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2007 Chrysler Aspen Airbags Problems

Owner-reported complaints naming the airbag system, filed with NHTSA

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Airbags reportsComplaints are reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a complaint does not establish that a defect exists. Volume is influenced by how many of a vehicle were sold, how long it has been on the road, and how much attention an issue has received.
35
Latest Sep 6, 2020
Share of all reportsThis category as a share of every owner report on file for this model year. One report can name more than one component, so the categories overlap.
27%
of 129 total
Crash or fire reportedReports in this category whose submitter recorded that a crash or a fire occurred. The reporter's own answer on the NHTSA form, not a verified finding.
6
Injuries or deaths reportedTotals the submitters entered on their own reports in this category. Not verified by NHTSA and not a casualty statistic.
3

What this page shows

Reports naming the air-bag system — deployment behaviour, inflators, sensors and warning lights. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 2007 Chrysler Aspen submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 35 reports on file name it.

Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.

Owner reports naming airbag

The 25 most recent of 35, in the owner's own words

AirbagsDriver assistanceElectrical
Filed Sep 6, 2020

THE AIRBAG LIGHT KEEPS COMING ON AND THERE'S NOTHING GOING ON WITH MY CAR IGNITION MESSED UP MY ALTERNATOR BATTERY AND STARTER. THERE'S A FAILURE IN IGNITION THAT IS MESSING UP A LOT OF THINGS IN THE CAR. THE IGNITION HAD ME IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD SUCH AS SAFETY ISSUE. WHEN I USE MY FOUR-WHEEL-DRIVE A LOT OF COMPLICATIONS STARTED HAPPENING WITH MY LYCIAN ALTERNATOR STARTER AND BATTERY

NHTSA ID
11353386
Incident
Sep 3, 2020
Mileage
190,000 mi
Airbags
Filed Oct 25, 2017
Fire reported

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHRYSLER ASPEN. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE AIR BAG WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DARCARS CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP RAM OF NEW CARROLLTON (8100 ANNAPOLIS RD, NEW CARROLLTON, MD 20784 (301) 459-6800) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE WIRES WERE BURNED TO THE CONTROL MODULE AND CLOCK SPRINGS. THE CLOCK SPRING AND CONTROL MODULE NEEDED REPLACEMENT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE, BUT WOULD NOT ASSIST DUE TO THE AGE AND MILEAGE OF THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 106,148.

NHTSA ID
11039569
Incident
Oct 15, 2017
Mileage
106,148 mi
Airbags
Filed Feb 9, 2017

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHRYSLER ASPEN. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V352000 (AIR BAGS); HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE.

NHTSA ID
10953752
Incident
Jul 1, 2016
Airbags
Filed Dec 13, 2016

THE DEALER CONTINUES TO SEND SAFETY REPAIR NOTICES BUT HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO OBTAIN THE PARTS TO REMEDY THE SITUATION. I HAVE CONTACTED THE DEALER AT LEAST 4 TIMES AND THERE STILL SEEMS TO BE AN ISSUE ON GETTING REPLACEMENT PARTS.

NHTSA ID
10935124
Incident
Dec 13, 2016
Airbags
Filed Dec 13, 2016

"TAKATA RECALL" NEEDS A REMEDY TO BE FIXED 6+ MONTHS UNACCEPTABLE

NHTSA ID
10935121
Incident
Dec 13, 2016
Airbags
Filed Nov 4, 2016

TAKATA RECALL I RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF THE RECALL FOR THE DRIVER AIRBAG INFLATOR ON JULY 1, 2016 AND BOTH THE DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER HAVE FAILED TO REPLACE THE PART IN QUESTION IN A TIMELY MANNER GIVEN THE SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE ASSOCIATED WITH THE AIRBAG. I HAVE NOT HAD A DEPLOYMENT IN THE VEHICLE AND DO NOT ANTICIPATE A DEPLOYMENT, HOWEVER, I WILL BE SELLING THE CAR IN THE NEAR TERM AND NEED TO HAVE THIS ISSUE RESOLVED.

NHTSA ID
10924226
Incident
Nov 3, 2016
Mileage
103,000 mi
Airbags
Filed Sep 30, 2016

I HAVE CALLED MY LOCAL DODGE / CHRYSLER DEALER FOR OVER A YEAR NOW TO GET THIS RECALL FIXED AND THEY TELL ME THEY DO NOT HAVE PARTS TO FIX THIS AND IM ON A WAIT LIST AND HAVE BEEN FOR OVER A YEAR.

NHTSA ID
10910803
Incident
May 1, 2015
Airbags
Filed Sep 29, 2016

"TAKATA RECALL"- HOW LONG WILL CONSUMERS HAVE TO WAIT ON CHRYSLER/DODGE/RAM/JEEP TO MANUFACTURER PARTS SO THAT CONSUMERS ARE NO LONGER AT RISK FOR DEATH-BY-AIRBAG, BUT ALSO KEEP OWNERS WHO WANT TO SELL THEIR VEHICLES TRAPPED WITH THEM BECAUSE OF THE RECALL SITTING WITH VEHICLES THAT CONTINUE THE DIMINISH IN VALUE???? THIS RECALL PROCESS IS A JOKE PLAYED ON THE PEOPLE & CHRYSLER CONTINUES TO STALL(PUN DEFINITELY INTENDED). THE GOVERNMENT NEEDS TO MAKE THEM ACT NOW & PENALIZE THEM FURTHER BY MAKING CHRYSLER PAY CONSUMERS FOR DEVALUATION OF VEHICLES!!

NHTSA ID
10910575
Incident
Sep 29, 2016
Airbags
Filed Aug 24, 2016

TAKATA RECALL RECALL NOTICE FROM MAY 2016 AND AGAIN JULY 1 BUT STILL STATING PARTS ARE NOT YET AVAILABLE TO REPLACE ??? THIS IS TOO LONG TO WAIT.

NHTSA ID
10898352
Incident
May 29, 2016
Airbags
Filed Aug 22, 2016

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHRYSLER ASPEN. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V352000 (AIR BAGS); HOWEVER, THE PARTS TO DO THE REPAIR WERE UNAVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE.

NHTSA ID
10897706
Incident
Aug 15, 2016
Airbags
Filed Aug 4, 2016

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHYRSLER ASPEN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE RECALL NOTICE FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V313000 (AIR BAGS) WAS RECEIVED IN JUNE OF 2015. AFTER CONTACTING THE DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS, THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE PARTS NEEDED TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE WERE STILL NOT AVAILABLE AND NO ESTIMATED TIME FOR RECEIVING THE PARTS COULD BE GIVEN. THE VIN WAS INVALID. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE.

NHTSA ID
10893203
Incident
Jun 1, 2015
Airbags
Filed Jul 13, 2016

TAKATA RECALL EVEN THOUGH I HAVE BEEN SENT AN OFFICIAL NOTICE TO CALL MY DEALERSHIP TO HAVE THIS REPAIRED 2 MONTHS AGO (MAY2016) MY DEALERSHIP CANNOT ORDER THE PART TO HAVE THIS FIXED. THERE IS NO TIMEFRAME AND NO SOLUTION TO THIS VERY SERIOUS RECALL. I AM OFFICIALLY NOTING A COMPLAINT FOR CHRSYLER NOT HANDLING THIS CORRECTLY.

NHTSA ID
10884549
Incident
Jul 13, 2016
Airbags
Filed Jul 6, 2016

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHRYSLER ASPEN. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 15V313000 (AIR BAGS) AND 16V352000 (AIR BAGS). THE PART WAS NOT AVAILABLE WITHIN A REASONABLE TIME FRAME TO SCHEDULE THE RECALL REPAIR. THE DEALER DID NOT GIVE A SPECIFIC DATE FOR WHEN THE PART WOULD BECOME AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE WHEN THE VEHICLE WOULD BE REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER COULD NOT PROVIDE AN ESTIMATED DATE FOR WHEN THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE WOULD RECEIVE THE RECALL REPAIR. THE CONTACT WAS NOT EXPERIENCING A FAILURE. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE.

NHTSA ID
10883073
Incident
Jul 15, 2015
Airbags
Filed Jun 24, 2016

CHRYSLER 2007 ASPEN WITH HEMI ENGINE. WATER INTRUSION CAUSING THE AIRBAGS TO GET WET. DUE TO A PROBLEM WITH THE DESIGN OF THE VEHICLE, WATER DOES NOT DRAIN PROPERLY AND IS SOAKING THE SIDE AIRBAG PANEL AND ALSO THE ELECTRICAL PANEL IN THE TRUCK CAUSING THE CONTROL WARNING PANEL TO COMPLETELY LIGHT UP. THIS IS CAUSING THE SIDE AIRBAGS TO BE COMPROMISED AND POSSIBLY THE PASSENGER FRONT AIRBAG. THE DRAINAGE PROBLEM WAS BROUGHT TO CHRYSLER'S ATTENTION NUMEROUS TIMES AND THEY DID NOT FIND A CORRECTIVE SOLUTION.

NHTSA ID
10876415
Incident
Jun 24, 2016
Mileage
84,000 mi
Airbags
Filed Jun 17, 2016

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHRYSLER ASPEN. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTIFICATION FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER:15V313000 (AIR BAGS) AND STATED THAT THE PART NEEDED WAS UNAVAILABLE TO PERFORM THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT.

NHTSA ID
10874830
Incident
Jun 17, 2015
Airbags
Filed Apr 18, 2016

TAKATA INFLATORS CAN NOT GET THE DEALER TO DO THE REPAIRS HAVE BEEN TRYING FOR ALMOST A YEAR

NHTSA ID
10860199
Incident
Jun 20, 2015
Airbags
Filed Apr 11, 2016

2007 CHRYSLER ASPEN. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO NO COMMUNICATION FROM DEALERSHIP TO REPAIR DRIVER AIRBAG INFLATOR RECALL NOTICE. *SMD

NHTSA ID
10852653
Incident
Apr 1, 2016
AirbagsBody & structure
Filed Mar 15, 2016
Crash reported

TAKATA RECALL - JUST RECEIVED RECALL - 3-2016. WAS IN ACCIDENT 02-2015 INVOLVING HEAD-ON COLLISION - AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY - VEHICLE WAS IMPOUNDED - PD AS WELL AS IMPOUND LOT PERSONNEL AND AUTOBODY SHOP ADJACENT ALL QUESTIONED WHY AIRBAGS HAD NOT DEPLOYED. VEHICLE HAD TO BE INSPECTED PRIOR TO MY BEING ABLE TO REMOVE IT FROM POUND FOR SAFETY CONCERNS. WAS ADVISED TO HAVE DEALER CHECK AIRBAGS AND WHY NO DEPLOY. THIS WAS DONE AND DEALER ADVISED ONLY SENSORS ARE WORKING. NO FURTHER EXPLANATION. I HAVE CONTINUED TO DRIVE VEHICLE. THEN RECEIVED THIS RECALL NOTICE R25 / NHTSA 15V-313 AND STARTED DO SOME RESEARCH. I SHOULD HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED MONTHS AGO ON THIS RECALL AND DOES THIS DEFECT HAVE ANY EFFECT OF BAGS NOT DEPLOYING WHEN THEY SHOULD? AT TIME OF COLLISION I WAS TRAVELING ON CITY STREET AND WAS REAR-ENDED, SIDE-SWIPED MULTIPLE TIMES WITH EVENTUAL HEAD-ON COLLISION - WINTER STORM CONDITIONS / THE VEHICLE THAT STRUCK ME AFTER FIRST IMPACT SLID UPHILL COMING DOWN AND HITTING SIDE OF CAR SEVERAL TIMES IN A BOUNCE OFF MANNER BEFORE HEAD-ON COLLISION (HEAD-ON HAPPENED -BEFORE I EVEN REALIZED I HAD BEEN STRUCK IN REAR OR SIDE)- STATE FARM CLAIM 065V22149 - NO ONE LISTENED TO MY CONCERNS AND THOSE EXPRESSED BY PD OFFICERS AND LOT EMPLOYEES (WHO ARE DAILY EXPOSED TO THIS) ABOUT WHY AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. ALSO VERY DELINQUENT IN NOTIFICATION OF RECALL.

NHTSA ID
10849750
Incident
Feb 16, 2015
Mileage
85,000 mi
Airbags
Filed Mar 1, 2016

TAKATA RECALL. 4 MONTHS AND I AM STILL WAITING FOR A "PART ORDER" FROM THE KING AUTO CHRYSLER DEALER IN LIHUE KAUAI, HI TO REPAIR THE DRIVER AIRBAG INFLATOR. FRANKLY WHEN I CALLED TO REMIND THEM THAT I WAS STILL WAITING, IT SEEMED LIKE THEY HAD DROPPED THE BALL ON THEIR PART AND SAID MAYBE NEXT MONTH.

NHTSA ID
10839321
Incident
Mar 1, 2016
Airbags
Filed Nov 26, 2015

THIS RECALL HAS BEEN OUTSTANDING FOR A LONG TIME. I RECEIVED A NOTICE FROM CHRYSLER THAT I WOULD BE CONTACTED WHEN THE PARTS WERE IN BUT I HAVE NOT BEE CALLED AND WHEN I TALKED WITH THE DEALER YESTERDAY, THEY HAVE NO IDEA THEY MIGHT HAVE THE PARTS. I WAITED FOR 18 MONTHS TO GET A SWITCH THAT WAS RECALLED BUT THIS IS MORE SERIOUS

NHTSA ID
10807088
Incident
Nov 26, 2015
Mileage
123,000 mi
Airbags
Filed Nov 17, 2015

2007 CHRYSLER ASPEN. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO AIRBAG REPLACEMENT PARTS NOT AVAILABLE TO COMPLETE RECALL NOTICE. *SMD

NHTSA ID
10806975
Incident
Nov 2, 2015
Airbags
Filed Oct 7, 2015

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHRYSLER ASPEN. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 15V354000 (AIR BAGS) AND 15V313000 (AIR BAGS); HOWEVER, THE PARTS NEEDED TO PERFORM THE REPAIR WERE UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

NHTSA ID
10780644
Incident
Aug 4, 2015
Airbags
Filed Oct 5, 2015

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

NHTSA ID
10779755
Incident
Sep 1, 2015
Mileage
169,000 mi
Airbags
Filed Sep 28, 2015

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHRYSLER ASPEN. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V313000 (AIR BAGS) HOWEVER THE PART TO DO THE RECALL REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE.

NHTSA ID
10778040
Incident
May 27, 2015
Airbags
Filed Sep 17, 2015

2007 CHRYSLER ASPEN. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO AIRBAG REPLACEMENT RECALL NOTICE. *SMD THE CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE. *JB

NHTSA ID
10761585
Incident
Sep 1, 2015

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