NHTSA Campaign 06V353000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
NHTSA campaign 06V353000 covers 1 year-make-model version listed here and concerns the air bags: frontal. The repair is free.
DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION filed the report for 06V353000 with NHTSA on September 14, 2006; NHTSA's Office of Vehicle Safety Compliance influenced the recall.
For 06V353000, NHTSA lists up to 144,750 potentially affected vehicles, built between September 20, 2006 and June 30, 2006.
The 06V353000 report reached NHTSA 2 months after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 06V353000 were scheduled from October 20, 2006, 36 days after the report.
06V353000 covers 1 model from Dodge, model years 2006.
Owners of the model years 06V353000 covers have filed at least 193 complaints naming the air bags, about this defect or others in the same group.
By potentially affected vehicles, 06V353000 ranks 33 of 156 DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION recalls on this site.
Besides 06V353000, DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION has 12 other recalls on the air bags on this site; the one before 06V353000 was 06V295000, reported on August 8, 2006.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- ON CERTAIN PICKUP TRUCKS FAIL TO CONFORM TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF FEDERAL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARD NO. 208, 'OCCUPANT CRASH PROTECTION. THE PASSENGER AIR BAG MAY DEPLOY WITH EXCESSIVE FORCE WHEN CERTAIN MODEL REAR FACING CHILD SEATS ARE INSTALLED IN THE RIGHT FRONT PASSENGER SEAT POSITION.
- The risk
- THIS CAN INCREASE THE RISK OF INJURY TO A CHILD SEAT OCCUPANT DURING CERTAIN CRASH CONDITIONS.
- The fix
- DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE PASSENGER AIR BAG CUSHION AND REPROGRAM THE OCCUPANT RESTRAINT CONTROLLER. THE RECALL BEGAN ON OCTOBER 20, 2006. OWNERS MAY CONTACT DAIMLERCHRYSLER AT 1-800-853-1403.
- Notes
- DAIMLERCHRYSLER RECALL NO. F40.
Reported September 14, 2006
Vehicles covered by 06V353000 (1)
Dodge (1)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 06V353000, 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: September 14, 2006. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted