Failure of this part causes the horn and the cruise control to be inoperable and for the airbag light to stay on all the time. With the number of failures of this part, a recall is necessary. Many people will not fix at the cost of the part and will be driving an unsafe vehicle.
1996 Dodge Caravan electrical complaints
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First the windshield wipers come on automaticall,ythen the cruise control stops, then the horn stops working, then the airbag light comes on, now the car occasionlly doesn't start unless I adjust the steering column
Fire started while driving. Spread quickly, fully involved total loss. Insurance adjuster familar with dodge fires. Thank god children weren't in and strapped at the time.
Airbag light has come on, and horn is intermittently not working. Dealer has been contacted.
Airbag light on , no speed control, no horn. Airbag light indicates nonfunctioning restraint system.
Ea 01 007/air bag clockspring:air bag light remains on while driving, also, both horn and cruise control are inoperative. Dealer notified. Feel free to provide any further information.
Airbag light stays on and horn is inoperable due to the body control module. Dealer contacted.
Windshield wipers are inoperable due to defective body control module. Dealer contacted.
Failure started as an intermitent illumination of the air bag light. Later noticed that the cruise control did not work. April 10, 2002 horn would not sound when attempting to signal another car backing out of a parking spot. Avoided the car and an damage. Now the air bag light is on constantly. Neither the horn or cruise control work and I assume the air bag is inoperative. The van is going in for the fuel rail recall on april 29 and I will ask about the clockspring at that time.
While driving or starting up vehicle, fuse will blowout and engine will shutoff. Cause unknown. Dealer contacted.*ak the consumer states after replacing the fuse the engine starts.
Devices on steering wheel do not work. Windshield wipers/ cruise control, and horn do not work. Please provide any further information.
Clockspring failure, air bag light is on and horn does not work.
Air bag light is on, and horn/ cruise control do not work. Contacted dealer, and dealer is not willing to do anything.
Defective clock spring caused cruise control/ air bag, and horn to malfunction at the same time. Please provide any further information, and vehicle identification number.
Airbag light came on and stayed on, no horn or cruise control. A few days later I read about chrysler minivans being investigated because of faulty clockspring assemblies. After reading that, I called our dealer and asked if there was a recall on it. None! This is definitely a safety issue. No airbag, no horn means dangerous driving conditions. We had to pay to have the part replaced. After reading through 96 complaints about this part on your website, I thought I would add my complaint. Chrysler paid for our new transmission, but we had to pay labor. Also paid for the new elect. For AC knob.
While driving headlights will flash on and off/ windshield wipers will not work or sometimes come on by themselves, and power door locks will come unlocked by thenselves. Has changed control module at least 4 times. Dealer contacted. Please add VIN.
The horn, speed control and airbag are all connected to the steering wheel through the clockspring. At this point, both the horn and airbag are completely disabled and the speed control rarely functions. I've called my local dealer about recalls or courtesy repairs and they state that none are allowed for this problem. Repairs have not yet been made.
Airbag light is on constantly, horn won't blow and cruise control does not work. Dealer has been contacted. Please provide any further information.
Airbag light stays on, horn doesn't work, cruise control doesn't work. I was told by dealer the clock spring needs replacing and that this default could cause the airbags to not deploy in a crash. This is a safety hazard that needs to be recalled by chrysler.
Air bag light stays illuminated while driving. Also, the horn assembly and cruise control are inoperable. Please add further details.
The norn does not work/ cruise control does not work, and air bag light stays on, parking brake light turns on every time you turn the wheel to the left! Windshield wipers come on and off when they please, we have had the transmission replaced at 68,000 miles, we were told that we cannot pass inspection at our military base overseas until this safety feature is fixed!
Ea-01-007; air bag light illuminates on the dashboard. Also, cruise control and horn are inoperable. Consumer has yet to contact dealer. Please provide any further details.
Horn stopped working also when air bag warning light came on.
At time of using horn to communicate or alert other drivers, horn will not operate, and could not be fixed by dealer. Please provide more information.
While driving at any speed the air bag light stays on. Horn and cruise control are inoperative. Contacted dealer.
Airbag light remains illuminated on dash. Horn and cruise control are inoperable. Dealer has been contacted. Please provide further details.
Horn does not function, and has replaced clock spring.
Ea-01-007/clockspring caused air bag light to stay illuminated while driving, and horn/ crusie control to be inoperable. Dealer was notified and will replaced clockspring.
Air bag indicator light comes on and off while driving. Also, horn button doesn't work.
While driving airbag light illuminated, causing cruise control and horn to malfunction. *ak possibly a clockspring failure.
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