# NHTSA recall 14V481000

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: 14V481000
- Manufacturer's number: P42
- Manufacturer: Chrysler Group LLC
- Reported: 2014\-08\-06
- Owners notified: 2014\-09\-26
- Component: AIR BAGS:KNEE BOLSTER
- Units potentially affected: 25479

## What is wrong

Chrysler Group LLC \(Chrysler\) is recalling certain model year 2014\-2015 Fiat 500L vehicles manufactured March 3, 2012, to July 25, 2014.  Irregularities in the folding process during assembly of the driver's knee airbag may result in its improper deployment.  As such, these vehicles fail to comply with Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 208, "Occupant Crash Protection."


## What can happen

If the knee airbag air bag does not deploy properly during a crash, there is an increased risk of driver injury.


## The remedy

Chrysler will notify owners, and dealers will replace the driver's knee air bag, free of charge.  The recall began on September 26, 2014.  Owners may contact Chrysler customer service at 1\-800\-853\-1403.  Chrysler's number for this recall is P42.


## 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 to www.safercar.gov.


## Remedy progress the manufacturer reported

- Report: Quarterly report 6, for 2015 quarter 4
- Filed with NHTSA: 2016\-01\-29
- Vehicles in the campaign: 25483
- Reported remedied: 23475 \(92%\)
- Reported unreachable: 184
- Reported removed: 8

These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2015 quarter 4, 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

- [2014 FIAT 500L](/makes/fiat/500l/2014/recalls.md). Built 2012\-03\-03 to 2014\-07\-25.
- [2015 FIAT 500L](/makes/fiat/500l/2015/recalls.md). Built 2012\-03\-03 to 2014\-07\-25.

## 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)

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