Recall · 22V035000
Chrysler recalled 4 models over visibility
171,789
Vehicles covered
4
Models
8
Model years
January 27, 2022
Filed with NHTSA
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:LINKAGES
- The defect
- Chrysler (FCA US, LLC) is recalling certain 2019-2020 Ram 2500 and Ram 3500 vehicles, Ram 3500 Cab Chassis, 4500 Cab Chassis, 5500 Cab Chassis and 3500 Cab Chassis with a gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) of less than 10,000 lbs. The windshield wiper arms may loosen, possibly causing the wipers to function improperly and reduce the driver's visibility in certain weather conditions.
- What it can cause
- Reduced visibility increases the risk of a crash.
- What the dealer does
- Dealers will tighten the wiper nuts, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed February 15, 2022. This recall is an expansion of recall number 20V-208. Owners may contact FCA US, LLC customer service at 1-800-853-1403. FCA US, LLC's number for this recall is Z08.
- NHTSA's note
- 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.nhtsa.gov.
The repair is free, whatever the age or mileage of the vehicle, and whether or not you are the original owner.
Which vehicles
A recall reaches a range of VINs inside these model years, not every car built in them. Yours may not be covered even if it is listed here, and the only way to find out is NHTSA's own VIN lookup .
How this campaign compares
At 171,789 vehicles this is a bigger campaign than 94% of the 19,818 vehicle recalls filed since 1995 whose size NHTSA published. The middle campaign on file covers 472. It covers model years 2019 to 2020, so the oldest vehicles on it were 3 model years old when the defect was reported to NHTSA.
Ram vehicles have been recalled over the visibility 4 times before this, most recently in November 2021 as 21V871000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
This site holds the complaint record for 7 of the 8 model years the campaign names. Their owners have filed 629 complaints with NHTSA, 230 of them before this campaign was filed. 3 of those name the visibility, the system this recall is about — a count of complaints, not of this defect. The earliest of them reached NHTSA in August 2019, 2 years before this filing.
The vehicles on this campaign carry 18 other recalls published here, the newest being: 25V824000 (air bags), 25V010000 (air bags), 22V904000 (structure), 22V835000 (power train).
Check your own car
A VIN check is the only answer for a specific vehicle, and it also shows every other open recall on it, which is usually the reason it is worth doing rather than reading one campaign.
Filed by Chrysler (FCA US, LLC) with NHTSA on January 27, 2022 as campaign 22V035000. Every word of the defect, consequence and remedy above is NHTSA's published record of that filing, not a summary of it.
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