NHTSA Complaint #720884 — 1996 DODGE CARAVAN

IN FUELING OUR VAN, ON TWO DIFFERENT OCCASIONS, WE HAVE HAD A FIRE. THE FIRE COMES FROM THE FILLER PIPE ON THE VAN! THE VAN WAS TOTALLY TURNED OFF. IT DOES EXTINGUISH ITSELF AFTER AWHILE. WE ARE EXPERIENCING SHOCK CONSTANTLY WHEN WE TOUCH THE VAN. WE HAVE HAD IT TO THE DEALER ABOUT THE SHOCKING PROBLEM, BUT NOT THE FIRE. WE ASSUMED IT WAS WITH OUR PERSONAL GAS TANK. CONTACTED THE GAS CO. AND THEY INVESTIGATED AND CORRECTED WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN A PROBLEM. NO OTHER VEHICALS THAT ARE FILLED AT THIS TANK HAVE EXPERIENCED THIS DIFFICULTY. MY SON AND I WERE INVOLVED THE FIRST TIME THERE WAS A FIRE. HE WAS BURNT SLIGHTLY. THE SECOND TIME, ONLY MYSELF. WE ARE CONCLUDING NOW, THAT THE DIFFICULTY IS WITHIN THE VAN. WE ARE CONTACTING A DEALER IN THE AM BUT WOULD YOU PLEASE ASSIST. NOT ONLY WAS THE FILLER PIPE ON THE VAN ON FIRE, THE HOSE FROM THE STATIONARY TANK AND THE GROUND WAS ON FIRE. OUR MACHINERY SHOP AND EQUIPMENT COULD HAVE BEEN LOST, NOT TO MENTION LIVES! NEEDLESS TO SAY - WE ARE SCARED! THE FIRE DEPT. WAS CALLED BOTH TIMES! PLEASE HELP!!! *AK