Dodge Charger. Published by Transport Canada as 2014073 on 5 March 2014. System: Lights And Instruments.
What the notice says On certain vehicles, the headlamp low beam connector could overheat, causing a loss of low beam function. This could compromise driver visibility and increase the risk of a crash causing injury and/or damage to property. Correction: Dealers will replace the headlamp wiring harness, bulbs, and/or headlamp assemblies as …
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Dodge CHARGER in the other registers
This site holds seven national and European registers. Dodge CHARGER is named on 32 American notices, 9 British, 15 European and 15 Israeli. Those are separate campaigns, filed with separate authorities on their own schedules.
The American register
The British register
- DVSA recall R/2015/180: Dodge Charger, Magnum, Dakota and 1 more (Driver airbag inflator)
- DVSA recall R/2015/191: Chrysler 300, Cherokee, Dodge Durango and 4 more (Vehicle electronic systems may malfunction)
- DVSA recall R/2015/200: Chrysler Jeep Grand Cherokee, Dodge Magnum, Dodge Charger and 2 more (Possible loss of vehicle safety features)
The European register
- EU Safety Gate alert A12/0787/15: Dodge Charger, Challenger, notified by Germany
- EU Safety Gate alert A12/1464/15: Jeep, Dodge, Chrysler Grand Cherokee, Challenger, Charger, Durango, 300, notified by Germany
- EU Safety Gate alert A12/1702/15: Chrysler, Dodge, Dodge Ram 300, Durango, Dakota, Magnum, Charger, Ram, notified by Germany
The Israeli register
Nothing here says any of these is this notice in another country. A model recalled in one country is often recalled in another, in different words and at a different time, and the authorities do not cross-reference each other. Reading them together is the reason this site holds more than one register.
What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 2014073
- Recall date
- 5 March 2014
- Make
- Dodge
- Models
- Charger
- Model years
- 2011 to 2012
- Vehicle class
- Car
- System
- Lights And Instruments
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 2,854
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
On certain vehicles, the headlamp low beam connector could overheat, causing a loss of low beam function. This could compromise driver visibility and increase the risk of a crash causing injury and/or damage to property. Correction: Dealers will replace the headlamp wiring harness, bulbs, and/or headlamp assemblies as required.
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 2014073.
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.
- 2014070 · 5 March 2014 · Grand Cherokee, Durango · Brakes
- 2014112 · 2 April 2014 · Durango, Grand Cherokee · Brakes
- 2014031 · 3 February 2014 · Routan, Grand Caravan · Structure
- 2014015 · 21 January 2014 · Grand Caravan, Town & Country · Label
- 2014167 · 8 May 2014 · Grand Caravan, Town & Country, Cargo Van · Electrical
- 2014207 · 4 June 2014 · Durango, Grand Cherokee, Cherokee · Accessories
- 2014261 · 2 July 2014 · Town & Country, Grand Caravan, Journey · Electrical
- 2014275 · 3 July 2014 · Durango, Grand Cherokee · Electrical
The same system: Lights And Instruments
900 notices in this register name Lights And Instruments. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 2014067 · 5 March 2014 · SUPER TÉNÉRÉ (XTZ1200) · Lights And Instruments
- 2014061 · 4 March 2014 · 579 · Lights And Instruments
- 2014079 · 17 March 2014 · Free Spirit · Lights And Instruments
- 2014058 · 25 February 2014 · Softail Slim, Softail Breakout (fxsb) · Lights And Instruments
- 2014108 · 1 April 2014 · Range Rover · Lights And Instruments
- 2014120 · 8 April 2014 · 587 · Lights And Instruments
Reading this against the source
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What the words on this notice mean — the system it is filed under, and what the filing type says about who found the fault.
This notice names one vehicle among several registers that have written about it. Every notice this site holds for the Dodge Charger, in all seven, is kept on that vehicle's own page, with the newest in each.
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 591 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 2014.
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