NHTSA Campaign 99V043000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
NHTSA campaign 99V043000 covers 1 year-make-model version listed here and concerns the air bags: frontal. The repair is free.
DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION filed the report for 99V043000 with NHTSA on March 11, 1999; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 99V043000, NHTSA lists up to 488 potentially affected vehicles, built between November 15, 1998 and January 15, 1999.
The 99V043000 report reached NHTSA 2 months after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 99V043000 were scheduled from April 5, 1999, 25 days after the report.
99V043000 covers 1 model from Dodge, model years 2000.
Owners of the model years 99V043000 covers have filed at least 71 complaints naming the air bags, about this defect or others in the same group.
By potentially affected vehicles, 99V043000 ranks 130 of 156 DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION recalls on this site.
Besides 99V043000, DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION has 12 other recalls on the air bags on this site.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: PASSENGER VEHICLES. SOME FRONTAL (PASSENGER SIDE) AIR BAGS MAY NOT INFLATE PROPERLY.
- The risk
- IN THE EVENT OF A CRASH, THE PASSENGER MAY NOT BE ADEQUATELY RESTRAINED, INCREASING THE RISK OF PERSONAL INJURY.
- The fix
- DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE AIR BAG MODULE ON THE PASSENGER SIDE.
- Notes
- OWNER NOTIFICATION BEGAN APRIL 5, 1999. 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 CHRYSLER AT 1-800-992-1997.
Reported March 11, 1999
Vehicles covered by 99V043000 (1)
Dodge (1)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 99V043000, 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: March 11, 1999. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted