Recall Register

1988 Dodge Mini Ram van: recalls and complaints

NHTSA lists 2 recall campaigns for the 1988 Dodge Mini Ram van. The newest campaign is 88V107000. NHTSA received the report on 1 Jul 1988. The NHTSA record gives the component Fuel System, Gasoline / Storage / Tank Assembly. NHTSA has 1 complaint on file for this model year. 2 NHTSA investigations name this model year.

The NHTSA recall file shows no do-not-drive advisory and no park-outside advisory on these campaigns.

This page cannot show if a recall applies to one vehicle. The NHTSA VIN lookup shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle.

Remedy of the newest campaign, 88V107000, in the NHTSA record

Replace suspect fuel tanks.

Complaint information entered into NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation vehicle owner's complaint database is used with other data sources to identify safety issues that warrant investigation and to determine if a safety-related defect trend exists.

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Recall campaigns

2 campaigns, newest first. 4,375 units in total.

  1. 88V107000Received . 4,000 units.

    Fuel System, Gasoline / Storage / Tank Assembly

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    Fuel tanks may be constructed of improper material.
    Consequence, in the NHTSA record
    Fuel could leak at the tank seam which, in presence ofan ignition source, could result in a fire.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Replace suspect fuel tanks.

    Report filed by CHRYSLER CORPORATION. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .

  2. 88V010000Received . 375 units.

    Fuel System, Gasoline / Storage / Tank Assembly

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    Fuel tanks may have been damaged during tank manufacture.
    Consequence, in the NHTSA record
    This could result in fuel leakage with the potential fora fire.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Replace fuel tanks as necessary.

    Report filed by CHRYSLER CORPORATION. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .

The campaign number opens the NHTSA record. Each quotation is the text of the NHTSA recall file.

Recall campaign: One recall in the NHTSA recall file, with one campaign number. A campaign can name many makes, models and model years.

Units: The number of vehicles or products that a recall can include. The manufacturer or the firm reports the number to the agency.

Complaints by component

1 complaint, 1 component mentions.

A complaint can name more than one component. Each component that a complaint names is one component mention. This model year has fewer than 50 component mentions, so the table shows the number of mentions only.

1988 Dodge Mini Ram van: component mentions in complaints
ComponentMentions
Latches/Locks/Linkages1
Complaints that report a crash
0
Complaints that report a fire
0
Injuries in the complaints
0
Deaths in the complaints
0
Date of the newest complaint
1 May 1995

These figures are the entries of the persons who sent the complaints.

Complaint: A report about a possible safety problem that a person sends to NHTSA. This site shows the number of complaints and not their text.

Complaints about the 1988 Dodge Mini Ram van, by the year NHTSA received them. The largest year is 1995, with 1 complaint.

Investigations

NHTSA investigations that name the 1988 Dodge Mini Ram van
NumberTypeSubjectComponentOpenedClosedCampaign
EA94005Engineering analysisLIFTGATE LATCHESStructure31 Jan 199425 Oct 1995
EA91010Engineering analysisTRANS PARK SYSTEM FAILUREPower Train10 Dec 199031 Dec 1991

Investigation: A study of a possible safety defect by the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation. An investigation with no closing date in the NHTSA file is open.

Other model years

The number under each year is the number of recall campaigns.

  1. 19842
  2. 19852
  3. 19882
  4. 19890
  5. 19910
  6. 19920
  7. 19930
  8. 19950
  9. 19960
  10. 19970
  11. 19990

A year without a link has fewer than 2 campaigns and fewer than 25 complaints. It has no page.

Official channels

Cite this page

Recall Register. 1988 Dodge Mini Ram van: recalls and complaints. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/dodge/mini-ram-van/1988/. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation, recall, complaint and investigation files. Data through .

Sources

Source
NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
Licence
US government work, public domain
Recall file through
29 Sep 2026
Complaint file through
29 Mar 2018
First complaint in the file
1 Jan 1995
Manufacturer in the recall file
CHRYSLER CORPORATION

The NHTSA record is the authority. A complaint count is the number of different complaint numbers for the make, the model and the model year. How the register is made. Report an error.

Questions

How many units are in the recall campaigns for the 1988 Dodge Mini Ram van?
4,375 units in 2 campaigns. A campaign can name other models and model years, and its units include them.
How many recall campaigns does the Dodge Mini Ram van have for all model years?
NHTSA lists 4 recall campaigns for the Dodge Mini Ram van, model years 1984 to 1999. 2 of them name the 1988 model year.
Which component do the complaints about the 1988 Dodge Mini Ram van name most often?
Latches/Locks/Linkages: 1 of 1 component mention.
Is an NHTSA investigation of the 1988 Dodge Mini Ram van open?
No. Each of the 2 investigations that name this model year has a closing date in the NHTSA file.