Chrysler Pacifica, Chrysler Town And Country, Dodge Caliber, Dodge Challenger, Dodge Charger, Dodge Dart, model years 2004 to 2018. Filed by Chrysler (FCA US LLC) and reported to NHTSA on 21 December 2017. 61,791 vehicles potentially affected.
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: T82. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 17V824 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 17V824 cover?
- Chrysler Pacifica, Chrysler Town And Country, Dodge Caliber, Dodge Challenger, Dodge Charger, Dodge Dart, Dodge Durango, Dodge Grand Caravan, model years 2004-2018.
- What is wrong with them?
- Chrysler (FCA US LLC) is recalling various Dodge, Chrysler, and RAM vehicles equipped with Kidde Plastic-Handle or Push Button 'Pindicator' Fire Extinguishers. A list of the affected trailer models is available at: https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/rcl/2017/RMISC-17V824-0103.pdf.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- If the fire extinguisher does not function properly, it can increase the risk of injury in the event of a fire.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. Chrysler will notify owners instructing them to contact Kidde for a replacement fire extinguisher, free of charge. The recall began February 14, 2018.
- 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 T82, 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 fire extinguisher does not function properly, it can increase the risk of injury in the event of a fire.”
affected
in the notice
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| Campaign | 17V824 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | Chrysler (FCA US LLC) |
| System at fault | Equipment |
| Reported to NHTSA | 21 December 2017 |
| Model years | 2004-2018 |
| Vehicles named | CHRYSLER PACIFICA, CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY, DODGE CALIBER, DODGE CHALLENGER, DODGE CHARGER, DODGE DART, DODGE DURANGO, DODGE GRAND CARAVAN, DODGE JOURNEY, JEEP CHEROKEE, JEEP COMPASS, JEEP PATRIOT, RAM 1500, RAM 2500 |
What the notice says today
The consequence
If the fire extinguisher does not function properly, it can increase the risk of injury in the event of a fire.
The remedy
Chrysler will notify owners instructing them to contact Kidde for a replacement fire extinguisher, free of charge. The recall began February 14, 2018. Owners may contact Chrysler customer service at 1-800-853-1403 or Kidde customer service service toll-free at 1-855-262-3540, or online at www.kidde.com and click on "Product Safety Recall" for more information. Chrysler's number for this recall is T82.
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 2,632 notices in the record whose component field names equipment. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 29 days.
Last checked . No change has been recorded in the wording.
The models named here, across their whole recall history
- Chrysler Pacifica recalls: 37 US campaigns
- Chrysler Town And Country recalls: 19 US campaigns
- Dodge Caliber recalls: 3 US campaigns
- Dodge Challenger recalls: 29 US campaigns
- Dodge Charger recalls: 39 US campaigns
- Dodge Dart recalls: 11 US campaigns
- Dodge Durango recalls: 40 US campaigns
- Dodge Grand Caravan recalls: 23 US campaigns
- Dodge Journey recalls: 20 US campaigns
- Jeep Cherokee recalls: 30 US campaigns
- Jeep Compass recalls: 23 US campaigns
- Jeep Patriot recalls: 9 US campaigns
- Ram 1500 recalls: 94 US campaigns
- Ram 2500 recalls: 64 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 17V824, wording as read on 16 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/17v824/
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.
Other Ram notices we hold
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- 26V560: 2025-2026 Ram 1500
- 26V529: 2026 Jeep Grand Cherokee and Grand Cherokee L
- 26V528: 2021-2023 Dodge Durango
- 26V510: 2023-2025 Dodge Hornet and 2023-2026 Alfa Romeo Tonale
- 26V495: 2019-2026 Ram 1500
- 26V456: 2026 Jeep Gladiator and Jeep Wrangler
- 26V421: 2026 Ram 1500
All 601 Ram campaigns we hold · Every manufacturer in the record
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 17V824 on 23 August 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
f482c84a - Consequence
502b183d - 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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