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 | |||||
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| AIR BAGS | ||||||||||||||||
| 01V153000 | DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION | from 05/30/2000 to 10/31/2000 | V (Vehicle) | 216100 | 06/18/2001 | MFR | CHRYSLER GROUP LLC | 05/08/2001 | 05/18/2001 | |||||||
| Defect Summary | Vehicle description: pickup trucks. sound deadener material inside the steering wheel could become detached from the cover and housing. note: the ram pickup trucks were built at the warren assembly plant (s in the 11th vin position) from may 16, 2000 through october 23, 2000; st. louis north assembly plant (j in the 11th vin position) from may 19, 2000 through october 23, 2000; lago alberto assembly plant (m in the 11th vin position) from may 23, 2000 through october 23, 2000; and saltillo assembly plant (g in the 11th vin position) from may 23, 2000 through october 23, 2000. important: vehicles that have already had the proper clockspring installed, according to warranty records, have been excluded from this recall. in addition, 1997-2000 model year vehicles that have had a suspect replacement clockspring installed, according to warranty records, have been added to this recall. | |||||||||||||||
| Consequence Summary | When this occurs, the material could interfere with the clockspring ribbon and cause an open circuit. the driver air bag system will become disabled, and the air bag warning lamp will illuminate on the instrument panel. | |||||||||||||||
| Corrective Summary | Dealers will replace the clockspring assembly. owner notification began june 18, 2001. also some 1997-200 model year vehicles that, according to warranty records, have had a suspect replacement clockspring installed, will also be included in this campaign. owners who take their vehicles to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not receive the free remedy within a reasonable time should contact daimlerchrysler at 1-800-853-1403. | |||||||||||||||
| Notes | Also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-dash-2-dot (1-888-327-4236). | |||||||||||||||
Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| AIR BAGS | |||
| 10/01/2009 | 130000 | ||
| My dash is cracking and large sharp peices of it are just laying on the dash, it seems to get worse every time i look at it. i am worried those peices will fly up and into my face or my childres face while driving down the road. the only thing i can think of to do is try to glue them back down. even so it continues to crack and what if i dont katch a new cracked peice and it does hurt someone. | |||
| 12/22/1999 | 1 | 11/01/1999 | |
| No summary listed for above vehicle. *ak | |||
| AIR BAGS - FRONTAL | |||
| Consumer states had front end collision at 30mph and neither air bag deployed, causing injuries. please provide any additional information. ts | |||
| 07/01/2000 | 1 | ||
| Passenger's airbag was off and on, switch can be turned on with a coin or a small toy by a child. also, air bag light came on indicating that airbag was on. dealer could not tell consumer if airbag was actually on when this happened. dodge said that was how it worked in all their vehicles, but refused to test switch. *ak the air bag switch seems to be defective and could cause injury or even death to children riding in the vehicle. *yh | |||
| AIR BAGS - SIDE/WINDOW | |||
| 05/24/2001 | |||
| While traveling at about 55 mph another car was coming head-on and they had a front end collision. upon impact, driver's side airbag didn't deploy, passenger's side has an on and off switch, which could have been turned off. some injuries were sustained. consumer has yet to contact dealer. please provide any further information. *ak | |||