# NHTSA recall 23V696000

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: 23V696000
- Manufacturer's number: B5A
- Manufacturer: Chrysler \(FCA US, LLC\)
- Reported: 2023\-10\-17
- Owners notified: 2023\-11\-14
- Component: BACK OVER PREVENTION:WARNINGS:EXTERNAL/PEDESTRIAN ALERT
- Units potentially affected: 4661
- Part numbers: 50565552

## What is wrong

Chrysler \(FCA US, LLC\) is recalling certain 2023\-2024 Dodge Hornet and Alfa Romeo Tonale Plug\-In Hybrid vehicles.  The pedestrian alert siren may be missing or disconnected and fail to alert pedestrians when the vehicle is in reverse.  As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard number 141, "Minimum Sound Requirements for Hybrid and Electric Vehicles."


## What can happen

Failure to alert pedestrians when backing up increases the risk of injury.


## The remedy

Dealers will inspect the rear pedestrian siren connection and, if necessary, secure and/or replace the connector or siren, free of charge.  Owner notification letters were mailed November 14, 2023.  Owners may contact FCA US, LLC customer service at 1\-800\-853\-1403.  Chrysler's number for this recall is B5A.


## 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.nhtsa.gov.


## Remedy progress the manufacturer reported

- Report: Quarterly report 8, for 2025 quarter 3
- Filed with NHTSA: 2025\-10\-23
- Vehicles in the campaign: 4661
- Reported remedied: 4602 \(98%\)
- Reported unreachable: 2
- Reported removed: 3

These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2025 quarter 3, 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

- 2023 ALFA ROMEO TONALE
- [2024 ALFA ROMEO TONALE PHEV](/makes/alfa-romeo/tonale/2024/recalls.md). Listed as a series or trim of this model.
- [2023 DODGE HORNET](/makes/dodge/hornet/2023/recalls.md)
- [2024 DODGE HORNET](/makes/dodge/hornet/2024/recalls.md)

## Bulletins for the same vehicles and component

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

- [S258A000003](/bulletins/11013229.md), 2025-01-29, Service bulletin
- [S2309000009](/bulletins/10247449.md), 2023-12-18, Service bulletin
- [0813223](/bulletins/10239983.md), 2023-07-31, 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)

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