Recall Register

1979 Dodge B300: recalls and complaints

NHTSA lists 2 recall campaigns for the 1979 Dodge B300. The newest campaign is 79V176000. NHTSA received the report on 24 Jul 1979. The NHTSA record gives the component Equipment / Appliance / Air Conditioner. NHTSA has 2 complaints on file for this model year.

The NHTSA recall file shows no do-not-drive advisory and no park-outside advisory on these campaigns.

This page cannot show if a recall applies to one vehicle. The NHTSA VIN lookup shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle.

Remedy of the newest campaign, 79V176000, in the NHTSA record

Dealer will drill a 1/4 inch drain hole in the bottom of the air conditioning blower housing to prevent water accumulation, without charge to owner.
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Complaint information entered into NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation vehicle owner's complaint database is used with other data sources to identify safety issues that warrant investigation and to determine if a safety-related defect trend exists.

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Recall campaigns

2 campaigns, newest first. 95,000 units in total.

  1. 79V176000Received . 68,000 units.

    Equipment / Appliance / Air Conditioner

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    Condensate water may accumulate in the air conditioning blower housing; there is a high probability that this water will cause the blower motor to fail. Blower motor failure would disable the air condtioning unit and there would be no way to defrost or defog the windshield.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Dealer will drill a 1/4 inch drain hole in the bottom of the air conditioning blower housing to prevent water accumulation, without charge to owner.

    Report filed by CHRYSLER CORPORATION. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .

  2. 79V104000Received . 27,000 units.

    Suspension / Front / Control Arm / Lower Arm

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    Lower control arms may fracture in the area adjacent to the lower ball joint, resulting in separation of the ball joint from the arm.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Dealer will increase the strength of both lower control arms by installing welded reinforcements.

    Report filed by CHRYSLER CORPORATION. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .

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Complaints by component

2 complaints, 2 component mentions.

A complaint can name more than one component. Each component that a complaint names is one component mention. This model year has fewer than 50 component mentions, so the table shows the number of mentions only.

1979 Dodge B300: component mentions in complaints
ComponentMentions
Tires2
Complaints that report a crash
0
Complaints that report a fire
0
Injuries in the complaints
0
Deaths in the complaints
0
Date of the newest complaint
7 Jun 2005

These figures are the entries of the persons who sent the complaints.

Complaint: A report about a possible safety problem that a person sends to NHTSA. This site shows the number of complaints and not their text.

Complaints about the 1979 Dodge B300, by the year NHTSA received them. The largest year is 2000, with 1 complaint.

Investigations

The NHTSA investigation file has no investigation that names this model year.

Investigation: A study of a possible safety defect by the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation. An investigation with no closing date in the NHTSA file is open.

Other model years

The number under each year is the number of recall campaigns.

  1. 19719
  2. 19721
  3. 19734
  4. 19742
  5. 19753
  6. 19762
  7. 19772
  8. 19784
  9. 19792
  10. 19801
  11. 19811
  12. 19821
  13. 19831
  14. 19881

A year without a link has fewer than 2 campaigns and fewer than 25 complaints. It has no page.

Official channels

Cite this page

Recall Register. 1979 Dodge B300: recalls and complaints. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/dodge/b300/1979/. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation, recall, complaint and investigation files. Data through .

Sources

Source
NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
Licence
US government work, public domain
Recall file through
29 Sep 2026
Complaint file through
15 May 2019
First complaint in the file
1 Jan 1995
Manufacturer in the recall file
CHRYSLER CORPORATION

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Questions

How many units are in the recall campaigns for the 1979 Dodge B300?
95,000 units in 2 campaigns. A campaign can name other models and model years, and its units include them.
How many recall campaigns does the Dodge B300 have for all model years?
NHTSA lists 21 recall campaigns for the Dodge B300, model years 1971 to 1988. 2 of them name the 1979 model year.
Which component do the complaints about the 1979 Dodge B300 name most often?
Tires: 2 of 2 component mentions.
Is an NHTSA investigation of the 1979 Dodge B300 open?
The NHTSA investigation file has no investigation that names this model year.