2001 Chrysler Sebring & 2001 Dodge Stratus recall: airbag
⚠️ What's wrong
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.
💥 The risk
A separated air bag door could injure a vehicle occupant.
🔧 The fix
Dealers will replace the passenger side air bag.
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
- 00V306000
- Manufacturer recall #
- 898
- Manufacturer
- DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION
- Vehicles affected
- 419
- Component
- AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
- Owner phone
- 1-800-992-1997
- NHTSA hotline
- 1-888-327-4236
- Owner letters mailed
- Oct 19, 2000
- Built
- Sep 12, 2000 – Sep 15, 2000
- Recall started by
- MFR
- Notes
- Owner notification began october 19, 2000.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 1-800-992-1997. Also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-DASH-2-DOT (1-888-327-4236).