 2 related vehicle components.
2001 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN -- This investigation was opened as PE04-054 regarding reports of alleged power liftgate (plg) opening while driving.the investigation was upgraded on November 22, 2004 based on information provided by DaimlerChrysler corporation (DCC) in its September 17, 2004 response to PE04-054. By letter of April 5, 2005, DCC has notified the Agency that it will conduct a safety recall of 70,235 model year (MY) 2003 Chrysler Town & Country and Dodge Grand Caravan vehicles equipped with the plg option.DCC has identified a problem in early production MY 2003 plg control modules that can prevent the plg door from latching closed in a power open/close cycle.in this condition the plg can rise (not power open) during vehicle operation.dealers will install a revised plg control module to remedy the affected vehicles.see safety recall 05V134 for details.
Investigation was initiated on November 22 2004. Closed on April 07 2005. For detailed information & supporting documents, see the official NHTSA page concerning investigation #EA04031 »