NHTSA complaint: 2008 BRAUN TOWN & COUNTRY — LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHRYSLER TOWN & COUNTRY. THE CONTACT WAS IN HIS RESIDENCE WHEN HE HEARD THE VEHICLE ALARM SOUND. WITHIN SECONDS, THERE WAS SMOKE AND FLAMES COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD NEAR THE DRIVER SIDE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE. A FIRE REPORT WAS AVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER INVESTIGATED THE VEHICLE AND FOUND THAT THE FIRE WAS CAUSED BY THE RELAY BOX. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THERE WERE NO PRIOR WARNINGS OF THE FAILURE. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 14,000. UPDATED 10/13/10*BF THE CONSUMER ALSO STATED THE DRIVER SIDE SLIDING DOOR WAS INOPERATIVE. THE DOOR WOULD CLOSE 1/2 WAY AND THEN OPEN BACK UP INTERMITTENTLY BEFORE THE INCIDENT. UPDATED 10/14/10*JB
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration — Office of Defects Investigation