Recalls
| Campaign | Manufacturer | Manufacturing date | Type | # of units affected | Date Owner notified Mfg | Recall Initiated by | Manufacturers of recalled vehicles/products | Report Recieved Date | Record Creation Date | Regulation Part Number | FMVSS Number | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VISIBILITY - GLASS, SIDE/REAR | ||||||||||||||||
| 07E104000 | SAFELITE FULFILLMENT, INC. | E (Equipment) | 1657 | 01/15/2008 | MFR | CHRYSLER GROUP LLC | 12/11/2007 | 12/11/2007 | 571 | 205 | ||||||
| Defect Summary | Certain curved tempered replacement glass manufactured by hangzhou safety glass ltd and supplied to safelite by auto temp inc., identified as dot-430, and sold for use on certain domestic and foreign vehicles may not break into small pieces as expected of tempered glass and fails to conform to federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 205, glazing materials. | |||||||||||||||
| Consequence Summary | In the event of a vehicle crash, the occupant(s) may be seriously injured by shattered glass. | |||||||||||||||
| Corrective Summary | Safelite will notify its retail customers and replace the glass free of charge. retail customers can contact safelite toll free at 1-888-843-2906. safelite will notify its wholesale customers and reimburse wholesale customers for current inventory and at a specified rate for replacing their customer's glass. wholesale customers can contact safelite's wholesale division, service autoglass toll free at 1-888-246-6298. the recall began on january 15, 2008. | |||||||||||||||
| Notes | This recall only pertains to certain curved tempered replacement glass manufactured by hangzhou safety glass, ltd. (dot-430) and supplied to safelite by auto temp inc., and has no relation to any original equipment installed on the vehicles listed above. customers may contact the national highway traffic safety administration's vehicle safety hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (tty: 1-800-424-9153); or go to http://www.safercar.gov. | |||||||||||||||
Bulletins
| Bulletin | Bulletin date | Replacement Bulletin | Item no. | Summary | Added |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VISIBILITY - REARVIEW MIRRORS/DEVICES | |||||
| 2303400A | 12/15/2000 | 233400 | 616727 | Subject regarding outside mirror glass replacement. *tt | 03/08/2001 |
| VISIBILITY - REARVIEW MIRRORS/DEVICES - EXTERIOR | |||||
| 2301502 | 04/01/2002 | 2302701 | 634077 | Subject regarding outside rearview mirror glass replacement. *slc | 09/27/2002 |
| 2302701 | 09/21/2001 | 2303400 | 625650 | Subject regarding outside rearview mirror glass replacement. *tt | 11/30/2001 |
| VISIBILITY - WINDSHIELD | |||||
| 235998 | 12/11/1998 | 603158 | Windnoise around fron door glass, especially at top of the b pillar. *ak | 11/17/1999 | |
Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| VISIBILITY - DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER SYSTEM | |||
| 01/17/2003 | 1 | 01/17/2000 | |
| While driving in city or country with heater defroster/defogger in use all windshields front/rear plus windows got foggy, forcing consumer to open driver's and passenger's windows. dealer has inspected vehicle and could not duplicate or correct the probles. ts....*ak | |||
| 1 | 05/01/1998 | ||
| A/c and heater fails intermittently. yh | |||
| VISIBILITY - DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER SYSTEM - WINDSHIELD - CONTROLS/WIRING | |||
| 1 | 12/01/1998 | ||
| Cooling fan relay failed. yh | |||
| VISIBILITY - POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS | |||
| 09/15/2003 | 69400 | ||
| First problem occurred three days after we purchased this used. transmission locked into neutral and would not disengage. this happened while driving. vehicle had to be towed. rebuilt transmission cost $1500. got it back and 4 days later the fan to cool the engine went out. in the shop another 2 days costing an additional $180.00. feel like i am hemmorhaging money on this car. left drivers window switch doesn't work at times and window gets stuck in the open position. | |||
| 12/09/2000 | 1 | 12/01/1998 | |
| Driver's power window fell into the door frame due to a broken cable. *ak the power window is defecive. *yh | |||
| 10 | 05/01/1998 | ||
| Power window on driver's side fails intermittently. yh | |||
| VISIBILITY - REARVIEW MIRRORS/DEVICES | |||
| While driving on the highway headlights/dash lights, and mirrors went out for about a couple of seconds, then came back on. this has happened twice. the dealer has seen the vehicle but can't duplicate the problem. *ak | |||
| VISIBILITY - WINDSHIELD | |||
| 01/29/2003 | |||
| The wipers will turn off at will and sometimes it was hard to get them to turn off, unless you turn the vehicle off. she replaced the wiper motor. ph | |||
| VISIBILITY - WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER | |||
| 1 | |||
| Windshield wiper gears locks up intermittently, causing visibility problems. yh | |||