NHTSA Campaign 00V306000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
NHTSA campaign 00V306000 covers 2 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the air bags: frontal. The repair is free.
DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION filed the report for 00V306000 with NHTSA on October 12, 2000; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 00V306000, NHTSA lists up to 419 potentially affected vehicles, built between September 12, 2000 and September 15, 2000.
The 00V306000 report reached NHTSA 1 month after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 00V306000 were scheduled from October 19, 2000, 7 days after the report.
00V306000 covers 2 models from Chrysler and Dodge, model years 2001.
Owners of the model years 00V306000 covers have filed at least 55 complaints naming the air bags, about this defect or others in the same group.
Among the 00V306000 vehicles, the 2001 Chrysler Sebring has the most (29).
By potentially affected vehicles, 00V306000 ranks 132 of 156 DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION recalls on this site.
Besides 00V306000, DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION has 12 other recalls on the air bags on this site; the one before 00V306000 was 99V343000, reported on December 2, 1999.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: PASSENGER VEHICLES. PASSENGER AIR BAGS WERE BUILT WITH SUSPECT ALUMINUM EXTRUSION SECTIONS WHICH MAY NOT RETAIN THE AIR BAG DOOR DURING AN AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT EVENT.
- The risk
- A SEPARATED AIR BAG DOOR COULD INJURE A VEHICLE OCCUPANT.
- The fix
- DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG.
- Notes
- OWNER NOTIFICATION BEGAN OCTOBER 19, 2000. 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 1-800-992-1997.
Reported October 12, 2000
Vehicles covered by 00V306000 (2)
Chrysler (1)
Dodge (1)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 00V306000, not that your own vehicle does: a campaign covers a range of VINs. A VIN check on NHTSA's lookup shows whether it is.
Newest record on this page: October 12, 2000. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted