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Chrysler 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.

NHTSA campaign 00V-306 · Reported December 10, 2000 · thousands of vehicles affected

AFFECTED MODELS
Chrysler Sebring and Stratus
VEHICLES AFFECTED
thousands of
REMEDY
DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG.
COST
Free

The short version

DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION reported a problem with the air bags frontal. Here is what owners need to know.

WHAT

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.

WHY IT MATTERS

A SEPARATED AIR BAG DOOR COULD INJURE A VEHICLE OCCUPANT.

WHAT TO DO

DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG, free of charge.

Affected vehicles

These model years are included in NHTSA campaign 00V-306.

YEAR RANGEMODEL
2001Chrysler Sebring
2001Dodge Stratus

What changed

Newest first. The record shows both when the recall began and what has changed since.

  1. Recall reported to NHTSA. LATEST

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