Dodge Charger Police, Ram 2500, Ram 3500, Ram 4500, Ram 5500, model years 2007 to 2014. Filed by Chrysler (FCA US LLC) and reported to NHTSA on 13 October 2016. 74,811 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Chrysler (FCA US LLC) is recalling certain model year 2011-2014 Dodge Charger Police vehicles, 2007-2013 RAM 3500 Cab Chassis, 2008-2013 RAM 4500 and 5500 Cab Chassis, and 2013 RAM 2500 and 3500 vehicles. The affected vehicles have a 220 amp alternator that may suddenly fail.
Is your vehicle included? Check with your VIN at NHTSA, or ask a dealer. This page is an independent copy of the notice, kept so you can see what changed after it was published. It is not the authority, and the authority’s own text is the one to act on.
Chrysler (Fca / Stellantis)'s own number for this recall: S68. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 16V739 is the number NHTSA gave the same campaign, and the number this page is filed under. They are one recall, written two ways.
What owners ask about this recall
- Which vehicles does recall 16V739 cover?
- Dodge Charger Police, Ram 2500, Ram 3500, Ram 4500, Ram 5500, model years 2007-2014.
- What is wrong with them?
- Chrysler (FCA US LLC) is recalling certain model year 2011-2014 Dodge Charger Police vehicles, 2007-2013 RAM 3500 Cab Chassis, 2008-2013 RAM 4500 and 5500 Cab Chassis, and 2013 RAM 2500 and 3500 vehicles. The affected vehicles have a 220 amp alternator that may suddenly fail.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- If the alternator fails, the vehicle may stall without warning, increasing the risk of a crash. There is also the possibility that the alternator may short circuit, increasing the risk of a fire.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. Chrysler will notify owners, and dealers will replace the alternator with a revised alternator, free of charge. The recall began on December 23, 2016. Owners may contact Chrysler customer service at 1-800-853-1403. Chrysler's number for this recall is S68.
- What should I do now?
- Check your own vehicle by its VIN with NHTSA, which is the record to act on. Chrysler (FCA / Stellantis) calls this recall S68, which is the number on the owner letter and the dealer paperwork.
Answered from the register this site holds. NHTSA is the record to act on.
What the authority says can happen if this is not fixed: “If the alternator fails, the vehicle may stall without warning, increasing the risk of a crash. There is also the possibility that the alternator may short circuit, increasing the risk of a fire.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 16V739 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | Chrysler (FCA US LLC) |
| System at fault | Electrical System:Alternator/Generator/Regulator |
| Reported to NHTSA | 13 October 2016 |
| Model years | 2007-2014 |
| Vehicles named | DODGE CHARGER POLICE, RAM 2500, RAM 3500, RAM 4500, RAM 5500 |
What the notice says today
The consequence
If the alternator fails, the vehicle may stall without warning, increasing the risk of a crash. There is also the possibility that the alternator may short circuit, increasing the risk of a fire.
The remedy
Chrysler will notify owners, and dealers will replace the alternator with a revised alternator, free of charge. The recall began on December 23, 2016. Owners may contact Chrysler customer service at 1-800-853-1403. Chrysler's number for this recall is S68.
What it said before
This campaign is in the register but not yet in the dated wording archive, so we cannot yet say whether its text has moved. It enters the archive on the next pass.
This is one of 1,836 notices in the record whose component field names electrical system. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 41 days.
Last checked . No change has been recorded in the wording.
The models named here, across their whole recall history
- Ram 2500 recalls: 64 US campaigns
- Ram 3500 recalls: 61 US campaigns
- Ram 4500 recalls: 40 US campaigns
- Ram 5500 recalls: 41 US campaigns
How to cite this record
Quoting the wording on this page means quoting a version, so the date belongs in the citation:
CarsMultiverse, recall 16V739, wording as read on 16 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/16v739/
The cross-border matches used on this site are deposited as a citable dataset: doi:10.5281/zenodo.22087136. The recall wording itself is published by the national authority named above and is theirs, not ours.
The recall record and its wording are published by the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and are US Government public domain. The dated archive, the comparison and any before-and-after above are CarsMultiverse. How fresh every engine behind this page is, is public on the status page. To check a specific vehicle, use NHTSA’s own VIN lookup.
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The fingerprint of this notice
We take a SHA-256 of each of the three blocks of text the authority publishes and keep the first eight characters. As we last read campaign 16V739 on 23 August 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
3893c71d - Consequence
d6c00d9a - Remedy
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We first read this notice on 21 August 2026. It has not moved since. If it ever does, these characters will not match, and the change will be dated here.
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