NHTSA campaign 98V185000

CHRYSLER CORPORATION Recall 98V-185: CHRYSLER/INTEGRATED CHILD SEATS

Recall influenced by NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation

NHTSA recall 98V185000 was reported by CHRYSLER CORPORATION on August 6, 1998, with 157,000 vehicles potentially affected (per NHTSA). NHTSA's record lists the Chrysler Town And Country, Dodge Caravan, Dodge Grand Caravan and more for model years 1996–1997. Owners were notified on November 30, 1998, per NHTSA.

Updated daily from NHTSA's recall files

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Key facts

NHTSA campaign: 98V185000 (also written 98V-185 or 98V185)
Filed by: CHRYSLER CORPORATION
Report received: August 6, 1998
Potentially affected: 157,000 vehicles (per NHTSA)
Component: Child Seat
Owners notified: November 30, 1998
NHTSA investigation: Engineering Analysis EA97-003 (per NHTSA's investigations file)

Vehicles listed for this recall

NHTSA's recall record lists these vehicles for recall 98V185000. try.vin imports model years 1995 and later, so NHTSA's own list can be longer. Model years with a try.vin recall page link to it. Build dates are NHTSA's range for a model year (per NHTSA); a vehicle built in that range is not necessarily included.

Chrysler

Chrysler Town And Country
- 1996, 1997 · Vehicles built January 1, 1995 – July 31, 1997 (per NHTSA)

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Dodge

Dodge Caravan
- 1996, 1997 · Vehicles built January 1, 1995 – July 31, 1997 (per NHTSA)
Dodge Grand Caravan
- 1996, 1997 · Vehicles built January 1, 1995 – July 31, 1997 (per NHTSA)

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Plymouth

Plymouth Grand Voyager
- 1996, 1997 · Vehicles built January 1, 1995 – July 31, 1997 (per NHTSA)
Plymouth Voyager
- 1996, 1997 · Vehicles built January 1, 1995 – July 31, 1997 (per NHTSA)

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NHTSA's recall notice

As NHTSA's recall record states it for campaign 98V185000.

Defect description

VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: MINI VANS EQUIPPED WITH INTEGRATED CHILD SEATS. THE SHOULDER HARNESS RESTRAINT ON THE INTEGRATED CHILD SEAT CAN BECOME DIFFICULT TO EXTRACT WHEN THE SAFETY BELT LATCH PLATE BECOMES CONTAMINATED.

Safety consequence

THIS CAN CAUSE DIFFICULTY IN RELEASING A CHILD FROM THE RESTRAINT.

Manufacturer remedy

DEALERS WILL CLEAN THE LATCH MECHANISM. AN EXTENDER WILL BE ADDED TO THE EMERGENCY RELEASE ANCHOR FOR THE CHILD SEAT SAFETY BELTS SO THAT THE RELEASE CLIPS ARE MORE VISIBLE AND ACCESSIBLE TO THE OPERATOR IN THE EVENT THAT THE RETRACTOR MECHANISM CAN NOT BE UNLOCKED. IN ADDITION, AN INSTRUCTIONAL OWNER'S MANUAL SUPPLEMENT CARD WILL BE PROVIDED.

Notes

OWNER NOTIFICATION IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN NOVEMBER 30, 1998.OWNERS WHO TAKE THEIR VEHICLES TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER ON AN AGREED UPON SERVICE DATE AND DO NOT RECEIVE THE FREE REMEDY WITHIN A REASONABLE TIME SHOULD CONTACT CHRYSLER AT 1-800-992-1997.ALSO CONTACT THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION'S AUTO SAFETY HOTLINE AT 1-888-DASH-2-DOT (1-888-327-4236).

Sources

Official NHTSA notice for recall 98V185000

Campaign details come from NHTSA's recall files, which try.vin imports once a day. The plain-language subject and the completion rate come from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Recalls Data dataset. How try.vin reads recall data.