Sliding door latch failure

An NHTSA Engineering Analysis into Chrysler vehicles. Closed 30 July 1998.

Investigation
EA96025
Type
Engineering Analysis
Opened
15 October 1996
Closed
30 July 1998

What NHTSA investigated

Analysis of known incidents indicates a declining trend over the last five calendar quarters.extensive testing of incident vehicles has failed to reproduce occurrences of full latch disengagement.no failure mode which could cause a properly latched door to lose full latch engagement while driving has been verified as a causal factor in any of the known incident vehicles during this investigation.a safety-related defect trend has not been identified at this time and further use of agency resources does not appear to be warranted.however, odi will continue to monitor complaint input for the nexy year and will request updated reports from chrysler during that process.the closing of this investigation does not constitute a finding by NHTSA that no safety-related defect exists.the agency reserves the right to take further action if warranted by the circumstances.

Vehicles covered

MakeModelModel years
ChryslerTOWN AND COUNTRY1996
DodgeCARAVAN1996
PlymouthVOYAGER1996

Source

From NHTSA’s investigation file, rebuilt daily. To report a problem with your own vehicle, go to nhtsa.gov/report-a-safety-problem. All open investigations.