Homeowners of Older Dodge Charger, Challenger Instructed to Cease Driving Them

• Stellantis has issued a press release asking clients to cease driving 2005 by 2010 Dodge Challenger, Charger, and Magnum and Chrysler 300 automobiles that have not but had their previous Takata airbags changed.
• The automaker stated there are about 276,000 autos on the street that meet that description, though Takata airbags have been below lively recall for a number of years.
• The corporate stated it has “enough stock” of substitute airbags to service all people who want the recall.

Stellantis, maker of Dodge and Chrysler autos, has issued a powerful assertion urging homeowners of older automobiles to cease driving them in the event that they haven’t but had their Takata airbags changed. Issuing the assertion below former company title FCA, the automaker stated this impacts 2005 by 2010 fashions of the Dodge Challenger and Charger and the Magnum, in addition to the identical mannequin years of the Chrysler 300 sedan.

The stop-drive announcement was issued because the Nationwide Freeway Visitors Security Administration (NHTSA) issued a press release right this moment saying two individuals have died this 12 months in separate crashes the place the Takata driver’s-side airbag in 2010 Dodge Chargers exploded. These are the one FCA fashions which are below the brand new stop-drive order, a spokesperson informed Automotive and Driver.

Takata airbags have been an industry-wide drawback since 2013, with thousands and thousands of automobiles from dozens of manufacturers being recalled worldwide over hazard they might explode in a crash. FCA discontinued utilizing the problematic airbags in 2010 for these fashions, the spokesperson stated. The automaker began issuing remembers and providing free substitute airbags in 2015, and, it stated in a press release right this moment, has been “aggressive” about attempting to get them changed in its autos within the U.S., together with “thousands and thousands” of letters, cellphone calls, and residential visits to probably affected car homeowners.

Nevertheless, based on the assertion, there are nonetheless greater than a quarter-million automobiles that haven’t had the faulty airbags changed.

FCA says homeowners of probably affected autos ought to cease driving them and get in touch with the Nationwide Freeway Visitors Security Administration (NHTSA) remembers web site or the automaker’s personal Mopar Recollects website for extra data.