NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
Recall Query RQ06-006: INSTRUMENT PANEL FIRES
- Closed
NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation opened Recall Query RQ06-006 on May 5, 2006 and closed it on August 28, 2006, the day it opened Engineering Analysis EA06-015, which this investigation's summary cites. NHTSA's investigations file lists the 2004 Dodge Durango for it.
Updated daily from NHTSA's investigations file
Key facts
- NHTSA number
- RQ06-006 (also written RQ06006)
- Investigation type
- Recall Query An investigation into whether an existing recall covers the right vehicles or whether its remedy works, run much like a Preliminary Evaluation.
- Status
- Closed August 28, 2006
- Opened
- Closed
- Vehicle or equipment manufacturer
- Chrysler (FCA US, LLC)
- Components
- Electrical System — Instrument Cluster/Panel; Electrical System — Wiring — Interior/Under Dash
- Vehicles and equipment
- 2004 Dodge Durango
A recall appears here only when NHTSA's investigations file links one to the investigation; NHTSA's summary or record can name others.
NHTSA's summary
As NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation wrote it for Recall Query RQ06-006.
THIS INVESTIGATION ORIGINATED FROM COMPLAINTS RECEIVED BY THE AGENCY REPORTING INSTRUMENT PANEL (IP) FIRES ON VEHICLES THAT WERE RECALLED(RECALL 03V528) BY DAIMLERCHRYSLER (DCC) TO CORRECT A DEFECT THAT CAUSED IP FIRES.THE RECALL CORRECTED A DEFECT CAUSED BY A CERTAIN CAPACITOR ON THE IP PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD (PCB) THAT COULD CRACK AND OVERHEAT.THE FIRE COULD OCCUR WITHOUT WARNING WHILE THE VEHICLE IS PARKED OR IN USE.THE RECALL REMEDY WAS TO REMOVE THE CAPACITOR FROM THE IP.IPS USED FOR VEHICLES PRODUCED AFTER THE RECALL (DECEMBER 2003) DID NOT CONTAIN THE CAPACITOR.ODI HAS ALSO RECEIVED REPORTS OF FIRES IN VEHICLES PRODUCED AFTER THE RECALL, WHICH DO NOT HAVE THE DEFECTIVE CAPACITOR.DCC AND ITS SUPPLIER FOR THE IP HAVE IDENTIFIED A DIFFERENT LOCATION ON THE PCB THAT MAY OVERHEAT.THIS INVESTIGATION HAS BEEN UPGRADED TO AN ENGINEERING ANALYSIS (EA06-015) TO FURTHER STUDY THIS ISSUE.
Vehicles and equipment listed for this investigation
NHTSA's investigations file lists these vehicles and equipment for Recall Query RQ06-006. A listed model year means only that an investigation names it; it says nothing about any particular vehicle. Model years with a try.vin recall page link to that page's NHTSA investigations section.
Dodge
Dodge Durango
What an NHTSA investigation is
NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) looks into possible safety defects in vehicles and equipment, often after owner complaints. An investigation usually starts as a Preliminary Evaluation, or as a Recall Query when it concerns whether an existing recall covers the right vehicles or fixes the problem, and ODI can upgrade it to a more detailed Engineering Analysis. A Defect Petition asks NHTSA to open an investigation, and Audit and Equipment Queries are administrative investigations into whether companies complied with federal vehicle safety requirements, such as reporting, recall and certification rules.
An open investigation is not a finding that a safety defect exists, and NHTSA can close one without a recall.
To see whether a specific vehicle has an open recall, enter its VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls.
Dodge VIN check: decode a VIN to see its year, make and model.
Sources
NHTSA's investigation record for RQ06-006
Investigation details come from NHTSA's investigations file, which try.vin imports once a day. The investigation types are described from the U.S. Department of Transportation Inspector General's May 2023 report on NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation, NHTSA's petition rules (49 CFR Parts 552 and 557) and NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation procedures. How try.vin reads NHTSA investigations.