NHTSA Campaign 14V770000
AIR BAGS
NHTSA campaign 14V770000 covers 10 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the air bags. The repair is free.
Chrysler Group LLC filed the report for 14V770000 with NHTSA on December 3, 2014; NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation influenced the recall.
For 14V770000, NHTSA lists up to 250,896 potentially affected vehicles, built between May 7, 2004 and July 31, 2004.
The 14V770000 report reached NHTSA 10 years after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 14V770000 were scheduled from February 3, 2015, 62 days after the report.
14V770000 covers 7 models from Dodge and Chrysler, model years 2004–2005.
Owners of the model years 14V770000 covers have filed at least 1,290 complaints naming the air bags, about this defect or others in the same group.
Among the 14V770000 vehicles, the 2005 Dodge Ram 1500 has the most (376).
By potentially affected vehicles, 14V770000 ranks 18 of 67 Chrysler Group LLC recalls on this site.
Besides 14V770000, Chrysler Group LLC has 7 other recalls on the air bags on this site; the one before 14V770000 was 14V528000, reported on September 4, 2014.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- Chrysler Group LLC (Chrysler) is recalling certain model year 2004-2005 Dodge Ram 1500, 2500, and 3500, 2004-2005 Dodge Durango, 2005 Dodge Dakota, 2005 Dodge Magnum and 2005 Chrysler 300, 300C and 300 SRT8 vehicles originally sold, or ever registered, in geographic locations associated with high absolute humidity. Specifically, vehicles sold, or ever registered, in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, Saipan, Guam, and American Samoa are addressed by this recall. Upon deployment of the passenger side frontal air bag, excessive internal pressure may cause the inflator to rupture.
- The risk
- In the event of a crash necessitating deployment of the passengers frontal air bag, the inflator could rupture with metal fragments striking the vehicle occupants potentially resulting in serious injury or death.
- The fix
- Chrysler will notify owners, and dealers will replace the front passenger air bag inflator, free of charge. For vehicles that were sold, or are currently registered, in Florida, Puerto Rico, Hawaii, and the U.S. Virgin Islands, owners were notified and the recall began on December 5, 2014. For all other vehicles, Chrysler notified owners and the recall began on February 3, 2015. Owners may contact Chrysler customer service at 1-800-853-1403. Chrysler's number for this recall is P40 Expanded. Note: This recall has been superseded by recall 16V-352. This recall superseded the passenger air bag portion of recall 14V-354.
Reported December 3, 2014
Vehicles covered by 14V770000 (10)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 14V770000, 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: December 3, 2014. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted