{"source":"nhtsa","campaign":"97V079000","as_of":"2026-10-19","investigations":[{"action":"PE96035","kind":"PE","kind_name":"Preliminary evaluation","opened":"1996-05-06","closed":"1996-10-31","open":false,"manufacturer":"Chrysler (FCA US, LLC)","component":"STRUCTURE","subject":"ALLEGED REAR LIFTGATE SUPPORT FAILURE","summary":"THE RETAINER BOLT OF THE REAR LIFT GATE SUPPORT CYLINDERS MAY SHEER RESULTING IN THE SUDDEN COLLAPSE OF THE REAR HATCH DOOR.","campaigns":["97V079000"],"match":null,"models":[]},{"action":"EA96027","kind":"EA","kind_name":"Engineering analysis","opened":"1996-10-31","closed":"1997-05-16","open":false,"manufacturer":"Chrysler (FCA US, LLC)","component":"STRUCTURE","subject":"ALLEGED REAR LIFTGATE SUPPORT FAILURE","summary":"THE RETAINER BOLT OF THE REAR LIFTGATE SUPPORT CYLINDERS MAY SHEAR RESULTING IN SUDDEN COLLAPSE OF THE REAR HATCH DOOR.","campaigns":["97V079000"],"match":null,"models":[]},{"action":"RQ99004","kind":"RQ","kind_name":"Recall query","opened":"1999-04-19","closed":null,"open":false,"manufacturer":"Chrysler (FCA US, LLC)","component":"STRUCTURE:BODY:HATCHBACK/LIFTGATE:SUPPORT DEVICE/STRUT","subject":"REAR LIFTGATE SUPPORT","summary":"ON MAY 7, 1997, CHRYSLER FILED A DEFECT INFORMATION REPORT TO RECALL 436,000 1992 DODGE CARAVAN/GRAND CARAVAN, PLYMOUTH VOYAGER/GRAND VOYAGER AND CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY VEHICLES TO REPAIR THE LIFTGATE SUPPORTS; SAFETY RECALL 97V-079.ODI HAD INVESTIGATION THE REAR LIFTGATE SUPPORT PROBLEM FOR 1991-1993 CHRYSLER MINIVANS IN PE 96-035 AND EA96-027.AT THE TIME OF CLOSING EA96-027 ON MAY 16, 1997, A SAFETY RELATED DEFECT TREND HAD NOT BEEN IDENTIFIED ON THE 1991 AND 1993 MODELS.SINCE THE CLOSING OF EA96-027, ODI HAS RECEIVED 34 COMPLAINTS OF REAR LIFTGATE SUPPORT ATTACHING BOLT FAILURES, INCLUDING TEN INJURIES, ON THE SUBJECET VEHICLES.IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT A RECALL QUERY BE OPENED TO DETERMINE THE SCOPE OF LIFTGATE SUPPORT FAILURES ON THE SUBJECT VEHICLES.CLOSING NOTE: ON JULY 19, 1999, DAMILERCHRYSLER AGREED TO RECALL 1991, 1993, AND 1994 MODEL YEAR VEHICLES TO REMEDY REAR LIFTGATE SUPPORTS; SAFETY RECALL 99V-213.IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT RQ99-004 BE CLOSED.","campaigns":["97V079000","99V213000"],"match":null,"models":[]}],"note":"An investigation is NHTSA looking into a possible defect. It is not a finding that a defect exists, and it does not say that any one vehicle is affected.","attribution":[],"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/recalls/nhtsa/97V079000"}