On around 285,000 vehicles from the 2018-2021 model years, the side drapery airbag could burst, possibly sending metal pieces into the lodge.
- Stellantis is reviewing almost 285,000 Evade Charger and Chrysler 300 vehicles from the 2018 through 2021 model years.
- The issue is a flawed inflator in the vehicles’ side drape airbags that could cause the airbags to crack, possibly sending metal pieces into the lodge.
- The automaker will inform proprietors of the review on May 3 and will supplant the inflators for nothing.
Stellantis, in records documented with the Public Roadway Traffic Wellbeing Organization (NHTSA), has declared the review of 217,802 Avoid Chargers and 67,180 Chrysler 300 vehicles, all from the 2018 through 2021 model years. The issue is an imperfect side drape airbag inflator, an issue that is anticipated to influence around 1% of the reviewed vehicles.
In the review report, Stellantis says that the “suspect inflators” were utilized between July 2018 and May 2021 and afterward were not generally utilized in the vehicles, given creation records. The automaker said that its examination of the issue shows the vehicles “may have had dampness brought into the inflator during provider producing that might make inner erosion over the long haul and possibly driving Pressure Consumption Breaking in the inflator.”
The issue could cause the airbag to crack and even send metal pieces into the lodge, prompting injury. Stellantis expressed that as of February 2024, it knows about two guarantee cases and five client help records, yet no reports of wounds. Reviewed vehicles will get both side drape airbags supplanted with new ones utilizing inflators produced externally during the review period, as indicated by NHTSA archives.
