# NHTSA recall 13V040000

A recall listed here may apply to a vehicle of this year, make and model. Only the manufacturer can say whether it applies to one vehicle: check the VIN with the official lookups.

- Published by: NHTSA \(United States\)
- Campaign number: 13V040000
- Manufacturer's number: N13
- Manufacturer: Chrysler Group LLC
- Reported: 2013\-02\-06
- Owners notified: 2014\-03\-26
- Component: AIR BAGS
- Units potentially affected: 3644

## What is wrong

Chrysler is recalling certain model year 2003 and 2004 Dodge Viper vehicles manufactured from November 1, 2001, through June 30, 2004.  A component in the air bag control module may fail causing the front airbags and/or seatbelt pretensioners to deploy inadvertently while the vehicle is being operated.


## What can happen

Inadvertent deployment of the airbags and/or seat belt pretensioners could increase the risk of personal injury and the possibility of a crash.


## The remedy

Chrysler will notify owners, and dealers will repair the vehicles free of charge.  An interim notification iwas sent to owners on March 18, 2013.  The recall began on March 26, 2014.  Owners may contact Chrysler at 1\-800\-853\-1403.


## Notes

Chrysler's recall campaign number is N13.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 to www.safercar.gov.


## Remedy progress the manufacturer reported

- Report: Quarterly report 7, for 2015 quarter 2
- Filed with NHTSA: 2015\-07\-20
- Vehicles in the campaign: 3644
- Reported remedied: 930 \(25%\)
- Reported unreachable: 581
- Reported removed: 1

These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2015 quarter 2, as filed with NHTSA. They do not say whether one vehicle has been remedied: check the VIN with the official lookups. The reports are from data as of 2026\-10\-19.

## Vehicles this campaign lists

- [2003 DODGE VIPER](/makes/dodge/viper/2003/recalls.md). Built 2001\-11\-01 to 2004\-06\-30.
- [2004 DODGE VIPER](/makes/dodge/viper/2004/recalls.md). Built 2001\-11\-01 to 2004\-06\-30.

## Investigated as EA12001

This recall followed 1 NHTSA investigation. An investigation is NHTSA looking into a possible defect. It is not a finding that a defect exists, and it does not say that any one vehicle is affected.

- EA12001: Engineering analysis, opened 2012\-01\-23, closed 2013\-02\-21. Inadvertent Air Bag Deployment. AIR BAGS; AIR BAGS:FRONTAL; AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:DRIVER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE; AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:SENSOR/CONTROL MODULE\-INACTIVE.

From NHTSA's investigation file, as of 2026-10-19. JSON: [/v1/recalls/nhtsa/13V040000/investigations](/v1/recalls/nhtsa/13V040000/investigations)

## Bulletins for the same vehicles and component

A bulletin is the manufacturer's note to its dealers. It is not part of this recall.

- [102290](/bulletins/11012356.md), 2025-01-06, Service bulletin
- [N1302072013](/bulletins/10216424.md), 2022-07-25, Service bulletin
- [N1302072013](/bulletins/10140093.md), 2018-06-11, Service bulletin
- [N1302072013](/bulletins/10139015.md), 2018-06-04, Service bulletin
- [N1302072013](/bulletins/10128977.md), 2018-02-21, Service bulletin

## Check a VIN

- [NHTSA recall lookup by VIN, United States](https://www.nhtsa.gov/recalls)
- [Transport Canada recall search, Canada](https://wwwapps.tc.gc.ca/Saf-Sec-Sur/7/VRDB-BDRV/search-recherche/menu.aspx?lang=eng)

JSON: [/v1/recalls/nhtsa/13V040000](/v1/recalls/nhtsa/13V040000)

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