2008 Dodge Charger defect investigations

Investigations by NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation that name the 2008 Dodge Charger. An investigation is how complaints can become a recall: complaints → investigation → (sometimes) TSB → recall.

• Desiccated Air Bag Inflator Rupture
  Engineering Analysis EA21002 · opened Sep 17, 2021 · still open

  From 2000 through 2017, Takata produced millions of air bag inflators using two types of phase-stabilized ammonium nitrate ("PSAN") propellant -- propellant 2004 and propellant 2004L. After prolonged exposure to high temperature cycles and humidity, inflators using propellant 2004 can degrade, causing the propellant to…

• PRNDL MISALIGNMENT
  Preliminary Evaluation PE08052 · opened Sep 2, 2008 · closed Nov 10, 2008 · led to recall 08V583000

  In a november 5, 2008 letter, chrysler submitted a defect information report describing a defect condition that could result in prndl misalignment (I.e., incorrect gear indication) in approximately 20,300 model year (my) 2006 through 2009 dodge charger and magnum police vehicles built from may 17, 2005 through october …