NHTSA Complaint #10887566 — 2010 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN

AIR BAG INDICATOR ILLUMINATED, CRUISE CONTROL DID NOT FUNCTION. MANUAL & DEALERSHIP CONFIRMED CRUISE WOULD NOT WORK IF AIR BAG INDICATOR IS LIT. VEHICLE RAN HOT DURING SLOW SPEEDS IN HOT WEATHER. DEALERSHIP FIRST SAID DRIVER'S AIRBAG SENSOR & TIPM WERE BAD, & BAD TIPM AFFECTS ALL ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS FROM AIRBAGS, LIGHTS, BRAKES, WIPERS, HORN, WINDOWS, TEMP CONTROL, & MORE. LEARNED THAT DODGE HAS HAD WIDESPREAD PROBLEMS WITH THE TIPM, AND DID NOT WANT TO CHANCE THE AIRBAGS NOT WORKING, SO WE HAD TO REPLACE IT EVEN THOUGH IT WAS NOT UNDER RECALL. WE ARE REPORTING THE PROBLEM EVEN THOUGH IT DID NOT CAUSE A SAFETY INCIDENT - WE CAN NOT WAIT UNTIL *AFTER* A POTENTIAL SAFETY INCIDENT THAT INVOLVED MALFUNCTIONING AIRBAGS... THE VEHICLE HAS SPENT 3 WKS + AT THE DEALERSHIP, AND WE DON'T HAVE THE DOCS VERIFYING THE WORK THEY HAVE COMPLETED YET. WE WILL GLADLY PROVIDE THE PAPERWORK AFTER THE WORK IS FINISHED.