RoadVitals

1997 Exide Corporation 781-0121 Recalls

Safety recall campaigns filed with NHTSA that cover this model year

Recalls apply to specific vehicles, not to every vehicle of a model year. Check your VIN with NHTSA or your manufacturer's dealer to confirm whether a recall affects your vehicle.

Check a VIN on NHTSA.gov
Recall campaignsA safety recall is issued when a manufacturer or NHTSA determines that a vehicle has a safety-related defect or does not comply with a federal motor vehicle safety standard. Recall repairs are free. Whether a specific vehicle is covered depends on its VIN — a recall listed for a model year does not necessarily apply to every vehicle of that year.
0
Carrying an NHTSA advisoryCampaigns where NHTSA told owners not to drive the vehicle, or to park it outside, until the repair is done.
0
Open investigationsNHTSA opens an investigation to examine whether a safety defect may exist. An open investigation is not a determination that a defect exists, and many investigations close without a recall. Investigations can, however, lead to one.
0
1 investigation on file

Recall campaigns

No recall campaigns in our database for this model year

This does not guarantee that a specific vehicle is unaffected. Recalls are issued against ranges of VINs rather than against a whole model year, new campaigns are announced regularly, and a manufacturer may have opened one since our last refresh. The authoritative answer for one vehicle is NHTSA’s own lookup — check a VIN on NHTSA.gov.

What a recall is

Safety recall
A safety recall is issued when a manufacturer or NHTSA determines that a vehicle has a safety-related defect or does not comply with a federal motor vehicle safety standard. Recall repairs are free. Whether a specific vehicle is covered depends on its VIN — a recall listed for a model year does not necessarily apply to every vehicle of that year.
Safety investigation
NHTSA opens an investigation to examine whether a safety defect may exist. An open investigation is not a determination that a defect exists, and many investigations close without a recall. Investigations can, however, lead to one.
Manufacturer communication
Manufacturers file copies of the bulletins they send to dealers with NHTSA. These often describe diagnostic or repair procedures for a known condition. They are not recalls: repairs described in a bulletin are usually only free if the vehicle is still under warranty or the manufacturer has extended coverage.

Safety investigations

NHTSA inquiries naming this vehicle. An investigation is not a finding of a defect, and it is not a recall.

SQ97002ClosedInvestigation

REVERSE POLARITY ON BATTERY CABLE

Opened Jan 9, 1997
Closed Jan 11, 1997

EXCIDE HAS CONDUCT AN EXHAUSTIVE INTERNAL INVESTIGATION AND HAS INSPECTED OVER 150,000 SET OF CABLES.AS A RESULT OF THIS INVESTIGATION, A TOTAL OF 25 SETS OF CABLES HAVE BEEN FOUND IN ADDITION TO 5 SETS RETURNED AND A REPORT OF A PROBLEM WITH 1 SET WHERE THE SPECIFIC NATURE OF THE PROBLEM IS UNKNOWN.ALL SETS WERE BUILT PRIOR TO NOVEMBER 1995.SINCE THAT TIME EXCIDE HAS IMPLEMENTED AUTOMATED CRIMPING, CURRENT POLARITY TESTING AND OPTICAL SCANNING.WITH OVER 1.2 MILLION CABLES SOLD EXCIDE IS AWARE OF ONLY TWO REPORTED INCIDENTS INVOLVING REVERSE POLARITYTHE RESULTING FAILURE RATE IS .0000275.A SAFETY DEFET TREND HAS NOT BEEN IDENTIFIED AT THIS TIME AND FUTHER USE OF AGENCY RESOURCES DOES NOT APPEAR WARRANTED.THE CLOSING OF THIS INVESTIGATION DOES NOT CONSTITUTE A FINDING BY NHTSA THAT NO SAFETY-RELATED DEFECT EXITS.THE AGENCY RESERVES THE RIGHT TO TAKE FURTHER ACTION WHEN APPROPRIATE.

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

Elsewhere on this vehicle

Data sources