# NHTSA recall 14V770000 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: 14V770000 - Manufacturer's number: P78 - Manufacturer: Chrysler Group LLC - Reported: 2014\-12\-03 - Owners notified: 2015\-02\-03 - Component: AIR BAGS - Units potentially affected: 250896 ## What is wrong Chrysler Group LLC \(Chrysler\) is recalling certain model year 2004\-2005 Dodge Ram 1500, 2500, and 3500, 2004\-2005 Dodge Durango, 2005 Dodge Dakota, 2005 Dodge Magnum and 2005 Chrysler 300, 300C and 300 SRT8 vehicles originally sold, or ever registered, in geographic locations associated with high absolute humidity. Specifically, vehicles sold, or ever registered, in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, Saipan, Guam, and American Samoa are addressed by this recall. Upon deployment of the passenger side frontal air bag, excessive internal pressure may cause the inflator to rupture. ## What can happen In the event of a crash necessitating deployment of the passenger’s frontal air bag, the inflator could rupture with metal fragments striking the vehicle occupants potentially resulting in serious injury or death. ## The remedy Chrysler will notify owners, and dealers will replace the front passenger air bag inflator, free of charge. For vehicles that were sold, or are currently registered, in Florida, Puerto Rico, Hawaii, and the U.S. Virgin Islands, owners were notified and the recall began on December 5, 2014. For all other vehicles, Chrysler notified owners and the recall began on February 3, 2015. Owners may contact Chrysler customer service at 1\-800\-853\-1403. Chrysler's number for this recall is P40 Expanded. Note: This recall has been superseded by recall 16V\-352. This recall superseded the passenger air bag portion of recall 14V\-354. ## 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 2016 quarter 2 - Filed with NHTSA: 2016\-07\-20 - Vehicles in the campaign: 250896 - Reported remedied: 57621 \(22%\) - Reported unreachable: 33482 - Reported removed: 460 These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2016 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 - [2005 CHRYSLER 300](/makes/chrysler/300/2005/recalls.md). Built 2004\-01\-05 to 2004\-07\-31. - [2005 CHRYSLER 300C](/makes/chrysler/300c/2005/recalls.md). Built 2004\-01\-05 to 2004\-07\-31. - [2005 DODGE DAKOTA](/makes/dodge/dakota/2005/recalls.md). Built 2004\-05\-18 to 2004\-07\-30. - [2004 DODGE DURANGO](/makes/dodge/durango/2004/recalls.md). Built 2003\-07\-21 to 2004\-07\-15. - [2005 DODGE DURANGO](/makes/dodge/durango/2005/recalls.md). Built 2003\-07\-21 to 2004\-07\-15. - [2005 DODGE MAGNUM](/makes/dodge/magnum/2005/recalls.md). Built 2004\-01\-05 to 2004\-07\-31. - [2004 DODGE RAM 1500](/makes/dodge/ram/2004/recalls.md). Built 2003\-01\-01 to 2004\-07\-30. Listed as a series or trim of this model. - [2005 DODGE RAM 1500](/makes/dodge/ram/2005/recalls.md). Built 2004\-05\-07 to 2004\-07\-31. Listed as a series or trim of this model. - [2004 DODGE RAM 2500](/makes/dodge/ram/2004/recalls.md). Built 2003\-01\-01 to 2004\-07\-30. Listed as a series or trim of this model. - [2005 DODGE RAM 2500](/makes/dodge/ram/2005/recalls.md). Built 2004\-05\-07 to 2004\-07\-31. Listed as a series or trim of this model. - [2004 DODGE RAM 3500](/makes/dodge/ram/2004/recalls.md). Built 2003\-01\-01 to 2004\-07\-30. Listed as a series or trim of this model. - [2005 DODGE RAM 3500](/makes/dodge/ram/2005/recalls.md). Built 2004\-05\-07 to 2004\-07\-31. Listed as a series or trim of this model. ## Investigated as PE14016 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. - PE14016: Preliminary evaluation, opened 2014\-06\-11, closed 2015\-03\-02. Air Bag Inflator Rupture. AIR BAGS:FRONTAL; AIR BAGS. From NHTSA's investigation file, as of 2026-10-19. JSON: [/v1/recalls/nhtsa/14V770000/investigations](/v1/recalls/nhtsa/14V770000/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. - [9002872](/bulletins/10216457.md), 2022-07-25, Service bulletin - [K03](/bulletins/10036673.md), 2011-04-09, Service bulletin - [0800107](/bulletins/10021599.md), 2007-06-11, Service bulletin - [0803205](/bulletins/10016171.md), 2005-09-02, Service bulletin - [0800104](/bulletins/10005599.md), 2004-03-05, 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/14V770000](/v1/recalls/nhtsa/14V770000) [Report an error on this page](https://github.com/wenmar-pro/wenmar-open/issues/new?template=data_correction.yml&title=Data%20correction%3A%20NHTSA%20recall%2014V770000&page=https%3A%2F%2Fopen.wenmarpro.com%2Frecalls%2Fnhtsa%2F14V770000&vehicle=NHTSA%20recall%2014V770000)