Dodge Nitro, Liberty. Published by Transport Canada as 2013102 on 5 April 2013. System: Powertrain.
What the notice says On certain vehicles, the tunnel heat shield may drop down and rub on the drive shaft, which could eventually result in the drive shaft breaking and loss of motive power. In conjunction with traffic and road conditions and driver reactions, this could increase the risk of a crash. A broken drive shaft could also impact …
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Dodge NITRO in the other registers
This site holds seven national and European registers. Dodge NITRO is named on 3 American notices, 2 British, 2 European and 7 Israeli. Those are separate campaigns, filed with separate authorities on their own schedules.
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The European register
The Israeli register
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 2013102
- Recall date
- 5 April 2013
- Make
- Dodge, Jeep
- Models
- Nitro, Liberty
- Model years
- 2007 to 2008
- Vehicle class
- SUV
- System
- Powertrain
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 1,036
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
On certain vehicles, the tunnel heat shield may drop down and rub on the drive shaft, which could eventually result in the drive shaft breaking and loss of motive power. In conjunction with traffic and road conditions and driver reactions, this could increase the risk of a crash. A broken drive shaft could also impact the tunnel with sufficient force to cause airbag deployment. Unintended airbag deployment, in a non-warranted (non-impact) situation could startle the driver which could result in a vehicle crash causing property damage and/or personal injury. In some instances, inadvertent deployment could cause minor injuries to vehicle occupants. Correction: Dealers will install a heat shield support bracket.
The wording above is the department's own, as it stood in the monthly file this site last read. Vehicle counts are the sum of the counts published for each make and model the recall covers. To act on a recall, use the official notice: Transport Canada recall 2013102.
Dodge elsewhere in this register
Dodge is named on 580 notices in the copy of Transport Canada’s register held here, of which these are the nearest to this one in time.
- 2013101 · 5 April 2013 · 300, Charger, Challenger · Airbag
- 2013105 · 5 April 2013 · Dart · Brakes
- 2013091 · 22 March 2013 · Challenger · Electrical
- 2013046 · 7 February 2013 · Viper · Airbag
- 2013042 · 6 February 2013 · 200, Avenger · Fuel System
- 2013044 · 6 February 2013 · Durango, Dakota, Ram · Powertrain
- 2013199 · 7 June 2013 · Dart · Engine
- 2013231 · 4 July 2013 · Liberty, 200, Nitro · Airbag
The same system: Powertrain
823 notices in this register name Powertrain. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 2013083 · 15 March 2013 · SRX, Lacrosse · Powertrain
- 2013080 · 13 March 2013 · NV · Powertrain
- 2013155 · 8 May 2013 · Grand Cherokee, Commander · Powertrain
- 2013165 · 16 May 2013 · NPR, NQR, NRR · Powertrain
- 2013185 · 29 May 2013 · Rapide, Virage, DBS · Powertrain
- 2013044 · 6 February 2013 · Durango, Dakota, Ram · Powertrain
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This register keeps an index of its own for every maker and every year it holds: Canadian recalls on a Dodge: 580 in the register, and 466 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 2013.
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