2002 Dodge RAM 1500 recall: windows, wipers & mirrors
⚠️ What's wrong
On certain pickup trucks, the detent system on the exterior mirror housings may lose the functionality.
💥 The risk
This could potentially affect rearward field of vision, increasing the risk of a crash.
🔧 The fix
Dealers will install a mirror detent retainer kit to correct this condition. Owner notification began on april 10, 2003. 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 1-800-853-1403.
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
- 03V077000
- Manufacturer recall #
- C10
- Manufacturer
- DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION
- Vehicles affected
- 195,500
- Component
- VISIBILITY:REARVIEW MIRRORS/DEVICES:EXTERIOR
- Owner phone
- 1-800-853-1403
- NHTSA hotline
- 1-888-327-4236
- Owner letters mailed
- Apr 10, 2003
- Built
- Mar 2, 2001 – Apr 18, 2003
- Recall started by
- MFR
- Notes
- Daimlerchrysler recall no. C10.customers CAN also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-DASH-2-DOT (1-888-327-4236).