2001 Chrysler Sebring & 2001 Dodge Stratus recall: body & structure
⚠️ What's wrong
Vehicle description: passenger vehicles. Through degradation of the bond between the silencer pad and a sheet metal panel (quarter inner upper), the pad may fall onto the map light located in the rear seating area near the c-pillar trim panel (lh and rh). This contact could cause the pad to melt, creating a hot smell and/or smoke during long periods of illumination.
💥 The risk
Smoke inhalation could be harmful to vehicle occupants.
🔧 The fix
Dealers will remove the insulation pad from behind both rear map lights.
Is the fix free? Yes. Safety recall repairs are free at any authorized dealer under federal law, including parts and labor. (Vehicles more than 15 years old when the recall was announced can be excluded, but most manufacturers still fix them.)
- NHTSA campaign
- 00V278000
- Manufacturer recall #
- 896
- Manufacturer
- DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION
- Vehicles affected
- 4,504
- Component
- STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS:UNDERBODY SHIELDS
- NHTSA hotline
- 1-888-327-4236
- Owner letters mailed
- Jan 22, 2001
- Built
- May 8, 2000 – Jul 19, 2000
- Recall started by
- MFR
- Notes
- Owner notification began january 22, 2001.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 1-800-9853-1403.also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-DASH-2-DOT (1-888-327-4236).