After resisting for several weeks, Chrysler issued a statement today that it will recall 3.3 million older vehicles globally, including nearly 2.9 million in the U.S., as demanded by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. This brings the total to almost 3.7 million affected vehicles.
The recall includes Chrysler's popular 2004-07 Ram pickup as well as the Dodge Durango, Charger, Magnum, Dakota and Chrysler Aspen and 300 as well as the Mitsubishi Raider pickup. Detroit Free Press
The dates of the affected vehicles now extend into the 2007 model year. I am still confused. There seems to be no definitive root cause or means to isolate affected airbags. The recalls before were at least trying to capture airbags around the defective incidents and in areas where the environment was at play. As loose as the prior recalls were, what is the justification for this new series of recalls?
The recall previously was limited to Hawaii, Florida, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands on the premise humidity is a contributing factor.
Chrysler (just officially renamed FCA US LLC), notes the inflators in its vehicles are not from the same batch as ones involved in fatalities in the vehicles of other automakers.
"More than 1,000 laboratory tests have been performed on these components," Chrysler says in its statement. "All deployed as intended, but FCA US continues to study the suspect inflators, which are not used in the company's current production vehicles."
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