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August 26, 2021 NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 21V664000
Without visible safety system indicators, a driver may not receive information regarding vehicle safety, increasing the risk of injury or a crash.
NHTSA Campaign Number: 21V664
Manufacturer Chrysler (FCA US, LLC)
Components ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
Potential Number of Units Affected 135
Summary
Chrysler (FCA US, LLC) is recalling certain 2021 Dodge Challenger vehicles. The affected vehicles do not illuminate their safety system status indicators sufficiently in both daylight and nighttime driving conditions. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard number 101, “Control and Displays.”
Remedy
Dealers will re-program instrument clusters with the correct software version, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed on October 5, 2021. Owners may contact FCA US LLC customer service at 1-800-853-140. FCA US LLC’s number for this recall is Y58.
Notes
Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go towww.nhtsa.gov..
New Safety Recall Advanced Communication – Y58
FCA US LLC (FCA US) has announced a safety recall on certain 2021 Model Year (LA) Dodge Challenger vehicles involving the Instrument Panel Cluster (IPC).
REASON FOR THIS SAFETY RECALL
Some of the above vehicles have an Instrument Panel Cluster (IPC) that has an incorrect software version. Suspect vehicles included in this recall may not illuminate the required telltales. Failure to illuminate required telltales as appropriate may prevent the operator from receiving information regarding the status of vehicle safety systems.
The condition described above does not comply with Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) 571.101 Controls and Displays S5.3 requires vehicles to “illuminate telltales and their identification sufficiently to make them visible to the driver under daylight and nighttime driving conditions.”
SERVICE ACTION
FCA US will conduct a voluntary safety recall on all affected vehicles to reprogram suspect instrument clusters with the correct software version. The remedy for this condition is not currently available. Dealers will be notified of the launch of this safety recall by way of established communication methods. This recall is estimated to launch in 3rd Quarter of 2021.