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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EXTERIOR LIGHTING - HEADLIGHTS | ||||||||||||||||
| 09E025000 | DOPE, INC. | E (Equipment) | 42540 | 07/28/2009 | OVSC | CHRYSLER GROUP LLC | 05/11/2009 | 05/11/2009 | 571 | 108 | ||||||
| Defect Summary | Dope, inc. is recalling 42,540 combination corner and bumper lamp assemblies of various part numbers sold for use as aftermarket equipment for various passenger vehicles. these headlamps fail to conform to the requirements of federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 108, lamps, reflective devices, and associated equipment. these lamps do not contain the required amber side reflectors. | |||||||||||||||
| Consequence Summary | Decreased lighting visibility may result in a vehicle crash. | |||||||||||||||
| Corrective Summary | Dope, inc. will notify owners and offer a full refund for the noncompliant combination lamps. the safety recall began on july 28, 2009. owners may contact dope, inc. at 1-626-272-1798. | |||||||||||||||
| Notes | This recall only pertains to aftermarket replacement equipment and has no relation to any original equipment installed on vehicles produced by the vehicle manufacturer.in order to determine if your aftermarket lamp assembly is affected by this noncompliance, please review the list of model numbers provided to us by dope, inc.the list can be found under document search located at the bottom of your screen. owners may also 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 . | |||||||||||||||
Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| EXTERIOR LIGHTING - BRAKE LIGHTS | |||
| 01/14/2004 | 47000 | 12 | 01/24/2001 |
| Dodge stratus engine die out due to crankshaft position sensor that came in contact w/ a protective shield, which consequently caused a grouted circuit. thereby causing my engine to die out. my vehicle is a lease, and the warranty is up, and i never received any recall information. recall info on this call, and the prior year are numerous deadly one. those which can possibly cause injury, or death. i was almost a statistic today when my vehicle died out completely in an exit ramp off the highway. please help me find out how responsible the dealership is because i never received any!!!! recall letters. i received their bill, but yet no recall info. this vehicle is only three years old. i have prior to this vehicle purchased three other vehicles from yonkers avenue dodge, and have traded them in for new ones, but they too had problems, and the dealer never gave me any breaks in price. they just saw a female walk in, and read the sucker sign on my forehead. anyhow my car is now stuck in a shell gas station, which was consequently off the ramp i was stuck on. i was pushed there to get me out of harms way. i will not allow this dealer to continue to stick people, or chrysler to stick people with the bill to a car that dies out before the lease is up!! if you can help please email me. as well as let other dodge stratus se owners know that the numerous problems these cars suffer from before these owners get killed, or kill others. thank you for your attention to this matter. respectfully, ms. vivian pena. *cb | |||
| EXTERIOR LIGHTING - TURN SIGNAL - FLASHER UNIT | |||
| 10/01/2002 | 4 | 09/01/2000 | |
| Car has been in 19 times in 18 months for 15 separate issues. motor seems to have finally blown. took 4 tries to pass state inspection. chrysler keeps ignoring me, my dealership keeps ignoring me visit my site at http://members.tripod.com/~go_grl/dodge.html for full story. no return calls from chrysler thru today 10/30/2002 bill day, general manager at dealership ignoring issue long enough. now no car we'll see what they do to remedy this issue. dt | |||