| Components - Details | |
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| NHTSA Record Id: 14446 | Vehicale/Equipment Name: DODGE |
| Recalled Component Id: 000008320000074862000000365 | Manufacturer Supplied Component Name: |
| Model Name: RAM | Model Year: 1997 |
| NHTSA Campaign Number: 97V126000 | Mfr Campaign Number: |
| Component Name: UNKNOWN OR OTHER | Manufacturer That Filed Report: CHRYSLER CORPORATION |
| Start date of Manufacturing: Mar, 07 1997 | End date of Manufacturing: May, 16 1997 |
| Report For : V | Potential Number Of Unit Affected: 6400 |
| Date Owner Notified By MFR : Sep, 25 1997 | Recall Initiator: MFR |
| Manufacturers Of recalled Vehicles/Products : Chrysler (FCA US, LLC) | Report Received Date: Aug, 18 1997 |
| Record Creation date : Aug, 28 1997 | Federal Motar Safety Number: |
| Defect Summary : Vehicle description: light duty trucks equipped with diesel engines. the exhaust pipe contacts or is in close proximity to the outer dash panel silencer pad. | Consequence Summary: If the exhaust pipe generates sufficient heat, the pad material can smolder and ignite adjacent materials resulting in a vehicle fire. |
| Corrective Summary : Dealers will remove the dash silencer pad adjacent to the exhaust pipe and replace this pad with a thermal heat shield on the exhaust pipe. | Recall Notes: Note:owner notification will begin by the end of september 1997. 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 chrysler at 1-800-853-1403.also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-800-424-9393. |
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