Stellantis has issued a do-not-drive alert to the owners of around 276,000 Dodge Chargers, Challengers, and Magnums, and Chrysler 300/300Cs, all from the 2005-10 model years until making sure they have had a Takata airbag recall done.
The company issued a recall on Takata airbags quite some time ago, but there are apparently quite a few car owners who never had the work done. Recently, though, two and possibly three people have been killed by Takata airbag incidents. The original airbags, used by most major automakers, get more dangerous with age.
Dealers will replace the airbags for free. The old airbags may send metal fragments flying at high speed, causing over 30 deaths and 400 injuries globally. Toyota, GM, Ford, and others have issued similar recalls.
David Zatz started what was to become the world’s biggest, most comprehensive Mopar site in 1994 as he pursued a career in organizational research and change. After a chemo-induced break, during which he wrote car books covering Vipers, minivans, and Jeeps, he returned with Patrick Rall to create StellPower.com for daily news, and to set up MoTales for mo’ tales.
David Zatz has around 30 years of experience in covering Chrysler/Mopar news and history, and most recently wrote Century of Chrysler, a 100-year retrospective on the Chrysler marque.
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