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 - DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER SYSTEM | |||||
| 241797 | 12/31/1997 | 600490 | A revised cowl plenum screen has been released which contains a fine mesh screen to minimize debris from entering the heater a/c housing. *yc | 05/18/1998 | |
Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| VISIBILITY - POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS | |||
| 1 | |||
| Passenger side rear window failed. yh | |||
| 09/04/1996 | |||
| Dealer will not be responsible for recall. equipment installed by dealer. electronic device by dynamtic electronics.*ak | |||
| VISIBILITY - REARVIEW MIRRORS/DEVICES | |||
| 1 | |||
| Driver side mirror failed. yh | |||
| VISIBILITY - REARVIEW MIRRORS/DEVICES - EXTERIOR | |||
| 2 | 10/15/1993 | ||
| Defective remote control in rearview mirrors on both sides is causing the mirrors to move, will not stay in a still position. this could result in an accident. *ak | |||
| 2 | 07/01/1997 | ||
| Moisture remains in exterior rear view mirror after rain, causing retension spring to rust, this causes mirror become loose/vibrate while driving. | |||
| VISIBILITY - WINDSHIELD | |||
| 06/22/1996 | |||
| The passenger's and driver's side windows; the windows look like someone has smeared their fingers all over them, at certain extended distance, vision is distorted. please describe details. *ak | |||
| 11/08/1994 | 1 | ||
| Window fails to close fully. *ak | |||
| VISIBILITY - WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER | |||
| 01/09/1995 | 9 | ||
| Replaced broken rear windshield washer. | |||
| 12/01/1993 | 1 | ||
| Windsheild wipers failure, wipers will lift off windows, causing vision problem. tt | |||
| VISIBILITY - WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER - LINKAGES | |||
| 10/05/1994 | 1 | ||
| Right front windshield wiper linkage failed. *skd | |||
| VISIBILITY - WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER - MOTOR | |||
| 12/15/1997 | 1 | ||
| Windshield wiper motor shorted out resulting in burning of the wiring harness. | |||