Dodge Dart, model year 2016. Filed by Chrysler (FCA US LLC) and reported to NHTSA on 8 November 2016. 53,155 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Chrysler (FCA US LLC) is recalling certain model year 2016 Dodge Dart vehicles manufactured April 13, 2015, to June 7, 2016. Due to voltage spikes caused by a problem within the windshield washer pump, the windshield wiper circuit may 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.
Dodge's own number for this recall: S83. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 16V813 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 16V813 cover?
- Dodge Dart, model year 2016.
- What is wrong with them?
- Chrysler (FCA US LLC) is recalling certain model year 2016 Dodge Dart vehicles manufactured April 13, 2015, to June 7, 2016. Due to voltage spikes caused by a problem within the windshield washer pump, the windshield wiper circuit may fail.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- Without functioning windshield wipers, the driver's visibility may be reduced, increasing the risk of a crash.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. Chrysler will notify owners, and dealers will replace the windshield washer pumps, free of charge. The recall began on December 28, 2016. Owners may contact Chrysler customer service at 1-800-853-1403. Chrysler's number for this recall is S83.
- What should I do now?
- Check your own vehicle by its VIN with NHTSA, which is the record to act on. Dodge calls this recall S83, 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: “Without functioning windshield wipers, the driver's visibility may be reduced, increasing the risk of a crash.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 16V813 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | Chrysler (FCA US LLC) |
| System at fault | Visibility:Windshield Wiper/Washer |
| Reported to NHTSA | 8 November 2016 |
| Model years | 2016-2016 |
| Vehicles named | DODGE DART |
What the notice says today
The consequence
Without functioning windshield wipers, the driver's visibility may be reduced, increasing the risk of a crash.
The remedy
Chrysler will notify owners, and dealers will replace the windshield washer pumps, free of charge. The recall began on December 28, 2016. Owners may contact Chrysler customer service at 1-800-853-1403. Chrysler's number for this recall is S83.
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 463 notices in the record whose component field names visibility. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 34 days.
Last checked . No change has been recorded in the wording.
The models named here, across their whole recall history
How to cite this record
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CarsMultiverse, recall 16V813, wording as read on 16 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/16v813/
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.
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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 16V813 on 23 August 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
04c76571 - Consequence
4cc585a8 - 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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