Dodge Tires: Pressure Monitoring and Regulating Systems

Dodge is recalling about 944 vehicles over a problem with the tires. A malfunctioning TPMS light will not notify an owner of an improperly inflated tire.

Campaign
14V800000
Manufacturer
Chrysler Group LLC
Reported
17 December 2014
Vehicles
944
Built between
Aug 2014 – Oct 2014
Models
1
Recall type
Vehicle
Initiated by
Manufacturer
Owners notified
27 January 2015
Repaired
91%
Unrepaired
74

Does this affect my vehicle?

This recall covers vehicles built between August 2014 and October 2014. If yours was built outside that window, it is not part of this recall.

  • 2015 Dodge DartBuilt August 2014 to October 2014

Repair progress

74 of 944 vehicles in this recall had still not been repaired as of Q2 2016.

91% repaired — 856 of 944 reported

Owners not reachable
14

Manufacturers file these figures with NHTSA each quarter. Vehicles the manufacturer could not trace, or that have been scrapped or exported, are counted separately and are not included in the unrepaired figure.

What the defect is

Chrysler Group LLC (Chrysler) is recalling certain model year 2015 Dodge Dart Aero vehicles manufactured August 24, 2014, to October 28, 2014. The affected vehicles were built with a premium instrument cluster and Lowline Tire Pressure Monitoring System (TPMS). The TPMS warning light may not illuminate when low tire pressure is detected. Thus, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) No. 138, "Tire pressure monitoring systems."

What could happen

A malfunctioning TPMS light will not notify an owner of an improperly inflated tire. An improperly inflated tire may experience a complete loss of tire pressure, increasing the risk of a vehicle crash.

What gets fixed

Chrysler will notify owners, and dealers will reconfigure the vehicles from a lowline TPMS to a highline TPMS, free of charge. The recall began on January 27, 2015.

Timeline

  1. Vehicles builtAugust 2014 to October 2014
  2. Recall reported to NHTSA17 December 2014
  3. Owners notified27 January 2015
  4. Latest repair reportQ2 2016 — 91% repaired

Your rights

A safety recall repair is free. Under US federal law the manufacturer must fix a safety defect at no cost to you — no charge for parts, labor or diagnosis — whether or not you are the original owner. A dealer cannot charge you for recall work, and cannot require you to have bought the vehicle from them.

That entitlement is not unlimited. It applies where the vehicle was first sold less than 15 years before the recall was announced — 5 years for tires. Past that a manufacturer may still do the repair free of charge, and many do, but they are no longer obliged to. This recall was reported on 17 December 2014.

To arrange the repair, contact any franchised dealer for the brand. If a dealer refuses the work or tries to charge for it, you can report that to NHTSA at nhtsa.gov/recalls or on 1-888-327-4236.

Manufacturer contact

Owners may contact Chrysler customer service at 1-800-853-1403. Chrysler's number for this recall is P76.

Official source

Manufacturer's recall number
P76
Recalling manufacturer
Chrysler Group LLC
Safety standard
FMVSS 138
Recall initiated by
MFR

Everything on this page — the models listed, the build dates and the repair figures — comes from the manufacturer's filing to NHTSA and describes the vehicle line as a whole, not any individual car. Only the manufacturer can confirm whether a specific vehicle is affected, and whether its recall work has already been carried out. Check yours by VIN and read the official notice at nhtsa.gov/recalls.

Additional notes

Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.safercar.gov.

Check your own vehicle

This page describes the recall, not any one car. To see which recalls cover a specific vehicle, search by make, model and year.

A VIN lookup here identifies your vehicle and shows recalls issued for that make, model and year. It cannot tell you what is still open on your individual car - only the manufacturer knows that. Search by VIN instead, or check your VIN at nhtsa.gov for whether a recall is still open on your individual car.

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